Why This Black Man Is Voting for Trump
By: Quincy Bingham
Tags: Racism, Trump Administration, Vote, Trump, Election 2020

Why This Black Man Is Voting for Trump

I’m a little facetious by referring to my journey as being one that ends up with me going to the “dark side,” of course…

I never cared for politics or political parties. In my view, they are nothing more than one of the many manifestations of tribalism that have ripped the fabric of our once harmonious society.

My journey to the dark side started when I first moved to Chicago from Jackson, MS, in 2008. But honestly, I was well on my way well before those days. My life’s work has been that of an entrepreneur. I have always fully embraced the American values of hard work, knowledge acquisition, personal freedom, and self-reliance.

That is why I was able to escape the legacy of poverty prevalent in my home state. As a black child, I grew up in the poorest neighborhood in the poorest state in the union, Varden Addition. I fantasized about raising a family, being economically stable, and being able to offer my kids the best life this world had to offer. My heroes were Notorious BIG, Nas, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne.

As I grew older and saw how my work paid off, I began to set my aspirations higher. I knew I couldn’t work 2 or 3 jobs for the rest of my life. That’s when I decided to move to Chicago and enroll in Columbia College Chicago.

Moving to Chicago was a culture shock. I immediately saw how different my beliefs were from the average individual in a predominantly liberal city.

For the most part, it has been great. I’ve made life long friends here. But soon, I begin to recognize the difference in values as far as the rugged, do-it-yourself vibes that I often subscribed to. I often found myself in political discussions that rarely interested me but were somehow at the core belief system of many of my classmates.

Over time I’ve come to realize what is important to me and those around me. That growth didn’t occur in a vacuum. It happened simultaneously with the changes in the world around us, for both good and bad. The political landscape isn’t what it used to be. In particular, I’m concerned with how the black community is faring with this new landscape. Hopefully, even if you disagree, you still have to contend and grapple with the ideas presented to you.

I’m not looking to change the way you vote. I’m only looking to inform. One of my favorite quotes was from Randall Robinson when he said 17 years ago, but still rings true today:

Democracy does not work and can not work for the black community, until we understand democracy in rooted in an elighten citizery. What you dont know will kill you.

This is a long article, so here’s an outline to guide you into the light…

What Has Trump and Republicans Have Done For Black Americans

Trump’s Policies and Legislation in the Past Four Years

The Excessive, Partisan Bias and Lack of Integrity of the National News Media

Failure of the Democratic Party: Why is Joe Biden the Democratic Nominee?

Democrat Nationwide, Excessive Response to COVID-19

Democrat Condoning of Violence in Our Inner Cities

Other Transgressions of the Democratic Party

American Culture: The Partisan Bias and Censorship of Conservatives by Big Tech

American Culture: The Rise of Cancel Culture

American Culture: Woke Takeover of Entertainment and Hollywood

American Culture: The “Woke” Movement of Colleges and Universities

What Has Trump and Republicans Have Done For Black Americans

Since I’m black, here is where we will start. What has Trump done for the black community?

We have been preaching the same song for years about Democrats and progressivism. Still, living in Chicago, I cant, with a logical mind, conceive how Democratic policies have helped African Americans. Actually, I think it’s the opposite.

Never have I seen anywhere down south the level of poverty, hopelessness, despair, violence, and disregard for black life as I’ve seen in Chicago and other large cities…all of which have been 90% democratic with some of the most progressive policies.

It’s a myth we need to wake up from. I don’t know what the South is doing better other than black people feel more human in the south.

We can debate on all the different correlations and causations, but while Trump has been in office, we have been doing well.

That doesn’t excuse my only complaint with him, and that is the way he communicates, which is the worst I have ever seen from any president.

Before I get into policies that have helped Black Americans, one of the most inspiring ads I’ve seen was black Republican Kim Klacik in August. She detailed what I saw when I first came to Chicago, the Black community’s perils in large progressive cities.

