DEI Expert Suggests Trump Could Appeal To Black Voters After Shooting

Photo: Getty Images A DEI expert suggested that former President Donald Trump might’ve increased his appeal to Black voters after surviving Saturday’s (July 13) assassination attempt. In a now-deleted article published by Forbes, USC Professor Shaun Harper claimed that Black people may relate to Trump after he survived the campaign event shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania with a raised fist. The article, titled “Will Surviving Gunfire Be Donald Trump’s Next Appeal To Black Voters?” was uploaded at roughly 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and pulled hours after receiving backlash, per Daily Mail. Harper, a DEI expert, suggested that Trump could use the shooting to appeal to Black voters similarly to the way he’s spoken about his mugshot and legal woes. “The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has repeatedly contended that the August 2023 release of his criminal mugshot deeply resonated with Black voters because they know firsthand the unfairness of our nation’s criminal justice system,” Harper wrote in the now-deleted piece. “Hopefully, being shot doesn’t become a similarly problematic strategy to link Trump with an experience that far too many Black people have.” As gunfire rang out on Saturday, Trump crouched down at the podium before emerging with a bloodied face and raised...