A volunteer coordinator for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Ohio resigned on thursday after the Guardian a video interview
in which she said there was “no racism” until President Obama came into
office and that black people who’ve struggled to succeed since the
1960s have no one to blame but themselves.
“If you’re black and you haven’t been successful in the last 50 years, it’s your own fault,” Kathy Miller said “You’ve had every opportunity, it was given to you.”
“You’ve had the same schools everybody else went to,”
Miller continued. “You had benefits to go to college that white kids
didn’t have. You had all the advantages and didn’t take advantage of it.
It’s not our fault, certainly.”
She added: “I
don’t think there was any racism until Obama got elected. We never had
problems like this. … Now, with the people with the guns, and shooting
up neighborhoods and not being responsible citizens, that’s a big
change, and I think that’s the philosophy that Obama has perpetuated on
America.”
“My personal comments were
inappropriate, and I apologize. I am not a spokesperson for the campaign
and was not speaking on its behalf,” she said in a statement.
“I have resigned as the volunteer campaign chair in Mahoning County and
as an elector to the electoral college to avoid any unnecessary
distractions.”
Her resignation comes as Trump continues his attempted outreach to African-American voters in crucial swing states like Ohio.
At a Fox News town hall focused on black
issues in Cleveland on Wednesday night, Trump proposed that police
departments launch or reinstate controversial “stop and frisk” policies
in high-crime cities like Chicago.
Trump gave a grim assessment of black neighborhoods at a rally in North Carolina the night before.
“Our
African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape that
they’ve ever been in before, ever, ever, ever,” he said.
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