Pastor cuts short Trump speech

FLINT: The pastor of a black church in Flint, Michigan, stopped Donald Trump on Wednesday in the midst of his remarks criticising Democratic rival Hillary Clinton,

FLINT: The pastor of a black church in Flint, Michigan, stopped Donald Trump on Wednesday in the midst of his remarks criticising Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, and said the Republican presidential nominee was not invited to talk about politics.

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As Trump went after Clinton for her support of global trade deals, pastor Faith Green Timmons interrupted to tell Trump her church had not invited him to “give a political speech.”

“Oh, oh, OK, that’s good,” Trump responded, shuffling papers on his podium at Bethel United Methodist Church.

He then made a few remarks about fixing Flint’ s drinking- water issues before departing.

Trump was visiting the city to view its water crisis first-hand and extend his recent outreach to African-American voters ahead of the November 8 election. Polls show black voters largely favour Clinton.

He held an event at a black church in nearby Detroit earlier this month and has pledged in recent speeches to help the black community.