House of representatives from 2013 to 2014. Your group . With africanamericans all over the country who support this country president who recognize that he has an agenda to move africanamericans forward. You look at the unemployment rate, what is going on in terms of hbcu funding, the president has a record. I am proud to be the cochair. Nestormer cochair, herman cain, was a longtime american success story, and our story about lack voices is to tell the president s story about what he is doing to earn the vote of black americans and to move latin america forward. Host what do you. 2, mr. Shannon . Guest he has a huge agenda, greta . Him how you move people out of generational poverty, because that is really the issue that faces africanamerican communities, particularly in the inner cities. This president has a tremendous record on the School Choice issue. I suspect we will hear more about that during the convention, as well. The idea that we are keeping africanamerican children trapped in failing schools, when even barack obama said early on in his campaign that the great civil rights moment opportunity of the 21st centurys access to a quality education, and so the president has a great record on that for africanamericans, but also, your previous guest mentioned the idea of criminal justice. Back in the 1990s, it was joe biden and Hillary Clinton that laid out the war on crime that created disparities between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine. A lot of people who looked like me, just because of the color of my skin this president has said enough is enough. They are intending to actually tackle, and, frankly, republicans and democrats want criminal justice reform, which impacts africanamericans disproportionately. Those are just a few of the items. Dont let me forget hbcu funding. The president increased funding for historically black colleges and universities, even here in oklahoma, the alma mater of my parents, saw funding increases, sometimes as much as 26 , and further annualized that funding. There is a great story to be told, and black voices for trump is part of that narrative to tell that story. Tax when it comes to the cuts, two shannon, the organization put together some data after the tax cuts were passed, that nearly 40 of black households earn less than 30,000. How many africanamericans benefited from the tax cuts . Guest the vast majority. Just rewind the tape before this pandemic hit us back in january, when we really started to see the lockdowns take place. Cuts, who the tax knows what this economy would be, and, frankly, we know that when economic hardships happen, they disproportionately impact africanamerican communities, and the vast majority benefited from the president s tax cuts. Anytime there is an opportunity for people to keep more of their money, it is a good thing for the economy and a good thing for families. I think this is where we see the contrast in ideology between democrats and republicans, the idea that we believe, as conservatives, that people are in the best shape to make decisions about their income, where to spend their money, not the government. Host to your group is it officially part of the president s campaign . And how many members do you have . Guest we are an official part of the campaign. This president has done more in fact, you are seeing the result of this president in the Africanamerican Community. I dont think ever before you have seen democrats have to compete for the africanamerican vote. I look at the Democratic Convention last week, and the way they highlighted many minorities. Actually competing for the vote for the first time. The challenges, there was not a lot of policy issues to talk about how to move the Africanamerican Community forward. It was a Grassroots Organization all over the country. The Advisory Board, there are several dozen members that helped shape messaging and the targeting. Im cochair of the group, along with the nice of along with many other conservatives around the country. Who believe this president has the right solutions for the Africanamerican Community. That is what im hoping the convention this week will be about solutions, as opposed to last weeks convention, which was about whats wrong with america. This is still the safest place in the world for investment. It works for africanamericans as well. Host cbs had a recent Battleground Tracker paul that tracker poll that shows the former Vice President leads black voters 90 to 6 . This is higher than the percent of voters that backed Hillary Clinton heading into her nomination in 2016. How do you respond . Guest first of all, we know what the polls mean for donald trump. We know they cannot be tr. What i think is being underestimated is this idea that there is a silent majority at their who speaks to President Trump, and exley support the president. As a focal member of the social media world right now, i often post the positive things that happen for President Trump, to move the country forward, and the 3 million jobs created in the last two months, even during this pandemic. Me about donald trump is the number of people, and theyre often minorities, who will inbox me to say, we are reconsidering. We have voted democrat most of our lives. We are tired of the same old, same old. A predominately africanamerican church in lawton, oklahoma. A numberfore elections of democrat politicians would come into the church, and promise the moon, and he would not see them again until the next election. President trump says something that i think resonated with africanamericans that i think will speak for a long time. What do you have to lose . We have an opportunity as a community to do with the rest of the country has known for a long time. That is that a twoparty system is good for america and