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Obama faces backlash for comments toward Black men
The Hill ^ | 10/11/24 5:58 PM ET | by Cheyanne M. Daniels

Posted on 10/12/2024 1:15:04 AM PDT by RandFan

Former President Obama is drawing backlash for recent comments calling on Black men to turn out for Vice President Harris in November’s election.

At a campaign stump for Harris on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Obama said that despite Harris raising upward of $1 billion, “we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running.”

That lag in energy, he added, appears “to be more pronounced with the brothers.”

“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses; I’ve got a problem with that,” he said. “Because part of it makes me think — and I’m speaking to men directly — part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”

Despite polls showing a generational divide in Black men’s support for Harris, Obama’s remarks have drawn the ire of several prominent Black Americans.

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KEYWORDS: blackmen; kamala; men; obama; obamanation; pennsylvania; pittsburgh
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Hmm yes I can see why...
1 posted on 10/12/2024 1:15:04 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

obama is such a dick.


2 posted on 10/12/2024 1:16:40 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: RandFan

To be fair he is an expert on black men. He’s married to one.


3 posted on 10/12/2024 1:16:50 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: HIDEK6

Finally....black men are rejecting Obama’s bullshit.
POS 1st Class


4 posted on 10/12/2024 1:22:12 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: RandFan

“The party has to stop scapegoating Black men. Black men aren’t the problem. White men and White women are,” Pierce said in a post on social platform X.

Pierce is some actor. I never heard of him.

But I can give him directions to where he should go.

God KEEP giving me the strength to not get kicked off of here...and before election day!! You dont need curses to show how much disdain you have for some people.

But at home, I’m letting out a slew of them. And other words.

What a jerk.

On a GOOD note, the generational gap is that black guys under 50 are more likely to vote for Trump than black guys over 50.

I feared at may have been the other way around.

That’s a good thing.

Regardless of what this....actor...says, it WILL affect the election...a GREAT DEAL in swing states.

And I can’t wait to see him go INSANE on election night.

Maybe his woman shouldn’t be around him that night.

Just a hunch, but if he’s that ignorant, he will probably have no problem letting fists fly.


5 posted on 10/12/2024 1:22:24 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: over3Owithabrain

They have deleted so many videos - I have 2-3 links that no longer exist - from YouTube to LiveLeak (BION)


6 posted on 10/12/2024 1:27:13 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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7 posted on 10/12/2024 1:28:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: RandFan

Today I’ve watched about a half a dozen videos of black men cursing at Obama for telling them to “get back on the plantation”. From several, the language was salty but all had a common theme; Obama had done nothing for them and their lives were a lot better under the Trump administration. One man specifically mentioned the fact that every company in his town was hiring foreign workers only and it was now almost impossible for a black man to get a job.


8 posted on 10/12/2024 1:34:39 AM PDT by CFW
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Obama has a really bad track record of helping anyone get elected except himself. Half Indian Kamala is a tough sell on the basis of identity.


9 posted on 10/12/2024 1:41:31 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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One man specifically mentioned the fact that every company in his town was hiring foreign workers only and it was now almost impossible for a black man to get a job.

There's an organization called BAIR, Black Americans for Immigration Reform (I think) whose leaders Kathleen or Kathryn Wells and Donna Jackson are very vocal about this, about how throughout history large illegals being allowed in decimated black employment. Smart ladies.

10 posted on 10/12/2024 2:15:13 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: SaveFerris

Obama, Doug and Tim probably have a private room reserved for their own election night corck popping.


11 posted on 10/12/2024 2:43:38 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: RandFan

The last time Obama himself showed any energy for a campaign was for FL Andrew Gillum. After that he had to go hide in the drapes.


12 posted on 10/12/2024 2:48:51 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: RandFan

What would Obama know about being a man?
Effeminate, soy boy, has NOTHING to tell a MAN about anything.


13 posted on 10/12/2024 2:49:05 AM PDT by scott says (Servant of the Living God--YHVH)
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Ya bathhouse barry and his big mike beard are having trouble sellin it to the bro’s.
Shocking.


14 posted on 10/12/2024 2:54:48 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: RandFan

Seems to me that some Black Men don’t care for Obama’s plantation any better than anyone else’s. Anit that a shame?


15 posted on 10/12/2024 2:58:54 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: RandFan

“you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that”

The lying elite have never been able to sound natural or authentic, and Obama always sounded fake when he tried to talk like a brother. But this is even worse.

Most of all, if you fool a brother once and he later finds out, to keep trying is plain stupidity.


16 posted on 10/12/2024 3:09:13 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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Same old Obama: an equal opportunity pain in the a**.
He has enough of a condescending attitude to offend everyone.


17 posted on 10/12/2024 3:24:25 AM PDT by lee martell
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Sorry Obama! I’m a BLACK MAN. I am voting for DONALD TRUMP on November 5th! And NO amount of LECTURING or SHAMING is going to change that. DEAL WITH IT.
18 posted on 10/12/2024 3:27:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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Most of all, if you fool a brother once and he later finds out, to keep trying is plain stupidity Lethal!
19 posted on 10/12/2024 3:29:48 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: RandFan

Barry Soetoro is advocating a form of racism by telling voters to vote on the basis of a candidate’s race rather than his or her beliefs, ability, or experience.


20 posted on 10/12/2024 3:30:46 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala's New Way Forward = Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward)
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