Black Detroit Preacher Praises Trump Over Visit: 'Obama Never Came'

Black Detroit Preacher Praises Trump Over Visit: 'Obama Never Came'


A black Detroit preacher praised former President Donald Trump, who made a trip to his church to speak to the congregation, as he shredded former President Obama and President Joe Biden.

“President Obama never came to the ’hood, so to speak, right? President Joe Biden, he went to the big NAACP dinner, but he never came to the ’hood. So thank you,” Pastor Lorenzo Sewell said.

The pastor appeared on “Fox & Friends First” and said his idea for the Platinum Plan for black Americans, which includes around  $500 billion for Black businesses and churches, and said it was the first time he ever heard a president have a specific plan for black Americans.

“Those metrics matter to us. So we’re going to ask him, we’re going to hold him accountable to the Platinum Plan that he produced,” he said.

The appearance came before the former president visited the church, and the pastor was thrilled that he was coming.

“Sometimes we forget about the Black vote. Sometimes, we forget about the power of what it means to vote for those who are in office, and, in urban America, our voice matters. That’s why it means so much to us that the former president will come and value our voice,” the pastor said before criticizing President Biden.

“I believe our current president has forgotten that the reason why he’s in office is because the first Black president selected him as a vice president, and because he selected a Black vice president,” the pastor said.

“At the end of the day, in urban America, typically, people are on the menu, and they’re never at the table,” he said.

“We can vote different. But we are all called to love the same Jesus Christ. He loved you regardless of your background or your political affiliation,” he said.

And he was not the only person in Detroit to welcome the former president.

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig said on “Fox & Friends” that he has seen a shift in the black vote.

“People are sick and tired. I’ve had a lot of conversations in my barbershop. We talk about politics all the time. And these are African American men, and they say they’re ready for change. Now, some are very quiet; they may not speak out loud, but they come to me,” he said.


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