It's hard to overstate the importance of mobilizing key Democratic voting blocs in 2024 to deny the Malignant Loser his chance to remake America as a fascist state bent on "vengeance" against his and his cult's enemies. Colbert King, writing in the Washington Post, examines the African American vote pattern over the past few Presidential elections, and notes this about the 2016 election:
"Trump won Michigan by 11,000 votes. But 277,000 eligible Black people didn’t vote. He won Wisconsin by 23,000 votes, but 93,000 eligible Black voters did not cast ballots. Trump’s 200,000-vote win in Georgia was helped when 530,000 eligible Black voters did not vote. Trump slipped by in North Carolina by a margin of 173,000 votes, while 233,000 Black voters stayed home. Much the same in Pennsylvania, which Trump won by 44,000 votes.
Who knew that better than Trump? Being Trump, he couldn’t just accept the unwarranted help and keep his mouth shut. He attended a mostly White victory rally in Hershey, Pa., in December 2016 and taunted: 'They didn’t come out to vote for Hillary. They didn’t come out. And that was a big — so thank you to the African American community.'” (our emphasis)
The margin of the Malignant Loser's victories in key states was dwarfed by African American voters who didn't cast ballots, presumably for Secretary Clinton. King points out that negative, anti-Clinton advertising targeting the black community likely suppressed their votes, and we're starting to see the same tactics at work now. Key African American voices -- from former President Obama and First Lady Michelle, to House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, to African American influencers in the entertainment world and church leaders -- will be essential to the Biden-Harris ticket to register new voters, motivate existing ones, and to underscore why this election is critical not only to them and their families, but to keeping America on track to improve its democracy for everyone.
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