Posted on 05/23/2020 3:48:09 AM PDT by Libloather
Former vice president questioning the blackness of any black American who chooses to vote for President Trump is unlikely to persuade them to vote for him - and could hurt him with other black voters.
In an interview with the Breakfast Club on Friday, the presumptive Democratic nominee ended his interview with host Charlemagne the God by saying: “If you have problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black,” Mr. Biden said.
The comment was met with ridicule and outrage from the right - from staunch Trump allies, and notably from black conservatives. Trump retweeted a clip of Sen. Tim Scott (R.-S.C.) -- the only black Republican in the Senate -- criticizing the remarks.
“1.3 million black Americans already voted for Trump in 2016,” Scott tweeted. “This morning, Joe Biden told every single one of us we ‘ain’t black.’ I’d say I’m surprised, but it’s sadly par for the course for Democrats to take the black community for granted and brow beat those that don’t agree.”
Other African Americans who aren’t conservative criticized Biden for the remark, accusing him of a level of cockiness that has made them uncomfortable with his campaign since he launched it more than a year ago. As the vice president to America’s first black president, they say Biden often comes off as if he is entitled to the black vote.
Keith Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide who teaches African American studies at Columbia, tweeted that, as a white man, Biden does not get to question the blackness of black people.
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The old prock simply needs to be trundled off the ticket.
BUT I am glad they are keeping hiom on so he can be trundeld off post election and replaced by his running mate, whoever she is.
This will bring about a 50 state sweep for President Trump.
I think they should put Byedone’s picture in the dictionary under “buffoon”.
Keith Boykin,..who teaches African American studies at Columbia, tweeted that, as a white man, Biden does not get to question the blackness of black people.
GTF out of here. that’s going to far.
biden is an IDIOT and i’m thrilled he said this as it will hurt him at least a little
But if I said you aren’t Irish if you don’t like beer, I could see a few getting upset but not to the point of “you do not get to...”
i hate liberals.
ByeDone
that’s great :)
Typical of the shoddiness of WaPo reporting, they don't even get the interviewer's name right. It's Charlamagne tha God.
Parscale already has a new Trump Campaign web site up.
Announcement tweet.
https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1263999850120650756
Parscale is diligently maximizing the downside.
“But if I said you aren’t Irish if you don’t like beer, I could see a few getting upset but not to the point of “you do not get to...”
Ya. Well there’s something about the Irish. They can take ridicule. They just laugh then go out and succeed. Or not.
They don’t WANT victim status.
Most groups don’t.
some thrive off of it.
But that might change a tiny bit this year.
And a tiny bit could mean a whole lot in elections.
What Biden did was to reaffirm leftism has been and still is the home for racists and racebaiters.
YES
this guy couldn’t be more out of touch with the world if he tried.
the no malarkey tour.
Did he think he was touring 1950’s America, which is the last time the majority of people know what it meant?
That’s an exaggeration of course, I think, but what an OUT OF TOUCH slogan.
His attitude towards women and minorities will hurt him, at least a little.
It's like they swatted at him with a feather duster. Imagine the treatment Trump would have received if he had said what Biden said...
One of his handlers has already come out with “Joe was jess bein’ funny...jess jokin’ around.”
It also means they've got his replacement... and that all these months of 'elections' didn't mean a damn thing. The democrat party thugs WILL CHOOSE WHO REPRESENTS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
I'm guessing this means Mark Cuban has agreed to run.
They need to keep him on the ticket. The Fox news poll shows him ahead of Trump by 15!!!!!!
Depends on whose side your on.
I hope the English teachers come down on him like Dizzy Dean for saying “ain’t.”
Come rescue me, Obie from Nairobi!
There may not be much upside for Biden but there sure as hell is no downside either. Blacks will still vote about 98% for the Marxocrat whoever it is. Bet on it! Its just what they do.
Eugene Scott,
Come on, admit it. What you and your band of haters really do not like about what Biden said is that exposes himself as a bloody hypocrite. And you can’t put that fart back where it came from.
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