by Hank Berrien at The Daily Wire
On Monday, President Biden got down on one knee for a photo when he welcomed the WNBA champion Seattle Storm to the White House.
Biden’s kneel, which some interpreted as a symbolic gesture in support of Black Lives Matter, prompted a response from Latasha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter; Yahoo News reported she “said the president’s possible gesture was admirable, but ‘we cannot just have symbolic progress.’” She said of Biden, “Where is that kind of passion and energy and commitment to voting rights? Because I’m not seeing him actually be able to say that he’s willing to do that.”
Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, added that the organization wanted Biden to recognize “that the filibuster has metaphorically had a knee on us for a long time.”
Biden taking a knee came just before the House takes up the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Tuesday.
During Biden’s speech to the WNBA team, he stated:…
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