'We have everything to lose
What blacks say
they will lose if
they vote for
Donald Trump
BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE
When celebrity busi
nessman Donald Trump
announced his candidacy
for president in July 2015,
he claimed Mexican illegal
immigrants were "rapists
... bringing drugs, bringing
crime."
Months later during the
Republican primaries.
Trump traveled the nation,
telling enthusiastic sup
porters at rallies that if
elected president, not only
would he build a wall at the
United States and Mexican
border to keep the 'ille
gals" out, but he would
also impose a ban on
Muslims entering the
United States in an effort to
combat terrorism.
By the time Republican
presidential nominee
Trump got around to
addressing black people
two weeks ago, he was
already calling President
Obama "the founder of
ISIS." African-Americans,
already angry with Trump
for claiming that the presi
dent was actually bom in
Kenya, not the United
States, rewarded Trump
with just 1 percent black
support in the latest
NBC/Wall Street Journal
national poll. And yet, that
didn't stop Trump from
uttering the following
apparently to African -
Americans:
"You're living in
poverty, you have no jobs,
58 percent of your youth is
unemployed," Tramp, talk
ing to African-Americans,
said to a mostly white rally
in Michigan last week.
"What the hell do you have
to lose?"
Monday in Akron,
Ohio, Trump continued
with what many said was a
condescending diatribe
toward blacks: "You can go
to war zones in countries
that we're fighting and it's
safer than living in some of
our inner cities ... I ask you
this. Crime. All of the prob
lems. To the African
Americans who I employ
so many ... so many people
... What the hell do you
starting with U.S. Rep. G.
K. Butterfield (D-NC-1),
chairman of the
Congressional Black
Caucus.
"Mr. Trump has shown
little interest in earning the
black community's vote,"
Butterfield said. "His com
.ments made last week in
State Rep. Cecil
Brockman (D-Guilford)
also had hard feelings
about Trump.
"Donald Trump has no
real interest in reaching out
to black voters," Brockman
said. "Instead he wants to
try and make Americans
forget about his divisive,
hateful, and racist rhetoric
of the past. If he really
cared about the issues that
black people face, he
would actually spend time
in our communities and
make a real, substantive
outreach. Instead, he
insults the very voters he
claims to be courting with
condescension and the
echoing of stereotypes."
In Facebook responses
posted for this story, black
voters from across North
Carolina were uniformly
dismissive of Trump's
overture.
"Voting for this idiot
could cause more black
lives taken," posted Tee
Huff, referring to Trump's
common mantra to white
audiences of being a "law
and order" candidate who
would have no tolerance
for the Black Lives Matter
movement. Trump has
been critical of President
Obama's efforts to build
bridges between the police
and the black community.
"(Tramp) only wants to
make America great again
for the white man by keep
ing the black man down,"
remarked anti-Trampster
Donna Spivey in a nod to
Trump's alleged white
supremacist connections
and support base.
Veronica Nwosa said,
"Not only was he conde
scending and insulting to
all black people, he clearly
showed that he had no idea
about the problems that
black people face or the
history of the struggle for
civil rights for black peo
ple. He wasn't particularly
talking to black people as
he was speaking from an
audience that was over 90
percent white. He was giv
ing permission to his fol
lowers to say that he has
reached out to black peo
pie. When he loses, then he
will blame black people for
his loss. It is also a divide
and conquer strategy to
appeal to black people as
he knows that his insults to
Hispanics, Muslims,
women, the disabled, etc.
cannot be glossed over. He
is toast."
Borrowing Trump's
own question to African
Americans," What do I
have to lose by voting for
Trump?" Greg "GBaby"
Taylor, formerly of
Charlotte, answered,
"#MyDignity." Angela
Marie Grimes of Raleigh
also answered the rhetori
cal question with, "My
mind and my freedom."
Most political
observers agree that North
Carolina is one of the key
battleground states Donald
Trump will need if he's to
have any chance of win
ning the presidency. But
unless he can stop the black
vote, which is 91 percent
against him, he has little
chance of winning.
'Voting for this idiot could
cause more black lives
taken."
-Tee Huff, Facebook post
have to lose? ... You'll be
able to walk down the
street without getting shot.
Right now, you walk down
the street. You get shot.
What the hell do you have
to lose?"
And just this week, the
Associated Press reported
that the personal social
" media accounts of several
paid Trump campaign
staffers revealed racist
communications that
included, "A graphic
designer for Trump's
advance team approvingly
posted video of a black
man eating fried chicken
and criticizing fellow
blacks for ignorance, irre
sponsibility and having too
many children."
The angry reaction
from blacks to the contro
versial Republican's cam
paign has been unceasing,
Michigan are further proof
. that he is not fit to be pres
ident and is completely out
of touch with the African
American community.
Painting the picture that the
entire African-American
community is living in
poverty with no jobs is
completely irresponsible. .
"Donald Trump asks
what the black community
has to lose by voting for
him? The answer is sim
ple: We have everything to
lose," Butterfield says.
North Carolina's only
other black congressional
representative, 12th
District U.S. Rep. Alma
Adams, also no fan of
Donald Trump, is quoted as
telling The Charlotte
Observer several weeks
ago that she waS "scared"
of the Republican presiden
tial nominee.
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