DETROIT - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate showed his commitment to Black voters, African-American activists said, but they warned it would not guarantee him the support he needs to win.
Some prominent Black political operatives had urged Biden to choose a Black woman as the country grappled with nationwide protests against racial injustice and as the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately hurt people of color.“He’s answering the call of millions of us, and it’s a really critical message to the base of the party: I see you, I hear you,” said Aimee Allison, founder of She the People, a group that promotes women of color in U.S. politics.
Other Black leaders said Harris, a U.S. senator from California, has a record of building a multi-racial coalition of voters that would boost Biden in the Nov. 3 election. But Shropshire said adding Harris to the ticket would not be enough, and that the Biden campaign still needed to accelerate its local outreach efforts given that early voting is beginning soon in some states.Many Black activists and voters have said Biden’s policies were the most important factor in winning their support, not the race of his running mate.
They pan Biden for his vote as a senator in favor of a 1994 crime bill that critics see as a cause of current mass incarceration, and for his staunch opposition to the Defund the Police movement following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in police custody in May.
Because he chose the wrong woman of color. He had less controversial picks. But he caved to pundits which is worrisome in itself.
SHE'S NOT BLACK
Yep still no coverage on he innocent 5yr old shot point blank in the head...
The lens through which you see the world is damaged.
Why should we or Biden GAF what “black activists” want ir think? Pandering shithead lost my vote and a lot of fence sitters will feel the same. Of all the oossible choices for a “woman of color,” why that corrupt garbage?
Lol....
Joe Biden, you hid in your basement when people begged for your position and views. Never mind, people no longer care about yours, they want to know about the real candidate. Harris / Biden ?
You mean black Marxist. It’s really not that hard to fact check Reuters. From their lips to your ears.
BLM = Biden Loosing Memory
It's obvious why Biden chose Harris for VP. They're complementary: He's empathic, she's tough He's older, she's much younger He's a white man, she's a POC woman Only question I have is whether Kamala wins by default when Mother refuses to allow MikePence to debate her? 😁
BLM are terrorist, the vice was not on their side when she was procurator. I wish she ll be consistent.
all lives matter
Biden mode on!
i guess america gonna be race run country... they dont look at what u did, but look at what's ur race!
Joe Rogan 1521
She ain't black. 😂
BLM = terrorists organisation.
Then they are robots and/or don’t know what she’s done
Harris is not black. She's a former cop, and prosecutor. Good luck defunding police with her. Lol
I'm calling BS
Identity politics will ruin America. Just like it ruined Lebanon.
Didn’t she call joe a racist?
Well yeah, but progress is progress. As long as, in your goals, you don't get complacent, not too confident in newly gained ground. Balance of strength and diplomacy, hard and soft power. But happy for the first step in this shitty year
TRHLofficial I really don't recall her doing much of anything as a senator or attorney general for the Black community.
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