Posted on 04/15/2020 1:52:49 PM PDT by real saxophonist
Lifelong Democrat and Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones has officially endorsed Donald Trump for President. Jones, who is black, released statements to the media and social media. He also recorded a short video of himself not only giving his endorsement to Trump, but explaining why.
In the video, he addressed a big elephant in many Democrat's room, which is why how he can be black and endorse Trump at the same time. His take was simple. Trump is doing great things for the black community. Lowest black unemployment rate ever. Funding for HBCUs (Black Colleges). Opportunity zones, school choice, you name it.
Vernon Jones also stated that he did not leave the Democratic party, but the Democratic party left him.
It's not hard to see how the party has changed since he first got into politics in the metro Atlanta region back in 1993. Democrats used to be much more sensible, not radical as they are today. Politicians like AOC, Ilhan Omar, and many others are pushing the party all the way to the far left. The issue with that is most people do not identify with the far left.
So as the party continues to move away from people, people are moving away from the party. The more inaction the Democratic party engages in, the more action the Republican party does and effectively makes up the difference.
Black voting patterns are always a hot-button issue because the Democratic party relies on that block voting for them at a 90% rate. Mainstream media / Democratic party (same thing) will fight tooth and nail with the dirtiest tactics available to keep that block in line. Fortunately for the right (not so much for the left) the bullying, strong-arm tactics of the mainstream media and political establishment are losing their effectiveness day by day.
If they could get a fellow Georgian, Zell Miller, to speak at the GOP convention, they should get this guy to speak there as well.
Crickets from the media I am sure.
Now if this was a Republican endorsing Biden, it would be wall-to-wall.
Democratic is the wrong word. Democrat is the right word. Democrat party, not democratic party.
Democrats in the democrat party are democratic until the votes don’t go their way. Then the fact they are autocrats shows up.
Whoa!
If I call that black guy a racist, does that make me a racist?/s
How long before faux KKK burn some crosses?
I agree with you that the name democratic party is wrong. It should be the democrat party. Who changed the name and when did it happen? I think it has been the usual slow drip which is how these people change the world which is the communist/socialist method of change. Am I right?
They are as “Democratic” as the old German “Democratic” Republic.
Agree. But this is the GOP. When I was living in Alachua County, we had a great black candidate (former Sheriff, etc.) and he got no support from the Tallahassee establishment … the leader of whom was black himself, but didn’t like conservatives.
We even had people from black neighborhoods call us to ask for material or to ask us to go out and put door-hangers out, but the party chair wouldn’t let us do this. So the GOP-e is still one of our biggest problems.
“Democratic is the wrong word. Democrat is the right word. Democrat party, not democratic party.”
Well said.
Loved it when President. Trump. schooled some reporter on that the other day .
A black man that can’t be bought.
Yep - Trump made that distinction during a Task Force briefing....
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