“Let’s remember where the president was when he made this commitment. I would believe he was in February, late February, right before the South Carolina primary, and he needed to make an appeal. This was the appeal he went with, knowing that it would energize black and brown voters across South Carolina, the same voters who revitalized his campaign under the guidance of Representative Clyburn.

So I think that him making good on this promise is something that will also be another moment where he can tap into, and at least create additional momentum among black and brown voters, because this is something after the voting rights failure that needs to happen, must happen. So his full-throated response reminded to folks that he will make good on this is critical.

Now the criticism we’re hearing is going to be rooted in the same white supremacy that we see in the right every single day. We saw it with Vice President Harris on the 2020 campaign trail, and we will see even more of that now. We are already seeing it and the nominee hasn’t even been named because the assumption that the Supreme Court is a reserve space for white or white adjacent people, particularly men, is what has been the guiding light up until, what, the 60s? So this is going to make a lot of people upset