HBO talk show host Bill Maher criticized former President Barack Obama and Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz on Friday night over their efforts to reach out to black voters.
Obama spoke Thursday at the vice president’s campaign office in the Pittsburgh area, appealing to black men to support Vice President Kamala Harris. appear This is to criticize his reluctance to support Democratic candidates as sexism. Ma said Walz and Obama’s efforts to increase black voter turnout “doesn’t bode well” for Democrats. (Related: ‘Why are black men being lectured?’: CNN panelist says President Obama’s campaign speech was ‘wrong’)
“We’re 25 days away from the election, and I have to say it’s not looking very good for Democrats,” Maher said. “I mean, this is not a good sign. If you have an African-American candidate, you probably don’t need to consolidate support among black men. But that’s what’s happening. Tim Walz Tonight, there’s no one better suited to connect with young black men than Tim Walz, and that’s apparently because Michael Bublé was absent.”
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“Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian, hello?” Maher continued.
CNN public opinion poll A poll released in late September showed Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 55 percentage points among black voters under 60, compared to President Joe Biden’s 71 percentage point lead in 2020. According to a New York Times poll, released Saturday’s results showed Harris leading Trump among Black voters by 63%, compared to 81% for Biden in 2020.
“But no, Obama came to scold us yesterday too,” Maher said. “So he was scolding. Well, I don’t know, but last month at the tournament he was saying, ‘Don’t scold,’ and now he’s scolding.”
“He was saying, ‘You have to vote for Harris,'” Maher continued. “But, of course, for some young people, especially young black men, it’s a difficult choice. Harris is African American, while Trump has a line of sneakers, so…”
According to CNN, Trump won 12% support from black voters in 2020. exit polland some general election polls, including the August poll, showed that support rates were higher than that. CBSshowed the former president won 17% of black voters, and fox newsThis showed that 26% of black voters supported the former president.
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