‘Teetering’: Faith Leaders Tell CNN Biden Losing Support From Black Voters Over Israel-Hamas War

A Black faith leader told Poppy Harlow that her support for President Joe Biden is “teetering on the edge” over his failure to bring about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on CNN This Morning Thursday.

Addressing Pastor Cynthia Hale, who has signed onto an open letter from her peers urging Biden to work toward a ceasefire, Harlow asked “if the Biden administration’s refusal so far to call for a cease fire has cost the president your vote, potentially.”

“So far, I’m holding out hope that the president will change his position and be stronger in his call for a ceasefire. And that’s what we are hoping,” replied Hale. “He’s not lost my vote yet, but I am teetering on the edge, as is true of many of my parishioners. As a matter of fact, I had a conversation on Sunday, with some of my young adults, and they were very strong about the fact that they are not going to vote for Biden because of this tragedy. We do see the Palestinian people as connected to us. As a matter of fact, we believe in the humanity of all. And so we’re as concerned about the, people of Israel as well as the Palestinians. We want the war to stop so that there will be no more killing of either.”

Pastor Carl Day, on the other hand, said that while people are “very, very upset” over the situation in Gaza, he is not under the impression that it’s changing people’s votes.

“I think that we should be very mindful, the consequences and the fallout of what this election could cost us. While we can pray, we certainly can call for justice on both sides, I think that many people that I speak with are very, very aware that, you know, this war could be ended if Hamas would decide to return those hostages because there are 130 some odd families who still don’t have their loved ones,” argued Day. “I think that we live in a country where we sit here, we talk about how we don’t negotiate with terrorists. And if there were 130 some odd people’s family members that are still held captive, I think the pressure should also be on Hamas to do what’s right and that’s return these people. And ultimately, I think the call for a cease fire could intensify, once those things happen.”

Watch above via CNN.