Civil rights activist and education reform advocate Howard Fuller strongly criticized Donald Trump on Wednesday, explaining why he describes himself as a “single-issue voter.”
“My only problem is Donald Trump,” Fuller said in the ‘#RolandMartinUnfiltered’ episode, which was filmed in front of a crowd in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“He’s the meanest human being on the planet and you all here are talking about 3 cents for gas. This man wants to destroy your character.”
Fuller later declared that the Republican candidate was a white supremacist who “seeks to destroy everything we have fought for over the last 50 years.”
“And I don’t have time to explain to you all the details of the policy,” the civil rights activist said.
“This man cannot be President of the United States. We have to beat his ass before we can talk about policy. “Can you feel me?”
He told host Roland Martin that he was trying to “get people out” to vote for Kamala Harris in battleground states, adding that audience members needed to “identify” potential votes for the vice president with just days left in the election.
“If I take someone to the polls who talks about ‘undecided,’ I’m dropping them on the curb,” Fuller said. Fuller pointed out that elections are no longer a ‘traditional’ issue. ‘Debate’ about candidates.
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He praised students at the public charter high school named after him for their efforts to get out the vote, then urged the audience to be proud of Black people for their efforts.
“We cannot blame ourselves. Now is the time to stand up for yourself. Now is the time to talk about what we are going to do.” Fuller said.
He continued, “Now is the time to say we owe it to those who died during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. I owe it to Fannie Lou Hamer. I owe it to them, I owe it to Polly Williams, I owe it to Vel,” he said. Phillips, we owe it to all of these people, and more importantly, we owe it to ourselves to vote at this moment in history. We can do this. We can do this.”
