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Trump's dark rhetoric about big cities returns to the campaign trail

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Trump ’s comments continued a long-running and racially charged message in which he trashes large, Democratic -run cities.

The attacks risk offending swing voters who don’t share his dark view of their big cities.

But the attacks also speak to some of the prejudices and sentiments that have energized his base dating to his first campaign eight years ago .

Cities in general have become a convenient foil for Trump , who has aimed his provocative rhetoric at other large cities.

Trump has a history of lashing out at Black members of Congress by disparaging the cities they represent.

In recent weeks , he has attacked Springfield , Ohio , and Aurora , Colorado , over their immigrant communities.

A recent NBC News poll found Harris , the nation’s first Black vice president, leading Trump 84% to 11% among Black voters.

Many Democrats are worried that Black voters, and Black men, are more open to supporting Trump than in the past or less enthusiastic about voting at all.