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Why Black Americans see the debate about Biden’s age differently

Black Democrats and leaders are sticking beside President Joe Biden after more than a week of calls from some Congressional Democrats and media pundits for him to step aside as the party’s presidential nominee following his underwhelming June 27 debate with Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Biden’s support for remaining in the 2024 race culminated on Monday night after he met with the Congressional Black Caucus to reiterate what he said in a letter to Congressional Democrats earlier […]

July 9, 2024 1

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Here’s a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election. Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misstated the strength of the economy during his administration. Biden, who tends to lean more on exaggerations and embellishments rather than outright lies, misrepresented the […]

June 28, 2024

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‘What the hell is a Black job?!’: Making sense of Trump and Biden’s debate spar over Black voters

Black voters’ concerns made it to the primetime stage during Thursday night’s presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. But following the four-minute exchange on issues concerning millions of Black Americans, many were left wondering what “Black jobs” are. Rather than presenting his policy plans to improve the lives of Black Americans, Trump turned to his signature grumbling about migrants flooding the U.S. border. “His big kill on the Black people is the millions of people […]

June 28, 2024 1

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Harris acknowledges Biden had a ‘slow start’ in debate and tries to calm Democratic fears

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged that President Joe Biden had a “slow start” in his debate against Donald Trump on Thursday night, but she insisted that he finished “strong” in a performance that triggered a new round of concerns within their own party about Biden’s fitness to be their standard-bearer. “It was a slow start. That’s obvious to everyone. I’m not going to debate that point,” Harris said in an interview on CNN following the debate. “I’m […]

June 28, 2024 1

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Here’s a look at the false claims you might hear during tonight’s presidential debate

To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, the U.S. has fallen apart under President Joe Biden: the economy is failing, countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions across the southern border and crime has skyrocketed. Biden, on the other hand, has claimed he confronted an inflation rate of 9% and $5 gas prices when he took office, and boasts about his administration’s job creation without telling the full story. There’s no comparing the volume of false and misleading […]

June 28, 2024

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What Biden needs to say to persuade Black voters at presidential debate

The historic primetime presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will be consequential for Black voters, an influential voting bloc that both Biden and Trump have heavily courted on the campaign trail. Though Biden won 92% of the Black vote in the 2020 presidential election, compared to the 8% who voted for Trump, national polling shows the president has a way to go to reach the level of support he did four years ago in […]

June 27, 2024 2

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Watch the CNN presidential debate with theGrio. Our pre-debate and post-debate specials will break down all the political drama

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I am both intrigued and scared about Thursday night’s presidential debate. My feelings are all over the map, and I need to figure out what I think because TheGrio has tapped me to be part of our pre- and post-presidential debate coverage on TheGrio Cable Network on Thursday night beginning at 8:30 p.m (You’ll also be able to watch […]

June 27, 2024 1

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Ahead of debate, Black voters should know this about Trump and Project 2025

As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump prepare to spar on Thursday in the 2024 election’s first presidential debate, many are sounding the alarm about the dangers of Project 2025 and its implications for Black and brown voters.Project 2025, formerly called the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, is a wide-ranging manifesto of policy priorities and prescriptions for the next Republican president. If Trump reclaims the White House, the plan calls for several actions that would upend the federal government […]

June 26, 2024 3

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How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week’s debate

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. The 81-year-old Democrat’s team is aware he cannot afford an underwhelming performance when he faces Republican rival Donald Trump for 90 minutes on live television June 27. Biden’s team expects aggressive attacks on his physical and mental strength, his record on the economy and immigration and even his family. Trump, 78 […]

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