Commentator Don Lemon spoke on CNN about how he has felt compelled to right Black males who say they plan on voting for former President Trump.
Because the election attracts nearer, Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign not solely has vulnerability with males basically, however with Black males, particularly. Whereas Harris has made quite a few makes an attempt to achieve assist from males and Black America, male commentators, from radio host Charlamagne tha God to comedic actor Eddie Griffin, have warned that she will not be as fashionable with them as anticipated, significantly as Trump has gained assist from Black males.
“Now you’ve got been touring, speaking to a variety of voters, and I’ll simply say that you just texted me proper across the Democratic conference and also you stated, ‘I am talking to people and Kamala Harris has a problem with Black men.'”
“Yeah and I told her campaign – I did not hear from them, I mean, who am I for them to get back to me – but there‘s a problem. Look, I went from battleground state to battleground state when they invited me to the convention, I didn‘t just want to fly there, so I said, ‘I‘m going to go and talk to voters in battleground states.’ And I did,” Lemon stated. “It was not curated. I went up to people, just doing man on the street, ‘Who are you going to vote for, Black men?’ and time after time after time they said, ‘I‘m voting for Donald Trump.’”
Don Lemon recalled talking with Black males in battleground states about who they plan to vote for. (Screenshot/CNN)
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He recounted to the host that “Most of the time they said ‘for economic reasons.’ Or because ‘he gave me a stimulus check’ and I had to correct them over and over and tell them where that stimulus check came from: a Democratic Congress and from Nancy Pelosi and that Donald Trump actually held it up so that his name could be on the check, so they think they got the check directly from him. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has given one or two stimulus checks as well, but they seem not to know and understand that.”
“You possibly can vote for whomever you need to vote for, however the causes that you just‘re going to vote for them, I think they should be accurate and factual, and you should know why you‘re supporting someone,” he said.
The final version of the 2020 CARES Act, which provided for the first round of COVID stimulus checks, was first passed in the Republican majority Senate, with Trump signing the bill into law immediately after passage in the House. The Treasury Department denied at the time that adding Trump’s name delayed the delivery of stimulus checks.
Trump and Harris have both made overtures to the Black community, but one of the stark divides that remains is between men and women. (Getty Images)
Dana Bash introduced up how the Trump marketing campaign and its allies are utilizing cultural points, significantly Harris’ assist for transgender ideology, to lower the vp’s assist amongst Black males.
Bash performed a portion from a Trump marketing campaign advert particularly highlighting Harris talking about gender surgical procedures for transgender inmates, together with footage of radio host Charlamagne Tha God reacting to it, saying, “Hell, no, I don’t want my taxpayer dollars going to that.”
Lemon responded that transgender persons are a small portion of the inhabitants, however Republicans are utilizing this problem as a “political cudgel” and “wedge issue” on this election.
“Is it as a result of, culturally, there‘s a more conservative sort of philosophy?” Bash asked.
“I think culturally, yes, but I think anything that you can do to drive a wedge between Kamala Harris and the Black community, or any community, that they‘re going to use it,” Lemon said. “I would encourage people to try to understand people, to be more curious about it rather than judgmental about what the vice president has said, and to add some context of behind why she’s saying it, however I believe it‘s simply because they know that it could drive a wedge between her and the Black group.”
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Fox Information’ Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