so it is good for black america. You look at even what happened in the last election. President trump 14 of the africanamerican male vote. I think there has been a huge campaignat the trump is creating africanamerican communities im sorry, africanamerican communities are creating offices for the campaign, because the is a real record here, unlike past president s who have ignored the Africanamerican Community or taken them for granted. Donald trump is really competing for the vote. Im convinced that this term you are going to see a Huge Movement and africanamerican support for this president. Host as we approach the top of the hour and republican delegates are gathering in charlotte, north carolina, the Convention Gets Underway this morning in the 9 00 hour. We are expecting them to gavel him, the delegates starting to take their seats. Masks are required. Six feet apart. They will start with a roll call vote. We are talking with the Advisory Board member and cochair of black voices for trump. Randy in little rock, arkansas, good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead, randy. Now,r yes, im watching and i dont agree with nothing this guy is talking about, shannon. Shannon, what i would like to know is, is it true that donald trump gave money to all the black universities . I went to Southern University in baton rouge, and the people i talked to are saying they did not get any money from donald trump. Number two, no one is talking about no one is talking this man was bankrupt two or three times and had to get a lot of help black folks. And number three, donald trump is racist and we all know donald trump is racist. He is not the person who needs to be running the United States again. He did not do anything about this coronavirus. Told people to spray disinfectant in their mouth, then go outside in the sun, with the heat to kill it. And that is all true. Donald trump needs to listen to the science, and he is not doing that. Donald trump is not for the black folks. Host im going to have tw shannon respond. Randy, lett of all, me say to you that this is a president who has a proven record, and you can check the record. What donald trump did for black colleges and universities is in the congressional record. You can look at any of the House Management websites that talk about the funding. This president increased funding for any three percent for historically black colleges and universities, and that is a fact. It was not done for political reasons. It was done because he recognizes that historical black colleges and universities are critical to africanamerican success. If you look at ceos of a Chickasaw Community bank many black ceos came from hbcus. If we are going to move the needle for the Africanamerican Community, how do you start moving people from generational policy . Hbcus are critical components of that. President trump was the first president to move the number for hbcu funding. You mentioned this idea of President Trump being a racist. We hear about this with every republican that has ever been in office. Every republican i know has had to deal with being called a racist, even myself, to be honest with you. But the reality is instead of trying to figure out who is a racist and who is not that is not going to move the needle for the Africanamerican Community. What is good to move the needle for the Africanamerican Community is jobs and educational opportunity. President trump has been big when it comes to those issues. I think the record proves it and you are going to hear about it this week at the convention. Host tell us your story. Did you have conservative parents . When did you realize i did or come become a republican conservative . Guest i did. In oklahoma, we are a conservative state. We are the most conservative state in the union. Family had not been with been historically republican. Many of them are now. Most democrats that i know got democrat can dentals credentials from college or once they started a job opportunity. I got my conservative credentials from the church, the idea of valuing human life, the idea of personal liberty. Those all came from my judeo jim heritage in the africanamerican church, where i saw a great family values, and i saw men who got up and went to work every day, including my parents, who were married. I lost my mother in february. My parents were married almost 50 years. I learned that in the church. I did not have to listen to cnn or msnbc to try to get what i believed was a good core foundation. I learned from my church and my own family. That is where i got my own values from. When i became an adult, one of my first opportunities to work in government and to serve was working for what i believe is one of the greatest public figures ever to serve, congressman jc watts. He is a personal friend and mentor of mine. That is when i really got involved. Now, i am the ceo of a bank, Chickasaw Community bank, where we are seeing in real time how good Public Policy can move the needle for people, for individuals, and for Small Businesses in this country. The president represent judeochristian values . Guest i think the president has done more in fact for people of faith in this country who care about the idea of personal liberty, keeping his commitment that many before him have made israel, totest ally, also making sure that religious liberty, the idea of freedom of worship, remains. Just a few months ago, literally, there was a shut down or an attempted shutdown of churches around the country, and it was donald trump who, when Many Democrats called on him, asking him to have a National Shutdown it was President Trump who said that is not what this country is about. We are federal. We are going to allow the states to make decisions. Most states have come full circle on the Coronavirus