Obama’s Sexism
In a pivotal moment of the campaign that may have helped Kamala lose the election, Barack Obama got up on a stage in Pennsylvania and rebuked men in general and black men specifically for not being enthusiastic enough about Kamala. “We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all corners of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,” Obama complained. “Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I’ve got a problem with that. Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president.” “Putting women down? That’s not acceptable,” he warned. Not only did it not swing black men leftward, it led to a backlash even among many black Democrats. Obama’s claim that black men were more open to supporting Trump because they were sexists was not only insulting, it wasn’t even true because the swing began when Biden was the can...