Democrats are existentially threatened by a Republican’s attempt, botched or not, to creep into their territory. Any outreach is maligned. Republicans, forever accused of not caring about minorities, are scolded when they attempt to show they care about minorities.
Newt Gingrich has defended Trump’s pitch to black voters, but suggested, “Trump going into inner-city Philadelphia and offering a better future could have an amazing result. Because the truth is, no Republican has ever had the courage.”
Not so. In 2012, Mitt Romney went to predominantly black West Philadelphia to meet with the kids of an inner-city charter school.
What happened? Outside the school, Democrats protested his visit. Not only that, two black Democratic elected officials — including the Mayor of Philadelphia! — joined the protests.
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