“A lot of people are going through really hard times right now as we recover from the pandemic, and they don’t even realize what this administration has done to really uplift our communities,” Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware), a co-chair of the Biden campaign who is also running for Delaware Senate, said on NBC’s “MTP Now” Wednesday.
Moderator Peter Alexander asked, “So, Congressman, let me ask you specifically: If President Biden’s campaign is doing so well among black voters, as he has done so many times before, why would he use his most precious resource, the president, in May of an election year to hold so many events, five events, targeted at black voters?”
Brant Rochester responded, “I think it’s also to show that we understand how important voting is. A lot of times, people feel like their vote doesn’t matter. A lot of people are going through really hard times right now, recovering from a pandemic, and they don’t even realize what this administration has done to really uplift our community.”
Alexander then interjected, asking: “Is that evidence of why your approval rating is declining right now? That you need to communicate better to win back black voters?”
Brant Rochester responded, “Again, I think a lot of people have their own concerns and their own issues, so we want to make sure we highlight the various investments he’s made, the infrastructure, the job creation, the lowest Black unemployment rate in the last 50 years, probably all time, the investment in Black small businesses, which is why he visited small businesses today, the investment in education, $16 billion for HBCUs, and student loan forgiveness, which is one of the biggest issues we hear about frequently from Black voters.”
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