Relief we are seeing around the country. Independent line. You are next. Caller how are you doing today . Sir, i have got to ask you a couple things here. One of them is if you think donald trump was sued for discriminating against black number one. Eynolds, two, in the beginning, every black person i knew was republican because they were the party of lincoln. That did not change until johnson gave them the voting said he literally destroyed the south because of the south, and you know what i am saying here. , why doesst with you theident trump invite chairman of the joint chiefs, colin powell . I will listen to your answer of the air. Have a good day. Host tw shannon . Guest i did not hear the last part of the question. Something about colin powell . Host i did not understand if he said invite him to the white house. I was not sure. You can just take the first part. Wast i think the idea again about the idea of africanamerican support for this president , this president s record on africanamerican support. Trump myown donald entire life. I remember him as a media person , but also as a real estate tycoon. I heard of him. I knew of him my entire life. I have also seen amazing support for him from africanamerican Leaders Within the community, including al sharpton and jesse jackson. When i was a kid, i remember them heralding the work of donald trump. It was not until he became president that this idea of his being a racist even came about, but it comes with the territory. When you are republican, its what the democrats have done for the last 50 years. Tell the community that the only issue, the most important issue, is, is this guy racist . Who is this racist . There is a litmus test if you are republican. Prove to me you are not a racist. I am a banker, ceo of Chickasaw Community bank. I asked people, have you ever robbed a bank . Most people will tell you know. Most people have not. Prove it. How do you prove you are not a racist . I dont know. I do know this president has a record on africanamerican issues and supporting issues important to this community. Does not couto to the idea kowtow to the idea of what is political correct. He calls it like he sees it. When he sees injustice, he tries to correct it. That is why you are seeing criminal justice reform, something i think that is historic that he does not get enough credit for. You have also seen what the president has done with the idea of empowerment, the idea of finding his strength communities. Many of them are africanamerican communities. And finding a way for private investment. You cant tax and spend it your way out of poverty. The idea of entitlement reform that is something you are probably going to see happening in the next generation. In the idea that you cannot keep people dependent. That is something we have seen from democrats along time, is this idea that you want to keep people dependent on the government teat. That is the challenge, i think, and policy for now. Once you start down the idea of marxist socialism, of giving people money they did not earn, how do you begin to reel that back . I believe that the best social program in the world is a good paying job, and that is what this president has been about. Pandemic, you are seeing over 3 million jobs being created in the last three months, trying to get the economy back moving. I will put the record of the Africanamerican Community with any former president. Host david in falls church, virginia, republican. Caller thanks for taking my call. I appreciate you coming on the show even though you have to put up with attacks and nothing but gotcha questions. My question is, what do you feel about the current vernacular that democrats in particular are peoplend calling black colored people, and doing the same thing with hispanics and asians or people of color, whereas in the 1950s, people were called colored people. Now, they are reversing it and calling them people of color, it in my opinion is a racial slur, essentially, but they are doing it i believe it is the soft bigotry of low expectations. My other question is, what do you feel when you are told by people who hear that you support donald trump that he is a racist, and yet here you are, a black conservative, saying you support him . Is it ever make your brain heard that you are being told that somebody is a racist that willingly and openly takes your support and does things to help you . You know, its interesting. Being an africanamerican conservative, you are always subjected to a number of media attacks, and people from the left who like to keep us in a box. That is the challenge, i think, that goes to your first question. The Democratic Party is really good at keeping the Africanamerican Community and africanamerican votes within a box. If you dont think exactly like us, you dont behave exactly like us, if you dont support the candidates we support, then you are not one of us. I wholeheartedly, fundamentally reject that ideology. I will put my blackness against anybody. The reality is the Democratic Party has taken the africanamerican vote for granted for far too long. I believe that part of what has made this country great is that we are a twoparty system. If the twoparty system is good enough for the majority of america, it is also good for black america. The africanamerican vote, the Africanamerican Community is important. That is why you have seen him make appointments like those of ben carson, a terrific surgeon, and a guy who has been on the president ial ticket for the primary back in 2012, and who way for urbanhe development, and revamping that entire agency. This president has done a terrific job. You contrast that to the democrats. Joe biden member who President Trump is running against. Facing biden, a guy who totally socialism. A guy who lo