For Democratic presidential candidates, a win in South Carolina is a must in order to build momentum in next year's primaries.
Supporters greet Sen. Kamala Harris of California on Saturday before the South Carolina Democratic Party convention in Columbia.
“You don’t really get that in Iowa or New Hampshire,” Sellers said in an interview at the state Democratic Party convention Saturday, where the contenders each had just a few minutes onstage to make their pitches to the thousands in attendance. Former Vice President Joe Biden has been fending off criticism over comments about his ability to work with segregationists early in his political career. And South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was dealing with the aftermath of a fatal police shooting of a black man in his town.
Biden’s past affiliations and remarks about being “civil” with segregationists didn’t sit well with some black voters who attended events this weekend, but many were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.’s vice president and that is a major connection right now for a lot of people in South Carolina, even with his mishaps and slip-ups,” said Jennifer Morrow, a member of the South Carolina Black Women’s Caucus.
For Derrick Quarles, who started two Black Lives Matter chapters in the state, enough is almost enough when it comes to Biden. Buttigieg had mostly stayed off the campaign trail last week when tensions gripped his hometown after a white police officer shot and killed a black man.
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