Brandon Tatum (third from right) is Director
of Urban Engagement at Turning Point USA, and he told Fox News that the
YBLS is symbolic for black voters. “YBLS is important because it gives
an example to this country that black voters are not monoliths and think
for ourselves,” said Tatum. (Photo: Christopher Howard/FOXNews)
Chants of ‘We love Trump, U-S-A!’ echoed across the East
Room of the White House before, during, and after President Donald Trump’s
address to hundreds of young black conservatives.
The President’s address was part of the Young Black
Leaders Summit (YBLS), a four-day conference focused on millennial-aged,
conservative black Americans. The student-activist group, Turning Point USA, hosted
the event.
Brandon Tatum is Director of Urban Engagement at
Turning Point USA, and he told Fox News that the YBLS is symbolic for black
voters. “YBLS is important because it gives an example to this country
that black voters are not monoliths and think for ourselves,” said Tatum.
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Turning Point’s Communications Director
Candace Owens (pictured) told Fox News that the YBLS is working to change the narrative
when it comes to President Trump and the Democratic Party for black
Americans. (Photo: Christopher Howard/FOXNews)
Turning Point’s Communications Director Candace Owens
told Fox News that the YBLS is working to change the narrative when it comes to
President Trump and the Democratic Party for black Americans.
“Despite all of the lies and propaganda, black Americans
are waking up,” said Owens. “Black Americans are realizing that this person
you’ve painted as a monster seems to be bringing results that you’ve promised
for decades and never delivered.”
President Trump touted historic gains for black Americans
during his tenure in office which included a 5.9 percent unemployment rate for
in May 2018. It’s the lowest black unemployment rate in recorded American
history and also contributes to a closing gap between black and white
unemployment.
“For decades policies advanced by Democrats have and
eliminated opportunity and wiped out good paying jobs and even great paying
jobs for the black community,” declared President Trump. “The results really
speak for themselves, it was just announced last quarter that the economy beat
all expectations, growing at 3%, 3.5%, and now they think it could be well into
the fours.”
Attendees of the summit gathered outside of
the White House following the President’s address, inspired to tell their own
journey into conservatism. (Photo: Christopher Howard/FOXNews)
“I don’t have a lot of people in my community who are
like-minded as me, and I’m used to getting racial slurs thrown at me like a
coon or Uncle Tom,” YBLS attendee Shawn Gamble told Fox News. “I wanted to come
here to connect with other black conservatives.”
