Trump Declines NAACP Invite

SCHEDULING CONFLICT

Updated Apr. 13, 2017 3:31PM EDT / Published Jul. 12, 2016 7:50PM EDT

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According to NAACP CEO Cornell William Brooks, Donald Trump declined the group’s invitation to speak at its upcoming convention in Cincinnati, citing the fact that the Republican National Convention begins in Cleveland on Monday. “We were hoping he would make the short trip from Cleveland to Cincinnati,” Brooks told CNN. Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will address the convention. 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney addressed the NAACP’s convention that year in Texas.

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Trump Declines NAACP Invite

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