A ringing endorsement

Boxing promoter Don King introduced the Republican presidential nominee at a convention of black pastors in Cleveland on Wednesday, hailing him as a “doctor of humanness” who would take on a broken political system.

King was hardly the picture of political correctness, as one might expect at a Trump event. Wearing a bedazzled jean jacket that featured his own face and an American flag tie, King at one point used the N-word as he shared advice he had given Michael Jackson about being black — “do not alienate because you cannot assimilate.” (He had repeatedly used the term “negro” during his remarks, but appeared to slip.)

King said Trump was the only candidate who could advocate for “the left-outs,” including women and African Americans.

King also talked about the “miracle” of the first black president being elected and put Trump’s candidacy in similar terms.

“The party doesn’t want him. The system doesn’t want him. The lying politicians [don’t] want him,” he said. “He’s here by the will of the people.”