{"id":860249,"date":"2018-01-31T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=860249"},"modified":"2018-01-31T19:05:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:05:33","slug":"rep-cedric-richmond-head-of-black-caucus-slams-trumps-racist-rhetoric-in-state-of-union-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/ru\/2018\/01\/rep-cedric-richmond-head-of-black-caucus-slams-trumps-racist-rhetoric-in-state-of-union-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Cedric Richmond, head of black caucus, slams Trump\u2019s \u2018racist rhetoric\u2019 in State of Union speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus is criticizing President Trump’s State of the Union speech for «racist rhetoric» on immigration and saying blacks «have a lot to lose» under the president.<\/b>
\nThe chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus is criticizing President Trump\u2019s State of the Union speech for \u201cracist rhetoric\u201d on immigration and saying blacks \u201chave a lot to lose\u201d under the president.
\u201cPresident Trump is still who we thought he was and we won\u2019t be fooled by this speech,\u201d said Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana Democrat.
The head of the CBC belittled the president\u2019s efforts to reach out to Democrats on a solution to immigration. He said Mr. Trump\u2019s reported comments denigrating immigrants from Haiti and countries in Africa show that \u201cthe only immigrants he thinks are worthy of coming to this country are white ones.\u201d
\u201cThe Congressional Black Caucus can now answer the question he posed to the African-American community in 2016 with 100 percent certainty: African-Americans have a lot to lose under the Trump Administration and we have lost a lot already, especially when it comes to his justice, voting rights, education, housing, and health care policies,\u201d Mr. Richmond said.
Like many Democratic lawmakers, Mr. Richmond said Mr. Trump is stealing credit from former President Barack Obama for the strong economy.
\u201cIt is not something he can take credit for. Much like the money he inherited from his father to start his business, President Trump inherited a growing economy from President Obama,\u201d he said.
Mr. Richmond said although Mr. Trump boasted about the historically low black unemployment rate, \u201cit is still double the rate of white unemployment.\u201d He also complained that in the president\u2019s $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure, \u201che said nothing about contracting with minority firms.\u201d<\/p>\n

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