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The more I learn of Jim Clyburn, the less I like him. In the 2020 election, he's credited with playing the key role in ending Bernie Sanders' momentum as the frontrunner winning each primary, by getting black voters in South Carolina and elsewhere to support Biden.
So Biden 'owed him' - and Clyburn called in the favor asking Biden to promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, which Biden did.
But Clyburn was pushing a particular nominee - Michelle Childs - who is described as anti-union. It's bad enough that his ally was Linsey Graham, who endorsed Childs and complained about her not being nominated to Jackson in the hearing.
It would have been 'politically convenient' for Biden to give Clyburn what he wanted to repay his help in the campaign, especially given his misguided proclaimed desire to get Republican votes for his nominee - but he did not, to his credit. Here's Graham attacking the pro-Bernie Sanders PAC for opposing Childs in the hearing:
So Biden 'owed him' - and Clyburn called in the favor asking Biden to promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, which Biden did.
But Clyburn was pushing a particular nominee - Michelle Childs - who is described as anti-union. It's bad enough that his ally was Linsey Graham, who endorsed Childs and complained about her not being nominated to Jackson in the hearing.
It would have been 'politically convenient' for Biden to give Clyburn what he wanted to repay his help in the campaign, especially given his misguided proclaimed desire to get Republican votes for his nominee - but he did not, to his credit. Here's Graham attacking the pro-Bernie Sanders PAC for opposing Childs in the hearing: