Are any black or Latino leaders biting?
Other than Republican Trumpists, I mean?
Trump claims Biden 'no longer worthy of the Black Vote' in wake of diversity comment
President Trump on Friday said his presumptive Democratic challenger Joe Biden “is no longer worthy of the Black Vote,” after the former vice president made comments contrasting African American and Latino diversity.
"After yesterday’s statement, Sleepy Joe Biden is no longer worthy of the Black Vote!" Trump tweeted Friday morning.
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In both [his] tweets, the president was referring to Biden’s remarks during an interview that aired at the convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
During the interview, Biden was pressed over whether he would “re-engage” with Cuba as president—something the interviewer noted would have an impact on Cuban-American voters in Florida.
“Yes, yes," Biden responded.
"And by the way, what you all know, but most people don’t know, unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.”
He elaborated, "You go to Florida, you find a very different attitude about immigration in certain places than you do when you're in Arizona, so it's a very diverse community.”
Republicans are pairing Biden's remark up with his earlier remark that anyone who'd vote for Trump "ain't black", and mixing both with their current line that old Joe's a bit light between the ears.
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