As I reported on Tuesday, former President and GOP nominee Donald Trump was scheduled to sit down on Wednesday for a Q&A with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) at their annual convention. The panel was hosted by ABC senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, Semafor congressional correspondent Kadia Goba, and Fox News senior correspondent Harris Faulkner.
The first unforced error: The panel started 35 minutes late because NABJ had some form of equipment failure. Let that sink in: a convention full of journalists and technicians who do this type of stuff in their sleep, was unable to get things working properly for a pivotal conversation with the former president and leading candidate for president in 2024. Highly suspect, and even more unprofessional.
The panelists took the stage, and ABC’s Rachel Scott quickly gave an introduction, then introduced Trump,…