‘From Slavery To Dictatorship!’ Dem Mayor Says Black People Tell Him They Won’t Vote For Trump Despite Outreach

Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson told CNN’s Abby Phillip that despite former President Donald Trump’s “outreach” Black voters are saying they’ll vote for President Joe Biden to avoid going “from slavery to dictatorship!”

Trump gave a speech at a rally in Racine, Wisconsin on Tuesday — just days after Trump earned headlines with a reported slam on the Wisconsin city that will host the Republican National Convention.

On Tuesday night’s edition of CNN NewsNight, Phillip interviewed the mayor about Trump’s recent remarks.

In one exchange, Phillip asked Mayor Johnson about Trump’s outreach, and Johnson recounted several conversations he has had with Black voters — including one encompassing 1619 and 2024:

PHILLIP: I wonder what you make of Trump and his campaign’s efforts to appeal to Black voters, Black male voters in particular. Milwaukee has a relatively large percentage of its population that is Black. Do you think that he’s making inroads? And if so, why?

JOHNSON: Well, look so just about two Saturdays ago, I had the opportunity to go to this community festival that we have. And I was hearing this noise about Donald Trump trying to court Black men voters especially. And so I engaged directly with those Black men. I went to them randomly and asked them a question about this November’s election. I asked them if they were voting, if they were registered, they said yes, and yes, and that they’d be voting for President Joe Biden and proudly voting for President Joe Biden.

And one conversation struck me really hard, and that was this. One conversation I had with a gentleman here, an African-American man, talk about the history of Black people in the United States. And this is appropriate considering that Juneteenth is coming up here. He talked about 1619, the original sin of this country being committed against Black people, slavery, and then juxtaposing that with Donald Trump’s, you know, claim that he’s going to be a dictator on day number one, right, and the fact that he’s talking about pardoning people who sought to overturn American democracy. Well, who built the U.S. Capitol? It was Black people. Who laid the foundations for that and for the White House? It was Black people.

So, the conversation was, we’re not going to go from slavery in the United States to a dictatorship in the United States and do that on the Black — on the backs of Black people! That just is not going to happen. That’s what Black men in Milwaukee told me. So, according to the conversations I’ve had with them directly, and honestly, they’re voting for President Joe Biden and proudly so.

Watch above via CNN NewsNight.

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