NFL icon Herschel Walker spoke out towards former president Obama for his latest controversial feedback about Black males not supporting Kamala Harris.
Throughout a latest marketing campaign cease for Harris in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Obama addressed the vice chairman’s dwindling help amongst Black voters, particularly Black males.
“Now, I additionally wish to say that that appears to be extra pronounced with the brothers. So should you do not thoughts, only for a second, I’ve acquired to talk to y’all and say that when you might have a alternative, that’s this clear: When on the one hand, you might have anyone who grew up such as you, went to school with you, understands the struggles [and the] ache and pleasure that comes from these expertise,” Obama mentioned.
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Maher poked enjoyable at the truth that former President Barack Obama needed to resort to “scolding” Black males into supporting Harris. (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
Obama even steered that these voters aren’t at present supporting Harris as a result of she is a lady. Obama didn’t at any level acknowledge that the lesser help could also be due to her document as vice chairman and deeper profession historical past as a prosecutor.
“I’m chatting with males straight — a part of it makes me suppose that, nicely, you simply aren’t feeling the thought of getting a lady as president, and also you’re arising with different alternate options and different causes for that,” Obama mentioned.
Walker is considered one of many public figures, on either side of partisan traces, who’ve criticized Obama for his feedback this week.
[Barack Obama], you forgot how arduous we fought for our proper to vote! Telling us find out how to vote based mostly on coloration is a step backward. The dangerous insurance policies of Biden/Harris have harm us all. We want unity brother, not division!” Walker wrote in a submit on X on Saturday.
Walker is a former all-American soccer operating again who performed within the NFL for 12 seasons. Previous to that, he performed for the upstart USFL league that supposed to compete with the NFL. Former president Trump was an investor within the league and the proprietor of the league’s New Jersey Generals franchise, that Walker performed for.
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L.A. Occasions columnists claimed that former Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker was a Black one who promoted white supremacy. (Alex Wong/Getty Pictures)
Walker is most recognized for being a part of some of the iconic trades in NFL historical past in 1989. The commerce despatched Walker from the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings, in change for gamers and NFL Draft picks that the Cowboys used to construct a staff that received three Tremendous Bowls in 4 years from 1992 to 1995.
In 2022, Walker received the Republican Senate nomination in Georgia by an amazing majority of the vote after receiving the endorsement of Trump. Nonetheless, the race between Walker and first-term Sen. Warnock went to a runoff, as a result of neither candidate obtained a majority vote within the basic election. Warnock ended up profitable within the runoff.
Nonetheless, regardless of shedding, Walker has been a vocal proponent of different right-wing figures and rules, and he has been a vocal advocate for Trump throughout this election cycle.
Walker additionally has a short historical past of political interactions with Obama as nicely. The previous president went on a protracted tirade mocking the previous operating again throughout a speech in Georgia forward of the 2022 midterm elections. Obama mentioned that Walker was “somebody who carries round a phony badge and says he’s in regulation enforcement like a child taking part in cops and robbers,” and has a “behavior of not telling the reality.” Obama even steered that Walker could be so loyal to Trump, “it means he’s not going to be actually excited about you or your wants.”
Walker pushed again on Obama’s feedback in a press release days later.
“President Obama was right here final evening. He mentioned I’m a celeb. He acquired that one incorrect, didn’t he? I’m not a celeb, I’m a warrior for God,” Walker mentioned. “He wants some assist, as a result of he acquired with the incorrect horse. Senator Warnock is the incorrect horse. You realize he can’t do the job, and it’s time for him to depart.”
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Former President Barack Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama seem on stage in between their addresses on the second evening of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Heart in Chicago, Unwell., on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
Now, Walker has taken one other shot at Obama in every week of very poor press for the forty fourth president.
Obama has additionally been criticized by outstanding figures on the left, together with Invoice Maher, former Democratic Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner and Former BLM activist Xaviaer DuRousseau, who mentioned in a Fox Information interview this week that Harris has been battling Black males due to her “lack of accomplishments.” DuRousseau additionally mentioned Obama’s had been “offensive.”
“It is completely disrespectful, and we’re carried out with Obama,” DuRousseau mentioned. “Black males are sick of being decreased to being pressured to suppose with our pores and skin coloration.”
Obama’s feedback adopted a September 30 Pew Analysis ballot discovering that solely 84 p.c of Black individuals mentioned they had been planning to vote for Kamala Harris for president, whereas 13 p.c mentioned they had been backing Trump. Against this, Joe Biden received 92 p.c of the Black vote in 2020.
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