President Trump says Black People ‘don’t dig’ Joe Biden

As the race for the White House continues President Donald Trump in a conversation with radio host Rush Limbaugh implied he was a better candidate for Blacks as they “don’t dig” former vice president and Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden.

“The black community gets it. They don’t dig him, they don’t like him,” said Trump, making reference to the 1994crime law that Biden supported which contributed to the mass incarceration of Blacks. “They don’t like Biden. He did super-predator stuff; you know he was the super-predator king.”

The President is convinced that he would get more Black votes against Biden, in the coming election. During the last election against Hillary Clinton, President Trump only about 8% of Black votes. However, the President remains positive that this election would be quite different with the numbers hitting “20 percent, 22 percent” even though he says he expects 100% of Black votes against Biden.

According to the President’s claims, he pushed for criminal justice reform and prison reform. He said this was unlike the former president [President Barrack Obama] who failed to achieve any of those. Trump also added that he ensured Black small colleges and universities got funded.

“With [South Carolina Senator] Tim Scott we did the opportunity zones, which is the greatest. I’ve made the most incredible thing for the Black community, the African American community with jobs and everything else,” President Trump said. “I’ve done more for the black community than anybody since Abraham Lincoln.”

In the 2015/16 presidential election, Democrats biggest vote hindrance were from Midwestern Rust Belt cities—Detroit, Milwaukee, and Cleveland—with the largest Black populations. This year, Biden is determined to secure votes in these three regions. Biden’s party leaders in these three states are almost confident that their outreach to voters will produce a positive outcome, even though much of their efforts to reach out to Black voters has been virtual.

“The Trump presidency was a theory in 2016, and the deadly nature of the Trump presidency is a reality in 2020,” said Garlin Gilchrist, Michigan Lt. Gov. “In our Black communities, we realize how urgent this moment is and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris know how urgent this moment is, and that’s why they’ve been speaking with such moral clarity about what the stakes are, and I think that’s ultimately going to be what drives that turnout up.”

One thing that is certain in the coming election is that many Black voters are still unsure of who the best candidate is. Under the Trump presidency, there have been concerns over systemic racism and police brutality which was revealed in the unlawful killing of George Floyd and others.

Some Black voters are not too familiar with Biden and his campaigns. But those who are familiar have expressed their concerns over his discriminatory record on criminal justice and racial comments which referred to Black voters as a monolithic bloc.

“A lot of people have had their eyes opened to the importance of voting, with the death of George Floyd and the civil unrest, but they don’t believe Joe Biden would be the person who would really do anything different,” said Detroit City Council member Mary. “A lot of voters I talk to – the younger ones especially – aren’t just going to go out and vote for Biden because he says, ‘if you’re Black, you vote for me.’”