‘Coonery At Its Finest’: Congressman Who Once Declared Joe Biden an ‘Honorary Black Man’ Under Fire Again for Comparing the President to Martin Luther King Jr.

Few politicians, outside of the Biden family, invested as much in Joe Biden’s 2020 run for the presidency as South Carolina congressman James Clyburn. Biden came to South Carolina with his campaign on life support. He finished outside the top three in Iowa and New Hampshire. He was having trouble securing Black voters. Without the support of that large voting bloc, he wouldn’t win South Carolina. A defeat there would’ve pretty much railroaded Biden’s presidential ambitions for a third time. Biden wanted — needed — Clyburn’s endorsement. His support was key to winning over Black voters. In return, Clyburn wanted — required — a guarantee: Nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court and announce it before the primary. Biden made the vow, Clyburn made the endorsement, and South Carolina’s Black voters coalesced around Biden, sending him on a path to the nomination. Rep. Jim Clyburn allegedly referred to former President Joe Biden as an “honorary Black man” during a Congressional Black Caucus event in 2020. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) And two years later, Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated to the high court. All thanks largely to Clyburn. So, it comes as no surprise that when it...