California Democratic delegate Areva Martin told media personality Stephen A. Smith that passing over Vice President Kamala Harris as President Biden’s replacement should he withdraw from the race would destroy the party.
“If you pick a White man over Kamala Harris, Black women, I can tell you this, we are going to walk away,” Martin said Tuesday. “We are going to blow the party up.”
As speculation over Biden’s status as leader of the party grows, Democrats are openly divided over who is qualified to run against former President Trump in the months before the election.
“Who are we agreeing [to]?” Martin asked Smith. “There’s a long list of Democrats, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, the list goes on and on.”
“Where is their consensus?” she continued. “You’ve got to build consensus. And there is not consensus right now.”
“So where are we getting agreement from on whom this ideal Democratic candidate should be?” Martin said. “Tell me that.”
Martin, a civil rights attorney, said that the Biden administration deserved credit for its diversity.
“Joe Biden, when he gets re-elected, which my prediction is that he will, he brings with him Kamala Harris, the most diverse administration in the history of this country,” she said. “Y’all need to just stay the course. We got more Black judges appointed under Joe Biden than anyone, even President Barack Obama.”
