Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said he approved of the real estate mogul pitching his ideas to black voters while speaking in front of mostly suburban or heavily white communities.
Raw Story reports CNN's Anderson Cooper asked Lewandowski, who is now a CNN commentator, if he would have wanted the GOP nominee to speak in front of an African-American audience to discuss their concerns.
"What's amazing to me is no one remembers Donald Trump went to go have a rally in Chicago at the university," Lewandowski replied. "And do you remember what happened? It was so chaotic and it was so out of control, Secret Service and the Chicago Police Department could not get in and out of that facility safely and that rally was canceled."
In March, Trump attempted to hold a rally in a predominantly black community in Chicago, but it was canceled amid protests and security concerns.
The Chicago rally turned "chaotic," Lewandowski added.
"He went to the heart of Chicago to go and give a speech to the University of Chicago in a campus, which is predominantly African-American, to make that argument," he continued. "And you know what happened? The campus was overrun, and it was not a safe environment."
"Whose fault is it that particular event in Chicago was completely destroyed?" Lewandowski asked.
Political commentator Angela Rye, a panelist on the show then said, "It's not all black people's fault."
"I didn't say it was," Lewandowski responded.
Lewandowski has remained a supporter of Trump during his CNN appearances, including saying the resignation of the GOP nominee's campaign manager Paul Manafort "is about what is best for Donald Trump."
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