The following article by Eugene Scott was posted on the Washington Post website September 29, 2017:
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated his pitch to minority voters in Ohio on Aug. 22, asking them “What do you have to lose?” and promising to “straighten it out” in inner cities. (The Washington Post)
President Trump won only 8 percent of the black vote in 2016 after pleading his case this way throughout the campaign:
“And I ask you this, I ask you this — crime, all of the problems — to the African Americans, who I employ so many, so many people, to the Hispanics, tremendous people: What the hell do you have to lose?” he asked in August 2016. “Give me a chance. I’ll straighten it out. I’ll straighten it out.” Continue reading “What black Americans are most worried about in the Trump era”