Fear Trump, trust me – will Biden’s message work with South Carolina’s Black voters?

South Carolina propelled him to the White House last time around, and the president is eager for voters to back him again

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Jonathan Fields and Taj McClary, two college freshmen, were chatting on Monday after class at a South Carolina State University snack shop. Both are young Black men from rough neighborhoods in North Charleston. They've made it out. But only so far.

Fields is a mechanical engineering major with a 3.2 GPA, which isn't enough to keep his state scholarship, he said. He's looking at getting a job, but not just so he can afford a basket of chicken tenders after class.