Leaving the Democrat Party
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Are Black Americans really leaving the Democrat party?
Jay V did. And he says he's not alone. He explains how Donald Trump influenced his move, and how Charlie Kirk influenced his mind.
Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator.
Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Trump, Trump by himself. |
| 0:03.3 | If Trump was an independent, I would be voting for an independent. |
| 0:08.1 | So to say that, the Republicans need to take all the notes they can if they want to continue to win elections from Trump and how he's appealing to black Americans, to men, to white men, to white women, to everyone. |
| 0:24.9 | Everyone that Trump is appealing to, the Republican Party has to take notes and they can't revert back to their old ways after Trump is out of office. |
| 0:33.1 | They have to continue to go and continue to elevate and expand on that. |
| 0:46.5 | Thank you. to continue to go and continue to elevate and expand on that. Welcome to a brand new episode of the Michelle Tafoy podcast. |
| 0:49.9 | You know, you hear a lot about black voters gravitating toward the Republicans in 2024. |
| 0:56.4 | We'll see if that continues. |
| 0:58.4 | My next guest is an example of maybe why that's happening. |
| 1:02.5 | His name on X is J.V. the Great. |
| 1:06.0 | He told me I should just call him J.V. |
| 1:09.6 | It's really interesting to see how his view has evolved over the past several years now that he's, |
| 1:16.3 | he's had like a political awakening. |
| 1:18.6 | And while I don't like to categorize people, I don't vote like a lot of women vote. |
| 1:23.2 | He doesn't vote like a lot of black Americans vote. |
| 1:26.0 | But he is one perspective that I think is so |
| 1:29.6 | worth sharing. |
| 1:30.6 | So hit subscribe, click that subscribe button wherever you're listening or viewing. |
| 1:34.0 | You're going to love meeting this guy. |
| 1:36.6 | I just, I noted him on X. |
| 1:39.2 | He has a nice following. |
| 1:40.8 | And now I understand why. |
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