The Republican Party Has Changed

[texassapper]

Originally Posted by 1blackman1

How many blacks are in Trump’s cabinet?

As many are as qualified to serve in it.

[1blackman1]

So none of you want to simply answer the question. That tells us all we need to know. Tex, Why and ICU's continued obfuscation and deflection for a question that is so simple is informative about the "New Republican Party" spoken of in this thread and under Trump. My question is simple, how many blacks are in Trump's cabinet?

[ICU 812]

The topic of the OP is the evolution of the Republican Party, not the current state of identity politics in the Trump administration.

[1blackman1]

That is the evolution of the Republican Party. Still trying to obfuscate. You could simply answer the question. What you are doing is called avoidance.

Simple question, how many blacks are in Trump's cabinet?

[Tiny]

You're obfuscating when you ask "How many blacks are in Trump's cabinet?" instead of "How many blacks have been in Trump's cabinets?"

The answer to the first question is "zero" right now, although that may change. The answer to the second question is two. As explained in post #23, only 3.3% of Trump's votes came from blacks, and the representation of blacks in his cabinets has been double that percentage for most of his time in office.

About 25% of MSNBC's viewers are black, and that's about the same as the percentage of black announcers on MSNBC. While yeah, it would be good to see at least one black in Trump's cabinet, in view of the demography of the country, that's the way the world works. Republicans and Democrats are highly partisan, and they tend to pick from their own tribes.

[1blackman1]

I never asked the second question, you’re making up your own questions to provide the answer you’d like. My question has been the same from the beginning, sir Tiny, the White Knight, jumping to try and save the cowardly Trumpys.

Then you add information that has zero bearing on the question I asked. You’re hijacking and getting way off topic.

ICU, Tex and Why are very capable of answering the question, yet they are cowards, so won’t answer a simple question posed to them.

[Tiny]

E tu Blackman? Another member of the hijack police? If my post was off topic, then yours certainly were.

I don't think either of us hijacked the thread. Whether the new Republican Party is racist, and whether the presence or absence of blacks in Trump's cabinet shows it is or isn't, is relevant.

No more posts from me on this though. If we keep it up one or both of us will get RTM'ed now that you've planted the seed.

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by 1blackman1

Don’t forget how accepting the Republican Party is of racism. But I guess that’s not a change if you go back to the late 60s early 70s. From that time acceptance of its racist faction and members is the norm.

As the old saying goes “not all republicans are racist, but nearly all racists are republicans”.

Originally Posted by Salty Again

.... Hmmmm... Sounds as-if you're disappointed there, mate.

Seeing-as the Democrat party surely had the inside track
all thru the 1920s and onward with their Great Support
of the KKK and what-not. ... You seem to have forgotten that.

And NOW - we're seeing the Republican party GROWING with
Black voter support - yer view seems rather short-sighted.

#### Salty

Originally Posted by ICU 812

In the 1920s and "30s, the Democrat party supported the KKK. There are photos of The Clan openly parting through Washington DC, robed and armed. t?his support continued into the post WW-II yers with Senator Byrd (Dem West Virginia) being a high ranking official in The Clan . . .among other Democratic law makers and local political figures.

It took President Johnson to drag the Democrats out of their post-Civil War resistance in the 1960s with the civil rights legislation . . .and hd to get Republicans to come over to get those laws passed.

Yupper. Glad at least one of y'all maggies fessed up to the Dixiecrat turning blue.

Originally Posted by 1blackman1

Yet current racists love today’s Republican Party. This thread is about the republicans party not democrats so stay on topic.

The modern Republican Party - I’ll say from Reagan on, though it’s pretty clear that Nixon first implemented the embrace racists strategy. The racists today join the Republican Party.

I’ll stick to my statement, not all republicans are racists but almost all racists are republicans. There’s a reason for that and it’s because they are embraced in the Republican Party.

How many blacks are in Trump’s cabinet?

1B1, you know better than to ask a maggie a simple question that knocks the wind out of their sails. They'd rather go to a dentist to fix all their cracked teeth they got from knashing them from reading the question than answer it. Like NaCl-y for example (he stated Howard Stern was shitcanned and I asked for the date of separation. He won't answer but he sure loves to dictate to people (me) to answer him...that is just an example. Not a thread derail.)

Originally Posted by 1blackman1

You still didn’t answer the simple question. How many blacks are in Trump’s cabinet?

