VeggieTales Creator Breaks Down the History of Why White Christians Vote Republican, Black Christians Vote Democrat

Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales, says history is a major reason why Black Christians vote Democrat and White Christians vote Republican.

“What do we see when we look in the rearview mirror?” Vischer says in a 15-minute video posted to YouTube. “White Christians see a simpler time when we went to church … abortion was illegal … when black Christians look in the rearview mirror, they see things very different. They see fire hoses and church bombings and lynchings.”

Vischer’s video is called Why Do White Christians Vote Republican, and Black Christians Vote Democrat?

“An overwhelming majority of White Christians vote Republican,” the video says. “And an overwhelming majority of Black Christians vote Democrat.  Why is that?  Don’t they read the same Bible and pray to the same God?  Which group doesn’t know they’re voting for the wrong party?”

Vischer details a timeline of events dating back to 1870 when the 15^th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. He also said Democrats were thought to be more conservative, while Republicans were thought to be “more progressive.”

“Southern Democrats considered themselves conservatives,” he said.

During the Depression, African Americans and most other Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program. Roosevelt was a Democrat.

Through the years, African…