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Commentary: President Joe Biden is struggling to shore up the Black vote

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Emanuel AME Church on Jan. 8, 2024, in Charleston, South Carolina.

President Joe Biden has been hitting the Black churches in his reelection campaign, of course. He knows he has no prayer of staying in the White House without the African American vote.

Black voters are the most significant and loyal segment of the Democratic Party. They must turn out big time for Biden to prevail in a likely rematch with former President Donald Trump. Trump, a Republican, knows well that Biden and the Democrats covet African American support. That is why, in his first presidential run, Trump went hard after the opposition

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