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At rally, Trump praises ‘my African-American’ supporter

By The Associated Press
Published: June 3, 2016, 6:56pm

REDDING, Calif. — Donald Trump singled out a black supporter at a rally in California on Friday as he sought to demonstrate his support among African-Americans, saying, “Look at my African-American over here!”

At the Friday rally, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was in the middle of describing a past campaign event, at which he said a black supporter “slugged” protesters who were dressed in a “Ku Klux Klan outfit.”

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