{"id":2530,"date":"2018-08-27T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:04:18","slug":"rep-jim-clyburn-says-black-press-essential-to-2018-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2018\/08\/27\/rep-jim-clyburn-says-black-press-essential-to-2018-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jim Clyburn says Black Press essential to 2018 midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While there\u2019s at least a perceived growing number of Democrats who say they want to replace California Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic leader in the House, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn has emerged as a favorite among his peers to become the first African-American to hold that position. In an exclusive interview with NNPA Newswire<\/em>, the 25-year congressman said while he\u2019s ready for the challenge, Democrats currently have much bigger fish to fry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe first order of business is to win the (midterm) elections on Nov. 6,\u201d said Clyburn. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve been concentrating on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clyburn and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Cedric Richmond each told the NNPA Newswire<\/em> that they\u2019ve identified 37 districts across the country they believe can be won by Democrats this year, which would wrest control of the House from Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe feel, with the right kind of effort, we can win,\u201d said Clyburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clyburn listed three keys to success this November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first key, Clyburn said, is to prioritize the Black vote. Democrats can\u2019t afford to take the African-American vote for granted. Second, the Democrats should not rely on an anti-President Donald Trump wave to get out the vote. Finally, Clyburn said that candidates must advertise in the Black Press, if they want to win in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are also talking about districts where Barack Obama won twice and where Hillary Clinton also won, but these voters don\u2019t turn out for the so-called \u2018off-year elections,\u2019\u201d said Clyburn. \u201cWe can\u2019t let these voters feel like we\u2019re taking them for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clyburn, 78, said he was recently taken aback by one candidate who said he could win the Black vote by running on an anti-Trump platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWait one second,\u201d Clyburn said that he told the individual. \u201cWe can\u2019t just go around being \u2018Republican-light.\u2019 We have to be out there putting forth an alternative message, for our base, and we have to reach out to Black voters and let them know we\u2019re not taking them or any of our base for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, Clyburn said advertising campaigns must largely include the Black Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very, very important. Chairman Richmond and I have had candidates in and we\u2019ve been telling them that one of the best ways to demonstrate that you\u2019re not taking the Black vote for granted is to advertise in the Black Press,\u201d said Clyburn. I\u2019ve been in (the business of the Black Press). My daughter and I ran a newspaper down South, so I know that candidates tend to take Black media for granted. They tend to judge Black media the same way they do other media and you just can\u2019t do that, because the business model is totally different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each Sunday after attending Morris Brown A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., Clyburn said he and other churchgoers habitually pick up the local Black-owned newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople tend to pay attention to the headlines, the stories and the ads in the Black Press so it\u2019s vitally important that candidates know this,\u201d said Clyburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Carolina representative said getting Black voters to the polls in November is paramount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(Trump) has a deep-seated hatred for people of color and it manifests itself every day,\u201d said Clyburn. \u201cThe president asked an important question when he was running, \u2018What do we have to lose?\u2019 Well, we have lost dignity and the respect of the presidency, because of his coarseness in the office. When you lose respect, you\u2019ve lost about everything there is to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though he doesn\u2019t support or agree politically with former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, Clyburn said he was deeply troubled when Trump referred to her as a \u201clow life\u201d and a \u201cdog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m the father of three daughters and I\u2019m deeply insulted by the president of the United States referring to an African-American woman the way he referred to her,\u201d said Clyburn. \u201cPolitics aside, I\u2019m insulted that the president of the United States would denigrate the office in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he still supports Pelosi, Clyburn said if the Democrats take back the House, he\u2019s up for the job as speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have always supported (Pelosi), but I have always remembered a sermon I heard my father give a number of times,\u201d said Clyburn. \u201cThat sermon stayed with me and he said, \u2018keep your lamps trimmed and burning to be ready when the bridegroom comes.\u2019 My point is, I\u2019ve never forgotten that sermon so I keep my lamp burning so I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally published on BlackPressUSA.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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