They keep taking a pass.
Whether to allow Clinton to speak publicly to the congregation was discussed among Church leaders on three separate occasions – including a recent request to speak at its annual international convocation in November, according to a source familiar with the discussions.This year’s convention will be held in St. Louis and expects to host 40,000 attendees as well as many influential speakers and musical artists.Previously, Clinton representatives asked permission for her to speak publicly at the congregation meeting of bishops and at a women’s convention, according to the source who was familiar with the conversations.“That’s simply not true,” Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill told Breitbart News when asked for comment. He did not elaborate on the campaign’s efforts to communicate with the church’s leadership.Clinton’s polling numbers have cratered in recent months with African-American Democrats. A recent Suffolk University/USA Today poll shows that Clinton is down 31 points with African American Democrat voters.Boston Pastor Eugene F. Rivers III, an adviser to COGIC presiding Bishop Charles Blake, confirmed to Breitbart News in an interview that the conversations did happen, but that COGIC leadership ultimately decided against allowing her to speak. A public relations representative for the Church of God In Christ did not respond to a request for comment.Rivers pointed out that many church members were weary of Democrats taking them for granted.“There is the perception among the political actors from both parties that the black church are useful idiots who will be called upon at the last minute to function as ground troops, but there is no respect apparently on either side of the aisle for the moral perspectives of the black church,” he said.
Not the kind of news a sinking former shoo-in wants to hear.
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