Democratic Primaries

melman

(7,681 posts) Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:51 PM Feb 2020

Biden blames Steyer for drop in South Carolina African American support

Former Vice President Joe Biden attributed his drop in African American support ahead of the South Carolina primary to billionaire Tom Steyer’s spending in the state in a Sunday interview on “Face the Nation.”

“What’s happening is you have Steyer spending millions of dollars out campaigning there, so I think a lot’s happening in terms of the amount of money being spent by billionaires to try to cut into the African American vote,” Biden told CBS’ Margaret Brennan.

When Brennan described South Carolina, the first primary state where African Americans are a major bloc of the electorate, as Biden’s “firewall,” the former vice president responded, “You said it’s my firewall, I’ve never said that. I’ve said I’m going to do well there.”

“You guys can do all the pontificating about what it means," Biden said. "That’s not my job, my job is to go in and make the best I can, I think we’re going to do well, I think we’re going to go on to super Tuesday and do very well.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/484254-biden-blames-steyer-for-drop-in-south-carolina-african-american

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Biden blames Steyer for drop in South Carolina African American support (Original Post) melman Feb 2020 OP

Legitimate analysis madville Feb 2020 #1

I never paid attention to him because he never had a chance Moderateguy Feb 2020 #2

That is a really crappy thing to do PatSeg Feb 2020 #4

I understand jimfields33 Feb 2020 #7

Not all of Steyer's support would go to Biden. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #3

Of course it has nothing at all to do with Biden's own positions loyalsister Feb 2020 #5

And him talking about his arrest in SA when he was a Senator might not have helped Autumn Feb 2020 #6

He's lucky that's not getting more coverage. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #8

A US Senator being arrested in SA would have created an international incident. It would Autumn Feb 2020 #9

For sure. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #11

"You said it's my firewall, I've never said that." melman Feb 2020 #10

madville

(7,412 posts)

1. Legitimate analysis

Reply to melman (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:54 PM

Feb 2020

Steyer has been running ads advocating for reparations all over the air in SC, it has made a dent in Biden's AA support and gotten Steyer up around 10-12% in the latest polls.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Moderateguy

(945 posts)

2. I never paid attention to him because he never had a chance

Reply to madville (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 03:57 PM

Feb 2020

I did not realize he was another one making pie in the sky promises that he can't keep

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PatSeg

(47,613 posts)

4. That is a really crappy thing to do

Reply to madville (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:04 PM

Feb 2020

Its so easy to make unrealistic promises during a primary.

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jimfields33

(15,978 posts)

7. I understand

Reply to madville (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:18 PM

Feb 2020

But maybe Biden should have been in South Carolina more. It reminds me of those days he took off.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

3. Not all of Steyer's support would go to Biden.

Reply to melman (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:00 PM

Feb 2020

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

5. Of course it has nothing at all to do with Biden's own positions

Reply to melman (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:07 PM

Feb 2020

He has never shown unreserved support for reparations. He's always trying to have it both ways when it comes to courting soft white supremacists who want to protect their privilege and Black voters. People who want an anti-racist agenda see right through it.

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Autumn

(45,120 posts)

6. And him talking about his arrest in SA when he was a Senator might not have helped

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:11 PM

Feb 2020

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jimfields33

(15,978 posts)

8. He's lucky that's not getting more coverage.

Reply to Autumn (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:20 PM

Feb 2020

That is really horrible if all indications show it’s wasn't true.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Autumn

(45,120 posts)

9. A US Senator being arrested in SA would have created an international incident. It would

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:25 PM

Feb 2020

have made news.

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

jimfields33

(15,978 posts)

11. For sure.

Reply to Autumn (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:32 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

melman

(7,681 posts)

10. "You said it's my firewall, I've never said that."

Reply to melman (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:26 PM

Feb 2020

"I think I'll do well in Nevada," he said. "And I think I have a real firewall in South Carolina. And then we go into the Super Tuesday states that have a significant number of minorities and African Americans," where "I think I'm gonna do fine. So I don't think that this is like it has been in the past, that if you haven't won the first two that you're done."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-bus-inside-former-vice-president-s-final-iowa-pitch-n1128406?mod=article_inline

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