Black Woman Behind Trump’s Silly Chick-fil-A Stunt, What's Up With Clarence Thomas? Tim Scott Now Needs the Black Support and More Annoying Political News

Root Staff
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Here’s The Black Woman Behind Trump’s Silly Chick-fil-A Appearance

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Former U.S. President Donald Trump meets with people during a visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant on April 10, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting. - Photo: Megan Varner (Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Former U.S. President Donald Trump meets with people during a visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant on April 10, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting. - Photo: Megan Varner (Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump has attempted to ratchet up his public appeal to Black voters in recent months as Black support for President Joe Biden continues to soften. In his most recent attempt to bond with Black voters, Trump visited an Atlanta Chick-fil-A on his way to a fundraiser event on April 10. - Jessica Washington Read More

Karma? Right-wing Operatives Must Pay up for What They Did to Black Voters

NOV 1, 2018 : Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl speak to the media about alleged allegations against Robbert Mueller at the Holiday Inn in Rosslyn Va - Photo: John Middlebrook/CSM via ZUMA Wire (AP)
NOV 1, 2018 : Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl speak to the media about alleged allegations against Robbert Mueller at the Holiday Inn in Rosslyn Va - Photo: John Middlebrook/CSM via ZUMA Wire (AP)

Right-wing operatives who were found liable for making threatening robocalls to Black voters will now have to pay up. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman will pay up to $1.25 million in damages for their targeted harassment of Black New Yorkers. - Jessica Washington Read More

Where Has Clarence Thomas Been?

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)

After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public corruption case. - Candace McDuffie Read More

All the Crazy Things Trump Has Done on the First Day Of Hush Money Criminal Trial

Photo: Curtis Means (Getty Images)
Photo: Curtis Means (Getty Images)

Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial has now entered day two and there has been no shortage of ridiculous moments. The trial will not be televised, so there’s no video footage or photos of the proceedings. - Candace McDuffie Read More

Sen. Tim Scott Is Trying to Court Black Voters, Isn’t It a Little Late for That?

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 20: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) waves as he sits with Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. - Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 20: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) waves as he sits with Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. - Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)

Despite being Black, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)isn’t exactly a popular figure in Black America. And up until recently, he didn’t appear eager to appeal to Black voters either. The South Carolina Senator generally eschewed conversations around race in his Presidential run unless it was to tell everyone that racism isn’t an issue anymore or that welfare was worse than slavery — a message that generally lands much better with white audiences than Black ones. - Jessica Washington Read More

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