In a revealing conversation on MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki on Monday, former CNN host Don Lemon shared insights from his interviews with Black voters, many of whom said they plan to vote for former President Donald Trump, citing their belief that Trump is “on black people’s side.”
Lemon, reflecting on his interviews across key swing states ahead of the Democratic National Convention, described the experience as “eye-opening.” Despite favorable economic metrics for the Biden-Harris administration, many voters still recall the 2021 stimulus checks bearing Trump’s signature. “I don’t know if it was surprising, but it was certainly eye-opening to hear so many people, even people of color and women, saying they are going to support Donald Trump,” Lemon said, expressing skepticism about the accuracy of current polls.
Lemon recounted how many black voters mistakenly credited Trump with the stimulus checks, forgetting that the payments came from a Democratic Congress. “They did not somehow remember that the current president also gave them a stimulus check, except his name wasn’t on it,” Lemon explained. “So, when they got the check, and his name was on it, they automatically thought it came directly from Donald Trump, which I think is good marketing.”
When Psaki turned the conversation to Vice President Kamala Harris, Lemon noted that many voters, particularly in swing states like Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania, were unfamiliar with her. “Many people did not know who she was… I think she has to reintroduce herself to the public,” he said.
Lemon also addressed his past public criticisms of Trump, saying, “Of course, I think he is racist. Look at his rhetoric and his track record, and anyone can see that.” However, he acknowledged that for many voters, their priority was not Trump’s character but rather their personal economic situation. “Maybe the economy is better, but prices are higher, and people have less money to put towards high prices and to feed their families,” Lemon said.
Lemon concluded by noting that many voters he encountered were “low partisan information voters,” who were not following every political development but were acutely aware of their financial situations. “They vote on that and not necessarily what they see on television,” he said.
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He is a bird brain. Of course all these people are supporting trump and not because of a stimulus check but because under Trump they were better off economically. The reason so many people don’t know her is because she has never done anything to be known about… All she did was become the nominee without getting a single vote! Of course he will still think he is a racist, if not he will be admitting he is a bird brain! It should not be a surprise to him that so many people are voting for Trump, if the economy is actually better than why do all these people have less money?!?
The Democrats, once the party of working class, is now the party of the elites. The Republicans, once the party of the middle class and the wealthy, is becoming the party of the “deplorables” (a.k.a. the working class).
Most African Americans see themselves as working class, rather than part of the elites of the universities, Wall Street, Silicon Valley or Hollywood.
Many people will switch based on the new divisions of the parties. Those who stick to their 20th century allegiances without changing their ideology to match the new MAGA and WOKE parties, will be seen as RINOS and DINOS.
“Expressing skeptimisum of the accuraty of current polls”
We knew this before he said it and you hear this all around. The Dems are based on propganda and lies.
Pure racism by an Elitist “journalist”. Black people who supposedly don’t know how to use a computer and don’t know how to get a legal identification card are now also being accused of believing that the stimulus check was a personal gift from Donald John Trump.
Faygil brains has no brains his head. He’s not the party of black people. He’s the party of old people. The problem that faygil brain has, is that he thinks you have to book Democrat and the reason he thinks that is because the Democrats have been giving handouts to the blacks forever. Republicans are okay with it as well provided that it leads someplace. Democrats just give out.
Trump and Vance both went to Ivy League universities. Trump was born into New York elite and Vance became California elite. Harris and Walz grew up middle class; Harris went to good non Ivy League universities and Walz went to obscure places you have never heard of. Trump has been part of the elite New York social scene his entire life.
Americans will not be fooled.
not one of these parties is a Presidential prize…….America is a dirty filthy magnet for horrors and is a CRIMINAL in all senses…..thankfully I am not one of you. 216 years till 6000…Keep your hands off Israel…..