From the replies you got, don't hold your breath. As shown, those the maggies consider libbys demonstrate the ability to produce the facts.

[ICU 812]

This haas become a tit-fort-tat argument over the racial make up of the current sdminidstrstion. That is off-topic to the OP, which was the ways in which the Republican Party has changed.

It is my contention that the Republican base I larger and wider than in the past in terms of demographics. It is my contention that Republicans officials, elected and appointed, are m ore likely to aggressively contend with representatives of the progressive left in public herrings un like prominent Republicans of the rtedcnt pasty such ss Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole.

All this talk about how many American Americans are in the cabinet is, in my opinion i as the OP, a hijack of the thread.

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by ICU 812

This haas become a tit-fort-tat argument over the racial make up of the current sdminidstrstion. That is off-topic to the OP, which was the ways in which the Republican Party has changed.

It is my contention that the Republican base I larger and wider than in the past in terms of demographics. It is my contention that Republicans officials, elected and appointed, are m ore likely to aggressively contend with representatives of the progressive left in public herrings un like prominent Republicans of the rtedcnt pasty such ss Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole.

All this talk about how many American Americans are in the cabinet is, in my opinion i as the OP, a hijack of the thread.

Blackman is not wrong. I do believe in the idea “not all republicans are racist, but nearly all racists are republicans”.

I believe this because of the administration’s efforts to dismantle those things in our society that they deem to cause white people to feel uncomfortable about our extensive history of racism and oppression.

But truthfully the OP wants to make it seem that the new Republican party is more inclusive when the opposite is true. I think that the current Republican party is more exclusive than ever and it’s defining characteristic is loyalty to Donald Trump and the willingness to subsume your own ideas and opinions especially when they are in opposition to the actions of the president, El Schitzenpants.

[1blackman1]

Originally Posted by ICU 812

This haas become a tit-fort-tat argument over the racial make up of the current sdminidstrstion. That is off-topic to the OP, which was the ways in which the Republican Party has changed.

It is my contention that the Republican base I larger and wider than in the past in terms of demographics. It is my contention that Republicans officials, elected and appointed, are m ore likely to aggressively contend with representatives of the progressive left in public herrings un like prominent Republicans of the rtedcnt pasty such ss Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole.

All this talk about how many American Americans are in the cabinet is, in my opinion i as the OP, a hijack of the thread.

Pretty straightforward question. How many blacks are in Trump's cabinet? Odd you write all this crap but can't answer the simple question posed to you. I would say that is pretty cowardly. At least Tiny was man enough to answer the question, then go off topic to talk about MSNBC. You could just answer the question. I'll give you a hint, the answer is a number.

[texassapper]

Originally Posted by 1blackman1

Pretty straightforward question. How many blacks are in Trump's cabinet?

As many as there are qualified to be in the cabinet.

Zero.

[Brot]

Originally Posted by texassapper

As many as there are qualified to be in the cabinet.

Zero.

The bar is too low for them.

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by ICU 812

This haas become a tit-fort-tat argument over the racial make up of the current sdminidstrstion. That is off-topic to the OP, which was the ways in which the Republican Party has changed.

It is my contention that the Republican base I larger and wider than in the past in terms of demographics. It is my contention that Republicans officials, elected and appointed, are m ore likely to aggressively contend with representatives of the progressive left in public herrings un like prominent Republicans of the rtedcnt pasty such ss Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole.

All this talk about how many American Americans are in the cabinet is, in my opinion i as the OP, a hijack of the thread.

Would Mitt Romney, John McCain or Bob Dole be putting statues back up of Confederate War Heroes? Would Mitt Romney, John McCain or Bob Dole try to enlist the Republican Base to overturn an election he clearly lost? Now admittedly on the other hand it’s great to see the party abandon the neoconservatism championed by people like McCain. But it’s not all peaches and cream. The changes that Trump’s brought haven’t all been positive. Other than the neoconservatism I prefer the old Republican Party.

Instead of playing the hijack card, how about pointing out blacks have served in every Republican president’s cabinet during most of our lifetime’s. The new Republican Party, like the old Republican Party, invites participation regardless of race, color or creed.

[1blackman1]

Originally Posted by texassapper

As many as there are qualified to be in the cabinet.

Zero.

Thank you. I am glad to hear the admission that zero black people are as qualified as Kennedy and Hegseth. This is truly a reflection of the new Republican Party you all are so proud of.