headed to the south carolina primary the establishment was terrified and bernie sanders would be the nominee. they met biden the day before the sea and said if you want to win the primary you have to motivate black women in primary voters the best way is to put a black woman on the supreme court. biden agreed overruling the objections that it would look like pandering the next night by biden who was so committed to racial justice cared about it so much he forgot to mention it. in fact he forgot to mention it three times in that debate to the point where james clyburn literally had to sprint backstage to grab biden in the final add break and remind him he is supposed to make the black woman pledge. all of this was confirmed by clyburn herself this week.