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Aug 25, 2020, 5 tweets

NEW: Black women are the base, consistent and loyal voters. To get Obama's Black turnout, Biden needs to improve on Clinton's support from Black men. A story about 2020 and Black men from North Milwaukee, and the privileges Biden enjoys (+ some barriers)
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It's not that Black men don't vote, but every missed vote for Dems is almost assuredly a blue one. To those I talked to, there's an acknowledgement of the sexism that Clinton faced, and a sense that Biden is poised to do better bc of Trump, not himself
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The stakes here aren't Biden Has To Do This Or He Loses The Election, it's really about the party's changing coalition, and the real possibility that Bidens winning formula in 2020 is a whiter one
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New: Biden campaign releases a series of ads targeting Black men. Here's one

Here's another, in a series theyre doing at Black barber shops.

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