Where Are They Now? Trump’s Black People Didn’t Fare Well

Stacey Dash. Ben Carson, Herman Cain, Pastor Darrell Scott, And Others

William Spivey
The Polis
Published in
9 min readJan 1, 2023

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Stacey Dash — “I was the angry, conservative, Black woman.”

For a few years, Stacey Dash had achieved a popularity/notoriety she hadn’t achieved since co-starring in the movie Clueless. Stacey was a regular contributor on Fox News, supporting Donald Trump and denouncing Black causes. She denied the existence of voter suppression, attacked Black Lives Matter, and came out on the wrong side of every issue involving race. She even had a slight revival of her acting career. Stacey was looking good until she got fired from Fox News for cursing on-air while talking about former President Barack Obama.

I think it was no coincidence Stacey was fired just two days after the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017. Fox contributors have said and done worse, Hannity and Laura Ingraham aided in an attempt to overthrow the government, and they’re still around. Stacey’s job was done, and Fox…

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William Spivey
The Polis

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