This WOC, Joyce Wilson, Gets It in South Carolina..

[Cha]

And older black voters said they trust Biden to unite the country. If they turn out in large numbers next year — as they did in 2016, when the over-45 age bracket represented more than 70% of those participating in the S.C. Democratic presidential primary — that sensibility could prevail.

Biden’s comments “weren’t (offensive) to me,” said York resident Joyce Wilson, 53, who recently was still deciding between Biden, Harris and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “(But) the news media just beat it, beat it, beat it and that kind of thing will cause divisiveness.”

More comments from POC in South Carolina!

“Biden is the strongest candidate that can beat Trump,” said William Fairfax, a 21-year-old Claflin University student, pointing to Trump’s tweets targeting Biden as evidence Republicans see the former vice president as their biggest threat.

“(Biden) does not shy away from standing up to a bully,” Richmond, also a former Congressional Black Caucus chairman, added.

More than a dozen black S.C. voters interviewed by The State said Biden, 76, could run on being a seasoned politician who spent nearly four decades in electoral politics, plus another eight years in the White House.

“He’s been in politics for a long time, and I think he’s the best candidate to beat Trump,” said Jeffery Lytes, 49, of Lexington.

“I’m real high on experience, and I’m real impressed with the experience he has,” added state Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon. “I think he’s the right person to bring us to victory.”

Dorothy Craig, a 56-year-old from Union who has “pretty much” decided to vote for Biden because of his experience, agreed.

“I just feel like he has the experience. I feel like we need someone who has that same experience to go back in and put it back in order.”

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article231926968.html

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=191600

Bonus quotes..

‘Fond memories’

Biden’s tie to Obama’s tenure is motivation enough for some black S.C. voters to back him.

Travis and Cynthia Keller of Irmo — a couple in their 40s — said the 2010 Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” is what has helped guarantee their 11-year-old son, a three-time organ transplant recipient, gets the coverage and treatment he needs.

“We know that Joe will fight for us,“ Cynthia Keller said

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[Skya Rhen]

1. Yep - we know Joe!

[Cha]

4. Thank You, Skya!

[Cha]

5. Yay! Thank You!

[highplainsdem]

2. "We know that Joe will fight for us." Exactly. They know they can trust Biden.

K&R!

[Cha]

3. Yes, I loved that anecdote about

Obamacare being there for their child and knowing Joe Biden will fight for them.

Mahalo, highpalinsdem!

[oasis]

6. Off to the greatest page with this gem.

[Cha]

7. Thank You, oasis!

I'm glad you saw these positive reviews of Joe Biden amongst all the negativity.

[oasis]

8. In a word: "refreshing"

You're welcome my friend.

[Cha]

10. Yeah, I thought I

found a gold mine.. after I had dug depper.

Hoaaloha, oasis:

[NYMinute]

21. I second that!! nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. Kicking

Thank you for the positive thread Cha. They've been in short supply lately.

[Cha]

14. MustLoveBeagles Gets It, Too!

Mahalo so much!

[brer cat]

11. Good news for Biden.

He is a fighter and right now I think he is the best choice to take on trump.

Thank you for sharing this, Cha.

[Cha]

15. Biden is a Fighter like Hillary..

Finally some great reviews from POC in South Carolina!

Yes, right now.. I know things can change, brer.. but since we don't have crystal balls that work.. all we can do is take action on what we know right here and now.

[ucrdem]

12. That's so awesome!

This is such an important group of voters I think anything Joe can do to keep them onboard will be time will spent including today's apology. Go Joe!

[Cha]

22. I love their statements on just

why they're supporting Joe Biden.. they're my reasons! lol

Yes, they've always been so vital to our Democracy!Mahalo, ucr!

[redstateblues]

13. Go Joe. Go Cha!

[Cha]

24. Thank You, redstateblues!

[LakeArenal]

16. "I'm real high on experience"

Me also.

Joe remains the most qualified both nationally and globally.

[Cha]

25. Well said, LakeArenal!

"Joe remains the most qualified both nationally and globally."

I like the way state Sen. Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon put that, too.. ".. high on experience"

Thank You!

[Cha]

17. Biden in the Way Back Machine.. Slamming Reagan's SOS..

[emmaverybo]

26. Oh, Cha I love this one so much. NT

[Cha]

34. I know.. I ran across it in

my journal while I was looking for something else.

