#87: Will the Next Black President Be a Republican?

In The Thick

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🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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It's easier than we think for a black candidate to win Republican votes. According to Theodore Johnson, a fellow at New America, Republican voters can be a huge base for POC candidates—all it takes is a little change in strategy. Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela talk with Theodore Johnson about this and more. Plus a check-in with Tarini Parti of Buzzfeed News about recent developments with Republican candidate for senator Roy Moore. This episode of In the Thick is brought to you by Hello Fresh. Embrace the holiday bustle at hellofresh.com and use promo code “inthethick30” to save $30 off your first week of deliveries. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Today Show is brought to you by Hello Fresh.
0:02.6	Embrace the holiday bustle at hello fresh.com
0:05.6	and use promo code in the thick 30 to save $30 off your first week of deliveries.
0:10.6	Hello?
0:15.0	Hey, Tony.
0:16.0	So we got this show this week, right?
0:18.0	We're talking about the future of the Republican Party and their relationship with people
0:21.6	of color, but then all of a sudden Roy Moore happened.
0:25.0	So, Tarini, you're a reporter for Buzzfeed News in DC, and I had to check in with you about this.
0:31.0	On Monday, a fifth woman accused Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore of
0:35.5	inappropriate sexual conduct. Her name was Beverly Young Nelson and she said
0:39.6	that Moore assaulted her in his car when she was 16 and more was in his 30s and this is after four
0:45.9	other women accused more of pursuing them when they were under 18. Mitch McConnell
0:50.5	initially said that more should step aside if these allegations are true, but on Monday, McConnell simply said this.
0:57.8	I believe the women, yes. I think he should step aside.
1:00.4	What does this mean for the Senate race coming up in a month?
1:04.0	So I think this week is going to give us a better indication of what actually is going to happen,
1:10.0	how some of these more establishment Republicans actually feel about the
1:15.0	situation. When McConnell came out and said you know I believe these women it gave
1:19.8	a lot of Republicans the cover to come out and say, you know, Jeff Flake going as far as
1:24.9	to say, I would rather vote if I were now, then I'd rather vote for the Democrats.
1:28.8	Jeff Jones then put this man in office.
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