Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said during an appearance on “Bernie & Company” on Thursday that young black voters will “reject the racism card” in the presidential election and cast their ballot for former President Donald Trump.
Fox News vote release Wednesday In a five-way race between Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, independent presidential candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein, Trump won 21% of the black vote. In a head-to-head race with Harris, Trump's share of the vote rose to 26%, a number virtually unchanged from the last election. June Fox News vote Speaking about the showdown between Trump and President Joe Biden, Terrell said Trump's “racially insensitive” economic policies would garner support from black voters, and told Fox Business host Stuart Varney that the dinner on whether Trump can win 18 percent of the black vote in November is “still on.” (RELATED: 'She had a good teacher': Leo Terrell says Kamala Harris learned to plagiarize from Joe Biden)
“That bet and that dinner is still going on. Let me tell you a fact,” Terrell told Bernie. “Black Americans under 30 are not big Democrat supporters. Stu, the Democrats want black Americans to think we're still in 1965, we're in the middle of the civil rights movement, and that's totally rejected by young black Americans.”
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“Trump basically offered the same policies to all Americans. They want jobs. They want to buy homes. They want border security. And what black Americans, young black Americans are saying is they're rejecting the Democratic Kool-Aid,” Terrell continued. “I don't think they woke up with racism. I want to be very clear on this point: There is no systemic racism in America. There is racism, but it's not government-sponsored racism. That's gone. And that doesn't help you win the support of young black Americans. They're going to reject the racism card and they're going to turn to Trump's economic policies.”
Trump lost to Harris in head-to-head races nationwide by 1 percentage point. According to A RealClearPolitics average of polls conducted between July 30 and August 14 shows Harris leading. increase If you include West, Kennedy and Stein, the number is 1.1%.
“I think it's fair to say that President Trump's economic policies worked extremely well for Black Americans in the last election,” Bernie said. “In fact, I think it's fair to say that he was the only administration that significantly closed the income gap between Black Americans and other Americans.” (Related story: 'We don't know that': MSNBC data expert gives Democrats harsh reality after Walz election)
“You're right. Trump's economic policies have worked regardless of race. They've worked for all Americans, and black Americans have benefited under Trump,” Terrell told Bernie. “And one last thing: I have a witness here, a Democrat who voted for Trump in 2020 and will vote for Trump in 2024 regardless of race because he's what's best for America.”
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