5 interesting things said during night 3 of the RNC
Civil rights activist: ‘Donald Trump truly cares about black lives’
Civil rights activist Clarence Henderson, who participated in peaceful sit-ins during the 1960s, delivered a pre-recorded video address recounting his experience growing up during the civil rights movement.
He also explained why he believes that “Donald Trump truly cares about black lives.”
Henderson began his speech by recalling the events of Feb. 2, 1960, when he walked into a Woolworth’s Department Store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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“I knew it was unlike any other day I had experienced before,” he said. “My friends had been denied service the day before because of the color of their skin.”
“When we went back the next day, I didn’t know whether I was going to come out in a vertical or prone position, in handcuffs, or on a stretcher, or even in a body bag,” Henderson said. “By sitting down to order a cup of coffee, we challenged injustice. We knew it was necessary but we didn’t know what would happen.”
Henderson said he and his friends “faced down the KKK” and were “cursed at and called all kinds of names.”
“They threatened to kill us and some of us were arrested,” he explained. “It was worth it. Our actions inspired similar protests throughout the South against racial injustice. And in the end, segregation was abolished and our country moved a step closer to true equality for all.”
“That’s what actual peaceful protests can accomplish,” he added. “America isn’t perfect, we’re always improving but the great thing about this country is that it’s not where you come from, it’s where you’re going.”
Henderson, 76, went on to share the details of his upbringing, specifically highlighting the fact that he did not have a birth certificate, never attended an integrated school and was the only person in his immediate family to graduate from college.
“I’m a Republican,” he proudly declared. “I support Donald Trump.”
“If that sounds strange, you don’t know your history,” Henderson argued.
He explained that it was the Republican Party that passed the “Reconstruction Amendments,” which abolished slavery and gave African-Americans citizenship and the right to vote.
“Freedom of thought is a powerful thing,” he proclaimed. “There are Americans, voters all over the country, who the media’s trying to convince to conform to the same old Democratic talking points.”
“You know what that’ll get you?” Henderson asked. “The same old results.”
Henderson said that Democrat nominee Joe Biden “had the audacity to say if you don’t vote for him, you ain’t black.”
“Well, to that, I say if you do vote for Biden, you don’t know history,” Henderson stressed.
Henderson described Trump as a “leader,” praising him for giving record funding to historically black colleges and universities, overseeing record job growth in the African-American community and signing a criminal justice reform bill into law.
“These achievements demonstrate that Donald Trump truly cares about black lives,” Henderson contended. “His policies show his heart. He has done more for black Americans in four years than Joe Biden has done in 50.”
