A Black Trump supporter and employee released a video defending the presumptive Republican presidential nominee last week.
Lynne Patton joined the Trump organization in May of 2009. She currently serves as director of the Eric Trump Foundation and assistant to Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
Here is an excerpt of what she said about her boss, Donald Trump:
“As a Black female executive at the Trump organization I can no longer remain silent about the repeated and reprehensible attempts to align my boss and his family with racist hate mongering groups, campaigns, and messaging … To equate racism with my boss’s call for a temporary moratorium on a flawed immigration system that radical Islamic terrorists continue to exploit, or the construction of an impassible wall to protect our borders from the influx of illegal drugs, is not only incendiary, it’s wholly irresponsible and only serves to embolden the very hatred these draconian groups espouse.”
Since the start of Trump’s campaign, the presumptive Republican nominee has hosted rallies where Black protestors have been beaten, pushed, shoved and brutalized on tape. He has gotten endorsements from KKK Grand Dragons, white supremacist David Duke, and white nationalist William Johnson.
