Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE’s campaign for president picked up a key Super Tuesday endorsement in the South on Friday, with Alabama’s lone Democratic House member pledging her support heading into the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
Rep. Terri SewellTerrycina (Terri) Andrea SewellAlabama Democrats call for state to end holiday commemorating Confederate leader Democratic candidates gear up for a dramatic Super Tuesday Bill banning menthol in cigarettes divides Democrats, with some seeing racial bias MORE (D-Ala.), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that not only can Biden “talk to anyone,” but “has a proven track record of furthering what Dr. King fought for.”
The congresswoman — a native of Selma, Ala. — told The Associated Press that she purposefully announced her support of Biden on the weekend of King’s birthday observance.
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“The No. 1 threat to my district is Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE. The No. 1 threat to Martin Luther King’s legacy is Donald Trump,” Sewell told the AP. “The best way I can counter that threat is to support someone who can beat him.”
Sewell cited Biden’s work to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in the 1970s as well as other efforts as reasons for her backing, according to the AP report.
According to the AP, she will join Biden on the campaign trail this weekend in South Carolina. The Palmetto State holds the South’s first primary on Feb. 29, just ahead of Super Tuesday.
Sewell is the 11th member of the Black Caucus that has endorsed the former Delaware senator, by far the most received thus far by any Democratic presidential candidate.
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