Obama tells Black men it’s ‘not acceptable’ to sit out election | CNN Politics
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Former President Barack Obama on Thursday admonished Black men who he believes have not adequately supported Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, telling them it’s “not acceptable” to sit out this election and suggesting they might be reluctant to vote for Harris because she’s a woman.

He then ends up suggesting the reason they don’t like Harris is because she’s a woman -

“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.”

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    714·
    1 month ago

    I heard a commentator yesterday state: “Democrats can not fail; they can only “be failed” by their voters.”

    Its always “the voters” who are to blame when Democrats fail. I’m not interested in voting for the party of Cheney; I’m not interested in voting for a pro-genocide party. And maybe I’ll be able to suck it up enough to as so many would have you believe, “do the right thing”, as if voting for a pro-genoicde, pro-buisness, now also neo-conservative party is really that. But what really matters is that there are people far more who are better than I, who simply won’t vote in favor of a genocide. But yeah Obama. Keep telling the voters its their fault.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      68·
      1 month ago

      Democrats will tell you that nothing can change in FPTP voting, and in then spend 100% of their time every 2 years directing their efforts towards a FPTP election system.

      I swear to god, electoralism is sisyphus’ fucking boulder, and libs are completely convinced that if they push that damned thing up the mountain just a few more times they’ll finally escape the task

    • havocpants@lemm.ee
      57·
      1 month ago

      It’s amazing how one country committing genocide on another 6,000 miles away from the US is the fault of the Democrats.

      The moment I hear anyone talk about genocide when referring to the US elections, I write them off as a useful idiot or Russian troll.

      • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        12·
        1 month ago

        The moment I hear anyone talk about genocide when referring to the US elections, I write them off as a useful idiot or Russian troll.

        Glad to know that Ukrainians getting murdered by Republican polices isn’t enough for you. China killing Uyghurs? Not important for this dude. Moral consistency is for suckers!

        That’s how you sound right now. Murder is bad, and I am opposed to it whenever its happening. Be it neighbors, countries, systemic, or individual. Sorry that being aginast to my tax dollars going to helping people be free from harm and helping people live better lives is somehow too much of a “single issue”.