Obama’s messaging was, to say the least, insulting. Like Joe Biden’s “you ain’t black” moment in the 2020 campaign, Barack Obama used race and gender to shame black men for not supporting Kamala.
. . ."Sending Obama out there to boost the black male vote for Kamala was, on its face, desperate, and yet Obama’s rhetoric somehow managed to make it worse. For Obama to insinuate that black men vote based on identity, or accusing them of rejecting Harris solely due to her gender, reveals the campaign’s underlying concern. Obama’s rally speech only underscored his doubts about Harris’s ability to win, as he couldn’t credibly argue that Harris’s policies have improved black lives during her vice presidency.
"Former Democratic Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner blasted Obama’s rhetoric on CNN.
“ 'Why are black men being lectured to?” she asked. “Why are black men being belittled in ways that no other voting group?”
“ 'Now, a lot of love for former President Obama,” she continued, “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.”
"Turner, who was the former national co-chair of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, wasn’t finished blasting Obama.
” 'So, unless President Barack Obama is going to go out and lecture every other group of men from other identity groups, my message for Democrats is don't bring it here to black men who, by and large, don't vote much differently from black women,” she continued. “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.” . . .
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