Biden visit, Racine, John Bryant Community Center, Wed May 8 2024

MLK Plaza, State Street, same date: 

Black voters in Racine meet Biden, weigh-in on the issues

...Other Black voters who live in the area, stood outside looking in, watching the presidential motorcade drive through their neighborhood.

Racine resident and military veteran Merdis Husdon was among them. She said she's voting for Biden come November but isn’t pleased with how he’s handling Gaza.

“It just doesn’t make sense how many people are dying,” she said. “That’s the one issue that I see might deter people from voting for Biden he needs to address that like right away.”

She is however supportive of the president’s stance on abortion and the state of the economy. Hudson also said she believes Biden is doing the best he can with Black voters but would like to see more emphasis on education through grassroots organizations.

Others gathering outside the Bryant Community Center took a stronger stance against Biden. A group of about a dozen pro-Palestine protestors were there criticizing Biden’s support of Israel.

Among that group was Kenosha resident Justin Blake, whose nephew Jacob Blake was shot by police in 2020. Justin said fear of a Trump presidency isn’t enough to sway his vote, and that he’d be voting for third-party candidate Cornell West, regardless of his chances.

"We should have another option,” he said. “If it takes to get a lump over the head for this country to straighten up and fly right then let that be."

He also said on top of the president’s handling of Gaza he’s displeased with what he called a lack of follow-through against police violence following the death of George Floyd.

“We were convincing them that President Biden was for the African American community and for once was going to bring something of substance to our community,” Justin said of his campaign efforts in 2020. “We were played.”...

https://www.tmj4.com/news/national-politics/america-votes/black-voters-in-racine-meet-biden-weigh-in-on-the-issues

Pic of the war criminal:

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