Black Conservatives Gathering In DC

Donald Trump speaks in the course of the Black Conservative Federation Gala on February 23, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. | Supply: Sean Rayford / Getty

On Jan. 19, the Black Conservative Federation, which calls itself “the premier hub for Black conservatives,” will host its so-called Legacy of Freedom Ball to have fun Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.

That’s proper, of us, on the day earlier than Martin Luther King Jr. Day, African American MAGA supporters will get collectively and clink glasses whereas toasting the second presidency of the orangey-white nationalist who, on the finish of his final presidency, completely focused predominately Black and Latino voting precincts in his baseless and factless election fraud propaganda marketing campaign. Distinguished Black conservatives will take the stage and sing the praises of the nice alternative theorist who promised to combat racism towards white individuals whereas denying the very existence of systemic racism towards Black individuals. They are going to tap-dance the night time away whereas they have fun the reelection of the person who spearheaded the propaganda-reliant assault on crucial race concept, issued an govt order banning range coaching within the office, and promised to finish all DEI applications throughout America. Black individuals who carry raisin-clad casserole dishes to the cookout will categorical their timeless devotion to the president who advocated for the navy to shoot Black Lives Matter protesters, constantly lied in regards to the crime charges in Black neighborhoods, and known as for the execution of the Central Park 5, whose exoneration and innocence he nonetheless refuses to acknowledge.

It’s going to be a palooza of Stepin Fetchery. So, who’s on the visitor checklist?

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The occasion’s visitors and “honorary occasion chairs” embrace Trump loyalists like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who hasn’t been capable of land a place in Trump’s cupboard regardless of on a regular basis and vitality he spent touring Black barbershops and different Black areas in feeble makes an attempt to persuade Black those that Trump isn’t racist simply because he retains saying racist sh*t and serving because the Black voice to assist his MAGA massa lie in regards to the aforementioned fictitious surge in violent crime in Black neighborhoods. The occasion may also embrace Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), ex-sports analyst Sage Steele — whose identify Trump couldn’t even bear in mind when she hosted a marketing campaign occasion for him — Florida’s former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, Dr. Alveda King, the embarrassing evangelist niece of MLK, former NFL huge receiver Antonio Brown, and rappers Waka Flocka and Fivio Overseas, who each beforehand revealed publicly that the one factor extra embarrassing than their rap expertise are their political leanings. (I’m simply kidding — I don’t know who Fivio Overseas is.)

Earlier this yr, the Black Conservative Federation hosted a gala headlined by Trump, and whereas the viewers was reportedly largely white, the Black individuals who had been there had enjoyable responding to Trump with massive, wide-eyed, toothy smiles because the president-elect took the stage and dropped gems like this:

“Once I did the mug shot in Atlanta, that mug shot is No. 1. You realize who embraced it greater than anybody else? The Black inhabitants.”

And this:

“The lights are so brilliant in my eyes I can’t see too many individuals on the market. However I can solely see the Black ones. I can’t see any white ones. That’s how far I’ve come.”

Apparently, the Black conservative concept of a “legacy of freedom” contains letting a pathologically mendacity white supremacist mock Black individuals proper to their faces.

Unhappy.