Trump exposed an ugly secret about Dems and African-Americans
By Post Editorial Board
“We reject the
bigotry of Hillary Clinton, which panders and talks down to communities of
color and sees them only as votes,” said Trump. Democrats have “failed and
betrayed” African-Americans.
He cited the donkeys’
policies on crime, education and the economy, which he says “have produced only
more crime, more broken homes and more poverty.”
He’s right.
African-Americans have voted overwhelmingly for Dems for decades. In
presidential races, they give upward of 90 percent of their votes to Democrats.
They’ve played a key role in electing Dems to run most of the nation’s big
cities.
Trump focused mostly
on law and order, following unrest in Milwaukee after a cop fatally shot an
armed black man: “The main victims of these riots are law-abiding
African-American citizens,” he said. “It is their jobs, their homes, their
schools” that suffer.
Officials shouldn’t
look to “make life more comfortable” for the “violent disruptor” but for the
“African-American parent who wants their kids to be able to safely walk the
streets.” No argument there.
Yet Dems like Clinton
fuel a “dangerous anti-police atmosphere” that can incite rioting. Given the climate,
her suggestion Tuesday that blacks are not “respected by the law” was downright
inflammatory.
Republicans often
want the opposite but write off the black vote as unwinnable. Trump would
change that: “It’s time to give the Democrats some competition” for
African-American support, he says.
