Geeko Sportivo
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Women are smart for voting! Men that don't vote- don't have anything to say in my opinion.
"I'm starting to see a dangerous increase in black Trump supporters. IT'S LIKE I'M SURROUNDED!"
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FACT? I think you should wait until the election before such declarations. But that is not how you work.
Mr.Badguy
Super lefty
Ebbing perhaps.
CBHype
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Blacks are wising up. They should have listened to Malcolm-X years ago about the Democrat party.
When Blacks Voted 80 Percent Dem, Malcolm X Called Them "Chumps"
"You put them first," said Malcolm X, "and they put you last. 'Cause you're a chump. A political chump! ... Any time you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that party can't keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you are dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that party -- you're not only a chump but you're a traitor to your race."https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...ed_them_chumps_121905.html#comments-container
signalmankenneth
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Trump has been courting young Black men, but data suggests it won’t work
Political experts and organizers – who are also Black men under 50 – said the hysteria about their demographic defecting to the Republican party is overblown. (Duh?!!)Eight years ago, Shawn Gamble Jr. was shunned by his family and friends when he announced that he was supporting former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Gamble, who grew up in Philadelphia and now lives in Reading, is today the director of grassroots for the Black Conservative Federation, a partisan political organization that promotes Republican candidates and ideals.
“It has not,” Gamble said, “been the easiest road.”
At 26, Gamble is part of a voting bloc that’s gotten a lot of attention in the last few months of the presidential election: young Black men.
Trump is going after Black men, aligning himself with rappers like Philly’s OT7 Quanny, who joined Trump’s entourage and wore a MAGA hat when the president campaigned in the city in June. Trump has said his 34-count felony conviction is why “Black people like” him, and his campaign held a “cigars and cognac” event in Philadelphia, where a Trump surrogate, U.S. Rep Byron Donalds (R., Fla.), drew criticism for saying Black families fared better during the racist Jim Crow era.
But despite his campaign’s outreach, any narrative that suggests Harris might lose out on support from young Black men ignores the data. Black people under 50 are virtually no more likely to vote Republican in 2024 than they were 30 years ago, said Kiana Cox, a senior researcher at Pew Research Center.
In 1994, 16% of Black voters younger than 50 leaned Republican. Today, said Cox, that number is 17%.
An AP-NORC poll conducted in mid-September found most Black voters of all ages and genders viewed Trump negatively, with only 15% reporting a somewhat or very favorable view of him — a slim percentage in line with the Republican preference seen among Black voters over the last 30 years.
On the ground in Philadelphia, Timothy Freeman, 34, doesn’t think he’s part of a demographic that’s getting more conservative.
“It’s something that I don’t want to say seems far-fetched,” said Freeman, “[but] honestly, I would need proof.”
Freeman is a member of Unite Here Local 274, which represents hotel and service workers. He organizes with the union during elections.
Political experts and organizers — who are also Black men under 50 — said the hysteria about their demographic defecting to the Republican Party is at best overblown and, at worst, an attempt to cast blame on Black men in the event Harris loses to Trump.
“Very rarely do I go into a barbershop and I hear people say, ‘Democrats have failed me,’” said Philadelphia Councilmember Isaiah Thomas. “People might say the government has failed Black people, but not Democrats.”
Transactional politics, misinformation, and voter disengagement
Mondale Robinson is the founder and executive director of the Black Male Voter Project, and the mayor of Enfield, N.C. He said Black men aren’t courted outside of an election year.“I would say that Black men absolutely hate … the transactional nature of how the [Democratic] Party does not show up to address the issues that are plaguing Black men, and are not listening to Black men, if there’s not an election on the ballot,” Robinson, 45, said.
Timothy Welbeck, director of the Center for Anti-Racism at Temple University, said Democrats need to do a better job of telling Black men which policies will help them.
“There are things that will directly impact Black people that aren’t being framed that way,” said Welbeck.
“To the extent that the Biden administration has been an effective administration, I don’t believe they’ve touted their effectiveness in the ways the other administrations have,” he added later.
