'The Democrat Party hasn't done anything for black people the last 30 years. It's time to give us a chance
Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, believes former President Trump is making significant inroads with Black voters after he traveled to Philadelphia to have policy conversations with Black Americans.
Hunt and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., spoke to a "packed house" in the liberal city on Tuesday in an effort to bring attention to the policies and priorities of the Republican Party ahead of the election.
Hunt later spoke with Fox News Digital about why he thinks more Black voters leaving the Democratic Party could cause Biden to lose re-election and said Trump is leading this change.
"Congress, Cognac, & Cigars" featured a discussion between Hunt and Donalds with former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya as moderator. Similar events will follow in Atlanta, Ga., Detroit, Mich. Milwaukee, Wis., Charlotte, N.C. and other cities in states key to winning the 2024
presidential election.
"Trump's policies four years ago are not just Black issues, but they are American issues. And if President Trump is able to attain between 25 and 30% of the Black male vote, then Joe Biden cannot win," said Hunt.
Hunt said Trump, "set a record for Black turnout in 2020" and can build on that number in November.
Hunt said they are doing the work and trying to inspire voters by going into areas "where no conservative in the past three decades has bravely gone before."
"You haven't had voices like me and Byron Donalds that are willing to take the initiative to do what we've been doing over the course of the past year," said Hunt.
Hunt described a moment that stuck out during the event when a Black woman who left the Democratic Party, along with other members of her family, spoke out. She shared how the COVID pandemic made her realize Democrats are not for her community but rather for "White liberal elites," based on the "draconian" way they were treated during the pandemic.
The same woman also discussed how Democrats "broke up the Black family" because of welfare policies. ...
Hunt said by having these conversations, they are challenging why generations of Black voters have been voting for the Democrats. He argued that Republicans now have an opportunity to win over Black voters by "breaking the bonds and attachment" to the Democrat party by focusing on policies, and to "stop the race bait."
"I am not a slave and nobody currently living is a slave owner. So at this point, I don't want to hear that conversation. I want to hear a conversation about what party is going to benefit us the most financially, how we are going to live the best and in the greatest country in the world." said Hunt, explaining that Black voters are concerned about the economy, "the hidden tax of inflation," and safe neighborhoods.
"The Democrat Party hasn't done anything for Black people in the last 30 years. It's time to give us a chance."
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Biden is hemorrhaging his base. Trump is going to scoop them up because he cares about the working man.