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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 4148049" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/26/longtime-south-carolina-black-leaders-ditch-joe-biden-claim-neglect/" target="_blank">Longtime South Carolina Black Leaders Ditch Joe Biden, Claim Neglect</a>Biden, who has struggled to explain his relationship with segregationists and his <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/01/biden-1981-busing-least-effective-remedy-to-integrate-public-schools/" target="_blank">opposition</a> to busing, lost two prominent and longtime supporters from South Carolina’s black community on Friday to little-known Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH).NBC News <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/" target="_blank">reported</a> that Fletcher Smith and Brandon Brown, who were instrumental in helping Biden organize his presence in that state during his 2008 presidential run, were not inspired to back the front runner this time around.The two men, who recently were <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/black-voters-are-cutting-biden-some-slack--for-now/2019/06/22/957c1b42-9470-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html" target="_blank">invited</a> to a private meeting Biden held with other black leaders in South Carolina, said they were endorsing Ryan because the congressman had proved himself a thoughtful and competent leader.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 4148049, member: 12952"] [URL="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/26/longtime-south-carolina-black-leaders-ditch-joe-biden-claim-neglect/"]Longtime South Carolina Black Leaders Ditch Joe Biden, Claim Neglect[/URL] Biden, who has struggled to explain his relationship with segregationists and his [URL='https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/01/biden-1981-busing-least-effective-remedy-to-integrate-public-schools/']opposition[/URL] to busing, lost two prominent and longtime supporters from South Carolina’s black community on Friday to little-known Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH). NBC News [URL='https://www.breitbart.com/']reported[/URL] that Fletcher Smith and Brandon Brown, who were instrumental in helping Biden organize his presence in that state during his 2008 presidential run, were not inspired to back the front runner this time around. The two men, who recently were [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/black-voters-are-cutting-biden-some-slack--for-now/2019/06/22/957c1b42-9470-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html']invited[/URL] to a private meeting Biden held with other black leaders in South Carolina, said they were endorsing Ryan because the congressman had proved himself a thoughtful and competent leader. [/QUOTE]

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