you thought it was a bad idea for kamala harris to bring race into the debate stage? joe biden s record is fair game but if you divide democrats on race, you lose. you divide and trump con cures. black voting turnout dropped from 66.6% to 59.6%. you want african-americans todr vote address racial disparity, wealth, wages, health. talk about working poores families. look at the crime and murder rate in black communities and how people are treated by the police. these are issues that will motivate people. but if you just use it on race and in a personal attack, democrats are going to lose. laura: you thought it was a great moment for her, why?ou it was a great moment. race is in everything in america. race is in the water we drinkk whether it s flint, michigan, who goes to jail, who gets shot and killed by police. you cannot avoid race. she was just letting it be known
for kamala harris to bring race into the debate stage? joe biden s record is fair game but if you divide democrats on race, you lose. you divide and trump con cures. black voting turnout dropped from 66.6% to 59.6%. you want african-americans to vote address racial disparity, wealth, wages, health. talk about working poor families. look at the crime and murder rate in black communities and how people are treated by the police. these are issues that will motivate people. but if you just use it on race in a personal attack, democrats are going to lose. laura: you thought it was a great moment for her, why? it was a great moment. race is in everything in america. race is in the water we drink whether it s flint, michigan, who goes to jail, who gets shot and killed by police. you cannot avoid race. she was just letting it be
than anyone else right now. doesn t mean someone else can t chip away at that. until barack obama won iowa. dana: let me show you. in 2012, 66.6% of black turnout was a record high. that went down to 59.6%, probably helping hillary clinton to her loss. now that they have this record in the economy, they are going to try to see if they can get more african-american support as well. what do you think? i think joe biden is an old shoe, and there s great comfort with joe biden at the top of the ticket. i think african-american voters are socially conserved, and are
area, the most moderate republican area. it is closest to the urban area of columbus. so this is where we expect danny o connor to run the strongest pu. now, if he keeps the marge lynn like that in franklin county he s off to a great start. about a third of the vote in this district as you re discussing is down here. but this is what the democrats want. get off to a big early start. but just have patience. we re going to be at this a while. these rural areas are critically important to the republican candidate. and we don t have any votes in yet. but if you re danny o connor this is the way you need to come out of the gate. i would just say, though, we re going to be at this for a while. probably several more hours. we shall see what happens. the district, if you just think about it, this is the way it looked in 2016. all red. pat tiberi winning with 66.6% of the vote. so if you re danny o connor, you re off to a good start, erin. don t crack the beer yet. just hang in there. and as
sanders. this have been press releases lornena,e lorna, s release was at the same time of mine. once tom perez got in the chair, he appointed three more african-americans to the leadership team. turnout among african-americans reached a high of 66.6% in 2012, it dropped to 59.6% in 2016. why do you think that happened? we re not talking to african-americans about the issues that are most important them. we re not doing the things to