Obama criticized by black leaders over lecture on Harris enthusiasm

Published October 11, 2024 7:22pm ET



After former President Barack Obama rebuked black men for hesitating to support Vice President Kamala Harris, he’s receiving backlash from African American leaders.

From the Generation Z Republican who heads the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council to the Democratic national co-chairwoman of Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign, Obama’s stern words to a group of young black men during a Pittsburgh appearance Thursday haven’t quite gotten the response he was looking for.  

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