Atlanta (CNN) President Donald Trump made an extensive pitch to African American voters Friday at a campaign event in Atlanta launching the Black Voices for Trump coalition, reprising his 2016 argument that Democrats have done little for the African American community and arguing they are too focused on things like impeachment to work on its behalf.

"The hard left Democrats have been busy doing absolutely nothing for you," Trump said.

"First it was the Russia hoax, then it was the Mueller report, the biggest lie ever perpetrated among the American people, Russia," he said. "They don't care, but we do, OK? That's really the truth."

In an announcement earlier this week, the campaign billed Black Voices for Trump as a coalition "dedicated to recruiting and activating" African American voters who support the President.

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