AFRICAN AMERICANS/EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN: “I’d provide for $70 billion for HBCUs for them to be able to have the wherewithal to do what other universities can do because they don’t have the kind of foundational support they need and so that would allow them for example like we did in our administration, the president allowed me […]
Tag: HBCU
10/8/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS: “We have tremendous Black community support, men and women, by the way, because I’ve done more for the Black community than any president except Abraham Lincoln. And it’s true. What I’ve done for criminal justice reform, opportunity zones, historically black colleges and universities, nobody’s ever done what I’ve done, prison reform, nobody’s ever […]
9/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS: “Today I’m pleased to report that we’re announcing our plan to distribute 150 million Abbott rapid point-of-care [coronavirus] tests in the coming weeks, very, very soon. This will be more than double the number of tests already performed and here’s our plan. 50 million tests will go to protect the most vulnerable communities, which […]
8/23/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Well, one of the things I did which nobody ever talks about, is I saved the historically black colleges and universities. They were in big trouble and I said to them nobody wants to talk about that. President Obama did not do it and Biden didn’t do it. And people didn’t […]
8/17/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I did criminal justice reform, I was able to get funding for the historically black colleges and universities, longterm financing. I have done more for the black community than any other president, except for maybe Abraham Lincoln. It’s true. And nobody ever says anything differently. Opportunities, I did all of it.” […]
8/6/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve done more for African-Americans than any president, with a possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, and that’s true. I’ve passed criminal justice reform, I funded the historically black colleges and universities, nobody else did it, I did it. I gave them long-term financing, they never had it, half of them were […]
7/28/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/OBAMA/CIVIL RIGHTS: “If you look at what I’ve done for colleges, for Black colleges and universities, I got them funding, Obama never did it. I did more for the Black community than anybody with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, whether you like it or not. People say, ‘Oh, that’s interesting.’” [Jonathan Swan: “You really […]
6/23/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/CAMPAIGN/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So think of it: I did criminal justice reform. We did a lot of work on prison — on prison reform. We did Opportunity Zones. Think of this. Think of all we’ve done. And we’ve taken care of the black colleges and universities. And nobody talks about it, but I have […]
6/5/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/HBCU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nobody has ever done for the black community what President Trump has done. Think of it: Historically black small colleges and universities, they would come here for money every year — every year for many, many years. After three years, I said, ‘Why are you doing this? Why do you keep […]