Saturday, September 26, 2020

9/26: Trump Plies Black Georgia Voters with a "Platinum Plan"


Trump made an effort to court Black voters on Friday in a campaign rally in Atlanta by announcing his "Platinum Plan."
He pledged to create a half-million new Black-owned businesses and three million new jobs for the Black community, and to increase access to capital in Black communities by half a trillion dollars. He also said he'll ask Congress to make Juneteenth a holiday, and designate the KKK a terrorist organization.
Trump left out a few factoids. He didn’t explain how a white, fair-haired man can create a Black business. He didn’t say where the funding will come from. He didn’t mention that Kamala Harris has already introduced a bill to make Juneteenth a holiday. He did, however, say he was calling the KKK a terrorist group ALONG WITH Antifa, according to The Hill.
Not to mention that Trump's written info on the Platinum Plan said he'd increase diversity training in law enforcement, although he demanded that diversity training be eliminated immediately and completely for federal employees only a few weeks ago.
What came out loud and clear in this befuddling performance was his dislike of Black Lives Matter. He took a hard kick at "defunding the police" and reiterated much of what he has said about BLM before: That they are violent protesters, socialists and/or Marxist, bad for Black people, etc.
Trump can't fall much farther among Black voters in the Peach State, where the two candidates are at 47% each overall. On Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, based on its own polling, that 85% of Black voters favor Biden, with 8% more undecided. That leaves a mere 7% percent who may see Trump favorably.

Trump is apt to find out that all that glitters is not Platinum.


Do you think that Trump actually plans to carry out his "Platinum Plan?" Is he just making empty promises? Do you think he can convince Black voters that he's trustworthy? Will this plan help Trump or hurt him?

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