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Dahleen Glanton: Donald Trump might be delusional about lots of things, but it's crazy to think blacks will vote for him

Donald Trump has embarked on a halfhearted campaign to recruit African American support in 2020. Even a president who shuns reality knows it's ridiculous for Republicans to spend a lot of energy on black voters.

And for Trump, it's worthless.

Perhaps that is why his "Black Voices for Trump" rally in Atlanta on Friday seemed so disingenuous. Maybe that explains why he began his speech with a racial joke, even bungling the name of the group he was there to tout.

What do you prefer, he asked the handful of supporters, "Blacks for Trump" or "African Americans for Trump?" It was condescending and gratuitous. And it

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