Trump will be in the same state the entire time and there are NO campaign events scheduled. Maybe he will send Diamond and Silk?
Trump refuses invitation to talk to the NAACP saying he doesn't have time because of Republican convention
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has declined an invitation to address the NAACP's upcoming convention, flouting established precedent and highlighting anew the GOP standard-bearer's struggle to attract support from non-white voters.
NAACP president Cornell William Brooks said Trump had declined the group's invitation to speak at their gathering in Cincinnati, which begins on Saturday.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is slated to speak there on Monday, which is also the opening day of the Republican National Convention in nearby Cleveland.
Mr Brooks said the Trump campaign cited scheduling conflicts with the GOP convention, where Trump will formally accept the party's nomination.
He argued Trump should have made the time amid the racially charged fallout of videotaped killings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, followed by the killings of five Dallas police officers by a black sniper.
Mr Brooks said on CNN: 'We represent an occasion for those running for president to speak to the nation's most critical issues at a critical hour in this country.
'You can't run for president and not talk about police misconduct and police brutality. You can't run for president and not talk about the nation's civil rights agenda.'
He called the gathering an opportunity for Clinton and Trump to give civil rights leaders 'a window into not only their policies, but into their heart and character as a candidate.'
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George W. Bush NAACP 2000 A clip from a campaign speech to the NAACP Convention in July 2000
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4450116/george-w-bush-naacp-2000
Trump refuses invitation to talk to the NAACP saying he doesn't have time because of Republican convention
- Donald Trump was invited to speak at the NAACP convention in Ohio
- The NAACP is meeting in Cincinatti on Saturday through Wednesday
- The Republican National Convention is meeting in Cleveland, Ohio
- NAACP president said he should have made the time to come and speak
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has declined an invitation to address the NAACP's upcoming convention, flouting established precedent and highlighting anew the GOP standard-bearer's struggle to attract support from non-white voters.
NAACP president Cornell William Brooks said Trump had declined the group's invitation to speak at their gathering in Cincinnati, which begins on Saturday.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is slated to speak there on Monday, which is also the opening day of the Republican National Convention in nearby Cleveland.
Mr Brooks said the Trump campaign cited scheduling conflicts with the GOP convention, where Trump will formally accept the party's nomination.
He argued Trump should have made the time amid the racially charged fallout of videotaped killings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, followed by the killings of five Dallas police officers by a black sniper.
Mr Brooks said on CNN: 'We represent an occasion for those running for president to speak to the nation's most critical issues at a critical hour in this country.
'You can't run for president and not talk about police misconduct and police brutality. You can't run for president and not talk about the nation's civil rights agenda.'
He called the gathering an opportunity for Clinton and Trump to give civil rights leaders 'a window into not only their policies, but into their heart and character as a candidate.'
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George W. Bush NAACP 2000 A clip from a campaign speech to the NAACP Convention in July 2000
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4450116/george-w-bush-naacp-2000
