Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio ripped Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats Wednesday, saying that the Trump campaign was offering “common sense” when reaching out to black communities.
Trump received the support of 17% of black voters in a CBS poll released on Sunday, a sharp increase from the 12% he received in a 2020 CNN exit poll and almost identical to the support he received in a prior CBS poll released Aug. 4. Vance recalled times his grandmother struggled to put food on the table while calling out Harris over high prices during the appearance on “Fox and Friends.”
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“My message to black voters in the barber shop or outside of it, Lawrence, is pretty simple, here, the argument they are making is actually very much common sense here. What they’re saying is that Democratic policies have failed the black community for a generation,” Vance said after a clip of “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones talking with black men in a barber shop aired. “I mean, you know my story, Lawrence, I grew up with a grandmother who sometimes struggled to find enough to eat. I know that a lot of families, black and white, are in the exact same situation. But grocery prices are up 20%, thanks to the policies of Kamala Harris. And she stands there and says on day one she’s going to make groceries day affordable. Well, day one, Kamala, was 1300 days ago, and you haven’t done anything.”
“And I think it’s so inspiring that you have those men in the barber shop who are standing up and saying ‘whatever media propaganda has been fed to us, we have not had better lives under the policies of Democrat leadership, so we’re willing to give the Republicans a chance,’” Vance continued. “I think we just have to go into communities, make the argument and say, we’re going to fight for you, we’re going to fight for your wages, we’re going to fight for your jobs and we’re going to fight for affordable housing and affordable groceries for you and your children.”
In the Aug. 18 CBS poll, Trump led Harris on who could better address the economy, 56% to 43% , while Trump also held an edge on inflation, with 61% of voters saying he could handle inflation better, compared to 38% for Harris. Prices rose by 20% since Biden and Harris took office in January 2021, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hitting a recent high of 9% in June 2022.
Former NBA star Kwame Brown criticized black celebrities for pressuring black voters to support Harris in a four-minute video posted to social media. Multiple black voters outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago also expressed their intention to vote for Trump, with one saying that Harris “doesn’t give a fuck” about black communities.
“Because where was she at in these past four years? And she’s vice president. What has she done for us?” the voter asked.
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