(VOR News) – A hypothetical return of Donald Trump to the Biden White House would be damaging to the immense progress that African Americans have accomplished.
According to statements made by Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden on Saturday at the annual Phoenix Awards ceremony hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
Both Vice President Biden and Senator Harris, while addressing Black politicians and leaders, highlighted the significance of the approaching election and called attention to the various factors that have the potential to influence the advancement of racial equality in the United States today.
Harris, who is running for vice president in the 2024 presidential election, has criticized President Trump and Senator JD Vance for adopting a policy that is intended to create division in society.
Harris is trying to follow Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the presidency.
According to Harris’s argument, persons who are under-represented may have fewer opportunities, freedoms, and access to justice as a consequence of the actions taken by Trump.
“Donald Trump and his extremist allies want to move our nation backward,” she stated, underlining the need of African-American voters showing their support for the candidate.
In order to reaffirm the point that Harris was trying to make, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation presented Vice President Joe Biden with a lifetime achievement award.
As an example, he referred to recent statements made by Vance, in which he spread inaccurate information about Haitian immigrants in Ohio. He used these statements as an illustration. It was his opinion that such language is both harmful and untrue.
Using Trump’s participation in the rioting that broke out at the Capitol on January 6 and his treatment of George Floyd’s demonstrations as more evidence of his track record of inflaming racial tensions, Vice President Biden demonstrated that Trump has a history of adding fuel to the fire.
During their respective statements, both Biden and Harris made reference to the accomplishments of the government.
The decrease in the poverty rate among African American children, the support of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and initiatives to close the wealth imbalance among diverse ethnic groups are some of the accomplishments that have been made.
The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, reiterated his unwavering endorsement of Harris by stating, “I will take great pride in witnessing her inauguration as president of the United States of America from the steps of the Capitol.”
In light of the fact that African-American voters, and African-American women in particular, are a sizeable portion of the Democratic base, the attendance of Biden and Harris signalled that a concerted attempt was being made to electrify this demographic prior to the election in November.
The recent pledge made by President Trump to carry out mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from Springfield, Ohio, has stoked the flames of debate within the United States.
This was a response to allegations that had been made that the local population was being negatively affected by recent arrivals from Haiti.
In spite of the fact that the vast majority of Haitians are legally present in the United States, President Trump made this assertion during a press conference that took place in Los Angeles.
When Trump made the statement, “We will do large deportations from Springfield,” he was making a reference to the approximately 12,000–15,000 Haitian residents who live in the city.
In addition, the campaign of Donald Trump has made disparaging remarks about Harris for the reason that she is a Black woman with multi-ethnic background.
Not only is Harris the first person of African descent to hold the position of vice president, but if she is elected, she will also make history by being the first Black woman to hold the position of president.
SOURCE: Tribune
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