Harris’s pandering to black men won’t work

Published October 18, 2024 9:31am ET



Confronted with a series of polls indicating a historic cratering of support among black men, Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a new “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men,” hoping to entice one of the Democratic Party’s most critical voting blocs to show up to the polls in November.

The agenda would give black men “and others” the opportunity to access business loans and mentorship and training programs. In addition, the agenda would legalize recreational marijuana, protect cryptocurrency transactions by creating a regulatory framework, and launch a health equity initiative focusing on health problems that most affect black men. 

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