Have you seen the clip? Madam Vice President from Negril? It's a clip that's kind of out of context, and it says that you won't do anything specifically for black people. Have you seen that? Have you? I have not seen that. Well, it's a clip that has you saying that you're not going to do anything [00:00:15] specifically for black people. Well, that's just not true. President Obama was out there last week waving his finger at black men when, Liz Cheney and Hillary Clinton gonna wave their finger at white women. When Bill Clinton and Joe Biden gonna wave their finger at white men because 52% of white women voted for Trump in 2016, 55% voted for Trump in 2020. [00:00:35] They all voted against their own interests. When the finger waving gonna start at them? How about we don't finger wag toward anyone? Whether it's black men, white women? I don't think scolding people is conducive to winning elections. [00:00:51] That's just me. But Kamala Harris returned to The Breakfast Club for a town hall style conversation hosted by Charlamagne tha God and the topic of black male voters increasingly supporting Donald Trump obviously came up. [00:01:07] So let's watch how she responded to questions about that. My plan includes making sure that for first time home buyers, they have a $25,000 down payment assistance to just get their foot in the door, [00:01:22] because we know folks will work hard. They'll save and pay that monthly mortgage. Second point is to bring down the cost of housing generally because one of the issues is we have a housing supply shortage. And so that's about working with the private sector in terms of our small businesses, [00:01:39] which are part of the backbone of the economy, of the black community and part of the backbone of America's economy writ large. One of the big issues facing black entrepreneurs and black small businesses is access to capital. Because unlike my opponent, who got handed $400 million on a silver platter [00:01:55] and then filed bankruptcy six times, don't forget that calls himself a businessman. Not everybody has access to the capital, But they but we know in the community we do not lack for ambition, aspirations, dreams, hard work ethic. [00:02:10] We have brought down black unemployment. I said this earlier to the one of the lowest levels in history, but I'm very clear the community is not going to stand up and applaud just because everybody has a job. That should be a baseline. My agenda is about tapping into the ambitions and the aspirations, knowing [00:02:29] that folks want to have an opportunity. If they want, they should have a meaningful opportunity to build wealth, including intergenerational wealth. So clearly, you can notice that Kamala Harris is continuing with the [00:02:47] more moderate Pro-small business narrative in the way that she's presenting her policy arguments. And the one thing I really do want to give her and Biden credit for is it is actually true that the black unemployment rate hit a record low under their administration. [00:03:06] It's also true that prior to the Biden administration, Trump had made some gains in that area as well. He also had hit a record for lowering the unemployment rate among, the, among black voters. But the Biden-Harris team surpassed him. [00:03:22] So the unemployment rate hit an all time low, a record low for the Black or African American unemployment rate, 4.8%. That was set under Biden in April of 2023. That beat the Trump era low. [00:03:38] That was a record at the time, which was 5.3% in August of 2019 and September of 2019. Obviously, after that, the coronavirus pandemic increased unemployment for everybody. So that's why the numbers date back to, you know, late 2019 [00:03:55] before the pandemic really took off. So Kamala was right to brag about those gains. And she should definitely do more of that on the campaign trail. Really talk about the fundamental ways the Biden administration managed to materially improve people's lives, the jobs that were [00:04:14] created under the Biden administration. I think that is a winning message. So, you know, we've been pretty critical of some of her more recent messaging, but I think she did well in that portion of the interview. Now, let's take a look at other things that she's proposing to ensure that she increases her support among black male voters, [00:04:34] because it is true that Trump has managed to, you know, take some portion of those voters away from Democrats. So Philip Lewis had posted this on X earlier this week, and I thought it was interesting, he writes. Kamala Harris unveiled new policy proposals aimed at black men, [00:04:50] which includes providing a million loans to black entrepreneurs, creating more black male mentor programs, a health initiative for diseases like prostate cancer. My favorite was the Last Bullet point, which is protecting crypto Assets. [00:05:09] Gotta look out for the donors. Gotta look out for the donors. But the rest, you know, forgivable loans. That's fine. She was actually asked about that during an interview recently. And someone asked about fraud. [00:05:25] Like, well, what are you going to do to protect, you know, taxpayers from this program, you know, being used fraudulently? And that was an interesting exchange. It doesn't seem like she's really thought about that much yet, but that's kind of the problem with, in my opinion, her campaign. [00:05:41] It's kind of like since it all kind of came together last minute, given the fact that Biden refused to drop out until the until it was very late in the game. You know, she's kind of coming up with policy proposals on the fly, [00:05:56] and that does put her at a disadvantage compared to Trump, who's been thinking about these economic policies, you know, for years now. Things like tariffs and things like that. So now while Obama ended up shaming black men, which I thought [00:06:12] was a really, really bad idea, essentially saying that, you know, if you're a black man who's not going to vote for Kamala Harris, well, it's probably sexism that's informing your decision to avoid doing so. Obviously, I'm paraphrasing, but that's essentially the message. [00:06:28] That's what he implied. Now, I think that that's unfair to people. And what I'm about to show you is important to listen to, because it's better to listen to what voters are saying, like, what is their rationale? [00:06:44] Why are they opting to vote for Donald Trump instead of Kamala Harris? Listen to what they have to say. Don't straw man. Don't put words in their mouths. And I'm mostly saying this for the Democratic Party, because if you want to win these voters back, then you have to listen to what they're saying. [00:07:01] You have to genuinely be curious about what their concerns are. And so here is a black conservative. He hosts the black conservative perspective on YouTube. His name is George Foreman and he recently covered this interview, and I thought what he had to say was pretty