CNN’s Abby Phillip Claims White Voters Have a Higher Bar for Black Candidates

LoROSA: “How would all of that be different if he had been able to get in office and do what he was doing before he was voted president or not voted president?”
PHILLIP: “That’s really interesting. It’s such an interesting question. I mean, I think one of the reasons that Vice President Harris and Barack Obama have had to present a certain way to the American public is the perception that a broad swath of the electorate, especially white voters, won’t take a black candidate seriously unless they are very buttoned up, have the resume all lined up, the whole thing. And that’s accurate, right? That, like, we all understand that. You kind of have to clear a higher bar in order to even be let in the door. And I do wonder, if the country had successfully elected a black president who was running on a progressive platform 30 years ago, whether they would have that same burden.”