Story highlights The speakers hit Trump on his White House record. (CNN) Just ahead of the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, leaders from the civil rights movement and the local community blasted President Donald Trump's attendance as an affront to the spirit of the event. "He does not deserve to be in Jackson for the celebration of the civil rights museum opening," civil rights activist Amos Brown, a board member of the NAACP , said at a press conference in the city on Saturday. He slammed Trump for "not showing up for our civil rights" both before and during his presidency. The speakers hit Trump on his White House record, including his efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and enact a travel ban, saying such moves were incongruous with the work of the civil rights movement.

Source: CNN December 09, 2017 17:11 UTC