Some believe that, at the very least, President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta was pandering. At worst, some believe it was insulting, condescending and massively divisive.

As someone who once worked at the White House, I recall such speeches being “staffed.” Meaning after the speechwriter is finished, it goes up the chain of command — director of communications; deputy chief of staff; chief of staff; and sometimes the vice president — before finally hitting the president’s desk for review and edits. If one watches the Morehouse speech, it’s hard to believe that anyone in authority even saw it before Biden read it off the teleprompter.

Instead of pandering for the votes that some believe Biden is hemorrhaging in the black community, Biden should have declared: “We Need a Marshall Plan for the millions betrayed and abandoned in our inner cities by both political parties.”

President Biden is fond of mentioning former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy — the father of independent candidate for president RFK Jr. — as he did in this speech. As such, I would like to remind President Biden that Bobby Kennedy was not only known for championing the cause of civil rights, but also for his tireless efforts to lift and protect all who were disenfranchised, ignored or abandoned in our nation.

As he once said: “As long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.” I would suggest that Biden focus on........

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