{"id":2317612,"date":"2024-08-01T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clyburn-says-he-doesnt-believe-trump-will-win-15-of-black-vote-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:06:41","slug":"clyburn-says-he-doesnt-believe-trump-will-win-15-of-black-vote-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clyburn-says-he-doesnt-believe-trump-will-win-15-of-black-vote-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Clyburn says he doesn\u2019t believe Trump will win 15% of black vote &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fclyburn-says-he-doesnt-believe-trump-will-win-15-of-black-vote-washington-examiner%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=2317612&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>In \u2063a recent\u200b interview, Rep. \u2064Jim Clyburn\u2062 (D-SC) expressed\u2063 his skepticism \u2062about Donald Trump&#8217;s ability to \u2062garner \u2062support from black\u2062 voters, asserting, &#8220;I don\u2019t believe for \u2064one \u200cmoment that Donald Trump will get 15% of the African American vote.&#8221; \u200dClyburn&#8217;s comments were \u200bmade in response to a discussion on MSNBC where four black \u200cmale voters \u2063stated they knew individuals committed to voting for Trump. \u200cHe disagreed with their perspective, suggesting\u2063 it did \u200bnot accurately represent the broader sentiment\u2063 among African American\u200c voters. Clyburn \u2064emphasized that the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris had \u200ca significant impact, contradicting the viewpoints expressed\u200c by the panelists. He expressed\u200b hope that the opinions of the four individuals did not reflect the general attitude within the\u200b African American community.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Clyburn says he doesn&rsquo;t &lsquo;believe for one moment&rsquo; Trump will win 15% of black vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1720018\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-clyburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jim Clyburn<\/a> (D-SC) said he does not think Republican presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> will win the support of 15% of black voters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact of the matter is I don&rsquo;t believe for one moment that Donald Trump will get 15% of the African American vote,&rdquo; Clyburn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/31\/politics\/video\/the-lead-james-clyburn-harris-black-voters-trump-presidential-race-jake-tapper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Wednesday in an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not going to happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>South Carolina<\/a> Democrat was commenting on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qe1hUPN2Bqk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MSNBC panel<\/a> in which four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-panicking-lower-black-voter-turnout-will-eviscerate-their-path-to-victory-in-november\/\" title=\"Dems Panicking Lower Black Voter Turnout Will &quot;Eviscerate&quot; Their Path to Victory in November\">black male voters<\/a> each said they knew a black man committed to voting for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> recently launched presidential candidacy changed that, all of them said it had not.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn disagreed that the panelists&rsquo; experiences were representative of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/african-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>African American<\/a> voters, saying he doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;think for one moment that [Harris&rsquo;s] entrance into the race did not change anything with black people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who those four people were, I could not see them, but I would hope that they do not reflect what&rsquo;s going on in this country,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in AME, African Methodist Episcopal, I&rsquo;m a 33rd-degree Prince Hall Mason, I&rsquo;m a member of the Divine Nine, and I interact with all of these people, and I do not see 15% among them voting for Donald Trump,&rdquo; Clyburn added. &ldquo;Every one of them has been energized by the entrance of Kamala Harris in this race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106366\/karine-jean-pierre-slams-trump-harris-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>came under fire<\/a> Wednesday for his remarks before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago, where he suggested that Harris only recently began identifying as black.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants and graduated from the historically black Howard University in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-economy-is-devastating-black-americans\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Economy Is Devastating Black Americans\">win back black voters<\/a>, whose support for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> candidacy had been faltering in the months before he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1720018\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1720018\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) expressed skepticism about Donald Trump&#8217;s ability to secure 15% of the black vote in the upcoming election. In an interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper, Clyburn stated, &#8220;I don\u2019t believe for one moment that Donald Trump will get 15% of the African American vote; that\u2019s not going to happen.&#8221; His comments followed a discussion on MSNBC where four black male voters claimed they knew someone who planned to vote for Trump. When asked if Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s recent presidential campaign influenced their views, they all replied it had not. Clyburn disagreed with their perspective, asserting that their experiences do not reflect the broader sentiments of African American voters and emphasized that Harris&#8217;s candidacy has energized many within the community. He noted his connections within various organizations and reiterated his belief that a significant portion would not support Trump. Additionally, he criticized Trump&#8217;s remarks at a National Association of Black Journalists event regarding Harris&#8217;s racial identity, highlighting her background as the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants and her education at Howard University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2317613,"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\/08\/jim-clyburn-2024-election.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36904,17661,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2317612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-black-vote","tag-clyburn","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jim-clyburn-2024-election.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317612","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\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2317613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}