PROVIDENCE, R.I. (TNND) – A Black Lives Matter activist plans to cast his vote for former President Donald Trump on Election Day.

Mark Fisher, who describes himself as a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island, first endorsed the former president in November 2023. Fisher told Fox News at the time that “the Democratic Party is not for us.”

“They don’t really understand it because they don’t educate themselves about Donald Trump as a person and his history,” Fisher said.

Fisher reiterated his support for Trump in an interview published Monday by the New York Post, saying he “definitely will not support Kamala Harris.”

“If she ever came anywhere close to power, it would be a disaster for this country,” Fisher said.

The BLM activist said a lack of improvements in black communities should be reason enough for black voters to abandon Democrats, citing the failure of urban school districts and long-standing problems with crime and poverty.

“For so long, we have been blindly loyal to the Democratic Party — the Democratic Party — for no reason,” Fisher said. “They have given us no reason to show such loyalty to them – to maintain that loyalty.”

The national organization Black Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Rhode Island PAC have publicly disavowed Fisher and his support for Trump, calling it a “publicity stunt.”

“The right continues to exploit and amplify marginal Black votes to create the appearance of widespread support for their corrupt candidates,” the two groups said in a joint statement to CNN last year.

Black Lives Matter Rhode Island PAC also issued a separate statement insisting that Fisher “is not and has not been affiliated with our organization.”

Fisher now runs a Maryland-based organization called BLM INCORPORATED, which says on its website that it aims to “create a position of power within and throughout Maryland for African American people and communities through entrepreneurial education and financial empowerment.”

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