Posted on 07/20/2024 10:50:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As he runs for the White House again, former President Donald Trump is aggressively courting Black voters – a group that for decades has been the bedrock of the Democratic vote.
During his Manhattan criminal trial, Trump hosted rallies in New York City neighborhoods that are traditionally heavily Democratic.
Madeline Brame said in November she'll vote for Trump, although there was a time in her life where voting for Trump would have been unthinkable.
"I was a 45-year loyal Democrat," Brame told NY1.
In 2016, Brame did not vote for Trump, but she did in 2020. Navigating the criminal justice system after the 2018 murder of her son became a turning point. Now a vocal supporter of Trump, Brame even took the stage during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
In an interview with NY1, Brame said, "I knew that he had conservative values that the country was losing.”
For Linwood Dillard, November will be the first time he votes for Trump.
As a business owner, Dillard said, during the pandemic, "Trump was giving a lot to the people that was small business owners.”
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Agreed.
Almost every election we hear that this is the year Republicans will finally break through in the black community. Yet it never happens.
Many will be disappointed again.
“black will vote Republican this time” is the boomer version of “climate change will melt all the north and south pole in 5 years”
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