by Raynard Jackson, For New Pittsburgh Courier
Once again Republicans have proven that when the radical liberal Democrats call us a party of racists, there is some merit to the charge.
During the past 50 years Republicans have made a conscious decision to disengage with the Black community, their most loyal voting block in the history of the party. Why?
Because they saw more value and votes with White Southern Democrats, Dixiecrats, than with the Black community.
Senator Thom Tillis is in a tough reelection fight for his seat in North Carolina. During his last senate race in 2014, he only received 48.82 percent of the vote, the lowest percentage for a U.S. Senate candidate in the history of the state.
In addition to his poor showing last time, Tillis has gone liberal on his state on issues like illegal immigration and homosexuality.
So, what is Washington, D.C.’s Republican establishment’s response to Tillis’ problem? To inject race into the election and piss off an already agitated Black vote in North Carolina.
Blacks account for over 21 percent of the population in North Carolina and the party and Tillis has little to no meaningful relationship with the Black community.
If Tillis loses his race, more than likely, Trump will lose the state also; thus, making it almost impossible for Trump to be reelection as president. So, in many ways, Trump and Tillis are tied at the hip.
Establishment Republicans don’t really believe in our conservative message of smaller government, a controlled border, or taking our message directly to the Black community.
If they did, why would they spend over two million dollars in a Democrat primary to promote the candidacy of a radical liberal Black female?
You heard right. The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC controlled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, spent $ 2.4 million dollars in a Democrat primary in support of a Black woman.
This is according to McConnell’s own filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The Senate Leadership Fund is run by top McConnell confidant, Steve Law. I have known Law for many years and he is one of the best political minds anywhere. So, why he would engage in racial politics is quite unnerving to me. I have never, ever seen any hint of this type of evil in him.
Law set up a “throw-away” super PAC called Faith and Power PAC. A “throw-away” PAC is similar to a throw-away cell phone; you use it for a limited purpose and then you get rid of it. Same principle with the Faith and Power PAC.
McConnell and Law think so little of conservatism and Blacks that as opposed to spending their money cultivating relationships with the Black community in order to help Tillis’s candidacy; they saw more value in playing the race card!
The $ 2.4 million went to boost the candidacy of radical liberal Democrat Black female state senator, Erica Smith. She is in a four-way primary for the Democrat nomination to face Tillis in the November general election.
Smith is considered the most beatable Democrat against Tillis in the general; so, I get what Law’s logic was; but I am totally appalled by his actions.
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