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McCain hailed Obama's win:

McCain hailed Obama's win:

{{quotebox-float|I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.  A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.<ref>[http://www.johnmccain.com/splash110408.htm McCain statement Nov. 4, 2008]</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.  A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.<ref>[http://www.johnmccain.com/splash110408.htm McCain statement Nov. 4, 2008]</ref>}}

 

In 2020 Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird wrote in an essay, "Understanding why African Americans are such steadfast supporters of the Democratic Party is not as straightforward as it seems. Although committed to the Democratic Party, African Americans are actually one of the most [[conservative]] blocs of Democratic supporters."<ref>https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democrats</ref>  Rapper [[Kanye West]] told his followers that the phrase “black power” does not mean voting for the [[Democratic Party]] forever.

Rapper [[Kanye West]] told his followers that the phrase “black power” does not mean voting for the [[Democratic Party]] forever.

{{quotebox-float|Own your power. Your power is not to just vote Democrat for the rest of our lives. That’s not the power...‘We’re moving these factories to America, and that’s how it’s going to be’... Our goal is to bring the manufacturing back to America... bring it back stateside and to present jobs for people back here.”}}

{{quotebox-float|Own your power. Your power is not to just vote Democrat for the rest of our lives. That’s not the power...‘We’re moving these factories to America, and that’s how it’s going to be’... Our goal is to bring the manufacturing back to America... bring it back stateside and to present jobs for people back here.”}}

West decried Democratic policies that have brainwashed black Americans into a cycle of self-destruction and lamented how Democrats have brainwashed black Americans into voting for them with promises of [[food stamps]] and [[abortion]].<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/kanye-west-blacks-dont-have-to-vote-for-democrats</ref>

West decried Democratic policies that have brainwashed black Americans into a cycle of self-destruction and lamented how Democrats have brainwashed black Americans into voting for them with promises of [[food stamps]] and [[abortion]].<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/kanye-west-blacks-dont-have-to-vote-for-democrats</ref>