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BumRushDaShow

(144,196 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:12 PM Dec 3

Black Republicans feel left out of Trump's 2nd-term picks

Source: ABC News

December 3, 2024, 12:06 PM


As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven't been appointed to key positions. ABC News spoke to more than a half dozen longtime and new African American conservatives and Republicans within Trumpworld, in and outside of Washington.

Last month, the president-elect appointed Scott Turner, who was executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump's first term, to serve as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

One area of frustration for many Black Republicans was speculation that if Trump did nominate an African American to his administration, it would be at HUD, the department that has had the most Black secretary appointments of any. One Black Southern Republican told ABC News, "Why is every Black person given HUD?" adding that it was "the literal Black job of the administration."

ABC News reached out to Trump’s transition team for comment on his selections but did not get a reply. Six African Americans have served as HUD secretaries, including Robert Weaver, the first. His appointment in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson also made him the first African American appointed to a Cabinet-level position.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/black-republicans-feel-left-trumps-term-picks/story?id=116205418



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Black Republicans feel left out of Trump's 2nd-term picks (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 3 OP
If they supported Trump I feel zero sympathy for them. cstanleytech Dec 3 #1
Me too claudette Dec 4 #54
Why aren't more black people being appointed? Permanut Dec 3 #2
The chickens that voted for Colonel Sanders The Third Doctor Dec 3 #3
A scanning-tunneling electron microscope The Unmitigated Gall Dec 3 #4
THAT Teeny, huh?! 😁👍 electric_blue68 Dec 3 #34
Let me know when you get done to my string level and I'll throw a party for you 😉 cstanleytech Dec 4 #39
is it bad that I laughed when I read that title? Think. Again. Dec 3 #5
Not by me. I chortled, then Rolled My Eyes. electric_blue68 Dec 3 #35
... Kali Dec 3 #6
They didn't get that dumpt is a bigot who hates black people and only uses them as his house you know what! kimbutgar Dec 3 #7
How Rebl2 Dec 3 #16
I remember a comedian saying the orange Hitler hates black people years ago and it stuck with me! kimbutgar Dec 3 #18
MAGA is not into having a diverse administration..or anything diverse so why the "frustration "? Deuxcents Dec 3 #8
It's the same kind of professional ghetto as VP or Director of HR (nt) appmanga Dec 3 #9
Are you? liberalgunwilltravel Dec 3 #10
No black people in Trump's new cabinet other than HUD? patphil Dec 3 #11
And the Director of OMB (Office of Management and Budget) BumRushDaShow Dec 3 #15
I checked to see if Ben Carson died, he hasn't so Captain Zero Dec 3 #12
Ohh, sad trombone! FSogol Dec 3 #13
Oh the irony. You can't make this nonsense up. greatbaldeagle Dec 3 #14
Didn't he appoint Mark Robinson as Secretary of Minority and Women Voters? Wonder Why Dec 3 #17
THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS DO Jimvanhise Dec 3 #19
Source says ABC News. Sure it wasn't The Onion? Lucky Luciano Dec 3 #20
Alternately a "Borowitz-style" quote in the article was this - BumRushDaShow Dec 3 #21
Now that is some really special kind of stoopid... ananda Dec 3 #22
The convicted felon rapist who constantly flashes the white power sign? Blue Owl Dec 3 #23
Maybe they can join forces with the Log Cabin Republicans Pinback Dec 3 #24
Really? Lunabell Dec 3 #25
Who would have guessed? surfered Dec 3 #26
LOL...they thought they had a seat at the table? OAITW r.2.0 Dec 3 #27
Awww shucks Baitball Blogger Dec 3 #28
He's still spitting into the wind. cbabe Dec 3 #29
I'll alert the media. greatauntoftriplets Dec 3 #30
Go stand behind the podium and shut up Prairie Gates Dec 3 #31
Tough ass Klarkashton Dec 3 #32
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise SunSeeker Dec 3 #33
Hahahahahahaha. What a sad lot those Black rethugs are. brush Dec 3 #36
"No Latinos yet" - he did pick Marco Rubio for Secretary of State BumRushDaShow Dec 4 #43
Oh yeah, I forgot Little Marco. he'll get confirmed, but God,... brush Dec 4 #61
Scott Bessent for treasury is one of the less clownish. Lucky Luciano Dec 4 #65
There are plenty of places to stick him BumRushDaShow Dec 5 #66
They must have been too stupid to realize trump was racist. oldmanlynn Dec 4 #37
Trump is Derek Chauvin in a red tie. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 4 #38
Trump rolled them into believing they were racial and political equals. no_hypocrisy Dec 4 #40
Who'da thunk it? raccoon Dec 4 #41
Get me a waahmbulance LeftInTX Dec 4 #42
My heart bleeds moniss Dec 4 #44
Cry me a river, Black Republicans. (nt) Paladin Dec 4 #45
Aawww. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 4 #46
The Uncle Ruckas crowd is complaining? AZLD4Candidate Dec 4 #47
This is trump's only requirement to be in his cabinet Ray Bruns Dec 4 #48
They should have paid attention to what their cult leader was saying. travelingthrulife Dec 4 #49
Sorry, my sympathy well has run dry for anyone who voted for this traitor. City Lights Dec 4 #50
or they can find sympathy in the dictionary IzzaNuDay Dec 4 #63
Ha ha ha ha hahaha hahahaha haha hahaha. Basso8vb Dec 4 #51
LOL bamboozled again Historic NY Dec 4 #52
Don't tell me: They all woke up with headaches and hangovers Aristus Dec 4 #53
And this surprises them? BlueKota Dec 4 #55
They feel left out? Re-e-ealy? They do? Oopsie Daisy Dec 4 #56
It's called buyers regret. marble falls Dec 4 #57
Scientists are alarmed at the rate of obesity among the leopard population. Yavin4 Dec 4 #58
Gosh, maybe it's time some of these black rethuglicons should, bluestarone Dec 4 #59
Hey, dudes, live and learn. republianmushroom Dec 4 #60
He doesn't like black people, refused to rent to them, Demobrat Dec 4 #62
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 #64
Seems to me that most non rich people leftyladyfrommo Dec 6 #67

