President Trump answered a question about inner cities and working with the Congressional Black Caucus, asking a reporter if she could set up a meeting for him, during his news conference on Feb. 16 at the White House. The CBC, for those unaware, is the Congressional Black Caucus, a group of African American legislators that is often a leading voice on the Hill for issues dealing with the black community. Trump to @AprilDRyan on the Congressional Black Caucus : "Are they friends of yours?" “Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus,” Ryan, who is black, asked, “and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as well as …?”“Well, I would,” Trump interrupted. He did better than John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012 — both of whom were running against the first black president in American history.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2017 20:09 UTC