(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been a longtime skeptic of many frequently proposed political reforms, including redistricting and primary reform. I am a career Republican House chief of staff. Why would I want to upset the system that worked well for me and my bosses in 12 elections over a quarter century? Moreover, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In his famous “Thriller” music video, Michael Jackson said, “I’m not like other guys.” I thank God that President Trump is not like other Republicans. It truly amazes me that many high profile conservatives and Republicans still wish Trump would dial-it-back, don’t be so confrontational and behave more presidential. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the 2019 elections are any indication, Republicans need to worry about their viability come 2020. In Virginia, Democrats have majorities in both its upper and lower houses. With a Democratic governor, Virginia has an unprecedented opportunity to shape public policy, especially around gun control, a key concern for many. In West ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump recently launched his black-outreach operation — called Black Voices for Trump — in Atlanta. The objective, of course, is to move more African American voters to the Republican Party. There is good reason to believe Republicans can attract more than the 8% of the black vote ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people are constantly being told to let go of slavery. We’re told it’s time to move on, that America has progressed, and that we ought not play the race card. It’s always ironic that the same people that would tell us to leave slavery behind will never tell ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He didn’t do it. Maybe he did it but it doesn’t matter. We do it all the time. “Get over it.” The “it” was the president trying to trade military aid for dirt on his 2020 political opponent. But this discussion isn’t about impeachment. This is about what people ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the Bible, Job 3:25 states, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.” How appropriate after last week’s Republican loss in the Louisiana gubernatorial race. Republicans have lost two of the three governor’s races ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We live in a society that screams to the top of its lungs that it doesn’t want to be labeled, yet generalization runs rampant. It is amazing how quickly the massiveness of a thing can be minimalized to a hand full of experiences. Many black folks can sit down ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is Donald Trump a liar? The president has been called just about every epithet you can think of. But lately the critics have zeroed in on lying and even accused Trump of creating a culture of lying. They are harping on this theme incessantly. According to The Washington Post, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On January 20th, 2017, The Washington Post’s front-page headline read: ‘The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun.’ Democrats have wanted to impeach the President since before the ink was dry on his election certificate. Now, three years later, Democrats have thrown themselves head-first into an impeachment craze by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A recent survey conducted by the Victims of Communism and polled by YouGov, a research and data firm, found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that one in three millennials saw communism as “favorable.” Let’s examine this tragic vision in light of the Fraser Institute’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Impeachment has jumped the shark — now that the American people have seen the truth about the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, they are rejecting the Democrat Party’s fictional Ukraine narrative. According to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll, 59 percent of Americans believe that ...