Trump shocks black voters -- by trying to get their votes

[brooklynite]

Politico

The Westside Gazette bills itself as “Broward County’s oldest and largest African American owned-and-operated newspaper.” For five decades, the Fort-Lauderdale, Fla. weekly has catered to a staunchly Democratic readership.

So when readers opened an edition last month to find a full-page ad from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, many couldn’t believe it. Why would he even bother?

“I thought it was quite abnormal,” said Bobby Henry, the newspaper’s publisher and chief executive offer. He said a reader sought him out at church last weekend to ask what was up. “For [Trump] to reach out to the broader African American community is what surprised me.”

Yet that’s precisely what Trump is doing.

The president’s reelection campaign has spent $1 million in an effort to make inroads with black voters, and more is coming, according to a person with direct knowledge of the planning. The initiative, dubbed “Black Voices” by the campaign, so far has included ads in black-run newspapers and on radio stations, volunteer training seminars, and a kickoff event hosted by Trump in Atlanta last month.

[Iliyah]

1. Majority of the Black community . . .

despise t-rump. They know he and the Republican party are "white nationalist". They see what is being done to POC in the USA. The economy sucks.

[dewsgirl]

2. Yes and are much more intelligent than he gives them credit for.

[uponit7771]

3. Is loath stronger than despise? I know what's happening to Mexicans can happen to me any day...

Red Don turns his white supremacy on us.

[brooklynite]

4. He doesn't need a majority of the Black community; he needs enough...

A major tactical mistake of the Clinton campaign was to forego campaigning in rural Counties of the battleground States. You'll never win them, but you'll offset Republican margins, allowing your Blue County wins to have an impact.