Ever since the 2020 primary, there has been an (inaccurate) perception that Joe Biden and his team are bad at digital. Trump's outlandish (and inaccurate) tweets left some Biden supporters thinking he was being outshined and outflanked. But the Biden campaign actually outraised the Trump team in online small donors in 2020. They raised more than any presidential campaign in history while creating a massive digital organizing apparatus that was more focused on person to person organizing than going viral.
Ron DeSantis seems to want to make inroads on Twitter, even after his embarrassing failure to launch (which, team Biden was quick to zing him for). Maybe that will work. Maybe Tim Scott or Trump becomes a fixture on Facebook. But they are focused on defeating each other, not on organizing the masses. And that is where the Biden digital team has an advantage. So don't freak out If Trump and his rivals trend this year.
This week on Into America, three years after George Floyd's murder, Trymaine Lee learns how Black communities have historically worked to keep themselves safe and created alternatives to calling the police. He speaks with a retired paramedic and healthcare worker about how an organization called Freedom House laid the foundation for emergency healthcare and its lasting impact for generations to come. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
Tomorrow, Senator Chris Murphy, Ukrainian Ambassador the United States Oksana Markarova, and Virginia State Delegate Danica Roem join Jen Psaki.
Watch Inside with Jen Psaki, tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET on MSNBC.
