Iraq War veteran and Turning Point USA spokesman Rob Smith discusses what he calls the double standard and hypocrisy facing Black people who support the president.
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A wonderful man and a deer,
a wonderful man and a deer
frienddearfriend of Mine Herman
was a very special person
PETE President Trump among the
many, including our next guest,
paying tribute to form
everywhere. Presidential
candidate and Rnc Co Chair
Herman Cain,
Brian Rob Smith joins us.
I understand had you interaction
with Herman Cain and he gave u
some advice.
Yeah I did.
I was down in Dallas for the
premier of the documentary
called Uncle Tom.
Its an oral history of
african american conservative
Herman Cain was featured very
prominently in this documentary.
Just his life story was so
incredible from growing up in a
three room house,
his mother was a domestic
worker. I believe his father
was a limo driver and to have
risen up to become the ceo of
godfathers. Pizza for a decade
is really quite remarkable and
big part of that documentary.
I met Herman. He was so warm and
friendly and generous.
I remember he told me and a lot
of black conservatives that were
there for that event. He just
said keep on going and just work
harder.
I think that is what his life
was all about,
and he was such an amazing guy
and im so glad that he was so
featured in that documentary,
because its going to have his
story in time and perpetuity so
for and more people can discover
it
rob. He was a bold
antiestablishment conservative
voice, black American who said
hey it doesnt matter what my
skin color is it matters? What I
believe
another someone similar to
that is a representative. A
democrat name is Vernon Jones.
He has been on our show multiple
times, open, outspoken supporter
of the president.
He was on another network
yesterday
and here is the exchange that he
was confronted with.
Are you a paid campaign
surrogate?
Are you being compensated?
Let me be clear: you get paid
to shape a liberal narrative.
You get paid to attack this
president.
I dont get a dime from this
president.
I dont get a dime from the
campaign.
Everything I has done is me and
based on my principle,
thats a problem when an
african American that is
sir, did I not raise.
Let me finish:
let me finish.
No, no. You are not going to
imply. I asked that question
because you are black,
so dont ask me that you only
asked me that, because I dont
fit your narrative,
Herman Cain didnt fit a lot
of peoples. Narrative too rob.
Why did he confront that kind of
question?
Why did he get it?
Thats, one of the most
delicious television moments I
have ever seen in my life
Melvin was shook.
So look the thing about
fraternal trump supporters is
that there is a double standard
right.
If I were on one of the other
networks- and I sat here and
bashed the president every
single day, like their revolving
cadre of black liberal
commentators, do nobody would
question that when you are an
african American, you get people
calling you a drifter and saying
you are getting paid. Whatever
representative Jones made a very
good point in highlighting that
double standard and hypocrisy.
So when I decided to start
supporting the president, I was
supporting the first step act
that freed a lot of criminals
that were in prison for
nonviolent offenses,
ninety one percent of whom were
african American.
I was voting for permanently
funding. Historically, black
colleges and universities
right:
this is what the president has
done
when I decided to start
supporting the president. This is
things actually done.
I write about this. Always a
soldier chapter called Kanye
effect. Why black Democrats are
leaving Democrats behind?
We are leaving them behind
because we know they traded us
for illegal immigrants and
standing up against this old
structure. That decides to tell
us who we are or to smear us or
to call US drifters or whatever,
just because we are not
Democrats
thats. The reason why I wrote
always a soldier
Ainsley. Do you think that there
are a lot of african Americans
that are supporting president
Trump more so than we know, and
they just are afraid to talk
about it?
There was a recent study that
was out and said that sixty two percent of
Americans dont want to talk
about who they are voting for
right now,
yeah.
I think that I think there
are a lot of black Americans
that are out there that are
supporting the president and
other republican candidates, and
the thing about it is that what
these people
to do black entertainers
athletes, actors, whatever they
want to shame people for their
vote,
particularly black people, that
support the president.
So I think that there is a large
amount of people that are out
there that are just staying
silent. That will pull the lever.
What I will also say- and I write
about this- in always a soldier
as Well-
is that there are black trump
supporters that have faced
actual physical violence.
I write about multiple examples
of this,
and that is another thing that
people are weary about as well.
These are african american black
Trump supporters that were
physically attacked for wearing
make America great again. Caps
were physically attacked for
wearing clothing that supports
the president,
so that is a thing that people
are very weary of, as well.
Brian one just got stabbed in
Portland.
He was on with Tucker last.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-01.