"He's running for revenge" - President Biden leans toward the Black community and advises against voting for Donald Trump

President Biden is supposed to deliver a speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday. It is an all-male, historically Black institution. The students, alumni, and faculty have been strongly divided over President Biden's policy toward strong support for Israel.

On Saturday, President Biden landed in Atlanta and was welcomed by a group of Morehouse College graduates at the airport. In a following meeting held in Mary Mac's Tea Room, an almost 80-years Black-owned restaurant, President Biden advised against former President Trump, saying, "Folks, Trump isn’t running to lead America. He’s running for revenge." He added, "And look, revenge is no way to lead a country." President Biden encouraged people from Georgia to vote by arguing they have massive power. He also thanked them for his current presidency by saying, "You’re the reason — not a joke — Georgia is the reason I’m president of the United States."

However, the poll conducted by the New York Times shows Georgia as the state more leaning toward former President Donald Trump. Although positive and calm about the results, President Biden emphasized the need to act more during the presidential campaign. However, during the weekend meetings, President Biden seems to follow the trope of discrediting his candidate, presenting Trump's flaws instead of highlighting his own achievements or strategies. He advocated: "Our children’s future is at stake. Not a joke. If you’ll allow me to make the case… We have to win this race, not for me but for America."

The speech is part of a warming-up presidential campaign toward Black voters. After delivering his speech, President Joseph Biden will travel to Detroit to speak during NAACP Dinner. As the experts predict, both Georgia and Michigan are one of the crucial states that may decide the outcome of the presidential election. In those states, particularly important will be Black voters, whose boost in the 2020 election President Biden led in the presidential race.

Press secretary of the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre, commented on the chilly atmosphere surrounding President Biden's approach to Israel's attacks and received help. She said, "When it comes to this difficult moment in time that we're in as we speak about the protests, he understands that there's a lot of pain... He understands that people have a lot of opinions and he respects that folks have a lot of opinions." She hinted that the President would address the worries that sparked in the US due to the nationwide college protests.

The announcement concerning President Biden's speech in the College was met with a backlash. Students, members of the faculty, and Alumni who disagree with the way President Biden deals with the situation in Gaza released an online letter in which they claimed, "In inviting President Biden to campus, the college affirms a cruel standard that complicity in genocide merits no sanction from the institution that produced one of the towering advocates for nonviolence of the twentieth century." The letter follows: "If the college cannot affirm this noble tradition of justice by rescinding its invitation to President Biden, then the college should reconsider its attachment to Dr. King." The letter also referred to Dr. King's words that "war is a hell that diminishes" the humanity.

In the past week, President Biden met with plaintiffs and relatives of people involved in Brown v. Board Education and met members of the "Divine Nine" Black fraternities and sororities. Additionally, he also held a conversation with members of Little Rock Nine.

Source: ABC, New York Times, The Hill, LA Times, NPR