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Tensions between Trump and the CBC flared up in June, when the group declined to take a second meeting with the president , arguing that he had failed to make Cabinet officials available for further discussions.
Last January, Trump went after Rep. By the time Congress reconvened after the summer recess, the CBC said it was willing to discuss impeachment among its membership , some of whom had already issued individual calls to impeach Trump. And that fall, Trump created new controversies when he went after NFL protesters and other sports figures and feuded with caucus member Rep.
The comments were alarming to members of the caucus, many of whom have worked to highlight the needs of black immigrant communities in the broader debate about US immigration policy. Their concerns were of little importance to Trump, who, according to Sen. But the caucus did care about the comments.
And beyond that, the caucus strongly objects to other policies — proposals on tax cuts, health care, education, and housing, to name a few — pushed by the administration. In recent months, black lawmakers have become leading voices in calls to impeach the president.
Speaking about the current state of the relationship between Trump and the CBC, Watson Coleman added that the president needed to apologize for his previous remarks about black legislators and show serious interest in the policy agenda presented last year.
Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding. Dear President Trump:. I write today to express my utter disgust with your handling of race relations in America in general and, more specifically, your calculated, divisive response to nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice by professional football players, owners, coaches, and countless other patriots.
African Americans are just as patriotic as any other American. We have fought in every war from the American Revolution to Iraq and Afghanistan, only to come. As President of the United States, your use of profane, sexually derogatory language in addressing American citizens, or anyone for that matter, is unbecoming of the office you now hold. Moreover, your complete lack of understanding of or empathy for the very painful history and substantive policy concerns that move people like Colin Kaepernick to take a stand, or a knee, in the first place is a reminder of all the African American community has to lose under.
Black Caucus town hall criticizes Trump's First Days. Richmond noted that during the initial March 22 meeting, members presented Trump with "a page policy document" meant to educate the President and his administration "on the difficult history of black people in this country, the history of the CBC, and solutions to advance black families in the 21st century.
Read More. The letter finds fault with a number of actions taken by members of the Trump administration, which Richmond described as "steps that will affirmatively hurt black communities. Richmond wrote that the CBC "voiced all of these concerns in various forms, most them in writing, but have heard nothing back" from Trump or his Cabinet. Trump asks African-American reporter to set up meeting with black lawmakers.
Although the caucus' members voted against a meeting, Richmond noted that Trump could continue to "solicit the engagement of individual members.
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