Lawrence Jones: Democrats 'gaslight' Black community on race issues while 'restricting our freedom'

The coronavirus pandemic has proved once and for all that the federal government does not care about the best interests of its people, and "that goes double for the Black community," said "Fox News Primetime" host Lawrence Jones Friday.

"They don't care. They don't care about the business that are closed or that our kids are locked out of our schools," Jones said. "They don't care that restricting our freedom and expanding the power of the state is is having a dangerous long-term impact on Black and Brown people."

At this point, he added "Democrats know that on the merit of the policies alone, they will get hammered at the ballot box in 2022 and beyond. What do they do? They fight dirty. They have to, to win.

"They are trying to gaslight us on racial issues ... Instead of having an honest conversation about the kitchen table issues that matter to all Americans, they would rather scream their lies through the megaphone and divide us all."

To combat this, Jones explained, Republicans have to have a cogent message to the Black community.

"There is a void where the conservatives and their arguments should be," he said. "If the Republicans ever want to win it back, they have to act right now."

"The Republican Party made gains under Donald Trump but that's because of the man, not the party as a whole," Jones added. "The GOP has a c... (Read more)

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