Hey, Joe Biden: The Biggest Defenders of Black Americans Throughout U.S. History Have Been Republica

[rangerrebew]

Hey, Joe Biden: The Biggest Defenders of Black Americans Throughout U.S. History Have Been Republicans
By Robert Spencer May 23, 2020 4:23 PM EST
 

The controversy over Joe Biden saying, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re voting for me or Trump, then you ain’t black” isn’t dying down, but as much political damage as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is sustaining, one much-overlooked fact amid the brouhaha is that even though Donald Trump has made historic gains in support from black Americans, most will likely agree with Biden and vote for him or whomever the Democrats put up this November, no matter what, no questions asked. This is how it has been for a long time, but it wasn’t always thus. Historically, the strongest defenders of the civil rights of black Americans were Republicans.

Now, it is generally known that the Republican Party was founded as an abolitionist party and that a Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, is responsible for freeing the slaves. Generally known, that is, among those who care to know it. Some prefer politically correct fantasies, like the Northeastern Illinois University plaque honoring “Abraham Lincoln Democrat.”

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2020/05/23/hey-joe-biden-the-biggest-defenders-of-black-americans-throughout-us-history-have-been-republicans-n422826

[goatprairie]

Blacks switched allegiance when FDR ran for president. Even though some of the worst instances of violence towards black Americans took place in the thirties from people who were Democrats i.e. the Klan.
But Eisenhower still got 39% of the black vote in 1956 and Nixon 32% in 1960.
The GOP hasn't come close to those numbers since.
If they got one third of the black vote this year and future years, they'd clobber the Dems.