The Congressional Black Caucus: At least Trump Now Knows Who They Are

Candidate Trump did not always make that "focus" easy to know or understand. His orations on "inner cities" usually painted a dystopian vision of urban "carnage" and hopelessness that teetered between pity and demonization. His best argument for African-Americans to vote for him, repeated often on the campaign trail was, "What do you have to lose?" Yet this meeting was remarkable not for what it accomplished, which reportedly wasn't much more than a get-acquainted chat, but that it happened at all. Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, the CBC's chairman, was joined by Clyburn and five other members of the organization's executive board: Reps. Karen Bass of California, Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, Brenda Lawrence of Michigan, Andre Carson of Indiana and Anthony G. Brown of Maryland — all Democrats.