Some Black men lose faith in Biden, Democrats in 2024
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bahta Mekonnen, a 28-year-old in the key voting state of Georgia, is among the millions of
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bahta Mekonnen, a 28-year-old in the key voting state of Georgia, is among the millions of
Bahta Mekonnen, a 28-year-old U.S. Army captain from the key voting state of Georgia, is among the millions of Black voters who helped deliver President Joe Biden the White House in 2020. Three years later, he is one of the voters who Democrats fear could cost Biden a second term in 2024. Disappointed by what he sees as Democrats' lurch to the left, free spending and empty promises, but also turned off by far-right Republicans, Mekonnen says he sees nothing but bad options at the ballot box next year.
Collin Alexander Hickey, 28, is charged with murder and held in the Galveston County Jail on $250,000 bond, police said.
An emotional Jazlynn Rodriguez, who was dating victim Eric Cox, told NBC 2 Tuesday she was supposed to hang with the group of friends, four that worked together at a local Fort Myers steakhouse, but was too tired to go out Sunday night.