For years black voters have been a mainstay of Democrats. Could this foundation be crumbling?
Estimates have an increasing number of black voters voting for Donald Trump come November. Based on Trump’s growing support among influential blacks, I am inclined to believe that Biden’s supposed support among black voters may be crumbling.
On 2/23/24 Trump spoke at two rallies. The first at the 6,000-seat Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, about 70 miles north of Columbia S.C., and the second speaking to the Black Conservative Federation(BCF), where he underscored the importance of blacks helping him unseat Democrat President Joe Biden in the November general election.
Earlier in the day, President Trump spoke during a rally at the 6,000-seat Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, S.C.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), whom President Trump named to his shortlist of potential running mates, spoke on behalf of the 45th president at both locations where President Trump spoke. So did another shortlist contender, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).
Mr. Donalds, who serves as BCF chairman, told the Columbia audience: “Let me tell you, Rock Hill was rockin’ … and there’s a reason why that occurred. It occurred because our country is struggling … and because we have a terrible person at the helm of our country in Joe Biden.”
From the Epoch Times:
Former President Donald Trump, with help from a chorus of prominent black voices, is trying to drown out the old “blacks-should-vote-Democrat” mantra.
The Republican frontrunner and his allies, speaking to the Black Conservative Federation (BCF) on Feb. 23, underscored the importance of blacks helping him unseat Democrat President Joe Biden in the November general election.
Diante Johnson, president of the Black Conservative Federation (BCF) told the audience that he thinks President Trump will snare an unprecedented 50 percent of the black male vote this fall, which would decimate the incumbent’s chances.
BCF Vice President Quenton Jordan told the audience that he has seen the black conservative movement expand dramatically after being told that such a movement “couldn’t exist.”
More blacks are turning conservative, he said, because they care about what he calls “the four F’s: Family, Faith, Freedom, and Finances.”
Also in attendance was Alveda King, a niece of famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. After representing Georgia as a Democrat congresswoman, Ms. King switched to the Republican Party. President Trump says he has known her for years.
Trump also recognized others who spoke at the event, including Mr. Donalds; Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas); former NFL player Jack Brewer; and Dr. Ben Carson, his Housing and Urban Development secretary, who received the BCF Lifetime Achievement Award.
The BCF presented President Trump with the Champion for Black America Award.
As President Trump reviewed accomplishments of his presidency and discussed issues of special significance to black Americans, he went off-script more than usual. Part of the time, however, it wasn’t by choice because “the teleprompter broke.”
President Trump told the BCF audience that he is dedicated to improving life for all Americans. He says his “Make America Great Again” slogan applies to everyone, regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.
Two takes for me from 2/23 events:
First – Trump received the Champion for Black America Award. I haven’t heard of JB receiving any award from any black organization.
Second – Trump spoke for an extended period of time without a teleprompter, while JB cannot speak coherently for even a minute without a teleprompter.
Hopefully the two events on 2/23 will be a forerunner of the crumbling of a past Democrat foundation, the black voter.
2/26/24