We asked Black voters what's the greatest threat to our communities. They overwhelmingly said the re-election of Donald Trump.
That's why we launched our first ad of the year. We can’t sit idly by as Black communities are inundated with false narratives about Trump.
Right now in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio our canvassers are talking to Black voters about what will motivate them to the polls this November. The first thing they ask about Pres. Joe Biden is “What has he done?” We just dropped a new ad to bring the receipts.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REAL.
#FindingJusticeBET
Join us in welcoming Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the 1st day of her 1st term on the SCOTUS! Today Justice Brown becomes the 1st Black woman ever to serve on America's highest court. Her integrity & excellence are desperately needed in the halls of justice.
There are a ton of polls being shared that paint an inaccurate picture of how Black voters feel about the government, our elected officials and voting in November. BlackPAC and brilliant corners (
@cornellbelcher
) just released a new poll of Black voters. Here is what we heard:
92% of Black voters are planning to vote in the
#2020Election
and 84% are paying close attention to politics in the news. Tonight and tomorrow will be the first time 20 of the candidates will have a chance to make their case to voters on live television.
#DemDebate
@cornellbelcher
And they don't plan on casting their votes for Donald Trump. Our polling shows that Trumps support among Black voters has been on a steady decline.
Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for President of the United States 48 years ago today - paving the way for generations of Black women in politics.
#ShirleyChisholm
💪🏿
Shirley Chisholm is often remembered for being the first African American woman elected to Congress. But she should also be remembered for what she accomplished. She was instrumental in creating the national school lunch program, expanding food stamps, and establishing WIC.
@cornellbelcher
Despite the projections of low turnout and Black voter apathy, an overwhelming majority of Black voters are ready to go to the polls in November 2024.
Today Black people across the country celebrate
#Juneteenth
. The day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were told the Union had held. The South had been beaten. The civil war had ended. They were free. 2 years AFTER the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Senate should NOT need a tie breaker when it comes to getting our country back on track. Tell your Senators to vote YES on the
#AmericanRescuePlan
->
Our friend
@Common
is in GA all weekend knocking on doors with us but you don't have to be a celebrity to talk to voters about how their votes will decide the future of GA and the Country. YOU can join us as a virtual volunteer this weekend. Sign up here:
Black women earn 61 cents for every dollar a white, non-Hispanic man makes - that means Black women had to work all of last year and 233 days into this year to earn on average what a white man made just last year.
It’s time to pay us what you owe us!
#BlackWomensEqualPay
@cornellbelcher
What they are sure about though - is how the economy got this way. Black voters name Corporate Greed, Republican policies and the Covid-19 pandemic as the top 3 causes of inflation.
@cornellbelcher
But Trump winning another term is a major concern - along with White Supremacy and nationalism, the Supreme Court stripping away our rights, and the economy.
Despite the conversation about Biden's competency and calls for him to leave the race after the first
#PresidentialDebate
, Black voters aren't worried.
We found that the post-debate spin in the media negatively affected voters more than the actual debate.
“History is watching us. Our children are counting on us. And I hope that we will have the courage to do what is right for our communities and for our country. The courage to cross this bridge… If not tonight, we will come back again and again and again” -
@SenatorWarnock
2017 gave us important lessons on how to reverse the decline in Black turnout from 2016: engage early and often, lean into issues of racial justice and properly fund independent efforts to mobilize Black voters:
Last month, June 23-29th, BlackPAC and brilliant corners Research & Strategies polled Black voters in battleground states to track how they feel about President Joe Biden and the 2024 Election. Here is what we found:
.
@SenOssoff
shares his conversation with an absentee voter who 87-years-old who did not receive her ballot in time and had to endure hours-long lines in Georgia to cast her ballot.
#VotingRights
#ForThePeopleAct
@cornellbelcher
Speaking of the economy - Black voters have mixed views of how the economy is doing. They feel that their personal economic situation is getting better or staying the same - but they're not sure about the nation as a whole.
Wondering why over half the Black voters we talked to in our latest poll list racism and discrimination as a top issue? Because things like this happen in our communities every day.
