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Townsend echoed Sellers s sentiment, telling the Post, “She was definitely hopeful that she would have that opportunity.”
Sellers said Sanders “spent a lot of capital” as senior adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign, frequently being asked to defend the candidate when the campaign “had a problem with the Black community.”
Notably, Sanders defended Biden after he told radio host Charlamagne tha God that if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”
The remark was widely criticized. Nevertheless, Sanders took to Twitter to defend her candidate.
Vice President Biden spent his career fighting alongside and for the African American community. He won his party s nomination by earning every vote and meeting people where they are and that s exactly what he intends to do this November. 1/ Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) May 22, 2020
McCarthy’s refusal to recognize Biden as president-elect in the weeks that followed the 2020 election, his vote to reject the certification of electoral results declaring Biden the winner of certain states and his unwillingness to distance himself from former President Trump
Biden has a long relationship with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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But there appears to be little relationship between Biden and McCarthy, the most powerful Republican in the lower chamber of Congress.
The distinction is noteworthy because of the different places McCarthy and McConnell hold within the larger Republican Party and the clearly different relationship they have with the president.
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It’s the first time Biden has met with the four top congressional leaders as a group since being inaugurated in January. It will also be his first meeting with McConnell and McCarthy.
While it appears Biden doesn’t have much of a relationship with McCarthy, who came to power under Trump, he’s spoken with McConnell on the phone and the two have known each other for decades, first as Senate colleagues and then cutting deals during the Obama administration.
The meeting is expected to largely focus on Biden’s $4 trillion spending plan, which is divided up between a $2.3 trillion jobs proposal and a second $1.8 trillion bill focused on education and child care.
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Viral immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett, who helped develop the Moderna vaccine, will also join for an exclusive interview to discuss the science behind the vaccine and efforts to temper vaccine hesitancy in communities of color specifically.
Biden has called on all Americans to get a coronavirus vaccine, saying it is the patriotic thing to do and the fastest way to get life in America back to normal. Vaccines can save your own life, but they can also save your grandmother s life, your co-worker s life, Biden said last month.
Biden met with a select group of television anchors last month ahead of his State of the Union address.
“Right now, it s basically the Titanic. We re like, you know, in the middle of this slow sink. We have a band playing on the deck telling everybody it s fine. And meanwhile, as I ve said, you know, Donald Trump s running around trying to find women s clothing and get on the first lifeboat,” Kinzinger said.
“And I think there s a few of us that are just saying, ‘Guys, this is not good,’ not just for the future of the party, but this is not good for the future of this country,” he added.
On Monday, Kinzinger said the people who foresaw the events on Jan. 6 taking a violent turn are now predicting that lying to voters will result in “a complete and utter destruction of the Republican Party.”