Donald Trump ‘Ran Into Blackness and Felt It’ at Black Journalists’ Convention, Mayor Says

Mayor Brandon Johnson bashed Donald Trump hours after Trump’s combative interview with Black reporters in Chicago on Wednesday, labeling the GOP nominee for president a liar who “ran into Blackness and felt it.”

Johnson made his remarks during the opening ceremony of the National Association of Black Journalists conference at the Hilton Chicago, telling the crowd “there was an elephant in this room” that he needed to address.

“Let me be very clear about who Donald Trump is. He is someone who can sit comfortable in our pain,” Johnson said. “And the reason he can sit comfortably in our pain is because he sits in the principality of lies. It’s his being, it’s his character.”

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Johnson highlighted the differences between Trump and Harris, touting the vice president’s work battling gun violence and noting that Trump has called for police officers to have immunity from prosecution.

“I’m talking about the difference between a Black woman and someone who sits in the office of lies,” Johnson said.

CHICAGO MAYOR JOHNSON: “[Trump] ran into blackness and he felt it…The masterpiece of a black woman.”

“Only an amazing God could take an Indian and a Jamaican and create somebody in his image — a black woman.” pic.twitter.com/aIixapx0F5

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 1, 2024

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