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The Daily Show: Black Women Save America from Roy Moore (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 OP
An amazing turnout. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #1
They certainly deserve all the credit! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #2
Yes, they deserve credit, too. It took ALL of those people... Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #3
I absolutely agree! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #4

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
1. An amazing turnout.
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 01:38 AM
Dec 2017

I imagine black women know a thing or two about men who prey on young girls. Although their objection to him was probably much more than that.

WE THANK YOU! You saved the state and maybe even the country!

I saw the demographics of the vote. 98% of Af. Am. women voted for Jones. White voters without a college degree overwhelmingly voted for Moore.

Rhiannon12866

(205,508 posts)
2. They certainly deserve all the credit!
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 01:44 AM
Dec 2017

Though I was surprised that Trevor didn't mention that Doug Jones is also a civil rights hero. Rev Al Sharpton was on MSNBC last week talking about the GOTV efforts in Alabama's African American communities - there were a lot of efforts to encourage turnout, and they deserve credit too...

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. Yes, they deserve credit, too. It took ALL of those people...
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 01:46 AM
Dec 2017

to eek out a tight win.

I'm so proud of all the Af. Americans showing up to vote, esp when a lot of polling places had been closed. And the black WOMEN, who went out of their way to vote.

Awesome. Absolutely awesome.

Rhiannon12866

(205,508 posts)
4. I absolutely agree!
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 01:51 AM
Dec 2017

Making it tougher for minorities to vote has also become a major effort by the RW. Getting out there and voting, despite the impediments, was the overwhelming reason for the win!

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