Trump Shouts Out White Woman Holding "Blacks for Trump" Sign at Florida Rally

At a rally, Trump bragged about the "Blacks for Trump" signs, many of which were held by his white supporters.

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Donald Trump doesn't have the best relationship with black voters. As he's told "my African American" and his "many, many blacks," Trump thinks that African Americans "have no education," are "living in poverty," and generally "in the worst shape ever." To put things into perspective, Trump has the enthusiastic support of former KKK leader David Duke, and yet Duke has more support among African American voters than Trump does. So it's surprising to see "Blacks for Trump" signs at his rallies. But you know what's the most surprising part? Many of the people holding the signs appear to be white.

The latest example of white people representing African American support for Trump came on Tuesday in Sanford, Florida:

Of note: The person holding the “BLACKS FOR TRUMP” sign is white. pic.twitter.com/Bn3hJyiVZO

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 25, 2016

Trump notices signs behind him: "Blacks for Trump -- you watch. You watch." pic.twitter.com/UrQO6wPXMe

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) October 25, 2016

Folks noticing the white woman behind Trump with the "Blacks for Trump" sign... Happens often. Here's a photo from Las Vegas last week. pic.twitter.com/nyqS0nnucx

— Chris Moody (@moody) October 25, 2016

But the latest example is just that—the latest example. As Chris Moody of CNN Politics has pointed out, this has become pretty common for the Trump campaign:

Her favorite rapper is Michael Bolton. #Blacks4Trump #BlacksForTrump pic.twitter.com/izsqjGGgT7

— Jeff Tiedrich [retired account — see bio] (@jefftiedrich) October 25, 2016

It happened back at a rally on Oct. 12 too:

Trump can't even find minorities to hold signs at rallies. #WomenWhoVoteTrump pic.twitter.com/Z8awbo6DOY

— JustJanis (@jsavite) October 14, 2016

And even earlier in the month:

Meanwhile at the 'Blacks for Trump' tent:

"I thought YOU brought the black guy" pic.twitter.com/Hr8p0ul6gj

— JustJanis (@jsavite) October 12, 2016

Seriously, it happens a lot:

You have to admit it's funny that the @realDonaldTrump campaign had to get an old White woman & man to hold their "Blacks for Trump" cards

— 🇺🇲 Uncle John 🇺🇦 Путин иди на хуй (@azmoderate) October 16, 2016

It's not just white people holding "Blacks for Trump" signs, they've held "Latinos Para Trump" signs too:

Sometimes white Trump supporters represent black voters even outside of his rallies:

As Slate points out, "It's possible that Trump has a lot of very, very light-skinned black women supporting him," or maybe all these white people are consistently grabbing the wrong signs "on accident."

At the end of the day though, it is pretty hilarious:

Make sure to vote, y'all.

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