President Donald Trump will not be invited to address the NAACP national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is the first time the civil rights organization has excluded a sitting president in its 116-year history.
AP reports National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) president Derrick Johnson announced the move at a Monday afternoon press conference, accusing Trump of working against its mission.
This is despite the Republican earned the highest black support for the GOP at the last election in decades garnering some 16 percent of black votes.
“This has nothing to do with political party,” Johnson said in a statement. “Our mission is to advance civil rights, and the current president has made clear that his mission is to
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