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PermalinkBarack Obama Thursday for calling out Black men who do not support Vice
President Kamala Harris.
"Why are Black men being lectured to?" former Democratic Ohio state
Sen. Nina Turner said on CNN. "Why are Black men being belittled?"
The former national co-chair of the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential
campaign said that Obama was "wrong."
"Now, a lot of love for former President Obama, but for him to single
out Black men is wrong, and some of the Black men that I have talked to
have their reasons why they want to vote a different way, and even if
some of us may not like that, we have to respect it," she said.
Turner explained further, "So unless President Barack Obama is gonna go
out and lecture every other group of men from other identity groups, my
message for Democrats is dont bring it here to Black men who, by and
large, dont vote much differently from Black women."
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Turner added that politicians should strive to court all voters, and in
the process, garner support from the "few good men out there who do
care about the stripping away of some of womens bodily autonomy."
Turner concluded, "But this is wrong for President Obama. It is a wrong
course for the Harris-Walz campaign to lay at the feet of Black men
when they have their reasons."
Turners comments came after Obama ripped into Black men who have not
been as enthusiastic about Harris presidential bid as they were for
his 2008 and 2012 political campaigns.
"We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all
corners of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was
running," Obama said during a pre-campaign rally stop in Pittsburgh on
Thursday.
The prominent Democrat said he had noticed a difference in the
excitement surrounding Harris, particularly among African-Americans.
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Obama said, "Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more
pronounced with the brothers. So if you don't mind -- just for a
second, I've got to speak to yall and say that when you have a choice,
that is this clean: When on the one hand, you have somebody who grew up
like you, went to college with you, understands the struggles [and the]
pain and joy that comes from those experiences " He went on to contrast
this with Trump.
"Youre coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses," he continued.
"Ive got a problem with that."
"Im speaking to men directly part of it makes me think that, well,
you just arent feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and
youre coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,"
Obama said.
Many Democrats have expressed fear of a repeat of 2016 when Trump
defeated Hillary Clinton.
Recent reports show a small gap between Harris and Trump in the polls.
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