Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) has told POLITICO that he tries to dissuade black American men from voting for President Donald J. Trump by referring to a 2018 tweet that called black former staffer Omarosa Manigault a “dog.”
“Every time a black man says to me that he’s looking at Trump, I look him in the face and ask him, ‘Do you have a sister? I know you’ve got a mother. Would you vote for a person who looks in a TV camera and refers to a black woman as a dog? Would you do that?’” Clyburn confessed to West Wing Playbook.
The comments are in reference to former Apprentice contestant and White House staffer Omarosa Manigault being fired by General John Kelly, after which Trump tweeted: “When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!”
Clyburn signaled he was concerned that “15 percent of them” (black men) were telling pollsters they’ll vote for Trump in November. He also strangely noted that he – on his quest to help Joe Biden get re-elected – expects “help from the media,” concluding, “My whole thing is, I think we’ve got to rely less on TV ads and more on validators. We’ve got to flood the zone because this is not going to be an ordinary election.”
