Trump banks that this pitch will work again in 2020. With much fanfare, he set up a rump group, "Blacks for Trump" last November. There's one other X factor. That's just how much ambivalence there is toward Biden that still festers among some Blacks over his backing of the Clinton Crime Bill, his alleged trash of Anita Hill, and his early opposition to Bussing. This sore spot could come into play. In a close-run race with Biden in the five or six states that will decide the White House another plunge in Black voter turnout and slight bump up in Black votes for Trump could spell trouble. Trump is the last guy on the planet who can claim to have done more for Blacks than any other President. But it's less important that he uttered this patent lie, than that some Blacks believe it.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is the author of What's Right and Wrong with the Electoral College: (Middle Passage Press) He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on Radio One. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and the Pacifica Network
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