Current Events > Obama: More black men voted for Trump because of "Bling"

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cjsdowg
11/16/20 5:04:19 PM
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According to NBC's exit poll over the past few elections, President-elect Joe Biden received the support of 80% of Black male voters, compared to 82% for Hillary Clinton in 2016 along with 95% and 87% for Obama in 2008 and 2012, respectively.

"It's interestingpeople are writing about the fact that Trump increased his support among Black men [in the 2020 presidential election], and the occasional rapper who supported Trump," Obama said. "I have to remind myself that if you listen to rap music, it's all about the bling, the women, the money."

"A lot of rap videos are using the same measures of what it means to be successful as Donald Trump is," he continued. "Everything is gold-plated. That insinuates itself and seeps into the culture."

https://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-bling-women-money-163515533.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

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I it funny when it comes to losing other Dems always look at what is wrong their messaging . When it is black men Dems just say there is something wrong with black men. They don't look deeper at Bidens and Harris criminal justice record. They don't look at how Dems just overlooked black males for the most part in the run up to this thing, they don't look at the countless attacks on black males. But yeah it was just Bling .


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TheMikh
11/16/20 5:06:38 PM
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Jesus Christ.

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LightningAce11
11/16/20 5:06:43 PM
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Don't know why they'd care what search engine trump uses.
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monkmith
11/16/20 5:07:27 PM
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TC, can you give a concrete reason why a black guy would choose to vote for the candidate that has spent the last 4 years openly endorsing racism? is it anything beyond listening to other rich black guys and following their lead because they to are rich or one day wish to be?

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Colorahdo
11/16/20 5:07:52 PM
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It's insane how people vote for the person and not their policies

Do you want a better life or funny news?

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Lost_All_Senses
11/16/20 5:08:01 PM
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I think given that Lil Pimp didn't even vote and Lil Wayne didn't ever address it again(correct me if I'm wrong) after his post that looked like someone else wrote it, that they both just did it for a bag. And 50 was straight forward about greed guiding his vote.

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Smashingpmkns
11/16/20 5:08:05 PM
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Probably shouldn't make generalizations of the black vote based off of rap music lol
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Bananana
11/16/20 5:08:37 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Obama said. "I have to remind myself that if you listen to rap music, it's all about the bling, the women, the money."
this is pretty fucking cringe

i feel like what obamas basically saying is people voted for trump because they think a powerful rich guy is cool and admirable, which i believe is true

but it was poorly worded and definitely does not exclusively apply to black people at all

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Slayerblade11
11/16/20 5:08:51 PM
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Obama is biracial and grew up upper middle class around mostly white people with a white mother. Of course he is grossly out of touch with the average black male.
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Smackems
11/16/20 5:09:51 PM
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Obama keeps getting dumber and dumber

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AzurexNightmare
11/16/20 5:09:53 PM
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Why is "black" allegedly associated with gold?

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Poop2
11/16/20 5:10:39 PM
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Slayerblade11 posted...
Obama is biracial and grew up upper middle class around mostly white people with a white mother. Of course he is grossly out of touch with the average black male.
so that explains 80% voting for biden why?
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Turtlemayor333
11/16/20 5:10:42 PM
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Antifar
11/16/20 5:11:07 PM
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Hmm
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Smashingpmkns
11/16/20 5:13:47 PM
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itachi15243
11/16/20 5:13:49 PM
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I wouldn't say this is exactly wrong

I'm white though so I'm not getting into this any further

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Garioshi
11/16/20 5:15:41 PM
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The Democratic strategy is always to blame the voters and not the candidates

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Poop2
11/16/20 5:15:41 PM
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no Sam Cooke?
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Lost_All_Senses
11/16/20 5:17:25 PM
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itachi15243 posted...
I wouldn't say this is exactly wrong

I'm white though so I'm not getting into this any further

I'm pretty sure a good amount of people here get all their information about the black community from the white community

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Theon_Greyjoy
11/16/20 5:19:39 PM
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Obama sounding like Bill Cosby

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legendary_zell
11/16/20 5:21:17 PM
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Maybe it's true, but imagine if any white politician said this. This dude has extreme boomer energy.

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UnfairRepresent
11/16/20 5:23:43 PM
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Eh

Describing this as "bling" is a little dishonest. He's talking about a culture that values money, showing off and fucking women as the be-all end-all of life.

and there's no denying a chunk of black men do that because a chunk of every group of men in the US do that

Although it's true if Tucker Carlson said it, people would flip.

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Shablagoo
11/16/20 5:24:59 PM
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This sounds straight out of a racist joke Barry Goldwater told about black people, white people, and Jewish people back in the 50s or 60s. Malcolm X mentioned it in his autobiography.