White Campground Manager Terminated for Pulling Gun on Black Couple
"KOA released a statement on its official Facebook page on Wednesday, May 29, stating the organization fired the employee who drew her weapon on the picnicking couple."
@_mariaeperez
WATCH THIS: It's
#Juneteenth
! A day to celebrate how far we’ve come since 1865 & recommit to the work that lies ahead. Join us in the fight to ensure that Black communities can exercise our full rights as citizens:
#BlackInAction
This is OUR vote and OUR power! Black voters can help redirect our country right now. TONIGHT catch
@AdrianneShrop
on
@angela_rye
’s Midterm Election Special at 10/9c on
@BET
!
#BETVote
Yesterday Rapper, Actor and Activist
@Common
joined Augusta Mayor
@hardiedavis
the BlackPAC team and
@ProjectLincoln
to rally voters and knock on doors.
55 years ago today the Voting Rights Act prohibited racial discrimination in voting but in 2013 SCOTUS gutted the legislation and voter suppression has run rampant. It's time to restore our right to vote.
#VRA55
Amidst tragedy & injustice,
#LezleyMcSpadden
- Michael Brown’s mother - is taking matters into her own hands. “We have to get behind people who look like us and get them in these elected seats so that they can really do what’s right by the community.”
There has never been a Black woman governor in the United States. In the whole history of the United States. Let that sink in.
@StaceyAbrams
is in a position to change that and women across the country are helping her make history.
Tonight, we are reminded of the power of our vote to fight against hate and toward progress. Congratulations to all those who hit the doors and worked tirelessly for this win - even when they said we couldn't.
#ALSenate
#DougJones
#ALSen
Congrats
#TeamAbrams
!!! BlackPAC is so proud to support
@StaceyAbrams
’s history-making candidacy, and in doing so, build the political power of Black voters to move our country on the path toward progress.
#GAPol
#GAGov
.
@Carolyn4GA7
(GA-7) has the courage to stand up for our children’s future, to reform our democracy, to ensure access to affordable health care, and a system of world-class education.
Thank Black folks.
Thank Black voters.
Thank Black women.
Thank Black organizers.
Thank Black organizations.
The work was not done by a particular party, but people. It’s About Us ✊🏾
Georgia House Republicans just introduced a bill to ban early voting on Sundays prior to election, when Black churches do Souls to the Polls get out the vote drives
When we discuss solutions for mass incarceration, we have to talk about dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, which traps young Black children into the criminal justice system.
#rethinkdiscipline
Black students are suspended 3x as often as white students & though well-aware of a pending
@USGAO
report likely to substantiate this persistent inequality, Educ. Sec. DeVos is eyeing a repeal of the school discipline guidance. We must
#RethinkDiscipline
.
"But what made the difference in Alabama were independent, under-the-radar, grass-roots, on-the-ground voter turnout efforts by black leaders and organizers in black neighborhoods across the state." -
@StevePtweets
. Let's give credit where credit is due.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was a hateful and devastating event and so is the decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The survivors and their descendants deserve justice.
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking justice for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
A white mob stormed Tulsa’s Greenwood district in 1921, killing up to 300 Black people.
Take a look back at the survivors’ demand for reparations.
Our criminal justice system isn’t broken, it’s working the exact way it’s set up to work. It’s our duty to say enough is enough.
#FindingJusticeBET
#EndCashBail
If people of color were incarcerated at the same rates as whites, prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40%.
Let that sink in...
#FindingJusticeBET
🚨🚨Attention Georgia: Dekalb and Gwinnett county elections offices are now open until 8 p.m. for the purpose of processing provisional ballot voter info.
JULIAN CASTRO CALLS THE NAME OF ATATIANA JEFFERSON!!! "Police violence is also gun violence" when discussing whether gun buybacks should be mandatory.
#DemDebate
“Voter suppression and mass incarceration don’t live in silos, both are birthed from strategic and systemic racism,” -
@nseufot
, ED of our partners
@NewGAProject
. They’re joining faith and community partners for the Ending Mass Incarceration Conference this week.
The Central Park 5—now known as the "Exonerated 5"—join rapper T.I. at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church for a summit highlighting the need to end mass incarceration.
