MILWAUKEE — Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is pushing back after Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor said he “can’t believe it” when asked about former President Donald Trump’s popularity among black voters.
“You have to buy it on November 5th. You’re going to sell it,” Scott told Fox News at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin.
“I think there’s probably a reason why Tim Scott wasn’t chosen as vice president, even though Trump is trying to win over African-Americans,” said Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson. said on Tuesday When asked at a press conference about Scott’s outreach to the black community, he responded: “I don’t believe in it, I don’t believe in it at all.”
Johnson added that he doesn’t think Scott has the “power” to persuade black voters to vote for Trump.
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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson rejected the idea that Republicans are gaining ground among black voters. (Fox News/Getty)
“I think Black people across America know that President Joe Biden’s policies are getting results, not just for our country, but for Black people in particular,” Johnson said.
Scott, who hosted an event at the Republican National Convention to promote voter outreach in the black community, told Fox News that “if we sell our message,” Trump “will achieve the highest turnout of African-American voters he has seen since he ran for president.”
“President Trump has been very successful and very effective in addressing the needs of African-American voters, just like in the rest of the country,” Scott said.
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South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott attends the Independence Day Parade, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. (Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Scott acknowledged on Fox News that Republicans have a hard time winning over black women, whom he called the Democratic Party’s most “loyal” and “passionate” voters, but argued that black men are “very different.”
“Those are what I call getable people,” Scott said. “If we get our message across honestly, accurately, and passionately to the African-American community, I believe we can get a significant turnout. 15 percent. I don’t think that’s unrealistic. We can get a higher turnout. But once we get to 15 percent, the game is over.”
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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said he doesn’t think Sen. Tim Scott has the “power” to persuade black voters to vote for Donald Trump. (Shawn Rayford/Getty Images)
USA Today/Suffolk University Public opinion poll announcement A survey last month found that support for Biden among black voters in the battleground states of Michigan and Pennsylvania has fallen by about 20 percentage points since the last election.
A Fox News poll found that Biden had a 64-point lead over Trump among black voters in July 2020. Now, Biden’s lead has shrunk to 42 points.
