host: us of this morning from jackson, mississippi is naacp president and ceo derrick johnson. thank you for your time this morning k let's talk about a recent cbs poll based on exit polls from 2020 that showed >>> based on the poll that show biden share ofoting groups. for blackg voters his support was 87% and now at 76%, why do you think that is? >> first of all, you have to believe the validity of the polls.f we have seen polls have not been accurate for african-americans. polls showed that romney was winning the election for the outcome to be different in terms of president obama. the■) naacp moves away from the polls because they are■g unreliable. we care about african-americans participating in the election cycle that's what we focus on. >> when you talk to black voters or minimum bers of your group. what do they tellgr you about the support ofre the president. >> as a nonpartisan organize we are less concerned which candidates voters chose. theyconcerned with insuring that we protect the democracy.hi everyy, voter can have an effective bal choices that voters make. it's

host: derrick johnson, your response?well, i am not really for sure facts senator tim scott is speaking of, because the reality is, in many cases, it is the complete opposite. we had an unfortunate scenario on the border with the taking of children was a promise to builda wall along the border. the wall was never built. we have the track record of the prior administration having the worst record in job creation in the history of an president. i could go on and on. unfortunately, the spin doctors of the conservative movement, when you do a fact-check, most of that will not hit sounds rat, but factually -- it sounds great but factually, it is inaccurate. host: let's go to nathaniel, democratic caller. caller: good morning. thank you so much for having me on. first of all, the naacp has been a bedrock in our community for years and years and years, so i want to thank them for their service. i think, coming from the blackcf our members in our community saying they are not going to vote. i do not think they truly realize the r

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host: us of this morning from jackson, mississippi is naacp president and ceo derrick johnson. this morning k let's talk about a recent cbs poll based on exit polls from 2020 that showed >>> based

. >> during me now, derrick johnson president of the end nwa cp. >> derrick johnson thank you so much for being here today. now, of course i can tell you this is not the first time we've heard a playbook about trying to appeal to black voters by talking and attacking the black family unit to suggest that it's a fractured population among what's not a monolith are you surprised this is a particular vehicle of choice for this congressman? >> well, he comes from a long line of grifter black people drifting on their race for self-benefit there's a book written about it. you have two lines of black republicans. you have douglas republicans who actually cared about community, advocated for policies for the community when up against abraham lincoln, who was a white supremacy, because he said that if he could stop the war when our friend, any slaves, he would have done that. and then you have individuals like him who are seeking to self-benefit based on a false narrative to him, jim crow, majority of black people who lived in the south couldn't even participate and vote. because of jim crow l

the chairman of the democratic national comidy, jaime harrison, and the president of the naacp, derrick johnsonnts at an event designed to help republican outreach to black voters in philadelphia. congressman donalds made what certainly seemed like positive comments about the jim crow era and he claims his critics are missing the context of what he said, so here's the context. >> i grew up with my mom. my dad and my mom, things didn't work out. as an adult, i look at my father and i say, bro, i don't know what happened. you're my father and i love you. i don't know what happened. i wasn't there. but i'm going to tell you this. growing up, the one thing i knew i wanted to do, and this is not about my father, this is about what i wanted to do, is i wanted to be a father to my sons. and so one of the things that's actually happening in our culture, which you're now starting to see in our politics is the reinvigoration of black families with younger black men and black women. and that is also helping to breed the revival of a black middle class in america. you see, during jim crow, during jim crow,

e o. derrick johnson joins live now from washington, dc. mister johnson, welcome throughout the 0 is good to have you with us at now the end, very well known as the civil rights group in the united states, not known to for a, into foreign policy. so what's driven this but we're beginning to see the impact of the go global conflicts here domestically. i would say the extend trees and the racial taxi is african american is increase and that's s o matic behavior increase an anti islamic presence. and that is travelling is also troubling when you were leading into the november election, where we need to truly focus and on what would be the state of democracy of moving forward for the n a c p. we really are concerned with the quality of this democracy to ensure that we are leading democracy and wherever possible we can advocate for our peaceful agreements when conflicts are having a domestic impact. yes, because we have a situation where that you have the us administrator and courtney for the seas for on one hand on and on. the other impulse is

oining us of this morg from jackson, mississippi naacp president and ceo derrick johnson. thank you for your time this morning k let's talk about a recent cbs poll based on exit polls from 2020 that showed the black share of -- biden's share of those in key voting groups, for black ovters, his support was 80 7%. in 2024, according to a cbs news poll, it is now at 76%. why do you think that is? guest: first ofo believe the premise of the validity of any we have seen, ht polls have not beenccurate in accounting for the sentiments of americans in general, particularly african-americans. we have seen, over the last four election cycles, the polls got it wrong. polls were showing that romney was winning the election, only for the outcome to be very different in terms of president obama. for the naacp, we move from notion of to polls because they have shown to be an advisable. what we do know is it is po for -- host:black voters or members of your group, what are they telling you about their support of the president? guest: as a nonpartisan organization, we are less concerned wi