Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tried to reach out to African American voters while speaking about law enforcement in Wisconsin on Aug. 16. “The main victims of these riots are law abiding African American citizens living in these neighborhoods,” Trump said. In addition to law enforcement, Trump also spoke extensively about increasing economic opportunity for African Americans and working-class voters. But although his speech was at times directly targeted at black voters, he did not propose new specific policies. “No community in this country has been hurt by Hillary Clinton’s immigration and all of her policies than the African American community.

Source: Washington Post August 17, 2016 03:45 UTC