{"id":2255960,"date":"2024-05-30T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-legend-says-black-voters-are-leaving-biden-because-of-masculinity\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T20:31:06","slug":"john-legend-says-black-voters-are-leaving-biden-because-of-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-legend-says-black-voters-are-leaving-biden-because-of-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"John Legend suggests Black voters are turning away from Biden due to &#8216;masculinity&#8217; concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-legend-says-black-voters-are-leaving-biden-because-of-masculinity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>John Legend, \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-hotel-harrington-closes-for-january-6-pro-trump-march-after-pressure-over-proud-boys\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s Hotel Harrington Closes for January 6 Pro-Trump March After Pressure Over Proud Boys\">liberal activist<\/a>, \u200cpointed out\u2064 that\u200c young Black and Latino male voters\u2064 are swaying towards former President Trump \u2062due to his\u2062 perceived &#8220;masculinity.&#8221;\u200b He emphasized this on the &#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; podcast, advocating for Biden to address\u200d this shift.\u2064 Legend acknowledged Trump&#8217;s appeal among men of various backgrounds \u2063and\u2064 highlighted potential \u200dimplications\u2062 for the Biden campaign.\u200b Additionally, he mentioned \u200cconcerns\u200b about \u2062economic \u2062misinformation benefiting Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Liberal activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/john-legend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Legend<\/a> said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anaylsis-more-than-half-of-joe-bidens-twitter-followers-are-fake-and-were-just-created-in-january\/\" title=\"Anaylsis: More Than Half Of Joe Biden\u2019s Twitter Followers Are FAKE and Were Just Created in January\">young black<\/a> and latino male voters are leaving President Joe Biden because former President Donald Trump\u2019s form of \u201cmasculinity\u201d appeals to some men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking on the \u201cPod Save America\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dHcYpJES3jk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">podcast<\/span><\/a>  \u2014 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">run by several former aides to former President Barack Obama \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the 45-year-old singer said he thinks Biden should be the president and admitted Trump narrowing the margin with black and latino young male voters is going to have to be dealt with by the Biden campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, I think Trump performs a form of masculinity that I think is attractive to some people,\u201d Legend said. \u201cTo be clear, black men, even an uptick for Trump, is still a landslide for Biden. \u2026 But there is an uptick and that uptick, it may be enough to win Wisconsin or it may be enough to win Michigan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd so, it\u2019s an issue that the campaign is going to have to deal with,\u201d he added. \u201cBut I do think Trump performs a form of masculinity that is appealing to some men, black, white, hispanic, across the board, and that may explain the uptick.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what happens when the elite have no idea about the struggles normal citizens have. They need to shut the hell up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlegend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@johnlegend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvaZdDbT0j\">https:\/\/t.co\/BvaZdDbT0j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diane B (@dmb1031) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dmb1031\/status\/1795953196579397808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cVoice\u201d coach also claimed that there\u2019s a lot of \u201cdisinformation\u201d going around about the economy, which he suggested is benefiting Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI hear a lot of misinformation and disinformation about the economy under Trump and what\u2019s happened since. To be clear, the economy is doing quite well,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Later in the interview, the hosts and Legend talked about the feeling in the culture that it\u2019s \u201cuncool\u201d to vote for Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt does feel uncool and they are both old,\u201d the singer replied. \u201cAnd it\u2019s hard for people. They both decline in their ability to talk to the people and just seem vigorous and energetic. And it\u2019s hard for people to get excited about that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In May, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-leading-presidential-race-questions-2024\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fox News survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  showed the president\u2019s support among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a> has gone down from the 79% he was at before the 2020 election to 72%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/644690\/americans-continue-name-inflation-top-financial-problem.aspx#:~:text=Forty%2Done%20percent%20of%20U.S.,with%20most%20readings%20under%2010%25.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from Gallup conducted in April showed that Americans named inflation or the high cost of living as the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-junk-bidenomics-say-inflation-worst-in-18-years\/\" title=\"Critics slam 'Bidenomics' as inflation hits 18-year high\">important financial problem facing<\/a> their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forty-one percent selected inflation or the high cost of living for the open-ended question, which is the highest figure yet in Gallup\u2019s annual Economy and Personal Finance poll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daniel Chaitin contributed to this piece.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Legend highlighted that young Black and Latino male voters are shifting away from President Biden towards former President Trump&#8217;s perceived &#8220;masculinity.&#8221; During an appearance on the &#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; podcast, hosted by ex-Obama aides, Legend, 45, suggested Biden should address this trend to engage these demographics effectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2255961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2019\/10\/John-Legend-Chrissy-Teigan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2019\/10\/John-Legend-Chrissy-Teigan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}