That's a fairly low bar.
I don't think Obama likes him at all.....
I wouldn’t say that. But I think he can get as high as 2-3x (16%-24%) of the usual black vote for the GOP in presidential elections.
Thi is the kind of hubris that turns a lot of conservatives and others off of Mr. Trump. It was also reflected in his remarks about shooting people on Fifth Avenue and not losing a single voter.
50% unemployment for blacks in big cities.
They are the most hurry by illegal immigration.
So right. They’ll vote for Trump.
Republicans seem scared of winning for some reason.
Well, I dunno about that.
But he IS doing better with the AA community than any other Republican since Grant.
Trump could get 30% of the black vote.
First time Trump was ever on my radar screen was in the late 80’s when Arsenio Hall asked KRS-1 why he respected Donald Trump. And KRS-1 went in to a long deal about how great Trump was.
Trump hung out with Hip Hop moguls.
He shared women with them!
He was popular in the black community well before the more broad general populace got to know him.
That seems like a reasonable statement. It is not a boast. It's just a statement, a positive prediction, if you will. But I guess any positive statement can be classified as a boast if you have an ax to grind against the speaker.
I always thought it was insulting and condescending to think the base economic and fairness issues didn’t apply to all segments of our population,
Man, I love this campaign season...
I’m sure that this series of back and forth will get spread far and wide by liberals. ‘Can you believe this guy? He says he’ll get more black votes than Obama! Don’t believe me? Read it...’
And then voters will read ‘The truth is Obama has done nothing for them.’
And they’ll look around and probably agree.
Obama was never down for the struggle,he was raised as a privileged white boy.
Now the Donald, he was a scrappy....
Oh wait.
Yeah that’s the ticket tell them CHANGE.
If only the blacks knew what Hillary was like in Arkansas, they would certainly go to Trump. Then again, maybe not. If she was the over seer in the cotton field, they’d still be bamboozled by her.
Well, if ‘The Apprentice’ is any indication, most likely so.
A number of the black guys I’ve talked to about politics seem open to voting for Trump.
It makes me sick what Liberals have done to the Black Community in our nation for the past 40-50 years! Liberals and Democrats have rewritten history; lying about conservative and Republicans, while at the same time covering up their racist past!
Liberal Icon and founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, referred to Blacks as “Human Weeds” in her 1930’s “Negro Project.” Any wonder so many PP Clinics are in minority/inner city neighborhoods?
What I mean by that is that Trump hasn't really begun yet to reach out to them. Once Trump has the nomination wrapped up and the focus switches to the general, I look for Trump to greatly expand his efforts among black Americans, who have been done so wrong by Obama and Democrats in general.
Look for him to do rallies and appearances in predominantly black areas such as Washington D.C., New York City, Detroit, Atlanta etc. Would not be surprised to see him draw enthusiastic predominantly black crowds. If Trump even gets the 15% of the black vote that Reagan got, this election is over. But I think the potential is for Trump to get much, much more. And this will not only win the election for Trump but will utterly devastate the Democrat Party, who have enjoyed the near total and unqualified support of blacks for decades now. Unearned as well I might say.
If Trump can bring a substantial percentage of black Americans to the Republican Party, and then improve their lot during his presidency, we are talking about a political earthquake that may resonate for generations to come.
Republicans have been idiots for not making their case to black voters. Black living standards improved more under Reagan than any other recent president. Economic growth will provide jobs to blacks — that’s what Republicans should be talking about. Moreover, by making this pitch, it will counter the charge that Republicans are racists that only care about the rich. In other words, it will help with white voters too.
Meh, he’s trying to still divide us just like 0bama.
The real lesson in Trump’s comment is not about it’s accuracy. More tellingly is how he expertly disputes the premise of the question, and forcefully argues the opposite is true. This is why he succeeds.
That's a fairly low bar.
I don't think Obama likes him at all.....
