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CHICAGO -- Former President Donald Trump's interrogation connected Wednesday astatine the National Association of Black Journalists yearly normal successful Chicago kicked disconnected with a contentious commencement wherever helium refused to reply his erstwhile comments and wherefore Black voters should spot him.
The normal is being held astatine the Hilton connected Michigan Avenue successful the Loop.
Trump had a speech with ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner and Semafor governmental newsman Kadia Goba.
The archetypal question came from ABC's Scott, who asked astir Trump's past inflammatory rhetoric toward women of color.
"Now that you were asking Black supporters to ballot for you, wherefore should achromatic voters spot you aft you person utilized connection similar that?" Scott asked.
"Well, archetypal of all, I don't deliberation I've ever been asked a question. So, successful specified a horrible manner, a archetypal question. You don't adjacent accidental hello. Who are you? Are you with ABC? Because I deliberation they're a fake quality network. A unspeakable network," Trump began.
He besides lashed retired astatine NABJ for starting the programme precocious and said they had him attending nether mendacious pretenses that his 2024 hostile would beryllium participating, too.
Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine the National Association of Black Journalists, NABJ, convention, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, successful Chicago.
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"I emotion the Black colonisation of this country," helium said, pointing to his enactment with Sen. Tim Scott connected "opportunity zones" and his enactment connected the economy.
When ABC's Scott followed up by asking him to reply her question, Trump responded: "I person answered the question. I person been the champion president for the Black colonisation since Abraham Lincoln."
The erstwhile president went connected to mock Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile asked astir Republican comments that she is simply a "DEI" hire, Trump deflected -- asking the writer alternatively to specify DEI, which she did repeatedly.
NABJ worked with Politifact for real-time information checking connected Trump's comments.
Trump's quality has stoked immoderate criticism. April Ryan, the Washington bureau main of theGrio who was awarded the NABJ's "Journalist of the Year" backmost successful 2017, wrote online that his invitation was "a slap successful the face."
Karen Attiah, the co-chair of the convention, resigned earlier this week aft the NABJ announced Trump's appearance. Attiah wrote successful a station connected X, "To the journalists interviewing Trump, I privation them the champion of luck," explaining that his quality was lone partially down her determination and that it was "influenced by a assortment of factors."
Others, however, person defended the decision.
MSNBC big Symone Sanders-Townsend, who was formerly Harris's spokesperson, wrote connected X: "Some of the champion journalists successful the state are members of NABJ. So, wherefore wouldn't they interrogation Trump? He is the Republican nominee."
"NABJ didn't level Trump. The voters successful the Republican superior did. Just similar anyone other who is moving for President, helium should beryllium for superior interviews and reply existent questions," she wrote.
Vice President Harris was besides invited to attend, according to NABJ, which has hosted statesmanlike candidates connected some sides of the aisle for years. President Joe Biden, erstwhile Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton person each attended the convention.
NABJ, successful a connection connected Wednesday, said that it was successful interaction with Harris's squad for an in-person sheet earlier Biden had dropped retired but "were advised by her run that her docket could not accommodate this request."
"The past update we were provided was that Harris would not beryllium disposable successful idiosyncratic oregon virtually during our Convention. We are successful talks astir virtual options successful the aboriginal and are inactive moving to scope an agreement," Lemon said.
Though the Associated Press and NPR reported the enactment declined an connection for her to look virtually connected Wednesday.
As Trump is successful Chicago, Harris connected Wednesday volition person luncheon with Biden astatine the White House earlier traveling to Houston, Texas, for a governmental lawsuit and to present remarks Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.'s 60th International Biennial Boule. The sorority is simply a historically Black enactment with hundreds of chapters crossed the U.S. and internationally.
As the 2024 contention ramps up, some Harris and Trump volition beryllium looking to enactment up enactment among Black voters.
On the run way this year, Trump's suggested Black voters subordinate to his indictment and has often claims helium volition halt undocumented immigrants from taking "Black jobs."
Harris, who is apt to beryllium the archetypal Black pistillate and the archetypal idiosyncratic of South Asian descent to caput a large party's statesmanlike ticket, precocious encouraged Black voters to assistance marque past by supporting her. In her speech, she pointed to wins nether the existent medication similar the Child Tax Credit that reduced Black kid poverty, pupil indebtedness alleviation and lowering the costs of medicine drugs.
"In this moment, I judge we look a prime betwixt 2 antithetic visions for our nation, 1 focused connected the future, the different focused connected the past, and with your support, I americium warring for our nation's future, and fto america beryllium wide astir what that aboriginal looks like," Harris said astatine the event.
A caller ABC News/Ipsos poll recovered enthusiasm for Harris arsenic the Democratic nominee had peaked among Democrats (88%) and Black Americans (70%).
ABC7 Chicago's Jessica D'Onofrio and Craig Wall contributed to this report.
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