Donald Trump is staggeringly unpopular among Black people. And Cleveland is close to 55 percent Black. But you’d never know either fact looking at Republican National Convention protests. Here’s why some locals say they steered clear of the downtown scene—and why their presence was beside the point.
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter: “His doublespeak belies his true nature: a charlatan who will embolden racists and destroy communities of color.”
More than 20 organizations are traveling together from the Republican National Convention to the Democratic National Convention to protest the racism, xenophobia and misogyny they’ve seen this year.
“I like the idea that, the more copies that ‘The Art of the Deal’ sells, the more money I can donate to the people whose rights Trump seeks to abridge,” Tony Schwartz told The New Yorker.
Perhaps taking some inspiration from Clint Eastwood’s Republican National Convention invisible chair stunt Rev. Moss touches on history, the upcoming election, and voter suppression.
The video featured the Romney family inside their home several times but in one of the scenes a women who appears to be working for the family in the background was simply ignored.
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said he expects more blacks to vote for Mitt Romney than polls indicate because many “working” blacks likely were not polled.
