Posted on 11/03/2023 2:08:39 PM PDT by Twotone
CNN host Phil Mattingly admitted Friday that his jaw "literally dropped" after hearing a young black voter admit that he doesn't know if he will vote for President Joe Biden in 2024.
CNN anchor John King recently traveled to Milwaukee where he gauged the pulse of the black community there. What he discovered, according to him, is a "giant problem" for Biden's re-election hopes.
One Milwaukee voter, Davette Bake, told King that he "love[s] Joe" but graded Biden's presidency a four on a scale of 1 to 10. Another voter, Joanna Brookes, expressed concern that the Democratic Party takes black people for granted.
"Black voters in general, I think, tend to be pretty loyal to the Democratic Party. And sometimes I wonder, just based on how that party has performed thus far for people of color, if we should continue to be," Brookes vented. Sign up for the Blaze newsletter By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and agree to receive content that may sometimes include advertisements. You may opt out at any time.
And then King spoke with Devonta Johnson, a canvasser for Black Leaders Organizing for Communities.
King asked Johnson, "If you're Joe Biden and you want to be re-elected, he'd have a problem today, right?"
"Yes, he would. He would have a big problem," Johnson admitted.
As a follow-up, King asked Johnson who he will vote for: Biden or Donald Trump. "That's a — that's just a tough one," Johnson responded.
When the report concluded, King put into perspective the significance of what he learned in Milwaukee.
"Just stunning, that young man there, 'I don't know who I'm going to vote for.' A young black man in Milwaukee who is actually part of this activist community," he said. "Then you have the older black women answering the door saying, 'Yeah, people died for my right to vote, but I'm not sure I'm going to vote because I'm so disaffected and disenchanted.'"
That's when Mattingly expressed his disbelief over Johnson's brutal honesty.
"My jaw literally dropped at the end of that piece when he didn't say who he was going to vote for. A 21-year-old young black man in the activist community doesn't know," the CNN anchor said.
King answered, "Because he looks at Washington and says, 'What are they doing that's relevant to my life? Nothing.'"
“Because he looks at Washington and says, ‘What are they doing that’s relevant to my life? Nothing.’”
C’mon progs - better get busy cooking up some black-specific giveaways.
Nothing jaw dropping for a normal person.
Stunning to a dope who lives in the media bubble.
C’mon man.
He ain’t black.
Wake up! It's in the negative numbers.
'Expressed concern that the Democratic Party takes black people for granted.'
Wake up! The verb is exploits.
I think it’s sadly stereotypical that the “reporters” automatically think a 21 yo black kid will automatically vote for shitter Joe
King answered, “Because he looks at Washington and says, ‘What are they doing that’s relevant to my life? Nothing.’”
The black guy is wrong about nothing relevant to his life. Washington is busily importing millions of illegals to drive down the wages of young black workers.
Why the H not, Joanna? Who did you vote for in the last election?
“A 21-year-old young black man in the activist community doesn’t know,” the CNN anchor said”
Maybe he knows history. Moron.
What a nightmare for the left. A black guy actually thinking for himself and daring to leave the liberal plantation.
It's freakin' unbelievable that they have been screwed by Dems for 50 years, but want to give them another chance. Because Trump.
The entire MSM should be in jail.
No one ever seems to express how utterly racist it is to demand that the color of your skin means you automatically must vote Democrat.
Uh oh. This Johnson dude is apparently a black white supremacist. ;-)
Two people spoke against the usual inner city black narrative of voting demoKKKrat
Must not have a job or pay taxes, because what DC is doing might as well be called the War On Americans.
King is one the few decent ones CNN
Before it was taken off the air I once in a while listened to the all black talk super station from Detroit. More than once they had discussions showing many black people were lukewarm or hostile to Biden.
But asked “But would you vote for Trump?” Not one said they would. Some took a few seconds of pause, though.
Best we can hope for is lots of black people not voting at all. Like we used to do between Reagan and Trump.
I’m hearing the same thing in my north side minneapolis “hood”.
Black men are waking up, many might be voting for the first time in their life.
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