The massive lines at GA polls happened even though a record number of voters in the state requested to vote by mail, underscoring that states must can't just focus on expanding vote by mail for November -- they have to plan for in-person voting too
@Timodc
Hi. BlackPAC here. Perhaps you’ve heard of us. We do, in fact, sit in focus groups with Black voters. We do, in fact, talk to Black voters at their doors literally every day. And what’s clear in battleground states is that Black voters overstand that Biden is the only option.
While
@EspyforSenate
may not have won his bid for US Senate, what we saw in MS is what we’ve seen across the country this fall - Black voters are continuing to turn out at historic levels and sending a clear message that we intend to fight for our community and our democracy.
BREAKING: New GA vote
#s
just in:
We reached out to 1.5M infrequent Black voters in GA - the majority of them did NOT participate in 2016.
THIS YEAR: 606,622 of the voters we engaged voted EARLY
Here’s a headline: U.S Rescued from Trump by Black Voters
More
#s
in the 🧵:
“Over and over again, Black Americans described their vote this year as much more than a choice between two presidential candidates, but as an urgent stand in the long fight against racial injustice in America”
99 years ago, angry racist mobs destroyed over 1,000 Black homes & businesses and murdered hundreds of Black folk in Tulsa.
The
#TulsaRaceMassacre
is part of a long history of racial violence that we still confront today
#BlackWallStreet
We know that when Black voters are engaged they vote and when we vote we win leadership that stands up for our communities. One week from today Black voters will go to the polls in Virginia and help shift power. Check out who we’re supporting for Nov. 5th.
Not only did Black voters and organizers elect progressives all over the country to Congress, but they also led grassroots movements to affect local changes in their communities.
‘Putting more people in prison hasn’t made us safer’ — This candidate wants to repeal a 25-year-old crime bill that sacrificed communities of color to a radical expansion of mass incarceration
Today, the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law. The best way we can honor its legacy is to fight to restore its protections and defend free and fair elections.
Republicans had ample time and power to approve the wall for 2 years and they didn't. Now that Democrats are in power in the House building the wall is an emergency?
#MakeThatMakeSense
#TrumpAddress
The congress should do its job and come to the table. The fact is what we heard over the weekend is Democrats are not even willing to negotiate until
@POTUS
reopens the government. The American people deserve better than that.
I don’t subscribe to a political party. I’m a Black Man and a child of God. I believe in humanity and goodness. And I believe in Georgia Senate Candidates
@ReverendWarnock
and Jon
@Ossoff
.
BlackPAC ads are hitting the airwaves in Michigan and North Carolina. Help us Protect and Mobilize the Black vote across the country. Join BlackPAC.
#BlackinAction
#govote
This morning
@SpeakerPelosi
announced that the House will proceed with articles of impeachment. A vote to impeach the President is likely to come before Christmas.
Corporations are starting to feel the pressure being put on them by our partners in Georgia - but "concern" is not enough. It's time for them to stop funding
#votersuppression
.
Right now in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio our canvassers are talking to Black voters about what will motivate them to the polls this November. The first thing they ask about Pres. Joe Biden is “What has he done?” We just dropped a new ad to bring the receipts.
5 days until Election Day. Make a plan to join
@Common
to vote for candidates at all levels who will prioritize the needs of your community - good jobs and a growing economy, quality healthcare and education, clean water & air, police accountability, and more.
#govote
If you’re a progressive and care about racial justice, this is a must read from LaTosha Brown at
@BlackVotersMtr
. Her work in
#ALSen
was key to victory:
Lesson from VA and
#ALSenate
: "I think the writing is on the wall about what the path forward is for progressive politics in this country, and the path forward is through communities of color and women" -
@AdrianneShrop
.
Yesterday voters lined up around the block for the first day of Early Voting in Virginia. Today these people tried to block voters from their polling place. That is how much power your vote has. That is how afraid they are.
Make a plan. Go vote.
“The fact that Georgia turned blue was due to unprecedented enthusiasm and turnout in Black communities”-
@AdrianneShrop
Let’s do it again, Georgia!!
#GASenateRunoff