OUCH! Here's why President Trump called Mike Bloomberg a 'pandering phony' after he appeared at the Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma

Greg P. | 7:55 PM on March 01, 2020

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg was at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala. for “Bloody Sunday” commemoration.

It did not go well:

Several in the congregation here at Brown Chapel in Selma have stood and turned their backs on Mayor Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/nXuzh6q3CS

— Henry Thornton (@HenryThornton95) March 1, 2020

Have a watch:

Mike Bloomberg was speaking at Selma’s historic Brown AME.

It predictably didn’t go well. pic.twitter.com/rNcyeMgZLJ

— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) March 1, 2020

President Trump weighed in, calling him a “pandering phony”:

The Black community brilliantly turned their backs on Mini Mike because they know he is a pandering phony who never did right by them! https://t.co/OERuf0ZKOk

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 2, 2020

Fact check? True:

WATCH: Church attendees silently turn their backs on Mike Bloomberg during Selma service pic.twitter.com/V8kmJgcdpo

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 1, 2020

More photos:

Look at this – Bloomberg in Selma, Alabama. On the Anniversary of Bloody Sunday at Brown Chapel.
Standing with them in Spirit ✊ https://t.co/u6SZ9zgTyy pic.twitter.com/fXKZTmOBCp

— ℙ?? ⚓?? (@Sanity4243) March 1, 2020

Later on, Bloomberg joined other 2020 Dems to walk over the Edmund Pettus Bridge:

Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bloomberg, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren have reached the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama pic.twitter.com/qk6YvrZo4U

— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) March 1, 2020

Joe Biden is speaking now. This is neither his first time in Selma nor his first time speaking at this church. Unlike Bloomberg, he is received warmly. Also I should note Alabama is a Super Tuesday state. pic.twitter.com/PQ008WT8JN

— Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) March 1, 2020

A standing ovation:

Here in Selma, Bloomberg got turned backs. Biden got a standing ovation. pic.twitter.com/DMWAoZuvey

— Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) March 1, 2020

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