Jamil Smith: Joe Biden ‘Needs To Pick Up His Game A Little Bit’ | MTP Daily | MSNBC

Senior Writer for Rolling Stone, Jamil Smith discusses the Biden campaign and how the former VP needs to "pick up his game" in the current climate. Aired on 6/19/2020.
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Jamil Smith: Joe Biden 'Needs To Pick Up His Game A Little Bit' | MTP Daily | MSNBC

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  1. I agree with his assessment of the problem but not his recommended solution. A president doesn’t need to be inventive. A president needs to be able to marshal resources and coordinate action. The ‘inventing’ should be done by a president’s advisors.
    Too many people have the wrong idea about what is and isn’t a president’s job. We keep evaluating candidates on their ideas and such but in every situation a president faces she or he is surrounded by experts in that field that knows more about that field than the president ever will. Besides, the more detailed the plan a president has the more his or her supporters will be disappointed when that plan is deviated from – and compromise always requires deviation – and nothing can get done without compromise. The GOP is here to stay and the sooner we all accept that and stop acting like we can just bulldoze past them the better.
    Right now, if anything, Biden should announce the team he wants to pull together to address the problems in cop culture as it relates to policing minorities. He doesn’t need to think up a plan as much as he should have certain goals in mind. Then he and his team use their knowledge, experience and expertise to draw up a plan – one that includes the GOP somehow. ( how to do that with the current GOP is beyond me but I guess that is just one reason why being POTUS is such a difficult job).
    So yeah, I think this dude only knows half of what he is talking about and he should really think more before he talks and compels Biden or anyone else to action.

  2. The US is that mad chick who’s happy to self harm (vote for trump) if she doesn’t get what she wants (from the dems) because she thinks it hurting them more than herself.

  3. Jamil needs to point to Congress because they’re in power now and can write a bill for change.

  4. Then don’t vote for him. You sound like you don’t approve and he isn’t stepping up enough for black communities that ‘got him where he is’. He hasn’t even had one rally yet but hey, vote trump then. It sounds like you think he owes you.

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