NFL icon Herschel Walker has spoken out against former President Obama over his recent controversial comments about black men not supporting Kamala Harris.
On Thursday, during Harris' latest campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Obama cited the vice president's declining support among black voters, especially black men.
“Now, I would also like to say that it seems to be more pronounced among the brothers. If you're okay with that, just a little bit, I have to talk to you guys and say that when I have a choice.” It's this: On the one hand, when you have someone who grew up like you, went to college with you, and understands the struggle. [and the] The pain and the joy that comes from that experience,” President Obama said.
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Maher poked fun at the fact that former President Barack Obama had to resort to “scolding” black men to support Harris. (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Obama even suggested that the reason these voters aren't currently supporting Harris is because she's a woman. President Obama never acknowledged that his low approval ratings might be due to his record as vice president or his deep background as a prosecutor.
“I'm talking directly to men, and part of it is, you just don't feel the idea of having a woman as president, come up with other alternatives, other reasons for it. “I thought there might be,” Obama said.
Walker is one of many public figures from both partisan and political lines who have criticized President Obama's comments this week.
[Barack Obama]forgetting how hard we fought for the right to vote! Telling people how to vote based on color is a step backwards. Biden/Harris bad policies have hurt us all. We need unity, not division! ” Walker wrote In Saturday's X post.
Walker is a former American football running back who played 12 seasons in the NFL. Prior to that, he played in the USFL, an upstart league intended to compete with the NFL. Former President Trump was an investor in the league and the owner of Walker's New Jersey Generals franchise.
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LA Times columnists claimed that former Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker was a black man who promoted white supremacy. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Walker is best known for being part of one of the most iconic trades in NFL history in 1989. The trade sent Walker from the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for players the Cowboys used to build a good team and an NFL draft pick. He won three Super Bowls in four years from 1992 to 1995.
In 2022, Walker won the nomination in Georgia with an overwhelming majority of Republican senators. playing cards. However, neither candidate received a majority of votes in the general election, forcing the race between Walker and Sen. Warnock to enter a runoff. In the end, Warnock won the runoff.
Still, despite the loss, Walker has been a vocal supporter of other right-wing figures and principles, and has been a vocal defender of Trump during this campaign.
Walker also has a brief history of political interactions with Obama. The former president went on a lengthy rant mocking his candidacy during a speech in Georgia ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. President Obama said Walker was “someone who carries around a fake badge and claims to be in law enforcement like a kid playing cops and robbers” and has a “habit of not telling the truth.” President Obama suggested that Walker was so loyal to Trump, even suggesting that “that means he's not seriously thinking about you or your needs.”
Walker refuted Obama's comments in a statement a few days later.
“President Obama was here last night. He said I was a celebrity. He got it wrong. I'm not a celebrity, I'm a warrior of God,” Walker said. “He needs help because he's on the wrong horse. Sen. Warnock is the wrong horse. You know he can't do the job. It's time for him to go. ”
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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear on stage between speeches during the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Tom Williams/CQ-) Roll Call, Inc (via Getty Images) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
In a week of very poor coverage of the 44th president, Walker took another shot at Obama.
President Obama has also been criticized by prominent figures on the left, including Bill Maher, former Democratic Ohio Sen. Nina Turner, and former BLM activist Xavier Dursault, who said in an interview on Fox News this week that Harris is a black man. She said she was having trouble with relationships with men. Her “lack of accomplishment.” Dursault also called President Obama's comments “offensive.”
“It's completely disrespectful. I'm done with Mr. Obama,” Dursault said. “Black men are tired of being forced to think in terms of the color of their skin.”
President Obama's comments come as a September 30 Pew Research poll found that only 84% of blacks said they planned to vote for Kamala Harris in the presidential election, while 13% said they supported Trump. What you do is what you receive. By contrast, Joe Biden won 92 percent of the Black vote in 2020.
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