Walter M Kimbrough
HipHopPrez
A THREAD of THREADS on Debate II & HBCUs. I'm frustrated because Kristen Welker asked a very specific question about what the candidates would say to Black & Brown parents
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A Trump Town Hall reminder. Man, the HBCU story continues to grow. Here is the president tonight. 1/ Reminder 1: In his FY20 budget he zeroed out the program he
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A PLATINUM THREAD: When President Trump launched his Platinum Plan in Atlanta, he spent a few minutes discussing HBCUs. Watch the clip, and then read the fact check. 1/https://youtu.be/V4RR1jmoZYg  Trump
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A THREAD watching the #RNC2020: Twice yesterday HBCUs were mentioned. Vernon Jones suggested the president “delivered historic funding” guaranteed for 10 years, something he said had never been done before.
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A Kamala Harris- HBCU funding thread: On this historic day let's discuss a favorite talking point of Trump fans. Harris is an HBCU grad (Howard University) but Trump supporters say
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A THREAD: As a response to charges of racism, supporters of President Trump offer several defenses. Examples include “funded HBCUs” “giving 250 million to HBCUs” “permanently funded HBCUs” and “record
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A THREAD: For the past few weeks HBCUs have been mentioned by folks with little to no understanding of them, as a proxy for the President's widespread support of African
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