Analysis: Trump’s sales pitch to black voters — look at the economy! — is getting a bit wobbly
President Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on March 24. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 5 at 10:24 AM By now, President Trump has said it so many times that fact-checkers have rebuttals at the ready before he's finished his sentence.
This argument nonetheless remains a cornerstone of Trump’s political pitch to black Americans — along with the prison overhaul legislation he signed and his support from Kanye West — in part because his administration has otherwise been heavily focused on delivering for his mostly white base. In recent months, it’s worth noting, that argument about how the economy is delivering for black Americans has gotten noticeably wobblier, a fact reinforced by new jobs data released Friday morning.
Again, there’s good news elsewhere. There are more white Americans than Hispanic Americans, for example, so as a percentage of the workforce, the growth in employment among Hispanic Americans really stands out. But from November 2014 to January 2017, the number of employed black Americans rose 8.1 percent. From January 2017 to March, the increase was 3.4 percent — thanks to the recent decline.
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