While addressing the Bethel United Methodist Church in Flint, Michigan Wednesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump began to bash Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton but was quickly cut off by Rev. Faith Green-Timmons. The moment was caught on video.
Trump discussed the series of failures that led to Flint's water crisis creating undrinkable water and tied it to Clinton noting her failures. "Hillary failed on the economy, just like she's failed on foreign policy," Trump said. "Everything she's touched didn't work out." That's when Rev. Green-Timmons walked to the podium and said, "Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we've done for Flint, not to give a political speech." Trump then turned back to Flint.
According to the Huffington Post, Rev. Green-Timmons said, "Trump's presence at Bethel Methodist in no way represents an endorsement of his candidacy." She added, "What we pray is that it conveys a final example of a faithful, intelligent, historically African-American congregation at work, serving and volunteering among the people of Flint as we work through this crisis of national impact. We cannot let this story drift from national attention for any reason."
Trump's no stranger to making an issue about him. Last month, he tweeted about the shooting death of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin in Chicago only to say "African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!" He also outraged black voters saying they had "nothing to lose" by voting for him because they're "living in poverty" and "58 percent of your youth is unemployed."
