'Never seen numbers this bad!' MSNBC host stunned by new Trump ratings
New polling showing Black voter sentiment toward Donald Trump caused MSNBC's Chris Jansing to sit up and take notice Thursday.
Political strategist Cornell Belcher said the polling done by his organization, Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies, shows Donald Trump's job approval and favorability are at an all-time low with the Black community.
"I've been around doing polling for 30 years; I've never seen an official's numbers as bad as they are among Black voters, as Donald Trump's is right now," Belcher said, causing Jansing to interrupt.
"Really? So, you just broke some news here! What's behind it?" Jansing asked.
"What's behind it is a lot of the economic angst, but also, quite frankly, look the racism, right? What Donald Trump has done in the first moves in office is go after DEI, go after affirmative action programs...take Civil Rights leaders' names off of ships, right? If he was as focused on bringing down prices as he is focused on on diversity and equity, and stripping away diversity and equity in our government, we'd have really low, low prices right now. "
Jansing asked if that poll included young Black men, "many of whom voted in higher numbers for Donald Trump because of economic issues?"
"Of course it does," Belcher said, before clarifying, "If you look at the aggregate percentage of Black voters overall who voted for Donald Trump, it's nothing historic."
Belcher added, "I'm less worried about the number of Blacks who voted for Donald Trump and more worried about the horrendous turnout among among younger voters of both Black and Brown that we saw in the last election, and it means death for the Democrats and progressive movement moving forward if we cannot...find a better way to engage and meet these younger voters."