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Why black men in Martin Luther King’s hometown won’t vote for Kamala Harris
The Telegraph ^ | 21 October 2024 | Rozina Sabur

Posted on 10/21/2024 2:35:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The race for the White House is being fiercely contested in Atlanta’s barbershops.

Amid the bustle of these busy, makeshift public squares in a city known as a bulwark of Democratic support, there are warning signs for Kamala Harris.

Nowhere more so than in Atlanta’s West Side, perhaps best remembered as a one-time meeting point for Dr Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights icons.

Between cuts and shaves, barber Umar Thames explains that he is preparing to cast a ballot for Donald Trump for the first time.

The 48-year-old was once a supporter of Barack Obama, but says Democrats can no longer take his vote for granted.

Ms Harris, and her historic candidacy, have done little to sway him.

“She’s playing on the fact that she’s black, and we’re black,” he says of the US vice-president, accusing her of prioritising identity over policy.

For him, the White House race “is not about colour”, but the flow of business into his swivel chair.

Its current occupant, Lawrence Gates, listens attentively as his barber pulls an apron over him and debates the merits of Trump’s third White House bid.

Mr Gates is not a fan of Ms Harris either, but as an employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, he says he cannot countenance voting for a convicted felon.

“We have got to have checks and balances in our system,” Mr Gates said, arguing Trump’s actions disqualified him from the highest office. “I think he should have been charged with murder [for] what he pulled on January 6,” he added, in reference to the 2021 Capitol riots. Trump could still face election interference charges in Georgia.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
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1 posted on 10/21/2024 2:35:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

On the one hand, blacks cannot be racist.
On the other hand, it’s mighty racist of these black men not to vote for Kamala.


2 posted on 10/21/2024 2:37:40 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“I think he should have been charged with murder [for] what he pulled on January 6

Oh, good grief.

3 posted on 10/21/2024 2:40:42 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: MinorityRepublican

Umar Thames is a smart man.

Lawrence Gates is an uninformed idiot.


4 posted on 10/21/2024 2:41:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Kamala is an indian and claims to be a woman. That might have something to do with it.


5 posted on 10/21/2024 2:43:22 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: armourenthusiast

“ Kamala is an indian and claims to be a woman. That might have something to do with it.”

A Canadian Indian. Brahmin class, Tamil ethnicity.

She’s half Tamil.

Part British Islander, part African on the other half.

One thing she’s not is black American but she pretends to be.


6 posted on 10/21/2024 2:59:19 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: MinorityRepublican
[The 48-year-old was once a supporter of Barack Obama, but says Democrats can no longer take his vote for granted.]

How about now?

And Democrat Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama went out and insulted black men, in general

Liar Obama expects everyone to kneel at his Satan-inspired words - NOT TODAY SATAN!






7 posted on 10/21/2024 3:01:15 PM 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: armourenthusiast; dfwgator; null and void; Red Badger
[Kamala is an indian and claims to be a woman. That might have something to do with it.]



1 million Quatloos to anyone who can return me to 1973 (I figure that's worth about $50)
8 posted on 10/21/2024 3:09:20 PM 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: MinorityRepublican

9 posted on 10/21/2024 3:46:42 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: MinorityRepublican

“he says he cannot countenance voting for a convicted felon.”

Mission accomplished. Destroy the entire justice system to get that on one man. Blacks should never vote for democrats after living in democrat run s holes. But there is still the rotten culture holding blacks on the plantation.


10 posted on 10/21/2024 5:05:21 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: SaveFerris

I lost my last Quatloos playing Fizbin.


11 posted on 10/21/2024 5:07:55 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Is it just me, or does it seem to you that there have been a TON of FR activity today and yesterday?

12 posted on 10/21/2024 5:20:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; dfwgator

[I lost my last Quatloos playing Fizbin.]

You must have played on a Tuesday!

If you look closely when Kirk is driving, can’t remember if it’s start or finish, you can see Universal Studio warehouses / sound stages at the bottom of the skyline (I think back...and to the left - no, not JFK)


13 posted on 10/21/2024 6:32:52 PM 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: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!


14 posted on 10/21/2024 8:02:00 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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BUMP


15 posted on 10/21/2024 8:05:01 PM 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: MinorityRepublican

Why? Perhaps because they’re not STUPID?


16 posted on 10/21/2024 8:06:41 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

[Between cuts and shaves, barber Umar Thames explains that he is preparing to cast a ballot for Donald Trump for the first time.

....

For him, the White House race “is not about colour”, but the flow of business into his swivel chair.]

Yes, Mr. Thames seems to have gotten wiser since Obama. Sounds like he’s a smart guy now. My kind of fellow.

The other guy.....


17 posted on 10/21/2024 8:08:04 PM 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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