Biden campaign 'obviously worried' about Black voters turning out in 2024: CNN analyst

CNN analyst Nia-Malika Henderson said Wednesday that President Biden's campaign was plainly worried about Black voters turning out to vote, and suggested they figure it out.

"I think the Biden campaign has to figure out how to talk about race, how to talk about racism. They clearly are relying on African American voters to turn out, right? And they clearly see a pattern where there are at least some African-Americans who are attracted to either staying home or being attracted to the Donald Trump campaign. About 10 to 12% of the African American electorate that are Black Republicans. You see in Donald Trump a real, I think, successful effort to unite Black Republicans around his campaign. So the Biden team is obviously worried about that," Henderson told CNN's Dana Bash in response to questions about the Biden campaign's Juneteenth statement.

Biden's campaign called Donald Trump a "racist" in their Juneteenth message, according to CNN. "Donald Trump has spent his life denigrating Black Americans," the campaign said to mark the day, which commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. It became a federal holiday in 2021.

"If you look at polls, they're at like 70, 75% in terms of their support among African Americans. They need 90% in some of these places to win. So they are hitting him with the race card and bringing up some of his darker moments in terms of characterizing African Americans," she added.

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Bash showed video of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who has doubted polling showing Trump's gains among Black voters.

Clyburn insisted Biden had a "quiet constituency," and questioned whether Black