Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) issued a letter to the Biden Administration encouraging them to appoint multiple Black candidates to Federal Reserve leadership positions that will be filled in the coming months. The letter was signed by the leaders of the Black Women’s Roundtable, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Association of Investment Companies, the National Action Network, the National Association of Securities Professionals, the National Bankers Association, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Urban League.
you want to set up the meeting? do you want to set up the meeting? no, no. are they friends of yours? i think there s blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there s blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it and you don t have any doubt about it either. again, that s just some of what the president has said. kirstin, i want to float this idea that emily tisch susman floated to me a few minutes ago, perhaps the president s outreach to african-american voters specifically, maybe it s not about moving the needle, kirstin. maybe it s about giving the impression to white voters that the president actually cares. is that a theory that resonates with you? you know, craig, i m not sure what his goal is, but he s certainly not resonating with black voters. this has been a critical election we ve been following really really closely in essence in the survey we did with black women s roundtable,