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Cha

(297,247 posts)
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 09:57 PM Jul 2019

This WOC, Joyce Wilson, Gets It in South Carolina.. [View all]

And older black voters said they trust Biden to unite the country. If they turn out in large numbers next year — as they did in 2016, when the over-45 age bracket represented more than 70% of those participating in the S.C. Democratic presidential primary — that sensibility could prevail.


Biden’s comments “weren’t (offensive) to me,” said York resident Joyce Wilson, 53, who recently was still deciding between Biden, Harris and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “(But) the news media just beat it, beat it, beat it and that kind of thing will cause divisiveness.”

More comments from POC in South Carolina!

Biden is the strongest candidate that can beat Trump,” said William Fairfax, a 21-year-old Claflin University student, pointing to Trump’s tweets targeting Biden as evidence Republicans see the former vice president as their biggest threat.

“(Biden) does not shy away from standing up to a bully,” Richmond, also a former Congressional Black Caucus chairman, added.

More than a dozen black S.C. voters interviewed by The State said Biden, 76, could run on being a seasoned politician who spent nearly four decades in electoral politics, plus another eight years in the White House.

“He’s been in politics for a long time, and I think he’s the best candidate to beat Trump,” said Jeffery Lytes, 49, of Lexington.

I’m real high on experience, and I’m real impressed with the experience he has,” added state Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon. “I think he’s the right person to bring us to victory.”

Dorothy Craig, a 56-year-old from Union who has “pretty much” decided to vote for Biden because of his experience, agreed.

“I just feel like he has the experience. I feel like we need someone who has that same experience to go back in and put it back in order.”


https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article231926968.html

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=191600

Bonus quotes..

Fond memories’

Biden’s tie to Obama’s tenure is motivation enough for some black S.C. voters to back him.

Travis and Cynthia Keller of Irmo — a couple in their 40s — said the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” is what has helped guarantee their 11-year-old son, a three-time organ transplant recipient, gets the coverage and treatment he needs.

“We know that Joe will fight for us,“
Cynthia Keller said
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Yep - we know Joe! Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #1
Thank You, Skya! Cha Jul 2019 #4
Yay! Thank You! Cha Jul 2019 #5
"We know that Joe will fight for us." Exactly. They know they can trust Biden. highplainsdem Jul 2019 #2
Yes, I loved that anecdote about Cha Jul 2019 #3
Off to the greatest page with this gem. oasis Jul 2019 #6
Thank You, oasis! Cha Jul 2019 #7
In a word: "refreshing" oasis Jul 2019 #8
Yeah, I thought I Cha Jul 2019 #10
I second that!! nt NYMinute Jul 2019 #21
Kicking MustLoveBeagles Jul 2019 #9
MustLoveBeagles Gets It, Too! Cha Jul 2019 #14
Good news for Biden. brer cat Jul 2019 #11
Biden is a Fighter like Hillary.. Cha Jul 2019 #15
That's so awesome! ucrdem Jul 2019 #12
I love their statements on just Cha Jul 2019 #22
Go Joe. Go Cha! redstateblues Jul 2019 #13
Thank You, redstateblues! Cha Jul 2019 #24
"I'm real high on experience" LakeArenal Jul 2019 #16
Well said, LakeArenal! Cha Jul 2019 #25
Biden in the Way Back Machine.. Slamming Reagan's SOS.. Cha Jul 2019 #17
Oh, Cha I love this one so much. NT emmaverybo Jul 2019 #26
I know.. I ran across it in Cha Jul 2019 #34
It's so important to see how engaged he was with civil rights issues, globally, going way back. emmaverybo Jul 2019 #38
Yes, Joe Biden was Brilliant Cha Jul 2019 #41
The Joe I know!!!! what a great piece to wake up to! Peacetrain Jul 2019 #18
I know exactly what you mean, Peacetrain.. Cha Jul 2019 #36
Thanks Cha! Scurrilous Jul 2019 #19
You're Welcome, Scurrilous! Cha Jul 2019 #37
Sensible people - not swayed by the media narratives. LibFarmer Jul 2019 #20
You Get It, too.. Cha Jul 2019 #40
Joe Biden Is The Only Democrat With A Clear Advantage Over Trump In New Poll Gothmog Jul 2019 #23
How hurtful of them to say such things RHMerriman Jul 2019 #27
The foreign policy treestar Jul 2019 #28
Although I do think Buttigieg would charm the world. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #30
Are you insinuating that other black women who don't agree with this one DON'T "get it"? StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #29
Are you trying to suggest that blacks who support Biden don't get it? highplainsdem Jul 2019 #31
I neither said nor suggested any such thing StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #32
If you'll read the article Cha is quoting from and not just the excerpts she included in her OP, highplainsdem Jul 2019 #33
I'm actually saying that Joyce Wilson Gets IT about Cha Jul 2019 #35
I think you're conflating inference and imply. Again. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #39
Thank You, LanternWaste. Cha Jul 2019 #42
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