Obama Disses Black Trump Voters

Once again, former President Barrack Obama was asked to give his wisdom regarding the gains President Trump made during the election. Earlier, he dishonestly explained Trump’s gain in the Hispanic community on the evangelical population and their opposition to gay marriage and abortion.

This week, Obama was asked to explain his appeal to young black men and rappers. Obama said that men tend to be attracted to a “stereotypical macho style.”

When addressing pop culture, he said they glorify values of “wealth, power, frankly greed and not thinking about other people because you’re so ruthless, that you’re just looking out for yourself.”

He goes on to say the rap community talks about “bling and depicting women in a certain way, and then they hear Donald Trump basically delivering the same version of it, they might say, ‘Yeah, that guy, that’s what I want. That’s what I want to be.’”

There’s a lot to unpack there, notably, Obama doesn’t want to acknowledge policies that appeal to voters: historically low black unemployment, passing of the First Step Act, lowering taxes for Americans and corporations, funding historically black colleges, opportunity zones, and promises for future investment.

While in college, Obama co-authored a paper acknowledging the American dream was to be like Donald Trump.

“(Americans have) a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend far beyond the issue of race in the American mind.”

"The depth of this commitment may be summarily dismissed as the unfounded optimism of the average American — I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don't make it, my children will.”

Many young black Americans strive for more and to do more, for themselves, their families, and their community. They resonate with Donald Trump because he’s unapologetic about his success and, in their mind, is trying to create an opportunity for them to build their own legacies.

Men like Obama, admittedly, believe once you’ve reached a status of success, you should recall when you were less fortunate and be grateful to give back to lower incomes. However, he doesn’t believe in doing this via charity or goodwill. He believes the government should tax the successful and his friends, lobbyists, and career politicians get to decide how to redistribute your hard-earned money. That’s why his conversation with “Joe the Plumber” during his first presidential run, raised so many eyebrows.

Joe Biden and other “progressive” politicians believe the rich should “pay their fair share.” But what’s fair? When it hits over 60%, is it time to complain? Rapper 50 Cent did, and he isn’t alone in his reasonable belief that you deserve at least half of your own income.

Obama alleges that Trump’s “macho” style is an appeal. People are attracted to strong leaders, but he isn’t a different person today than he was in 2016. If Trump’s personality was only worth 8% of the black vote while running against a woman, why did it increase 50% while running against another man? The difference is Trump clearly delivered on some good policies that attracted additional support.

Obama’s assertion that pop culture stars support Trump because he mirrors the material they portray, is also ridiculous. Trump doesn’t have a vast majority of support from the music industry or Hollywood. They largely side with Democrats. Cardi B, who came out with a filthy hit song this year, even had the honor of interviewing Joe Biden. Jerry Harris from Cheer, who was investigated for allegedly soliciting sex from minors, also interviewed Biden. The DNC convention was a star-studded event. Billie Eilish, who once said, “Why does anyone ever trust me, I’m Satan,” encouraged Americans to vote for Biden. The RNC convention, in contrast, featured mostly everyday Americans to tell their stories.

When the world was outraged by clips and advertisements for Netflix’s Cuties, it was the media and verified Twitter checkmark users who kept insisting critics of the film were right-wing, even conspiracy theorists. This wasn’t true, but mainstream voices characterized Americans against the exploitation of young teen girls as a solely conservative value.

Peddlers of perversion in the entertainment industry vote Democrat. They have a monopoly on those voters. Obama invited many of these people to the White House. Michelle Obama was asked if she could trade places with anyone, who would it be? She picked Beyonce, who once penned a song about sticking bible verses in her vagina.

Obama is making the allegation that a rapper like Lil’ Wayne supports Trump because he’s a living caricature of who he wants to be: greedy, selfish, and disrespectful toward women. Lil’ Wayne does produce explicit content, but I doubt his fans or family would think of him in this light.

Ice Cube, who may not have voted for anyone at all, received backlash for simply meeting with the Trump campaign. He didn’t do that out of pure motivation for himself. He wanted to specifically help the black community and advocated for economic opportunities.

Lastly, Obama believes Trump is disrespectful to women and that is attractive to some black voters, but the Obamas have their sins to bear on that front. No, he doesn’t have a “grab ‘em” tape (though he did proudly flash his erection to female journalists) but being opposed to a bill that would have prohibited abortion based on gender discrimination is egregious. It’s hard to be for women when you believe it’s permissible to kill a child because it’s a girl. Michelle said in 2016 that women who didn’t support Hillary Clinton voted against their “own voice.”

She, like her husband, refuses to look at individual issues that voters care about. If you don’t fit in their box, you have to be thrown under the bus.

Obama went on to say that black voters were “complicated,” but he used his platform to demean rather than address Trump’s policy appeal.