Avowed Marxist and former Black Panther Angela Davis said Monday that she is supporting Joe Biden in the 2020 election not because he lines up most with the radical left, but because he is "candidate who can be most effectively pressured."
"I don't see this election as being about choosing a candidate who will be — who will be able to lead us in the right direction," the 76-year-old Davis said. "It will be about choosing a candidate who can be most effectively pressured into allowing more space for the evolving anti-racist movement."
She continued, "Biden is very problematic in many ways, not only in terms of his past and the role that he played, and pushing toward mass incarceration … but – I say but – Biden is far more likely to take mass demands seriously – far more likely than the current occupant of the White House."
"This coming November, the election will ask us not so much to vote for the best candidate, but to vote for or against ourselves," Davis added. "And to vote for ourselves I think means that we will have to campaign for and vote for Biden."