‘They Know They Are Being Conned’: Donald Trump Reacts To Black Voters Turning Away From Democrats

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Democratic party has “conned” black voters during a wide-ranging interview on “Fox and Friends.”

Trump, who received 12% support from black voters according to a 2020 CNN exit poll, would get the vote of 26% of black voters in the 2024 election, according to a Fox News poll released Aug. 14. Co-host Lawrence Jones played a video clip of his recent visit to a Chicago barbershop to discuss a variety of political topics with voters, after which Trump said that the black voters who “just wanted safety” were dealing with a “corrupt political system.”

“I like that guy, and I like those people and I watched yesterday as you did it. You are doing fantastically, by the way. I watched yesterday as you did the interviews,” Trump said. “Those are great people. Those are people who just want safety. They don’t want much, he wants to run his barbershop.”

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“The people that are getting their hair cut, I was thinking about maybe going there myself, I like the work, maybe they would make my hair look better. I would pay a lot of money for that haircut, they could make my hair look better. Honestly those are great people, those are hard-working people. They are strong, they are tough and they know they are being conned by the Democrats” Trump continued. “You have a corrupt political system in Chicago. Look at the governor, the governor is an incompetent guy. He was thrown out of the family business, Hyatt hotel, I was partners with them years ago on a job in New York. They threw him out of the business.”