The Republican presidential candidate on Saturday visited a church, attended a service, and is touring neighborhoods in the largely black city of Detroit, Michigan, as he continues his dedicated outreach to minorities. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who grew up in Detroit, accompanied Donald Trump on the visit as protestors gathered outside the church.

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During his remarks in the Detroit church, Trump said that becoming the nominee of his party has been “the biggest honor” of his life, and he pledged to help blacks who are struggling get better jobs and lift their families up out of despair and desperation. He particularly cited young black men who have so much potential and need far better opportunities that they’ve so far received.

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Before this, on Friday, Trump met with black religious, business and civic leaders in Philadelphia, and in the days prior to that he met with Republican blacks and Latinos at his New York City headquarters at Trump Tower.

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Several participants at the meeting on Friday with Philadelphia’s black leaders, many of whom identified themselves as Republicans, said they were Trump supporters.

“For the first time in my life, I feel like my vote is going to count,” Daphne Goggins, the GOP leader of a Philadelphia ward, said as the group introduced themselves one by one around the table, according to a Reuters report.

“People say, Mr. Trump, that you have no African-American support. We want you to know that you do,” said Renee Amoore, deputy chair of the Pennsylvania Republican Party, after the session.

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The meeting with 14 African-American business, civic and religious leaders occurred around 2 p.m. inside The View at 800 N. Broad Street in North Philadelphia, a reception hall affiliated with Greater Exodus Baptist Church, the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia reported. At the meeting’s conclusion, Calvin Tucker, a GOP delegate and member of the Pennsylvania Republican Party, thanked Trump “for being brave enough to come” to North Philadelphia, the station reported.

Renee Amoore, a local business leader, said Trump has support in the community, despite polls showing otherwise. “Pennsylvania has your back, and Philly in particular,” she said. And she thanked him for “coming to the ‘hood.”

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