The NAACP is not going to lengthen an invite to President Trump for his or her nationwide conference. This concludes a 116-year custom, the place presidents starting from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama have accepted.

“Donald Trump is attacking our democracy and our civil rights,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson mentioned in an announcement. “The president has signed unconstitutional government orders to oppress voters and undo federal civil rights protections; he has illegally turned the army on our communities, and he regularly undermines each pillar of our democracy.”

In response, White Home spokesman Harrison Fields acknowledged, “The NAACP isn’t advancing something however hate and division, whereas the President is specializing in uniting our nation.”