Bernie Sanders' former campaign aide makes this accusation: former president barack obama Thursday slammed Black men who don't support Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Why are black men being lectured?” former Democratic Ohio Sen. Nina Turner said on CNN. “Why are black men disrespected?”
Former national co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign said President Obama was “wrong.”
“There's a lot of love for former President Obama, but it's a mistake for him to single out only black men, and some black men I've talked to have reasons for wanting to vote differently. Some of us may not like it, but we have to respect it,” she said.
Bernie Sanders' former campaign adviser has criticized former President Barack Obama for criticizing black men for not supporting Vice President Kamala Harris.
Turner added, “So unless President Barack Obama goes out and preaches to all the men from other identity groups, my message to the Democratic Party is don't take it to black men, who by and large don't vote. That's what it means,” he explained. Very different from black women. ”
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Turner said politicians should try to ingratiate themselves with all voters, and in the process seek support from “a small number of good men concerned with stripping women of some of their bodily autonomy.” He added that there is a need to collect.
“But this is wrong for President Obama,” Turner concluded. “It's the wrong path for the Harris-Waltz campaign to lie at his feet when a black man has his reasons.”
Turner's comments came after Obama criticized the black man for not being as active in politics as Harris was in 2008 and 2012.
Former President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event supporting Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on October 10, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Reuters/Quinn Grabicki (Reuters/Quinn Grabicki)
“I still haven’t seen the kind of vibrancy and crowds I saw when I was running in every corner of my neighborhood and community.” President Obama said this at a pre-campaign rally. Stop in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
The prominent Democrat said he's noticed a difference in the excitement surrounding Harris, especially among African Americans.
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President Obama said, “Now, I also want to say that it seems to be more pronounced among the brothers. If you're okay with that, just a little bit, when I have to talk to you, I have to say that.'' spoke. You have a choice, and that's pretty neat. On the other hand, when you have someone who grew up like you, went to college with you, and understands the struggle. [and the] The pain and joy that comes from that experience…” he went on to contrast this with Trump.
“You come up with all kinds of reasons and excuses,” he continued. “There's a problem with that.”
Bernie Sanders' former campaign adviser Nina Turner criticized former President Barack Obama for criticizing black men for not supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. (Fox News)
“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.
Many Democrats have expressed concern about a repeat of 2016, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
Recent reports indicate that polls show a narrow gap between Harris and Trump.
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FOX News' Charles Crates contributed to this report.
