Man who Trump called 'my African American' quits GOP

A man who President Trump once singled out in a rally as “my African American” says he is leaving the Republican Party due to lack of diversity, “whites not seeing racism” and Trump’s name-calling, and will run for Congress as an independent in 2020.

“President Trump is a rich guy who is mired in white privilege to the extreme,” Gregory Cheadle, a 62-year-old real estate broker, told PBS NewsHour. “Republicans are too sheepish to call him out on anything and they are afraid of losing their positions and losing any power themselves.” He added that he sees the Republicans pushing a “pro-white” agenda and use black people as “political pawns.”