Several men said misinformation and social media also play a role in disengagement, with posts attacking Harris’ role as a prosecutor and questioning the validity of her race, echoing untrue comments Trump made at a Black journalism conference.
“I want people to know that there’s a conservative effort to communicate information that is not accurate to encourage Black men not to vote,” said Thomas. “I wonder if other demographics experience the same thing.”
Thomas, 40, launched an initiative to register Black men younger than 40 to vote in February.
“I think the biggest overall idea behind most of the things that I hear is an agenda specifically focused on Black men and people not being afraid to say, ‘this is for Black men,’ just like they say, ‘this is for other demographics,’” he said.
Welbeck said the same.
“It seems as though other affinity groups are having their specific needs catered to and the specific needs of Black men are not,” he said. “Whether that is precisely true is another conversation, but that is a particular sentiment.”
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/black-men-trump-supporters-fact-check-20241010.html
ExpressLane
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SPOT ON!
ExpressLane
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The left wears Pink Pussy hats and the Right wears Make America Great Again hats. I'll go with making America better.
ExpressLane
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Sam Ellot or Elon Musk. I'll take the genius that builds rockets and recovers them on the launching pad. Sam Elliot has a deep voice and reads words that other people write a grows a nice mustache .Tell that to Sam Elliott.
'Be a man and vote for a woman:' Sam Elliott voices new ad endorsing Kamala Harris
Actor Sam Elliott urges men to vote for Kamala Harris and 'get over' the 'woman thing.' Masculinity has taken center stage in this election.www.usatoday.com
ExpressLane
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Too bad for you MAGAtards, most of the blacks who are dumb enough to support trump....
.....are either in prison or felons like trump, but who are still on parole, so they can't vote anyway.
Oh, well.
What're ya gonna do?
tigerred59
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Keep in mind these are the type of blacks that rallied for Clarence Thomas, the same types all over YOUTUBE with their stimulus check bought mics and head gear, the same types who are marginalized and ignored by all politicians from both sides, who now are given a voice and a platform by Satan, and sadly the same types who are sneered at at Trump rallies, laughed at at Trump rallies and pretty much ignored at Trump rallies, but give a nigg@ a slight smile from whitey and his black ass is in pure heavenly delight.
serendipity
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Christie, you were vehemently anti-fracking have you changed your mind as well? I won't bother asking Jade as I already know his answer.
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
One has to wonder is Ziggy actually on some sheet wearing payroll to troll, or is he just humping the leg of that apartheid punk by reposting his biased and/or bogus posts?
Bigdog
Harris - make America a 3rd world shithole
If a Black man disobeys a White LIb, this ^^^^^ is what happens.
Bigdog
Harris - make America a 3rd world shithole
WHY are questioning the word "dangerous". You don't agree with her?
You didn't even watch the Vid because it was a Black woman speaking.
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Callinectes
Proud MAGA Semi-Facist
Tell that to Sam Elliott.
'Be a man and vote for a woman:' Sam Elliott voices new ad endorsing Kamala Harris
Actor Sam Elliott urges men to vote for Kamala Harris and 'get over' the 'woman thing.' Masculinity has taken center stage in this election.www.usatoday.com
Who does he think he is? Obama? Why the heck should I listen to an actor try to shame me into voting for an incompetent woman based on gender? I would have happily voted for Nikki Haley, and if Tulsi Gabbard ran as a democrat and won, I'd grumble a little, but I would sleep okay (I think she's got a good head on her shoulders, I hope Trump puts her on the team permanently, she can contribute a lot).
In a nutshell, screw the identity politics. Make American government competent and functional again.
christiefan915
Catalyst
No, I haven't. In fact, I just read another article about its dangers.
"As reported by Environmental Health News, three studies from the Pennsylvania Department of Health were published more than a year ago, demonstrating the dangers of fracking on the health of people living in nearby communities.
The studies — carried out by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Health — showed that residents living near fracking wells had increased rates of childhood cancer, severe asthma attacks, and low birth weights.
Worryingly, one study showed that children living within 1 mile of a fracking well were five to seven times more likely to be diagnosed with lymphoma — a type of blood cancer that affects the lymphatic system."