SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Defeated Republican Congresswoman Mia Love has delivered a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump and the party’s relationship with black Americans.
The first and only black Republican woman in Congress spoke Monday for the first time since she was narrowly defeated by Democrat Ben McAdams for the suburban Salt Lake City seat.
She says Trump’s claim she lost the race because she kept him at arm’s length shows the president’s world has “no real relationships, just convenient transactions.”
She says that reflects Republicans’ larger failure to fully embrace minority communities, driving them to the Democratic Party.
Love says conservative messages she supports don’t reach those voters.
Love says her defeat means she’s now “unleashed” to speak her mind. She declined to say if she will run again.
