Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE on Monday slammed Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE for declining an invitation to speak at the convention of the NAACP, the influential civil rights group for African-Americans.

"We all know about that other convention happening up in Cleveland today," Clinton said at the start of her speech.

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"My opponent in this race may have a different view, but there’s nowhere I'd rather be than right here with all of you."

Clinton then pivoted to Trump again later in her speech, saying the country needs a president that will help pull us together rather than split us up.

"I will work every single day to do just that. The Republican nominee for president would do the exact opposite," she said.

"He might say otherwise if he were here, but of course he declined your invitation. So all we can go on is what he has said and done in the past."

Trump reportedly declined an invitation to speak at the NAACP convention, which coincided with the start of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where he is expected to be formally nominated for president.

“The explanation given was that they’re holding their convention at the same time. We of course, are in Cincinnati, they are in Cleveland. We were hoping that he would make the short trip from Cleveland to Cincinnati," NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks told CNN last week.

The Republican convention runs through Thursday evening.

Clinton used the speech at the NAACP to try and solidify her hold on the black vote, which appears to be breaking hard against Trump. A recent poll found Trump had 0 percent support among African-Americans in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two key swing states.

She slammed the presumptive GOP nominee as playing "coy with white supremacists" and for insulting Mexican immigrants. She referenced the Indiana-born federal judge overseeing a fraud lawsuit against Trump University whom Trump said may be biased because of the judge's Mexican heritage.

"Donald Trump demeans women. Donald Trump wants to ban an entire religion from entering our country," she continued.

"And Donald Trump loves to talk to the press."

But Clinton said the first time Trump was quoted in The New York Times was in 1973, when the Justice Department was going after his company for "refusing to rent apartments to African-Americans."

Trump's past actions have demonstrated he can't become the next president of the United States, Clinton said.

"This man is the nominee of the party of Lincoln, and we are watching it become the party of Trump," she said.

"And that is not just a huge loss to our democracy, it is a threat to our democracy."

"None of us can afford to be silent with so much at stake," Clinton said, before announcing a nation-wide drive to get 3 million people to register and commit to vote in this election.