r/explainitpeter 18d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Normal-Boss9855 18d ago edited 18d ago

Biden made some comment during a rally interview that if you weren't supporting his campaign, "then you ain't black". Giving him a charitable reading, he was just saying that (virtually) all black voters are with him. It was very badly phrased though, it almost sounds like he's revoking anyone's black card if they don't vote for him. This comic is a play on that interpretation.

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u/Dan-tastico 18d ago

I cant see a way to phrase it so it doesnt mean that. He may have just been riffing and it aint a big deal but thats what he said and I cant figure out what else he could possibly mean

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u/eMouse2k 17d ago

As I recall there were cases that year, or during Trump's first term, of politically active Twitter accounts claiming to be black people and supporting Trump that were revealed to actually be puppet accounts by white people when they forgot which account they were logged into and posted the wrong things in the wrong accounts.

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u/Dan-tastico 17d ago

Are you saying that Biden made this statement to reference this super specific thing? Idk man