It’s hard out there for a Black Republican. |
Not because of the whole…you know, the majority of Black people staring at them as if they were Yetis.
Apparently 3 “long shot” Republican candidates are very upset that the Republican party isn’t supporting them as much as they want. They say that at least 14 other Black candidates are complaining as well.
Campaign managers for Chuck Smith in Virginia, Charlotte Bergmann in Tennessee and Marvin Scott in Indiana all said the support they’ve received from GOP leaders this cycle has been dismal. They added that there could be consequences for the party if they are elected to Congress next year.
Smith’s campaign manager, Lisa Creeden, said she wishes her boss could count on the party’s help; no Republican has held Virginia’s 3rd district in 18 years.
“I think the Republican Party is going to damage themselves with the African-American community,” Creeden said. “I understand part of it is they are focused on races they can win easily, but our point is we couldn’t necessarily win this easily, but we can still win it. The effort to reach out to the African-American community will pay out in future elections.
Yes. This is what’s going to hurt Republicans with Black folk. Not the policies that they champion, the way they’ve claimed on numerous occasions that racism is over and the brown-ification of public assistance in order to turn middle class whites away from supporting it. No, Black folk are gonna be really pissed that the Black republicans didn’t get the support they so desperately wanted.
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