Republican Reps. Byron Donalds (Florida) and Wesley Hunt (Texas) have joined the group Black Males for Trump in condemning former President Obama’s feedback towards Black male voters.
A letter signed by the advisory board of Black Males for Trump and its members accuses Obama of being “insulting” and “demeaning” with the feedback he made Thursday evening.
“President Obama’s recent call for Black men to support Kamala Harris based solely on her skin color, rather than her policies, is deeply insulting,” the letter states.
“Black Americans are not a monolith, and we don’t owe our votes to any candidate just because they ‘look like us.’ It’s demeaning to suggest that we can’t evaluate a candidate’s track record—especially when Kamala Harris has done more harm than good to Black communities.”
On Thursday, Obama referred to as for Black males to solid their ballots for Vice President Harris and expressed disappointment with the dearth of enthusiasm amongst Black males for Harris.
“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 mentioned.
He added, “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 confronted backlash from others, together with Democrats, for his feedback this week.
Nonetheless, his remarks come as 1 in 4 Black males beneath the age of fifty have expressed help for Trump, in response to current polling from NAACP and HIT Methods discovered.
However Democrats have been scuffling with Black male voters since 2008 — when Obama was first elected.
Donalds, Hunt and the advisory board for Black Males for Trump mentioned this lack of Black males’s help stems from “failed policies” among the many Democrats, which has led to “family instability, poor schooling, and lack of economic opportunity.”
“Reducing us to race-based voting blocs perpetuates the worst kind of identity politics,” the letter added.
The boys went on to say that Harris’s report as California’s legal professional basic and as vp has disproportionately harmed and imprisoned Black Individuals.
“We need President Trump back in office because he delivered what no one else did—real results for Black America,” the letter states. “He restored the American Dream by creating jobs, lowering Black unemployment, launching Opportunity Zones, and securing permanent funding for HBCUs. Under Trump, Black families had a shot at building wealth, breaking generational cycles, and thriving.”
Trump, the letter concludes, “made America great before, and he’s the only one who can do it again—for Black families and for this country.”
