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FIRST ON FOX: The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project founder said that Republicans are a “White party” and Democrats are a party that “actually represents the majority of Americans,” during a panel hosted on Saturday.
Nikole Hannah-Jones made the comments during the National Antiracist Book Festival hosted by the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research on Saturday.
Hannah-Jones said that Republicans are a “White party” who “understand that they actually cannot win elections with majorities.”
“And in this country, we have a swift demographic change occurring where Republicans understand that they actually cannot win elections with majorities because they are essentially a White party and Democrats are a party that actually represents the majority of Americans, which is plurality of White voters and the majority of voters of all other races, that these two things go hand in hand,” Hannah-Jones said.
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1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones is seen as a hero to liberal media organizations and Hollywood alike despite widespread backlash to the award-winning project.
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Real Clear Politics polling on the 2022 generic congressional vote has Republicans leading Democrats by 4.7%. An April Gallup poll found that President Biden’s job approval had dropped by 20% among Black voters compared to when he took office, and has fallen by 21% among Hispanics.
President Biden’s approval rating among Black voters sits at 67%, and 52% among Hispanics.
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In this May 21, 2016, file photo, Nikole Hannah-Jones attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
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