WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday.
In a statement released Monday night, Trump’s campaign said the Republican presidential nominee would participate in a question-and-answer session “that will focus on the most pressing issues facing the Black community.”
Trump’s campaign spent months scheduling appearances in areas outside his traditional strongholds of support, including when he attended — and was booed — the Libertarian Party convention in Washington earlier this year.
In its announcement, the campaign touted Trump’s policies that it said benefited Black Americans during his first term.
President Joe Biden has seen his favorability rating among black voters drop sharply since taking office in 2021. But the race against Trump has been shaken since the president stepped aside and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris — who would be the first black woman and the first South Asian American will be elected president if she wins in November.
