Desperate times call for desperate measures.
And with Doug Jones currently trailing Roy Moore for a Senate seat in Alabama, his campaign is pulling out all the stops. Including – you guessed it – the good ol’ race card, a staple of the Democrat Party since, well, the Civil War when they were fighting a Republican President who wanted to abolish slavery.
When you see this flyer, keep in mind that somebody at the Doug Jones for Senate Committee thought this was a rock-solid idea.
Campaign flyer in Selma, Alabama today sent by Doug Jones for Senate Committee pic.twitter.com/hUP94E3EM1
— bronwyn sage (@KJphnson) December 6, 2017
Yikes! Somebody signed off on that? What were they thinking?
Ironically, the very community they appear to have been targeting thinks the flyer is insensitive and out of touch.
Michael Harriot, a writer for the African-American culture website ‘The Root,’ wrote that “it has upset black voters across Alabama.”
“Someone, probably a white man, thought that the image would resonate with black people and motivate them to get out the vote,” Harriot wrote.
The Jones camp has been grasping at straws of late, trailing in recent polls to Moore despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct being hurled at the Republican. Moore grabbed the President’s full endorsement earlier this week as well.
Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017
Backlash on social media to the new campaign flyer was swift, mostly from people criticizing the Jones campaign for an insulting outreach effort to black voters.
This is *NOT* how do outreach to Black voters! I don’t know who thought this was going to help, but this campaign has engaged Black voters despicably. https://t.co/YnEXcVuZKU
— VotersNeedToKnow (@VotersMustKnow) December 7, 2017
The Party of slavery, the KKK, and segregation strikes again…
https://t.co/EKCZCbNlDY via @TheRoot
— Google: “Tapper, Lewinsky, Date, Chubby” (@NolteNC) December 7, 2017
The Democratic Party has to do better! Black folks are the base of the party…and we treated…well…like crap by the party! https://t.co/mQvw3DTTQQ
— Richard A. Fowler (@Richardafowler) December 7, 2017
A Huntsville television station has confirmed that the flyer did indeed come from the Jones camp.
What do you think of this race-baiting flyer? Share your thoughts below!
