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LISTEN: McAllister Debates “Tea Party’s Core Racism” on Marc Steiner Show

In Audio on May 23, 2013 at 2:33 pm
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“If the Tea Party’s mission is, at its core, racist in nature, why would the Tea Party get behind an Indian-American woman for governor in 2010 against white men or a Cuban-American candidate for US Senate in 2010 against a 2-term, white Republican governor? Incidents of racism within this movement does not mean that the basic tenet of this movement is racism, not when looking at all of its activism over the past few years.”

CHICAGO / BALTIMORE (May 21, 2013) – (Courtesy WEAA Baltimore)  A debate over the IRS and Tea Party scandal with columnist and political analyst Edward Wyckoff Williams and political analyst Lenny McAllister, who calls himself the “Working Man’s Conservative.”

 

  • Hosted by Marc Steiner

 

Listen to this debate segment on “The Marc Steiner Show” by clicking HERE  or by clicking on the picture above.

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PREVIEW: “Black Tea: The New Civil Right” Trailer

In Video on May 2, 2013 at 5:09 pm
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“The Tea Party Movement is supposed to be a movement about hope…flexibility (of small government solutions)…grassroots (leadership)…a resolution…”

 

NEW YORK / WASHINGTON (May 2, 2013) – (Courtesy Kevin Dotson / Katy Jordan) “The Tea Party Movement is supposed to be a movement about hope…flexibility (of small government solutions)…grassroots (leadership)…a resolution…”

 

Coming in the fall of 2013, “Black Tea: The New Civil Right” (www.blackteadocumentary.com) chronicles the perspectives and journeys of Black conservatives during the uprising of the Tea Party Movement since 2009.

 

Catch Lenny McAllister and others in this trailer for the much-anticipated documentary by clicking the picture above or clicking the link HERE

 

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LISTEN: McAllister Talks with “Black Tea” Filmmakers, Radio Host Kim Brown

In Audio on March 25, 2013 at 1:34 pm
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“I also spoke with Lenny McAllister, a black Republican and former Congressional candidate for the GOP nomination in Illinois’ 2nd district, ” said radio host Kim Brown. “Lenny exposes several problems conservatives have with making inroads with communities of color…(c)heck out his fantastic explanation…”

CHICAGO, IL (March 21, 2013) –  (Courtesy The Kim Brown Show/Voice of Russia)

“Coming off the heels of the Black at CPAC bruhaha, this week’s guests on The Kim Brown Show were the filmmakers present at last Friday’s ‘Trump the Race Card’ panel.  Kevin Dotson is the director and executive producer of the forthcoming documentary, ‘Black Tea’, which is about African-Americans in the Tea Party.  He, along with producer Katy Jordan, were shooting b-roll for their film and they captured each exchange, including the audience’s reactions to Terry and myself.  Its worth noting that I do not know Katy and Kevin’s political leanings, so please do not count them as ‘conservatives’ whom I’m (host Kim Brown) chatting with.

“I also spoke with Lenny McAllister, a black Republican and former Congressional candidate for the GOP nomination in Illinois’ 2nd district.  Lenny exposes several problems conservatives have with making inroads with communities of color.  Lenny also suggests that other black conservatives stop referring to black Democrats/liberals as being on the Democratic ‘plantation’.  Check out his fantastic explanation.”

Listen to Lenny McAllister chat with Kim Brown and the “Black Tea” filmmakers during this interview on “The Kim Brown Show.”  Click HERE to listen to the segment or click on the picture above.

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WATCH: Lenny McAllister Talks GOP Diversity Challenge on TYT

In Video on March 20, 2013 at 9:54 am
“More than just a race issue, we have a diversity issue...It also boils down to diversity of thought." - Lenny McAllister breaks down the GOP's "Autopsy" on Current TV on "The Young Turks"

“More than just a race issue, we have a diversity issue…It also boils down to diversity of thought.” – Lenny McAllister breaks down the GOP’s “Autopsy” on Current TV on “The Young Turks”

 

CHICAGO, IL (March 19, 2013) –  (Courtesy Current TV) McAllister says, “More than just a race issue, we have a diversity issue — not just when it comes to racial background or when it comes to sexual orientation. It also boils down to diversity of thought. If you’re not willing to have different conservatives that may disagree with you on 10% of the issues… you’re not going to be able to reach a diverse nation…we have forgotten that we’re fighting to lead a diverse nation (during election time), not just red-state America…”

 

Watch Lenny McAllister as he joins Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks on Current TV) and Mediate.com senior editor Andrew Kirell about whether the Republican Party is prejudiced against minorities.

