host: i'm going to have tw shannon respond. randy, lett of all, me say to you that this is a president who has a proven record, and you can check the record. what donald trump did for black colleges and universities is in the congressional record. you can look at any of the house management websites that talk about the funding. this president increased funding for any three percent for historically black colleges and universities, and that is a fact. it was not done for political reasons. it was done because he recognizes that historical black colleges and universities are critical to african-american success. if you look at ceo's of a chickasaw community bank -- many black ceo's came from hbcus. if we are going to move the needle for the african-american community, how do you start moving people from generational policy? hbcus are critical components of that. president trump was the first president to move the number for hbcu funding. you mentioned this idea of president trump being a racist. we hear about this with every repu

host: i'm going to have tw shannon respond.dy, lett of all, me say to you that this is a president who has a proven record, and you can check the record. what donald trump did for black colleges and universities is in the congressional record. you can look at any of the house management websites that talk about the funding. this president increased funding for any three percent for historically black colleges and universities, and that is a fact. it was not done for political reasons. it was done because he recognizes that historical black colleges and universities are critical to african-american success. if you look at ceo's of a chickasaw community bank -- many black ceo's came from hbcus. if we are going to move the needle for the african-american community, how do you start moving people from generational policy? hbcus are critical components of that. president trump was the first president to move the number for hbcu funding. you mentioned this idea of president trump being a racist. we hear about this with every republic

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here to react as black voices for trump advisory board member tw shannon and republican congressionaldidate kimberly clay sick. want to start with you, can relate you're on the ballot this year and that add of you walking around the city of baltimore is about one of the best ads i've ever seen bar none. but i've got to tell you, when you hear these democrats come up for their pure political reasons try to attack you for your beliefs and the fact that you are running, how does that make you feel? >> it makes me feel awful, but it's expected. it's no secret that baltimore city has been run by democrats for over 50 years. my campaign ad was just showing people the result of that. whether or not you think democrats have good or bad policy, you have to understand one-party mob rule in inner cities have lead to corruption and that is why we have these problems. i take a lot of offense to what joy and reeves said. alice johnson should be the symbol for criminal justice reform. what president trump has done is he has basically dialed back the 1994 crime bill which is sponsored by rvp, joe bid