For Immediate Release Contact: George Farrell
January 19, 2016 Ph. 727-698-5367
NEWS FROM
TRUMP-CARSON NAME BLACKS TO KEY CAMPAIGN POSTS
Washington, DC—BlakPac President George Farrell today
announced that Republican Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben
Carson have named Blacks to key campaign positions. Farrell’s
announcement is set out below.
“ BlakPac has been working for months to have Blacks hired
in key policy making positions in the campaigns of Republican
Presidential candidates.
I am pleased to announce that two of the candidates, Donald
Trump and Ben Carson, have named Black political professionals to their
campaigns. Trump has hired Derek Hankerson as his Northeast Florida
Regional Director responsible for several key counties including Duval
which is home to Jacksonville and a must win area for statewide
Republican candidates. It has over 5,000 registered Black Repubilcans
alone. Hankerson is no stranger to the political scene as he has worked
for both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
Ben Carson has hired political veteran Lateresa Jones to be
his National Black American Director for Ben Carson. Jones is currently
working in Iowa in preparing for the important Iowa caucuses in two
weeks. From Miami, she is also running as an Independent for the United
States Senate seat being vacated by Senator and Presidential candidate
Marco Rubio.
These are great moves by Trump and Carson. It is very
regrettable that the other GOP contenders have not hired Black campaign
staff at decision making levels. Although it is good to have Blacks as
advisers and volunteers, it is essential that Blacks be hired in top
paying jobs as is the case with white and Hispanic campaign workers. It
is regrettable that none of the other Republicans have not seen fit to
hire Black staff, especially considering that in the crucial
winner-take-all Florid primary, there are 56,000 Black Republican voters
at stake as well as large numbers of Black voters at stake in the South
Carolina primary.
Finally, just as unfortunate as it is that only Trump and
Carson have paid Black staff, it is even more abominable that both
Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders have not one paid Black
staffer—and their victories really depend on the Black vote in the
primaries and General Election!”
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the country. We spend it to conduct exit polling, produce television,
radio, and mail campaigns along with grass roots outreach on behalf of
Conservative candidates where we can make a difference.
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