Caller On Popular Hip-Hop Show Says Black Voters May ‘Need To Switch Parties’ If Trump Improves Economy

A black Detroit caller on “The Breakfast Club” named D’Angelo said Thursday that black Americans must be more strategic with their votes.

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris included an increase in his support among black men, from 19% to 21%, according to Reuters. The caller, during a segment dubbed “Get It Off Your Chest,” asserted that Democrats have failed to deliver on their promises to black Americans and should be required to meet their demands in exchange for their votes.

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“Man, I just want to say, bro, that we not a monolith, you know what I’m saying? Black people think by theyselves … I feel like, at the end of the day, why we lost, I feel like it’s the Democratic Party is the reason why we lost, man,” D’Angelo said. “They promised us and promised us and promised us, but we never get nothing in return, man. And it’s a new day and a new age, and I feel like, you know what I’m saying, as black people, we should now demand everything we want before … we … give up our vote, man.”

“We’ve been sitting around too long and just giving, getting the crumbs. But now we need everything we ask for … for us to vote for ’em, man. And maybe, maybe it’s a good thing that Trump did win, because we can see if he really piggybacked off of Obama’s economy, can he come bring us out of this economy? And we can see what the Republicans do,” he added. “So at the end of the day, if he do bring up the economy, we can look at it like maybe we just need to switch parties now or maybe do something different. That’s how I feel.”