Biden plans to pick a female running mate. Would it make a difference if she’s black?

With a pandemic raging, there’s not much in the way of traditional campaigning for Joe Biden to do right now. But he is managing to conduct the most public series of running mate auditions of any apparent Democratic nominee in decades.

On Thursday, Biden appeared on national television for a joint interview with Stacey Abrams, who has made clear her interest in the vice presidential slot. … Biden, of course, has committed to adding a woman to his ticket. But his appearance with Abrams raises the question of whether he’ll also decide that, more specifically, he needs to select an African American woman. CONT.

Steve Kornacki, NBC News


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One Response to “Biden plans to pick a female running mate. Would it make a difference if she’s black?”

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  1. captainern says:

    not to me but it would drive about 65 million deplorables over the edge

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