Biden picks up backing from 4 more black lawmakers 😎

[Iamaartist]

A quartet of black lawmakers endorsed Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, giving the former vice president his 15th endorsement from the influential Congressional Black Caucus.

Reps. Frederica Wilson and Alcee Hastings of Florida, Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey and Sanford Bishop of Georgia each backed Biden in a joint statement first obtained by POLITICO, casting him as the candidate who can beat President Donald Trump in November and unify the nation.


Joe Biden has the experience, vision and heart to reunify our country after four years of Donald Trump,” said Hastings, who added that Biden is ready to step in as commander in chief on Day One. “He has the proven ability to connect and empathize with folks of all backgrounds. At a time when our president is doing everything he possibly can to divide our nation, Joe will be a driving force for healing and unity.”

Wilson and Hastings had previously endorsed Sen. Kamala Harris of California, who suspended her presidential campaign last month, while Payne originally backed home-state Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who dropped out of the race last week.

The batch of additional support for Biden comes less than two weeks before the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses. Biden is among the group of four front-runners who are closely bunched at the top of public polling in Iowa and New Hampshire.

But Biden has a slightly larger advantage over his rivals in Nevada, a more diverse state that caucuses after New Hampshire, and a double-digit lead over his closest competitor in South Carolina, whose primary is at the end of February and where black voters make up roughly 60 percent of the electorate.



He’s always been there for our communities,” Payne said. “There is too much at stake in this election and we need someone like Joe Biden, who from Day One will make the needs of working families the centerpiece of his administration.”

Go Joe 😎🎨








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