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![Cross said Black Americans, who overwhelmingly voted against Trump in the 2024 election and “did all the organizing” in support of his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, are acutely aware that Trump’s economic agenda would harm them and their communities. Unlike Trump, Vice President Harris laid out a comprehensive economic plan that included banning grocery price gouging. “Our Black census project found that the economy and cost of living are the top concerns for Black people. Our organizing work alongside our partners in key states drove both candidates to address this issue in their platforms,” Alexsis Rodgers, political director at Black to the Future Action Fund. “Now, Donald Trump wants to moonwalk back on his promises because he never had any plans to begin with. We will continue to organize our communities so that Black people will have everything they need to thrive.” Cross said there’s a “certain level of hurt” for Black Americans because “many of them knew that they would be the ones most affected when oligarchs … [and] the ultra-rich takeover.” The Democratic strategist pointed to the outsized number of millionaires and billionaires Trump has appointed or nominated to his administration. “There has not been a single time in history where the millionaire and billionaire class has given a damn about the cost of gas, the cost of groceries for your average American,” she told theGrio. “What they do is create tax loopholes for other millionaires and billionaires in ways in which their corporations can continue to make money and expand off the backs of poor people.”](https://saobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_7871-768x512.jpeg "Trump’s Claim That Lowering Prices Would Be ‘Too Hard’ Spells Doom for Black and Brown Households")
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