The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt
Recently, more and more Gantt Report readers and many of my friends have asked me why some Black men and women and significant numbers of Hispanic voters are considering voting for Donald Trump.
Well, it’s at least two different reasons. For one, it’s no secret, the Republican Party will pay Black media professionals and Democrats believe they can win elections if Black political professionals are considered inferior and should be limited to voluntary election work.
I’ve noticed increasing numbers of Black media owners and professionals are concerned about the limited “opportunities” for Black-owned media and political services companies.
I don’t know how many times I need to tell you the use of 1950 GOTV practices will not guarantee election success in 2024. The idea that white media owners and white media professionals can turn out, motivate, and influence Black and Hispanic voters better with outdated GOTV plans and operations has been discredited and should be abandoned!
As far as Hispanic voters, guess what? Spanish speaking residents of the United States are very different. They think differently and vote differently.
Let me explain.
Trump is white and Kamala Harris is “Black”. Spanish colonizers, like Cortez, treated people of African descent like dogs. So, it is not unreasonable for some Spanish speaking Americans to think white candidates, regardless of their political policies, are better than Black candidates.
Take Cubans, for instance. When US mobsters set up shop in Cuba, many Americans who came to Cuba intermingled and produced offspring in the Caribbean country.
Today, people will lie and say Cubans rode inner tubes all the way to Florida and worked hard to become financial powers in the Sunshine State. The truth is, most wealthy Cubans had money in America before and after they were in Cuba. And, if you don’t know, many Cubans in Florida are Jewish, just like Bugsy Seigal and Myer Lansky.
So, a lot of Cubans do not consider themselves Blacks, but they do take advantage of government programs designed to help Blacks and minorities.
Even though whites don’t consider Hispanics “white”, many Americans with Spanish ancestry are not shy about supporting white nationalists and white supremacist candidates against a Black woman, or a Black man. Again, Spanish speaking people colonized and enslaved Black people.
Finally, in the best-selling book “The Laws of POWER”, the first law is “NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER”.
In United States elections, oftentimes, candidates with the most money are considered the most powerful.
The Power law says, “Always make those above you feel comfortable and superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.”
Do you get it? People will do, say, and support the political candidates they are told to. White voters who advocate a US government controlled by whites will seek a Trump election win.
Well, you’re safe with The Gantt Report. The most powerful entity in my life is my God, not the Russian Babayka!
I wonder where I would be now if I had sucked up to and bowed down to my news directors and executive producers.
God has a job for me, I need to tell the truth whether powerful people and weak political puppets like the truth or not!
Don’t be discouraged by the state of American politics and don’t be dismayed because you’ll have to stay up all night to see who wins the presidency.
And don’t wait on your “opportunity” from politicians and political parties.
Make your own opportunities and vote for the candidates that are the best for you, your family and your communities.