‘Everything About Maga Is Fake’: Donald Trump Campaign Under Fire for Ad Featuring ‘Random Black Voters’ Revealed As Paid Influencers, Critics Say He’s Trying to ‘Cheat’ to Win

Republican nominee Donald Trump has prioritized getting a greater share of the Black vote in 2024, though one group has remained cool to him. CBS News polling finds more than nine in 10 Black women voters are backing Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential election, in line with most other surveys. Ninety percent of Black women voters supported Joe Biden in 2020, according to exit polls. Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump gets backlash after hundreds of his followers were left stranded in the desert after Coachella rally. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) That hasn’t stopped Trump from trying to lure them to the GOP tent; in August, his campaign released a video online showing 16 Black women explaining why they would not vote for Harris. But according to MeidasTouch, all but one were plants — MAGA operatives or influencers. The video remains on Trump’s official YouTube page, accompanied by the hashtag #ImNotWithHer. As a bonus, several of the women featured mispronounce the vice president’s first name. “Donald Trump made me proud to be an American,” says Jasmine Woodson. The video neglects to mention she is a recruiting manager for Blexit, a conservative campaign to “liberate” Black voters from...