Barack Obama has been criticized by black men after attacking those who did not vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election.
The former president spoke directly to Black men as he began his multi-state campaign tour in Pittsburg. He attributed the lack of energy in the community regarding this presidential race to Harris’ gender.
This sparked intense backlash on social media – with some saying Obama had no right to tell black men what to do and wondering why he was only attacking this demographic.
In the latest episode of Megyn Kelly’s podcast, the host showed a compilation of black men responding to Obama’s comment.
Rob Smitha Republican social media personality, said in a video posted Friday, “Barack Obama is basically trotting out to try to lecture black men because apparently we’re not excited enough to vote for Kamala Harris. It’s crazy because where has this guy been for the last four years?’
Barack Obama is being criticized by black men after he attacked those who did not vote for Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday
Rob Smith said Friday, “Barack Obama is basically lecturing black men because apparently we’re not excited enough to vote for Kamala Harris. It’s crazy because where has this guy been for the last four years?’
Former Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones also spoke Friday about Obama’s message: “As a black man, he did everything but speak to us. What he did, he denounced black men, he reprimanded black men. He even cursed at black men.”
The influencer then said that neither Harris nor Obama were raised like the majority of black men and women in this country – citing their affluent backgrounds.
He said the Harris campaign’s “trotting out” of Obama was a sign that the vice president is “toast.”
Former Georgia State Representative, Vernon Jonesalso spoke on Friday about Obama’s message: ‘As a black man, he did everything but speak to us. What he did, he denounced black men, he reprimanded black men. He even cursed at black men.
“Especially because we’re not going to stand in line and vote for Mrs. Lock-up-a-Brother Kamala Harris because that’s her record. As if black men are too stupid that we can’t vote in our best interest.’
The former representative pointed to inflation, high interest rates and “open borders” that he said are emblematic of the Biden-Harris presidential term.
Jones said the Democratic Party is using Obama to “get black men back to the plantation to vote for Democrats.”
Jones said the Democratic Party is using Obama to ‘get black men back to the plantation to vote for Democrats’
Media personalities saw this as a bad move for the Harris campaign because it was not in line with its strategy of avoiding discussing gender and race.
Another outraged black man said on social media: “I don’t know about you, but I think my ancestors fought way too hard for my right to vote in this country for me to support someone just because he looks like me .
“Especially when that person who looks like me doesn’t care about me. She’s not creating any jobs, she’s probably uniquely bad at her job.”
And in another clip, showing four young black men reacting to Obama’s words, someone defiantly said, “We’re not your brother, brother!”
The second man then questions the other three: “Did he do that?” [Obama] say something that might change their mind?’
Media personalities saw this as a bad move for the Harris campaign because it was not in line with its strategy of avoiding discussing gender and race.
“If I am, and I am, interested in the election of Kamala Harris, then I am angry because he hurt the thing, the strategy that she used to win,” columnist said Michael Harriot during a discussion on NewsNight with Abby Phillip.
Speaking about the ordeal, Megyn Kelly said: “There are a lot of people in the country right now who are attracted to Trump, despite his problematic qualities, because they think their lives will be better under him, they think the economy will be better under it. him and they have four years of experience to arrive at that opinion.
“I wonder how they will react if they are called sexist by Barack Obama.”
The former president was at a campaign office in Pittsburgh Thursday night 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.
The former president was at a campaign office in Pittsburgh Thursday night to thank volunteers, but instead gave them a lecture and said he wanted to “speak some truths.”
“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.’
‘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 percent in 2020, compared to 82 percent for Hillary Clinton in 2015.
It has been reported that a quarter of young black men support Trumpwhich would further drop Harris.
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.