Lifelong Democrat and Elected Georgia Lawmaker Backs Trump at Republican Convention

In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, U.S. Rep. Vernon Jones (D-GA) addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 24, 2020. Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images

A lifelong Democrat and an elected Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention on Aug. 24 in support of President Donald Trump’s reelection.

“The Democratic party does not want black people to leave their mental plantation. We’ve been forced to be there for decades and generations. But I have news for Joe Biden: We are free. We are free people with free minds,” Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones (D) said.