{"id":2290452,"date":"2024-07-08T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-team-plays-up-racial-disparity-in-democrats-calling-for-his-ousting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:34:15","slug":"biden-team-plays-up-racial-disparity-in-democrats-calling-for-his-ousting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-team-plays-up-racial-disparity-in-democrats-calling-for-his-ousting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden team plays up racial disparity in Democrats calling for his ousting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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-team-plays-up-racial-disparity-in-democrats-calling-for-his-ousting-washington-examiner%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=2290452&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>The article discusses how\u200b President Joe Biden is relying on black and minority support \u200dto defend his\u200b candidacy amidst calls \u2062for \u200chim to\u2062 drop out from major Democratic figures. The campaign is framing these calls as coming from \u200belite\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: The Lie Of \u2018Systemic Police Racism\u2019 That Kills\">white liberals<\/a>, while emphasizing\u2064 that Biden&#8217;s main \u200csupporters are middle-class labor union members and minority voters. Various Democratic lawmakers, both black and white, are \u2064divided\u2063 on the \u2064issue, with some supporting Biden and others expressing concerns about his age and mental\u200d acuity. Despite the Biden campaign&#8217;s \u200befforts to portray the calls for him to drop out as racially motivated, polls show that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-athletes-denounce-biden-executive-order-on-gender-identity\/\" title=\"Female athletes denounce Biden executive order on gender identity\">growing concerns<\/a> among black and Hispanic voters about his ability to serve\u2062 as an effective president.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden team plays up racial disparity in Democrats calling for his ousting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/brady-knox\/\">Brady Knox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T11:25:14-04:00\">July 8, 2024 11:25 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1697135\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> is looking to fall back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/race-and-diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"black and minority support\">black and minority support<\/a> to prevent his ousting, portraying the effort as the doing of elite white liberals.<\/p>\n<p>Following one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3071626\/bidens-woeful-week-post-debate-plagued-democratic-dissension-doubts-trump-victories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>worst weeks<\/a> as president after a disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a> performance, repeated blows have brought his entire candidacy into question. But as the number of major Democratic figures demanding him to drop out grows, Biden is falling back on his black and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"union allies\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-5-common-sense-education-proposals-democrats-shot-down\/\" title=\"Here Are 5 Common Sense Education Proposals Democrats Shot Down\">union allies<\/a><\/a> to save his candidacy. The president\u2019s campaign is increasingly pitching calls for him to drop out as a racial matter, saying that elitist, out-of-touch, white liberals want him to step down while black and minority voters want him to stay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left to right: Mayor Wanda Williams, Gov. Josh Shapiro, and President Joe Biden visit Denim Coffee after a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe people Joe Biden fights for \u2014 middle-class labor union members, Blacks, Latinos \u2014 they know he fights for them, and they\u2019re going to stay in the fight for him,\u201d close Biden adviser Anita Dunn told <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, a co-chairman of Biden\u2019s campaign, cast the struggle more openly along racial lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s interesting that not one African American member [of Congress] has called on the president to step down,\u201d Richmond said, warning white lawmakers that they \u201crisk alienating some of their base\u201d by turning their backs on the president.<\/p>\n<p>He focused his attack on a new favorite target of the Biden campaign, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), saying he \u201cwouldn\u2019t be rushing to do that if I was from Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden campaign co-chairman Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that he was being bombarded by calls from grassroots supporters begging Biden to stay in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal elected officials, civic leaders, grass-roots folks, mostly from Delaware but also around the country\u201d have a \u201cgenuine and deep love for our president,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), the leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told the publication the opposite, saying he had gotten hundreds of texts and emails about Biden\u2019s age and mental acuity, with none of them wanting the president to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Several black lawmakers have taken up Biden\u2019s standard in the period of doubt, including Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny \u2018leader\u2019 calling for President Biden to drop out needs to get their priorities straight and stop undermining this incredible actual leader who has delivered real results for our country,\u201d Wilson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/race-politics\/4759620-joe-biden-donald-trump-debate-maxine-waters-jim-clyburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> to the <em>Hill<\/em>. \u201cAnd when you contrast that with a dangerous figure like Donald Trump pushing a radical agenda to be dictator on day one and destroy our democracy, we must do everything in our power to defeat him; Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is the ticket to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Biden campaign\u2019s claim that calls for him to drop out are driven almost entirely by white liberals, recent polls have found growing concerns among black voters as well. A recent <em>New York Times<\/em>\/Siena College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> found that 53% of black voters believe Biden is too old to be an effective president, compared to 44% who believe Trump is too old. The sentiment was even stronger among Hispanic voters, with 83% believing Biden is too old, a higher percentage than white voters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One problem with Biden\u2019s new line of attack is Vice President Kamala Harris would most likely take his position if the president were to drop out. Harris would be the first black woman to be president, something many black voters would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/07\/kamala-harris-essence-festival-black-women-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prefer<\/a> over Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting Biden\u2019s new approach of falling back on minority voters, the president is set to take part in more minority-centered events, such as speaking at the NAACP convention in Las Vegas in tangent with the Republican National Convention and doing impromptu events with minority lawmakers in between NATO meetings. On Sunday, he spoke to a black congregation at a church in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1697135\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1697135\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden campaign is emphasizing racial disparities in the calls for his ousting, portraying it as a move by elite white liberals. Despite growing demands for him to drop out, Biden is relying on support from black and minority voters to save his candidacy. Black lawmakers have rallied behind Biden, while polls show concerns among black and Hispanic voters about his age. However, if Biden were to step down, Vice President Kamala Harris would likely take his place, which may be preferred by many black voters. Biden is now focusing on minority-centered events to shore up support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2290453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24189767538299.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3685,20232,34211],"class_list":["post-2290452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-ousting","tag-racial-disparity"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24189767538299.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290452","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}