[2ndDivisionVet]

Think it through: It’s the black vote. He’s a genius.

[seacapn]

I predict that this will increase the GOP share of the black vote by close to 0%, while increasing crime more than 0%. A bad deal.

[momincombatboots]

A drug dealer shot my 20 year old daughter.. yes, lets release them. More crminals on the streets, but its not your dearest family, right.. so its genius.

[familyop]

"Think it through: It’s the black vote. He’s a genius."

Yes. I lived in an inner city black community for a couple of years a long time ago to be close to work. Like most other inner city demographic groups, yes, most voters there tended to vote Democrat but not all. The range of perceptions and positions about politics was the same as any other place. What you imply is possible.

But it might be even more about the white vote. Those of us who've lived in areas with many lower income whites or worked with many of them can see the same possibility. I've seen neighborhoods with large portions of white families who had close relatives in prisons after drug convictions. Consider the rates of marijuana, meth, opioid and other drug abuse in majority white areas.

There were over 72,000 dead last year from drug overdoses in the U.S. More white people are addicts and pushers, because there are far more white people in our country.

[familyop]

I’m very skeptical about the article, by the way, and will keep an eye out for anything to the contrary.

[Baldwin77]

Like Reagan’s amnesty helped the Republicans with the Latino vote??

[bankwalker]

On the surface this appears to be pandering to blacks, but when you look deeper this is Jared and Ivanka’s pet project. Jared’s fathers BTW is a crook.

[Demanwideplan]

Please learn about the Portuguese model related to drugs, legalization, and it’s beautiful impact on society!! It is what we need here.

[GailA]

Everywhere this has been tried Crime went up. Why work for Min. Wage when you can sell dope for $400 an hr.

[yesthatjallen]

Trump could give blacks reparations and not one would vote Republican.

Pandering will not win the black vote, Hispanic vote, the trans vote, the gay vote, the Muslim vote, etc.

Any gain would be temporary and fleeting.