Roland Martin
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Black Republicans Go Silent After Trump’s Racist Obama Post. Complicity by Choice.
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10:49Now PlayingBlack Republicans Go Silent After Trump’s Racist Obama Post. Complicity by Choice.
Trump went racist. Many Black Republicans went silent. That silence wasn’t restraint — it was betrayal.
After Donald Trump reposted a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama using dehumanizing imagery, Black Republican elected officials and party figures offered no public condemnation. Their silence was not neutral. It functioned as consent. On Roland Martin Unfiltered, the segment lays out how choosing party loyalty over moral clarity enables racism to move forward unchecked. In moments like this, silence is not restraint — it is participation.
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