These fellas all spoke with Vice website, while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Taweh Beysolow, Economics Student & Libertarian, St. Johns University, New York City
Where would you say the direction of conservatism needs to go? "They need to adopt a policy of social tolerance, which means they’re
going to need to drop the anti-gay marriage stance. They’re going to
need to drop a lot of the perceived bias against minorities. They’re
going to need to drop the notion of no abortions in this country, and
they’re going to need to start to connect with people by allowing them
to be actually free. Although they say that’s what they want to do, I
highly doubt it. And they need to continue to push the message of giving
people their money back. People who spend the money the best are the
people who earn it, not the people in Washington who have the chance to
start wars or create government programs that don’t need to be created."
Paul McKinley, U.S. Congressional Candidate, Chicago
What are some of the policies that the Republicans have that really resonate with you as a black man? "I believe in self-preservation and I believe in self-determination. The
Democratic Party has turned my people into beggars. There are more of
my people begging on welfare than ever. At the same time, on the other
end, there are more African Americans who have been to college now than
in the history of us being on this continent. How could more of us be in
college and the exact same time more of us are on welfare. So, the
question isn’t, 'What have the Republicans done for us?' It’s 'Why
haven’t the Democrats done anything for us?'"
Pastor Derek McCoy, Maryland Family Alliance
Would you move back to the Democrats if the more Libertarian,
Rand Paul-faction within the conservative movement takes hold and the
social issues that are important to you go to the wayside? "Yeah. The Rand Paul side are forgetting some key things. When you are
looking at the Libertarian Party versus the Republican Party, I think
they’re just a little short sighted on some of those issues. That’s just
my perspective when looking at the long-term view. Families are going
to be impacted, kids are going to be impacted. Right now the costs of
college educations are crippling kids coming out of school. For me you
have to look at all of this and see how if affects the family. As people
get older and start having families, they start to really think about
families."
Black Folks At CPAC Discuss Conservatism & The GOP
