Donald Trump is receiving support from unlikely quarters. A leader of the Black Panther Party has declared that Trump’s persecution has made him more relatable to many Black men. America’s News Desk reports:
Trump’s guilty verdict has led to his campaign reaching out to African American voters, claiming that the former president and the Black community both understand how unfair the justice system can be.
One of the former president’s top surrogates has led the charge in campaigning for the Black vote. “The reason we’re seeing so many African Americans come into the Trump campaign — two big things: jobs and justice,” Scott (R-S.C.) told CNN, “As an African American born and raised in the Deep South who had concerns about our justice system as it relates to race, I’m now seeing it play out from a partisan perspective,” he added.
The South Carolina senator also received back upfrom an unexpected place this week. The Daily Caller reports that in an interview on June 2, one of the founders of the Black Panthers announced his support for the former president.
The man in the video said he was David Hilliard, who served as the Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party. He referred to Trump as a “friend to African Americans” and a “decent man” who financially supported his organization. He said he knew the former president as a college student during the time he allegedly supported the organization in the 1960s, where he reportedly “owned all of Harlem.”
“Trump’s a friend of African Americans, and I knew Trump from the 1960s in New York, where he comes from and he’s a friend to African Americans. He’s a decent man … I mean he’s not a racist,” the man said. “He’s not a racist, fascist, white man. He supported black people.”
The man who said he was Hilliard alleged that Trump has been convicted of felony charges because of his said friendliness towards the black community. The jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to former porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep affair allegations undisclosed ahead of the 2016 election, making him a convicted felon months before the 2024 election.
“Because Trump likes Africans in America. He likes black folks. That’s one. I think that Trump is qualified and a very decent approach to having somebody representing America. Trump is a very decent man … He’s always been a friend of black people, that’s where I know him from,” Hilliard continued.
Trump’s guilty verdict has led to his campaign reaching out to African American voters, claiming that the former president and the Black community both understand how unfair the justice system can be.
One of the former president’s top surrogates has led the charge in campaigning for the Black vote. “The reason we’re seeing so many African Americans come into the Trump campaign — two big things: jobs and justice,” Scott (R-S.C.) told CNN, “As an African American born and raised in the Deep South who had concerns about our justice system as it relates to race, I’m now seeing it play out from a partisan perspective,” he added.
The South Carolina senator also received back up from an unexpected place this week. The Daily Caller reports that in an interview on June 2, one of the founders of the Black Panthers announced his support for the former president.
The man in the video said he was David Hilliard, who served as the Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party. He referred to Trump as a “friend to African Americans” and a “decent man” who financially supported his organization. He said he knew the former president as a college student during the time he allegedly supported the organization in the 1960s, where he reportedly “owned all of Harlem.”
“Trump’s a friend of African Americans, and I knew Trump from the 1960s in New York, where he comes from and he’s a friend to African Americans. He’s a decent man … I mean he’s not a racist,” the man said. “He’s not a racist, fascist, white man. He supported black people.”
The man who said he was Hilliard alleged that Trump has been convicted of felony charges because of his said friendliness towards the black community. The jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to former porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep affair allegations undisclosed ahead of the 2016 election, making him a convicted felon months before the 2024 election.
“Because Trump likes Africans in America. He likes black folks. That’s one. I think that Trump is qualified and a very decent approach to having somebody representing America. Trump is a very decent man … He’s always been a friend of black people, that’s where I know him from,” Hilliard continued.
African Americans have been abandoning Biden over the past year. The New York Times wrote that “Black voters are more disconnected from the Democratic Party than they have been in decades, frustrated with what many see as inaction on their political priorities and unhappy with President Biden, a candidate they helped lift to the White House just three years ago.
New polls by The New York Times and Siena College found that 22 percent of Black voters in six of the most important battleground states said they would support former President Donald J. Trump in next year’s election, and 71 percent would back Mr. Biden.
The drift in support is striking, given that Mr. Trump won just 8 percent of Black voters nationally in 2020 and 6 percent in 2016, according to the Pew Research Center. A Republican presidential candidate has not won more than 12 percent of the Black vote in nearly half a century.”
African Americans have been abandoning Biden over the past year. The New York Times wrote that “Black voters are more disconnected from the Democratic Party than they have been in decades, frustrated with what many see as inaction on their political priorities and unhappy with President Biden, a candidate they helped lift to the White House just three years ago.
New polls by The New York Times and Siena College found that 22 percent of Black voters in six of the most important battleground states said they would support former President Donald J. Trump in next year’s election, and 71 percent would back Mr. Biden.
The drift in support is striking, given that Mr. Trump won just 8 percent of Black voters nationally in 2020 and 6 percent in 2016, according to the Pew Research Center. A Republican presidential candidate has not won more than 12 percent of the Black vote in nearly half a century.”
While Trump will not win a majority of Black voters, peeling away enough of them from Biden could give Trump an edge in key states like Michigan.
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