Donald Trump Donald John TrumpHouse committee believes it has evidence Trump requested putting ally in charge of Cohen probe: report Vietnamese airline takes steps to open flights to US on sidelines of Trump-Kim summit Manafort's attorneys say he should get less than 10 years in prison MORE on Tuesday called the Democratic Party the “party of slavery,” blaming them for oppressing African-Americans.

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Speaking at a rally in Everett, Wash., the GOP nominee blasted Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonSanders: 'I fully expect' fair treatment by DNC in 2020 after 'not quite even handed' 2016 primary Sanders: 'Damn right' I'll make the large corporations pay 'fair share of taxes' Former Sanders campaign spokesman: Clinton staff are 'biggest a--holes in American politics' MORE and her party for taking black voters for granted.

“Remember … the Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln. Not bad,” Trump said. “It’s also the party of freedom equality and opportunity — people have forgotten it so long now.”

“It is the Democratic Party that is the party of slavery, the party of Jim Crow and the party of opposition.”

The remarks come after a week of Trump making an explicit pitch to black voters — who overwhelmingly favor Clinton, the Democratic standard-bearer — that included calling his opponent a bigot.

"Tonight, I am asking for the vote of every African-American and Hispanic citizen in this country who wants a better future, who wants to see real, positive change," Trump said Tuesday. "The inner cities of our country have been run by the Democratic regime for so long."

"These Democratic policies — the policies of Hillary Clinton — have produced only poverty, joblessness, failing schools, broken homes, and rising crime," he continued. "And it's only getting worse. They don't care about you."