{"id":2248149,"date":"2024-05-19T17:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-says-black-americans-are-no-different-than-other-demographics-in-2024-concerns\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T17:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:49:59","slug":"ben-carson-says-black-americans-are-no-different-than-other-demographics-in-2024-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-says-black-americans-are-no-different-than-other-demographics-in-2024-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Carson asserts that black Americans share similar concerns to other demographics in 2024"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fben-carson-says-black-americans-are-no-different-than-other-demographics-in-2024-concerns%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=2248149&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 HUD Secretary Ben Carson suggested that Donald Trump could secure the black vote \u200cby addressing shared \u200dconcerns with other voters. In\u2064 an interview on State of the Union, Carson pointed to issues \u2062like inflation, crime, and immigration as common\u200b worries. He emphasized that black Americans are\u200b no different and are\u200d impacted by these challenges in the same \u2063way. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points from the original text about Ben Carson&#8217;s views on Donald Trump&#8217;s potential appeal to <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>. It highlights the shared concerns and emphasizes that black Americans face similar challenges as other demographics.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-carson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben\u00a0Carson<\/a> suggested that former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> could win the black vote by appealing to the same concerns other voters share.<\/p>\n<p>Carson appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/state-of-the-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"State of the Union\"><em>State of the Union<\/em><\/a>  on Sunday to answer why he thinks Trump is polling well among black voters. The former secretary implied that they share the same concerns as other people: inflation, crime, and immigration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, you know, black Americans are no different than any other Americans. You know they feel the pinch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a>. You know they know what it feels like when they have to go fill up their gas tank,\u201d Carson said. \u201cThey see the crime that\u2019s running rampant that people, repeat offenders, are being let out of prison and endangering them and their neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBenCarson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealBenCarson<\/a>: &#8220;Black Americans are no different than any other Americans. They feel the pinch of the inflation\u2026 They see the crime that is running rampant\u2026 They see what&#8217;s happening at the border and how that&#8217;s impacting their own communities.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sek1w7vLAb\">pic.twitter.com\/sek1w7vLAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAGAIncWarRoom\/status\/1792186366857457685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey see what\u2019s happening at the border and how that\u2019s impacting their own communities. How others people\u2019s issues are being put on the front burner while their issues are being put on the back burners,\u201d Carson went on. \u201cI think those are the issues that are pushing them toward Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Carson predicted Trump would win a \u201chigher percentage\u201d of the black vote this November than he did in 2020. Carson long endorsed Trump before he was the Republican nominee for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/biden-trump-black-men-support-election-2024-poll-a7d9da22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> poll<\/a> from last month found 30% of\u00a0black\u00a0voters were planning to \u201cdefinitely or probably\u201d vote for Trump over incumbent President Joe Biden. This is a massive swing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/behind-bidens-2020-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 election<\/a> when Biden won 92% of the\u00a0vote among black voters.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-support-for-democrats-is-slipping\/\" title=\"Black Support for Democrats Is Slipping\">black\u00a0voters\u00a0made<\/a> up 13.5% of all eligible\u00a0voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/01\/10\/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2024\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According<\/a> to the Pew Research Center, they are expected to make up 14% in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former HUD Secretary Ben Carson hinted at the possibility of former President Donald Trump winning the black vote by addressing common concerns. During an appearance on State of the Union, Carson discussed Trump&#8217;s appeal to black voters, suggesting shared concerns as a reason for his support in this demographic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2248150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP18012617145857.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP18012617145857.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248149","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2248150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}