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Rick Perry makes pitch to black voters
The Hill ^ | 7-2-2015

Posted on 07/02/2015 12:57:41 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

Presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Thursday urged the Republican Party to do more to court black voters in the 2016 elections.

"When we gave up on trying to win the support of African-Americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as the party of Lincoln, as the party of equal opportunity for all," the former Texas governor said.

"I'm here to tell you that it's Republicans, not Democrats, who are truly offering black Americans the hope for a better life for themselves and their children," he added.  Citing improved educational and economic opportunities during his tenure in Texas, Perry said he would boost the economy as president by reforming the tax code and forcing federal agencies to hold to a strict regulatory budget.

He vowed to push welfare reform and called for splitting money spent on anti-poverty programs into a reformed Earned Income Tax Credit and a block grant for states to administer their own safety nets.

Perry also made a pitch for reforming federal drug-related sentencing policies affecting black Americans and tackling the "exorbitant" price of college and the high cost of living. 

Federal programs like ObamaCare and the administration’s order this week expanding pay will cause companies to shed workers while increasing the prices of goods and services, Perry said. 

The U.S. needs "new leadership and durable reforms" to provide economic empowerment, he said.

His remarks at the National Press Club come as Republicans hope to shore up support among minority groups following a bitter defeat to President Obama in 2012. 

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; blackvote; laraza; openborders; perry2016; retreadrick
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Bush did it?
1 posted on 07/02/2015 12:57:41 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Barbour influence.


2 posted on 07/02/2015 12:59:32 PM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico.)
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To: Citizen Zed
And I tell you, there's three parts to my plan to reach out to black voters ....
3 posted on 07/02/2015 1:01:30 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Citizen Zed

Targeting voters based on the color of their skin? Is that legal? Sounds like discrimination to me.


4 posted on 07/02/2015 1:05:53 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Citizen Zed

They’ll never vote for him, but it’ll might be worthwhile that Republican’s “un-demonize” themselves enough so they don’t feel the enthusiasm to vote against them 5 times.


5 posted on 07/02/2015 1:06:41 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: Citizen Zed

How many decades of Republican outreach has to circle the drain before we give up on this.

American minorities must LIKE the dole...because nothing in the Conservative message appeals to them.


6 posted on 07/02/2015 1:07:41 PM PDT by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: Citizen Zed
What is sad, here, is that Rick completely undid his chances for doing what he urges here, by denouncing Trump over Trump's stand on Mexican immigration. That is the one issue, which could really help Republicans with Black voters, who have borne the greatest initial injury from the flood across the Southern border.

Please, will somebody talk reality to Republican leaders, who have divorced themselves from actually understanding the dynamics of normal human interaction, to allow the Academics & their Media puppets to effectively program their reactions on various subjects.

We are losing our heritage because of stupidity--not idealism, not altruism--stupidity, that has allowed itself to be programmed by Marxist influenced theorists, seeking an Egalitarian/collectivist fantasy world.

I just do not have the proper contacts in the right channels to reach these candidates. But reality is a multi-generational concept; and most of our political "leaders," have been sold on pursuing what seems popular to them, at a very brief, very foolish, moment in human history. That sort of thinking has never led to anything worhtwhile.

7 posted on 07/02/2015 1:09:17 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Citizen Zed

I believe that is a good move for Rick Perry. However, he should go further by promoting marriage and fatherhood.


8 posted on 07/02/2015 1:09:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
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To: MNDude

haha....but, you may be more accurate than we all want to admit....


9 posted on 07/02/2015 1:11:07 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Citizen Zed

Big government solutions again?


10 posted on 07/02/2015 1:13:59 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Citizen Zed
Why are Blacks so important? The Republicans have won the White House without them before. What was the difference? The White vote.

When the white vote splits, the Democrats win. When the white vote is unified, the Republicans win.

11 posted on 07/02/2015 1:28:51 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: Ohioan

If you had ever paid attention to Rick’s pandering to LA Raza you would have expected that he will support open borders every time.


12 posted on 07/02/2015 1:32:51 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Does that make them pitch black voters?


13 posted on 07/02/2015 1:34:35 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Isn't "makes pitch" offensive to black voters? Partisan Media Shills alert! BTW, Ricky, good luck selling your history of amnesty plans to black voters. Thanks Citizen Zed.
14 posted on 07/02/2015 1:42:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Citizen Zed

Why would a black vote for a GOP candidate? The GOP isn’t promising cell phones and other free crap in return for votes.

Whereas “Obama finna pay my mortgage” in 2012.


15 posted on 07/02/2015 1:44:27 PM PDT by Longdriver69
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To: Citizen Zed

This is a losing proposition. The GOP candidates need to be exciting the GOP base to get out and vote. Blacks and Hispanics vote Democrat. Get over it.

The only person who may steal a few Black and/or Democrat votes is Trump.


16 posted on 07/02/2015 2:21:11 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Citizen Zed
"There are three reason why African Americans should vote for me:

One: I want to create more jobs.

Two: I care about their problems.

ad Three: Ah, um, had it just now, um, um, choke, spaz, twitch, gasp..."

17 posted on 07/02/2015 2:42:58 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: Citizen Zed

Stupid Rick, no one is buying the glasses thing. You look like a perp dressed up for court by his public defender.


18 posted on 07/02/2015 2:44:49 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: Citizen Zed

Good luck with that, Rick

(caution, strong language)

https://youtu.be/K23cDMco-0M


19 posted on 07/02/2015 3:00:38 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: Citizen Zed
Waste of time and resources. You can reach out to blacks all day, and all they're interested in is:
  1. Is the candidate black? and if so
  2. Is the candidate a democrat?
  3. and if the answer to #1 is no, then see question #2
Nothing else matters or even registers. Logic and reason don't ever enter into it.
20 posted on 07/02/2015 3:03:54 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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