DeSantis rocked by Black Republican revolt over slavery comments

I don’t understand black republicans at all. It’s just as crazy as gay or trans republicans- I wanna be like “dude, your party fucking hates you”. How do they not see it?

Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history.

lmao. calling it a 'characterization' like it's not true

Many Black Republicans find themselves in a quandary: on the one hand having to push back on perceptions that slavery has positive attributes, but also fighting the perception that if they voice criticism, it leads to questions of whether they are sufficiently conservative.

Harrison Fields, Donalds’ spokesperson, captured this in a tweet. “If you condemn CRT & refuse to support BLM, black Republicans are called a coon, sellouts, & Uncle Clarence. If you vocalize minor distaste with a sentence in a curriculum that lauds skills developed by slaves during slavery, black Republicans are called Democrats and frauds,” he said.

i don't understand how they can understand this but not the fact that their political affiliation is a cult.

I love how black conservatives are like, "I can't believe we're talking about whether slavery was good in 2023."

Like mf, that's all you fucking conservatives do, "How can we say that this shit behavior, was good?"

“Why are these leopards eating our faces!?”

In other words, they never thought leopards would come for their faces like they did their ancestors.

This is just comedy gold. Like, Republicans have been spending time slashing down voters rights for BLACK PEOPLE and here we are knowing that there are black Republicans. Like, what the fuck is wrong with you?

Call them woke, Ron. Please call them woke. I want to see this drag out. I'm making popcorn.

"Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history. Most saw it as an unforced error at the time when Black Republicans feel they’ve been making significant strides within the party."

So VERY close to being self-aware, and yet so far.

Gotta be a special kind of dumb to be a black conservative.

TIL - There are black Republicans.

The black conservatives party needs to rebrand to the black face eating leopards party.

This little political misstep is easy to understand, when you account for the fact that Ron DeSantis is a fucking idiot.

Several told POLITICO they fear the issue will play into Democrats’ characterization of Republicans as favoring a whitewashing of American history. Most saw it as an unforced error at the time when Black Republicans feel they’ve been making significant strides within the party.

“It raises eyebrows,” said Diante Johnson, president of the Black Conservative Federation, who is supporting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “Ron DeSantis is not the candidate for Black conservatives and that’s what [he] constantly, constantly exhibits to us.”

Funny, cause the guy who is responsible for that exact line is a black conservative.

First, they came for...

!leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

But I tell you, if you're having a problem figuring out whether you're for me or for Trump, you ain't black.

• Joe R. "Dark Brandon" Biden Jr.

The useful tools are totally surprised when they find their usefulness has run it's course.

That there is some tasty face ~Leopard

For people in the comments saying that the GOP isn't actually racist:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/27/georgia-augusta-judicial-circuit-split-republicans

ROCKED!!

Well DUH

When you're too racist even for black Republicans, you know you screwed up.

The US has a 13.6% black and 19% hispanic population. Turning either group against you is going to be a political disaster.