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Why Black Americans are leaving Biden in droves
'Blaxit' of White House employees fleeing Team Biden shows the White House is out of touch
It
should come as no surprise that Black Americans are ditching the Biden
administration in droves. The recent exodus of 21 Black staffers, which
has been dubbed "Blaxit," should be a warning sign to Democrats that
instead of playing the race card, they should tackle the issues that
actually matter to Black Americans – starting with inflation and
crime.
Contrary to the spin coming out of the
White House, the departure of 21 Black staffers – with more expected in
the coming weeks – is not something that can just be brushed off as a
coincidence or a normal part of the political cycle. The fact that the
White House is trying to treat this as being inconsequential just
underscores the root of the problem – the Biden administration is happy
to have Black votes on Election Day, but doesn’t actually care about our interests.
The
same pattern plays out again and again. Team Biden is presented with
evidence of an impending catastrophe that is likely to devastate the
Black community, and they either scoff at the idea that it’s a problem,
or attempt to shift the blame onto someone else.
When
prices first started rising at the gas pump and in grocery stores,
President Joe Biden and his advisers insisted that inflation would be a
"transitory" phenomenon – nothing to worry about. Now that inflation has
been at a 40-year high for several months in a row, and working
families are struggling to fill their tanks and put food on the table,
they’re trying to convince us that the real culprit is not their own
reckless policies, but COVID-related supply chain issues and Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
A caricature sticker of President Joe Biden pointing to high gas
prices on a gasoline pump is visible in Lafayette, California, Nov. 9,
2021.
(Gado/Getty Images)
A similar story is playing out with the critical shortage of baby formula,
which is now starting to put vulnerable children in the hospital with
malnutrition. Black mothers rely more heavily on baby formula than White
mothers, and low-income families are being disproportionately harmed by
the ongoing formula shortage. Biden doesn’t seem to care. All he’s done
is put band-aids on the problem, hoping to convince the American public
that his administration has things under control, even as the shelves
remain barren and desperate parents travel for hours in search of the
food their children need to survive.
And then, of course, there’s the ongoing epidemic of violent crime
that is devastating America’s cities. For a year and a half, the Biden
administration has ignored the problem. Sure, they’re happy to
politicize a tragedy such as a school shooting in order to push their
gun-control agenda, but where are they when Blacks are being routinely
gunned down in the inner cities? Over Memorial Day weekend, there were
at least 14 mass shootings across the country, and more than 50 people
were shot in Chicago alone.
Biden loves to talk about "White
supremacy" as a bogeyman, but the vast majority of the violence being
inflicted on Black Americans has nothing to do with White supremacy, and
everything to do with his own party’s failed soft-on-crime policies.
I
speak from personal experience on this subject. Over 30 years ago, I
lost my right leg as the result of a gunshot wound. Some of the people I
work with have had similar experiences. Instead of putting our trust in
self-interested politicians like Biden, we dedicated ourselves to
actually doing something to make life better for our fellow Americans. Video
Instead
of trying to drive God out of our society, we embrace Christian
messages of love, empathy, and understanding. Instead of making people
dependent on government handouts to live, we help them become
self-sufficient so they can provide for themselves and their families.
Instead of viewing the Constitution as outdated or anachronistic, we
recognize that it provides the blueprint for the greatest form of
government that has ever existed.
Biden
doesn’t understand any of that, and that’s part of the reason why he’s
so out of touch with the needs and concerns of black Americans. It’s no
surprise to me that there has been a "Blaxit" from Biden’s
administration – he refuses to acknowledge reality, and therefore he has
no hope of fixing any of the problems that are affecting Black
Americans. I wouldn’t want to be associated with his administration,
either.
