Joe Biden Will Not Take Black People for Granted

If you are an avid consumer of politics, it is impossible to avoid comparing Joe Biden and Donald Trump, two septuagenarian white men with complicated histories on race relations. Both men competed for the office of president, requiring that they make a genuine appeal to black Americans for votes and support.

“What have you got to lose?” said Trump, his white Make America Great hat casting a shadow over his bulbous eyes. He was speaking before a crowd of Michigan supporters on August 19, 2016, less than three months before his eventual ascension to the presidency. As Trump performed that annoying motion with his tiny hands he said, “You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs. Fifty- eight percent of your youth are unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?” The crowd behind Trump, replete with faces twisted by hate, roared their approval of their man.

What do you have to lose? Really.

They were the words of a charlatan, a con artist with nothing to offer anyone except for the heartbreak that comes with a broken promise. Many of Trump’s ardent followers, freshly fleeced by his shady fundraising apparatus, are beginning to realize that Trump is full of shit. I still can’t believe that eight percent of black Americans were bamboozled into voting for the man.