The Trump campaign mistakenly confuses Detroit pastors in its efforts to appeal to Black voters.


 A Detroit pastor expressed his offense on Wednesday after the Trump campaign mistakenly announced his participation in a Republican Black voter outreach event, confusing him with another local pastor. 


Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, a lifelong Democrat who supports Kamala Harris, told *BridgeDetroit* that he had no association with the event and has been focused on voter registration and turnout efforts at his Greater Grace Temple. “I don’t know how they got my name,” Ellis said, emphasizing Detroit’s Democratic influence.


The Trump campaign had mistakenly listed Ellis as a participant in a roundtable with Black faith leaders in Detroit, despite his church recently hosting a voter mobilization event in support of Harris. A campaign spokesperson later clarified that the announcement intended to name Apostle Ellis Smith, founder of Jubilee City Church, as the attendee. Smith was unavailable for comment.


Gina Barr, the Trump campaign’s director of Black engagement, took responsibility for the error, citing the recent death of her mother and the stress it caused. She apologized, saying, “The burden of grief is not a mortal sin and something all pastors and political parties should understand and support.”


Confirmed attendees for the roundtable include Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, Michigan GOP Chairman Pete Hoekstra, and Rev. Lorenzo Sewell, a Detroit pastor who has become a rising conservative figure. This event is part of the Trump campaign’s broader effort to gain support in Detroit, a key Democratic stronghold in Michigan.


Despite these outreach efforts, Ellis remains unconvinced by Trump’s attempts to court Black voters, particularly younger men, and considers the former president a threat to democracy. Reflecting on his experience as a poll worker in Detroit during the 2020 election, Ellis pointed to Trump supporters' efforts to interfere with absentee ballot counting as a sign of deeper concerns about democracy in America. “The most important issue is democracy,” Ellis said, warning of the dangers of political violence and voter suppression.

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