Republican National Convention Day 2: New Mavericks

Florida Congressman Byron Donalds (above, talking with media) was one of many Black Republican politicians on hand for the “New Mavericks” event hosted by the Black Republican Mayor’s Association on Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukee. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice MILWAUKEE – Whether it is a plan or an ironic coincidence, the movement to put Black Republicans out front this week continued on Tuesday afternoon at a boutique hotel in the Walkers Point section of the city. “The New Mavericks” are how Black Republican leadership around the country are being described, at least this week during the party’s largest event of the year. The Black Republican Mayors Association and the Georgia Republican Party hosted the event which featured talking points from the organization’s Chairman Aurora, Illinois Mayor Richard Irvin, Republican National Convention (RNC) Georgia delegates Bruce LeVell, Rufus Montgomery, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, and congressmen Byron Donalds (FL), Wesley Hunt (TX), John James, (MI) and Burgess Owens (UT). Each of whom took turns making sure to say that Trump is the right man to lead the country out of its current financial and spiritual malaise. “To bring our country back from Marxism and socialism,” Burgess said. “We will be...