Trump cancels appearance at NAACP national convention in Detroit

[CatWoman]

DETROIT (FOX 2) - President Donald Trump will not be coming to Detroit for the NAACP National Convention.

It is tradition for the NAACP to invite sitting presidents to the national convention - despite what party they belong to.

FOX 2 learned Thursday that President Donald Trump will not be there. He says the agreed upon date for his appearance changed and that he didn't sign up for a question and answer format - just a speech. "I very much wanted to go, but we had a date. The date got changed and unfortunately they wanted to do it in the form of a question and answer," Trump said.

"He blew an opportunity quite frankly, but we will do our best to go on without him," quipped Rev. Wendell Anthony.

Pointed sarcasm from Anthony, the NAACP Detroit Branch President. Anthony says it's telling to him that Trump did not want to open himself up to questions.

"There is a format; every candidate has said that he or she would be glad to participate in," Anthony said. "It's beyond us as to why that would be of some discomfort for the president "

Wendell says his organization can make the rules when it comes to their own convention.

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/trump-cancels-appearance-at-naacp-national-convention-in-detroit

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course he did.

[Wounded Bear]

2. President Snowflake, at it again...nt

[marble falls]

3. The genius brain can't handle Q & A???

[fierywoman]

28. ("And where are they now?")

[thegoose]

4. Dump avoids everything

That isn't white.

[leftieNanner]

5. He doesn't want to go

Because there wouldn't be anybody in the audience. By then all of those Africans will have gone back to their shit hole countries.

Donnie needs to have a full house.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Most public officials would see it as a great opportunity.

Wussolini honestly doesn't even care. He doesn't identify with the NAACP and doesn't feel obligated to represent them.

[leftieNanner]

26. Wussolini!!!

My favorite thing today!

Thank you!

[ancianita]

48. Hahahaha love it

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. wussolini is a good name.....

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[forgotmylogin]

59. I can't take credit, but I love it!

[drray23]

17. That or there actually would be an audience

Who would hold his feet to the fire. Trump cant handle the heat. he does not have the brains to have a debate with NAACP attendees. Besides his positions are undefensible.

[leftieNanner]

32. I think you are correct

When he found out that there would be a question and answer period, he chickened out.

How can it be that the man in this powerful position is such a weenie?

[Thekaspervote]

6. Same will happen when it comes to the 2020 presidential candidate debates

Which to me, is probably good. He will look weak... good for us. If he did appear, his base would trash the process and the dem candidate, and further solidify his base

[NBachers]

29. I think it's pointing to this- I don't think he'll even show up for the Presidential debates in 2020

He'll insist on "submitted" questions, "randomly selected from the public." His slimeball weasels can then write his replies, and submit them, for him.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I can't believe he ever intended to go in the first place.

The audience isn't like his usual cult and he would hardly have been a "hit".

[Leghorn21]

8. "I very much wanted to go" yeah, sure you did,

LOSER

[spanone]

9. Coward-in-Chief

[malaise]

62. The bigger question for me is why did the NAACP invite him

in the first place

[nolabear]

64. I think it's a great idea. Can you imagine that Q&A?

He’d never get through it.

[global1]

11. What Are You Afraid Of Donald?....

It's a good opportunity to gather votes from 'Blacks for Trump'.

[Grammy23]

12. He doesn't want to go because he figured out

The audience was unlikely to take the bait and erupt into a chant or start cheering spontaneously for him.

[onetexan]

43. Cheers will probably be "lock him up"

He doesn't dare stand in front of a room full of people of color after he has led hateful chants and blatantly basking in full racist vitriol. The bastard is evil.

[UTUSN]

13. Has he *ever* gone to anything-NAACP?!1

[Haggis for Breakfast]

46. I can't find any record of him ever attending an NAACP meeting.

[Harker]

14. If he can't harangue a crowd that doesn't

chant nasty stuff on cue, then well... no deal!

[mainstreetonce]

15. He will never do debates

He can not handle it.

[ProudLib72]

16. List of reasons for bailing on NAACP

1. They changed the date to a day I was going golfing.
2. Being around colored people make my bone spurs act up.
3. I didn't want to be the only racist at the event; they would have picked on me.
4. Q&A means I can't get Stephen Miller to write my responses.
5. If it's "National" does that mean I can defund it?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

24. K&R. +1

KY......

[GoCubsGo]

54. 6. I ran out of gas!

I got a flat tire! I didn’t have change for cab fare! I lost my tux at the cleaners! I locked my keys in the car! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!

[ProudLib72]

57. You can't compare the Rump to Belushi. It's sacreligious!

They really were on a mission from God.

