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The
biggest
difference
between
Joe
Biden
and
Donald
Trump…is
that our
president
believes
in
people
enough
to
invest
in their
future,"
said Lt.
Governor
Garlin
Gilchrist
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Biden-Harris
campaign
starts
Black
Voters
initiative
in
Detroit
Posted
by Jean
Davis
tellusdetroit.com
DETROIT
- On
June 4,
at Dr.
LaVonne
M.
Sheffield
Bridge
Center
in
Detroit,
Lt.
Governor
Garlin
Gilchrist
II,
Speaker
of the
House
Joe
Tate,
former
HUD
Secretary
Marcia
Fudge,
and
State
Senator
Sylvia
Santana,
joined
local
community
members
in
Detroit,
to
celebrate
the
launch
of Black
Voters
for
Biden-Harris,
a
national
organizing
program
to
strengthen
our
ongoing
historic
investments
in
outreach
to Black
voters –
the
backbone
of the
Biden-Harris
coalition.
Black
voters
played a
key role
in
securing
Michigan
for Joe
Biden
and
Kamala
Harris
in 2020,
and they
are
expected
to do so
again in
2024.
They
recognize
that
this
administration
has
delivered
on its
promises,
from
achieving
a
record-low
Black
unemployment
rate and
improving
healthcare
coverage
for
Black
Americans,
to
forgiving
billions
in
student-loan
debt.
Conversely,
Donald
Trump's
presidency
saw a
spike in
Black
unemployment
rates
and
uninsured
rates,
along
with
policies
that
exacerbated
the
racial
wealth
gap,
threatening
to
repeal
Obamacare
and
strip
health
care
from
millions
of Black
Americans.
"The
biggest
difference
between
Joe
Biden
and
Donald
Trump…is
that our
president
believes
in
people
enough
to
invest
in their
future,"
said Lt.
Governor
Garlin
Gilchrist
II.
"It's
dangerous
for the
Black
community
for
Donald
Trump to
be
president…It's
up to
Black
folks to
make a
decision
about
how we
are
going to
show up
and put
our
stamp on
today
and our
country.
This
election
is the
right
vehicle
to do
that.
Because
there is
no
answer
to a
question
that
will
advance
our
people
that
includes
Donald
Trump."
"[Donald
Trump]
is a
racist…He
is a
person
that we
cannot
trust
and we
should
not let
be in
power,"
said
former
HUD
Secretary
Marcia
Fudge.
“Today,
Black
unemployment
rates
are
down.
Black
wealth
is up 60
percent
[since
before
the
pandemic].
Broadband
and
high-speed
internet
are more
affordable…We
have $35
insulin
today,
and
health
insurance
for more
Black
people
than in
the
history
of this
country…There’s
a lot of
things
that
need to
be done,
and I do
know
they’re
working
to do
it. But
what I
do know
is this:
The best
way to
predict
the
future
is to
create
it, and
that is
why I’m
riding
with
Biden.”
"One of
two
things
[is]
going to
happen
in five
months.
There’s
either
going to
be a
reawakening
of
democracy,
or
there’s
going to
be a
retreat
from
democracy,"
said
Speaker
Joe
Tate.
"There
are
people
in this
room and
people
in our
community
and in
the
Black
community
that are
going to
determine
whether
Joe
Biden
comes
back in
another
four
years,
or as
Reverend
Sheffield
said,
we’re
going to
have a
retreat
of
democracy
if we
aren’t
engaged."
"As a
state
senator,
I can
tell you
that
this
administration
has done
so many
things
to help
our
community,
to
ensure
we have
a legacy
that we
can
continue,"
said
State
Senator
Sylvia
Santana.
“Under
the
Trump
administration,
we have
seen
where
our
folks
have
died
during
this
pandemic
because
he did
not take
us
seriously.
We’ve
seen
where
Black
home
businesses
have
suffered
because
he did
not take
us
seriously…[Under
President
Biden],
we have
seen
across
Detroit
where
Black
businesses
like
mine are
popping
up each
and
every
day…We
have
seen
where
the Big
Three
automotive
companies
have
taken a
liberty
to
continue
to
invest
in our
state…[In]
leadership
across
our
country,
we have
seen
where we
have the
first
Black
woman
vice
president
sitting
at the
table,
and the
first
Black
[woman]
Supreme
Court
Justice
sitting
at the
table.”
"Under
President
Biden,
my
business
has been
thriving,"
said
small
business
owner
Nya
Marshall.
"Many
doors
have
been
opening
for
[small
business
owners]
that
were
simply
not open
before
and
that’s
also the
reason
why I’m
voting
for
President
Biden."
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