Hunter Biden gets blunt about how Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party: ‘Black women got my dad elected’
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Biden has been outspoken in recent months about President Trump, the state of the country, and what Democratic leadership should focus on ahead of the midterms.
Hunter Biden has firmly established himself as an antagonist of both the Republican Party and select Democrats who sought to pressure his father to drop his 2024 re-election bid.
When it comes to his father, former President Joe Biden, Hunter didn’t mince words about which bases stuck up for him the most — and the base that sent him to the White House in 2020 after defeating Donald Trump.
“You know who stuck with my dad? 100 percent … Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus, Progressive Caucus,” Biden told former NFL player Arian Foster and others for their “Macrodosing” podcast around the 1-hour mark. “You what got my dad elected? Black women. Period, the end.”
He added, “Why was Kamala Harris his No. 1 pick? Why did he pick the first Black woman to the Supreme Court? Black women got my dad elected. Not just for the President. Black women have gotten my dad elected since 1972. That’s who stood with him.”
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The answer came as Hunter revealed his thoughts on the infamous June 2024 debate Biden had against Trump and how his appearance after traveling and his battle with cancer became a contributing factor to how he appeared, leading to the avalanche of individuals from “Pod Save America” to George Clooney and other political operatives who called for Biden to end his re-election campaign.
Statistically, Black women have been far and away the biggest supporters of Democratic candidates at the national level. When Biden ran against Trump in 2020, Biden secured 95 percent of the vote from Black women. The number dipped slightly to 92 percent in the 2024 election, when Vice President Harris ran against Trump, but those women took on the moniker “The 92 Percent,” highlighting their support for Harris and their concern about another Trump presidency.
In a conversation earlier this year with entrepreneur and publisher Tamira Chapman, Lip Bar founder Melissa Butler, and communications strategist Kiaira Nixon, Harris was rather blunt about her thoughts on Black women, their support for the party, and how the party has viewed them overall.
“I think the Democratic Party has taken Black women for granted,” Harris said. “There are very specific issues that impact Black women in America that should be some of the highest priorities. I made them priorities when I was vice president, such as Black maternal mortality. And then you look at what’s happening now with this guy in office, and they’re cutting funding for scientific research if it has the word woman or Black in it. So, to your point, I am never going to shy away from who I am. I’m never going to feel burdened that, because of who I am in terms of my race and my gender, that I should pretend not to be.”