Stacey Abrams this week accused black men who are not supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign of being racist and sexist.
The Georgia Democrat, who has denied the results of the elections that she lost when she twice ran to become the state’s governor and lost both times to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, was asked about remarks from a Georgia pastor who recently said that “misogyny” was “still real” in the black community and was the reason that Abrams lost.
“I know it’s a shock to everyone, but sexism remains real and a very pertinent issue,” Abrams claimed.
Abrams claimed that Harris was doing “very well with black men” even though polling has found that Harris is not doing as well with black voters as past Democrat presidential candidates, and former President Donald Trump has the highest support from that community of any Republican presidential candidate since 1960.
“However, we do have to acknowledge that there is sexism. There is racism,” she later added. “There are challenges in our electorate and that’s why it’s so important that Kamala Harris is going everywhere and talking to everyone. She respects voters. She meets them where they are and she refuses to be told that she has lost a cohort, lost a community simply because she’s different.”
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Stacey Abrams (D) claims that a lot of black men are not supporting Kamala Harris because they are sexist and racist. pic.twitter.com/svqAX26yPb
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 22, 2024
The Harris campaign has put former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail where he has accused black men of being sexist if they don’t vote for Harris.
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“My understanding, based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and communities, is that we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,” Obama said.
He said that the lack of enthusiasm for Harris “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.”
Obama then disparaged voters who might vote for Trump or sit out the election.
“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that,” Obama said. “Because part of it makes me think – and I’m speaking to men directly – part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
Obama added that the “women in our lives have been getting our backs this entire time.”
“When we get in trouble and the system isn’t working for us, they’re the ones out there marching and protesting,” he added.
