Kamala Harris makes bizarre plea to black men about Trump while toasting cognac with NFL star

Vice President Kamala Harris warned achromatic men distant from supporting Donald Trump for president, suggesting they were falling for a mendacious committedness that nan erstwhile president cared astir them.

Harris said astir Trump and his entreaty to achromatic men successful an question and reply released Monday pinch erstwhile NFL star Shannon Sharpe connected his 'Club Shay Shay' podcast.

‘Don’t deliberation you successful Donald Trump’s nine … you’re not. He not gonna beryllium thinkin’ astir you,’ Harris said. ‘You deliberation he’s having you complete for dinner?’

Harris appeared connected nan podcast and toasted Sharpe pinch a solid of Le Portier Cognac but said she would not portion it, citing nan request to enactment awake for a rally pinch erstwhile President Barack Obama later successful nan day. 

Harris based on that she cared much astir achromatic men because she was moving to reside colon cancer and prostate cancer, not Trump.

She said: ‘You deliberation that erstwhile he’s going, erstwhile he’s pinch his buddies, his billionaire buddies, he’s reasoning astir what we request to do to woody pinch addressing, for example, my activity astir what I’m doing to reside disparities successful achromatic men’s wellness astir colon cancer, astir what we request to do, astir screenings, what we request to do astir prostate cancer?’

Harris urged achromatic men to disregard Trump’s spot successful celebrated civilization and attraction connected who he would beryllium arsenic president.

‘Let’s not get distracted by who he was connected The Apprentice, let’s not get distracted by immoderate building successful immoderate metropolis has his sanction connected it,’ she said.

Harris specifically addressed nan 'myth' that Trump sent individuals a stimulus cheque during nan coronavirus pandemic, arguing that it was nan achromatic Democrats successful nan mostly Democratic Congress that pushed them into law. 

'People for illustration Maxine Watters, group for illustration Hakeem Jeffries,' she said. 'Remember Congress holds nan purse. Congress wrote those checks,' she said.

She accused Trump of successful nan past refusing to rent spot to achromatic families, publishing an advertisement condemning nan Central Park five, and reminded nan assemblage of his ‘birtherism’ questioning of President Barack Obama's commencement certificate. 

‘He has not earned nan correct to beryllium president of nan United States,’ Harris said.

She was protect astir her grounds arsenic vice president, pointing to nan ‘misinformation’ that was spreading online.

‘Just to beryllium candid, I deliberation that location is sadly misinformation retired location astir who I americium and what I’ve done,’ Harris said. ‘Because if group are informed astir fact, they will cognize that almost everything that I’m talking astir doing arsenic president is built connected a instauration of activity that I’ve been doing for years.’

She besides pointed to Trump’s remark astir immigrants stealing ‘black jobs’.

‘Let maine show you what I specify arsenic a achromatic job,’ she said. ‘Vice President of nan United States,' she said. 

Harris and Sharpe sparred complete her age, aft he noted that she was a ‘couple of years older than myself,’ during a speech astir music.

The remark sparked a crisp guidance from nan vice president.

‘C’mon now! I’m your guest!’ she said laughing. ‘Just support moving origin I’m gonna springiness you a shovel successful a minute!’

Harris has stepped up her outreach to achromatic voters arsenic a caller TIPP Tracking Poll shows that Trump is making ‘significant inroads’ pinch achromatic voters.

The canvass showed an summation of 8 points complete nan past 2 weeks among achromatic voters supporting Trump. The TIPP search canvass surveyed 1,288 apt voters.

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama person besides stepped up their run activity pinch achromatic voters expressing their disappointment that achromatic men would moreover see voting for Trump complete Harris.

Michelle Obama specifically said to achromatic voters astir voting for Trump, suggesting that it would beryllium a betrayal of their ancestors connected nan rumor of civilian rights.

‘I americium praying that those of america contemplating voting for Trump aliases not voting astatine each will threat retired of immoderate fog we are in,’ she said. ‘I americium praying that we see nan decades of sacrifice and struggle by each of our ancestors, nan folks who marched and sacrificed and shed their humor for us. We person to inquire ourselves: Is a ballot for Trump, aliases nary ballot astatine all, nan measurement we grant their lives?’

Barack Obama sparked contention earlier successful October aft he suggested that achromatic men were being sexist aliases misogynist by refusing to support Harris.

‘Part of it makes maine deliberation that, well, you conscionable aren’t emotion nan thought of having a female arsenic president, and you’re coming up pinch different alternatives and different reasons for that,’ he said.