Black women and men elected Jones in Alabama, here are the numbers...

[workinclasszero]

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. Tremendous...

but 6% of Black men actually voted for Moore? Seems they needed to listen to their Mamas more growing up.
Black women rule!

[workinclasszero]

2. Yes they do!

[brush]

3. Not necessarily. There was an AA male voter interviewed who said he did a write-in...

couldn't vote for Moore's affection for slavery.

What gets me is 93% of Black men, an exceedingly high percentage in anybody's book, voted Dem but they get bashed.

How about bashing all the voters who went 70 and 62 percent for Moore?

[hlthe2b]

4. For heaven's sakes, I did NOT bash black men who voted for Doug Jones

For you to suggest that, takes my very sincere post of appreciation and turns it into something it clearly was NOT and it saddens me.

[brush]

5. Oh, did I not see your praise for the 93% of black males who voted Dem? I'll have to re-read it.

[hlthe2b]

6. Your efforts to divide us after we finally have something to support TOGETHER

is beyond offensive. Now is the time that we ALL want to congratulate and show our appreciation to the African American community who came out in historic numbers to fight back a very real potential tragedy and harm.

[brush]

8. Get real. Just as in 2016, blame here was expressed at black male voters who didn't turn out...

for Hillary as much as they did for the first AA presidential candidate ever, even though they turned out nearly 90% for Clinton, much, much higher than any other demographic group except black women.

Yet there was still immediate concentration on the NEGATIVE instead of any thanks for the huge majority of black males who voted Democratic.

Save your breath. We've heard it before and we are tired of being taken for granted and not being recognized.

[hlthe2b]

10. Shame on you. that is all I have to say. I celebrate what happened, but you want to divide us

[brush]

12. Shame on you. Give recognition where recognition is due.

[hlthe2b]

13. how insecure must some men be when women, especially black women, are given THEIR due at last.

[brush]

14. Perhaps you should've criticized the 70 and 62% of white men and women who voted for Moore.

Ever thought about that?

[hlthe2b]

15. You know what... you are being damned ridiculous. NO ONE (except trolls) on this website

support or fail to deride those who voted for MOORE. Today is a day to celebrate those who came out to support Jones in his defeat of Moore.


brush, you seem to be intentionally trying to stir up dissent, when EVERYONE wants to celebrate a much due success in AL--which has EVERYTHING TO DO with African American turn out. Why can't you celebrate WITH US, instead of attacking us trying to give credit and point a spotlight on the need to put renewed Democratic focus on the needs of POC (and women) in the future, rather than, as some would tell us, ONLY the disillusioned white males.

[brush]

16. No one is stirring descent but you. 93% of black males vote Dem but you go after the 6%...

who for all you know may have wrote-in a vote — as did the example I gave you.

I'm estatic at the results in Alabama but since you can't see the obvious in you blunder, I'm done.

[hlthe2b]

17. ...

You certainly SHOULD be.

[LanternWaste]

7. Reading an obvious implicit is often difficult

Reading an obvious implicit is often difficult if perceived through a lens of bias, and may compel one to inaccurately see a positive contrast against the specificity target of 6% as a totality. Human nature... 'natch.

[brush]

9. Huh? Pls re-phrase in laymen speak.

[EllieBC]

11. I am so thankful and people can learn from this. GET UP AND VOTE.

Look at what the African American community of Alabama did. They got out and voted. In a state where voting for them is not easy.

So read that, whiny white people. People who have a harder time voting because of voter suppression got out and voted. You too can go out and vote, even if the candidate isn't perfect.

[raven mad]

18. I am so totally stoked by this.

My daughter was a kick-ass GOTV contributor. Little smartass white chick with 2 daughters. Her BFF is a beautiful super-smart black chick from my daughter's grad-school class, with two daughters. Same ages. They had a blast and are nursing their voices back with Gray Goose!

I'll hear from them if they can ever quit bopping and screaming and jumping up and down!

[BannonsLiver]

19. I hope I can make this convey want I want to convey

Black voters had the same concerns about Moore that the whites who voted against him had, but part of me wonders if the heavy turnout wasn’t in some way due in part to Jones’ history and record on civil rights.

We have all heard about white savior complex. Movies like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Blind Side and others have reinforced that in our culture. But last night turned that on its ear. The script was flipped. It was black voters who rode to the rescue of a white politician who had a history of good faith with the black community in Alabama.

I’m not really surprised about that, but given the history there’s just something special and hopeful about it.