‘I Think Democrats in Power Right Now Have Most Certainly Delivered for the Black Community’
Former top Obama White House advisor praises Dems ahead of crucial vote
A former top advisor to President Barack Obama is praising the work that Democrats in the nation's capital have done on behalf of Black Americans, ahead of Tuesday's important midterm elections.
“I think the Democrats who are in power right now have most certainly delivered for the Black community and I think we are seeing record turnout and that is encouraging but we cannot rest on our laurels,” Valerie Jarrett, herself Black, said in a televised interview on the Rev Al Sharpton's Saturday MSNBC program.
Black Americans are a crucial voting bloc for the Democratic Party, which is fighting to maintain its razor-thin majorities in both houses of Congress on Election Day.
“I was happy to see senator leaders emphasize how important these next few days are. Everything about matters. So yes, I think that Democrats have definitely delivered,” said Jarrett, who served as senior advisor to the nation's first Black president. “And look at the contrast. Republicans are threatening to take away our Medicare. And Medicaid, Social Security. You’ve worked your whole life, you should be able to counter that. A woman’s right to choose. We see all across the country, and Reverend Al, you and I talked about this many times. Laws that are being proposed by Republican legislatures to try to make it more difficult for people to vote. And who are those lost directed at, they are directed at Black people, young people, making it more challenging.
“And what I am encouraged by, one of my best friends right is right this minute knocking on doors in Atlanta. And she said people are standing in lines for hours, determined to vote. So the efforts that they went through to try to make it harder will be proven to be ineffective,” Jarrett said. “But we can’t take anything for granted. We have to turn out and we have to vote. And it isn’t just health care. The economy. All of the different rights, voting, right civil rights that are all at stake.”
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