Biden returns to South Carolina to bolster support with Black voters
By Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Saturday drew a stark contrast with top Republican rival Donald Trump, making the case that Trump failed to support the rights of Black citizens and represents a threat to the U.S economy and democracy.
Biden's comments came during a dinner on Saturday to celebrate elevating South Carolina and its large base of Black voters to first place in the Democratic Party's calendar of contests to nominate a candidate for the November election.
Biden rattled off a list of his accomplishments as president that he said helped a broad swath of Americans, including Black citizens.
Those included a hiring a diverse White House staff, greater investments in historically Black colleges, lower insulin costs, student debt relief and appointing the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.
«Promises made, promises kept,» Biden declared.
His speech was interrupted three separate times by protesters critical of Biden's cozy relationship with Israel and the killing of Palestinians.
The president has been getting mixed reviews from some Black voters who backed him in 2020, including discontent over his failure to deliver on voting rights legislation and other issues. Although Democrats have no hope of winning the state in November, Biden hopes the focus on South Carolina will help bolster support among Black voters.
Biden, setting up for a likely rematch of the 2020 contest against Trump, said his Republican rival is «growing a little confused these days.»
«He apparently can't tell the difference between Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi,» Biden referring to a recent speech where Trump repeatedly referred to his Republican rival Haley as Pelosi,
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