Liberal Forum

Donald Trump slapped down by African-American pastor; later lies about it on Fox & Friends

Donald Trump is making a deliberate outreach to the black community.

It does not appear to be working.

In an appearance at at Bethel United Methodist Church, a black church in Flint, Michigan, Reverend Faith Green Timmons, the pastor of the mostly black church, stopped him cold as he was bashing Hillary Clinton.

Rev. Timmons told Trump he had not been invited “to give a political speech.”

Without apologizing, he went on with the speech in a different direction and told Pastor Timmons, “Oh, oh, OK. OK. That’s good.” He stopped cold and changed the subject.

Members of the congregation booed and repeatedly shouted at Trump, interrupting him shouting that his housing empire “discriminated against black tenants” in the past according to reports in the media pool.

This morning on Fox & Friends Trump went after the Flint pastor, saying that she was so nervous when she introduced him.""she was shaking." Trump said.

"And I said 'Wow this is sorta strange.' And then, she came up. So she had that in mind, there was no question about it," said Trump to Fox & Friends.

Trump told the Fox & Friends hosts that she was "so nervous" and acted like a "nervous mess." Then adding, " I figured something was up. Really."

Then Trump lied in claiming that the audience screamed, "Let him speak, let him speak."

That didn't happen. An NPR reporter in the room at the time reported so, and that in fact, the congregation booed Trump.

And that's when Timmons — who Trump said Thursday had planned to ambush him — stepped in to defend Trump, saying the Republican nominee was "a guest of my church, and you will respect him."