1. Opportunity Zone program offered through the Tax Cuts and Job Act signed into law in late 2017 to give significant tax cuts to businesses that invest in economically distressed and/or low-income neighborhoods. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) championed the inclusion of “opportunity zones” in the 2017 tax bill that Trump signed into law.

2. FUTURE Act: He signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students.

3. The Black American unemployment rate was 5.5%, as of Sept last year, the lowest it has been EVER…or at least since they started recording it. (Of course, it’s up now with the pandemic)

4. As of 2018, the poverty rate was 20.8%. This is the lowest it has been EVER…or since they started counting it.

5. Since 2018, the number of Black Americans that have been arrested has steadily been falling. 2,115,381 as of 2018, down from 2.5 million from 2015.

6. In December 2018, Trump signed the First Step Act into law. It passed Congress on a mostly bipartisan basis. It includes several provisions aimed at scaling back the emphasis on incarceration that emerged as crime rates spiked in the 1990s, mainly due to crack cocaine emergence. The law shortened mandatory minimum sentences, scaled back the federal “three strikes” rules, and gave judges more leeway in sentencing nonviolent offenders. It also made the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act retroactive.

7. Earlier this year, Senator Rand Paul introduced the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act. The Breonna Taylor Act bans federal law enforcement officers from acting on a warrant “until after the officer provides notice of their authority and purpose.” The Act also blocks state and local law enforcement agencies that receive Justice Department funding from carrying out warrants that do not require the officer-involved “to provide notice of his or her authority and purpose before forcibly entering premises.”

Below are a few articles discussing these topics.

Trump’s Policies and Legislation in the Past Four Years

Trump has actions outside of the black community that the news media has grotesquely failed to report in Trump’s ongoing hatred. This record further falsifies that he is racist, sexist, or homophobic, all classic talking points for the deranged news media.

1. Trump successfully brokered several Peace Deals in the Middle East, garnering him 3 Noble Prize Nominations. This is unprecedented since numerous U.S. leaders have tried and failed at this, including Obama, Bush, and the Clintons. The latest peace deal was between Isreal and Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, and Isreal in August and Isreal in Bahrain last month. The last time any agreement was reached was in 1994. Many, many of us weren’t even born then.

2. During Pride Month in 2019, the Trump administration launched a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality. This campaign was spearheaded by former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, an openly gay member of the administration. He subsequently served as acting director of U.S. national intelligence, becoming the first openly gay Cabinet member in our history. In coordination with the United Nations, the European Union, and other human rights organizations, the campaign’s goal is to pressure nations into ending homophobic laws, securing the safety and freedom of all LGBT individuals throughout the world.

3. Earlier this year, President Trump became the first president to name an openly gay person to a Cabinet-level position this week with the appointment of Richard Grenell as acting director of national intelligence. I love this guy as he slammed incompetent journalists for concentrating on irrelevant issues.

4. Funding of States to Combating Opioid Crisis: Late last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $1.8 billion in funding to states to combat the opioid crisis by expanding access to treatment and supporting near-real-time data on the drug overdose crisis.

5. The Economy — Record low employment rates across the board for Asian Americans, Hispanic-Americans, women (lowest in 65 years), Americans without a high school diploma, and the youth. Of course, COVID-19 placed a dent in these numbers, but the numbers were there pre-COVID. During this time, new unemployment claims hit a 49-year low. During this time, the median household income has hit the highest level ever recorded, while more Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history. Come to think about it, maybe that is our problem. We had it TOO good during his presidency.

6. Creation of the Space Force: In late 2018, I took an executive course at the International Space University. During the time, politics was briefly and timidly discussed? Why so timid? Everyone there acknowledged Trump has done more for the space industry than any president since Kennedy. I know you may not care, but this is hugely important to me!

Although I admit, the name is kind of goofy, it by no means a laughing matter. Trump signed a $738 billion defense spending bill just before Christmas officially established the U.S. Armed Forces’ sixth branch — the Space Force. The Space Force is tasked with protecting the U.S. military’s assets in space, a massive conversation topic as nations engage in a silent but ever-present new age Space Race.

The Space Force is the first new military service since the US Air Force was created in 1947.

