{"id":2219696,"date":"2024-04-12T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-case-for-second-term-at-al-sharpton-hosted-event\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:49:47","slug":"biden-makes-case-for-second-term-at-al-sharpton-hosted-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-case-for-second-term-at-al-sharpton-hosted-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden presents argument for reelection at Al Sharpton&#8217;s event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-makes-case-for-second-term-at-al-sharpton-hosted-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219696&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden,\u2063 at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-regulator-to-lift-boeing-737-max-grounding-in-january\/\" title=\"European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January\">conference hosted<\/a> by the National Action Network, pledged progress for the black community \u2062in a \u2062potential\u200b second term. \u2063He highlighted key legislative goals such as the Freedom to Vote Act and the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act. Sharpton, introducing Biden, contrasted concrete achievements with empty promises. Biden\u2063 emphasized his administration&#8217;s diversity and accomplishments benefiting black voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> promised to deliver more wins for the black community if given a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">second term<\/a> in a Friday speech before a group founded by the Rev. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/al-sharpton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Al Sharpton\">Al Sharpton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see an America where, with your help, I sign the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, into law,\u201d he said to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2963898\/biden-address-sharpton-group-missing-deadline-menthol-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Action Network conference\">National Action Network conference<\/a>. \u201cWhere I sign the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act, where we make <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> the law of the land again. We can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden was introduced by Sharpton, who mentioned that Biden had spoken at the NAN conference while running for president in 2008 and took a veiled shot at presumptive GOP nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are those that want our votes, that want to take us for granted and show us some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2862652\/trump-touts-shoe-deal-sneaker-con\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"gold sneakers\">gold sneakers<\/a> and other foolishness,\u201d Sharpton said. \u201cWe want to know about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tester-some-wanted-to-deny-inflation-was-an-issue-if-we-dont-lower-costs-its-going-to-be-a-tough-election\/\" title=\"Tester: Some 'Wanted to Deny' Inflation Was an Issue, If We Don't Lower Costs, 'It's Going to Be a Tough Election'\">concrete things<\/a> and what have you done for me lately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is locked in a dead heat with Trump\u00a0ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024<\/a> general election in November, and polling indicates that his popularity among black and Latino voters has slipped since entering office in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>After the introduction for his virtual remarks, Biden called NAN the nation\u2019s most important civil rights organization and bragged that he is leading the most diverse presidential administration in history.<\/p>\n<p>The president ticked off a list of accomplishments that he said benefited black voters, including student debt forgiveness, nominating Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making lynching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-ahmaud-arbery-files-civil-lawsuit-on-anniversary-of-sons-killing\/\" title=\"Mother Of Ahmaud Arbery Files Civil Lawsuit On Anniversary Of Son\u2019s Killing\">federal hate crime<\/a>, and decriminalizing marijuana possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve launched a major effort to root out bias in home appraisal process,\u201d Biden said. \u201cHomes in black communities are no longer undervalued compared to the same home in a white community. Thus far, we\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2964226\/biden-touts-progress-on-racial-wealth-gap-that-may-come-with-more-property-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"eliminated that gap by 40%\">eliminated that gap by 40%<\/a>, and we\u2019re going to continue until it\u2019s even.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Black wealth overall has risen 60%, the president said, before warning of the consequences of a Trump return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to turn back the clock \u2014\u00a0voter suppression, election suppression, ripping away reproductive freedom, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-an-influential-medical-journal-laundered-progressivism-as-public-health\/\" title=\"How an Influential Medical Journal Laundered Progressivism as \u2018Public Health\u2019\">gutting affirmative action<\/a>, and attacking diversity across American life,\u201d he said. \u201cBanning books \u2014 this is 2024 \u2014 banning books, attempting to erase history, embracing political violence like what happened on Jan. 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden and Sharpton are not aligned on everything, however. The Biden administration and the National Action Network are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2963898\/biden-address-sharpton-group-missing-deadline-menthol-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"opposite sides\">opposite sides<\/a> of a debate over whether to ban menthol cigarettes, which Biden\u2019s Food and Drug Administration is proposing but Sharpton says could lead to dangerous interactions with police. Neither of them mentioned the issue on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is courting black voters as well, and some polls indicate he is making progress toward that goal. A <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2963080\/heading-for-the-exits-black-men-double-their-support-for-trump-over-biden-in-new-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"released\">released<\/a> this week found that support for Trump among black men had doubled since 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a speech on Friday to a group founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, President Joe Biden pledged to secure more victories for the black community in a potential second term. He expressed his vision for signing crucial voting rights acts into law, emphasizing the importance of collective efforts for a better America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2219697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102659703450-1024x590.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102659703450-1024x590.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}