Seth Meyers takes a closer look at Trump's courting of black and Latino voters
In order to successfully reach out to black and Latino voters, Seth Meyers believes Donald Trump needs to do more than just give himself a nickname and dance like a dorky dad.
On Tuesday's Late Night, Meyers examined Trump's trip to a church in Detroit, where his surrogate Ben Carson was seen paying more attention to his phone than the service and Trump himself was spotted "awkwardly swaying back and forth like a dad who brought his kids to a Demi Lovato concert." He also poked fun at a tweet Trump sent out, addressed to the "African-American community," which said the "Democrats have failed you for fifty years, high crime, poor schools, no jobs. I will fix it, VOTE 'T.'" An incredulous Meyers asked, "'T'? Is he trying to give himself a nickname to appeal to black voters? Come November 8, vote D. Trizzy, or maybe A$AP Donald, or my personal favorite, Donye Worst."
When it comes to Latinos, Meyers continued, Trump is trying to have it both ways, making it sound like he is softening his stance on immigration while continuing his rhetoric that "isn't about addressing the problem, it's about appealing to people's fear of cultural change." Meyers then showed a clip of the founder of Latinos for Trump announcing on MSNBC that if Trump's immigration policy doesn't become implemented, there will be a taco truck on every corner. "Taco trucks on every corner?" Meyers asked. "You can't threaten people with something they actually want. This is America, the only thing we love more than tacos are tacos that come to us." Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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