Al Sharpton: Lack of black 2020 candidates is 'wrong,' a 'problem' for Democratic Party
Seeking to be relevant, Rev. Al weighs in on the "all white" Democratic options.
This, while some Democrats are worried because they're losing black voters to Trump.
Seeking to be relevant, Rev. Al weighs in on the "all white" Democratic options.
MSNBC host Al Sharpton said Tuesday that the Democratic Party is going to have some explaining to do to black voters when not a single black presidential candidate appears on the next debate stage.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” the National Action Network founder weighed in on Sen. Kamala D. Harris announcing Tuesday that she was dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary.
“I think that the real problem the Democrats are going to have is the next debate, you have no black [candidate] on that stage,” Mr. Sharpton said. “And the Democratic Party cannot have a stage where black voters do not see themselves reflected — where they don’t see themselves reflected and expect that we’ll come out and vote in big numbers.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” the National Action Network founder weighed in on Sen. Kamala D. Harris announcing Tuesday that she was dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary.
“I think that the real problem the Democrats are going to have is the next debate, you have no black [candidate] on that stage,” Mr. Sharpton said. “And the Democratic Party cannot have a stage where black voters do not see themselves reflected — where they don’t see themselves reflected and expect that we’ll come out and vote in big numbers.
This, while some Democrats are worried because they're losing black voters to Trump.
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