Hostin: ‘Black Women Are Going to Have to Risk Their Lives During This Pandemic to Vote’

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HOSTIN: “I think it’s very important, and as a lot of people say, you know, the VP pick is — it isn’t an incentive, it’s a thank you, and I think it should be a thank you to black women. I think black women are going to have to carry the load in this election like they always do. We are the strongest voting base, and half of black women live in states where I think they are going to obstruct the vote. I think there won’t be mail-in voting so that means that black women are going to have to risk their lives during this pandemic to vote. They’re going to have to bring their sons and their brothers and their fathers and risk their lives to vote. And so I -- I think that, you know, we’ve dragged this — Joe Biden’s campaign really out of the grave in many — in a sense in South Carolina, and we’ve earned that spot with our loyalty for decades, and so in my view, he should pick a black woman. I think that Stacey Abrams of course, is a -- is a good option although she hasn’t held office, and so that concerns me. I think Kamala Harris is an excellent, excellent choice, but I think it should go to a black woman with experience.”