As his campaign attempts to court Black voters in the 2024 election, Donald Trump tried to highlight his connection to Black Americans by drawing a comparison between his criminal indictments and racism in the justice system.
In a Friday speech at the Black Conservative Federation’s annual gala, where he was awarded “Champion of Black America,” Trump told attendees that Black people can relate to him because, like them, he’s been “discriminated against” by the legal system.
“I got indicted a second time and a third time and a fourth time, and a lot of people said that that’s why the Black people like me, because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against,” he said.
Trump also suggested that the indictments against him are being carried out by “corrupt systems” as part of an effort to deny him his rights.
“Some of the greatest evils in our nation’s history have come from corrupt systems that try to target and subjugate others to deny them their freedom and to deny them their rights,” he said. “I think that’s why the Black people are so much on my side now, because they see what’s happening to me happens to them.”
Trump then said that Black people “embraced” his mug shot “more than anybody else.”








