As our own Doug Powers reported earlier Saturday, MSNBC decided to send a reporter to a barbershop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to see if the nomination of Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee had given them a boost. Things didn't go quite as planned, though:
Black guys at Harrisburg barbershop tell local CBS reporter that @KamalaHarris isn’t really black: “To me, no.” pic.twitter.com/cdZUX5UwEF
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 3, 2024
Host Michael Smerconish said that he'd heard from several people who "identify" as African American that the views expressed in the view were outliers and that these were low-information voters.
Donald Trump traveled to Atlanta, Georgia for a rally Saturday but first stopped by a roundtable of black business owners.
Trump is currently conducting a roundtable with black business owners of Atlanta
— George (@BehizyTweets) August 3, 2024
Notice how no paid rappers were in the room twerking
Many of the owners said green energy regulations and inflation are “killing” their bottom line
“We’ll be back,” Trump says. “We’ll be back… pic.twitter.com/7BQTJfwlUd
“We’ll be back where we were, but better.”
Trump also didn't have to stage a free Meghan Thee Stallion concert to draw a crowd to his rally.
“I don’t need entertainers. I filled the stadium because I’m making America GREAT AGAIN!“ — President Trump in Atlanta, GA pic.twitter.com/XO6EDDviuR
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) August 3, 2024
These are the black women who appeared at Trump's rally:
Kamala Harris invited rappers and girls to twerk at her rally in Atlanta. Trump is in the same city, and he invited intelligent black women to talk about real issues
— George (@BehizyTweets) August 3, 2024
And you can bet your whole house that Trump won't put on a fake black accent
This is a huge difference. pic.twitter.com/ERlB4yAYDJ
And then there was "low-information" Trump supporter Michaelah Montgomery, who lit up the place:
“Why don't we ask Mrs. Willie Brown if Kamala Harris cares about black families?” pic.twitter.com/E0aW4iAx4H
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 3, 2024
Damn, that's good stuff.
And the Harris campaign has been ended.
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) August 3, 2024
the biggest mic drop of 2024
— The G-Listed (@theglisted) August 3, 2024
Someone show this video to CNN's Dana Bash and inform her that THIS was a mic-drop moment.
This woman needs to speak at every rally.
— Butterscotch (@Butters09016449) August 3, 2024
The other day, the Associated Press tried to explain proud Indian-American Kamala Harris' sudden black accent at her Atlanta rally:
Analysis: Donald Trump questioning Kamala Harris' race shows he doesn't understand code-switching https://t.co/0J72YyjLye
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2024
He understands pandering though. Every time I've heard code-switching talked about, it's always had a negative connotation. Harris ought to be able to use her natural accent in the White House as well rather than having to code-switch to be taken seriously by the white establishment.
@davidplouffe This right here is why Trump will get more than 20% of black votes. You have no shot to survive.
— Schwabcycler (@schwabcycler) August 3, 2024
What has the Biden-Harris administration done for the black community? What have they done to earn their vote? Nothing, obviously … with the Democrats it's always a reward coming in the near future.
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