Democratic Primaries

UncleNoel

(864 posts) Mon Jan 13, 2020, 08:01 AM Jan 2020

Biden picks up Colin Allred as 10th Black Caucus endorser

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-picks-colin-allred-10th-105009856.html

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday picked up his 10th endorsement from a Congressional Black Caucus member, with Texas Rep. Colin Allred’s decision underscoring the former vice president’s advantage with a crucial party constituency less than a month before 2020 voting begins.

Allred also gives Biden support from another House freshman who flipped a Republican district in the 2018 midterms, and he’s the latest Texas Democrat to back Biden after initially siding with Texan Julián Castro, who ended his presidential bid Jan. 2 and has since endorsed one of Biden’s more progressive rivals, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

“This is a really dangerous time for the country,” Allred told The Associated Press, pointing to a recent flareup with Iran. “We have to nominate someone in the Democratic Party who can unite the country and heal the divisions that are going on.”

Allred, a former Obama administration lawyer and NFL linebacker, sidestepped Castro’s endorsement of Warren, but said Biden best represents the Democratic mainstream, and he warned that going too far left could doom the party in November. He pointed to midterm victories like his own, when he won 52% of the vote to defeat Republican Pete Sessions and become the first Democrat and first African American to represent his suburban Dallas district.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden picks up Colin Allred as 10th Black Caucus endorser (Original Post) UncleNoel Jan 2020 OP

Wow.. Colin Allread beat pete sessions in his Dallas suburban Cha Jan 2020 #1

this is great news.... quickesst Jan 2020 #2

K&R! R B Garr Jan 2020 #3

KICK Cha Jan 2020 #4

Like his pointing to the danger. Hortensis Jan 2020 #5

Colin is a good man Gothmog Jan 2020 #6

Great statement from Colin Gothmog Jan 2020 #7

K&R! Politico's article on this: highplainsdem Jan 2020 #8

Colin was a Castro endorser Gothmog Jan 2020 #9

OH yeah! oasis Jan 2020 #10

Cha

(320,616 posts)

1. Wow.. Colin Allread beat pete sessions in his Dallas suburban

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 08:48 AM

Jan 2020

District!

Glad to see many people are getting this..

“This is a really dangerous time for the country,” Allred told The Associated Press, pointing to a recent flareup with Iran. “We have to nominate someone in the Democratic Party who can unite the country and heal the divisions that are going on.”

Allred, a former Obama administration lawyer and NFL linebacker, sidestepped Castro’s endorsement of Warren, but said Biden best represents the Democratic mainstream, and he warned that going too far left could doom the party in November. He pointed to midterm victories like his own, when he won 52% of the vote to defeat Republican Pete Sessions and become the first Democrat and first African American to represent his suburban Dallas district.

Great news!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

quickesst

(6,309 posts)

2. this is great news....

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:08 AM

Jan 2020

.... but for those of us that know and understand who Joe Biden is, it's not surprising. Thank you Colin Allred!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

R B Garr

(18,111 posts)

3. K&R!

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:30 AM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cha

(320,616 posts)

4. KICK

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 02:42 PM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. Like his pointing to the danger.

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 02:46 PM

Jan 2020

We all have the same things to lose if we lose our democracy, but minorities are already losing them through persecution wherever it can be carried out, and whatever came in the future would hit them hardest. Priorities-defining.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Gothmog

(182,091 posts)

6. Colin is a good man

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 05:48 PM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Gothmog

(182,091 posts)

7. Great statement from Colin

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 07:01 PM

Jan 2020

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

highplainsdem

(63,112 posts)

8. K&R! Politico's article on this:

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 11:46 PM

Jan 2020

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/13/biden-allred-texas-black-congress-endorsement-097976

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Gothmog

(182,091 posts)

9. Colin was a Castro endorser

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 02:03 AM

Jan 2020

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

oasis

(53,986 posts)

10. OH yeah!

Reply to UncleNoel (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 02:15 AM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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