African-Americans Infuriated Over ‘Racist’ Anti-Roy Moore Flyer Released by Democrat Opponent

African-Americans Infuriated Over ‘Racist’ Anti-Roy Moore Flyer Released by Democrat Opponent

Democrat candidate for Senate Doug Jones has received a lot of criticism for his inappropriate advertisement meant for African-Americans.Jones’ campaign issued a flyer in order to attract black voters while attacking the Republican opponent Roy Moore for the accusations of sexual misconduct.

“Think if a black man went after high school girls anyone would try to make him a senator?” says the flyer that many find to be racist.
The inappropriate flyer was meant to encourage African-American voters not to vote for Moore, suggesting that if a black man was accused of such behavior he couldn’t win the election.
The black community is an electorate Jones needs to win the Alabama special Senate election.

“I feel it was putting you in a position to vote based on race, versus the correct candidate, or a candidate,” Alabama resident Veronica Jones said.
She says the ad was not the right way to appeal the Alabama’s black community, saying “Just state the facts, what are you going to do for that target area, and be done.”
Many African-Americans criticized the ad.
The Root, a magazine mainly about African-American culture, published an article attacking Jones’ ad.
“Someone, probably a white man, thought that the image would resonate with black people and motivate them to get out the vote,” wrote The Root’s Michael Harriot. “The flyer is reductive in its oversimplification of the black mind as only caring about black issues. While it might not be racist, it is certainly racist adjacent.”
Harriot also said that his move was typical for national Democrats.
“Part of the reason the Democratic Party has been marginalized as a party that only exists on the coasts and in urban areas is white-mannery like this.”
Moore faced accusations from several women last month about alleged sexual misbehavior with a minor, occurrences that allegedly happened 40 years ago. He denied those allegations.
Several polls show that Moore is in the lead, Real Clear Politics poll says Moore is leading Jones by 2.3 points and Strategy Research poll released on Dec 4. revealed that Moore is ahead of Jones by 7-points.