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The Donald Discovers Diversity

With the change in his campaign leadership, including the dumping of his pro-Russian, pro-Putin campaign chair Paul Manafort, all has changed for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

082216_Donald_TrumpOh, he still wants to build a wall and ban Muslims. But he’s looking elsewhere beyond non-college educated Whites in order to shore up his sagging poll numbers.

His new team is scouring the data like stock-pickers looking for undervalued buys, and they’ve finally stumbled on something Trump has ignored all campaign.

People of color.

African Americans. Hispanics. And to a certain degree, Asian Americans.

With less than three months before the election, whether out of necessity, or even a bit of desperation, Trump seems to be finally embracing diversity.

“Look at how much African-American communities are suffering from Democratic control,” Trump said last week at a rally in Michigan. “To those I say the following; what do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump?”