{"id":2247179,"date":"2024-05-17T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republicans-plot-2024-comeback-with-trumps-appeal-to-black-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T18:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T22:39:42","slug":"georgia-republicans-plot-2024-comeback-with-trumps-appeal-to-black-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republicans-plot-2024-comeback-with-trumps-appeal-to-black-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Republicans strategize comeback in 2024 leveraging Trump&#8217;s appeal to black 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\">24<\/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%2Fgeorgia-republicans-plot-2024-comeback-with-trumps-appeal-to-black-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=2247179&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>Former Senator Kelly\u200d Loeffler, no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-portland-police-unit-resigns-after-fellow-officer-targeted-by-politically-driven-assault-charge\/\" title=\"Entire Portland Police Unit Resigns After Fellow Officer Targeted By \u2018Politically Driven\u2019 Assault Charge\">longer serving<\/a>, \u200dremains\u2063 a key figure in \u200bGeorgia politics. At the Georgia GOP convention in Columbus, she\u2064 emphasized strategies\u2062 for Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reckless-neocons-want-escalation-with-russia-in-order-to-regain-control-of-the-gop\/\" title=\"Reckless Neocons Want Escalation With Russia In Order To Regain Control Of The GOP\">regain influence<\/a>\u2064 in the state, \u2063focusing on attracting more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a>. Loeffler, alongside radio hosts Leo Terrell\u2062 and Shelley Wynter, highlighted the importance of diverse outreach to \u2063expand the GOP&#8217;s voter base. Former Senator \u2063Kelly Loeffler, no longer serving, continues to play a pivotal role in\u2062 Georgia \u2064politics. At the Georgia GOP convention \u2063in Columbus, she outlined ways for Republicans\u200b to reclaim their influence in\u200c the state, particularly by engaging more\u2064 black voters. Loeffler, accompanied by radio hosts Leo Terrell and Shelley Wynter, \u200bstressed the significance of inclusive outreach to broaden the \u2062GOP&#8217;s voter support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>COLUMBUS, GEORGIA \u2014<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kelly-loeffler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kelly Loeffler\">Kelly Loeffler<\/a> may not be a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-asks-wheres-mcconnells-wife-after-second-freezing-episode-not-well-enough-to-be-a-sitting-us-senator\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly questions McConnell's wife's absence: Not fit for Senate role.\">senator anymore<\/a>, but she hasn\u2019t strayed far from the center of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Georgia\">Georgia<\/a> politics.<\/p>\n<p>Loeffler made an appearance at the Georgia state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GOP\">GOP<\/a> convention in Columbus Friday to talk about how Republicans can take back the Peach State. Flanked by conservative talk radio hosts Leo Terrell and Shelley Wynter, she hosted a \u201cfireside chat\u201d centered largely on how to win more black voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats need black voters more than black voters need the Democratic Party,\u201d said Loeffler, who served in the Senate in 2020 and 2021 before losing her seat to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA). \u201cThe Trump coalition is good for voters of every color, every religion, every creed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terrell and Wynter, who are both black, agreed that African American voters can be brought into the GOP fold via aggressive outreach. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about skin tone. That\u2019s the Democratic playbook,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m old enough to remember a guy saying you judge a person by the content of his character and not the color of his skin. And that\u2019s why we\u2019re all here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler speaks at the Georgia GOP Convention at the Columbus Convention &#038; Trade Center in Columbus, Georgia, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Arvin Temkar\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/13\/us\/politics\/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"polling of swing states\">Polling of swing states<\/a>, including Georgia, by the <em>New York Times<\/em> and Siena College in May showed that 63% of black voters supported Biden in a head-to-head matchup over Donald Trump, who received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/05\/13\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"23% support\">23% support<\/a>. Four years ago, Biden was backed by 91% of black voters in the 2020 election nationwide, according to AP VoteCast.<\/p>\n<p>Loeffler knows personally how important it is to widen the Republican coalition in the diversifying Southeastern state, as she narrowly suffered defeat in a 2021 runoff election that suffered from low GOP turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Wynter, a host on powerhouse Atlanta station WSB, drew cheers after asking the crowd, \u201cHow many people here want to expand the tent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgia will play host to an interesting local case study this fall as well. State Rep. Mesha Mainor, an Atlanta native and Howard University graduate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2581597\/georgia-lawmaker-who-left-democrats-to-join-gop-slams-former-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"made headlines\">made headlines<\/a> last year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/948214\/georgia-lawmaker-announces-departure-from-democratic-party-describing-it-as-moral-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"switching\">switching<\/a> from Democrat to Republican. She\u2019s now seeking reelection in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-barone-in-systemically-racist-america-lots-of-whites-vote-for-blacks\/\" title=\"Michael Barone: In \u201cSystemically Racist\u201d America, Lots of Whites Vote for Blacks\">heavily black district<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Mesha wins a predominantly African American district \u2014 99%, almost 100% Democratic district \u2014 when she wins,\u201d Wynter said, \u201cit shows that if you work for the people you represent, it doesn\u2019t matter your party affiliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor, center, speaks in the House Chamber at the Georgia Capitol, March 6, 2023, in Atlanta. Mainor announced on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, that she was switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, saying Democrats had driven her out for refusing to follow party orthodoxy. (AP Photo\/Alex Slitz, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mainor herself spoke ahead of the group and gave a similar message about the importance of outreach that takes \u201cgoing to a church, asking a pastor\u201d to spread the word. The crowd at the Columbus convention center sang \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to her afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Loeffler\u2019s panel collectively denounced moves made by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, such as rescheduling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"marijuana\">marijuana<\/a>, describing it as pandering and saying basic issues like preventing crime and securing the border are important to people from all races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need to hear the message,\u201d Terrell said. <\/p>\n<p>The group teed off on other topics as well, such as the treatment of protesters that they say shows skewed priorities among the Left. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s allies are hurting, and our president and our Democratic senators aren\u2019t standing with them,\u201d Loeffler said. \u201cYet every blue-haired they\/them on campus who gets thrown in jail is immediately bailed out, while our Jan. 6 protesters are locked up year after year after year. This is the two-tiered system of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loeffler is chairwoman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/03\/10\/975422623\/loeffler-says-georgia-democrats-had-a-better-ground-game-now-she-wants-to-match-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Greater Georgia\">Greater Georgia<\/a>, a group that aims to register more voters within the state and add diversity to the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to work as if we\u2019re 20 points down,\u201d she said. \u201cWe should pick up a shovel and not stop digging until Nov. 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senator Kelly Loeffler remains central to Georgia politics, addressing GOP convention in Columbus on reclaiming the Peach State. 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