Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson suggested Donald Trump could win the black vote by appealing to the same concerns other voters share.
on Sunday to answer why he thinks Trump is polling well among black voters. The former secretary implied that they share the same concerns as other people: inflation, crime, and immigration.
“I think, you know, black Americans are no different than any other Americans. You know they feel the pinch of the. You know they know what it feels like when they have to go fill up their gas tank,” Carson said. “They see the crime that’s running rampant that people, repeat offenders, are being let out of prison and endangering them and their neighborhoods.”: "Black Americans are no different than any other Americans.
As a result, Carson predicted Trump would win a “higher percentage” of the black vote this November than he did in 2020. Carson long endorsed Trump before he was the Republican nominee for from last month found 30% of black voters were planning to “definitely or probably” vote for Trump over incumbent President Joe Biden. This is a massive swing from the
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