At a cigar lounge in a deep-blue Atlanta suburb, Reps. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and Wesley Hunt (R-Tex.), both Trump allies, were met with mixed reaction as they made the case for voting Republican.
FAIRBURN, Ga. — On the eve of the first presidential debate, two of the most prominent Black Republicans in Congress gathered in a deep blue suburb of Atlanta to mobilize Black male voters and make a pitch for why they should consider voting Republican.
The event, billed as “Congress, Cognac and Cigars” and moderated by former ESPN host Sage Steele, was the second in a series of gatherings about why voting Republican benefits the Black community, and part of a broader outreach effort to shore up support among Black voters for former president Donald Trump as he runs for a second term.
“It’s a lot of things that could be done a lot better, and that’s why I’m saying I’m open,” said Knowland, chief executive of a tech company. Jason Reynolds, a retired software executive who supported Biden in 2020, came to the event with a specific question on his mind: Why were Hunt and Donalds among the 192 Republicans who voted for an amendment that would haveHe yelled out his question when Steele was asking people to name top issues on their mind.
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