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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 07:24 PM Sep 2016

Donald Trump showed up at Ben Carson's old neighborhood..that's the extent of his visit

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/09/03/trump-visits-detroit-neighborhood/89835796/

Presidential candidate Donald Trump made a brief stop Saturday in fellow Republican Ben Carson's boyhood neighborhood in southwest Detroit where he chatted with residents.

“I met Mr. Trump and shook his hand,” Felicia Reese said outside her home on South Deacon. “And he told me that the house looked nice.”

She said Trump, accompanied by Carson, told her the house was valuable. “And I said ‘I wish it was and maybe he could come up with something associated with “The Art of the Deal,” so I could sell it for something,’” Reese told the Free Press after Trump left.
Reese lives in Carson's former boyhood home and said Trump took some pictures during the brief visit.

“We were polite. We were cordial. He’s a guest of the city of Detroit,” Reese said, adding “Dr. Carson is a native son of our neighborhood and of this house, and he’s always welcome.”Reese, 58, a Democratic, said she was not surprised by Trump's visit and thought he might come.

Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate who threw his support behind Trump after dropping out of the Republican primary race in March, was also with the Trump at Great Faith Ministries International church in Detroit earlier in the day and hung around his old neighborhood after Trump left.
"I just wanted him to get a good idea of where I grew up and wanted him to see some of the more blighted areas of Detroit also over near the church,” Carson said, standing outside Reese's house.
People in the neighborhood said they still have no plans to vote for Trump, even after his visit there Saturday.

Dwight Hill, 71, has been in his house for more than four decades and said he doesn't think Trump will do anything for people in the neighborhood and he won't vote for him.

&quot He's) trying to get the black vote," Hill said. "That's all."
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Donald Trump showed up at Ben Carson's old neighborhood..that's the extent of his visit (Original Post) HipChick Sep 2016 OP
Good thinking Mr Hill madokie Sep 2016 #1
"Reese, 58, a Democratic"? trof Sep 2016 #2
That makes me want to slap someone! redwitch Sep 2016 #4
As long as they understand that Don the Con is trying to steal the African-American malaise Sep 2016 #3
He doesn't have a chance in hell.. HipChick Sep 2016 #5
The question is this time around - who plays the role of the malaise Sep 2016 #6
He lives in NYC and there are many black neighborhoods SummerSnow Sep 2016 #7

redwitch

(14,944 posts)
4. That makes me want to slap someone!
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 07:36 PM
Sep 2016

Yeah? Honestly shall we start calling them republics? So petty!

malaise

(269,004 posts)
6. The question is this time around - who plays the role of the
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 07:41 PM
Sep 2016

one who died in a sudden plane crash

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
7. He lives in NYC and there are many black neighborhoods
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 08:42 PM
Sep 2016

even in the borough he lives in he can get to Harlem in 5 minutes. He probably was scared.lol. Ben Carson is such a tool to take him to his old neighborhood, he probably hasn't been there since he left. I'm sure of it, he hates black people more than Trump if that's possible.

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