Racism

Jobs & Opportunities:

• Over 1.4 million more Black Americans have found a job since President Trump’s election
• Black poverty reached a historic low
• President Trump designated 8,760 Opportunity Zones that are projected to spur $100 billion in private investment in minority communities
• The Trump administration established a fund to deploy $1 billion in capital funding for minority-owned businesses through the Commerce Department
• The Black poverty rate is now at its lowest level in history
• Provided more than $500 million in loans to HBCUs through the Capital Financing Program
• Worked with HBCUs to protect $80 million in Title III carryover funding
• Signed the FUTURE Act into law, which permanently funds HBCUs and simplifies the FAFSA application

Education:

• President Trump’s 2020 budget called for $500 million in federal funding for school choice, and in 2018 he signed legislation...

Karen Solomon, the founder of Blue H.E.L.P., an organization honoring the lives and service of law enforcers who die by suicide, said that 132 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2019 and 228 took their own lives.

In Chicago, most of the last dozen or so Chicago Police Department suicides were committed by officers with less than seven years on the job. In the past, suicides were more characteristic of officers with 15-plus years’ service. Officer and supervisor opinions vary as to the reason for this seeming shift. Some believe snowflakes, unprepared to face evil, are melting with the heat of the job; some blame lower standards and poor training; others place suicides at the feet of leadership and politics.

• Under President Trump’s leadership, Congress passed historic tax cuts for hard-working Americans. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act:
  • • Created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones in primarily minority communities across America
    • Is projected to spur over $100 billion in private investments which will impact 1.4 million minority households
    • Doubled the Child Tax Credit proving an additional $1,000 per child in tax relief for parents
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• 1976 Humanitarian Award by the National Jewish Health;
• 1983 Tree of Life Award by the Jewish National Fund;
• 1986 Ellis Island Award given to Trump, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali;
• 1990 video of the Rev. Jesse Jackson lauding Trump as a friend to minorities and underserved communities. Jackson expressed appreciation for Trump’s support of the Rainbow Push Coalition’s initiative called the Wall Street Project, which aimed to help minority-owned businesses;
• 1995 President’s Medal by the Freedom Foundation (Washington) for his support of youth programs;
• 2007 Muhammad Ali Entrepreneur Award;
• 2008 Unicorn Children’s Foundation Shining Star Award; 
• 2011 Presidential Hero Award by the Lois Pope Life Foundation;
• 2015 The Algemeiner Liberty Award for contributions to Israel-United States relations.

The above limited list does NOT...