President Donald Trump held his first event Saturday, addressing about 500 members of the Blexit group — Black and Hispanic Democrats who have left the Democrats to support Trump — founded by Candace Owens. Trump focused on his accomplishments for minorities: the lowest unemployment figures before the pandemic; the Opportunity Zones in minority cities organized by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC); his criminal justice and prison reforms; and his Platinum Plan announced last month for $500 billion in investments in inner city development and Black-owned businesses. He also addressed the nearly total support for his campaign from police and law enforcement organizations, pointing to the insanity of cutting police protection in minority areas, peddled by Democrats.
Trump said: “Black and Latino Americans are rejecting the radical socialist left, and they’re embracing our pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-police — we want law and order; we have to have law and order — and pro-American agenda. I want to thank the BLEXIT Foundation for organizing this event. Thank you very much. And especially your two founders, two friends of mine, great people: Candace Owens and former Tucson police officer Brandon Tatum.”
