In the middle of a cultural revolution of ‘black is to be elevated and white is to be condemned’ you think Joe Biden saying blacks should be taken off the streets and removed from society to protect white folks isn’t going to damage his status with voters?
Damage his status with voters because once upon a time he talked tough about black criminality? With what voters? Black voters? Sure, best case, this causes a few black voters to stay home. But white liberals? No, they won’t care. They hate Trump with a passion and Creepy Uncle Joe talking tough on black crime years ago ain’t gonna swing a single white liberal to Trump? White moderates/independents/swing voters? Hell, I’m sorry that you can’t see it, but I’m telling you this HELPS Biden in a big way. If you’re a middle-of-the-road white voter and you’re on the fence about Biden, maybe concerned that he’s all about pandering to blacks, maybe worried that he’s going to be soft on crime, this is REASSURING. This plays into the (phony) idea that Biden a common-sense moderate with a white blue-collar sensibility.