What Do You Remember From That Fish Fry?

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Biden was always going to be the nominee. Older black voters, they preferred Joe Biden to any other candidate and buy a big margin. This really set in for me long before primary season even started at a fish fry in the summer of 2019. All the candidates were there, hoping against hope that they might win Clyburn's endorsement. They all had on those Clyburn shirts. What did you remember from that afternoon?

In kicking off the midterms, Joe Biden talked about American democracy as a shared value, enshrined in the country’s founding — a value that both Democrats and Republicans should join together in defending. But there is another possible view of this moment. One that is shared by two very different groups: the voters who propelled Biden to the presidency … and the conservative activists who are rejecting democracy altogether.

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