Wesley Hunt works to boost Trump’s black support to make it ‘impossible’ for Biden to win
By
Mabinty Quarshie
July 16, 2024 6:31 pm
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EXCLUSIVE —Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) is hoping just enough black voters will break away from the Democratic Party and boost former President Donald Trump to victory over President Joe Biden.
The Texas congressman is among several prominent black Republicans, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who have spent months persuading disaffected black men voters to defect from the Democratic Party and vote for Trump. And Hunt is even counting on black women to help the GOP in November.
“One thing that I’ve discovered in our outreach and in doing in Congress and Cigars with Byron Donalds and traveling around, it’s not just black dudes, it’s black women too,” Hunt said in an interview with the Washington Examiner on Tuesday afternoon. “I’ve been shocked at how many people have approached me saying that look like ‘this ain’t working for me. And we need to get back to the way it was before the last four years.’ And so we will certainly continue that should the Trump team right deploy us.”
Black women are the Democratic Party’s most loyal voting bloc, often turning out at 90% and above for Democrats in presidential elections. But Hunt hopes that even a small percentage point decrease among black women is enough for Trump to win.
“It’s a strong possibility that that can happen,” said Hunt. “And also keep this in mind too: Two, three percentage points and 25% of black men. This makes that math even more of it just impossible for Democrats to overcome that number.”
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