Black Dems tell Trump: ‘We have a lot to lose’

Black Democrats pressed President Trump on Wednesday to focus more intently on issues important to African Americans. Huddling with Trump at the White House, the lawmakers delivered a rejoinder to the question of “what do you have to lose” that the president frequently asked black voters on the campaign trail. Their response was clear. “We have a lot to lose,” Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), said following the meeting, which included Vice President Mike Pence Trump and Trump senior adviser Omarosa Manigault. The CBC chairman was joined by other CBC leaders — Reps. André Carson (D-Ind.), Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Anthony Brown (D-Md.) and Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) — as well as Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-ranking Democrat in the House.