r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/Sachath Dec 13 '17

If the democrats ran with a African American candidate, I don't see why not. Otherwise hell no. 10 African American senators.... 10 since the dawn of time, 10. Not from any one state. In the history of congress, 10 African American senators. That number is too damn low.

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u/V4refugee Dec 13 '17

Slavery wasn’t that long ago. It’s not that hard to believe when we still have confederate statues and nazis.