Trump goes after black and Hispanic voters with high-stakes meeting Thursday and plans to have Ben Carson walk him through Detroit 'war zone'
Donald Trump has been making overt appeals to black and Hispanic voters in speeches to largely white crowds
On Thursday he meets with Latino and black activists at Trump Tower
Has compared inner cities to 'war zones'
Has direct remarks to black voters in troubled neighborhoods: 'Right now, you walk down the street, you get shot'
Plans to visit churches, charter schools and shops in minority neighborhoods
Published: 09:16 EST, 24 August 2016 | Updated: 12:05 EST, 24 August 2016
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor In Tampa, Florida for DailyMail.com
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has been making overt pitches for black and Hispanic support at rallies before mostly white crowds, plans to meet with black and Hispanic activists inside Trump Tower on Thursday.
The activists will be part of a Republican Leadership Initiative, a Republican Party effort to get interns involved in political campaigns to take back the White House, from Trump's home borough of Queens.
'This is part of his Hispanic outreach, and I think he wanted to explain where he is and why he is a benefit to the Hispanic community, Representative Bob Turner, who is helping organize the event, told Yahoo News, who reported on the meeting.
The Trump Tower meeting, which reportedly was originally to take place in Queens, is the latest outreach by Trump, who in speeches going back to last week has been making extended appeals to black voters, telling them they are living in 'war zones' with failing schools and asking, 'What do you have to lose?' by backing Trump.
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