COLUMBIA, S.C. - Aside a wall of 2-foot-tall letters spelling out “Black Women Lead,” behind a podium bearing a “Black Women for Kamala” sign, Kamala Harris made an appeal Saturday to black women in South Carolina, a contingency whose support she sees as crucial to the viability of her presidential candidacy. “When we talk about black girl magic, we know that it is something special,” Harris told the crowd of about 300, most of whom were black women, in a ballroom at Benedict College, a historically black institution in downtown Columbia. ... We worked hard for that.”Part of a “Black Women’s Weekend of Action,” the California senator’s campaign framed the event as one to focus on issues important to black women, like pay equity and maternal health. “Black women want you go come in and have a cup of tea,” Carr said to the audience, as well as those watching via livestream. Languishing in many polls, Harris has lagged with black voters, who comprise about two-thirds of the state’s Democratic primary electorate.

Source: thestar November 24, 2019 01:52 UTC