Baltimore Pastor Refuses To Attend White Home Assembly
Reverend Donte Hickman, a pastor from East Baltimore who was scheduled to host President Donald Trump in his neighborhood final winter, revealed he was invited on Monday (July 29) to satisfy with the president on the White Home.
Trump tweeted that he was wanting ahead to a gathering with “great Interior Metropolis Pastors!” Nevertheless, Hickman declined to attend as a result of he’s “unavailable,” in accordance with The Baltimore Solar. He additionally isn’t sure whether or not the invitation got here as a response to Trump’s latest criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Baltimore native who represents a portion of town.
Among the many attendees at Trump’s Monday assembly was Alveda King, a niece of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She was requested afterward about Trump’s tweets attacking Cummings and his Baltimore districts. As a substitute of outright condemning the tweets, King cited the economic system being good for African People beneath Trump’s presidency.
“Nicely, you understand, America is troubled. And if we are saying we’re colorblind, we have to placed on our glasses,” she mentioned. “We will see. We will see a troubled America, however we will see a blessed America. … We have now a possibility to proceed to be blessed, and now we have a president’s whose listening. And I used to be glad to hope with him as we speak.”
Donald Trump cancelled a visit to Baltimore in December however Hickman says his Baltimore journey invitation nonetheless stands. “I feel it’s vital for the president to interact with and actually see the neighborhood of which he talks about and has talked about giving assist to,” Hickman informed The Solar.
