Trump Pops Off On ‘Black And Brown Voters’ And It Sounds Like Total BS

President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that minority voters are “flocking” to the Republican Party because of a progressive wave among Democrats.

“Black and Brown Voters don’t want Communism or Socialism — Not surprisingly, they are flocking to the Republican Party!” he wrote on Truth Social. “They remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

While Trump did make inroads with Black and Hispanic voters in 2024, reports appear to refute his latest claim.

The Atlantic, citing new polls, noted this month that Trump is “bleeding support among Black and Hispanic voters, and especially men.” Trump who won almost half of Hispanic voters in ’24, now heads a party that is polling at just 27% to 35% of Hispanic support for the midterms, The Atlantic wrote. Latino backing of Trump has sunk lower than that of non-Latino voters.

One of the Atlantic’s sources, Bloomberg Government, pointed to a stat putting Trump at just 16% approval among Black voters.

The Bloomberg report theorized that “significant dips” in minority backing will “drag” Republicans in the midterms.

As for Black and Hispanic voters’ alleged distrust of socialism and communism ― the latter an extreme the GOP cynically fearmongers on ― an opinion piece in The Washington Post just wasn’t seeing it.

“Polls add no clarity, finding that most Black voters either have no opinion of democratic socialism or are unsure about it,” contributing columnist Theodore R. Johnson, a scholar of Black politics, wrote.

Abdul El-Sayed won his Democratic primary for U.S. senator in Michigan, adding to a wave of recent progressive triumphs. Some candidates are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has been framed as a menace by Trump and Republicans.

Republican efforts to redraw heavy minority districts probably hasn’t helped the GOP’s outreach to “Black and Brown” people either.

Trump’s efforts to require voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering, and photo ID at the polls is seen by many as an effort to suppress the minority vote.