opelmanta1900 wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/08/10/diddy-charlamagne-tha-god-and-other-black-male-leaders-tell-biden-to-pick-black-vp/
On the cusp of former Vice President Joe Biden’s vice presidential announcement, a group of “over 100 Black male leaders” – including rapper Diddy, TV personality Charlamagne Tha God, attorneys Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers and commentator Van Jones – penned a letter demanding he pick a black woman as his running mate.
KEY FACTS
The letter asserts that the urgency for Biden to pick a black woman has “gone from something that SHOULD happen to something that HAS to happen.”
“For too long, Black women have been asked to do everything from rally the troops to risk their lives for the Democratic Party with no acknowledgement, no respect, no visibility and certainly not enough support,” it continues.
The signers also declare their solidarity with a group of over 700 Black women who penned an open letter on Friday decrying “relentless attacks” on Black women being vetted for VP and stating “the time for Black women in the United States is now.”
“Failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election,” the Black males’ letter claims.
The signers conclude, “We don’t want to choose between the lesser of two evils and we don’t want to vote for the devil we know versus the devil we don’t because we are tired of voting for devils–period.”
KEY BACKGROUND
Biden pledged to pick a woman in March, and his shortlist is rumored to include governors, members of Congress, mayors and even state legislators. Biden has faced mounting pressure to pick one of the women of color on his list – including Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Those calls grew louder in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, which ignited a national debate over race and policing.
CRUCIAL QUOTE
Biden has frequently said his top criteria for a running mate were being “simpatico with me, both in terms of personality as well as substance,” and the ability to govern if Biden, 78, were unable to perform the duties of president.
CHIEF CRITIC
Some on Twitter noted that one of the letter’s signers is Nick Cannon, a comedian who said Saturday he would vote for Kanye West.
TANGENT
The new letter follows another letter from a group of women in politics called We Have Her Back on Friday calling on media outlets to give fair treatment to the eventual nominee and avoid “stereotypes and tropes” in their reporting. “We believe it is your job to, not just pay attention to these stereotypes, but to actively work to be anti-racist and anti-sexist in your coverage (ie: equal) as this political season progresses and this presidential ticket is introduced,” the letter states.
Based on all of the above...Then Harris was his
ONLY pick. She's not Black, but she looks like it! I'm just waiting for Biden to say that to appease his brainless base into dragging themselves into the polls come November. BLM is just going to load up their buses for that!
Based on what the US already knows Biden helped write the 1994 crime bill which on it's face sounds good, but in reality is racist as hell. Don't take my word for it though...The NAACP called it
“a crime against the American people.”. Biden spouts on and on about how it's his bill, he got that done here's him though
"The truth is, every major crime bill since 1976 that’s come out of this Congress, every minor crime bill, has had the name of the Democratic senator from the State of Delaware: Joe Biden.”. Ok, own it Joe. It disenfranchised a whole generation of Blacks. Don't even utter the phrase "Trump is a racist" to shield your frail feelings and weak minds with facts that Biden is clearly a racist. He uses racist buzzwords when talking in public, defends known and avowed KKK members and claims them as "mentors", laughs about racist things and to this day defends himself on racist actions that he once claimed as his "achievements". This Op-Ed nailed it though.
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/94-crime-bill-25-years-later-its-time-reckoning-op-ed
Harris, on the other bookend of this demented kook platform has refused to address concerns and instances of police violence. I mean when you have a case where a black man is shot 21 times and you don't want to investigate that, well that makes the "I Can't Breathe" slogan laughable! She has locked up people for weed while laughing about being a casual user herself! That is just blatantly being a hypocrite, that's totally cool and someone that without question will be sitting behind the Resolute Desk. The worst of everything about her comes to light when you spotlight several instances where she knowingly withheld evidence, testimony or knew they were arresting and prosecuting the wrong guy. Yeah, she's a real keeper for the DNC! Here we have a guy that doesn't know where he is and can't form a sentence paired up with a ladder climbing political activist with worn out kneepads that will gladly use the 25th Amendment clause to remove the dolt from office and put in whatever clown the party or some shadow operative tells her to pick as her running mate. Good for you zombies! Don't dare criticize the current administration when you're going to vote for this B$ willingly. This ticket isn't an upgrade in an way, shape or fashion! Keep on with the TDS...because orangeman baaaad! Twitter told me so! Just laughable at how the DNC has completely and utterly failed America. Not a sane person on their ticket.