Permanut

(6,714 posts)
2. Why aren't more black people being appointed?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:15 PM
Dec 3

What planet have they been on for the last 10 years?

The Unmitigated Gall

(4,619 posts)
4. A scanning-tunneling electron microscope
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:16 PM
Dec 3

Couldn’t visualize the violin of sorrow I’m playing right now.

kimbutgar

(23,607 posts)
7. They didn't get that dumpt is a bigot who hates black people and only uses them as his house you know what!
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:21 PM
Dec 3

Why am I not shocked?

kimbutgar

(23,607 posts)
18. I remember a comedian saying the orange Hitler hates black people years ago and it stuck with me!
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:55 PM
Dec 3

How any black person voting for him is insanity and a self loathing black person.

patphil

(7,111 posts)
11. No black people in Trump's new cabinet other than HUD?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:38 PM
Dec 3

Did the black community even notice there were 6 black members of President Biden's cabinet?
Defense secretary - Lloyd Austin
EPA chief - Michael Regan
UN Ambassador - Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Council of Economic Advisors chair - Cecillia Rouse
HUD Secretary - Marcia Fudge
And, of course, VP Kamala Harris.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-black-biden-administration-cabinet-members-hold-a-roundtable-on-making-black-history

greatbaldeagle

(161 posts)
14. Oh the irony. You can't make this nonsense up.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:49 PM
Dec 3

The same Birther King worshippers who hate diversity, equity, and inclusion, being "frustrated" because there is no diversity, equity, and inclusion. What's next? Latinos for mass deportations being "frustrated" because their loved ones get mass deported?

Jimvanhise

(376 posts)
19. THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS DO
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 08:57 PM
Dec 3

Right now Republicans are trying to pass an anti-DEI law which would block minorities from working in Government, rewrite part of the Civil Rights Act and black list companies who used DEI on Government contracts. They've been called out for this but they don't care so long as they succeed. Just one of the reasons people hate friends and acquaintances who voted for Trump. Republicans want to rewrite history and make American white again.

BumRushDaShow

(144,196 posts)
21. Alternately a "Borowitz-style" quote in the article was this -
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:06 PM
Dec 3
"I can't tweet that we need more Black conservatives because the left will attack me saying it's a DEI hire," the southern Republican said.


ananda

(30,933 posts)
22. Now that is some really special kind of stoopid...
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:09 PM
Dec 3

since most of the GOP lines up with white nationalism
and always did.

Pinback

(12,909 posts)
24. Maybe they can join forces with the Log Cabin Republicans
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:58 PM
Dec 3

to form the new American RCCP: Really Confused Conservative Party.

Lunabell

(7,064 posts)
25. Really?
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:14 PM
Dec 3

Well, who'd of thunk it? The anti-DEI party won't make an effort to include black republicans? Say it ain't so!!!!

