Trump "Diversity" Advisers Push Conspiracy Theories and Fringe Ideas About Minorities: Mother Jones

[Gabi Hayes]

this is a good one:

Donald Trump's visit Saturday to a black church in Detroit appears aimed at boosting his dismal standing among minority voters. But his campaign's scripted plan for an interview with Bishop Wayne T. Jackson drew criticism from black leaders, and the visit comes amid backlash to the GOP nominee's latest harsh speech on immigration—including from Trump's own Hispanic Advisory Council, one of whose members called the speech "a scam."

To expand Trump's appeal—perhaps with some white voters, at least—the Trump campaign has relied on a group of advisers from the National Diversity Coalition. Organized earlier this year, and led by Trump's Apprentice protégé Omarosa Manigault and other Trump surrogates, the coalition posted a list of 55 advisers, most of them African American, Asian American, and Latino, to convey that Trump has attracted a broad base of supporters.

But a closer look at this group reveals at least a half dozen figures who subscribe to a range of conspiracy theories and fringe ideas—including that President Obama is in cahoots with ISIS, that a top Hillary Clinton aide is a Saudi spy, that Clinton supports "genocide of black people through abortion," and that "Jews are the wealthiest people in the world."

Late Friday, coalition member Mark Burns—a high-profile African-American pastor who backs Trump and spoke at the GOP national convention—admitted to falsifying parts of his professional biography, reportedly with regard to his college education and military service.

The coalition held its kickoff event in April at Trump Tower. But longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen told me in an interview that the coalition is “completely separate” from the campaign, describing it as a “diverse group speaking on behalf of hundreds of thousands of individuals actively endorsing Mr. Trump.” Among the group's goals, Cohen said, is “to dispel the notion that the mainstream liberal media portrays Mr. Trump as racist.”

Here are some of Trump’s outspoken backers from the coalition:

names include this alleged human first, with a sweetweet to get things rolling>>>



haven't seen this link here yet; opens the rotten miasma of typical venal trump- worshipping stench for all to experience.

BTW, Michael Cohen, quoted in the excerpt is the one who disputed that CNN anchor who cited "all of them," as which polls showed Hillary in the lead. he's one of the very most obnoxious of all the blowhard surrogates they've managed to assemble

[al bupp]

1. I think you forgot the link /nt