Trump says black pastors likely pressured not to endorse him -- Associated Press

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Trump says black pastors likely pressured not to endorse him

Associated Press
Jill Colvin
11/30/2015

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump says he thinks a group of black pastors meeting with him Monday had planned to endorse him for president but were pressured out of it because he "believes all lives matter."
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Trump insists 'most' black pastors endorsing him

The Hill
Lisa Hagen
11/30/2015

Excerpt:

Donald Trump is insisting that “most” of the 100 black pastors he met with on Monday are endorsing him for president.

“I thought it was an amazing meeting. I met some fantastic people,” Trump said following the private meeting at Trump Tower.

The GOP presidential front-runner had canceled a planned press conference on Sunday where he was to have highlighted the endorsements of 100 black religious leaders. He did so after several of the pastors denied they were endorsing Trump for president.

Darrell Scott, a pastor at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, stood by Trump’s side on Monday, saying that the meeting was “productive” and “constructive” and that the group of religious leaders are a “united front.”

“We voiced concerns sensitive to the African-American community,” Scott said. “We’re all satisfied with the answers.”

Scott said there were a number of pastors who endorsed Trump, but didn’t have an official number. He said the religious leaders who remain undecided are “praying about it.”

“Nobody at this meeting came out with negative reaction in any kind of way,” Scott said, adding that “Everybody in the room likes Donald Trump.”

Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, a former contestant on Trump’s reality show "The Apprentice" who is now a minister, also stood next to Trump at the press conference.

At the end of the press conference, Trump emphasized that he’s made no financial commitments to any of the churches.

Trump said issues such as African-American unemployment were addressed at the meeting, which lasted about two and a half hours.
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