Here ya go Black Republicans:


cbabe

(4,308 posts)
29. He's still spitting into the wind.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:27 PM
Dec 3
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-central-park-5-190958426.html

Trump Wants Central Park 5 Defamation Lawsuit Thrown Out, Argues ‘They Pled Guilty’ Was Only a ‘Minor’ Inaccuracy

JD Knapp
Thu, November 21, 2024, 11:09 AM PST

President-elect Donald Trump has asked a judge to dismiss the defamation lawsuit against him filed by the Central Park Five, claiming it is “legally insufficient and meritless.”

“Plaintiffs’ attempt to use the courts to silence political discourse is barred by Pennsylvania’s robust protections for free speech,” Trump’s legal team wrote in a Tuesday letter to Judge Wendy Beetlestone. “Pennsylvania’s anti-SLAPP statute provides immunity for ‘protected public expression’ on matters of public concern, including statements made during a political debate, shielding defendants from meritless lawsuits designed to chill free speech.”

The update came a month after the Exonerated Five — Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown (formerly known as Antron McCray) and Korey Wise — sued Trump for falsely stating in his September debate against Vice President Kamala Harris that the men initially pled guilty to the 1989 assault and rape, as opposed to merely admitting guilt during police questioning.



The former “Celebrity Apprentice” host infamously took out full-page ads in four New York City newspapers in May of 1989, calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty in the wake of the Central Park attack and has since refused to apologize — including after the 2024 debate in question. The city of New York settled a civil rights lawsuit with the five men for $41 million in 2014.

… more …

brush

(58,022 posts)
36. Hahahahahahaha. What a sad lot those Black rethugs are.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:52 PM
Dec 3

Their naivete is disturbing, as is their obvious desire to be seen as 'not like those other Black people.

Tim Scott shucked and jived and grinned so much before trump on TV at the rethug convention it was sickening. And he hasn't gotten so much as mention by anyone close to trump or winger media TV talkers.

It's true to form. In his first go-roung I just remember Ben Carson at HUD who always seem asleep, and Omarosa, the one who was dismissed on bad terms then wrote a tell-all book, never to be heard from again after a few appearances on the talk shows about her book.

Let's see if trump appoints any Black people. No Latinos yet either, or Asian Americans. Guess Kash Patel, the bootlicker, is the only POC, whatever nationality he is.

BumRushDaShow

(144,196 posts)
43. "No Latinos yet" - he did pick Marco Rubio for Secretary of State
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 06:03 AM
Dec 4

who out of the whole cabal of selections, has the least "baggage" and would probably have the best chance at a successful confirmation.

brush

(58,022 posts)
61. Oh yeah, I forgot Little Marco. he'll get confirmed, but God,...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:27 PM
Dec 4

him as Sec'y of State?

Sec'y of State IMO should have gravitas, bona fides and international experience. IMO, that's not Little Marco.

Lucky Luciano

(11,486 posts)
65. Scott Bessent for treasury is one of the less clownish.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 11:08 PM
Dec 4

Where is my pillow guy going to fit in with this administration?

no_hypocrisy

(49,194 posts)
40. Trump rolled them into believing they were racial and political equals.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:01 AM
Dec 4

All you need to do is to believe and to promote MAGA and you're in The Club!

Suckers!

BlueKota

(3,727 posts)
55. And this surprises them?
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:33 AM
Dec 4
I mean who would have suspected that kind of thing from some one who said there were good guys in the Klu Klux Klan and the Nazi party?

Oopsie Daisy

(4,555 posts)
56. They feel left out? Re-e-ealy? They do?
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:37 AM
Dec 4

I'm reminded of "The Scorpion and the Frog." In this fable, a scorpion asks a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is initially hesitant, fearing that the scorpion will sting him. The scorpion reassures the frog that he wouldn't do that because if he stung the frog, they would both drown.

Midway across the river, however, the scorpion does indeed sting the frog. As they both begin to sink, the frog asks the scorpion why he did it, to which the scorpion replies, "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature."

Yavin4

(36,613 posts)
58. Scientists are alarmed at the rate of obesity among the leopard population.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:59 AM
Dec 4

"There are just too many faces. These leopards are gorging themselves on a daily basis."

Demobrat

(9,947 posts)
62. He doesn't like black people, refused to rent to them,
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:05 PM
Dec 4

and will never need their votes again. WTF did they expect?

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