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No, Trump Does Not Need “Face Time” in the Black Community
Canada Free Press ^ | 08/18/16 | Sylvia Thompson

Posted on 08/18/2016 7:21:36 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Those who want a better future for themselves and their families will heed his message. Those who choose not to, he doesn’t need. Polls can be useless

Donald Trump’s recent speech regarding the atrocious state of urban, majority-black communities was a stellar achievement. As with much of the good he proposes for the nation, someone, somewhere will always impugn his efforts and this occasion was no different. Whatever can be done to hack away at his steely resolve will be done by those who are headed for irrelevance if this man becomes the next President of the United States.

The cry that I’m hearing from some folks is that Trump must “go into the black community” (give face time) if he is to prove himself “worthy” of the black vote. I excuse this type of thinking from people who are not black, such as Fox Business News anchor Lou Dobbs, because the assumption is that it’s a worthy thing to say—the candidate should show blacks how much he cares by going to them for supplication. That is an asinine assumption, but it has a nice flavor to it.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: blackcommunity; blackvote; donaldtrump; facetime; lawsandorder; outreach; trump2016; urban
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To: Sean_Anthony

Last time I checked there were lots of blacks in swing states. Every vote counts.


21 posted on 08/18/2016 12:43:59 PM PDT by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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To: WVNan

Agree. GOP in general needs to learn something from Trump. The ability to connect with people on an emotional level is not a bad thing. It doesn’t make us dirty or some how impure and by doing it we will get more minority and women votes.


22 posted on 08/18/2016 9:29:14 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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