CLOSE Rep. Mark Walker, chair of the Republican Study Committee, is looking beyond Trump and building a GOP on the 2012 “autopsy report” recommendations. USA TODAY President Donald Trump listens as Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C. speaks during a meeting with the Republican Study Committee, Friday, March 17, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP) WASHINGTON – At an elite gathering of Republicans in the resort town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming this month, Rep. Mark Walker gave a speech urging the party to do more to reach out to African-Americans, Hispanics and other people of color. At the forum attended by influential conservatives such as House Speaker Paul Ryan and former presidential adviser Karl Rove, Walker elaborated on a message he has delivered in other private conversations with Republicans. Walker’s message resonated enough with the audience that after the event, Rove reached out to talk further. But the next morning, Walker’s party was dealing with fallout from a different message on race, when President Donald Trump called his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, a black woman, a “dog.” “That would not be my terminology,” Walker said of Trump’s comment during a telephone interview late last week with USA TODAY. The uproar over Trump’s comment highlighted a central challenge for Walker, who leads the Republican Study Committee, the largest group of conservatives in the House. He said he is intent on building bridges between the party and African-Americans. But many of Trump’s remarks could help to energize black voters to go to the polls to vote against the GOP in this year’s midterm elections. Walker, an affable former pastor, represents a North Carolina district that is one-fifth African-American. He is championing criminal justice reform and adequate funding for historically black colleges and universities, issues that are high priorities for many African-American voters. Walker spokesman Jack Minor said the lawmaker is working on legislation that would allow student athletes – many of whom are black – to be compensated for their publicity rights. Walker also has hosted two Washington summits with HBCU leaders, meetings that helped pave the way for year-round Pell grants for HBCU students. He teamed up with North Carolina De
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