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.”

  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
    75·
    2 months ago

    Isn’t the problem when the Democrats controlled the house and senate with Obama he did nothing with it.

    • havocpants@lemm.ee
      91·
      2 months ago

      I’m not an American, but didn’t Obama’s administration make an enormous positive change to healthcare in the US via the ACA?

      • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        2 months ago

        They did, and shit like that takes years to make happen thanks to how slow the government was intentionally set up to be.

        But that’s a convenient fact that is often left out.

      • farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works
        42·
        2 months ago

        No, it was very similar to a 1993 republican backed bill. It still left millions of people without care and did nothing to curb the actual cause of runaway medical costs in the US. Obama campaigned on getting affordable healthcare for all Americans then in classic Dem fashion intentionally fumbled the plan because the same wealthy donors that fund republicans also control the Dems.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 months ago

      Obama explicitly stated that his goal for immigration and climate reform was 70-80 “Yes” votes in the Senate. He spent months attempting to negotiate with Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Susan Collins, who just ran him in a big circle to burn out the clock until mid-terms.