OPINION:
For years, the Republican National Committee and conservative candidates have been reaching out to the American black voter. Ken Mehlman and Mike Steele conducted major outreach campaigns while at the RNC. The voting results have remained the same: Very few blacks vote Republican. Democrats and the media blame every negative issue of the African-American culture on Republicans, even though it is the liberal policies of the Democratic Party that create these issues. Race relations in the United States are worse today under a black president than at any time since the Civil Rights marches in the 1960s. Trillions of dollars have been spent, from Lyndon Johnson to President Obama, on poverty and it has not solved the major issues that challenge the black community: education, jobs, welfare, marriage, security, drugs, etc.
All the race baiters, including Mr. Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Rev. Al Sharpton, do nothing to solve the problems facing the average black family. I agree with Donald Trump: Vote for the Republicans. What do you have to lose? As Mr. Obama said in 2008, “Vote for Change.” African-Americans now need to take Mr. Trump’s advice and vote Republican in November so someone who cares can actually change the landscape for the betterment for all Americans and “Make America Great Again.”
C. R. FLOYD
Machipongo, Va.
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