The high-profile killings of black men in recent weeks have ramped up the pressure on Joe Biden to pick a black woman as his vice-presidential running mate, with Senator Kamala Harris and former Georgia governor candidate Stacey Abrams mentioned most often.
"We hope as they continue the vetting process they will select someone who will shore up those blind spots, particularly when it comes to the African-American community," NAACP President Derrick Johnson told"We understand that the current political landscape must change, not only for democracy to survive, but for protection of the African-American community," he added.
Angela Rye, former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Alicia Garza, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in May calling on Biden to choose a black woman as his vice president to pay back the black community for resurrecting his primary campaign.that choosing a black woman would show lessons were learned from the 2016 choice of Tim Kaine, who they argue was uninspiring to the base of black voters.
Some national black organizations and African-American leaders have strongly called for Biden to choose Harris or Abrams, while others have sought to be careful and not box in the former vice president. And while black leadersSenator Amy Klobuchar as a nonstarter for vice president, the same is not the case with Warren. They said Warren made their issues front and center during the campaign, while hiring black women in positions of power.
"I've had conversations on racial justice and the future with all of these people for years now and have worked with them and their staffs on engaging them on policies," he said., called"Warren as a Running Mate Would Make Biden Unstoppable in the Midwest," former Michigan candidate for governor, Abdul El-Sayed, argued Warren's case for energizing progressives, but acknowledged what a black woman as vice president would mean for the country.
The Biden campaign declined to comment, but a campaign aide who was not authorized to speak publicly offered a statement about the deaths of Floyd and Arbery.
I challenge anyone to come up with a superior policy platform to address racial inequality on every level, to Warren's.
it’s happening all over the country and no one is standing up for the public’s interest. It happened to us in Columbus GA three years ago and we are still fight for justice. Granting immunity to police officers only gives them a license to kill.
Huh, Latinos make up 20% of the 🇺🇸, with 10 million more than African-Americans. Why not a Latino(a) VP? The numbers and growth in population validate the rationale.
How the fuck do you come to that conclusion
Obama was President and it didn’t stop the killing of black people
Makes sense. Warren has done a *ton* of outreach, and her platform on racial justice was considered the best in the primary field.
Black People did not say that, Newsweek keeps putting out shit everyday...
I love much of what Warren Stands for, but I think she should be tapped for Attorney General she would be great at rooting out the poison that has infected out once great nation we should have a Black Female VP. we also need great Secretary of State Education and others. fix us
Who are these 'leaders' who you claim represent Black voters? Black voters speak for ourselves. SO disrespectful.
No it doesn't
She would be the best choice.
Biden should choose Warren. What we need right now is a Native American VP!
What did Obama do about it in 8 years?
SenKamalaHarris would be the perfect choice for VP or AG. Now that I’m thinking about it, Secretary of State too....
Same party, same rhetoric, same policies vote the same get the same
Sounds like it makes sense - but you just had a black president, so its gonna take more than that.
President JoeBiden should choose between HillaryClinton & MichelleObama as VP and after either one is elected VP whoever is left should be considered SecretaryOfState and KamalaHarris as AttorneyGeneral
Can we just have a Warren/Harris ticket and keep things moving along?
Black men account more crimes in America than white and Latinos altogether. In fact, US prisons’s inmates are majority black men with a percentage of 75%
Oh bullshit. That's the most racist thing I've ever read.
EWarren will do just fine.
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Warren will get it. They're negotiating too late. They already showed Biden he can have their votes for nothing.
Obama himself is African-American but he did nothing for the African-American people ..
Warren is a woman of color.
Oh gawd. Hilarious.
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