interesting. [00:07:17] So take a look. I encourage people to get out of this very low level thinking of what is Ex-politician going to do for me based off my race? Okay. It's just not a productive conversation. Okay. You want to know the black agenda that Trump has? [00:07:34] You know, the black agenda from Trump. Okay. Since black people want to talk about what are you going to do for me. No tax on tips, which you have a lot of black people working these service jobs. Jobs that rely on tipped wages. Okay. Like for example, they always want to use the stereotypical black barber shop, right? [00:07:50] You know, barbers. Hey, tips go a long way for barbers. Okay. I'm not sure why every barber in America isn't telling all of their customers. Hey, vote for Trump. Okay. Because it's going to help me out a lot. Paying less taxes, no tax on overtime. You have a lot of black people working jobs where you're eligible for [00:08:08] overtime or closing the border. Mass deportations. Yeah, I think that's a lot. Right? That's a whole lot of money being put into black people's pockets. Okay. From the Trump agenda, right? So clearly Trump's messaging on immigration is having an impact. [00:08:26] And I do think that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, of course, sending migrants to liberal cities like Chicago has actually had an impact, along with the messaging from Trump. I don't agree with mass deportations. I want to be clear about that. [00:08:42] But remember what I was saying a few weeks ago, guys, about the specific things that Trump is saying on the campaign trail and then just repeating it over and over and over again, you might not agree with those policies. You might think, oh, this isn't really fleshed out, and I'm not buying it. [00:08:58] You might not believe he'd actually implement these policies, but put the politics or separate the politics from the governance or the, actual acts that, you know, a politician would do once they get elected. [00:09:13] The like. Political messaging is clearly effective to some extent when Trump says no tax on tips. There's a lot of service workers out there who are going to find that message appealing. [00:09:28] And so Democrats should think about that, like, what can we do to simplify our economic message? How can we be repetitive with that economic message until it, like really sinks in and people understand what we represent and what we're trying to do to benefit their lives. I do see Trump doing that to some extent. [00:09:46] And I think with Kamala Harris, you know, she's she's starting to kind of get her stride when it comes to economic messaging. But she's not quite there yet. And then you know, what Foreman said there about a universal program or universal policies as opposed to race based policies? [00:10:03] I tend to agree with, mostly because broad based policies, universal policies, tend to be more popular. That's why it's been impossible for Republicans to do away with Social Security and Medicare. Those are major social safety net programs that have universal appeal [00:10:21] because they apply to everyone. So just something to keep in mind. Okay. And then finally, let's go to one more video of Kamala Harris doing something that I think she needs to stop doing. [00:10:37] President Obama was out there last week waving his finger at black men when, Liz Cheney and Hillary Clinton gonna wave their finger at white women when, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden gonna wave their finger at white men because 52% of white women voted for Trump in 2016, 55% voted for Trump in 2020. [00:10:54] They all voted against their own interests. When the finger waving gonna start at them? Well, thank you for highlighting that. I do have the support of over 200 Republicans who worked for various administrations, including everyone going back to Ronald Reagan, to the bushes, to John McCain [00:11:13] and Mitt Romney and including Liz Cheney. And I'm very proud to have her support. Please stop doing this. Please, I'm begging you. Kamala. Kamala. Mamala whatever you want to be called, please stop. Stop doing this. Stop doing this. [00:11:29] Please, please, please, guys, I'm not saying this because I'm a secret Republican. I'm saying this because I effing despise neocons, okay? Like, and I'm not the only one. It's not a popular message when you are the Democrat who's going around talking [00:11:45] about how much Republicans love you, well, then why wouldn't Republican voters just vote for the Republican? Like, I just stop doing that. Okay? I get that you personally feel honored that you have been endorsed by Dick Cheney, which blows my mind. Keep that to yourself. Keep it to yourself. [00:12:03] And by the way, it's like a weird pivot considering what Charlamagne asked her. Like she he asked her something entirely different. But, you know, she got distracted by her love affair with the Cheneys. I guess it's just just stop doing it. It's not good. No one likes them. [00:12:20] Okay. Republican voters don't like them. So if Kamala Harris is trying to bring moderate Republican voters to the Democratic side, I don't think attaching herself to the Cheneys is going to do it. And finally, I can't end this by saying that one of my biggest pet peeves [00:12:39] in any election cycle at this point is the sense of entitlement. Okay, neither candidate is entitled to a damn thing. They need to make their case to the electorate. And that includes Donald Trump, who said this recently. [00:12:55] People that have worked there and worked there well for years are now being told they're not. They no longer have a job because they have illegal immigrants coming in and taking their job. And I'll tell you what, any African American or Hispanic and you know how well [00:13:11] I'm doing there that votes for Kamala. You got to have your head examined. No, they don't have to have their head examined. People get to participate in our democratic process. [00:13:27] I value democracy, and in a democracy, the candidates are supposed to persuade the voters to support them. And if they fail in persuading them, the idea of shaming them or scolding them really makes me sick. Because, again, no one is entitled to a vote. [00:13:43] No one. No one is entitled to support from a specific demographic. You have to make your case. And I think Americans are getting pretty sick of like the scolding and the shaming that goes on. Pressuring people to vote a certain way. I think it worked to some extent in the past. [00:13:59] I don't think it's working anymore. And it's about time politicians wake up to that fact. Hey, thanks for watching the video. We really appreciate it, guys, and we appreciate it if you become members, because that allows us to be independent, honest, progressive, all the things that you don't get from corporate media [00:14:15] and all of that is because of you guys. Hit the join button below and become one of us. Become a young Turk.