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Biden just handed Trump a gift
Joe’s Breakfast Club appearance was a massive unforced error, and his opponent will milk it for all its worth.
Joe Biden caused a lot of outrage this week when he told Charlemagne tha God that if he or any other black person is having a hard time choosing between him or Trump, “you ain’t black.” The influential syndicated radio host, whose real name is Lenard McKelvey, had previously criticized Biden for having a sense of “white entitlement” after he snubbed the Breakfast Club earlier in the primary — he was one of the few serious candidates to not make a personal appearance on the show.
Now that he’s the presumptive nominee, Biden had a chance to make up for it, and he flubbed it badly.
In addition to his “you ain’t black” remarks, much of the interview seemed to validate Charlemagne’s critique. Biden acted agitated and defensive when questioned about his policy record. At one point, Charlemagne said “A lot of black voters, including myself, feel and that Democrats take black voters for granted. You know votes [are] a quid pro quo, right? It’s not like I don’t want to vote. I just want to know what candidates will do for us.”
Biden avoided answering the question and instead launched into a rant about how he “kicked everybody’s asses in the…
