The Democrats' obsession with identity politics and purposely dividing people along race, gender, ethnicity, and religious lines in order to cast them as victims who need saving by the government has been well-documented here and elsewhere.
So naturally, when something like Black History Month or Women's History Month rolls around, they are always the first out of the gate to remind people of everything they've supposedly done for said group and what they intend to do going forward to pander for earn their vote.
In the case of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., though, he's taken a different tack on the first day of Black History Month, instead reminding voters of the troubling track record of Joe Biden when it comes to what he's said about and done for and to the black community over his 50+ years in public office:
Joe Biden is campaigning in South Carolina right now. Tomorrow is the first day of Black History Month. Let’s reminisce on everything he’s done for Black Americans:
- Authored the 1994 crime bill which led to the mass incarceration of black people
- Said if you don’t vote for him, “then you ain’t black”
- Extended penalties for people under 21 charged with selling marijuana
- Endorsed segregationist senators
- Opposed busing because he didn’t want his kids to grow up in a “racial jungle”
Joe Biden is campaigning in South Carolina right now. Tomorrow is the first day of Black History Month. Let’s reminisce on everything he’s done for Black Americans:
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) February 1, 2024
- Authored the 1994 crime bill which led to the mass incarceration of black people
- Said if you don’t vote for…
Yes, Biden did indeed say at the time that he didn't want his kids going to school in a "racial jungle":
NEW: @USCGouldLaw prof @droithmayr spotted this 1977 Biden quote. He warns that unless there is "orderly integration" (he favored housing, not busing) "My children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle . . " w/@AsteadWesley https://t.co/yQpjw0V2bN pic.twitter.com/7xPdtqjehB
— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) July 15, 2019
While Biden's team would say his positions on forced busing, the 1994 crime bill, and the increased marijuana penalties were more nuanced than Kennedy let on in his Twitter post, there is no gray area on the issue of Biden endorsing, working with, and praising segregationist Senators he served alongside in the 1970s, which got him in trouble with then-Sen. Kamala Harris at the first Democratic presidential debate in 2019.
There's also no gray area on his insane 2020 statement that "you ain't black" if you don't vote for Joe Biden, and none on his 2006 remarks about 7-Elevens, Dunkin' Donuts, and Indian accents. There was also his "articulate" and "bright and clean" description of his then-presidential primary opponent Barack Obama in 2007.
Biden also infamously said in 2020 in so many words that he believed that, unlike the Hispanic community, he felt all black people thought alike. He doubled down on the remarks just a few days later.
There's so much more that can be said on this, but I think the point has been made.
Biden and the Democratic Party have been losing their grip on the black and Hispanic vote going back to the Trump era, and recent polling is showing that he's in trouble with both voting blocs once again as a crucial election year gets underway. There are many reasons for this, such as frustration over educational opportunities, crime problems, and social issues like so-called transgender rights, all of which aren't the "winning" issues with Democrats that they once were.
And like female voters, black and Hispanic voters feel like their vote has been taken for granted by the Democratic Party, which in my opinion is another reason why we've seen a noticeable shift in these voters to the Republican and independent camps in recent years. People who were once aboard the identity politics train have jumped off having experienced a wake-up call on how it's done far more harm than good.
Whatever the case may be, in states where the vote is close, it only takes a slight shift in percentages among those voters to change the outcome of a presidential election. Biden is already polling badly and bleeding core constituencies along the way, and between that and third-party candidates who potentially could play spoiler, he will undoubtedly have quite the uphill climb going into November, barring any catastrophes on the Republican side.
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