Atlanta Black barbershop owner says he’s lost business since Trump event

An Atlanta Black barbershop owner said on Friday that he lost business after he was misled into hosting a campaign event for former President Donald Trump.On Wednesday, a day before Trump debated President Joe Biden on the CNN stage in Atlanta, the former president’s surrogates held an event, the Black American Business Leader Barbershop Roundtable, at Rocky’s Barbershop that included a surprise phone call from Trump himself.According to local news outlet 11 Alive, the number of customers flowing into Rocky’s Barbershop has dwindled since the campaign event.The shop’s owner, Rocky Jones, told the outlet in an article published Friday, “We had some calls Thursday. We definitely got some calls, some backlash, some angry people that don’t know me and I have to deal with that.”Jones said that he has “no involvement in politics” and added that he was under the assumption that the event was meant to be a forum for small Black-owned businesses.“I thought it was going to be something real private,” he said. “I’m thinking about Black businesses in Atlanta, small Black businesses in Atlanta. And I’m like, ‘Ok, so when are we gonna start talking about this?'”When Trump phoned into the event, Jones was shocked. “I’m like,...