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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Biden picks up Colin Allred as 10th Black Caucus endorser
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-picks-colin-allred-10th-105009856.htmlDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday picked up his 10th endorsement from a Congressional Black Caucus member, with Texas Rep. Colin Allreds decision underscoring the former vice presidents advantage with a crucial party constituency less than a month before 2020 voting begins.
Allred also gives Biden support from another House freshman who flipped a Republican district in the 2018 midterms, and hes the latest Texas Democrat to back Biden after initially siding with Texan Julián Castro, who ended his presidential bid Jan. 2 and has since endorsed one of Bidens more progressive rivals, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
This is a really dangerous time for the country, Allred told The Associated Press, pointing to a recent flareup with Iran. We have to nominate someone in the Democratic Party who can unite the country and heal the divisions that are going on.
Allred, a former Obama administration lawyer and NFL linebacker, sidestepped Castros endorsement of Warren, but said Biden best represents the Democratic mainstream, and he warned that going too far left could doom the party in November. He pointed to midterm victories like his own, when he won 52% of the vote to defeat Republican Pete Sessions and become the first Democrat and first African American to represent his suburban Dallas district.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Biden picks up Colin Allred as 10th Black Caucus endorser (Original Post)
UncleNoel
Jan 2020
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(297,297 posts)1. Wow.. Colin Allread beat pete sessions in his Dallas suburban
District!
Glad to see many people are getting this..
This is a really dangerous time for the country, Allred told The Associated Press, pointing to a recent flareup with Iran. We have to nominate someone in the Democratic Party who can unite the country and heal the divisions that are going on.
Allred, a former Obama administration lawyer and NFL linebacker, sidestepped Castros endorsement of Warren, but said Biden best represents the Democratic mainstream, and he warned that going too far left could doom the party in November. He pointed to midterm victories like his own, when he won 52% of the vote to defeat Republican Pete Sessions and become the first Democrat and first African American to represent his suburban Dallas district.
Allred, a former Obama administration lawyer and NFL linebacker, sidestepped Castros endorsement of Warren, but said Biden best represents the Democratic mainstream, and he warned that going too far left could doom the party in November. He pointed to midterm victories like his own, when he won 52% of the vote to defeat Republican Pete Sessions and become the first Democrat and first African American to represent his suburban Dallas district.
Great news!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
quickesst
(6,280 posts)2. this is great news....
.... but for those of us that know and understand who Joe Biden is, it's not surprising. Thank you Colin Allred!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
R B Garr
(16,954 posts)3. K&R!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Like his pointing to the danger.
We all have the same things to lose if we lose our democracy, but minorities are already losing them through persecution wherever it can be carried out, and whatever came in the future would hit them hardest. Priorities-defining.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,313 posts)6. Colin is a good man
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,313 posts)7. Great statement from Colin
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(49,001 posts)8. K&R! Politico's article on this:
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,313 posts)9. Colin was a Castro endorser
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,389 posts)10. OH yeah!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden