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| Subject: Suck it up: No current Democratic contender can beat Trump, billionaire BET founder says Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:10 pm | |
| BET founder Robert Johnson, a lifelong Democrat and America’s first black billionaire, has assessed the Democratic contenders in next year’s presidential election. And he doesn’t like what he sees.
“If you take a snapshot today, I don’t think that group is capable of beating Donald Trump, despite what the polls say,” Johnson told CNBC in an interview.
“I think the president has always been in a position where it’s his to lose.” Despite his politics, Johnson has praised the Trump economy, particularly a rise in African American employment, though it remains lower than white employment rates. And he has sided with many conservatives, including Trump, in saying Democratic politicians have moved too far left. He told CNBC he sees a “double effect” of Trump’s incendiary comments and rhetoric that fires up his base. Democrats react strongly, he said, which puts the president’s supporters on defense and adds to his support. “I do not see anybody in the Democratic primary race today that is enough in the center where I believe most of the voters are, and particularly where most African Americans are,” Johnson told CNBC. Johnson sold Black Entertainment Television to Viacom in 2001 and later founded asset management firm RLJ Companies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/29/robert-johnson-trump/ |
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