The closer we get to Election Day, the more desperate the Biden campaign will be to shore up their core voting blocs including black voters and Hispanic voters as well as the youth vote.
But with each passing day, that becomes even more of an uphill climb, particularly with black voters who have increasingly shown in poll after poll that they are slipping away from the Democratic Party.
Harry Enten, who is CNN‘s polling guru, inadvertently emphasized the point on the network Friday, pointing to how much better Donald Trump is doing with black voters in polling now versus how he did in 2020:
“This would be by far the best performance for a Republican candidate among Black voters in a generation, two generations, probably since 1960 and Richard Nixon against John F. Kennedy … This could be a truly historic margin,” he said. “It’s quite a troubling sign for the Biden campaign.”[…]”This is historic. This is what a lot of folks have been talking about, that Joe Biden has a specific problem among younger Black voters, and that is exactly what showing up right here,” Enten said. “It‘s these younger Black voters who very much are turning on him and being much more supportive of Donald Trump than they were four years ago.”
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Biden and his handlers know this, which is why he has spent the last several days pandering for the black vote, as was the case during an appearance before the NAACP on Friday at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The event revolved around recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
Although Biden has tried to paint himself throughout his presidency as a uniter, as someone who would observe “norms” and respect our sacred institutions, none of that was evident in the remarks he made about his Republican critics and the conservative Supreme Court Justices, all of whom he compared to segregationists:
But we know, 70 years after Brown v. Board, there are some forces trying to deny freedom of opportunity for all Americans.A few minutes ago, I talked with some of the Little Rock Nine, who were determined to integrate a public school in Little Rock, Arkansas, 67 years ago.I’d like to recognize them for their courage and her- — if they — if they can, would you — if you’re able, please stand and rise so we can all see you.And thank God Eisenhower was president. Thank God we had someone who stood up.The Little Rock Nine were met with vitriol and violence.Today, the resistance comes in other insidious forms. An extreme movement led by my predecessor and his MAGA Republican allies, backed by an extreme Supreme Court, gutted affirmative action in college admissions.My predecessor and his extreme MAGA friends are now going after diversity, equity, and inclusion all across America. They want a country for some, not for all.
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The comparison brought to mind the January 2022 speech Biden gave in Georgia, where a yelling, at times red-faced POTUS threw members of his own party under the bus for having a difference of opinion on reforming the filibuster option, which he wanted so a Democrat bill that would federalize elections could pass.
He equated Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema along with Republican Senators who also weren’t interested in playing along to notable Democrat racists from the past like Bull Connor, George Wallace, and Jefferson Davis.
“I ask every elected official in America: How do you want to be remembered?” Biden asked rhetorically. “Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis? This is the moment to decide. To defend our elections. To defend our democracy.”
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The irony both then and now is simply astonishing for many reasons, starting with the fact that in 2019 it was Joe Biden who bragged about being able to work with segregationist senators in the 1970s to get legislation passed.
Further, left out of Biden’s mention of the Little Rock Nine was the party affiliation of then-Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus, who called in the National Guard to block them from entering Central High School in 1957. He was, of course, a Democrat.
Perhaps most embarrassing for Biden, who has repeatedly lied about his non-existent “involvement” in the 1960s civil rights movement, is that on the issue of affirmative action, which he referenced in his speech, a clear majority of Americans support the Supreme Court’s decision, including 52 percent of black voters.
I guess that makes them just like segregationists, too.
Unfortunately for Democrats, the dynamics behind racial politicking are changing rapidly, and there are many reasons for that, including fed-up black Democrats tired of being taken for granted, the Republican Party making inroads with black voters in recent years with a big assist from Trump, and the Democratic Party’s far-left shift on issues like abortion and the environment, which has alienated many black (and Hispanic) voters.
It remains to be seen to what extent if any there will be in terms of movement from black voters away from Democrats to Republicans in the November elections. But rest assured of one thing: the exodus from the Dem Party is real and it has terrified their power players, all of whom are sure to pull out all the stops in the coming months in an effort to drag Joe Biden over the finish line one more time.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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