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Caller On Popular Hip-Hop Show Says Black Voters May ‘Need To Switch Parties’ If Trump Improves Economy

D’Angelo, a black Detroit caller on “The Breakfast Club,” said Thursday that black Americans need to vote more strategically.

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris includes an increase in his approval rating among black men from 19% to 21%. According to to Reuters. During a segment called “,” the caller says,Get it off your chest” argued that Democrats had failed to deliver on their promises to black Americans and should be required to meet their demands in exchange for their votes. (Stream The Daily Caller’s latest documentary “Cleaning Up Kamila” here)

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“Hey, brother, I just want to say we’re not a monolith, you know what I’m saying? Black people think for themselves…At the end of the day, the reason we lost is because the Democratic Party I feel like it’s in, hey,” D’Angelo said. “They have promised and promised us many times, but we get nothing in return. And today is a new day, a new era. As you know, as black people, we feel the need to demand everything we want right now…we…give up our vote.”

“We’ve been sitting around for too long, just giving and taking crumbs. But now we need everything we ask for… for us to vote for them. And… Maybe it’s a good thing Trump won, because we’ll see if he really took advantage of it. [former President Barack] Obama’s economy, can he get us out of this economy? And we know what the Republicans will do,” he added. “At the end of the day, if he brings up the economy, we can think maybe we need to change parties now or maybe we need to do something different. That’s how I feel.”

President Obama on October 10th claimed He said the president-elect didn’t deserve any credit, saying the Trump administration had seen “75 straight months of job growth” and that the economy was “pretty good” under Trump. President Trump said,PBD Podcast” after viewing a clip of the former president’s remarks, he accused President Obama of being “angry” and “mean.”

Before the coronavirus pandemic, median household income was skyrocketing under the Trump administration. Lowest ever Poverty and unemployment rates are at 50-year lows; According to President Trump’s press release. Almost 55% of voters believed Trump would “handle” the economy better than Harris. According to to the September New York Times/Siena College poll.

“The Breakfast Club” co-host Charlamagne Tha God on Wednesday argued economic factors and security were the main drivers of Trump’s victory, pushing back against the idea that Trump won because of bigotry. I objected.

“I don’t think it’s fair to chalk up Trump’s victory solely to racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism. Indeed, he was the worst that America has ever had to offer. “There are a lot of people who have used all of that and who agree with his rhetoric and voted for him for those reasons,” he said. “But I truly believe that most people voted for him because they wanted more money in their pockets and they wanted peace of mind.”

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