JRCF29 8,230 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden once again offended many Black voters on Thursday, by claiming that African Americans aren’t diverse, and contrasting them with Latinos in Florida and Arizona. The former VEEP’s remarks came during a press event with Latino and African American reporters, and were in response to a question posed by NPR. “Unlike the African American community... the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community, with incredibly diverse attitudes about different things,” he began, continuing, “[y]ou go to Florida, you find a very different attitude about immigration than you do in Arizona.” It was unclear what Arizona had to do with the topic at hand, which was Cuban relations and the immigration perspectives of Cuban-Americans and Venezuelan-Americans. Biden immediately faced pushback and his communications team did damage control by denying the 77 year old meant to offend and criticizing the “conveniently cut” video of the comments. But the ex-Senator has made a habit of racially insensitive remarks on the campaign trail; earlier this year, in an interview with The Breakfast Club, he joked that Black Trump supporters weren’t really black and was subsequently warned by the head of the NAACP about the dangers of taking the African American vote for granted. Months before that in a primary debate he appeared to confuse New Jersey Senator Cory Booker with former President Barack Obama and referred to the former as "the president”- before reversing course and dubbing him a “future president.” While he holds a sizable lead over Trump in public polls, ostensibly boosted by the rise in Covid cases and Americans’ attributing them to a weak and ineffective response from President Trump, some commentators have worried aloud that missteps and offensive remarks like these could cost him support among minority voters and provide openings for the President’s seemingly-lackluster campaign to attack. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/06/joe-biden-latino-african-american-remark-392354 Edit: An earlier version of this story misquoted Joe Biden's reference to Cory Booker as "former president" instead of "the president"; the misquote has been removed and replaced with the correct one Don't Call Me Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born in Chromatica 7 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Seriously, FaShIoN iS mY pAsSiOn! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrenceV2 2,001 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 He doesn’t realize he only needs to STFU to beat Trump. Why does he keep on opening his ignorant senile mouth and self-sabotaging himself like that.. playground love - josef salvat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Tookie 10,546 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Disgusting. And people actually make excuses for this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awakened M 3,225 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 So butt-****ing stupid. Wtf? Omg. He's not getting any black votes with that mouth. It's sad that it's not the first time he's said something stupid about African-Americans. I'm not getting any sleep tonight because I woke up to a beautiful life. I'm awake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othon 34,299 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I don't know if you've heard, but we're actually not allowed to criticize him for his policies or anything he ever says or does, no matter how ignorant or idiotic it is, or else we're helping to re-elect Trump. The six or seven conservative Democrats on here should be here to lecture you about it soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo 82,283 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Lock her up!! Hottie Detector Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksies 527 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Let's be real he's just like Trump. Only difference is Trump doesn't try to hide it like Biden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,477 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Please just lock him in a room until November Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said: I don't know if you've heard, but we're actually not allowed to criticize him for his policies or anything he ever says or does, no matter how ignorant or idiotic it is, or else we're helping to re-elect Trump. The six or seven conservative Democrats on here should be here to lecture you about it soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,235 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I'd really like to hear that quote on-camera and in context, just reading it doesn't make sense to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumours 45,521 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said: I don't know if you've heard, but we're actually not allowed to criticize him for his policies or anything he ever says or does, no matter how ignorant or idiotic it is, or else we're helping to re-elect Trump. The six or seven conservative Democrats on here should be here to lecture you about it soon. The statistics don't lie, my friend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seryabkina 888 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, djBuffoon said: I'd really like to hear that quote on-camera and in context, just reading it doesn't make sense to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalLover 16 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Well What do you expect? He’s embarrassing. i don't remember ARTPOP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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