{"id":1392198,"date":"2022-03-21T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392198"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:15:59","slug":"gop-steps-up-recruitment-efforts-for-black-candidates-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-steps-up-recruitment-efforts-for-black-candidates-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Steps Up Recruitment Efforts For Black Candidates, Voters"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgop-steps-up-recruitment-efforts-for-black-candidates-voters%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=1392198&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--><p>Republicans have ramped up their efforts to recruit black candidates in the hopes of securing a larger piece of the African American vote in the 2022 midterm elections, The Hill reported Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>While black voters have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/27\/winsome-sears-glenn-youngkin-virginia-democrat-black-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traditionally supported Democrats<\/a> at the polls, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/10\/rep-byron-donalds-democrats-lose-ground-black-voters-republicans-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republicans<\/a> believe their recruitment, as well as messaging strategies, can win many over, the Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/598813-gop-stepping-up-appeals-to-black-candidates-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Black community is seeing momentum,\u201d Paris Dennard, national spokesman and director of Black Media Affairs for the Republican National Committee (RNC), told the Hill. \u201cThey\u2019re seeing that Black Republicans can be elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 80 black candidates have filed as Republicans this cycle to run in House races, according to the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Hill reported. In the Senate, black Republicans like <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/27\/mitch-mcconnell-endorses-herschel-walker-georgia-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herschel Walker<\/a> and Richard Irvin are competing in GOP primaries to challenge incumbent Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC announced in 2021 it would donate $2 million toward black community centers, which are designed to aid candidates with recruitment and voter outreach in their respective communities, The Hill reported. Republicans have also emphasized their messaging on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/28\/poll-biden-approval-near-record-low-amid-economic-frustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">economy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/chesa-boudin-recall-san-francisco-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crime<\/a> in their attempts to sway black voters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7395017\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7395017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally featuring former U.S. President Donald Trump on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Rayford\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-inflation-black-americans-opinion-poll-02-20-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> released in February, black voters gave Biden a 43% approval rating for his handling of inflation, while 55% and 52% approved his handling of the economy and crime, respectively. Inflation rates <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/13\/producer-price-index-bureau-labor-statistics-december\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surged<\/a> to record highs in 2021, while murder <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/murder-rate-increase-2020-police-fbi-report-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increased<\/a> for the first time in four years in 2020, according to FBI data released in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see the rising prices in gas or rising prices in goods and everything else, the Black community is actually coming toward accepting the idea that maybe Republican policies are better than we see in the socialist values of the Biden administration,\u201d Wesley Hunt, a black candidate who was victorious in the GOP primary for Texas\u2019 38th Congressional District, told the Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt launched Hellfire PAC in March to help elect Republicans to the House, the Hill reported. As part of the launch, Hunt endorsed black congressional candidates John James in Michigan\u2019s 10th Congressional District and Jeremy Hunt in Georgia\u2019s 2nd Congressional District. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/597894-texas-congressional-candidate-launches-pac-to-boost-other-gop-candidates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018The Messenger Matters\u2019: Latino Republicans Of Congress Reflect On GOP Gains With Hispanics)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need leadership, but we need examples,\u201d Hunt told the Hill. \u201cYou would be shocked at how many people send me text messages or direct messages that say, \u2018Hey, Wesley. Thank you so much for saying this. I feel the same way you do. I just don\u2019t feel welcome in the party.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s because they don\u2019t see as many people of color in the party,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Republican Party has not done the best job in messaging to minority communities, and it\u2019s something we have got to address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans have ramped up their efforts to recruit black candidates in the hopes of securing a larger piece of the African American vote in the 2022 midterm elections, The Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"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-1392198","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\/1392198","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\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392198\/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=1392198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}