Obama laments lack of mobilization by African-American men for Harris

The Manila Times

Obama laments lack of mobilization by African-American men for Harris  Former US president Barack Obama, during an unannounced pitstop at a campaign field office in Pittsburgh before a campaign rally, while speaking directly to Black voters says, '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.' "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," he adds.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews  #obama #unitedstates

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00:00My 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.

00:28Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.

00:38So if you don't mind, just for a second, I'm going to speak to you all directly.

00:43When you have a choice that is this clear, when on the one hand you have somebody who grew up like you, knows you, went to college with you,

01:03understands the struggles and pain and joy that comes from those experiences, and that's on one side.

01:17And on the other side you have someone who has consistently shown disregard, not just for the communities, but for you as a person.

01:30And you're thinking about sitting down?

01:35I'm not.

01:39But, you know, because of COVID-19.

01:47And you're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses.

01:53I've got a problem with that.

01:59Because 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.

02:13And you're coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for it.

02:18And I think this is not an ordinary election.

02:22You've got the candidate on the, right now we have a tragedy going down in North Carolina, and Florida, and big chunks of the Southwest.

02:37And you've got a nominee in the other party, a former president, who is going around just making stuff up about how Biden and Harris aren't sending money to Republican areas, or they're giving it to illegal immigrants.

02:57Stuff that even the Republicans down there say is not true.

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