Curtis Bunn is a reporter for NBC BLK.
While at brunch Sunday near Seattle, April Berg and her girlfriends’ cellphones simultaneously began to ping. “We thought somebody had died,” she said. Rather, word had spread that President Joe Biden had pulled out of the presidential race. Moments later, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic nominee. Berg and her friends’ normal 90-minute gathering lasted almost four hours.
But Biden changed policies that benefit Black folks and set us on a promising path.” Biden’s rough debate performance in June led to mounting calls from Democratic figures for him to step aside. Christine Beatty, a nonprofit political consultant in Detroit, said it created a contentious situation. “I think he was forced out, and I’m not happy about that,” Beatty said. “I think he succumbed to the pressure. The man tackled issues for the country, which are our issues.
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