Ex-Black Panther Member Doesn’t Support Trump, Has Dementia, Grandson Says

Photo: Getty Images A former Black Panther member doesn’t support former President Donald Trump despite a viral interview that’s being shared across right-wing social media accounts, his grandson says. Eric Jones said his grandfather David Hilliard, a founding Black Panther member, was the victim of “senior abuse” and wasn’t fully aware of what was going on when he was interviewed by a woman named Carol D. Mitchell. In the now-viral interview, Hilliard said he knew Trump when he was a college student in the 1960s. “Trump is a person who’s a decent man, and he supported the Black Panther Party,” Hilliard reportedly said. “He was someone who gave us money.” “Trump’s a friend of African Americans, and I knew Trump from the 1960s in New York, where he comes from and he’s a friend to African Americans. He’s a decent man,” he continued. “I mean he’s not a racist. He’s not a racist, fascist, white man. He supported Black people.” Hilliard’s grandson spoke out against the interview as it gained traction online and was picked up by news outlets. “He would absolutely not be aligned with any of Trump’s politics,” Jones said of his grandfather, per What I’m Reading. “People...