10 Crazy Things I Saw at CPAC 2017

By Samuel Smith, Deputy Managing Editor FacebookTwitter
Maurice Symonette (R), of Blacks for Trump, debates political issues outside of the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Feb.24, 2017.
Maurice Symonette (R), of Blacks for Trump, debates political issues outside of the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Feb.24, 2017. | (Photo: The Christian Post / Samuel Smith)

6. "Blacks for Trump"

In the same public space where the anti-Trump protesters gathered, a handful of African-American Trump supporters gathered for an informal counter protest.

The group is led by a man named Maurice Symonette, also known as "Michael the Black Man," who hails from Miami.

The interaction between the anti-Trump crowd and the "Blacks for Trump" was peaceful and allowed for healthy dialogue and debate between the two sides.

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"I am going to stand up for truth and I am not going to vote myself into slavery because that's how you feel," Symonette told reporters.

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