The National Diversity Coalition for Trump (NDCTRUMP) was formed in April 2016 to provide support specifically from ethnic minorities for presidential candidate Donald Trump. [1]
The idea for the group arose after Trump's contentious meeting with African-American pastors at Trump Tower in November 2015. [2] [3] NDCTRUMP was co-founded by Darrell C. Scott. [4] Bruce LeVell, the executive director of NDCTRUMP, was reportedly a contender for Trump's appointment to head the Small Business Administration. [5]
A stated purpose of the coalition is to recruit, mobilize, and support educational efforts to elect Trump president [6] and to demonstrate that Trump has support from people of color. [7]
The coalition is a volunteer organization whose leaders are from minority communities of religious, business, and politics. Bruce LeVell serves as executive director. Other membership groups are: "Hispanic Patriots for Trump," "Sikh Americans for Trump," and "Minorities for Trump." [8]
In April 2016, Telly Lovelace became the Republican National Committee's National Director of African American Initiatives and Media. [9] [10]
In June 2016, the Republican National Committee invited the coalition to meet with RNC deputy political director Jennifer Korn and national director of African American initiatives Telly Lovelace. [11]
On September 5, 2017, Javier Palomarez, president and CEO of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, resigned as an advisor to NDCTRUMP due to Trump's attacks on DACA. [12]
Singer Kaya Jones announced in December 2017 that she had joined the coalition, where she is listed as a director with the title Native American Ambassador for Trump. [13] With this announcement, she began to draw heavy criticism from prominent members of the Native American community, and accusations of being a "pretendian". [14] [15] [16]
Numerous Twitter users have balked at her claims, referring to Jones as a "pretendian" ... If you need evidence that Kayla is absolutely a pretendian, here it is