Donald Trump is solving problems that Black people are 'complaining about, but he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful' his son-in-law Jared Kushner claims
President Donald Trump's policies can fix what Black people are 'complaining about,' White House adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner said Monday morning on 'Fox & Friends.'
'But he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful,' Kushner said.
Kushner was talking to the trio of hosts about his sit-down with rapper Ice Cube, who has pitched his 'Contract with Black America' to members of both political parties.
White House adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner said President Donald Trump is solving problems Black people are 'complaining about.' 'But he can't want them to be successful more than they want to be successful,' Kushner said
Jared Kushner made the comment Monday morning on 'Fox & Friends,' and took heat online for sounding out-of-touch. Kushner was telling the 'Fox & Friends' hosts about his meeting with Ice Cube
President Donald Trump waves as he baords Air Force One Monday for rallies in Pennsylvania. Trump pushed out a 'Platinum Plan' for Black America, which Jared Kushner said Ice Cube helped make better
Kushner spoke critically of how companies and celebrities showed their support for Black Lives Matter in the aftermath of the 'George Floyd situation,' as the White House aide put it.
'And you saw a lot of people who were just virtue signaling, they'd go on Instagram and cry, or they would put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a backetball court and quite frankly that was doing more to polarize the country than bring people forward,' Kushner said.
'You solve problems with solutions,' Kushner said.
'And one of the things I respect about Ice Cube is he actually went and said, "OK, what are the policies that are needed to solve the problems that everyone is complaining about?"' Kushner continued.
President Donald Trump's son-in-law said he connected with the rapper through mutual friends.
'It was a really in-depth and respectful policy discussion - there were some things we didn't agree on, but there were a lot of things we did agree on,' Kushner said. 'I think he helped make our plan better and we appreciated it.'
Ice Cube's plan - called the 'Contract with Black America' - asks for banking, prison and police reform, and federally-funded 'baby bonds' starting at $1,000 for Black children.
Ice Cube also wants Confederate statues removed.
Trump has railed against Black Lives Matter activists for tearing down statues and has pushed to keep the names of Confederates on military bases.
Trump has rolled out a 'Platinum Plan' for Black America, with the aim to create 3 million new jobs over four years, increasing access to capital by $500 billion.
Part of the plan calls for making immigration to the U.S. more difficult to protect American jobs.
Kushner was knocked around online for being out-of-touch with his comment that Black people must want to be successful for Trump's plans to work for them.
George Conway, the husband of former White House official Kellyanne Conway, mocked Jared Kushner Monday morning saying, 'I think he really wants another billboard'
Kushner came from a wealthy New York family and is estimated to be worth abound $800 million.
George Conway, the husband of former White House official Kellyanne Conway, tweeted, 'I think he really wants another billboard.'
The Lincoln Project, a Republican-led anti-Trump group, put up a billboard in Manhattan pillorying Kushner and Ivanka Trump's coronavirus response.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany pushed back on the criticism and defended Kushner, Bloomberg reported.
'It's disgusting to see internet trolls taking Senior Advisor Jared Kushner out of context as they try to distract from President Trump's undeniable record of accomplishment for the black community,' McEnany said, pointing at Trump's record of signing the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, the First Step act, and bumping up funding to historically black colleges and universities.