President Joe Biden is spending the weekend in South Carolina, intent on driving home two messages: He’s loyal to the state that saved his campaign in 2020 and he’s determined to win back Black voters here and elsewhere who were central to his election last time but are less enthused this go-round.

Joe Biden doesn’t need to worry about his prospects in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next week. He’s got that locked up.

He also knows he’s not likely to win the solidly red state come November. It hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 1976.

He’s spending this weekend in the state nonetheless, intent on driving home two messages: He’s loyal to the state that saved his campaign in 2020 and he’s determined to win back Black voters here and elsewhere who were central to his election last time but are less enthused this go-round.

Biden will be the keynote speaker Saturday night at the state party’s fundraising dinner ahead of its first ever “first-in-the-nation” Democratic primary on Feb. 3. He’ll stick around to attend a political event at St. John Baptist Church on Sunday, in a state where politics and faith are intertwined.

  • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
    11·
    8 months ago

    Forgiving student loans is a great example

    Except he negotiated down on that and failed to deliver.

    • SkepticalButOpenMinded
      1·
      8 months ago

      What are you talking about?

      Student loan forgiveness wasn’t an act of congress, so he did not have anyone to “negotiate down” with. His first executive order was struck down by SCOTUS. But he hasn’t backed down and has forgiven over $130 billion through various methods.

      Can you not make stuff up? There’s enough misinformation on the internet.