Black men like Herschel Walker and Vernon Jones make up a tiny fraction of the GOP electorate, but the party has elevated some of the loudest, most deplorable ones as heroes. Here's why. - thereidout Blog
and several of the Black, mostly male political figures elevated recently by the Republican Party have a fun “party” trick they love to show off in public.
There’s one particular trait that unites Black conservatives like Walker, fellow Georgia Republican Vernon Jones,, and even flash-in-the-pan candidates like failed U.S. House candidate Jerone Davison of Arizona: They use performative toughness to mask their meekness as politicians. By playing up their personas as right-wing firebrands, they avoid having to answer for the fact their policies would largely do nothing to stem inequality that’s long plagued Black people. In fact, in many cases, their policies would only make things worse.
Instead, they lean into purported toughness, which they stereotypically express through violence, hypermasculinity, misogyny and/or transphobia. And in economic terms, this toughness is portrayed as rugged individualism that amounts to severing Black people from government assistance or government participation whatsoever — a key desire for Republicans, which is why Black conservatives like Walker appeal to them.
Jones, notably a former Democrat, lost his U.S. House primary in Georgia earlier this year. Endorsed by former President Donald Trump, Jones
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