WASHINGTON (TND) — Today as we remember and honor the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man who said he was a man of God before he was a man of the people, many African-American voters are turning away from the Democratic Party because they do not believe President Joe Biden is the right leader for what was a huge voting block for him in 2020.
Washington Insider Armstrong Willians joined The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat to discuss.
“Inflation is having a disproportionate impact on that. Black household wealth has significantly decreased and I think one of the things that we’re not talking about enough is that urban centers have been so impacted by illegal immigration and the resources that are being taken away to take care of these illegals in these urban centers and resources for health care, the education for tutors, for mentorship and for housing is just not available anymore,” he said.
The support from African-Americans for Biden has started to erode in recent months. This comes as a New York Times recent poll found that 22% of black voters in six battleground states plan to back Trump in 2024.
“They’re the ones who pay the biggest price,” Armstrong said. “These are the things that many people are just not talking about that’s impacting these urban centers.”