NEWS/UNITED STATES
Caucus says Trump's 'repeated attacks on black legislators, communities
makes him ill-suited to honour' democracy event.
Virginia's black state politicians protested Donald Trump's
"racist and xenophobic" rhetoric by boycotting a ceremony on Tuesday
commemorating the beginnings of American democracy because of the president.
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus said on Monday its
members would not attend the event in historic Jamestown marking the 400th
anniversary of the first representative assembly in the Western Hemisphere.
The boycott comes after Trump's weekend comments referring
to US Representatives Elijah Cummings's majority-black Baltimore-area district
as a "disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess".
The caucus's statement did not specifically mention Cummings
but said Trump's "repeated attacks on Black legislators and comments about
Black communities makes him ill-suited to honour and commemorate such a
monumental period in history".
Earlier this month, the president repeatedly made racist
remarks against four minority congresswomen of colour.
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