{"id":2359604,"date":"2024-10-25T13:16:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-deeply-offended-voter-tears-obama-apart-in-front-of-msnbc-host-slams-ex-president-for-scolding-black-men\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T13:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:18:55","slug":"i-was-deeply-offended-voter-tears-obama-apart-in-front-of-msnbc-host-slams-ex-president-for-scolding-black-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-deeply-offended-voter-tears-obama-apart-in-front-of-msnbc-host-slams-ex-president-for-scolding-black-men\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Was Deeply Offended&#8217;: Voter Tears Obama Apart in Front of MSNBC Host, Slams Ex-President for Scolding Black Men"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fi-was-deeply-offended-voter-tears-obama-apart-in-front-of-msnbc-host-slams-ex-president-for-scolding-black-men%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=2359604&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>In \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-dont-want-you-here-patriotic-texas-voter-gets-right-in-beto-orourkes-grill-and-gives-him-an-earful\/\" title=\"\u2018We Don\u2019t Want You Here\u2019: Patriotic Texas Voter Gets Right In Beto O\u2019Rourke\u2019s Grill And Gives Him An Earful\">recent campaign event<\/a> in Pittsburgh,\u2064 former \u200bPresident \u200cBarack Obama addressed a group of black men, emphasizing the importance \u200dof their\u2064 support for Vice President \u200dKamala Harris&#8217;s candidacy. Obama expressed concern \u200dover what\u2064 he perceived as a lack of enthusiasm among\u200c black men for Harris, stating that support for \u2064her\u200c was particularly\u200d evident among women. However,\u2063 his remarks sparked \u2063backlash from voters who felt patronized and offended, \u200cwhich\u200c was highlighted during \u2064a\u2064 discussion \u2064in a Philadelphia barbershop. One participant \u2062described Obama&#8217;s tone as &#8220;disgusting&#8221; and indicative of a broader issue\u2062 where voters feel \u200dtreated as a uniform group rather\u2063 than as individuals \u2062with\u2062 diverse\u200b concerns. Harris&#8217;s recent polling indicates a dip\u200b in support compared \u200bto President Joe Biden&#8217;s numbers in the \u2064last election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-abortion-vote-warns-republicans-to-figure-out-message-to-keep-women-voters\/\" title=\"Ohio abortion vote warns Republicans to figure out message to keep women voters\">signaling potential challenges<\/a> for her campaign. The negative reactions to Obama&#8217;s comments reflect a \u2062growing impatience among \u200cconstituents with appeals that rely heavily on identity politics, especially\u200b amidst pressing political and economic issues such as\u200d inflation and\u2064 societal crises. Ultimately, Obama&#8217;s comments may not have \u2062succeeded in galvanizing \u200csupport for Harris as intended.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s scolding of black men continues to hurt Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; election prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Obama took to the campaign trail for Harris &mdash; as the Democratic nominee needs all the help she can get in key battleground states like Pennsylvania. To that end, the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-goes-attack-black-brothers-arent-sure-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made a stop<\/a> at a Pittsburgh campaign office earlier this month to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TelegraphUS\/status\/1844695854982045891?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1844695854982045891%7Ctwgr%5E032416ac46c8b9678f297adf24473795280b1d97%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fobama-goes-attack-black-brothers-arent-sure-kamala%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speak to a group<\/a> of black men as he felt that a lack of support for her candidacy was &ldquo;more pronounced with the brothers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Obama&rsquo;s chastising drew anger from voters who are tired of being seen as a collective that Democrats are entitled to support from. MSNBC&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/alex-wagner-tonight\/watch\/are-enough-americans-ready-to-vote-for-a-woman-president-222448197510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Wagner discovered<\/a> that for herself at a Philadelphia barbershop, where voters gave a very blunt and honest reaction to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/problems-between-obama-and-biden-tense-moment-during-ethel-kennedys-funeral-steals-viewers-attention\/\" title=\"Problems Between Obama and Biden? Tense Moment During Ethel Kennedy&#039;s Funeral Steals Viewers&#039; Attention\">44th president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Philadelphia voters are not happy with Barack Hussein Obama talking down to them:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was deeply offended &mdash; The general tone of it was disgusting. It was abhorrent. I didn&rsquo;t respect it. I like nothing about it.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpUHuooH33\">pic.twitter.com\/qpUHuooH33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1848926636009300317?\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Wagner asked for a response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-kamala-harriss-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a>&lsquo;s words, which she promptly received from one man &ndash; Chad Fain: &ldquo;I was deeply offended.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fain gave the justification in his words, saying, &ldquo;It felt like a moment where it&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;You n-words better get in line and do what we say.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He told Wagner and the other men in the room that Obama was being put forward as, &ldquo;the Czar of the Democratic Party&rdquo; to put things in order with a demographic that party has long drew support from.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The general tone of it was disgusting,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t respect it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If Obama&rsquo;s remarks were intended to shore up support for a candidate who&rsquo;s lacking enthusiasm, they failed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/12\/us\/politics\/poll-black-voters-harris-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A New York Times poll<\/a> from earlier this month found Harris&rsquo; support among black voters at 78 percent with 70 percent of black men supporting her. Her predecessor for the Democratic ticket &mdash; President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-biden-harris-fighting-keep-illegals-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> &mdash; enjoyed 90 percent support among black voters.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner&rsquo;s coverage of this swing state voter&rsquo;s reaction indicates the zeal for identity politics is dissipating.<\/p>\n<p>People are growing weary of being spoken to in the terms of their race.<\/p>\n<p>Obama&rsquo;s remarks don&rsquo;t present any substance in reference to policy, nor does he speak to the principles that most voters are concerned about the next executive possessing.<\/p>\n<p>He speaks on collective terms to a group &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-calls-for-voters-to-pay-attention-to-trumps-campaign-promises-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Carville calls for voters to \u2018pay attention\u2019 to Trump\u2019s campaign promises - Washington Examiner\">black men &#038;mdash<\/a>; that is so broad he might as well be speaking to no one at all.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to speak to voters on exclusively racial grounds when problems like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-era-inflation-continues-decimate-american-bank-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soaring inflation<\/a>, a border crisis, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">increasingly dire international conflict loom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats making use of identity politics tells us how bad things are going for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>She cannot speak in real, digestible terms about a plan to better the country.<\/p>\n<p>The race card is a desperate one, and it isn&rsquo;t working.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Obama recently campaigned for Harris, who requires significant support in crucial states like Pennsylvania. He visited a campaign office in Pittsburgh to address a group of black men, expressing concern over their lack of backing for her candidacy. This approach sparked frustration among voters who feel marginalized by the Democratic Party&#8217;s expectations. MSNBC&#8217;s Alex Wagner encountered this sentiment firsthand at a Philadelphia barbershop, where patrons reacted strongly against Obama&#8217;s comments, describing them as offensive and disrespectful. One voter articulated that Obama&#8217;s tone suggested an expectation for compliance from black voters, likening him to a &#8220;Czar&#8221; trying to enforce order within the party&#8217;s traditional support base. Despite his intentions to rally support for Harris, recent polling indicates her approval among black voters is significantly lower than that of President Joe Biden during his campaign. The backlash highlights growing discontent with identity politics and suggests that many voters are more concerned with substantive issues rather than being addressed solely based on race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2359605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Fain.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3746,43728,34832,43729,43727],"class_list":["post-2359604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-msnbc","tag-obama-criticism","tag-public-opinion","tag-racial-issues","tag-voter-backlash"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Fain.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359604","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}