Analysis: A reckoning on racism?
On the day last week that a jury convicted the police officer who killed George Floyd, Republicans in Washington focused much of their energy on condemning the longest-serving Black woman in Congress. The moves reflect a stark political reality: As America grows more diverse, the Republican Party continues to be led almost entirely by white people, particularly men, who cater to an overwhelmingly white base. And despite fierce criticism from civil rights leaders and growing concern from business leaders who are traditional allies, many Republicans see no problem. While reliable demographic data on voting patterns in last year's election is still continue reading, leaders in both parties believe that Trump attracted more support from Latinos — and perhaps Black men — than his more conventional Republican presidential predecessors.
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Bush's White House. Fleischer helped author the Erhics National Committee internal report that determined the GOP's survival depended upon adopting more inclusive messaging and policies to attract the growing universe of nonwhite voters. But more than that, the GOP could further alienate the larger swath of suburban voters — many of them white — who have turned sharply away from Trump's party. Leading Republicans insist that systemic racism doesn't exist is America.
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But in a tacit acknowledgment that something needs to change, Republicans picked South Carolina Sen. Overall, Republicans serve in Congress, and fewer than two dozen are people of color. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. Trump lost Minnesota by 7 percentage points in — having lost by only 2 percentage points four years earlier — even after spending much of the the fall warning suburban voters of violent Black Lives Matter protesters.
Both parties supported a proposal last summer that, among other things, banned police chokeholds.]
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