This is why we need true black republicans. Not Omarosa or Uncle Ben. True right of center folks that can be at the table to represent African Americans during those 4 or 8 years the other party is in power. Right now we are truly on the sidelines.

My vote is you decline the invite. Showing up is normalizing this man and an administration that has deliberately disrespected HBCU students and their families.

I wonder how the invitation should have been handled? Does one actually go into the lion’s den and hope that he actually benefits rather than mauls you? What do you do when you are there and when you leave? Do you refuse the picture? Do you say something like “We are glad to meet with the President of the United…

Came expecting a non-apology. Got it with a sprinkling of deflection on top. Disappointed and saddened, not surprised.

So you want to compare Kellyanne Conway to President Obama? Ok, I’ll play along...

Does that mean you can smack her across the nose with a rolled-up newspaper until she learns not to climb on the furniture?

It’s not like there were no professional photographers in the room, that she needed to grab her cell phone camera.