Donald Trump's Tweet On Killing Of Dwyane Wade's Cousin Sparks Uproar

(CBS NEWS) -- Donald Trump's latest appeal to African-American voters had Twitter users fuming Saturday.

Trump's first tweet in the morning invoked the death of NBA star Dwyane Wade's first cousin, Nykea Aldridge, who was gunned down Friday in Chicago's South Side while pushing her baby in a stroller.

Trump -- who has recently courted minority voters with "What the hell do you have to lose?" pitches and promises that they won't get shot during his presidency -- tweeted this: "Dwayne Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!"

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