Despite Polls Showing the Biden-Harris Campaign Underperforming with Black Voters, Fulks Says No Admin Has Done More for the Black Community

RADDATZ: “Recent polls show the campaign is underperforming with black voters compared to 2020 exit poll. South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn has said he is very concerned about this. Vice President Harris — I know you just saw that — told Mary the campaign has responded to the black community’s needs. But if that’s the case, why has support for President Biden dipped?”
FULKS: “Look, I think what a lot of people are expressing is urgency. They sense a sense of urgency because of the threat that Republicans pose to, you know, America right now, and that’s precisely why the president and the vice president are running for reelection, to make sure that that doesn’t happen. When it comes to African-American voters, I want to be very clear about this, that no administration has done as much for the African American community as President Biden and Vice President Harris. We’re talking about black wealth being up 60 percent, the racial wealth gap being the lowest that it’s ever been in recorded history. We have to continue to take this message directly to African-American voters, and our campaign has done that. We’ve come out of the gate with very large buys targeted at African-American voters, organizing in their communities to send a clear signal that one, we don’t take them for granted; two, we recognize that we need to earn their support in this campaign and communicate with them all the ways in which this administration has — all the work that this administration has done to make their lives better. And that has to also be in juxtaposition to the contrast of what the Republicans are putting forward. There is going to be a choice in this election, and we have the choice about all the things that I just laid out that President Biden and Vice President Harris have done for the African-American community, and what’s on the Republican side, which is ripping away health care, pledging to repeal the ACA that would drive African-American uninsured rates through the roof. So that’s the choice that African-American voters are going to have.” Air Ba