Trump told civil rights leaders 'it was great' many Black people didn't vote in 2016, according to leaked recording

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• Donald Trump, then president-elect, told civil rights leaders in a private meeting at Trump Tower that low Black turnout in 2016 was "great."
• "Many Blacks didn't go out to vote for Hillary 'cause they liked me. That was almost as good as getting the vote, you know, and it was great," Trump said, according to newly leaked audio obtained by Politico.
• Part of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's loss can be attributed to lower turnout, particularly among Black people, which declined for the first time in 20 years in the 2016 presidential election.
• Trump has struggled to garner widespread support from Black communities.
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Shortly before his inauguration, Donald Trump privately disclosed that low voter turnout among Black people helped him win in 2016, according to reporting from Politico.

The then-president elect held a closed meeting with a group of civil rights leaders at Trump Tower, in which he asked if they were "surprised" at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's loss and gloated about his victory.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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