Thought I should post it on here..

[emmaverybo]

38. It's so important to see how engaged he was with civil rights issues, globally, going way back.

I love his complete lack of intimidation with George Schultz and the great stuff he does tapping the
manuscript, treating it disdainfully as he handles it, the smiles that say you don’t fool me and I think you are s horse’s ass. But most of all his sharp passion and urgency to get us on the side of
black South Africans. That last I don’t believe you, and they don’t either, said in that tone! He definitely had trial lawyer chops.

[Cha]

41. Yes, Joe Biden was Brilliant

standing up for the Black South Africans against apartheid.. and you describe Biden's reactions to George Schultz so eloquently, emmaverybo!

[Peacetrain]

18. The Joe I know!!!! what a great piece to wake up to!

I have been so gobsmacked by ops that do not have any connection to the VP Biden I have gotten to know and understand and appreciate from working with the Obama campaign in Iowa.. Hes a good man.. Good Sunday Morning Cha!

[Cha]

36. I know exactly what you mean, Peacetrain..

I was must grateful to find these comments further down in the long article.

The Biden who is the one we're supporting.. not some smear job by the M$$$$$M and whomever jumps on that wagon.

Mahalo, Peacetrain. may we see more of this

[Scurrilous]

19. Thanks Cha!

[Cha]

37. You're Welcome, Scurrilous!

[LibFarmer]

20. Sensible people - not swayed by the media narratives.

They certainly get it.

[Cha]

40. You Get It, too..

Thank You, Lib!

[Gothmog]

23. Joe Biden Is The Only Democrat With A Clear Advantage Over Trump In New Poll

Link to tweet

[RHMerriman]

27. How hurtful of them to say such things

How hurtful of them to say such things.

[treestar]

28. The foreign policy

Experience is needed to repair the damage. He could emphasize it. I don’t think any of the others have much on that.

[LakeArenal]

30. Although I do think Buttigieg would charm the world.

Much like Trudeau.

[StarfishSaver]

29. Are you insinuating that other black women who don't agree with this one DON'T "get it"?

I'm not sure you realize how your comment sounds - and I doubt it's your intention to sound that way.

[highplainsdem]

31. Are you trying to suggest that blacks who support Biden don't get it?

Because if so, you're insulting a lot of blacks.

The latest ABC News/WaPo poll, for instance, found out that when they polled on a head-to-head matchup with Trump, Biden got 83% of black support while Trump got 12%.

Harris did pretty well with black voters polled, but not as well as Biden, with 77%-16% of the black vote against Trump.


Editing to add the link to the thread about those poll details:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287193363

[StarfishSaver]

32. I neither said nor suggested any such thing

Because I know that all black people don't think alike and thus, the fact that some black people think one way is not proof that any black people who don't agree with them "don't get it." We think for ourselves and often disagree with each other, just like white people.

[highplainsdem]

33. If you'll read the article Cha is quoting from and not just the excerpts she included in her OP,

then you'll see that the VERY FIRST quote given in the article from a South Carolinian -- the one who's the subject of the very first paragraph of the article -- explains WHY Cha used that wording for the OP title.

That very first quote is in paragraph 7 of the article.

Here are paragraphs 6 and 7:

But on that night, Pearson — whose parents went to segregated schools — was still with Biden: the man she met a week before at U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn’s “World Famous Fish Fry” who impressed her with his stance on health care.

“I support him,” said the 34-year-old Columbia resident. “I am a black woman. I get where he’s coming from.”

Emphasis added.

[Cha]

35. I'm actually saying that Joyce Wilson Gets IT about

the "news media".

Joyce Wilson hasn't decided on a candidate yet..

Biden’s comments “weren’t (offensive) to me,” said York resident Joyce Wilson, 53, who recently was still deciding between Biden, Harris and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Biden’s comments “weren’t (offensive) to me,” said York resident Joyce Wilson, 53, who recently was still deciding between Biden, Harris and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “(But) the news media just beat it, beat it, beat it and that kind of thing will cause divisiveness.”

[LanternWaste]

39. I think you're conflating inference and imply. Again.

Granted, doing so is a textbook move in derailing; but at this point, it's also a wee bit obvious.

[Cha]

42. Thank You, LanternWaste.