Former US Secretary Dr Ben Carson has claimed that former President Donald Trump could receive "even more black votes" in this year's leadership election than he received in 2020.
This comes as Trump and current President Joe Biden are tied in the latest PBS election polling at 49 per cent.
According to exit polling after the 2020 ballot, just 12 per cent of the African American community voted for Trump to be their President.
Speaking to GBN America, Carson claimed that the former leader could receive a lot more support, as Biden continues to lose voters across all demographics.
Dr Ben Carson predicts Donald Trump will get 'more African American voters' at the 2024 election than 2020
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In a discussion with Carson, GBN America Correspondent Steven Edginton explained: "There's been particular focus on black voters recently.
"The Biden campaign has accused President Trump of being racist and sort of being desperate to try and court back black voters."
When asked by Steven if he believes the election will see more black voters heading to the ballot boxes in November, Carson admitted: "There's no question about that, it's just a matter of how big the margin will be.
"But African Americans are no different than all the other Americans. They all feel the same pain when they go to the grocery store, the same pain when they go to the gas station, when they open their mail and they get those utility bills, that affects them."
Donald Trump is currently polling at 49 per cent, tying with Joe Biden, according to the latest PBS polling
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Criticising Biden's efforts as President and how the African American community feel towards their current leader, Carson noted that they feel the US is a "laughing stock" on the world stage.
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Carson told GBNA: "They all feel unsafe walking in the streets downtown or even in their own neighbourhoods.
"These things have an impact. They all are embarrassed by the fact that we're a laughing stock amongst the world leaders, nobody wants to be in that situation, no matter what their ethnic background is."
Highlighting one of the bigger issues of the US election amongst voters, Steven asked Carson how Trump and Biden's plans for tackling immigration will effect how people vote in November.
Carson revealed: "You go to a city like Chicago, which has a large black population, they are told that we don't have money to take care of your needs, but these illegal people, we'll put all their needs at the front.
Ben Carson stated that the issue of immigration 'impacts all American voters'
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"We'll give them a place to live, we'll give them vouchers for their expenses. All these things are very irritating for people who've been there the whole time, who've worked, who donated their blood, sweat, and tears to the well-being of the community.
"And all of a sudden, who cares about them? They've kicked them to the curb, and I think people are resentful of that."
