“I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. ” —Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
Today conservatives, Republicans and tea partiers are blatantly branded as racists. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the Frederick Douglass Republicans want to cut through these racist charges and fast forward to the issues at hand: limited government, fiscal restraint and constitutionality.
The racist labels are something the 40 African-American Frederick Douglass Republicans running for Congress – the most ever since Reconstruction – aim to change. Unfortunately, only 15 of these candidates remain after the primaries, and they need financial help.