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(WaPo) Biden says Trump is America’s first ‘racist’ president
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I'm not even talking about Bernie, but any of the other moderates. The ones that just dropped out would have even been better. Biden just seem like a bad choice that only one state made pretty much, since it was the big decider for the others to leave.
i...agree
‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration (Published 2019)
He now plays down his role overhauling crime laws with segregationist senators in the ’80s and ’90s. That portrayal today is at odds with his actions and rhetoric back then.
It astounds me that anyone is shocked by this. This is the same Joe 'Jim Crow' Biden who said white people didn't owe black people anything for slavery, the same guy who still boasts of his sponsorship of a what is the single worst piece of legislation to impact the black community in half a century, the same man who, on more than once occasion, has implied that black people need help raising their children. Is it at all a mystery why Biden's traction among black voters, specifically young ones, is waning? There's no surprise when recent articles like those below begin coming out in the wake of these protests. Black people are fighting for their very lives in these streets, and the man on whom they are depending is telling America that Trump is the first "racist" President. WTF?
Joe Biden's advantage over Trump with Black voters is currently smaller than Hillary Clinton's was
How young black voters could break Biden — and why Democrats are worried
Joe Biden's advantage over Trump with Black voters is currently smaller than Hillary Clinton's was
How young black voters could break Biden — and why Democrats are worried
I think Kamala would've been a great moderate choice. Definitely better than Biden. Though I think so far he's just what the country needs to make a slight recovery from the damage Trump did. His appeal is across a lot of the constituency and the polls make me think we got it right. Hopefully that plays out.
Did that not happen just because more time has gone on? Lmao
Thing is, Kamala isn't even a moderate. She has one of the most progressive voting records in the Senate.
Has anyone even said they wouldn't vote in this thread? You can say Joe Biden has a very problematic history with race in the past and still also hate Trump.
Literally no one said they wouldn't vote in this thread...
This is the best take I've seen on this gaffe.
I think it's the best choice he has. Name recognition. Solid voting record. Well liked.
Thanks for that info. I've been wrong in my knowledge about her. She's always been my VP choice regardless of who the nominee was so I;m hoping for the best in this scenario.
We just gotta "go back to normal" my dude, lmao. Very interesting how quickly certain people are willing to sweep some racist shit under the rug as long as their team is in office.
Let's hope not. Trump needs to go, and Kamala as VP would depress the black vote significantly. Are we just ignoring how disliked she was by black voters? Cory Booker, who had his own problems with outreach to the black community, was more liked. Kamala Harris spent part of her career defending racist police and sheriffs departments, opposing decriminalization of marijuana, and locking up black mothers for the truancy of their children. During the primaries, she said she didn't support reparations for black people. Biden and Harris would be a duo made in hell for black people.
She is not well liked by black voters.
Yeah, I think they are the best possible combo for broad appeal. I'm probably wrong as I'm not as knowledgeable as PoliERA so maybe they have a better idea?
Is an EC victory less likely if Biden chose a less problematic VP with a record of fighting for progressive causes and advocating on behalf of justice for black people? Is an EC victory less likely with Elizabeth Warren? I don't think so, no.
I'm sorry, your wording confuses me. You think Warren is the best choice?
Living in the world where you can recognize what he actually said and differentiate it from what you would hope he said isn't 'arguing semantics.'
Either the guy running for one of the most powerful offices in the world has such little command of speech that he grossly misspoke, OR he is wholly ignorant. Its not inconsequential to note that.
I'll hold my nose and vote for Joe this fall because there are literally no better options, but that doesn't make him an inherently good option and I won't play the game where I pretend he didn't say something really stupid when he says something really stupid- which he will continue to do, because he's Joe Biden and that's been his MO for 30 years now.
Seems they do but, I am not convinced. I feel in many ways they break even. In which case its inconsequential, in the grand scheme of things.
I think she's a far better choice than Kamala. Biden's already cinched the moderate Dem vote. Warren appeals to progressives, leftists, and had the greatest appeal among black voters -- outside of Biden -- during the primaries. Black people are looking for tangibles, not symbolic gestures, which is all a Kamala pick would be.
I'd have loved Warren as the nom. Number oone choice with a bullet. But I think she's better in a position to affect policy change in the administration in a larger rule.
It's crazy how he have to choose between two crazy people who also have a poor sense of history, to be our next president. When we will wake up from this nightmare.
I mean, if nothing else, it's on-brand for Team Biden to act like Trump is a unique aberration that can be swept away, and not actually just the latest symptom of a long-sick nation.
I just don't get what's so hard about saying "well, that's the worst thing I've heard a politician say in the past hour." Like, we know, guys. Biden's word vomit isn't bad as what Trump does on a daily basis. But you don't have to insist that, no, it's actually some kind of chess-master strategy. You don't need to embarrass yourselves like that.
Yup. I'm currently leaning towards Demmings, since she would make him look friendly towards good cops and is from Florida, a state I'm sure he wants to reclaim after 2016.
As long as mediocrity and a devotion to being feckless are the most valued commodity in Democratic Party politics, we will never wake-up.
I don't agree, and I think it would be a huge misstep by the DNC. It would simply show they don't respect the intelligence of black men and women. We don't need a black VP. It's insulting and would be the epitome of how Democrats have treated black people for decades. We need someone with a proven record of standing up to white supremacy and advocating on behalf of tangibles for the black community. Elizabeth Warren has that record. No black woman that has entered a discussion of VP choices has that record. Not Kamala. Not Keisha. Not Stacy. None of them. I mean, I would LOVE if Ayanna Presley was selected. Now, she is a VP choice I would absolutely vote for. But, he's not going to select a black VP who is that unapologetically pro-black.
Well, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and go through the presidents in consecutive order and see how far we get:
1.Wash-
Game over.
1.Wash-
Game over.
*le sigh*
Yep. Many Democratic politicians love to virtue signal for change rather than actually fight for it.
you'd be surprised how prevalent this thinking is among americans especially so called liberals
american hisotry is incredibly whitewashed
cc: this SNL skit more important than ever
american hisotry is incredibly whitewashed
cc: this SNL skit more important than ever
Not even true if we rephrased to say "first President to run on a platform of racism." Nixon got a lot of votes by appealing to white people disaffected by Civil Rights.
