Staff Reports
President Joe Biden strutted into Wisconsin to razzle-dazzle the Black community with his economic accomplishments. He boasted about how his reign in the White House has ignited a flurry of economic opportunities for Black folks and set their community on fire. He even had the audacity to claim that his administration has caused a boom in Black-owned businesses and has boosted the overall wealth of Black Americans. But hold on to your hats, because the cold, hard truth reveals a different tale.
Biden tries to reassure Black voters that his economic policies are workinghttps://t.co/fVik51r0Iu pic.twitter.com/TXs3myCPuJ
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 21, 2023
Despite President Biden’s rainbow and sunshine depiction of the economy, the numbers tell a very different story. Inflation has shot through the roof during his reign, and grocery prices have skyrocketed, giving the Black community a swift kick in the wallet. Wage gains for Black workers have been more frigid than a polar bear’s toenails, with weekly earnings for full-time employed Blacks dropping from $304 to $299 since Biden took office. Meanwhile, other communities were sloshing around in weekly earnings of $365.
And what about the unemployment rate? It dropped to a record low of 4.7% in April but then skyrocketed to 5.8% in October, leaving Black workers worse off than when Biden took the reins. Ouch!
Not even the Wisconsin GOP Chairman, Brian Schimming, could bite his tongue, describing the painful 17% inflation rate during Biden’s reign as something that’s pounding everyone in society, but hurting some folks, especially the black community, worse than others.
And let’s talk about those poll numbers. President Biden is doing the limbo with his support among Black voters, as recent polls show a disheartening drop in backing. A measly 62% of Black respondents said they would support Biden for a second term. That’s a far cry from the enthusiastic 92% of Black voters who backed him in 2020.
The New York Times/Siena College poll doesn’t paint a prettier picture, revealing that 22% of Black voters in six battleground states would leap into Mr. Trump’s arms, while 71% would begrudgingly stick with President Biden in a hypothetical rematch.
President Biden better watch his step, because the lack of enthusiasm among Black voters could send him back to Scranton faster than he can say, “Come on, man!”. If he can’t turn those frowns upside down, swing states like Georgia or Michigan could waltz into the arms of his political opponents faster than he can say, “Corn Pop was a bad dude.”
