Posted on 11/08/2019 4:13:29 PM PST by Hojczyk
President Donald Trump traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday to launch the “Black Voices for Trump” coalition for his 2020 re-election campaign.
“We’re going to campaign for every last African American vote in 2020,” he said in a speech as the crowd cheered.
The president celebrated his successful first term presidency, bringing unemployment for the black community to historic lows, restoring the strength of the economy, passing criminal justice reform, and creating tax-exempt opportunity zones.
Trump recalled his controversial statement during the 2016 campaign to the black community, asking them “What the hell do you have to lose?” by supporting a Republican for president.
Many prominent African-American Trump supporters joined the event audience, including Pastor Darrell Scott and “Diamond and Silk,” as well as Harrison Floyd.
The newly elected Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the first black Attorney General elected to office in Kentucky, was also present for the event.
“What do you prefer: Blacks for Trump or African-Americans for Trump?” he asked.
Carson dismissed Trump’s critics who described the president as a horrible racist, citing the president’s history of standing up for black Americans.
He recalled that activist Jesse Jackson awarded Trump for his contributions to the black community and opening up his club at Mar-a-Lago to Jews and blacks. He also said that Trump dramatically increased funding for historically black colleges and created tax-free opportunity zones for struggling urban communities.
“Let me tell you something: if he’s a racist, he’s an awfully bad one,” Carson said. “He needs to get a lesson from the real racists.”
He also criticized the media for picking on the president but acknowledged that he was not perfect.
“The only one who ever was perfect was Jesus and they crucified him,” Carson said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
https://www.c-span.org/video/?466133-1/president-launches-black-voices-trump-initiative-atlanta
Watch Ben Carson. 24.00 minutes
Yes!
There he goes singling out blacks again.
Pray for these people. Blacks have a very very steep social price to pay with their friends and families if it is known they are conservative
Khan, here it comes....
https://ussanews.com/News1/2019/11/08/kanye-west-blacks-dont-have-to-vote-for-democrats/
How many “other” Americans don’t want to include American Blacks into the benefits of the Constitutional Community?
Especially wrt Personal Liberty.
Someone explain to me why in our supposed colorblind society this is a good idea? White voices for Trump? Apparently it is a big lie that race doesn’t matter.
White is the only one you can’t have.
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“Democrats want to invest in green global projects. I want to invest in Black American communities.” -
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Watch for a revival of the KKK, with all these blacks leaving the Democrat plantation. Gotta keep them in chains.
You want their votes? Or should we let the Democrat Fascist Party continue to divide us Black against White, Christian against Jew, Gay against straight etc etc etc. VERY good idea to show the lie of the Democrat Fascist Party propaganda that if you are black you must vote Democrat.
What are you talking about? How is black voices for Trump not separating/ dividing us?
Star Trek geeks unite!
Best line of the entire speech
C’mon fellow black Americans President Trump is so much more beneficial especially with his economic policies than any of the Dems. Stop voting blindly for them who do zilch. and promote mostly garbage.
we watched this and it was so delightful that President Trump didn’t pander; he didn’t offer blacks anything that he’s not offering all of us ... he did say the Dems haven’t done squat for the blacks and welcomed them to join the Republican Party: the party of Lincoln and the party of civil rights ...
Trump did not name the group. Black American Trump Supporters named their group. You got a gripe with the name of the group? Google them and take it up with them.
BTW, Good Luck With That!
Ideally, we would be a completely colorblind society. However, the dems abandoned MLK’s dream a very long time ago.
But, we are not an ideal society. Such doesn’t exist on earth. Those Black American Trump Supporters can name their group anything they choose. Your objections aside.
“Someone explain to me why in our supposed colorblind society this is a good idea?”
it’s a great idea to explicitly welcome groups that are not traditionally Republican and/or conservative to join the movement, which is what President Trump did ... we watched his talk before the group, and Trump didn’t pander, i.e., offer blacks anything he’s not offering to all of us ... he did welcome the group to rejoin the party of Lincoln and the party of civil rights ...
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