Trump won't need more Black votes. He just needs Black voters to stay home again.
By Colbert I. King
When we sat down for dinner Thursday, I silently gave thanks that Donald Trump is not president of the United States.
My Thanksgiving Day invocation was inspired by remembrance of Trump’s dreadful presidency. But also by all the mean and ugly things he has said and done — along with his democracy-threatening actions — since his rejection by voters in the 2020 presidential election. (I think attempting to overturn a presidential election qualifies as antidemocratic.)
As a fourth-generation Washingtonian, I’m especially thankful that Trump isn’t in the White House. A vengeful Trump has called for a federal takeover of the District, which he regards as a “dirty, crime-ridden death trap.”
Why else am I thankful Trump’s not in the White House? He has publicly disclosed that if elected, he would consider weaponizing the federal government against those who would oppose his reign. He’s also made it known that he wants to strip career federal employees of civil service protections, to abolish the Education Department and to see more teachers trained to carry concealed weapons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/24/trump-2024-election-black-support/
