{"id":234287,"date":"2024-10-14T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/234287\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:00:36","slug":"234287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/234287\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/barack-obama-lectures-black-men-for-not-backing-kamala-harris-unacceptable\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris has a serious problem with black voters. Barack Obama can clearly sense it.<\/p>\n<p>Obama was in Pittsburgh for a Black Voters for Harris event \u2013 as opposed to the \u2018white dudes\u2018 they were courting over the summer \u2013 and tore into \u201cbrothers\u201d for not backing his chosen candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters in our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,\u201d Obama admitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I also want to say that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. So if you don\u2019t mind, just for a second, I\u2019m going to speak to y\u2019all for a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Professor Obama lectured black voters and suggested their lack of excitement for Harris was motivated by sexism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former President Barack Obama has a \u201ctough talk\u201d at the Black voters for Harris event in East Liberty. He addressed that Black men have not been as enthused about Harris as during his first run, and he sought to encourage them to join Harris\u2019 movement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDFZhsdLxC\">pic.twitter.com\/gDFZhsdLxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Deto (@RyanDeto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanDeto\/status\/1844501205109678237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-barack-obama-black-voters-who-don-t-bend-the-knee-to-kamala-are-sexist\">Barack Obama: Black Voters Who Don\u2019t Bend The Knee To Kamala Are Sexist<\/h2>\n<p>Lecturing your own voters and claiming their lack of support for Kamala Harris is misogynistic, while simultaneously turning it into a race-driven argument, is an interesting tactic.<\/p>\n<p>Obama basically just told the \u201cbrothers\u201d that if they don\u2019t vote for Harris, \u2018you ain\u2019t black.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And then things got worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses (not to vote for Harris), I\u2019ve got a problem with that,\u201d said Obama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause part of it makes me think \u2013 and I\u2019m speaking to men directly \u2013 part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren\u2019t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you\u2019re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Catch that? Have a problem with the garbage economy? That\u2019s just an excuse not to vote for a woman!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. Obama\u2019s message to Black men in PA tonight, per pooler <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricaLG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricaLG<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of it makes me think that, well, you just aren\u2019t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you\u2019re coming up with other alternatives and reasons for that.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oPmfjAgwJy\">pic.twitter.com\/oPmfjAgwJy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katie Rogers (@katierogers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katierogers\/status\/1844513529577209970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED: Kamala Harris Drinks Beer With Stephen Colbert While Floridians Trying To Flee Hurricane Milton Face Gas Shortages<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-low-energy-for-kamala\">Low Energy For Kamala<\/h2>\n<p>The takeaway here isn\u2019t that Barack Obama would stoop to race and sex-baiting in order to motivate black men to get behind Kamala Harris. No, that\u2019s been the playbook for eons.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway here is the desperation. Look at the somber tone Obama is taking while talking down to these men. It\u2019s clear Democrats are seeing trouble in the internal polls regarding support from the black community.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala, you see, has no street cred and Barack Obama knows it. She struggles immensely in trying to connect with minority communities. A rich history of trying to prosecute parents in low-income minority families for their kids\u2019 school attendance doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, in one resurfaced video clip, can be heard describing how she tried intimidating a single homeless mother of three kids. The Democrat can be seen laughing about sending her office\u2019s homicide and gang prosecutors to school to meet with the struggling woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you go over there, look really mean,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/prosecutor-kamala-harris-lori-lightfoot-sally-yates-police-elections\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">she recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala Harris continued on to describe how she&#8217;d brought charges against a single homeless mother of 3 who was working 2 jobs because her children were truant\u2026and this was a success story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FT5uJmI6x9\">pic.twitter.com\/FT5uJmI6x9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Follow me on Threads\/Bluesky, download OptOut app (@WalkerBragman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalkerBragman\/status\/1089974205284798464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Another sticking point for minority voters has been Harris\u2019s history of expanding convictions of marijuana users in California.<\/p>\n<p>As California attorney general, Harris oversaw\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/07\/22\/kamala-harris-marijuana-stance-policy\/74495543007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">thousands of marijuana-related<\/a>\u00a0convictions. Critics argue that these convictions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rightanglenews\/status\/1815410825961553926\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">disproportionately affected<\/a>\u00a0black and brown communities and that Harris\u2019s office fought against efforts to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/justice\/how-kamala-harris-fought-to-keep-nonviolent-prisoners-locked-up\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">reduce sentences<\/a>\u00a0or expunge records.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, not to mention that old stubborn economy. Less money in your pocket affects everybody, regardless of skin color. <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Obama has criticized minorities for not toeing the line.<\/p>\n<p>The famously un-macho former President has said black men are \u201csusceptible\u201d to Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cmacho style\u201d because of a history in the hip-hop community \u201crapping about bling and depicting women in a certain way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also took a shot at Hispanic voters who side with Trump on issues like traditional marriage and abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were surprised about a lot of Hispanic folks who voted for Trump,\u201d Obama observed after the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are a lot of evangelical Hispanics who, you know \u2014 the fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans or puts detainees, you know, undocumented workers in cages, they think that\u2019s less important than the fact that you know he supports their views on, you know, gay marriage or abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insulting voters is certainly an interesting tactic. No doubt people who are just tired of being poor and running out of money due to the Biden-Harris economy are going to respond favorably to the insults.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-read-more-container callout\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-063856.png\" alt=\"Donald Trump Opens Doors Of Trump National Doral Resort To Power Linemen Amid Hurricane Milton\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v20.0&#038;appId=562378913941611\" nonce=\"kMxrMhiV\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>(The following story may or may not have been edited by NEUSCORP.COM and was generated automatically from a Syndicated Feed. NEUSCORP.COM also bears no responsibility or liability for the content.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source link Credit: Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kamala Harris has a serious problem with black voters. Barack Obama can clearly sense it. Obama was in Pittsburgh for a Black Voters for Harris event \u2013 as opposed to the \u2018white dudes\u2018 they were courting over the summer \u2013 and tore into \u201cbrothers\u201d for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2830,5853],"class_list":["post-234287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-barack-obama","tag-kamala-harris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neuscorp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}