Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered by People: Today, we're excited to share one of our most expansive efforts yet. Powered by People is joining the Texas Democratic Party and the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats to reach out and contact every Black voter in Texas through…
Category: AfricanAmericans
SC-Sen: Jaime Harrison (D), “The racial disparities in marijuana enforcement is just unacceptable.”
U.S. Senate candidate, Jaime Harrison (D. SC), did an interview CNBC this week where he mainly discussed issues younger voters cared about. One of the biggest issues he discussed was legalizing marijuana: I think we should legalize, regulate and tax marijuana like we do alcohol and tobacco. There is simply no medical reason to lock…
NC-Sen: NC's Chief Voter Suppression Architect Is Now Feeling The Heat On Expanding Vote By Mail
As Democrats continue to push for national vote-by-mail, especially while our country is going through a pandemic, Republicans of course find themselves in quite a pickle. Vote-by-mail would make it easier for their constituents to vote, despite Trump’s lies about vote-by-mail leading to mass voter fraud. However, it would make it easier for Democratic voters…
SC, MS & GA-Sen B: BET, “Black Senate Candidates Explain Why They Are Seizing The Moment”
U.S. Senate candidates Jaime Harrison (D. SC), Mike Espy (D. MS) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) have penned on op-ed for BET promoting their candidacies, promote their platforms addressing racial injustice and how they can be the faces a of a New South in the U.S. Senate: As Black fathers, brothers, sons and men…
GA-Sen B: Jezebel, “NRA Queen Apparently Doesn't Think The Second Amendment Applies to Black People”
From Ashley Reese at Jezebel: Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler—who rose to national prominence after being implicated in an alleged covid-19 insider trading clusterfuck—has a fast and loose definition of who the second amendment applies to, despite presenting herself as a gun rights champion. And she made this loud and clear during a hilariously racist Fox News segment Thursday morning. During…
MS, SC, KY, GA & TX-Sen: Axios, “Black Senate candidates could make history in 2020”
From Axios: There are five black men running for U.S. Senate in the South as Democrats who could not only make history, but are using this unique moment to have difficult, intimate conversations about being black in America. Why it matters: There have only been 10 black senators in U.S. history, and it wasn't until 2013…
AZ, SC, MI, CO, GA, NC, AK-Sen: Megadonor Who Called Safety Net “Slavery Redux” Gave $ To GOPers
From Salon: A number of Republican candidates for Senate and Congress accepted recent campaign donations from Timothy Mellon, a GOP megadonor and heir to the Mellon family fortune, who used derogatory stereotypes to describe Black Americans in his 2015 autobiography. Mellon, the 77-year-old founder of a railway shipping company and scion of one of America's…
MS-Sen: Mike Espy (D) Mounts Pressure On The Senate To Pass The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act
Received this e-mail yesterday from Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: I must admit that I am a little ashamed that I am writing you an email about making lynching a federal crime in the year 2020. I believe this is something that should have been in place a long time ago, but here we…
NC-Sen: Thom Tillis' (R) Ad Features Restaurant Owner At Center Of A Racial Bias Lawsuit
Wow: x YouTube Video A new TV and digital ad campaign for U.S. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis features one of the owners of Lancaster’s BBQ & Wings in Mooresville, which was sued by the federal government in 2018 over accusations that it “subjected a black employee to a racially hostile work environment.” In the ad,…
NJ-Sen: Cory Booker (D) Builds Momentum For Congress To Pass The Justice In Policing Act Of 2020
Received this e-mail yesterday from U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s (D. NJ) re-election campaign: Since the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, the calls for justice have been loud and clear. Now is the time for policy change and legislative action. That's why I'm a partner in the effort, along with Kamala…
MS-Sen: Mike Espy (D) Pushes The Call For Mississippi To Finally Ditch The Confederate Flag Symbol
Received this e-mail yesterday from Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Thousands of people gathered across Mississippi this past weekend, demonstrating that people are ready for change. The people of Mississippi are showing that they are ready for a state that represents them — and that includes the Mississippi state flag. As you may know,…
MN-Sen: Sen. Tina Smith (D) Pushes The Call To Ban Police Chokeholds & End “No-Knock” Warrants
Received two e-mails from U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaign: Hello — For eight minutes and forty-six seconds, a police officer pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck and the full weight of his body. For eight minutes and forty-six seconds, three other officers watched as Floyd’s life…
New EPIC-MRA Poll Has Joe Biden Crushing Trump In Michigan 53-41
Some very good news today out of Michigan: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden doubled his lead over President Trump in the battleground state of Michigan, according to a new poll. Biden leads Trump by 12 points, with 53 percent support compared to Trump’s 41 percent, according to a EPIC-MRA poll reported by The Detroit Free Press on Sunday. Biden’s lead…
GA-Sen B: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR), “Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) is a perfect leader for this moment.”
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: America is hurting. Tens of thousands of Americans are gathering every day in righteous protest against violence and racism. Instead of seeking reconciliation and justice, the president tries only to inflame and incite….
Trump thinks he's done more for Black people than all other presidents combined
Um, okay. Nice to see that Abraham Lincoln, who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, at least gets a shout-out. But Abe, JFK (proposed the Civil Rights Act), LBJ (signed the Civil Rights Act), and Barack Obama (broke barriers and inspired millions) still don’t add up to one DJT, who once occupied the White House during a period…
MA-Sen: Markey (D) Pushes Bill To Force Government To Collect & Share Data On COVID-19 Patients
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Ed Markey’s (D. MA) re-election campaign: The coronavirus pandemic is exposing and exacerbating the racism and injustice embedded in our economy and our health care system. That's why I joined Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Ayanna Pressley to introduce legislation to force the Department of Health and Human…
Congressional Black Caucus PAC, LCV, J-Street & Emgage All Endorse Joe Biden For President
Some big news today for Joe Biden’s campaign. First, this is a big endorsement: The Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid on Monday, further cementing his support among the nation’s influential black political leadership. The political action committee’s unanimous endorsement came on the heels of several key nods of support among caucus…
8 in 10 black Americans say Trump is racist, two-thirds think it's a bad time to be black in America
Donald Trump once said he’d get 95 percent of the black vote when he ran for reelection. I’m thinking no. A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll also tells a completely different story. Go figure: While personally optimistic about their own lives, black Americans today offer a bleaker view about their community as a whole. They also express…
Bad news for Trump: survey shows African-Americans energized to vote in 2020
Of course, Donald Trump famously said he’d get 95 percent of the black vote in 2020. Then again, Donald Trump says a lot of things. Almost none of them are true. A new survey from Third Way and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reveals that 57 percent of black voters who identify…
Houston Elects 19 Black Women Judges, so Texas Gov. and Legislature Move to End Judicial Elections.
This is simply reprehensible: Facing South.org “Voters in Houston, Texas, elected 19 black women to local judgeships last year. The new judges, all Democrats, have instituted wide-ranging reforms to the county’s bail system. Voters also sent Democratic judges to the state appeals court. A few months later, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott — a former…
