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Clyburn on Trump Increasing Support Among Black Males: ‘People Are Easily Brainwashed'
Breitbart ^ | 17 Jan 2026 | Ian Hanchett

Posted on 01/18/2026 9:48:30 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

During an interview with PBS’s “Firing Line” released on Friday, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) responded to President Donald Trump increasing support among black male voters by saying that “people are easily brainwashed.”

Host Margaret Hoover said, [relevant exchange begins around 34:15] “Donald Trump had increased his share of black male voters by double, by 50%.”

Clyburn responded, “Simply because people are easily brainwashed.”

Hoover then asked, “You think that black male voters doubled their support for Trump because they were brainwashed?”

Clyburn answered, “They believe that’s foolishness. When I first started in politics, I used to say that there’s no substitute for substance. I used to say that a lot.”

Hoover then asked, “Do you still believe that?”

Clyburn answered, “No. Because style trumps substance, and that is an intended pun.”

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1 posted on 01/18/2026 9:48:30 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Clyburn should know. He parlayed his blackness into a lucrative lifelong scam.


2 posted on 01/18/2026 9:57:55 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Wherever you are, that is where you are supposed to be...)
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‘Clyburn on Trump Increasing Support Among Black Males: ‘People Are Easily Brainwashed’’

Just look at the demonrat party.


3 posted on 01/18/2026 9:58:09 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

““people are easily brainwashed.””

He’d know, wouldn’t he? It’s what put him and kept him in Congress...I’m surprised he would admit it!


4 posted on 01/18/2026 9:58:11 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Eli Kopter

Along with Obeyme.


5 posted on 01/18/2026 9:58:23 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Black males are catching on that the Great Replacement is really about them being replaced by people from all over the world that aren’t going to have the guilt complex to give a damn about black people in America.


6 posted on 01/18/2026 9:58:27 AM PST by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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He’s right. OJ did it.


7 posted on 01/18/2026 10:00:14 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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Black males are catching on that the Great Replacement is really about them being replaced by people from all over the world that aren’t going to have the guilt complex to give a damn about black people in America.

The Democrats have moved on to the next entitlement group in the Somalis so they're no longer "pandering" to Black people.

Thanks to Trump, he made it possible for them (especially Black males) to vote red.

8 posted on 01/18/2026 10:07:26 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

The men’s room attendant speaketh.


9 posted on 01/18/2026 10:08:25 AM PST by sauropod
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mr. Clyburn, do you know that black men have escaped the plantation, learned to read, and are a part of successful America. I guess you will just have to resort to name calling. What name will you choose?


10 posted on 01/18/2026 10:08:37 AM PST by healy61
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...people are easily brainwashed.

Oh, no! Black men no longer easily brainwashed!

11 posted on 01/18/2026 10:11:59 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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How very RACIST of Clyburn to say that black males are too stupid to understand things.

But he is the ultimate racist, so no real surprise here.


12 posted on 01/18/2026 10:19:10 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: MinorityRepublican

There is always a reason we are supposed to hate Trump. And it is always that the reason is bogus.

We have always been at war with Leftmania.


13 posted on 01/18/2026 10:19:52 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I guess he thought Biden telling Charlamagne tha God ‘you ain’t Black’ was right on...


14 posted on 01/18/2026 10:20:25 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s Clyburn that’s still on the Plantation.


15 posted on 01/18/2026 10:22:02 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Truer words have never been spoken.

Mark Twain said it's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled. It's almost inconceivable that blacks haven't figured that demonicRATS have been manipulating them for over 60 years.

16 posted on 01/18/2026 10:33:22 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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He says this was a straight face because he really believes it. There’s ZERO self-awareness or reflection. The man lives in an echo chamber.


17 posted on 01/18/2026 10:55:12 AM PST by LuxAerterna
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“”””The Democrats have moved on to the next entitlement group in the Somalis so they’re no longer “pandering” to Black people.””””

And the black people don’t like the skinnies.


18 posted on 01/18/2026 10:57:20 AM PST by shelterguy
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The dems are experts at brainwashing.
Mainly because they are willing to lie and obfuscate with the eager help of the MSM.
19 posted on 01/18/2026 11:04:35 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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No kidding, the democrats have relied on this fact since LBJ and FDR


20 posted on 01/18/2026 11:20:15 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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