Trump In Atlanta to Unveil Black Voter Initiative

"What do you prefer, Blacks for Donald Trump or African Americans for Donald Trump?" As soon as he stepped to the podium, that's what the President of the United States asked the small crowd gathered inside the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta Friday. They shouted "blacks for Trump". "I thought so", he said. Yet, he continued to refer to them as African Americans for the duration of his speech.

Alveda King, niece of the late Civil Rights Icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain were among the Atlantans spotted in the room. As was local businessman Bruce Levell, an early Trump supporter, who also served as the campaign's southeastern coordinator. 

City of South Fulton resident Angel Payne was dressed from cowboy hat-head to toe in red, white, and blue.  She proudly waved a sign that read "African American Women for Donald Trump". 

It was a coalition rally of about 250 people, mostly people of color, with some of other races mixed among them. King, an unapologetic Trump supporter, led an abbreviated version of, what is known as the 'Negro National Anthem'  "Life Every Voice and Sing", telling the attendees "sing the rest of it when you get home." 

Speaking about his black voters initiative, Black Voices for Trump, the President vowed to campaign for "every last African American vote" in 2020 and predicted a "groundswell of support." He called it "a movement" and said that Democrats have betrayed African American voters. Trump added that blacks are returning to the Republican Party in record numbers.

"With your help, we're going to travel all across the country to every community, urban, suburban and rural, and we're going to campaign for every African American vote in 2020."

While in Atlanta, Trump also attended a private fundraiser for Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue.