{"id":2269003,"date":"2024-06-16T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-escalates-outreach-to-black-voters-with-new-coalition\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T15:22:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T19:22:25","slug":"trump-campaign-escalates-outreach-to-black-voters-with-new-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-escalates-outreach-to-black-voters-with-new-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign ramps up efforts to engage black voters through a new coalition"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-campaign-escalates-outreach-to-black-voters-with-new-coalition%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=2269003&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 President Donald Trump recently initiated a group aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-says-dems-should-give-up-on-florida\/\" title=\"James Carville Says Dems Should Give Up on Florida\">engaging black voters<\/a> as he \u200cattempts to attract \u2062this key\u200d demographic for his\u200d campaign. During an event in Detroit at a predominantly black church, Trump discussed the new coalition alongside\u2062 potential\u2063 vice-presidential candidates \u200dRep. Byron Donalds and former Secretary Ben Carson. Trump&#8217;s \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-biontech-pressured-twitter-to-censor-activists-demanding-generic-covid-vaccine-report\/\" title=\"Pfizer, BioNTech \u2018Pressured\u2019 Twitter To Censor Activists Demanding Generic COVID Vaccine: Report\">campaign highlighted<\/a> his achievements for black Americans, citing lower unemployment \u200brates, higher median household incomes, and\u200b increased funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">historically black colleges<\/a> and universities\u2063 during his presidency. Additionally, his administration&#8217;s involvement in \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-highlights-crime-in-san-francisco-los-angeles-in-tucker-carlson-interview\/\" title=\"Trump focuses on crime in San Francisco and Los Angeles during Tucker Carlson interview.\">criminal \u200cjustice reform<\/a>, specifically through the bipartisan \u2062First theirasp Act, was mentioned. The statement also included endorsements from dozens of black \u2063supporters, emphasizing Trump&#8217;s positive impact on the black community compared to previous \u2063presidents.  <\/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>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> launched a group this weekend designed to appeal to black voters as he seeks to win over those in a key demographic who could be disenchanted by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign issued the announcement Saturday, the same day Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3046814\/byron-donalds-believes-could-serve-trump-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appeared<\/a> in Detroit for a roundtable at a predominantly black church to discuss the new coalition.<\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied at the event by two of his potential vice president picks, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign touted in its statement that the former president had achieved more for black voters than any president in \u201crecent history.\u201d The campaign cited improved unemployment rates and increased median household income among black Americans, as well as new funding for historically black colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at 180 Church, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Detroit, as Itasha Dotson and Carlos Chambers listen. (AP Photo\/Carlos Osorio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The campaign also highlighted criminal justice reform, a likely reference to the First Step Act, a bipartisan measure passed during Trump\u2019s tenure that was aimed at reforming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prison<\/a> sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign also announced dozens of black supporters of the new coalition, including Diante Johnson, president of the Black Conservative Federation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump has done more for the black community than any other president since Abraham Lincoln,\u201d Johnson said in a statement. \u201cHis America First agenda led to record-low inflation, closed borders and tripled the Black support for the Republican party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While black voters have historically overwhelmingly supported Democratic presidential candidates, Trump is seizing on recent polling showing Biden is faltering with a voting bloc that is critical to his 2024 bid.<\/p>\n<p>A Marist poll <a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/the-2024-elections-in-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conducted<\/a> June 3 to 6 in battleground Pennsylvania found Biden leading Trump 68% to 23% among black voters, a more narrow lead compared to Biden\u2019s performance in the 2020 election when he won, according to the pollster, 92% of black voters\u2019 support.<\/p>\n<p>That follows a <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/biden-trump-black-men-support-election-2024-poll-a7d9da22?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=240615-trump_campaign_announces_black_americans_for_trump_coalition&#038;utm_content=ncl-ASa3DPXt5X&#038;_nlid=ASa3DPXt5X&#038;_nhids=gngytLbOp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>finding<\/a> in April that about 30% of black men in swing states planned to vote for Trump, a significant shift in Trump\u2019s direction after AP VoteCast found Trump won 12% of the vote among black men in 2020.<\/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>Trump\u2019s announcement of the coalition comes on the heels of Biden hosting an early celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday that Biden signed legislation to federally recognize in 2021 to occur on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>The event had \u201cblatant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>political<\/a> overtones,\u201d according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, which noted the DJ listed out Biden\u2019s own set of accomplishments for the voting bloc, such as canceling billions of dollars of college loan debts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump initiated a group targeting black voters, aiming to attract a crucial demographic potentially disillusioned with President Joe Biden. The announcement was made as Trump attended a roundtable in Detroit, predominantly attended by black community members, on Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2269004,"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\/06\/AP24168056708950.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24168056708950.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269003","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}