Vice President Kamala Harris is facing backlash after she offended black male voters with a campaign ad depicting a woman turning down a date because of her voting history.
Current online advertising hosted on social media sites like Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook, according to daily mailwas produced in the format of a popular genre of dating game videos that feature a line of date candidates who can pop balloons to reject male suitors.
In the video, a black man enters a studio in front of several women and introduces himself.
“What do you do and how much money do you make?” asked a man who appeared to be a “host” on a dating show.
He answered, “I work in finance and make a six-figure income.”
One of the women in line for the balloon asked him how tall he was, and he answered 6 feet 5 inches.
The women then exchanged “ooohs” in response to his charming answer, before another woman asked him if he planned to vote in the upcoming November election.
“Well, I didn't mean to do that,” he replied, prompting all the women to pop their balloons, which they quickly refused.
The ad was created by Brian McBride, Harris' deputy director of creative strategy, who “hidden” many of the ads. negative comments He joined X after posting the video.
“Stupidity. The relief effort is misplaced and pointless,” one user wrote.
Another commenter said of the main audience for dating game videos: “Most of the viewers are women and teenagers.” “So how do you convince black men to vote if this is not targeting black men, but rather shaming black men, which is also not a good method of persuasion?”
“Did Trump make this? Because this doesn't help Kamala,” said another comment that McBride “hidden.”
After more negative reviews poured in, she apparently gave up on hiding her comment, with another saying, “As always, black women trying to keep black men down.”
“'To vote or not to vote?' [sex] 'For you' is quite a sales pitch. It's a deep insult to black men,” another source said.
“How is this going to convince black men? This is insulting,” one black male user wrote.
“So, geniuses, don't you ever wonder why she has a black man problem? Or a male voter problem???”:
Conservative celebrity Graham Allen asserted, “This is what a failed campaign looks like.''
Podcast host Cash Lauren said, “It's hard to explain how disgusted Kamala is.”
