The man Trump called 'My African American' is leaving the GOP

Mod: Apparently Trump supporters are now a fully segregated community.

The man Trump called 'my African American' is leaving the GOP (CNN Politicslink): The man then-candidate Donald Trump called "my African American" at a 2016 rally is leaving the Republican Party and no longer supports the President. Gregory Cheadle, of California, told "PBSNewsHour" he believes the Republican Party is pursuing a "pro-white" agenda and using black people like him as "political pawns."

"I'm just sick and tired of the way blacks and other people of color have been treated by this administration and by the GOP,"Cheadle told CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday on "Erin Burnett OutFront." He said he has been frustrated with Trump's rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity in his administration and judicial appointments.  Cheadle told Burnett he wouldn't use the term "racist" to describe the President, but said Trump has a "white superiority complex."

Trump singled out Cheadle at a rally in 2016 in an attempt to tout his support among African Americans. Exit polls of the 2016 election found that Trump received 8% of votes cast by African Americans, with 89% of them choosing Democrat Hillary Clinton. Opinion polls in the subsequent two-and-a-half years have found that he remains highly unpopular among African Americans. Moreover, a July Quinnipiac University poll showed a majority (51%) of voters believed that Trump is a racist. Forty-five percent said that he is not.

Cheadle told Burnett he is now more critical of the 2016 moment when Trump said, "Look at my African American over here," at a California rally. At the time, Cheadle told CNN he was not offended by Trump's comment. Now, he said he questions Trump's intent.

Cheadle pointed to the recent attacks by Trump on four congresswomen of color, when he told them to "go back" to where they came from, and on Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, when the President called Baltimore"a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess."

"President Trump is a rich guy who is mired in white privilege to the extreme," Cheadle told PBS. "Republicans are too sheepish to call him out on anything and they are afraid of losing their positions and losing any power themselves."

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