Posted on 08/23/2020 1:34:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
For Brad Mole, venturing into Republican politics didn’t start with a sudden awakening to conservatism. It was his religious upbringing and way of life that brought him to the Republican party.
“My faith pushed me more toward policies that better reflected my upbringing,” he said. “I began understanding that the teachings I was raised with were more reflected in a party that not many around me identified with.”
The son of a preacher in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, Mole is now taking his politics a giant leap forward, challenging the Democrat Joe Cunningham for his US congressional seat.
As analysts debunk the myth of the black voter monolith, some black Republicans are stepping forward to counter stereotypes and assert a political identity very different from the usual assumption that all black Americans are Democrats, especially in the era of Donald Trump.
As one of seven Republicans running for the seat, Mole credits his religious background for his motivations to join the crowded race. Those same traditions are often associated with centrist African American political leanings. But for black Americans like Mole, their conservatism leads some to question whether their political party and preferences actually match their worldview.
“I am the typical black person who voted for Barack Obama, but I then voted for Trump,” he said. “At some point you think for yourself and say: ‘You know what? I’m not voting this person or this ticket just because my grandma or parents did.’”
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They will debunk it big time in November.
Glad they’re covering this.
I think the constant BLM riots will push a lot of liberal blacks AND whites to vote Trump for their literal safety.
When the Grauniad prints stuff like this, the Dems better not act surprised by a Trump landslide . . .
Well, there ya go. Why didn’t somebody think of this before? Ranting and raving about being considered a monolithic voting bloc does nothing to prove otherwise. The proof is in the pudding. Errrrr, voting.
To me, it seems like tons of black people are coming out for Trump. I’ll be interested to see how it all pans out in November.
Blacks are returning home. The first black representatives and senators were blacks. Until 1930, blacks were Republicans. Now, without pandering to them, they are returning to the Freedom party...
I predict over 85% of black people will still vote for the racist joe biden as well as all the racist democrats down ticket.
JoMa
Good work! The U.S.A. needs preservation of freedoms and many more jobs!
And check this out. It appears from his Twitter statement of intent to vote for Biden and a straight Democrat ballot, like Richard Spencer was a socialist Democrat after all.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3877057/posts?page=22#22
1934. All Black Federal officeholders were GOP. The first Black Dem elected, from IL-1 (with overwhelming White support and a minority of the Black vote) had been a Republican himself until he saw an opportunity to run on the Dem side. Arthur Mitchell wasn’t going to engage in race baiting as future Dems would do. Despite being the lone Black in Congress, he didn’t want to be known as “THE” Black Congressmember, but just like any other.
15 percent of the black vote, and PT wins yuge.
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