Bill O’Reilly Forced to Bring his A-Game to Battle Two Black Guests on Trump’s Value to Black Voters 

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On the Aug. 17 edition of FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly tries to persuade Black voters to vote for Donald Trump in November.

In the nearly 5-minute segment, attorney Andell Brown and Rev. Jacques De Graff make the case that the Republican presidential nominee struggles with Black voters.

“Maybe we go supply-side economics and go look for a guy that’s gonna stimulate the economy, and that perhaps might be better,” the conservative host states. “Why don’t they do that?”

“Well, you also have to look at what Trump has said and done himself, not necessarily being, as you put it, demonized,” Brown replies.

Brown references a tweet from last year where Trump overtly stated that Black people kill whites at 81 percent. Even though O’Reilly called out Trump for the miscue, the host reminds Brown that it was just a retweet.

However, O’Reilly says that African-Americans have not fared well under President Barack Obama and that they should give the Republican Party a shot. He even says that Blacks did better economically under former President George W. Bush.

“Black Americans, like any Americans, are capable of determining their own best interests,” De Graff insists.

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