Farr's nomination is tainted with accusations of voter suppression of black voters, and some of the claims do give me pause.
Whether or not you believe that Love lost because she didn't embrace Trump or that the accusations against Farr are leftist attacks on his character, there is a very real problem that the GOP won't even entertain the notion, because they feel that any concession to the black community is a hopeless one.
CNN's Harry Enten provided some insight into polling back in August that showed Trump was decreasing his deficit among black voters, and exit polling from the midterms showed an overall increase in black male support for GOP candidates in 2018.
Black men who voted for Kemp were not so much rejecting Abrams as embracing the conservative messages of rugged individualism and free-market economics.
Black voters' support for Republicans rarely rises above the low teens because of the GOP's increasingly racially charged politics, especially in recent years, with Trump's divisive rhetoric and policies going largely unchallenged by party leaders.
You don't get a Tim Scott or a Mia Love if the black community has completely written off the GOP. There are still some messages that resonate, and those messages are why Love and Scott would even run as Republicans in the first place.
Tim Scott and Mia Love are trying to get us to have this conversation, and to do what's right for the black community - a community that is as American as those of you reading this post.
https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2018/12/03/tim-scott-mia-love-want-us-conversation-not/
Whether or not you believe that Love lost because she didn't embrace Trump or that the accusations against Farr are leftist attacks on his character, there is a very real problem that the GOP won't even entertain the notion, because they feel that any concession to the black community is a hopeless one.
CNN's Harry Enten provided some insight into polling back in August that showed Trump was decreasing his deficit among black voters, and exit polling from the midterms showed an overall increase in black male support for GOP candidates in 2018.
Black men who voted for Kemp were not so much rejecting Abrams as embracing the conservative messages of rugged individualism and free-market economics.
Black voters' support for Republicans rarely rises above the low teens because of the GOP's increasingly racially charged politics, especially in recent years, with Trump's divisive rhetoric and policies going largely unchallenged by party leaders.
You don't get a Tim Scott or a Mia Love if the black community has completely written off the GOP. There are still some messages that resonate, and those messages are why Love and Scott would even run as Republicans in the first place.
Tim Scott and Mia Love are trying to get us to have this conversation, and to do what's right for the black community - a community that is as American as those of you reading this post.
https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2018/12/03/tim-scott-mia-love-want-us-conversation-not/
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