{"id":11456,"date":"2016-09-15T07:42:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=11456"},"modified":"2016-09-15T07:43:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:43:25","slug":"trump-interrupted-heckled-in-visit-to-flint-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/trump-interrupted-heckled-in-visit-to-flint-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump, interrupted, heckled in visit to Flint church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump, interrupted, heckled in visit to Flint church<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Trump, interrupted, heckled in visit to Flint church:<\/strong> -Donald Trump was cut off, chastised and then heckled after he attacked rival Hillary Clinton during what was supposed to be a speech on helping where the government had failed the people of Flint, Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we\u2019ve done in Flint, not give a political speech,\u201d said the Rev. Faith Green Timmons, the pastor of the Bethel United Methodist Church.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Republican nominee quickly stopped, then said \u201cOk, that\u2019s good, Then I\u2019m going to go back to Flint\u201d and its water crisis that had sickened its citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the interruption seemed to embolden those in the sparse crowd. One woman shouted that Trump had used discriminatory housing practices in his buildings, causing the celebrity businessman to respond, \u201cNever, you\u2019re wrong. Never would.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump abruptly ended his speech, which had lasted six minutes. More heckling followed him out.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visit was part of the campaign\u2019s effort to persuade voters that the celebrity businessman can appear empathetic and presidential in a crisis. Trump also has his eye on a good showing in the industrial Midwest, though polls have him down in Michigan, which last went Republican in 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trip was the Republican presidential nominee\u2019s first visit to the poverty-stricken city since lead was detected in its water supply in April 2014. More than 100,000 had their water contaminated after the city left Detroit\u2019s water supply and started using improperly treated Flint River water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump did address the crisis, saying at the church \u201cWe will get it fixed and it will be fixed and effectively and Flint will come back. Most importantly, we\u2019ll bring jobs back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also bemoaned that previously \u201ccars were made in Flint and you couldn\u2019t drink the water in Mexico. Now cars are made in Mexico and you can\u2019t drink the water in Flint.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump visited the traditionally African American church in the impoverished city to pay tribute to the city\u2019s resiliency. But then, he attacked Clinton, saying \u201ceverything she touched didn\u2019t work out.\u201d Timmons then stepped up and interrupted him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Others began to heckle the GOP presidential nominee. The pastor stepped in and silenced them too, saying that Trump \u201cis our guest\u201d who should be honored.<\/span><\/p>\n

But when Trump abruptly ended his speech, a few more in the crowd yelled at him as he walked off stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

One black woman, Reneta Richard, yelled at him \u201cWhat do you mean, \u2018African-Americans have nothing to lose?\u2019\u201d repeating back to Trump his recent call for African-Americans to turn their back on Democrats and vote for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reverend had said in a statement distributed to reporters that the visit \u201cin no way\u201d represented an endorsement of Trump\u2019s candidacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we pray is that it conveys a fine example of a faithful, intelligent, historically African-American congregating at work, serving and volunteering among the people of Flint as we work through this crisis of national impact,\u201d read the statement. \u201cWe cannot let this story drift from national attention for any reason.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But later at a rally in Ohio, Trump insisted he was undeterred by the tough reception and would be \u201cwilling to campaign anywhere, even if voters openly oppose me somewhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSome people in those communities aren\u2019t planning on voting for me and that\u2019s ok \u2014 I will be the president for all Americans,\u201d Trump said in front of rowdy crowd of about 5,000 people in Canton. \u201cI\u2019m running to bring hope to Flint.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The visit to Flint, where most residents are African-American, comes as Trump has increased his outreach to minorities, arguing that Democratic policies have left inner cities impoverished and dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Critics say Trump paints an overly bleak picture of life in urban African-American communities, where crime has fallen and the life expectancy has risen in recent decades. Some black leaders have also suggested that Trump\u2019s outreach to minorities is mostly about proving to undecided white voters that he\u2019s not racist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/religion\/trump-interrupted-heckled-in-visit-to-flint-church\/2016\/09\/15\/6449570a-7b0b-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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