Black journalist group sparks backlash for inviting Trump to its convention

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Trump's team also announced the event on his website, writing that Trump has "accomplished more for Black Americans than any other president in recent history."
47% : "While my decision was influenced by a variety of factors, I was not involved or consulted with in any way with the decision to platform Trump in such a format," she added in a follow-up post.
44% : The event comes as Trump works to ramp up support among Black voters and polls suggest younger Black voters are showing more openness to him as a candidate.
42% : "Critics said these explanations did not adequately address concerns from journalists and other NABJ members who balked at giving Trump such a high-profile platform at the convention, given his history, in their view, of emboldening white supremacists, racist rhetoric and laying the groundwork for education restrictions, anti-DEI legislation and anti-LGBTQ laws.
34% : As a result, some critics suggested Trump only accepted the NABJ's invitation to lure Black voters.
23% : President Joe Biden spoke at the virtual conference held in 2020; Trump did not.

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