, having broken the color barrier for one of the original 13 states with a special election victory in January 2021, almost 245 years after the nation’s founding.
Even some Black conservatives who back Walker lament his candidacy as a missed opportunity to expand Republicans’ reach to a key part of the electorate that remains overwhelmingly Democratic. The senator’s campaign has said since then that he’d have to assemble a multiracial coalition, including many moderate white voters, to win reelection in a midterm election year. But they’ve not disputed that a strong Black turnout would be necessary regardless.
He touts his Senate work to combat maternal mortality, noting the issue is acute among Black women. He campaigns with Black fraternity and sorority alumni. And he tells of his octogenarian mother using her “hands that once picked somebody else’s cotton” to “cast a ballot for her youngest son to be a United States senator.”Walker, alternately, is often more direct in identifying himself by race, usually with humor.
“Don’t let anyone tell you you’re racist,” he said in August at a “Women for Herschel” event, which included Alveda King, the conservative evangelical niece of the slain civil rights leader.
Well, we know where the Inky falls on this...
What is it REALLY time for in America? Everyone - especially the media - to drop use of 'black' and 'white' in these discussions. Just as valid would have been simply 'liberal notions' and 'cultural conservatism' in your Tweet, leaving out 'Black experience' and 'white' entirely.
Walker speaks the language of black cultural conservatism as well - like you shouldn't terminate black pregnancies for convenience.
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