On MSNBC, Yamiche Alcindor \u2013 the White House correspondent for taxpayer-subsidized PBS \u2013 claimed that black Americans \u201cunderstand that they are being treated like second-class citizens\u201d by the Trump Administration and its conservative supporters and that they are \u201csimply fed up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Project 21<\/a><\/strong> Co-Chairman Horace Cooper<\/a><\/strong> contends that nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, he believes that there is \u201ca reckoning coming\u201d as the differences between how conservative and liberal policies affect black Americans, and Americans in general, are becoming more apparent. This vast ocean of difference \u201cis really what\u2019s gonna be the deciding factor for black Americans\u201d when it comes to the possibility of a political realignment.<\/p>\n In an interview with Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham on \u201cThe Ingraham Angle,\u201d Horace explained that conservatives are seeking to meet the actual needs faced by black Americans while liberals are playing on fear and prioritizing extreme issues in their name:<\/p>\n [Y]ou\u2019ve got conservative policies that are good for your family, good for your pocketbook, good for your communities.<\/p>\n Black Americans are saying we want more law enforcement \u2013 we don\u2019t want to defund the police. Black Americans are saying we want better schools. We want school choice. And black Americans are increasingly [asking]: \u201cWhy are abortion clinics only in our communities?\u201d<\/p>\n On the other hand, the progressives are going around saying misgendering \u2013 that\u2019s the biggest problem that faces your community, and we\u2019re gonna make sure that that\u2019s a priority. Oh, by the way, don\u2019t let the bad boogeyman racists get their way.<\/p>\n That\u2019s about the extent of what our options are\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Horace also believes the Trump Administration doesn’t deserve the amount of demonization it has received from the mainstream media:<\/p>\n We had eight years of the Obama-Biden policies, where black Americans suffered at the front of the line. Lost more jobs. Had to have more food stamps. Lost opportunity. Didn\u2019t get the keep their houses due to foreclosures.<\/p>\n It is going to be very difficult to trick people into saying the racial boogeyman is so bad that I want to wipe out all of your economic opportunity.<\/p>\n And, by the way, you contrast that with what happened over the last three years \u2013 this is recent. The American people, particularly black Americans, are saying they won\u2019t be fooled again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n