NEW YORK: GOP presidential front-runner joins Republican Gov. John Kasich as 2016 candidates at conference. Top Hillary Clinton adviser also scheduled to speak at the North Charleston event. Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a stop in Greenville in August. Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a stop in Greenville in August.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump will speak to more than 500 S.C. African-American small-business owners later this month. The New York business mogul will join Ohio Gov. John Kasich, another 2016 GOP presidential candidate, at the Greater Charleston Business Alliance’s annual meeting.
Trump will speak at 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Embassy Suites in North Charleston, said Stephen Gilchrist, chairman of the S.C. African American Chamber of Commerce, which is co-hosting the event. Kasich will speak at the small-business conference at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 25.Karen Finney, a strategic communications adviser to 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, is scheduled to address the conference Sept. 24.News of Trump’s speech has increased registration at the conference, Gilchrist said.
