People For National Political Director Markus Batchelor is quoted in theGrio challenging the message that Senator Tim Scott and colleagues created that Black voters overwhelmingly support Donald Trump.
Critics are blasting Senator Tim Scott, R- S.C., and four other Black Republicans in Congress after unveiling a new video series aimed at persuading Black voters to support embattled former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
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Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, said that while Black voters are not a monolith, “It’s insulting having it come from a panel of Black elected leaders who have spent their entire political careers aligning with the far-right.”
Batchelor told theGrio that the Republican members of Congress have spent their time in office undermining critical issues like “voting rights, fair courts, racial equity, reproductive freedom, public schools, and fair housing.”