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63splitwindow

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Tue Jul 12, 2016, 11:29 PM Jul 2016

Trump declines invite to NAACP convention


" Washington (CNN) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will not be speaking at the NAACP Annual Convention in Ohio next week, the civil rights organization's president and CEO said Tuesday.

After days of speculation, NAACP's Cornell William Brooks told CNN that Trump had declined the group's invitation to address its members in Cincinnati at their conference, which is being held this weekend.

Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is scheduled to speak, Brooks told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room."
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/donald-trump-naacp-convention/index.html
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Trump declines invite to NAACP convention (Original Post) 63splitwindow Jul 2016 OP
YAY! bravenak Jul 2016 #1
Says a lot, coming from Trump and we know his inability to speak to the NAACP because he is a hater. Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #2
i guess his racist ass wouldn't feel to comfy there.. spanone Jul 2016 #3
Careful here. I got alerted for quoting the text of the CNN link. BlueNoMatterWho Jul 2016 #4
? ? ? 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #5
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