WASHINGTON _ Black leaders say the White House has not made engagement with them a priority, despite assertions from President Donald Trump and his coronavirus task force that COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting African American communities.
Conservatives are among those who are the most frustrated, telling McClatchy the White House should have worked harder to build up a robust network of black leaders it could tap into prior to the global health crisis.
That coalition should have included activists with longstanding ties to the Republican Party, they said, highlighting a deficiency that black conservatives have been warning the White House about since Trump's first year in office.
