{"id":2268867,"date":"2024-06-16T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-pastor-praises-trump-for-visiting-the-hood-and-slams-obama-for-absence\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T14:01:31","slug":"detroit-pastor-praises-trump-for-visiting-the-hood-and-slams-obama-for-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-pastor-praises-trump-for-visiting-the-hood-and-slams-obama-for-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit pastor commends Trump for visiting inner-city areas and criticizes Obama for not doing the same"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdetroit-pastor-praises-trump-for-visiting-the-hood-and-slams-obama-for-absence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2268867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a panel event at 180 Church in Detroit, \u200cMichigan,\u200d Pastor Lorenzo Sewell expressed his appreciation for\u2062 Donald Trump&#8217;s visit, highlighting its significance compared to past presidential \u200ccandidates.\u200d Trump&#8217;s attendance was part \u200cof his 2024 \u2062election campaign efforts, similar to his outreach strategies during the 2016 campaign. \u200cPastor Sewell pointed out that while previous presidents like Obama and Biden had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-speaks-on-his-fathers-cancer-diagnosis-any-sickness-brings-families-together\/\" title=\"Prince Harry on his father's cancer: Illness unites families\">attended significant events<\/a> like the NAACP dinner, they \u2063had not made similar community-specific visits \u200bto areas like the one\u2062 he ministers\u200c in, which he referred to colloquially as &#8220;the hood.&#8221; \u200cThe pastor&#8217;s remarks \u2063came against the backdrop of Detroit&#8217;s\u2064 demographic, which is\u200c nearly \u200d80% black, and where Democratic support \u200chas reportedly waned since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon 'Abuse of Power'\">2016 presidential election<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/religion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pastor<\/a> Lorenzo Sewell was grateful to host presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3046515\/watch-live-trump-speaks-at-community-roundtable-in-detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"panel event\">panel event<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was at 180 Church in Detroit, Michigan, where Sewell is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-democrat-raphael-warnock-oversaw-church-camp-that-abused-a-child-threw-urine-on-him\/\" title=\"Radical Democrat Raphael Warnock Oversaw Church Camp that Abused a Child \u2013 Threw Urine on Him\">senior pastor<\/a>, as he is campaigning for the 2024 election. Trump made similar trips around Detroit churches during his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump, I\u2019m so humbled that you would be here. President Obama never came to the hood, so to speak,\u201d Sewell said to applause. \u201cPresident Joe Biden went to the big NAACP dinner, but he never came to the hood \u2014 so thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DETROIT PASTOR: President Trump, I&#8217;m so humbled that you would be here. President Obama never came to the hood. President Biden went to the big NAACP dinner but he never came to the hood\u2014so THANK YOU! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WoeWe8M1Sm\">pic.twitter.com\/WoeWe8M1Sm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1802080310818988291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The population of Detroit is nearly 80% black. Democratic candidates have slipped in support from the area since 2016, when then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitmi.gov\/sites\/detroitmi.localhost\/files\/2018-05\/official-results-nov-8-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"47,000 fewer votes\">47,000 fewer votes<\/a> from Detroit voters than President Barack Obama did. Then, in 2020, Biden still did not recover the same number of votes that Obama once had, with only <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitmi.gov\/sites\/detroitmi.localhost\/files\/2020-11\/November%202020%20Election%20Summary%20Report%20Signed%20Copy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"47,000 fewer votes\">6,000 more votes<\/a> than Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, votes for Trump have increased marginally, as he originally received 3% of the vote in 2016 and over 5% the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Trump sat down with the panel of church leaders, Biden and Obama attended a star-studded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3045385\/biden-hollywood-counter-trump-conviction-fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fundraiser event\">fundraiser event<\/a> in Los Angeles, California. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/biden-trump-black-men-support-election-2024-poll-a7d9da22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wall\u00a0Street\u00a0Journal<\/em> poll<\/a> from April found that 30% of\u00a0Black\u00a0voters nationwide are planning to probably or definitely vote for Trump over Biden this fall. That high of an approval rating from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a> would be a massive swing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/behind-bidens-2020-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 election<\/a>, in which Biden won 92% of the\u00a0black\u00a0vote. In 2020,\u00a0black\u00a0voters\u00a0made up 13.5% of all eligible\u00a0voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/01\/10\/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to the Pew Research Center, they are expected to make up 14% in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Lorenzo Sewell hosted Donald Trump at 180 Church in Detroit for a panel event on Saturday. As Trump campaigns for the 2024 election, he revisited Detroit churches, reminiscent of his 2016 campaign strategies. 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