Trump campaign opening 15 community centers to reach black voters | TheHill

A lot of the people who have promised them things have failed to live up to those promises.”The Trump campaign intends to highlight the president’s policies at the community centers.They point to criminal justice reform, investments in urban opportunity zones and historically black colleges, and low unemployment for black people as evidence of Trump’s commitment to policies that benefit African Americans.The community centers are the latest in a series of efforts by the Trump campaign to reach black voters.The campaign put millions of dollars behind a 60-second ad during the Super Bowl on Trump’s criminal justice reform success.It has also amassed a team of dozens of surrogates to act as “black voices for Trump,” who have been holding community events on the ground in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.A campaign official said those events have been drawing crowds of between 80 and 100 people, and that they expect the crowds to grow as word-of-mouth builds.“We see the numbers coming up in the polls and the demand on the ground when we do these types of events, so it’s really important that we take this next step and really bring those voters into the party,” senior campaign adviser Katrina Pierson said.View the discussion thread.The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 faxThe contents of this site are ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.