Black Democratic lawmakers embrace Biden during call, giving boost to his campaign
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President Biden, in a race to save his reelection campaign, received a welcome boost from members of the Congressional Black Caucus Monday night when he joined a call with CBC call to talk about the election.
"We appreciate him reaching out and having this conversation continuing to engage with members," Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said. "We recognize — I do — that he is the presumptive nominee, and we have a lot of work to do defeat Donald Trump."
One caucus member described it as a "great" call and said Mr. Biden was "clear, coherent, concise, committed."
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