The Memo: Biden looks for way to win back deflated Black voters | TheHill

Joe ManchinJoe ManchinArizona Democratic Party executive board censures Sinema Biden seeks to save what he can from Build Back Better On The Money — Labor chief touts efforts to promote job growth MORE (D-W.Va) and Kyrsten SinemaKyrsten SinemaArizona Democratic Party executive board censures Sinema Biden seeks to save what he can from Build Back Better Forced deadline spurs drastic tactic in Congress MORE (D-Ariz.), who expressed support for the underlying legislation but opposed the rule change that would have enabled it to pass.“That’s like me saying, ‘I want everyone to have dinner, but don’t use the stove to cook,’” Sharpton said.Civil rights attorney Shavar Jeffries argued that Biden and his aides “could do a much better job of communicating his wins” to Black voters.“Too much of the media environment is focused on what has not happened. The president and his team have to be much more clear and much more crisp about what he has done,” he said.On the plus side of the ledger, Jeffries pointed to issues such as the expanded child tax credit, the pause on student loan payments and investments in clean-water infrastructure, all of which he said would disproportionately benefit Black Americans.He also cited Biden’s appointment of Black judges to the bench and his nomination of figures steeped in civil rights to high-ranking roles in the Department of Justice (DOJ).But that is not enough for figures such as Armstrong, who called what Biden has done so far “a drop in the bucket in comparison to the significance of the issues we are facing.”There could be a way back into Black voters’ hearts for Biden.