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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVan Jones said Biden will lose if he doesn't pick a black VP.
Just now on CNN With Erin Burnett.
Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)and says, "Fuck!"
Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)And I doubt he speaks for many.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)He has taken on a self-image of one whose opinions are valid because he thinks they are.
I'm not sure facts matter to him.
OneBlueDotBama
(1,385 posts)He'd fit right in the dem party...
imanamerican63
(13,814 posts)I dont care what Jones has to say! Biden do what he thinks is the best candidate!
Delphinus
(11,840 posts)him at one point, many years ago - sure don't know. He's shown his biases.
RDANGELO
(3,435 posts)The ticket needs to be one white and one person of color.
brush
(53,862 posts)would be a mistake.
Budi
(15,325 posts)I'll trust Joe Biden. It's his White House.
💙
Squinch
(51,007 posts)became President tonight," way back in 2017.
I don't think we need to listen to Van Jones.
ace3csusm
(969 posts)his words mean nothing .... Ill vote for Biden even if he selects the imaginary president Clint Eastwood spoke to you are Republican Convention....
blm
(113,091 posts)sounds like manipulation, at this point.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)I have no doubt that Joe Biden will pick the RIGHT VP.
Van Jones seems to have very different allegiances than the normal Democratic well-wisher. I TRULY wonder why?
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Response to DonaldsRump (Reply #11)
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LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Right side of history or wrong.
You choose. Please tell us.
jorgevlorgan
(8,329 posts)I'm sorry but this election does not hinge on who his vp is. Old or not, it will always hinge on who he is. I think we will be fine if we work hard and fight.
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)Made representing like a hundred men of color that said he needs to pick a black person or he will lose the black vote.
I could be mistaken, but it was something on the CBS evening news tonight.
Sigh.
So many lines being drawn in the sand.
consider_this
(2,203 posts)I saw that, but seriously, guys on that letter, do you really think Biden plus anyone at all, including daffy duck is going to be worse than Trump? No one that has any sense could pick Trump. I am still astounded to hear of anyone of color that would support him.
There is no choice but Joe right now, regardless of who the VP choice is.
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,886 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)He said hes voting for Kanye just the other day.
budkin
(6,714 posts)Hes been up Trumps ass his while term. Tired of him. That being said, Joe needs to choose a black woman.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)are offa my radar........
still_one
(92,396 posts)grandstanding, but because that is what HE will decide
Now go back to kissing trumps ass
aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)jcgoldie
(11,645 posts)Always passive aggressive shit for Democrats and backdoor praise for Trump. He should go away.
Tetrachloride
(7,867 posts)So, he is in the upper half of voters.
Also, I dont tell Democratic voters to F off.
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,867 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)Response to Funtatlaguy (Original post)
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BGBD
(3,282 posts)Kushner.
If Biden picks a black woman I am sure Van will soon be on TV telling us some other reason why Biden will lose.
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)No Democrat will ever hire him again to do anything.
Funtatlaguy
(10,886 posts)JDC
(10,133 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)the idea that he will lose if he doesn't is just stupid.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)I really don't care.
cheezmaka
(737 posts)If Biden chooses a white VP, it will affect a certain amount of the black vote. No matter how many people hate Trump a percentage of black voters "will" stay home. If he chooses a black VP then there may be an issue with getting the votes needed in the Midwest. I hate that many of us as Dems are even making Joe's choice of VP a racial issue....
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JI7
(89,264 posts)if Biden does not pick a black women after the support they gave him.
But in the end they will vote for the ticket .
Too bad we can't say the same about white voters . I mean, will white people vote even if Biden picks a white woman to be VP ? They haven't since before civil rights.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Nobody is going to become president if they are not getting enough of the white voters to vote for them.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)... than black voters for Clinton based on the percentages and numbers from the 2016 CNN exit polls.
That's even with white voters favoring Trump by 20%!
It's because black voters are greatly outnumbered, of course, especially in the general election.
Side-note: Remove all the white evangelical voters, and Clinton won the white vote too. It was the "born again" freaks who overwhelmingly voted for Trump and created that 20% victory among whites.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)You can comfortably ignore the rest.