Gregory Cheadle, who Trump called "my African American," leaves Republican party

[Miles Archer]

The man Trump once called ‘my African American’ leaves Republican Party
Politics Sep 12, 2019 1:06 PM EDT

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/man-trump-once-called-my-african-american-leaves-republican-party



After two years of frustration with the president’s rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity in the administration, Cheadle told PBS NewsHour he has decided to leave the Republican party and run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representative as an independent in 2020.

Now, the 62-year-old real estate broker, who supported the Republican approach to the economy, said he sees the party as pursuing a “pro-white” agenda and using black people like him as “political pawns.” The final straw for Cheadle came when he watched many Republicans defend Trump’s tweets telling four congresswomen of color, who are all American citizens, to go back to their countries, as well as defend the president’s attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and his comments that Cummings’ hometown of Baltimore is “infested.”

“President Trump is a rich guy who is mired in white privilege to the extreme,” said Cheadle, of Redding, Calif., who switched from being an independent to a Republican in 2001. “Republicans are too sheepish to call him out on anything and they are afraid of losing their positions and losing any power themselves.”

President Trump faced fierce backlash after he tweeted in July that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., should leave the United States.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. And he finally realizes that he's a pawn? Hmmm...best wishes to him in the future, though. NT

[malaise]

2. Jackass

He didn't know that before?

[Miles Archer]

3. If someone told me that I was "their Italian"...

...I'd tell them to go fuck themselves.

The "my African American" line alone...THREE WORDS...should have been the only clue he needed.

Still, better late than never, I guess.

[malaise]

5. Ditto except for better late than never

I never take advice from jackasses

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. OK, OK I'll stop referring to you as such.... Touchy... :-P

[Miles Archer]

10. BWAHAHA! Thank you so much.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. .

[jaysunb]

6. Of course he did...

always a dog waiting around for crumbs off the table

[malaise]

7. Precisely

I detest these people

[Ohiogal]

4. Well, he's still got

Ben Carson, no?

[Miles Archer]

12. One of the single most low-profile members of the "administration."

The only time you hear a WORD about him is when he's shopping for a $31,000 dining room table.

Even when he steps up to kiss dear leader's ring...and he has...he seldom makes headlines.

[NewJeffCT]

8. Thank you Mr Cheadle

for Walking Away from the Trump GOP

[StarfishSaver]

13. Duh, brotherman

[Brother Buzz]

14. Dude ran for congress in 2018 for California's 1st district seat

He lost miserably to asshole troglodyte, Doug LaMalfa, in a red district that is chuck full of redneck crackers. I'm glad he left the party, but I suspect he will retain his wackadoodle libertarian bent.

[Newest Reality]

15. Okay...

Good for your woke, Mr. Cheadle!

Now, maybe you could write a nice little article about the mechanics of why it took you a few years to realize that? It might be helpful for others and it sure has me rather stumped. In fact, it could come as an apology to the people whom Trump & Co. were trying to influence by using you as a pawn while you managed to ignore it.

[Marcuse]

16. Congratulations, however we find your lack of judgement to be disturbing.

[oasis]

17. A "former" deplorable who's nothing but a rat leaving a sinking ship.

I wouldn't buy a house from the guy, and he's probably lost a ton of business.