{"id":20223,"date":"2024-06-26T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/black-gop-lawmakers-hold-congress-cognac-and-cigars-event-in-key-swing-state\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:47:40","slug":"black-gop-lawmakers-hold-congress-cognac-and-cigars-event-in-key-swing-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/black-gop-lawmakers-hold-congress-cognac-and-cigars-event-in-key-swing-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Black GOP lawmakers hold \u2018Congress, Cognac, and Cigars\u2019 event in key swing state"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two of former President Trump\u2019s top allies in the House of Representatives are in Atlanta on Wednesday to mobilize Black voters ahead of his November rematch with President Biden.<\/p>\n

Reps. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, and Byron Donalds, R-Fla., are hosting an event called \u2018Congress, Cognac, and Cigars\u2019 at a cigar lounge in the Peach State alongside former ESPN host Sage Steele.<\/p>\n

An invitation to the event obtained by Fox News Digital billed it in all capital letters as \u2018a real conversation about the Black male vote, leadership, and how they will impact the 2024 election.\u2019<\/p>\n

Hunt told Fox News Digital in an interview that Black voters, particularly in a state like Georgia, are going to be \u2018paramount\u2019 in deciding the winner of the next presidential race.<\/p>\n

\u2018The thing is, in the past, the Republican Party has not done a very good job of going to these communities, articulating why our policies are in the best interest of the Black community,\u2019 Hunt said. \u2018Black issues are American issues. We just need voices to go articulate that.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018You don\u2019t have to vote for Democrats anymore because your mama and your grandmother and your parents told you to do it. The Republican Party right now is in your best interest. If you hate what\u2019s going on at the border, if you hate what\u2019s happening with inflation, if you hate crime, I\u2019m telling you that \u2026 electing [Trump] and getting him back in office is definitely going to be in your best interest.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of a wider strategy for Trump to win 25% to 35% of the Black male vote, Hunt said. Black voters were critical to Biden\u2019s 2020 Democrat primary and general election victories and will likely play a critical role in the fall race.<\/p>\n

Multiple exit polls show Trump having won 19% of Black male voters in 2020, though the vast majority of Black voters still went for Biden.<\/p>\n

\u2018That\u2019s the highest that we\u2019ve ever seen in modern history for a Republican president,\u2019 Hunt said. \u2018We need to add about five or six percentage points and grow from what we did four years ago. And given the environment that we\u2019re in right now, we think we can accomplish that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Their first \u2018Congress, Cognac, and Cigars\u2019 event took place in Philadelphia. Hunt said the next one would be in Milwaukee, the site of next month\u2019s Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n

Hunt said the previous event showed him that Republicans could potentially make some headway with Black women, who overwhelmingly voted for Biden in 2020 as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018The biggest takeaway from that event is \u2013 again, Byron and I have been really focused on Black men, but there were Black women in that room that raised their hand and stood up and said, \u2018Don\u2019t forget about us. I\u2019m a Black woman, I\u2019m voting for President Trump, and I\u2019m fed up with this, too. And I\u2019m not saying you\u2019re going to get as many of us as you are men, but what I am saying is, don\u2019t just cater these events to Black men; cater them to the Black community,\u2019\u2019 the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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