Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) mentioned he’s “concerned” that Black males will vote for former President Trump within the upcoming election – or sit it out completely.
“I am concerned about Black men saying home or voting for Trump,” Clyburn mentioned Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But my concerns don’t tend to keep me from being energetic about this campaign.”
Clyburn’s feedback come days after former President Obama issued a name to motion to Black males amid indicators that Vice President Harris’s degree of help among the many key demographic could also be softening.
“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses; I’ve got a problem with that,” Obama mentioned Thursday in Pennsylvania. “Because 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, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
Polling launched lately discovered Trump seeing an uptick in help amongst Black males.
The South Carolina senator mentioned he lately campaigned in Michigan for Harris, the place he met with native Black leaders and had “very frank and direct discussions.”
“Black men, like everybody else, want to know what I can expect from a Harris administration,” Clyburn mentioned.
Earlier within the present, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) dismissed considerations that Black males will vote for Trump and mentioned it’s “not going to happen” in giant numbers.
