Trump – “Love” Was In The Room with Black Pastors

Donald Trump said his meeting with African-American pastors on Monday resulted in “lots of good ideas,” though it did not end with a consensus endorsement from the group.

The Republican presidential front-runner said he received “many, many endorsements” from the group of about 100 religious leaders, but declined to put an exact number on it. Prior to the meeting, some of the pastors took issue with Trump’s campaign characterizing the sit down as a show of support.

“I don’t think I saw backlash. I saw love in that room … [The meeting] went longer because of the love. It didn’t go longer for other reasons,” Trump told reporters after the meeting.

But others in the room told NBC’s Katy Tur that Trump got an earful for his rhetoric, which has come under fire for being racially insensitive.

Last week, Trump’s campaign released a statement touting an endorsement from the coalition of black pastors he met with on Monday in Trump Tower in New York City. But backlash from some of the attendees who say the sit down was not meant to be an endorsement forced Trump’s campaign to hastily cancel a new conference.

“Probably some of the Black Lives Matter folks called them up and said, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t be meeting with Trump because he believes that all lives matter,’” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” earlier Monday. “I believe black lives do matter, but I believe all lives matter very strongly.”

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