Biden, Trump hope to win over Black voters in tonight’s debate

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump’s battle to win over Black voters will be on display at Thursday’s debate in Atlanta, Georgia. The key voter block, in the key swing state could make or break the president’s reelection bid come November. Both campaigns say they will speak directly to Black voters during their first televised debate of the election season. Recent polling shows support for Trump among Black voters is up compared to four years ago. Harrison Fields, a surrogate with Black Americans for Trump, argues Black Americans are “waking up” after decades of empty promises from Democrats. He attributes a rise in Black support for Trump to crippling inflation under the Biden administration and new outreach from the Trump campaign. On the eve of the debate, Black Americans for Trump, hosted a Black business leaders roundtable at an Atlanta barbershop. The panel included former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) who remains on a shortlist for Trump’s VP. Trump called into the event but did not attend. “The American people do realize that life was better under President Trump than Joe Biden,” Fields said. “He’s talking about access...