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发帖数: 29576 | 1 Biden pressed to choose a black woman as his running mate
Biden launched a committee last week to begin vetting possible candidates
for the vice presidency, a process he has said will likely last through July
. He has already committed to picking a woman.
But black voters and leaders say he needs to go further and pick a black
woman. They argue that Biden’s success — and that of the Democratic Party
as a whole — depends on black people turning out to vote in November. They
want a tangible return for their loyalty, not just a thank you for showing
up on Election Day.
“Black people want an acknowledgement of the many years of support they
have given the Democratic Party,” said Niambi Carter, a Howard University
political science professor.
House Minority Whip Jim Clyburn, whose endorsement in South Carolina was
widely credited with helping widen Biden’s winning margin and start his
avalanche of March primary victories, said “clearly” he would prefer a
black woman. But he insisted he’s not pushing Biden in that direction.
“I’m the father of three grown African American women. So naturally I
prefer an African American woman, but it doesn’t have to be,” Clyburn said
. “I’ve made that very clear.”
Biden has been unusually vocal about the people he would consider as running
mates. He’s referenced two black women, Sen. Kamala Harris of California
and Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia.
Other black women, including Rep. Val Demings of Florida and Atlanta Mayor
Keisha Lance Bottoms, have also been mentioned.
But Biden is also thought to be considering several white women, including
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
President Donald Trump said his November opponent owes the spot to Warren,
theorizing that Sen. Bernie Sanders “would have won every single state on
Super Tuesday” if Warren had dropped out of the primary race earlier. |
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