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Donald Trump’s appearance at an African-American church in Detroit went wrong, as the congregation rejected Trump by not showing up to hear him speak.

Here was the scene as Trump entered the church:

Nowhere near a full crowd as Trump enters (far left) pic.twitter.com/kL1AlVukG4 — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 3, 2016

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The place was nearly empty. Donald Trump did give a speech to the few members of the congregation that were there and it was as condescending and offensive as one would imagine:

Trump told African-Americans that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, which is why they should vote for him:

.@realDonaldTrump: "A lot of people don't realize" Abraham Lincoln was a Republican https://t.co/q9Gu8G8cMw https://t.co/i4kQQ7cPF2 — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 3, 2016

Trump claimed that he was there to remedy injustice:

.@realDonaldTrump in African-American church: "I'm here today to learn, so that we can together remedy injustice" https://t.co/dswRMGmLiW — ABC News (@ABC) September 3, 2016

And he quoted the Bible, rather unconvincingly:

.@realDonaldTrump concludes remarks at African-American church in Detroit with Bible passage https://t.co/q9Gu8G8cMw https://t.co/voVbsYdSqL — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 3, 2016

Trump also got a prayer shawl from Israel:

.@realDonaldTrump given prayer shawl from Israel after remarks at African-American church in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/BH4M8dCoTr — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 3, 2016

The whole appearance was about the photo-op of Trump appearing in an African-American church. Donald Trump is not sincerely trying to get the votes of African-Americans. The Republican nominee is trying to convince white suburban voters that he is not a racist.

Trump’s publicity stunt backfired because the church congregation in large part refused to be used as political props. Donald Trump went to an African-American church, said some words that he didn’t write, and then posed for pictures.

What the Trump campaign never planned for was the rejection of their candidate by the congregation.