In an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal, writer James Freeman highlighted the speech of the former US president Barack Obama Last Thursday when he rebuked his fellow black men who were hesitant to support Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign because she is a woman.
In a speech during an election rally for the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, last Thursday, Obama said it was “unacceptable” to sit out this election and demand a vote for Harris.
Freeman pointed out that Obama launched an attack devoid of justifications about their motives for hesitating in choosing Harris, saying, “You come up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I have a problem with that, and I am speaking directly to men. You do not feel comfortable with the idea of electing a woman as president, and you come up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
Obama added that Harris, who is black and Asian-American, is focusing on policy that will benefit black communities, such as affordable housing and health care. On the other hand, you have someone who has regularly shown a disregard not only for communities, but for your person,” he said, referring to the Democratic candidate Donald Trump.
Crazy idea
The writer believes that it is also possible that Pennsylvania voters of all backgrounds do not believe that their communities will be well served by Harris, the leftist from San Francisco who has supported every crazy idea favored by donors in California, and more.
Regardless, according to Freeman, it is up to voters to decide which candidates are best suited to ensure the prosperity of these communities. Perhaps Obama and Tim Walz, Harris' running mate, should try to win over these voters, rather than trying to reduce their electoral power.
As for the Democrats, the country desperately needs Obama and his party to move away from the toxic ideological ideology that sees every setback to their political agenda as a failure in the form of our government or our people, according to the writer.
Freeman believes that Obama is using the rhetorical tactics he once used against Republicans in Congress in an attempt to embarrass voters into obeying his political directives. Obama's rhetoric has always been more polite than those of his presidential successors, Trump and Biden, but it is at least as sharp.
