All this means is that Calvin Stephens was never a Republican, simply a political opportunist. He recognized the GOP was the party in which he could most rapidly advance in his self-promotion. Nothing new here.
The precedent of voting because of a "black pride moment" and "it's the black's turn" has been played out in New York City in 1988, where David Dinkins was barely elected over Rudolph Guiliani for mayor to become the first black mayor.
I'm going to make a very bold statement, but here it is:
In retrospect, that election of Dinkins cost the lives of 3,000 or more black residents of New York during the 4 years Dinkins was in charge. This all due to a spiraling murder rate and Dinkins and crew acting as enablers of the mayhem. If Guiliani were elected the first time, I have no doubt that the rate of 2,000 some odd murders a year would have been cut by at least half.
So the so-called "legacy" and "history" voting for a liberal/Marxist black politician has been played out already in NY, and I don't want to see it happen again on a national scale.