President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are calling out Donald Trump for his mistreatment of Black America.
A new advertising campaign on television and radio takes the politician under fire for his unsubstantiated claims of achievements for the black community and his damaging comments on racial issues.
The ads criticize Trump for siding with white nationalists after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. They criticize him for questioning President Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship and for he calls for the execution of the Central Park Five after they were murdered. wrongly accused of raping a 28-year-old white woman.
In 1989, five black and brown teenagers – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef SalaamRaymond Santana and Korey Wise – from the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, were wrongfully convicted of brutally beating and raping a white woman in Central Park.
The case sparked public outrage and highlighted racial, class and gender biases in the media amid the massive coverage of the crime at the time. The teens served five to 13 years in prison until they were exonerated in 2002 due to DNA evidence.
The ads “underscore how a second term would be worse for Black Americans as Trump promises to take revenge on his enemies and rule as a dictator and calls the January 6 terrorists ‘heroes and patriots,’” the Biden-Harris campaign said to HuffPost in a news report. Edition.
Salaam, who is now a New York City Councilman, argued with black and brown communities to vote against Trump in the 2024 election, noting the businessman’s actions “reveal a deep-seated disregard for the lives of Black and Latino people.”
“Today we point our fingers at Mr. Trump and stand firmly against him and his people campaign for office. During my wrongful conviction, there was one thing I would not do let it be taken away from me was my voice. I urge black and brown communities across the country: don’t let this election slide,” he said in a statement shared with HuffPost.
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