CNN guest Angela Rye argued on Saturday that “white people” should not escape “responsibility” even if Donald Trump wins the presidential election next month, saying, “If something goes wrong, January “I don't want to see women marching in pussy hats.'' Go right.'' ”
The liberal commentator went on a rant with anchor Victor Blackwell while talking about former President Barack Obama's decision to put a black man in charge of the job for not supporting Vice President Kamala Harris enough.
When Mr. Blackwell asked Mr. Lai whether President Obama was wrong to single out that demographic, the political activist flipped the script.
“What I think is wrong is avoiding the responsibility that white people have to face for not showing up to save our democracy,” Lai said on CNN.
Additionally, white voters “want to be angry” when candidates don't wear flag lapel pins or visibly pledge allegiance to the flag, instead of focusing on more important issues. he claimed.
“So the responsibility to save our democracy should lie with the largest demographic groups in this country: white men and white women,” she said.
“If something goes wrong, I don't want to see women marching in pussyhats in January. What I want to see is them marching to the polls themselves, including today,” Lai added. Ta.
Shortly after Trump was sworn into the Oval Office in 2017, millions of women wearing pink knitted hats known as pussyhats marched through the nation's capital and elsewhere to protest the Republican presidency.
Lai on Monday stood by her fiery comments.
“The media seems to be trying to lay a close election at the feet of black men,” she says. he wrote on Instagram. “It’s not on our watch!”
With Election Day just two weeks away, the Trump campaign is working to attract black voters.