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Smashingpmkns
11/16/20 5:25:01 PM
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You could attribute this quote to Ben Shapiro and no one would be able to tell lmao
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Lost_All_Senses
11/16/20 5:25:32 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Although it's true if Tucker Carlson said it, people would flip.

If you can't figure out why there's a difference between him and Obama making this claim, no one can help you at this point.

Also,if you didn't notice. People aren't praising Obama for it either.

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Questionmarktarius
11/16/20 5:27:53 PM
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Bananana posted...
this is pretty fucking cringe
This true of all genres, give or take maybe prog/psych.

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Dathrowed1
11/16/20 5:30:04 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1328458351869644806

Mf has a Brooks & Dunn song on his playlist smh
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cjsdowg
11/16/20 5:32:27 PM
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monkmith posted...
TC, can you give a concrete reason why a black guy would choose to vote for the candidate that has spent the last 4 years openly endorsing racism? is it anything beyond listening to other rich black guys and following their lead because they to are rich or one day wish to be?

I already highlighted it. Biden history with the Crime Bills, Harris History locking up black people.

Stuff like this... Simple Question what you do just to help black people. First gets a run around then .flat out nope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsB6EWNUcyY


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MacadamianNut3
11/16/20 5:32:43 PM
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Who was that random black rapper who endorsed Trump for the exact same reasons that Obama mentioned. About Trump showing wealth and power so it was admirable

Like no joke, some rapper literally did exactly this less than 3 months ago. Was it 50 Cent

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fan357
11/16/20 5:32:49 PM
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Obama with a rare questionable take.

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Southernfatman
11/16/20 5:33:32 PM
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Does he think spinner rims and long white tees are still a thing too?

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mustachedmystic
11/16/20 5:34:55 PM
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Obama and I have something in common. I too love Coltrane's version of My Favorite Things.

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Questionmarktarius
11/16/20 5:35:30 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Simple Question what you do just to help black people.
Legalize drugs. All of them.
It's never been a secret that prohibition has always had racist motivations, from opium to weed to booze to crack to even khat.
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Lost_All_Senses
11/16/20 5:37:24 PM
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MacadamianNut3 posted...
Who was that random black rapper who endorsed Trump for the exact same reasons that Obama mentioned. About Trump showing wealth and power so it was admirable

Like no joke, some rapper literally did exactly this less than 3 months ago. Was it 50 Cent

50 just admitted he didn't want his taxes raised. As far as I know, he doesn't give a fuck about Trump. At least he was honest about his reasons. But still, priorities...

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DirkDiggles
11/16/20 6:18:59 PM
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Slayerblade11 posted...
Obama is biracial and grew up upper middle class around mostly white people with a white mother. Of course he is grossly out of touch with the average black male.

Is Colin Kaepernick out of touch with the average black male too?


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coolcono
11/16/20 6:21:08 PM
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Says the party that uses the most celebrity propaganda.

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Fam_Fam
11/16/20 6:21:13 PM
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Bananana posted...
this is pretty fucking cringe

i feel like what obamas basically saying is people voted for trump because they think a powerful rich guy is cool and admirable, which i believe is true

but it was poorly worded and definitely does not exclusively apply to black people at all

he said it applied to rap culture, not black culture / all black people
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lilORANG
11/16/20 6:55:21 PM
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Lol wat. This is very much something a middle aged white guy would say on Fox News
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Kastrada
11/16/20 6:56:32 PM
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That sounds like what a 90's East Coast rapper/back pack rapper would say tbh.

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ultimate reaver
11/16/20 6:58:22 PM
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Cant believe a 60 year old man is out of touch with the youth vote

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Magyar15
11/16/20 7:05:39 PM
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Man, didn't think Obama would say something that openly racist so publicly

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2Pacavelli
11/16/20 7:06:55 PM
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Obama can eat dirt
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2Pacavelli
11/16/20 7:11:30 PM
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80% of Black men voted for Biden more than any other group of men. Ands that's despite Biden being a trash candidate

After 8 years of complete neglect and non punishment of extrajudicial murders of Black people this is what he has to say? Smh
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Unsugarized_Foo
11/16/20 7:12:13 PM
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Obama's white is showing

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Correct_Facts
11/16/20 7:13:21 PM
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More racism and divisiveness from Obama
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Antifar
11/16/20 7:18:55 PM
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BilalPowell
11/16/20 7:24:11 PM
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I didnt know Trump wore gold necklaces

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voldothegr8
11/16/20 7:26:37 PM
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fan357 posted...
Obama with a rare questionable take.

lmao

Correct_Facts posted...
More racism and divisiveness from Obama

Downright shameful
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ThanksUglyGod
11/16/20 7:27:32 PM
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That's not what he said, but ok
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