{"id":1376275,"date":"2022-03-14T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1376275"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T19:38:31","slug":"democrats-say-democrats-love-black-women-until-its-time-to-elect-us-black-candidates-say-democrats-doubt-their-electability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-say-democrats-love-black-women-until-its-time-to-elect-us-black-candidates-say-democrats-doubt-their-electability\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Democrats Say Democrats Love Black Women \u2014 Until It\u2019s Time To Elect Us\u2019: Black Candidates Say Democrats Doubt Their Electability"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-say-democrats-love-black-women-until-its-time-to-elect-us-black-candidates-say-democrats-doubt-their-electability%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1376275&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-14-at-2.01.34-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic leaders who lean heavily on black voters are expressing skepticism that black candidates can win statewide races, black candidates, their staff, and strategists said in interviews with Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Amid unprecedented representation by both officeholders and candidates, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/democrats-question-electability-of-black-candidates-7972824b-937a-4d41-b58b-2c50022d99f1.html?utm_source=newsletter&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiossneakpeek&#038;stream=top\">reported<\/a>, Democrats party leaders, donors, and pundits are questioning the electability of black candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats say Democrats love Black women \u2014 until it\u2019s time to elect us,\u201d warned Democratic Illinois congressional candidate Kina Collins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I grew up on the West Side of Chicago with organizing in my blood. My dad&#8217;s a Teamster. My mom&#8217;s SEIU.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve turned activism into action for Black lives, Medicare For All, and to end gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IL07?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IL07<\/a> to elect a progressive leader who fights as hard as we do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jwy1eHFERT\">pic.twitter.com\/Jwy1eHFERT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kina Collins for IL7 (@KinaCollinsIL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KinaCollinsIL\/status\/1399682580421787652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are currently 57 black members of the House of Representatives \u2014 the highest yet \u2014 and seven of the 100 most-populous cities in the United States have black female mayors, Axios reports.<\/p>\n<p>The publication notes that there were three black candidates among the primary contestants for the Virginia gubernatorial race and three black candidates running in the Maryland Democratic gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider this,\u201d wrote longtime Democratic donor Barbara Goldberg Goldman in a December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21410828-2022-03-10-sneak-email\">email to party insiders obtained by Axios<\/a>. \u201cThree African-American males have run statewide for Governor and have lost.\u00a0This is a fact we must not ignore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, Goldman\u2019s email was explaining why she had endorsed Tom Perez, the former Democratic National Committee chair, for governor of Maryland, though he is running in a 10-person race that includes three black candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich candidate(s) have a better chance in the General election of beating an attractive female [Larry] Hogan team member for whom both Dems and Repubs have expressed genuine likeability [sic],\u201d Goldman, who is also the Maryland Democratic Party deputy treasurer,\u00a0asked in an email chain, the publication reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider this: Three African-American males have run statewide for Governor and have lost. Maryland is not a Blue state. It\u2019s a purple one. This is a fact we must not ignore. In the last 20 years, only eight have been with a Democratic Governor. We need a winning team. IMHO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldman later told Axios that she regrets her statement, noting that \u201cit\u00a0neither accurately expresses nor depicts my views, and does not represent my lifelong commitment to supporting Democratic causes and candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a spokesman for Perez\u2019s campaign told the publication that the comments are both \u201churtful\u201d and \u201cill-conceived\u201d and \u201cdo not reflect the values of our campaign \u2014 as evidenced by Tom\u2019s entire career to advance civil rights and expand opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur campaign is building a geographically, demographically and ideologically inclusive coalition focused on electing a Democratic governor who is ready to serve all Marylanders,\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p>Black candidates in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Wisconsin also told Axios that they are \u201cnavigating similar racial dynamics,\u201d the publication reported \u2014 though black voters are still boosting Democratic elections.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama\u2019s Education secretary John King, who is running for Maryland governor, said that Democratic Party insiders have expressed to him, \u201cOh, well, if there are multiple candidates of color, then it\u2019s impossible for one of them to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, people have made that remark to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Maryland, we have a very diverse state and a diverse electorate, so we are well-positioned to have our first African American governor,\u201d King told Axios, adding.\u00a0\u201cHaving served in the administration of our first Black president, one would have hoped we\u2019d be further along in these conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania congressional candidate Summer Lee is running for a seat that has never been held by a woman, the publication reported, noting that she historically won a state congressional race in southwestern Pennsylvania, beating her 20-year incumbent, in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt absolutely comes from within the party and from without,\u201d Lee said of electability concerns. \u201cThe policies that we lift up are things that bring in more people and engage our base in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic leaders who lean heavily on black voters are expressing skepticism that black candidates can win statewide races, black candidates, their staff, and strategists said in interviews with Axios.Amid unprecedented<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}