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

[BumRushDaShow]

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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[cstanleytech]

1. If they supported Trump I feel zero sympathy for them.

[claudette]

54. Me too

[Permanut]

2. Why aren't more black people being appointed?

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

[The Third Doctor]

3. The chickens that voted for Colonel Sanders

[The Unmitigated Gall]

4. A scanning-tunneling electron microscope

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

[electric_blue68]

34. THAT Teeny, huh?! 😁👍

[cstanleytech]

39. Let me know when you get done to my string level and I'll throw a party for you 😉

[Think. Again.]

5. is it bad that I laughed when I read that title?

[electric_blue68]

35. Not by me. I chortled, then Rolled My Eyes.

[Kali]

6. ...

[kimbutgar]

7. They didn't get that dumpt is a bigot who hates black people and only uses them as his house you know what!

Why am I not shocked?

[Rebl2]

16. How

in hell could they not know 🙄

[kimbutgar]

18. I remember a comedian saying the orange Hitler hates black people years ago and it stuck with me!

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

[Deuxcents]

8. MAGA is not into having a diverse administration..or anything diverse so why the "frustration "?

[appmanga]

9. It's the same kind of professional ghetto as VP or Director of HR (nt)

[liberalgunwilltravel]

10. Are you?

Are you fricking kidding me? Have you not been paying attention to Trump’s entire racist life?

[patphil]

11. No black people in Trump's new cabinet other than HUD?

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

[BumRushDaShow]

15. And the Director of OMB (Office of Management and Budget)

(Shalanda Young)

[Captain Zero]

12. I checked to see if Ben Carson died, he hasn't so

it's hard to know what's going on.

[FSogol]

13. Ohh, sad trombone!

[greatbaldeagle]

14. Oh the irony. You can't make this nonsense up.

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?

[Wonder Why]

17. Didn't he appoint Mark Robinson as Secretary of Minority and Women Voters?

[Jimvanhise]

19. THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS DO

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.

[Lucky Luciano]

20. Source says ABC News. Sure it wasn't The Onion?

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Alternately a "Borowitz-style" quote in the article was this -

"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]

22. Now that is some really special kind of stoopid...

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

[Blue Owl]

23. The convicted felon rapist who constantly flashes the white power sign?

Who woulda thunk?!

[Pinback]

24. Maybe they can join forces with the Log Cabin Republicans

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

[Lunabell]

25. Really?

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:

[surfered]

26. Who would have guessed?

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. LOL...they thought they had a seat at the table?

[Baitball Blogger]

28. Awww shucks

[cbabe]

29. He's still spitting into the wind.

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 …

[greatauntoftriplets]

30. I'll alert the media.

[Prairie Gates]

31. Go stand behind the podium and shut up

[Klarkashton]

32. Tough ass

[SunSeeker]

33. Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

[brush]

36. Hahahahahahaha. What a sad lot those Black rethugs are.

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]

43. "No Latinos yet" - he did pick Marco Rubio for Secretary of State

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

[brush]

61. Oh yeah, I forgot Little Marco. he'll get confirmed, but God,...

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]

65. Scott Bessent for treasury is one of the less clownish.

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

[BumRushDaShow]

66. There are plenty of places to stick him

There are about 1300 appointee positions - https://ourpublicservice.org/performance-measures/political-appointee-tracker/

[oldmanlynn]

37. They must have been too stupid to realize trump was racist.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

38. Trump is Derek Chauvin in a red tie.

I'd advise black republicans 4 Trump to google George Floyd.

[no_hypocrisy]

40. Trump rolled them into believing they were racial and political equals.

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

Suckers!

[raccoon]

41. Who'da thunk it?

[LeftInTX]

42. Get me a waahmbulance

[moniss]

44. My heart bleeds

for the traitors.

[Paladin]

45. Cry me a river, Black Republicans. (nt)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

46. Aawww.

[AZLD4Candidate]

47. The Uncle Ruckas crowd is complaining?

[Ray Bruns]

48. This is trump's only requirement to be in his cabinet

[travelingthrulife]

49. They should have paid attention to what their cult leader was saying.

Silly people.

[City Lights]

50. Sorry, my sympathy well has run dry for anyone who voted for this traitor.

[IzzaNuDay]

63. or they can find sympathy in the dictionary

located between "sh!t" and "tough"

[Basso8vb]

51. Ha ha ha ha hahaha hahahaha haha hahaha.

Hahaha hahahaha haha haha ha ha da.

[Historic NY]

52. LOL bamboozled again

[Aristus]

53. Don't tell me: They all woke up with headaches and hangovers

and said “I voted for HIM?”

[BlueKota]

55. And this surprises them?

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]

56. They feel left out? Re-e-ealy? They do?

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."

[marble falls]

57. It's called buyers regret.

[Yavin4]

58. Scientists are alarmed at the rate of obesity among the leopard population.

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

[bluestarone]

59. Gosh, maybe it's time some of these black rethuglicons should,

Vote with the Democrats?

[republianmushroom]

60. Hey, dudes, live and learn.

[Demobrat]

62. He doesn't like black people, refused to rent to them,

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

[LetMyPeopleVote]

64. Who is surprised by this?

Link to tweet

[leftyladyfrommo]

67. Seems to me that most non rich people

of every race and sex have been left out.