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Donald
Trump
It
should
come
as
no
surprise
that
Donald
Trump
continues
to
make
sh*t
up.
The
disgraced
former
president
is
not
popular
among
Black
voters,
but
if
you
listened
to
the
nonsense
he
spews
during
the
campaign
trail,
you
would
think
he
is.
During
a
stop
in
South
Carolina
to
speak
to
a
room
“full”
of
Black
conservatives
(spoiler
alert,
there
were
more
white
people
in
the
room),
Trump
made
one
of
his
most
ridiculous
claims
to
date.
“A
lot
of
people
said
that’s
why
the
Black
people
like
me,
because
they
have
been
hurt
so
badly
and
discriminated
against,
and
they
actually
viewed
me
as
I’m
being
discriminated
against,”
Trump
said,
adding,
“I
think
that’s
why
the
Black
people
are
so
much
on
my
side
now.
Because
they
see
what’s
happening
to
me
happens
to
them.”
Spotted
on
Raw
Story
via
a
report
from
USA
Today’s
Sudiksha
Kochi,
Trump’s
claims
are
pure
C
A
P,
and
there
was
no
“bump”
in
his
Black
support
due
to
him
finally
being
held
responsible
for
numerous
crimes.
In
fact,
his
support
remains
at
12%
and
hasn’t
increased
since
2020.
Per
Raw
Story:
“Several
pollsters
and
Black
political
scientists
that
spoke
with
USA
TODAY
said
that
the
former
president’s
comparison
between
his
legal
troubles
and
the
injustices
that
Black
Americans
have
faced
in
the
legal
system
are
invalid,”
before
adding,
“in
2016,
Trump
received
the
support
of
8%
of
Black
voters,
according
to
exit
polls. That
support increased
to 12%
in
2020.
The USA
TODAY/Suffolk
poll
from
January
found
that
Trump’s
support
among
Black
voters
has
stayed
the
same
at
12%.
Meanwhile,
President
Joe
Biden’s
support
has
slipped
from
87%
in
2020,
according
to
the
Roper
Center,
to
63%.”
The
Real
Reason
Black
Folks
Support
Donald
Trump
According
to
Sharon
Austin,
a
political
science
professor
at
the
University
of
Florida,
any
Black
person
who
proudly
shucks
and
jives
for
Donald
Trump
is
doing
so
out
of
disdain
for
the
Democratic
Party,
not
for
Trump
being
criminally
indicted.
If
anything,
Trump
being
able
to
still
run
for
the
highest
office
in
the
land
with
91
criminal
charges,
four
indictments
as
well
as
being
twice
impeached
shows
the
disparity
in
how
Black
people
are
treated
if
they
faced
the
same
legal
issues
because
they
definitely
would
be
in
jail
already.
“There
have
been
numerous
instances
of
disparities
in
the
sentencing
and
arrests
of
Black
men
and
women
who
have
been
accused
of
crimes
that
have
nothing
in
common
with
whatever
he
thinks
he’s
experiencing,”
Austin
explained.
Trump
and
the
GOP
have
done
very
next
to
nothing
to
appeal
to
Black
voters,
but
if
you
ask
them,
they
are
out
here
doing
the
work.
The
latest
dumb**
taking
point
claims
Trump
is
reaching
Black
voters
because
he
showed
up
at
Sneaker
Con
to
show
off
some
trash
$399
gold
sneakers
that
Fat
Joe
felt
he
needed
to
add
to
his
sneaker
collection.
Besides
the
usual
Black
supporters,
Donald
Trump
isn’t
making
any
strides
with
the
Black
community.
