Former boxing promoter Don King used the N-word on Wednesday while introducing Donald Trump at a black church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, just hours after the Republican National Committee released a new video aimed at attracting black voters.
“Donald Trump says no, we’re going back to inclusiveness,” King said about his longtime friend. “He don’t care about political correctness, he wants what is right, and that’s why I will walk with him, talk with him to the people about why the system is the problem.”
“America needs Donald Trump,” he added. “We need Donald Trump, especially black people, because you’ve got to understand my brothers and sisters, they told me to try to emulate and imitate the white man and then you can be successful.”
“I told Michael Jackson, if you poor, you are a poor negro. … But if you rich, you are a rich negro,” King told the crowd as Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, stood behind him.
“If you are intelligent, intellectual, you are intellectual negro. If you are a dancing and sliding and gliding n——r, I mean negro,” King caught himself, drawing gasps and laughter from the crowd.
King, who was barred from speaking at the GOP convention by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, also said that every black voter and white woman should cast their ballot for Trump in November.
“Donald Trump says no, we’re going back to inclusiveness,” he told the congregation. “Everybody counts. So that’s why when I see them try to ridicule him, or to try to ostracize and pervert, I want you to understand, every white woman should cast their vote for Donald Trump.”
