Speaking at a cigar bar in Philadelphia on Tuesday, a surrogate for Donald Trump made an unorthodox appeal to Black voters in the 21st century, suggesting life was better for them and their families when they were forced to attend separate schools and drink from separate water fountains.
"You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together," Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who is Black, said during a discussion with a right-wing sports reporter, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. “During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more Black people voted conservatively. And then H.E.W., Lyndon Johnson — you go down that road, and now we are where we are."
