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view, that a supreme court justice was worth a lot more to the black community that a vice president. the peace come and go, clyburn thought, i ll doris vice president. where is he now? but a supreme court seat, well, that is for life. the meeting on the yorktown was fresh in front of man for biden the next day as he prepared for that night s debate. he understood the difference between a narrow victory and a blowout. his margins with black voters. if he committed to naming a black woman to the united states supreme court, that might give him a lift. i think i should do, it he told his advisers. don t do it, simone sanders replied. speaking in concert with a group. if you wanted to do it at some point, his advisers agreed with one another, he should make a carefully consider dirty plan around announcing that. it was not the kind of thing he should just throw out there on a debate stage. besides, it might look like he was pandering and might backfire. biden was torn. but clyburn and his
politicalev insiders thought the waspo a part of truth to it. there was no plaque political figure in the history of the state that had more influence in south carolina or the deep south. clyburn wanted to endorseso bid. in fact, he had no intention of endorsing any other candidate. but he could also see how badly the wheels had come off biden s campaign earlier, and he was a savvy enough politician to know that there wasn t much point in endorsing someone who was going to lose. on the uss yorktown the night before the debate, clyburn and a few colleagues offered biden counsel and made what amounted to a political ask. the find a way to say that you are part of picking the first latino woman member of the united statesla supreme court, sonja sotomayor, and you re looking forward toun making the first african american woman a member of the united states supreme court. clyburn said. clyburn believed and there was good evidence to support his supreme court justice was worth a lot more to
election, clyburn was shocked, but not stunned. he made a beeline for the backstage area. pete buttigieg approach to greet the most powerful democrat in south carolina politics. clyburn brushed mayor pete aside, his eyes darted around, and he finally found biden. they huddled together out of earshot of the other candidates. there was not much time before biden had to be back on stage for the final segment of the debate. quote, you have had a couple of opportunities to mention naming a black woman to the supreme court, clyburn lectured his friend of nearly half a sanctuary, like a school teacher scolding a child. i m telling you, don t you leave the stage tonight without making it known that you will do that. biden had seem to get it the night before, when clyburn talk to him at a congressional black conk us reception aboard the uss yorktown, a decommissioned aircraft carrier that sat in charleston harbor biden was desperate to get clyburn s endorsement. very few endorsements carry we