 

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READ: “Meet Lenny McAllister, an Intriguing GOP Name in Chicago’s House Race”

In Articles, Lenny for Congress on January 11, 2013 at 3:18 pm
“I think first I would define myself as a child of God...(s)omebody that is a leader...I am a Republican, but I am definitely not of the current stereotype...(someone) who embraces conservative principles and understands where conservative principles can apply to urban and suburban voting populations in a way that the Republican party has not been successful...(y)et at the same time, not afraid to talk about issues of race, issues of social economics, not afraid to talk about issues that have been impacting the youth, the poor, and the working classes of America..." Read more of Lenny McAllister's interview in National Review Online

“I think first I would define myself as a child of God…(s)omebody that is a leader…I am a Republican, but I am definitely not of the current stereotype…(someone) who embraces conservative principles and understands where conservative principles can apply to urban and suburban voting populations in a way that the Republican party has not been successful…(y)et at the same time, not afraid to talk about issues of race, issues of social economics, not afraid to talk about issues that have been impacting the youth, the poor, and the working classes of America…” Read more of Lenny McAllister’s interview in National Review Online

 

CHICAGO (January 10, 2013) — Noted conservative writer Jim Geraghty featured 2013 US congressional candidate Lenny McAllister (IL-2nd) in a conservation that was featured on National Review Online and National Review this week. The 1300+ word article covered a range of perspectives given by McAllister, providing a glimpse into why Geraghty called McAllister “…an intriguing GOP name in Chicago’s House Race…”

 

 

“Who am I? I think first I would define myself as a child of God,” McAllister begins. “Somebody that is a leader, that doesn’t follow conventional politics. I am a Republican, but I am definitely not of the current stereotype. I am a Republican who embraces conservative principles and understands where conservative principles can apply to urban and suburban voting populations in a way that the Republican party has not been successful in engaging those voting blocs over the past 30 years. Yet at the same time, I am a Republican not afraid to talk about issues of race, issues of social economics, not afraid to talk about issues that have been impacting the youth, the poor, and the working classes of America…we have an opportunity in 2013 to change that, to change the tone within the Republican party and to change the attention that both sides of the aisle give to districts like this one, and to start working better together.”

 

Read “Meet Lenny McAllister, an Intriguing GOP Name in Chicago’s House Race” in the latest version of National Review Online by clicking the link above or by clicking the picture above.

 

Don’t forget: follow Lenny on Twitter at @lennymcallister, join his Facebook page and spread the word about Lenny for Congress (www.LennyForCongress.com)

 

Lenny McAllister for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District: #OneBigTeam

 

 

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LISTEN: McAllister on “He Said She Said”

In Video on December 26, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Catch Lenny McAllister's interview on "He Said She Said with Demetrius and Stacy" on December 19, 2012

Catch Lenny McAllister’s interview on “He Said She Said with Demetrius and Stacy” on December 19, 2012

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI (December 19, 2012) – Republican congressional candidate Lenny McAllister (Illinois, 2nd District) joins former WNRR co-host and producer Demetrius Minor and St. Louis-based conservative activist and elected official Stacy Washington to discuss how his brand of Republican conservatism has already impacted those he has engaged throughout the nation and why his run in the 2013 special election can make a historic difference.

To hear the interview, please click on the link HERE

Don’t forget: follow Lenny on Twitter at @lennymcallister, join his Facebook page and spread the word about Lenny for Congress (www.LennyForCongress.com)

Lenny McAllister for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District: #OneBigTeam

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WATCH: Lenny McAllister and Richard Socarides Discuss Post-2012 GOP on CNN’s “Early Start”

In Video on November 9, 2012 at 4:26 am

“In 2010, we ended up seeing a lot more diversity from the Republican Party in regards to the candidates and people actually winning elections, both Latinos and African-Americans.” McAllister says. “I would like to see the same exact thing in 2013 moving forward, but this time not have it just be a trend; have it be an actual movement. That’s something that the Republican Party needs to do if we’re going to lead a diverse America in the 21st century.”

 

WASHINGTON (November 8, 2012) – (*Courtesy of CNN) The political path forward for GOP: Is more inclusive leadership possible? Lenny McAllister and Richard Socarides discuss it on CNN’s “Early Start”.

McAllister feels the Republican Party needs “more inclusive leadership” and “more visionary leadership.”

“In 2010, we ended up seeing a lot more diversity from the Republican Party in regards to the candidates and people actually winning elections, both Latinos and African Americans.” McAllister says. “I would like to see the same exact thing in 2013 moving forward, but this time not have it just be a trend, have it be an actual movement. That’s something that the Republican Party needs to do if we’re going to lead a diverse America in the 21st century.”

