Kamala Harris has pledged to legalise recreational marijuana and create “forgivable” loans in a bid to win black men’s votes after Barack Obama said some “aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as President”. The Mail has more.
Kamala Harris has launched a series of measures to shore up the votes of black men amid fears they may not turn out for her on Election Day.
It comes as polls showed her level of support among black men lower than that of Joe Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
A New York Times poll last week showed 70% of black male voters backing Harris, and 20% Donald Trump.
Harris’ figure was significantly down from the 85% who backed Joe Biden in 2020.
In a stark intervention last week Barack Obama urged black men to vote for the Democratic nominee.
Harris is now unveiling an “Opportunity Agenda For Black Men”.
Her new plans include providing forgivable business loans for black entrepreneurs, creating more apprenticeships and studying sickle cell and other diseases that disproportionately affect African-American men.
Harris already has said she supports legalising marijuana and her plan calls for working to ensure that black men have opportunities to participate as a “national cannabis industry takes shape”.
She also is calling for better regulating cryptocurrency to protect black men and others who invest in digital assets.
Harris’ move is aimed at attracting the black make vote at a moment when there are growing Democrat fears that some may sit out the election, or vote for her Republican opponent Donald Trump.
Her push comes after former President Barack Obama suggested last week that some black men “aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as President”.
What I’m getting from this is that Democrats see black men as sexist and needing to be induced to vote for a woman via drugs and cash giveaways. Right.
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: Kamala has been accused of plagiarising from Wikipedia, Martin Luther King and other sources without attribution in her 2009 book Smart on Crime which helped launch her political career.
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