“After I left the White House, I got in the car and I said, ‘Mom, I’m not the only one,'" Jamarcus Dove-Simmons recalls. dailysign.al/2X2ykOf @DailySignal
@DailySignal “Liberals are literally being racist to our face blatantly,” Kingface says. “I’m supposed to think the way you think I’m supposed to think because of the color of my skin? Are you serious?”“Racism has been exposed through Trump being president. He’s exposed the real racism.”
@DailySignal Jamarcus Dove-Simmons, 17, a student from Spartanburg, South Carolina, explains how difficult it can be to have an open mind as a young adult when your friends and family disagree with your beliefs. According to the prevailing narrative, if you’re black, you must be Democrat.
@DailySignal “I grew up in a heavily Democratic household,” Dove-Simmons says. “At the end of seventh grade, that narrative started to fall apart in my life.”
@DailySignal After checking off “Democrat” for a class assignment about which political party students align with, a teacher challenged Dove-Simmons to explain his decision.
“I said, ‘I don’t know. I’m black, so I’m a Democrat,’” he recalls.
“I said, ‘I don’t know. I’m black, so I’m a Democrat,’” he recalls.
@DailySignal He went home that night and researched American history and the two-party system, and was surprised to find that he had strong conservative inclinations.
As the 2016 election approached, Dove-Simmons found himself increasingly drawn to Trump’s connection with everyday people.
As the 2016 election approached, Dove-Simmons found himself increasingly drawn to Trump’s connection with everyday people.
@DailySignal “It made me feel a sense of hope and belonging,” Dove-Simmons says about meeting other young conservatives at a White House event during Black History Month. “After I left the White House, I got in the car and I said, ‘Mom, I’m not the only one.’”
@DailySignal There’s a reason why the #Blexit movement—the “black exit” from the Democratic Party of African Americans who reject leftist groupthink—has been gaining traction.
@DailySignal No group of people should be treated as an electoral statistic, summit attendees agree, and by embracing conservative values, many find individual freedom coupled with a strong sense of unity.
