Biden to Dems: Abolish caucuses, promote diversity in primary | app

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has said Democrats should move past “restrictive” caucuses and embrace diversity in the order of his presidential nomination timeline, dealing a blow to Iowa’s decades-long status for maintain its first place in the process.

In a letter to the regulatory arm of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, Biden did not mention the specific states he would like to see go first. But he notes that black voters for decades “have been the backbone of the Democratic Party” and says it’s “time to stop taking these voters for granted.”

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