Black-Owned Pro-Trump Store in Virginia: Owner Defends Support Amid Controversy

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Written By Blue & Gold NLR Team

 

 

CNN correspondent Elle Reeve interviewed Jo Anne Price, a Black woman who owns a pro-Trump store in Virginia, along with several of her customers, about their support for former President Donald Trump.

The interview was aired on CNN’s AC360, where host Anderson Cooper introduced it by discussing recent polls showing increasing support for Vice President Kamala Harris after she entered the presidential race following President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside.

Cooper mentioned that Harris’s support among Black voters had risen to 77%, compared to Biden’s 64%, while Trump’s support among Black voters remained at around 13%.

Price, one of the Black Trump supporters, was interviewed at her store in Virginia. She showed Reeve various items, including swimsuits and cowboy hats with the Confederate flag, and a fake credit card labeled White Privilege Card.

Price remarked that the Confederate flag swimsuit was popular because people were drawn to its boldness. She also shared a story from a Black customer who said a state trooper laughed and didn’t give him a ticket after he showed his White Privilege Card.

Price stated she would never consider voting for Biden or Harris, saying the attacks on Trump have only strengthened Black people’s connection to him. She related this to her experience with prison ministries, saying there’s a camaraderie between convicted felons.

Reeve asked Price about Trump’s comments on Harris’s racial heritage, where he falsely claimed she only recently identified as Black. Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has always identified as biracial.

When Reeve asked Price how she viewed Trump’s comments, Price responded that she didn’t fully understand Harris’s racial background either and questioned whether Harris was truly Black.

Reeve pointed out that Harris was born in California and thus a U.S. citizen. Price acknowledged this but said she believed Harris could claim to be Black due to her Jamaican father, noting that America is a melting pot and she also had a mixed family background.

Reeve pressed further, asking how Price could reconcile this with Trump’s apparent misunderstanding of Harris’s background. Price replied that she wasn’t disturbed by Trump’s comments and felt he was making a point that Harris isn’t Black-Black.

Later in the interview, Price described Trump as someone who has been heavily criticized but remains strong because he knows he was chosen. She referred to him as our David.

 

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