EXTRACT:
In
principle, if Trump were to deftly deliver the same message again to a
wider audience, he could begin to consolidate a growing base of
supporters among blacks that did not exist three days ago. Could he
grow that base?
Because, if the result were to be replicated in cities across America,
November might not even be close.
Who saw this coming?
The upswing in support for Trump–more than 500 percent above his low
less than a week previous–comes after the New York City developer’s
address Tuesday in the Milwaukee suburb of West Bend, Wisconsin. In
that speech, Trump made his most direct play for African-American
support in the campaign:
We reject the bigotry of
Hillary
Clinton which panders to and talks down to communities of color and
sees them only as votes, not as individual human beings worthy of a
better future. She doesn’t care at all about the hurting people of this
country, or the suffering she has caused them. The African-American
community has been taken for granted for decades by the Democratic
Party. It’s time to break with the failures of the past – I want to
offer Americans a new future.
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