A civil rights museum has turned down a request from Donald Trump’s campaign for a special visit.
The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C., said it was contacted by the Trump campaign to plan a visit last Tuesday, when the Republican presidential nominee would be in town for a separate speech.
But the museum’s co-founder said he denied the request, because the Trump staffers were rude and wanted the museum closed for at least five hours to accomodate Trump.
“We did not honor the request of the Donald Trump team because we thought … their approach was disrespectful, so therefore we did not grant that request,” co-founder Early Jones told the WFMY News.
Jones said he would allow Trump — and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — into the museum but wouldn’t give either candidate special treatment. But he also suggested Trump’s staff were disrespectful because of their boss’s “insensitivity to civil rights.”
“The approach, the type of disrespect, pretty much a demand and bullying us to use the museum in their manner and their way in their time, it was inappropriate and I think it’s probably reflective of the type of insensitivity of civil rights and human rights that’s reflective from Trump over the years,” Jones said.
Trump has recently tried to garner support from black voters, speaking at several African-American churches and pitching himself as the candidate who can help black communities.