[GoCubsGo]

58. Hopefully, the only thing Grand Wizard Trump will have in common with Jake

is that he ends up in prison.

[yellowdogintexas]

61. Good Riddance to the Bad Tuxedo...but the real reason is this:

He is too terrified of Auntie Maxine to show up

[Tanuki]

67. Reason 7...his bone spurs are acting up again.

[Arkansas Granny]

18. No surprise there. The orange one doesn't like questions.

[robbob]

19. If you were tRump would you go?

Probably would have turned confrontational and hostile quite quickly and then been on all the news feeds. He is not president of America, he is only president of WHITE america. He’s already made that quite clear.

[backscatter712]

20. Why the fuck would the NAACP host this racist piece of white trash?

[FoxNewsSucks]

30. That was my first thought,

who the fuck would bother to invite that racist piece of dogshit. No one wants him there.

[StarfishSaver]

36. The NAACP always invites the president, regardless of party, to its annual convention

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[Momgonepostal]

68. It's true! I see Russell M. Nelson (president of the LDS Church)

And Nancy Pelosi are also speaking.

Trump probably couldn’t handle speaking at anything that’s not all about him.

[lunatica]

21. He is terrified of anything that isn't choreographed in it's entirety

The stupid comes out very fast when he’s put in a situation where he has to respond to someone in an ad lib manner. A really good example is is how he made an ass of himself with the woman who was given the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. He’s a dolt. A clumsy dolt in situations like that. A fucking social knuckledragger.

[struggle4progress]

22. "We will do our best to go on without him"

I find it very brave of the NAACP to resolve to muddle through in the face of this terrible setback

[llmart]

27. I loved the zinger he threw in there.

No need to say anything else, yet we all know what Anthony meant.

[left-of-center2012]

23. Interfers with his golfing ?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

25. Chickenshit racist.

.............

[durablend]

31. Is there MAGAt rally at the same time?

[salin]

33. Sort of hard to agree to go - after unleashing "send her back" as a rallying call.

He is as much of a coward, as he is a divisive, cruel narcissist.

[TheCowsCameHome]

34. Lying fuck.

That's redundant, I know...

[NYC Liberal]

35. Just like Bush.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5443602/ns/politics/t/bush-skips-hostile-naacp/

Wonder why Republicans are so scared to face people they might disagree with?

[cwydro]

39. Meantime, he's helping his bud Kanye get a rapper out of jail in Sweden.

A rapper who assaulted someone.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

47. Assange is now doing rap ?

[Glimmer of Hope]

37. So weak. Questions are scary!

[SCVDem]

38. Come here you Orange Shitgibbon!

So I can grab YOU, you pussy!

[Ilsa]

40. He has to find a way to make more NOISE than Mueller next week.

Maybe he was scheduled for a different day, but the convention is 20th -24th. The 24th is Mueller's date to testify.

[MyOwnPeace]

41. He's becoming more and more public

with the true agenda of his regime - "F" the little guys, the minorities, the poor, and support the corporate elite, the "1 %", the ones putting the money into the pockets of the party delivering the goods to screw over the world.

[B Stieg]

44. tRump's grabbing himself again...

'cause he's the BIGGEST pussy (cat) there is.

[lsewpershad]

45. We all he's a damned coward

Period

[Blue_Tires]

49. of course...

Link to tweet

[Claritie Pixie]

50. He's a chicken shit, like all bullies.

[Mike Nelson]

51. A rare case when...

… he makes a good decision. He could go and say, "Did you know Lincoln was a Republican?" but everyone sees thru Crooked Donald, by now... so, why bother....

[onethatcares]

52. picture his lilly white face

in a sea of POC.

gaud, it'd be like a lighthouse beam.

[GoCubsGo]

55. Don't you mean "lily orange" face?

Granted, those white circles around his eyes would glare like a couple of headlights. What a fucking clown.

[MichMan]

53. He should have gone for the same reason all our candidates should go on Fox News

[Gothmog]

56. Who is surprised by this?

[warmfeet]

60. Not surprising.

It would send "the wrong kind of message to his racist base."

Fuck them all! Fuck repiglicans.

Only a shit hole president can make our country into a shit hole.

[The Liberal Lion]

63. Watsa matta trump, you scared?

Remember when Obama stood in front of the entire Republican House caucus for a Q&A on healthcare?
Fucking orange coward!

[BHDem53]

65. Those darn

bone spurs flare up at the most inopportune times. Sad!

[jmowreader]

66. He would have gone if he could have given his stump speech

Because it was Q&A, he had to have known the first question he'd be asked is, "what's wrong with you?"