Category: The Farrell Report

There is growing, national multiracial energy for a more just society, despite President Trump’s continuing campaign to stoke racial division and enmity with his recent focus on law and order as a way of recovering from his sagging poll numbers.

Biden must outline a detailed agenda of his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of public education in the aftermath of and/or in concert with the coronavirus, and the revamping of police training and transparency in law enforcement’s interactions with communities of color.

the Biden campaign has yet to invest in a comprehensive strategy to counter voter suppression, enhance black and other minority voter turnout, monitor the increasing manipulation of the absentee/mail-in ballot process, and plan for preventing the election from being contested and ultimately decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. In the latter case, Trump will win as George W. Bush did in 2000.

Rev. Al Sharpton, Tiffany Cross, TV political pundits, and other younger African American activists were critical of Biden’s statement. They all called more forcefully for him to add a black female to his presidential ticket in the aftermath of this political debacle. It is now much more likely that he will do so as he tries to hold on to black support.

Biden needs to formally announce his appointment of Abrams as his running mate soon so as to quell any concerns about his intentions and to further mobilize and solidify his backing from female voters. He likewise needs to continue treating Bernie Sanders with the utmost respect while he extends his lead in delegates. It is imperative that he do so in order to be able to reach out to Bernie’s supporters.

Trump could lose on his own accord as he continues to overreach in exerting his presidential power. He believes that Article II of the US Constitution allows him to do anything he wants. It is possible that he will generate a scandal which will turn Independents, Moderate, and some Republican voters off while at the same time generating an even higher Democratic turnout.

the biggest bust is former Vice President Joe Biden. As noted weeks ago, he has lost a step, and his refusal to monitor or sanction his son Hunter’s behavior has undermined his campaign. To repeatedly insist that Hunter did nothing wrong in taking a seat on the board of Burisma, a Ukraine oil company, while Joe Biden was in office and investigating corruption in that country, does not pass the smell or ethical test.

With its broad array of programs—home ownership, criminal justice, black business development, poverty alleviation, etc., Bloomberg’s blueprint, with its $70 billion plus price tag, is the closest to the African American proposal to reparations which no other presidential candidate has come close to replicating.