Joe Biden Campaign Chair Denies Ice Cube’s Claim That Democrats Sidelined His ‘Contract With Black America’
Joe Biden campaign chair and U.S. House Representative Cedric Richmond denies Ice Cube‘s claim that Democrats sidelined his “Contract With Black America” agenda. About two weeks ago Cube tweeted, “Facts: I put out the CWBA. Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.”
In a recent interview, Richmond explains that Cube’s platform is simply an “outline” and needed additional adjustments before it could be taken up by a campaign. He says, “I like the fact that Ice Cube is getting engaged in policy. I think that is a good thing, however, once you embark on getting into it, one, you have to be truthful, but two, you have an obligation, I think, to see it through and to be thorough with it. Our plan is very thorough. I won’t say he has a skeleton plan, but he has an outline of things, he has an outline of things that should be done.”
Richmond further says that the conversation with Cube has been mischaracterized. He adds, “It’s not as comprehensive as our plan. And so that’s what we told him, and the offer to stay engaged was not, ‘we’ll talk to you after the election. It went like this: ‘Here’s my cell number, anything else you want to talk about on this plan or anything you think, you know, we need to talk about further, just pick up the phone and call.”
Richmond also speaks on Cube seemingly backing Trump at one point. He explains, “He’s not endorsing Donald Trump, however, you know, he does give credibility to Donald Trump’s ridiculous plan. I mean, the first prong of Donald Trump’s plan is I’m going to make Juneteenth a federal holiday…What does that do to change the lives of Black people that are being discriminated against?”
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Facts: I put out the CWBA. Both parties contacted me. Dems said we’ll address the CWBA after the election. Trump campaign made some adjustments to their plan after talking to us about the CWBA.
— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 14, 2020