The Excessive Bias and Lack of Integrity of the National News Media

The no-longer subtle bias of the news media has resulted in blatant lies, the spread of misinformation, and underreporting/ignoring of crucial events because they do not fit liberal narratives or could potentially make Trump look good.

The irrational “Trump hysteria” or Trump Derangement Syndrome in which we are beaten over the head and brainwashed every day with the constant narrative that every single thing Trump does is wrong, bad, and evil. No human should rent that much space in anyone’s head.

The prevalent narrative that Trump is racist saw no bonds concerning the Good People on Both Sides scandal. This lie is so entrenched in popular culture that Biden has consistently said his campaign was launched based on those words. Yes. Biden’s campaign is literally based on a lie. See for yourself.

Trump’s most prevailing flaw is how he speaks, and the news media has made no qualms about using his words to attack him while pretty much speaking for Biden when he consistently gaffs.

This bias is well documented with the many, many resignations and open letters this year. Below is a list of a few.

Bari Weiss — Resignation Letter from the New York Times for having a centrist opinion on many matters.

Arian Pekary — Why I’m Now Leaving MSNBC Details of why she chose to leave a news media only dedicated to inflaming division.

Glenn Greenwald — My Resignation From The Intercept Details of why Gleen finally had to leave the company he helps found because of his Hunter Biden article’s censorship. As most news outlets have activity worked, proliferate anything ant-Trump and silence anything that hurts the candidacy of Joe Biden.

I personally was alarmed by the ongoing Portland incident that is at the heart of Antifa activism. The national news media falsely reported that Trump and the federal government were at the heart of the matter in various nonsensical ways. I was so beyond infuriated by the falsehood that I wrote a long article detailing the entire incident. Furthermore, the problem still exists, and rioting remains an issue in Portland.

You won’t hear about it because the news media has consistently masked these events while hundreds of videos discrediting their reporting proliferate social media. Thankful independent news sources (such as AllSides) have picked up where the establishment has failed.

This feels eerily similar to 2003 when Bush swore there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The American news media condoned the war and praised it, while smaller and foreign outlets worldwide decried the falsehood.

I think Gleen Greenwald best sums it up:

“American media is gripped in a polarized culture war that is forcing journalism to conform to tribal, group think narratives that are often divorced from the truth and cater to perspectives that are not reflective of the broader public but instead a minority of hyper-partisan elites. The need to conform to highly restrictive, artificial cultural narratives and partisan identities has created a repressive and illiberal environment in which vast swaths of news and reporting either do not happen or are presented through the most skewed and reality-detached lens.”

Another example of the news media driving false narratives was the Kyle Rittenhouse situation. Naturally, I was inflamed when I saw how the news media spread misinformation regarding the incident, making out a villain while one of the people who attacked him and got shot into a hero before a televised audience.

It’s almost as if they believe the internet doesn’t exist. Sigh, they may be right. Few people have bothered to understand the truth behind that situation, even if it’s just a Google search away.

A day after that shooting, everywhere on FB and IG, I saw memes saying how he was a white supremacist and comparing him to other non-comparable events.

100% not what I saw.

As a matter of fact, he and those with him are ON VIDEO well before that incident saying “no lives matter until black lives matter” and detailing why they were there.

A week or two later, the national news media released an interview with the guy who got shot and survived as if HE was the victim, lol. He literally was on video attacking Kyle Rittenhouse…right after him as his crew was about to torch a gas station.

Failure of the Democratic Party: Why is Joe Biden the Democratic Nominee?

Joe Biden? Anyone was better. Tulsi Gabberb, Bernie Sanders, or Andrew Yang would have been obvious choices. I remember when I first discovered Andrew Yang. Although I was a little skeptical of the basic income idea, I loved everything else he stood for.

It seemed odd that Biden was the guy Democrats got behind instead of the obvious up and coming talent in the Democratic Party. It was easier to digest when I heard Tulsi Gabbard, another candidate of the people, detail how the party ostracized her.

I can’t figure out how the Democrats expected us to accept such a pathetic combination of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. How could the Democratic Party be so out of touch? I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but something seems off with the Democrats.

Even though they are totally out of touch with the general public, they are overestimating the power they wield via the news media, Hollywood and Silicon Valley or overestimating the home-grown media indoctrination the populist into the TDS cult. Either way, I feel betrayed. But there’s more.

The most egregious…racist comment I’ve heard from any politician is the comment from Joe Biden when he said the infamous words “you ain’t black”.

After a few laughs about Biden’s joke, I realized that his statement is the very reason why I’ve had so many issues with liberals in the past.

My experience has been that I, as a black man, don’t have any agency in the political arena because people always assume that I’m supposed to vote a certain way or feel a certain way. After all, I’m black.

As if I’m not intelligent enough to have an opinion that is not dependent on my skin color.

As if my only political recourse is to side with people patting me on the head, talking about all they’ve done for you people.

Biden called it. That’s the vibe I get from a lot of Democrats. I’m not a person. I’m just a check box someone uses to ease their conscience.

It’s dehumanizing and is at the root of a lot of angst I feel for politics. No offense to my white friends, but this whole anti-Trump thing feels a lot like a fight between two types of white people, and everyone else is just supposed to choose who throws you the most crumbs of self-actualization.

Democrat Nationwide Excessive Response to COVID-19

Underlying every major event in 2020 has been the Global Pandemic that has taken the lives of over 200,000 people in the US and millions globally. I dont make light of that number or the lives lost. The initial lockdown was necessary, especially since we had no idea what we were dealing with.

However, over time the issue has been politicized to the point in which people are being demonized if they do not adhere to the Democrat’s excessive, authoritarian approach in which lockdowns are necessary at all costs with no definite goal post. The original goal was to flatten the curve.

We can debate the merits of lockdowns separately. However, the actions of Democrats from California, Michigan, and New Jersey have alarmed me as to how cavalier they seem to want to infringe upon our freedoms.

More importantly, Biden has promised more lockdowns while Trump has repeatedly stated that “The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.” I agree with this approach as it’s a more nuanced conversation that starts with how we can protect the venerable without indefinitely destroying our lives.

At the end of the day, the United States is a free country. Freedom means our government and constitution allow you, the individual, the freedom to take on more risks, responsibilities, and consequences than any other nation in human history.

So while I agree we should wear a mask in public areas since it’s such a small ask, I’m alarmed those who without question relinquish their rights OR advocate for the abandoning of rights in the name of fear.

Florida has completely opened back up, and other southern states could be right behind.

This year, the Los Angeles Mayor threatened to shut off water to people who have house parties. That is scary. Not the fact that they’re blatantly violating the constitution, but the fact that they are doing these things in an election year.

Do they want to lose the election?

Many of the mentality around the virus is just a reflection of the larger core liberal ideologies rooted in security over freedom and collectivism over individual responsibility. There is a reason many prominent Californians have opted to leave, including Joe Rogen, Ben Shapiro, Peter Attia, and Elon Musk.

Below is a hilarious video of what the lockdowns have done to California, as well as a few articles detailing a few occurrences.

Democrat Condoning of Violence in Our Inner Cities

2020 saw almost 20 million nationally participating in protests following the death of George Floyd, making these protests the largest in U.S. history. The vast majority of the over 500 protests in George Floyd’s death’s immediate wake were peaceful. Unfortunately, many of the protests evolved overtime as continuous violence, unrest, and anarchist movements over several months, particularly in Seattle, Portland, New York, Minneapolis, and other cities.

These movements featured full-fledged attacks on police, federal agents, and citizens, the death and injury of countless individuals, the burning down and looting of thousands of businesses nationwide, with the damage in Minneapolis peaking at around 200 million.

While I find it hard to condone violence of any kind, I blame squarely on fraudulent news media and dishonest Democrat politicians who continue lying about these incidents.

