The Democrats' refusal to accept was in a way, understandable: Lamar County, Texas, nearly 200 miles northeast of Dallas, with its biggest city Paris, Texas, is about as solid a red county as exists in red-state Texas.
Lamar County's Democrats probably couldn't get anyone to lead that county with those odds, because nobody likes to lead a party organization that always loses, especially in a relatively small county by Texas standards, with a population of about 50,000, only 6,300 of whom are black.
One, Scott is popular, and not exactly in the same wa many others black conservatives who are popular, such as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who's style is cerebral, but popular in a popular way, one that reaches out to black voters by speaking optimistically, admitting failures, and showing that he's shared and lived their same experiences.
Even Angela Davis complained about that in one of her books, after some of the Black Panthers she associated with argued she wasn't "Black enough." So to attack Scott on racist, rather than ideological grounds, is amazingly thin ice right there.
Three, Texas swung red after Democrats put enormous billionaire-dollar resources into turning Texas blue.
President Trump, according to the Dallas Morning News analysis, was the critical element in why Texas voted for so many Republicans down-ballot, and sure enough, Trump brought in more black voters than any Republican candidate before him.
Look at how tiny the black representation is on the Texas Democrat party leadership's own website.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Democrat problems in Texas compound after Democratic county leader called Sen. Tim Scott an 'oreo'
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