A political pundit told CNN that “white people need to be held accountable” if they refuse to elect Kamala Harris and “save democracy.”
Liberal commentator Angela Rye was asked to respond to Barack Obama’s recent lecture to black men that they were sexist for not voting for the vice president.
“I honestly think it’s great that President Obama is moving toward democracy,” she said. “And what I think is a mistake is to let white people escape the responsibility they have to bear for not showing up to save democracy themselves.”
She claimed that the black community is “doing our part,” but now white people must “turn their anger and attention on each other to make sure they do their part too.”
Liberal commentator Angela Rye says “white people need to be held accountable” for refusing to elect Kamala Harris and “save democracy.”
Rye has embraced radical views in the past, including refusing to call Donald Trump “president.”
Rye has embraced radical views in the past, including refusing to refer to Donald Trump as “president” after he was elected and calling for all statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to be removed.
She explained her belief that white people are fine with Trump inciting the January 6 riot, but “get angry” when candidates “don’t wear a lapel pin with a flag or don’t see you pledging allegiance to the flag.”
The expert then specifically targeted white women and criticized the 2021 Women’s March.
‘I don’t want to see a women’s march in p***y hats in January when something isn’t going right. What I want them to do is march to the polls themselves, even today,” she said.
Obama accused black male voters who refuse to support Kamala Harris of sexism and demanded they align with the Democratic candidate.
The former president was at a campaign office in Pittsburgh to thank volunteers but instead gave them a lecture and said he wanted to “speak some truths.”
Obama said he was responding to reports because there was less enthusiasm for Harris than for his own candidacy, and that some black men were considering sitting out the election.
“We haven’t seen the same kind of energy and turnout in all areas of our neighborhoods and communities that we saw when I was running. Now I would also say that this seems to be more pronounced among the brothers,” Obama said.
He continued, “Some of it makes me think – and I’m speaking directly to men – some of it makes me think that you just don’t like the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming. with other alternatives and other reasons for doing so.’
Barack Obama accused black male voters who refuse to support Kamala Harris of sexism and demanded they align with the Democratic candidate
‘You come up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I have a problem with that.’
Media reports have suggested that black male voters are a weak spot for Harris, after Joe Biden won 80% in 2020, compared to 82% for Hillary Clinton in 2015.
That has been reported a quarter of young black men support Trumpwhich would further drop Harris.
The former president said the choice between Trump and Harris was “clear” and that Harris understands the struggle of black men and won the vice presidency from that struggle.
“On the one hand, you have someone who grew up like you, knows you, studied with you, understands the struggles, the pain and the joy that comes from those experiences,” he said of Harris.
He then claimed that Trump’s tendency to put people down was not a real strength.
“You think about calling out or supporting someone who has a history of belittling you because you think that’s a sign of strength because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down? That is not acceptable,” Obama said.
The Democratic former president made the state of Pennsylvania the first stop of his campaign trip, with less than four weeks until Election Day and as voting is already underway.
Polls ahead of Obama’s appearance in Pittsburgh showed him as a more popular figure than Harris or Trump in Pennsylvania.