The headlines point to one comment…..
Former Vice President Joe Biden told a popular black radio personality Thursday that he “ain’t black” if he was still weighing whether to support President Donald Trump in November’s general election’
Biden was on the “The Breakfast Club”, a New York hip hop based radio show that features Charlamagne tha God…The show is a place Democrat’s go on to try and reach young minorities…
Joe Biden has the vast majority of the black vote , that got him the Democratic nomination , and will back him in the November election….
It appears that Charlamagne was going to push Biden to try get him to move more to the left on marijuana and apologise for his early support for crime legislation…He did neither…
Under the questioning Biden became more annoyed (which I’m sure was what the questioner wanted) and got defensive pointing to his support for minority causes during his decades in the US Senate…
Biden has been taken to task for his policy of compromise vs confrontation with Republicans…
While the questioner keep on Biden’s case for more….
Biden keep repeating that despite the hostility from Charlamange?
He carries vast support for minorities , many of which have never heard of the radio show and it’s host….
Republicans have jumped on this…
But Biden is running against Trump for President…
This sin’t last time he’ll be in a tough spot…
He isn’t gonna lose black votes on this….
Charlamagne’s radio show was a popular stop for Democratic presidential contenders during the primary. But some Democrats, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), have run into trouble there under heated questioning from Charlamagne about their records on race.
Biden was appearing for the first time on the show, and the interview was at times contentious and awkward, although they appeared to leave on good terms.
Charlamagne opened by telling Biden, “I’ve been critical of you.”
“I know you have,” Biden shot back. “You don’t know me.”
At one point, Charlamagne asked Biden to explain why he supports decriminalizing marijuana but not legalizing it.
“They’re trying to figure out if it affects long-term development of the brain, and we should wait until the studies are done,” Biden said. “Science matters.”
“I think we got decades and decades and decades from actual weed smokers though,” Charlamagne responded.
“Yeah I do, I know a lot of weed smokers,” Biden said, laughing.
Charlamagne challenged Biden to explain his support for crime bills in the 1980s and 1990s that critics have said led to mass incarceration of black people.
He noted that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had come on his show and apologized for her past support of the bills and said that part of why she ran for president was to atone for that.
“She was wrong,” Biden said. “It wasn’t the crime bill, it was the drug legislation, the institution of mandatory minimums, which I opposed.”
Biden repeatedly returned to polls showing him with huge support among black voters and pointed to the Democratic primary, when black voters rallied behind his candidacy to deliver him big victories across the country to help him sew up the nomination at an early stage.
“I won a larger share of the black vote than anyone has, including Barack,” Biden said, referring to former President Obama.
“They’re the folks, as they say, brung me to the dance … come on man, give me a little break here.”
The GOP super PAC America Rising circulated the clip, and the exchange blew up in conservative social media…..
Note…
The talk show host’s attack are now political words to be used for Republicans against Biden…
I’m not sure if Charlamagne tha God wanted THAT….
image….Win McNamee/Getty
Biden ‘clarifies ‘….
AP News..
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden said he “should not have been so cavalier” in comments earlier Friday in which he suggested African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black.”
Biden addressed the controversy during a conference call with the U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce Friday afternoon.
His earlier remarks during an interview with a prominent black radio host stirred an uproar over whether he was being condescending to African American voters.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier
This is more of a white media issue
Black folks ain’t leaving Biden at the altar…
No reactions from Black Democrats so far….
Journalist Jonathan Capehart stands with Biden.
There ARE some who do RE….
But a LOT seem to have been pushing for Bernie ….
Los Angeles Times
@latimes
Opinion: Biden says if you’re black and don’t vote for him, you’re not black. He’s right https://latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-05-22/biden-says-if-youre-black-and-dont-vote-for-him-youre-not-black-hes-right… (via
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Campaigns In Las Vegas Area Of Nevada
Opinion: Biden says if you’re black and don’t vote for him, you’re not black. He’s right
Joe Biden was right when he said if black voters don’t vote him, they’re not black. He just shouldn’t have said it.
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What does Bernie have to do with it?
it could be me…
but it for a while i thought some of the pundits where getting paid by Bernie to write him against Biden…
Bernie isn’t paying any “pundits”.
Of course Not RE….
I was being sarcastic ….
Sorry…
Update…
Clyburn gives Biden a pass on the ‘black vote for him only’ remark that is passe’ already…
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Rep. Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African American lawmaker in Congress and a longtime friend of Joe Biden, admitted that he “cringed” at the former vice president’s “ain’t black” comment.
“I cringed, no question about that,” Clyburn, the House majority whip, said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View.”
The South Carolina Democrat chalked up Biden’s remark – which has been widely slammed by President Trump, his allies and many Democrats – as a mistake.
“They come out a little bit wrong, and that’s what happened here,” he said of the gaffe-prone former vice president….
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Biden’s further explanation….
In an interview with CNN that aired Tuesday, Biden appeared to place some of the blame on Charlamagne.
“Well, first of all, you know, I — it was a mistake, number one. And I was smiling when he asked me the question, I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy. He was being a wise guy and I responded in kind,” Biden said.