From Project 2025 to ‘high as hell’ rent: Black voters back away from Biden and Trump

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} On Tuesday, the second day of the Republican National Convention, a slew of Black Republicans convened at the Iron Horse for a gathering they called the “New Mavericks.” Black Republicans have always occupied a peculiar space in their party going back to when the GOP was founded as an anti-slavery party. Many Black Americans feel that Republicans’ “tough on crime” politics focus on unjustly profiling and prosecuting people of color. He said Republicans just wanted Black voters to have “safe neighborhoods, clean streets, good jobs, a better life for your children and a justice system that treats everyone equally, regardless of your skin color and regardless of your political beliefs.” It helps Republicans that President Joe Biden is currently having to fight to keep Black voters in the Democratic fold. On Tuesday, Biden made remarks to the NAACP, where he specifically brought up Trump’s claim at the debate about immigrants taking “Black jobs.” Ben B., who asked not to use his full name, told The Independent that the only other time he voted in an election was for Barack Obama in 2008.