 

Catch the engaging conversation by clicking the picture above or by clicking HERE

 

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Needing More Minorities on GOP’s City on a Hill, Needing More Republicans in USA’s Cities

In Articles on September 3, 2012 at 11:31 am

Lenny McAllister poses for a picture with economist and author Julie Gibson (r) and Mother Ruth Hodges, considered the “Mother Theresa of Tampa” for her work with the people of Haiti over 6 decades of missionary work.

 

Quite possibly, one of the most important meetings impacting the future of the GOP at the Republican National Convention in Tampa didn’t happen at the Convention Center or the IcePalace.

 

As a Republican, one would think that I would remember more about the full day of events on the culminating day of this year’s RNC Convention in Tampa. Sure, there was a lot going on the Thursday leading up to Governor Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination. Yes, the Politic365 #VoiceYourVote tour made its final Florida stop at the University of South Florida to talk with college-age voters about the issues that matter to them the most in 2012.

Yet, despite experiencing the new, the reformed, the passionate, and the odd displayed on stage at the Republican National Convention, I genuinely feel as though the best experience that I had as a Republican during my time in Florida was at a little school in Tampa on a hot summer school day.

If there is any hope for the Republican Party to lead in the 21st century as elected officials, there must be plenty more days like it for more of us.

A simple random act of kindness allowed me to avoid walking 2 miles in the Tampa heat. It ended up leading to an opportunity to talk to a group of middle school children in one of Tampa’s inner-city neighborhoods, providing a glimpse of their perspective on the RNC Convention that took over their hometown for the week. Mrs. Pam Leslie, a volunteer for Bible Truth Academy, was kind enough to offer the ride. Her kindness was nothing new to people that known her throughout Tampa. She is known throughout the Tampa area as a Christian-based, proactive woman that has spent decades in the community working to improve the lives of her communities’ children, from the B.E.S.T. (Brain Expansion Scholastic Training) program to summer music camps. Her husband is simply known as “Smiling Jack” and was featured for his impact on the community in the Tampa Tribune. Her latest small gesture of kindness led to an opportunity for the children of the school to have a chance to experience the RNC from an insider’s perspective.

For me, it was a chance to see – again – where the RNC needs to invest and appear after the cameras are gone in order to build up themselves as capable, empathetic, and engaged leaders for the next generations of Americans.

 

Catch Lenny’s “A Big Meeting of Young Minds at a National Convention” on Politic365.com

 

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LISTEN: Lenny on Wisconsin Public Radio

In Audio, Upcoming Appearances on August 30, 2012 at 12:08 pm

TAMPA, Fl. – Lenny McAllister, Republican commentator and author of “Spoken Thoughts of an Amalgamated Advocate in Today’s America,” spoke to Wisconsin Public Radio’s Kathleen Dunn Thursday morning to recap the GOP Convention.

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Black Republicans: Bolster Voter Validation Efforts, Stop Voter Suppression – Yes, Both Can Be Done

In Articles on July 30, 2012 at 12:16 pm

Controversial issues such as Voter ID laws should find Black Republicans actively on the front lines of artfully conveying the conservative standpoint and articulating advocacy for constitutionally-based Black suffrage.

Without the unique positioning of Black Republicans to mitigate the differences between appropriate voter validation efforts and unethical voter suppression actions, the GOP will remain cast as civil rights villains – and the nation loses as a result.

Can there be voter validation efforts through the nation – particularly in this heated election year – without those efforts wading into the shark-infested waters of voter suppression?

Most progressives – and most minorities in America these days – say no. Yet, there is a way, but that path must be laid and led by Black Republicans.

Although there have been some Black conservatives that have supported efforts that have put into question access to voting moving forward, there is a large segment of Black Republicans that believe in upholding the civil rights efforts of the past.

…no one is better suited to balance the efforts of voter validation than Black Republicans. Yet, as has been argued before, these conservatives must take their efforts to both the GOP party ranks and the Black community simultaneously. If Black Republicans are not willing to push back on voter ID efforts that, in their yield, prevent Black citizens from being able to vote in 2012 without appropriate Constitutional cause, then they must be willing and active in modifying the arguments, efforts, and laws that cause this unfortunate reality. Despite the rhetoric from many Black conservatives, today’s political environment does promote some instances where Black Republicans must be dutifully aware of the history of discrimination in America and how it has consistently impacted Black people in this nation – from slavery to Jim Crow to voting rights. If anyone has the capability of making sure that voter ID laws are about validating voters and not suppressing the Black vote, it must be the active Black Republican, a politico that must be both aware of the realities of sanctuary cities and one-stop voting and the vile re-introduction of racism in American political discourse. A semblance of hope for balance and political civility for Black America (and the nation overall) could sprout from a successful and appropriate Black Republican role in this debate…

 

Catch more of Lenny McAllister’s “Black Republicans Key in Voter Validation Efforts and Stopping Voter Suppression”on Politic365

 

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