{"id":355185,"date":"2020-07-08T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=355185"},"modified":"2020-07-09T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:08:13","slug":"black-georgia-democrat-i-aint-voting-for-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/07\/08\/black-georgia-democrat-i-aint-voting-for-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Georgia Democrat: “I Ain\u2019t Voting for Joe Biden.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: There is an African-American Democrat in Georgia named Vernon Jones. He\u2019s a state representative, and he published a column yesterday at The Atlanta Voice. And it is such a brave piece. And it\u2019s ironic, you know, because this piece — and I\u2019m gonna share pull quotes. This guy, Vernon Jones, is stronger and more articulate than any Republican supporting Trump I can recall in four years.<\/p>\n

Now, the headline of his piece is, “I Am Black, And I Am A Democrat, But I Ain\u2019t Voting For Joe Biden This November<\/a> – Since that day in May when I announced I would support Donald Trump for president, my motives have been questioned, my integrity assailed and even my intelligence challenged. That is okay. I am a lifelong Democrat, but I am also a Black man, the son of a World War II veteran, and a proud American.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“In recent weeks, there have been absurd calls to defund and disband police departments across the country by Democrats in response to the unjust murder of George Floyd. These are extreme calls that will only lead to more pain and suffering in our most vulnerable communities.”<\/p>\n

And, folks, I have something coming up later in the program, do you realize how infrequently blacks are polled exclusively as a group?<\/a> They\u2019re just lumped in with the Democrats. It is assumed that 93 to 95% of blacks agree with whatever the Democrats say. For example, we have been led to believe that 90% of African-Americans believe that they\u2019re gonna be shot by the cops for doing nothing. And it turns out that isn\u2019t true. That\u2019s not what 95% of blacks think.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s actually been a poll taken, actually a couple of them, of only black people. And it is stunning how much they respect the police. It is surprising, based on the conventional wisdom in the media every day, how they want more police protection. It goes against everything you think you know about African-Americans.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you the number of white liberals I know, and they\u2019ll get in my face, “You don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to be black, you haven\u2019t the slightest idea. I mean, go talk to any, they will tell you they don\u2019t expect to live to their 18th birthday. They believe that the cops are gonna shoot them for a bad taillight.”<\/p>\n

Well, we\u2019ve all heard that. We have all kind of had no choice but to swallow it and believe it. But it turns out that in this polling data exclusively of blacks, that it just isn\u2019t true. I\u2019ll get to that as the hour goes by and before the program ends.<\/p>\n

Back to Vernon Jones here, his assertion against getting rid of the police is what reminded me of it. “Unlike other Washington politicians, this president actually backed up his words with actions. He signed an executive order on police reform, taking steps to build a better bridge between law enforcement men and women and their communities. This landmark executive order encourages police to implement best practices to protect the people they serve. It sets the highest professional standards for law enforcement officers while promoting peace and equality for all Americans.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Under the order, the Trump administration will now prioritize federal grants from the U.S. Department of Justice to police departments that meet these high standards. Additionally, the order pushes forward the creation of a national database of police misconduct. This database will root out bad cops and help create accountability between police agencies.”<\/p>\n

Now, where were Joe Biden and the previous administration for eight years in the White House on this issue? I\u2019ll tell you. They were absent. They were absent in unifying the country. And that, folks, is the number one successful criticism of Joe Biden, for whatever he claims that he\u2019s gonna do, the rejoinder is, “Well, why didn\u2019t it happen when you and Obama were in my office for eight years? Why weren\u2019t bad cops dealt with? If African-Americans think the cops are killing them, why didn\u2019t you do something? You took over with these consent decrees, all of these local police departments, why didn\u2019t they get better?”<\/p>\n

This is, I think, the one question on whatever the issue is that can just nail Biden. I don\u2019t care whether it\u2019s China, I don\u2019t care whether it\u2019s the cops, whatever it is, why didn\u2019t you deal with this when you were in my office for eight years? If you want to say why didn\u2019t you and Obama deal with it, but Obama\u2019s not on the ballot, Biden is.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very simple. It\u2019s a very simple thing to do. You can sit here and you can whine and moan, you complaiI rn with Trump, and you do this and that. Where were you for those eight years? Why didn\u2019t you get economic growth up to where Trump had it? Why weren\u2019t you able to do it? Why did you think the country should adopt an attitude that we\u2019re in a new permanent decline? Why did you believe America\u2019s best days were behind us?<\/p>\n

I think Biden\u2019s a sitting duck. And if Trump continues with this campaign agenda that was popularized by the two speeches over the weekend at “Mount Rush Limbaugh” and the Washington mall on the preservation of the American way of life, standing up for the American foundation, I think it\u2019s a slam dunk — well, slam dunk; nothing\u2019s a slam dunk. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s insurmountable. I don\u2019t think these polls today showing Trump losing by big numbers are accurate. Too premature. We don\u2019t know enough about what\u2019s gonna happen between now and Election Day.<\/p>\n

\"\"You know what a really decent question is? Will there be an election in November? Now, wait. If nothing changes with this virus, can you imagine the fearmongering that is gonna take place in the media and the Democrat Party? They\u2019re gonna scare the hell out of people over leaving home and going to vote. So here\u2019s gonna come mail-in ballots and digital ballots and all this other kind of stuff.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s hard to imagine that there won\u2019t be an election. But I\u2019ll guarantee you, if the Democrats think that they\u2019re gonna lose it, they will try any which way they can to make that eventuality come true and make it look like it\u2019s Trump\u2019s idea. Because they\u2019re already out there saying Trump won\u2019t leave when he loses. Already ginning that up.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this piece by Vernon Jones in Georgia, we\u2019ll link to it at RushLimbaugh.com. Let me read one more pull quote. “Even before that, where was Biden for 36 years in the U.S. Senate on this issue? I will tell you: he was too busy shouting ‘my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle.\u2019 That racial jungle he was referring to includes Black and brown Americans like me. Right now, Trump is being defined as a racist by the media, when in reality Joe Biden is the full-blooded bigot.<\/p>\n

\"\"“Do not take my word for it, take then-Senator Joe Biden\u2019s own words for it: ‘The truth is, every major crime bill since 1976 that\u2019s come out of this Congress, every minor crime bill, has had the name of the Democratic senator from the State of Delaware: Joe Biden.\u2019 Now that Biden is running for president in a ‘woke\u2019 Democratic Party in 2020, he is attempting to sweep his racist legacy under the rug. We cannot let him.”<\/p>\n

Exactly right. The Democrats are trying to sweep that racist legacy under the rug because he somehow got the nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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