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#  Black Lives MAGA: President Launches Campaign Effort Called 'Black Voices for Trump' (of All Things)—In Atlanta (of All Places)

November 11 2019

Written by Karu F. Daniels.

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**WHAT THEY’RE SAYING**--Move over Arianna Huffington!

Donald Trump is now co-opting “Black Voices”—as you did in 2011 when you took it over with your [multimillion-dollar deal with AOL](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/business/media/07aol.html).

And as AOL did years before when they took it over from [Barry Cooper and Tribune.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-02-13-0402130062-story.html)

But I digress.

 On Friday, AmeriKKKa’s favorite president hit Hotlanta—the quasi-mecca for upwardly mobile, Southern-centric black millennials and those who love them—to kick off his latest campaign effort called “Black Voices for Trump,” dedicated to recruiting and activating African American voters who support him. [*(Read the rest*](https://www.theroot.com/black-lives-maga-president-launches-campaign-effort-ca-1839744647?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-11-10)*[.)](https://www.theroot.com/black-lives-maga-president-launches-campaign-effort-ca-1839744647?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-11-10)* -cw

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