The most egregious affair was the nightly attacks on a federal courthouse in Portland. For almost a month, the attacks went on as rioters assembled overnight to organize attacks on the building and federal agents working at the facility. While the attacks were senseless, the mind-boggling response by Ted Wheeler and Kate Brown all but ended any affinity I had for Democratic politicians. They lied about the attacks, the federal response to those attacks, and conveniently blamed Trump, far-right entities, and the actual federal agents being attacked for the violence.

All the while, Tim Scott, a black Republican senator, understood the implications of the issue and moved forward with a bill that he was working on. The Democrats, instead of taking this opportunity to do something from a legislative and federal standpoint, rejected the bill, this is after receiving almost 70% of everything they wanted in negotiations.

Their reasoning? They wanted everything and closed the discussion until after the election. The line of reasoning is two-fold. They would theoretically have more power and can’t possibly give Republicans a win in that arena.

It was also disheartening to hear “protesters” harass Paul Rand months ago demanding that he “say her name” about the death of Breonna Taylor. It’s sad because Paul Rand, a republican senator, was the originator of the Breonna Taylor Act. I wonder why this wasn’t something the Democrats thought of?

This is an easy question with an easy answer. Democrats are much better at emotional outbursts and condoning violent outbursts than actually going about the process of enacting real change.

Other Transgressions of the Democratic Party

1. Defunding the Police: Democrats were the proponents and political ushers of insane ideas such as defunding or abolishing police and have failed at EVERY single opportunity to show support for law enforcement officials who put their life on the line every day.

The Democrats have sprinkled salt in the womb by using the police as their political pawns against Trump, especially with the Seattle and Portland riots. Kamala Harris has EVEN solicited bail money for many of these rioters.

2. Packing the Courts: Democrats have publicly stated their intention to “pack the courts” or unilaterally add more supreme court justices sympathetic to their causes.

This is a direct attack upon the constitution and thereby renders the courts a political entity, which was not by any means it’s original intention — Trump-appointed 3 supreme court justices as his civic duty as president, not some evil plot.

3. Exploration making Puerto Rico and/or DC states. This fits the age-old situation of sore losers seeking to change the game rules instead of exploring why they lost OR attempting to get better. In laymen’s terms. Why not strive to represent Americans and win the elections needed to boost election numbers?

4. Attacking Gun ownership and the NRA: At a time when gun ownership is at record levels in the US (especially amongst minorities and women) due to concerns with lockdowns and civil unrest, Democrats have not only told us that they would not stand up to the violence, but they want to defund the police, AND take away our rights to bear arms. It’s illogical at every level. Why are they attacking the NRA when gun sales, gun ownership, and gun companies are at their absolute peak EVER?

5. Continuous Impeachment Talk with Trump: Not only was the 2019 impeachment a farce, but there’s reason to believe that Democrats were the party at fault during the entire incident. At the very least, this was a case of the establishment attempting to oust their hated enemy.

I was disgusted more with the illogical political move since his impeachment had to go to a Republican majority senate. Even the vote within the House was distributed along party lines. Not ONE single republican voted to impeach Trump.

What made them think that it would pass through a majority Republican senate? The farce was a waste of tax payer’s money and time.

If you were smart, you would be concerned about real threats such as China killing us in this trade war or the fact that FedEx is in trouble, issues that could be a sign of things to come, besides this irrelevant hatred of Trump.

As far as one of the main defendants in this “Russian collusion” investigation, the hearing involving Micheal Flynn points to a more sinister, House of Cards type plot to move against Trump. Luckily, societal norms still exist. If you are interested in going down that rabbit hole, then I advise you to check the vlog of the Canadian lawyer, Viva Frei, as he has a 27 video playlist detailing that case's intricacies.

Here in 2020, Nancy Pelosi entertained the idea of impeaching Trump AGAIN simply because they didn’t like the fact that Trump was in the process of appointing another supreme court justice after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Tell me, when was the last time a Democrat did something for the American people AND not in the interest of their own power or establishment cronies?

None of these tactics involve creating policies that enhance anyone’s life. They are policies and ideas oriented in claiming power in any way, without convincing people through argument, presentation, or persuasion to democratically vote for them.

This is why I had to #walkaway.