Saturday, October 12, 2024

Obama criticized by black leaders over lecture on Harris enthusiasm

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 Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) October 11, 2024  “And for him to want to come down from his mansion in Martha's Vineyard and tell black men how we should vote, really? You don't even live in Chicago anymore. You left your black community, Barack Obama, and you want to tell us how to vote? We're not having that,” he said. 

Washington Examiner (msn.com)   "After former President Barack Obama rebuked black men for hesitating to support Vice President Kamala Harris, he's receiving backlash from African American leaders.

"From the Generation Z Republican who heads the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council to the Democratic national co-chairwoman of Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign, Obama’s stern words to a group of young black men during a Pittsburgh appearance Thursday haven't quite gotten the response he was looking for.  

“ 'I think that my ancestors fought far too hard for my right to vote in this country, for me to support someone just because they look like me, especially when that person who looks like me doesn't give a damn about me,” C.J. Pearson, who heads the RNC’s Youth Advisory Council, said in a video posted to X. 

"My name is CJ Pearson. I’m 22 years old. And in 25 days, I’ll be joining millions of other young black men and voting for Donald J. Trump!

"And we don’t give a damn about what Barack Obama has to say about it. pic.twitter.com/tKzupKL0N1

— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) October 11, 2024

"His comments came after Obama urged young black men to vote for Harris because she is “somebody who grew up like you, knows you, went to college with you, understands the struggles and pain and joy that comes from those experiences.” 

"Obama told black men that considering a vote for former President Donald Trump was "not acceptable" as he said part of their hesitancy was because they “just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president.” . . .

Why do Kamala Harris supporters choose to vote against their own best interests?  "The Biden-Harris administration has been the most devastating for the American people in U.S. history. 

"From their opening the border to millions of invaders on day one, to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, to vaccine mandates and lockdowns, the war in Ukraine, the Oct. 7 massacre of Jews in Israel and their subsequent support of Hamas and Iran, to the massively irresponsible spending that has led to soul-killing inflation, and, most recently the abject failure of FEMA to come to the aid of hurricane victims." . . . 

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