I wonder too. For sure the Democratic Party has taken Black people for granted for a long, long time, because from the '60s onward, Black voters, especially Black women, had nowhere else to go. Pinning it on Biden in particular seems odd. The "thirty years" reference makes me think it might have something to do with the Clarence Thomas c…
I wonder too. For sure the Democratic Party has taken Black people for granted for a long, long time, because from the '60s onward, Black voters, especially Black women, had nowhere else to go. Pinning it on Biden in particular seems odd. The "thirty years" reference makes me think it might have something to do with the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, which took place in the fall of 1991 and with Biden as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Many USians who weren't politically engaged at the time don't seem all that aware of either the political climate or the makeup of Congress. IIRC the Senate Judiciary Committee was composed entirely of white men. Bush I cleverly nominated a Black man to succeed Thurgood Marshall, the first Black SCOTUS justice, knowing that queasy white male liberals were going to have a hard time opposing a Black man, any Black man, for fear of being called racist.
Biden was about my 6th choice in the 2020 primary (Warren was my #1, but I liked Julián Castro and was OK with Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, and Pete Buttigieg), but I worked and voted for him in the general and he's way outperformed my expectations. I can't imagine any of the others pulling off what he's pulled off in the last 2 1/2 years.
I wonder too. For sure the Democratic Party has taken Black people for granted for a long, long time, because from the '60s onward, Black voters, especially Black women, had nowhere else to go. Pinning it on Biden in particular seems odd. The "thirty years" reference makes me think it might have something to do with the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, which took place in the fall of 1991 and with Biden as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Many USians who weren't politically engaged at the time don't seem all that aware of either the political climate or the makeup of Congress. IIRC the Senate Judiciary Committee was composed entirely of white men. Bush I cleverly nominated a Black man to succeed Thurgood Marshall, the first Black SCOTUS justice, knowing that queasy white male liberals were going to have a hard time opposing a Black man, any Black man, for fear of being called racist.
Biden was about my 6th choice in the 2020 primary (Warren was my #1, but I liked Julián Castro and was OK with Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, and Pete Buttigieg), but I worked and voted for him in the general and he's way outperformed my expectations. I can't imagine any of the others pulling off what he's pulled off in the last 2 1/2 years.