As Black Historical past Month kicks off, a outstanding conservative group feels the GOP is the social gathering that provides the Black neighborhood “entry to the American dream.”
“The Democratic Celebration will not be the social gathering for the Black neighborhood, however the Republican Celebration is,” Black Conservative Federation CEO Diante Johnson instructed Fox Information Digital.
The Black Conservative Federation, which payments itself because the premier hub for Black conservatives all through America, could have former President Trump because the keynote speaker at its upcoming annual Honors Gala.
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Black Conservative Federation CEO Diante Johnson.
The 2024 BCF Honors Gala, themed “Restoring the American Dream,” will happen on Feb. 23 in South Carolina on the eve of the state’s main election. The gala celebrates Black Historical past Month, together with leaders of the motion. The black-tie occasion is often held in Washington, D.C. however heads to Columbia, South Carolina, this yr the place Johnson feels the Black vote is essential for Trump’s efforts to retake the White Home.
“The Black vote is essential for President Trump and his reelection as a result of it is the forgotten neighborhood,” Johnson stated. “In 2020, President Trump received 20% of the Black male vote… I imagine that that is going to extend tremendously.”
Johnson defined that he feels a small proportion of Black voters switching from Biden to Trump might swing the 2024 election, and he believes individuals are sick of the present administration.
“We’re listening to what the Black neighborhood is definitely saying. They thought that, you realize, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had been going to be one thing completely different. They thought that the grass was, quote unquote, greener on the opposite facet… it was truly worse,” Johnson stated.
“They noticed that Kamala Harris is nowhere to be discovered. They noticed that Joe Biden doesn’t know what is going on on, they usually haven’t finished something for the Black neighborhood. However the Black neighborhood stated, ‘Hear, we do not even care in regards to the race concern. We care in regards to the financial system concern,’” he continued. “Beneath Donald Trump, no matter what he says, no matter what he does, no matter what he tweets, we had been in a greater area economically. And that’s what the Black neighborhood is taking a look at.”
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The Black Conservative Federation, which payments itself because the premier hub for Black conservatives all through America, could have former President Trump because the keynote speaker at its upcoming annual Honors Gala. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Photographs)
Johnson stated the Black Conservative Federation has carried out inner polling that signifies the financial system is the No. 1 concern for Black voters, however training can also be a precedence for them.
“Black males don’t like the concept that their youngsters are being taught that you do not have to be a boy or woman. You may determine your gender. Black males don’t like their sons being taught that. And so, they’re waking up,” he stated. “Black households don’t desire their youngsters studying in regards to the LGBT neighborhood in fourth grade.”
Johnson believes the Democratic Celebration has gotten much more excessive on these points because the final election, which ought to push extra Black voters to the suitable.
“This isn’t the identical Democratic Celebration that we had in 2020 and even earlier than that. It is gotten worse. And that is unhappy to say as a result of it was worse in 2020, however it’s gotten even worse, and with President Biden and Kamala Harris in management, it is simply continually taking place,” Johnson stated.
“We wish to elevate the conservative motion by diversifying members of Congress, by diversifying the people who work by way of completely different factions of the social gathering. But in addition, we promote conservative ideas,” he stated. “We are able to promote what it means to be a conservative, what it means to be a Black conservative, and what it means to America to have Black conservatives.”
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Black Conservative Federation CEO Diante Johnson feels that issues have gotten “worse” for the Black neighborhood beneath President Biden and Vice President Harris. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
The Black Conservative Federation is “all palms on deck” for Trump, based on Johnson. The group has boots on the bottom making an attempt to unfold a essential message.
“I inform individuals on a regular basis that I’m a conservative as a result of I imagine that Black lives matter, as a result of the conservative ideas are the one ideas that may deliver us out of poverty, deliver these out of an training lock, and… be sure that our communities are, you realize, presentable and be sure that we are able to have entry to the American dream,” Johnson stated. “That is our function.”
The upcoming gala, which can honor Dr. Ben Carson, singer Mary Millben and 21-year-old Republican Georgia state Senate candidate C.J. Pearson, will advocate for restoring the American dream.
“That is our theme, restoring the American dream, restoring households again to its authentic intent. Mothers and dads within the family, and youngsters going to high school studying to learn and write and [do] arithmetic,” Johnson stated.
“They will school… they’ll take out loans. They will pay their very own loans again. They will get an honest job, and they’ll be a productive member of society,” he added. “That is the American dream, that is the American manner. And we now have to revive that.”
