Joe Biden's appeal among black Democrats is being tested after he made a flippant remark during a heated exchange with an African American radio host.
"If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black," Biden told The Breakfast Club Friday morning of President Trump, the man he's hoping to beat in November's general election.
Charlamagne Tha God, whose New York-based radio show became an influential medium for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to reach the black community, had been critical of the presumptive nominee throughout the primary.
Their conversation was interrupted twice by a Biden aide saying their time was up, with Charlamagne Tha God claiming, "You can't do that to black media!".
Biden overcame poor showings in the first three nominating contests hosted by Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada to trounce his competition in South Carolina thanks to his support from black Democrats in the state.
The issue has divided black lawmakers and political pundits, including House Majority Whip James Clyburn, whose endorsement bolstered Biden's so-called "South Carolina firewall," because they don't want the lack of diversity to be fixed with tokenism.
On Friday, Biden also defended his role in drafting and passing the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, better known as the "Crime bill." He insisted 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was wrong to use her campaign as a sort of apology tour for her work on the legislation, which many blame for the trend toward the mass incarceration of minority offenders.
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"If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black," Biden told The Breakfast Club Friday morning of President Trump, the man he's hoping to beat in November's general election.
Charlamagne Tha God, whose New York-based radio show became an influential medium for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to reach the black community, had been critical of the presumptive nominee throughout the primary.
Their conversation was interrupted twice by a Biden aide saying their time was up, with Charlamagne Tha God claiming, "You can't do that to black media!".
Biden overcame poor showings in the first three nominating contests hosted by Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada to trounce his competition in South Carolina thanks to his support from black Democrats in the state.
The issue has divided black lawmakers and political pundits, including House Majority Whip James Clyburn, whose endorsement bolstered Biden's so-called "South Carolina firewall," because they don't want the lack of diversity to be fixed with tokenism.
On Friday, Biden also defended his role in drafting and passing the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, better known as the "Crime bill." He insisted 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was wrong to use her campaign as a sort of apology tour for her work on the legislation, which many blame for the trend toward the mass incarceration of minority offenders.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-if-you-have-a-problem-figuring-out-whether-youre-for-me-or-trump-then-you-aint-black
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