I'm confused - what does it mean that we have reach out to black communities? Does it mean we, as Conservatives, have to tell the black people that the reason they are living a disadvantaged life is because progressive democrats have been using them as a tool to get elected? Hey they know it as they are living it.
Question that remains is why will black people believe Conservatives when the say 'we will do a better job then the democrats of provide opportunities for prosperity'?
Wait a minute, the black people aren't stupid, they understand they are not getting anything from their leaders in their communities and the leadership in Washington. But the media continues to pound home the message that Conservatives don't care about the disadvantaged, all they care about is the rich getting richer, especially at the hand s of the lower classes. Who will they believe?
How do you communicate the message to a cloistered people, and that's what is the situation now under the democrats, the idea that maybe someone else has a better idea that will bring them into the real world instead of always have to be seen as needing more help?
Conservative Lawmaker: Democrat Policies Have Hurt Black Communities
Kelsey Harkness / @kelseyjharkness
Conservative members of Congress think Republicans could improve on their outreach to the black community. “I think we need to do a better job of reaching out to the African American community,” Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, said at The Heritage Foundation’s monthly Conversations With Conservatives. “We need to do a better job of showing the African-American community how the policies of the Democratic party are failing them.” Rep. Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan, said he “does his part to reach out,” but Republicans as a whole need to improve.
“What’s been missing on the Republican side is reaching out to the black community,” Amash said. “I think it’s important that we do more of that as a party, because we do have a lot to offer everyone. We’re about individual liberty and opportunity. This top-down, government-centered model has not worked for communities throughout our country.”
But while discussing the divide, Republicans didn’t just blame themselves. “Some of us do reach out, [but] it never makes the media,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, suggesting that the media bears some responsibility for the perceived lack of outreach.
Labrador doubled down, telling press that it’s “your job as a reporter to point out to this community what’s really happening under the rule of Democrat Party in their cities and in their neighborhoods.”
“Bernie Sanders does a great job about talking about income inequality,” he said. “The problem Bernie Sanders has is, the greatest income inequality actually occurs in states, cities, and districts that are currently represented by Democrats.”
Labrador said that black communities also need to realize that they’ve been “sorely disappointed” by Democrat policies and that it’s time to come back to the Republican Party, “which is where they started.”
Rep. Dave Brat, who’s a former college economics professor from Virginia, built on that narrative, stating that Democratic values of big, centralized government don’t work. “No central planning government has ever succeeded over the long run,” he said. As an example, Brat pointed to China, where, “20 years ago, they were making $1,000 per person.” Now, Brat said, “they’re up to $9,000 a year per person.”
To find common ground, Labrador also said he and other conservative members are “leaning” on issues like criminal justice reform that are very “near and dear” to minority communities to show how conservative policies can better their lives. And Labrador, who is Hispanic, pointed out that out that the Republican Party isn’t exactly lacking diversity. Of the top four finishers in Iowa, he said, “there were two Hispanics, an African-American, and an orange man.”
Question that remains is why will black people believe Conservatives when the say 'we will do a better job then the democrats of provide opportunities for prosperity'?
Wait a minute, the black people aren't stupid, they understand they are not getting anything from their leaders in their communities and the leadership in Washington. But the media continues to pound home the message that Conservatives don't care about the disadvantaged, all they care about is the rich getting richer, especially at the hand s of the lower classes. Who will they believe?
How do you communicate the message to a cloistered people, and that's what is the situation now under the democrats, the idea that maybe someone else has a better idea that will bring them into the real world instead of always have to be seen as needing more help?
Conservative Lawmaker: Democrat Policies Have Hurt Black Communities
Kelsey Harkness / @kelseyjharkness
Conservative members of Congress think Republicans could improve on their outreach to the black community. “I think we need to do a better job of reaching out to the African American community,” Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, said at The Heritage Foundation’s monthly Conversations With Conservatives. “We need to do a better job of showing the African-American community how the policies of the Democratic party are failing them.” Rep. Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan, said he “does his part to reach out,” but Republicans as a whole need to improve.
“What’s been missing on the Republican side is reaching out to the black community,” Amash said. “I think it’s important that we do more of that as a party, because we do have a lot to offer everyone. We’re about individual liberty and opportunity. This top-down, government-centered model has not worked for communities throughout our country.”
But while discussing the divide, Republicans didn’t just blame themselves. “Some of us do reach out, [but] it never makes the media,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, suggesting that the media bears some responsibility for the perceived lack of outreach.
Labrador doubled down, telling press that it’s “your job as a reporter to point out to this community what’s really happening under the rule of Democrat Party in their cities and in their neighborhoods.”
“Bernie Sanders does a great job about talking about income inequality,” he said. “The problem Bernie Sanders has is, the greatest income inequality actually occurs in states, cities, and districts that are currently represented by Democrats.”
Labrador said that black communities also need to realize that they’ve been “sorely disappointed” by Democrat policies and that it’s time to come back to the Republican Party, “which is where they started.”
Rep. Dave Brat, who’s a former college economics professor from Virginia, built on that narrative, stating that Democratic values of big, centralized government don’t work. “No central planning government has ever succeeded over the long run,” he said. As an example, Brat pointed to China, where, “20 years ago, they were making $1,000 per person.” Now, Brat said, “they’re up to $9,000 a year per person.”
That welfare gain is bigger than all public policy programs, all government programs across the world for the last 100 years. There’s no comparison. And how did China do that? They chose to go with free markets.To better communicate conservative values of free-market principles to African-American communities, Brat said, “we need to get back to the fundamentals.”
To find common ground, Labrador also said he and other conservative members are “leaning” on issues like criminal justice reform that are very “near and dear” to minority communities to show how conservative policies can better their lives. And Labrador, who is Hispanic, pointed out that out that the Republican Party isn’t exactly lacking diversity. Of the top four finishers in Iowa, he said, “there were two Hispanics, an African-American, and an orange man.”
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