Donald Trump seeks black support, says 'war on our police must end' at suburban Milwaukee rally
Donald Trump seeks black support, says 'war on our police must end' at suburban Milwaukee rally
MATTHEW DeFOUR mdefour@madison.com
WEST BEND — Responding to rioting and violence in Milwaukee in recent days, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made an appeal to black voters and said the country needs more police officers during a rally here Tuesday night.
"Law and order must be restored for the sake of all, but most especially for the sake of those living in the affected communities," Trump told more than 3,000 supporters at the Washington County fairgrounds. "The main victims of these riots are law-abiding African-American citizens living in these neighborhoods."
Declaring "the war on our police must end and it must end now," Trump blamed decades of Democratic leadership for crime and poverty in major cities. He called Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton anti-police and held up as a model the tough-on-crime approach of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was one of the speakers who introduced Trump.
"I’ll make sure we deliver safe neighborhoods in Milwaukee," Trump said, reading from a teleprompter. "The world is watching, right here in Milwuakee, but also across the country."
The Trump rally took place in heavily Republican Washington County, about a 45-minute drive from downtown Milwaukee. The capacity crowd of 3,600 — which tapered off a bit as Trump was more than an hour late — was overwhelmingly white.
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Did he win your vote Ron?