JASON JOHNSON: If I were Joe Biden- I'm not trying to be glib when I say this Joy, but if I were Joe Biden, he is two or three months behind in talking to Charlamagne again. He is two or three months behind between, you know, knocking on doors and getting into communities in ways he should be. Putting out Vice President Kamala Harris. Quite frankly, right now, if I were in Joe Biden's office, I would be calling Shannon Sharpe, right? Lke, literally. He should be speaking to a wider array of black people than just going to Mother Emanuel. We all know that he's on the right side of that history, but he also needs to be a part of the future.
REID: You know, Tara, that’s such a great point. Because I think one of the issues, you know, when they say Biden is “old”, his age- it's not just his numerical age and the sort of gambit- the way he walks and talks and sounds. It's also his politics are old. Like, he still is sort of doing '90s, '80s politics, including on the Middle East. Let me play a moment that happened in that church and get your comment on it. Here is the protest that happened.
BIDEN: Without the truth, there's no light. Without light, there's no path from this darkness.
PROTESTERS: If you really care about the lives lost here, then you should honor the lives lost, and call for a cease-fire in Palestine.
CEASE FIRE NOW! CEASE FIRE NOW! CEASE FIRE NOW!
BIDEN: That's all right.
CHURCH ATTENDEES: FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!
BIDEN: I understand the passion. Look, folks, after the Civil --
PARISHIONER: You're an understanding person. You’re an understanding person.
BIDEN: Thank you.
PARISHIONER: They don't realize that. You're a good man.
BIDEN: Thank you.
REID: Tara, that to me says the complete dichotomy with Joe Biden. For black voters of a certain age, he's their guy. They're the ones who delivered him the nomination and they're still with him. Then you go under 50, under 40, under 30, you start to see a different story, and then you see some other communities who don't necessarily feel the love.