Black Voters Matter Releases Statement Following Calls to Replace Biden-Harris Ticket

 

Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown, Co-Founders of Black Voters Matter, and April England-Albright, National Legal Director of Black Voters Matter, issued the following statement.

During the 2024 Democratic Presidential Primary, Black Voters overwhelmingly came out and voted for the Biden-Harris ticket, just as they did in 2020 in order to have an ally in the White House who would invest in our communities, implement greater police accountability, fund HBCU at higher levels, join the fight to protect voting and civil rights, alleviate student debt plaguing so many Black families, and appoint more Black judges to the federal courts—including the Supreme Court—to protect against the onslaught of regressive federal court rulings that hurt Black and Marginalized communities.

To the majority of Black Voters, the Biden-Harris ticket has delivered on enough of those promises to stand with this ticket today. In spite of this, the recent nervous cry for Biden to step aside—led largely by white congresspeople, pundits, and donors—threatens to mute and overlook the voices of Black Voters. Such a step by the Democratic Party would not only impact the enthusiasm of Black Voters in this year’s general election, but it would impact Black turnout for decades to come while deepening the widespread belief that the Democratic Party takes our voters for granted.

We believe it is both reckless and shortsighted to change the nominee this late in the process, and history supports our belief. A brokered/contested convention has never worked well for Dems: not in 1968, not in 1980, not in 2016 and not likely this year. To Black Voters, a contested convention which overlooks VP Harris as the assumed nominee, is a step too far, and such a strategy poses the greatest threat of benefitting the twice impeached, authoritarian rapist with multiple felony convictions.

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Source: Black Voters Matter