I & I Editorial BoardThe latest New York Times poll looks like an absolute disaster for Joe Biden. But not just because he is far behind Donald Trump in most of the battleground states.
What’s really interesting is the fact that these findings are a repudiation of Biden’s entire presidency.
The Times poll shows Donald Trump leading Biden by substantial margins in Arizona (up seven points), Georgia (up 10 points), and Nevada (up 12 points). Trump is also up by three points in Pennsylvania and seven in Michigan. The only battleground state where Biden does better is Wisconsin, up by just two points.
But notice the difference between Sun Belt states and those in the Midwest.
On CNN, data reporter Harry Enten was asked “Why do you think Biden is doing better in the Great Lakes and Trump is doing so much better in the Sun Belt?”
Enten’s answer: “The Trump coalition is becoming more diverse, and, of course, those Sun Belt battleground states are more diverse than the Great Lake battleground states.
“You look at Nevada, Arizona, heavy Hispanic population. Georgia, heavily African American population. Michigan does have some black voters in it. But Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are heavily, heavily whites.”
Wait. What?
This completely defies the “reality” we’ve been fed for years that Trump is a Hispanic-hating white-supremacist racist and Biden the antidote.
Biden calls Trump racist every chance he gets, starting with the 2020 campaign when he claimed in one of the debates that Trump is “one of the most racist presidents in history.”
More recently, the Biden campaign called Trump’s plans to close the border and send illegal immigrants back to their home countries “extreme, racist, cruel” and said that if Trump wins in November “he’ll turn his racist record into official government policy, gutting programs that give communities of color economic opportunities and making the lives of black and brown folks harder.”
Biden’s entire reason for running for president in 2020 was, he’s said repeatedly, because he was so horrified by the white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Trump’s supposed “very fine people on both sides” line – a fiction Democrats repeat ad nauseam. Biden said his mission as president was to “weed out the division that the president has created over the last four years and to come together — as one America.”
Since then, Biden pushed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” requirements throughout the federal government with an executive order in 2021 that required agencies to develop “strategic plans,” expand DEI “training,” set up chief DEI officers, and “advance opportunity for communities that have historically faced employment discrimination and professional barriers.”
He’s tried to woo the Hispanic vote by throwing open the southern border to immigrants, worked with non-governmental organizations to relocate them into the country, and talked about amnesty for the millions who’ve made it across.
And the result of these and countless other Biden schemes? Trump does better in more diverse battleground states! If the results were reversed, the press would be screaming about how this proves Trump is blowing a white supremacist dog whistle.
So what’s really going on? Could it be that minorities have finally caught on to Biden’s history of offhandedly making incredibly racist remarks? Such as:
- “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
- “Unlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.”
- “Poor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids.”
- “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American (referring to then Sen. Barack Obama) who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
Maybe blacks recall when Biden bragged about how he was able to “get things done” with segregationist southern senators. Or when he butchered LL Cool J’s name at an awards ceremony and referred to him as “boy”. Or when he called Sen. Robert Byrd, a former Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan, “one of my mentors.” Hispanics might remember when Biden said that they were resisting the COVID vaccine because “they’re worried that they’ll be vaccinated and deported.”
In our view, the more likely reason Biden is losing support among blacks and Hispanics is that they want the same thing as everyone else. You know, things such as jobs and opportunity. The ability to enjoy the fruits of their labors and not have them robbed by taxes and inflation. To live in safe neighborhoods. To have secure borders. And they’re coming to realize that it’s Biden and the cadre of leftist Democrats who have failed them.
True, blacks and Hispanics still vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. But perhaps this election will mark a turning point. If true, it would be the only good thing to come out of the Biden presidency.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
Regarding the comment about wanting to bring the country closer together: Every President makes this comment, usually in their campaign and then again in their inauguration speech. The problem with this comment is that it makes the assumption that any form of differentiation is used as a reason to institute blunt force to get the desired result. It reduces our humanity to a dot-plot of characteristics that are not necessarily relevant to how we react to these attempts to force us into harmony. It is these attempts at force that destroy the social compact more than the differences themselves.
I knew. Anyone knew that paid any attention to his comments and associations over the past 50 years. Of course, he’s also much worse than that (sniff sniff).
have you ever noticed biden never sniffs black kids? and i saw a vid of dooooctor jillie give something to 2 kids, 1 white and 1 black. she firmly touched the white kid and lightly touched the black one.
Lily white? I live in suburban Milwaukee metro area and can’t say I see the same population break down as the editors.