President Biden returns to South Carolina, the state that saved his candidacy, on Friday for the first time since the election.
Even though Biden appears to have increased his focus on voting, speaking Thursday with Senate Democrats, a deal appears out of reach at the moment.“When are you going to have our backs?” Sharpton asked about Biden in an interview with The Times.Biden’s relationship with Black voters will be in the spotlight Friday when he delivers a commencement speech at South Carolina State University, a historically Black school. It’s the alma mater of Rep. James E.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, third from right, prays at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on July 28.shows Black voters have become less satisfied with the country’s direction, from 72% in June to 64% in the most recent survey, released Nov. 18. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Los Angeles and director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, a nationwide organization, warned that although Black voters will continue to support the Democratic Party, “the enthusiasm with which we vote, which means levels of turnout, is going to decline unless we see a real investment and real deliverables for Black people.”
“I do appreciate that he’s acknowledged the presence of white supremacy on several occasions and committed to ending white supremacy,” Abdullah said, “but those are words until you actually do something to end white supremacy.” Biden said he wanted to reach a deal by the first anniversary of Floyd’s death, and he promised Floyd’s family that he would fly them to Washington on Air Force One for a signing ceremony., and negotiations collapsed in September.
Democrats would need at least 10 GOP votes to overcome a filibuster and are engaged in an intense debate among themselves about whether to alter Senate rules to permit the bill to pass with just 50 votes. Another piece of legislation, the For the People Act, has also stalled.There’s no clear path to pass either voting bill, although Biden seems to have renewed his focus on the issue.
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