‘Top gang thugs’ in Chicago reach out to Trump-backing pastor about lowering the ‘body count’ in the city and ‘want to work with the new administration’
Cleveland Megachurch founder Darrell Scott says he was contacted by ‘top gang thugs’ in Chicago
Scott is a Trump supporter who has spoken on behalf of the president, hosted him at his church, and served on his transition team
‘They respect you, they believe in what you’re doing, and they want to have a sit-down about lowering that body count,’ Scott said
Trump has said if Chicago doesn’t fix its ‘horrible carnage,’ he will ‘send in the feds’
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor
DailyMail.com
1 February 2017
Even hardened Chicago gang members are reaching out to the new Trump administration – after President Donald Trump threatened to ‘send in the feds’ if the city’s murder rate doesn’t come down.
Cleveland Megachurch founder Darrell Scott brought up the surprising overture during a televised White House meeting with Trump during a Black History Month Wednesday.
Scott, pastor at New Spirit Revival Center, announced that, ‘I was recently contacted by some of the top gang thugs in Chicago for a sit-down.’
‘They reached out to me because they associated me with you. They respect you, they believe in what you’re doing, and they want to have a sit-down about lowering that body count. So in a couple of weeks, I’m going into Chicago,’ Scott told Trump and a group of African-American supporters while the cameras rolled.
Trump interjected: ‘That’s a great idea because Chicago is totally out of control.’
Scott said he told the gang member, ‘We’ve got to lower that body count. We don’t want to talk about anything else – get that body count down. And they agreed. But the principle is they can do it.’
‘These are guys straight from the streets – no politicians – straight street guys. But they’re going to commit that if they lower that body count, we’ll come in and we’ll do some social programs. So they’re in agreement.’
Scott, who hosted Trump and a group of pastors at his church during the fall campaign, didn’t specify what social programs the federal government would provide.
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