Joe Biden gets major South Carolina endorsement from former Harris backers

[OldRed2450]

Columbia, South Carolina – A prominent group of black women activists in South Carolina that backed Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, further strengthening the former vice president's standing in the first-in-the-South primary state.


Known as "The Reckoning Crew," the group of three dozen women includes current and former elected officials, activists, and faith leaders and has played a critical role in grassroots organizing in the state. Biden's path to the nomination relies heavily on the South Carolina primary, which figures to play an outsized role in determining the party's presidential nominee because of its high percentage of African American voters.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-gets-major-south-carolina-endorsement-former-harris-backers/?fbclid=IwAR0izZFOru2RwsQGZyuBWELp0apRJyc6V5gYX0nTALMicyMPE2PQt-1QIo4

[The Valley Below]

1. Great news!

[Kurt V.]

2. as we have witnessed, endorsements are practically worthless.

[OldRed2450]

3. These are pretty important endorsements

Also Dr. Green today too. A good day for Biden!

[Kurt V.]

7. Recent history says otherwise. biden will probably be the nom but endorsements

are not what got him there

[Cha]

16. Biden is endorsed by these brilliant Black Activists

because of "what got him there.." and it's only helping to Highlight it.

[Gothmog]

21. With Kamala Harris out, SC's 'Reckoning Crew' of black voters has new pick for 2020

Link to tweet

Since he entered the race in April, Biden, who touts on the campaign trail his relationship with the state, has not struggled to win over the state’s key black voters — who make up two-thirds of the party’s voting bloc — in the nation’s first southern primary state.

But the Reckoning Crew endorsement could help the former vice president win over undecided voters who may not be tuned into the Democratic presidential primary race just yet and Harris supporters, who are looking for another candidate to back after she bowed out of the presidential race earlier this month, citing campaign financial problems as her reason.

What the decades-old Reckoning Crew can bring to Biden is an organic organizing effort across the Midlands, led by 75-year-old Scott, a former Richland County councilwoman. During the 2016 presidential primary race, the group knocked on hundreds of doors in many of Richland County’s predominately black neighborhoods and staffed phone banks to make calls on behalf of Clinton.

“We plan on putting in the long days and long nights, working around the clock to get out the vote for Joe,” Scott said. “We’ll be making phone calls and hitting the pavement going door-to-door talking to voters about what is at stake in this election. No one can afford to stay home — and they won’t if we have anything to do with it.”
Read more here: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/election/article238194279.html#storylink=cpy

[napi21]

27. I agree with you nationally, but in SC, this endorsement means a lot! n/t

[highplainsdem]

4. Where have we witnessed that "endorsements are practically worthless"?

[Kurt V.]

9. um 2016.

[highplainsdem]

10. If you're talking about Trump -- there was nothing normal about the Trump campaign and victory.

[Kurt V.]

11. true.

[Cha]

13. omg.. you have nothing better to do than try

to drag on a thread where WOC Activists are endorsing Joe Biden?!

Columbia, South Carolina – A prominent group of black women activists in South Carolina that backed Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, further strengthening the former vice president's standing in the first-in-the-South primary state.

Known as "The Reckoning Crew," the group of three dozen women includes current and former elected officials, activists, and faith leaders and has played a critical role in grassroots organizing in the state. Biden's path to the nomination relies heavily on the South Carolina primary, which figures to play an outsized role in determining the party's presidential nominee because of its high percentage of African American voters.

You certainly are NOT helping your candidate.

[Thekaspervote]

14. Oh!!! The voice of sanity... thank you Cha

[Cha]

15. You're Welcome, Kasper!

Thank you!

[emmaverybo]

17. +1000

[nini]

19. Considering the Black vote is a BFD - it is indeed worth something

Maybe not to you but plenty of others take note.

[Gothmog]

20. The Reckoning Crew sounds like an effective organization

Link to tweet

[honest.abe]

30. Ted Kennedy endorsing Barack Obama in 2008..

was a major turning point in the campaign.

[highplainsdem]

5. K&R!

[Sloumeau]

6. OldRed2450, thanks for posting this.

This is good news for Joe Biden!

[OldRed2450]

8. You're welcome!

Yes! I'm excited.

[FloridaBlues]

12. Wonderful news for Biden camp. Sure many candidates were vying for that endorsement!

[Gothmog]

18. this is a major endorsement

Link to tweet

[Cha]

25. "It's big"!

Link to tweet

[R B Garr]

22. Great endorsement!

[peggysue2]

23. Way to go, Joe!

The Reckoning Crew. Like the sound of that!

The month of November and now December is looking very good for Biden. Stars and numbers aligning.

Keep beating that drum.

[Cha]

24. "This is big"..

Link to tweet

Peggysue!

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. K&R

[Cha]

28. Mahalo, OldRed.. this is Most Welcomed NEWS!

This from Reckoning Crew along with Dr, Robert Green's brilliant endorsement of Biden is music to my eyes!

Civil Rights Leader Dr.Robert Green who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King for many years endorses @JoeBiden for President

“Joe Biden is a statesman, leader, and above all else, a unifier. I had the fortune to tell Joe all of this in person when he visited the west side of Las Vegas last month. More than 50 years ago, I personally witnessed his ability to bring together people of different races, cultures, and backgrounds in Newcastle County, Delaware. Today, that kind of leadership is needed to unify our country. Joe possesses exactly the type of leadership that this country needs now. He will heal and unify the soul of our nation. I am proud to stand with Joe and work hard to make sure he is the next President of the United States of America.”

https://blog.4president.org/2020/2019/12/civil-rights-leader-dr-robert-green-endorses-joe-biden-for-president.html

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287376758

[UncleNoel]

29. Up, up and away!

[Scurrilous]

31. K&R

[Cha]

32. Kick!

[Cha]

33. KICK!

[onetexan]

34. WOOHOO!!

Go Joe!!

[Cha]

35. K!

[OldRed2450]

36. KNR