“Doug Jones has something he doesn’t want you to know, something that will bring him down,” a gravelly narrator declares. Sizable populations of Black voters have historically backed Democrats, but conservative white majorities have backed Republicans, in no small part because Black voters were voting the other way. Any outreach to Black voters would be met by white backlash, dooming his already slim reelection chances. Appearing at a Black Lives Matter rally, like Jones did after the death of George Floyd, would be the equivalent of political suicide. But when asked if the criminal justice system is racist ― a core belief of the Black Lives Matter movement ― Jones is hesitant.

Source: Huffington Post August 17, 2020 15:22 UTC