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(142,938 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:19 AM Oct 5

Magic Johnson in Flint: "Our Black Men, We Got to Get Them Out to Vote' For Kamala Harris

Source: Deadline Detroit

October 05, 2024, 12:00 AM

Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd at a Kamala Harris rally in Flint on Friday, Lansing native Ervin "Magic" Johnson said he's been a big supporter of the vice president for years, and emphasized the importance of getting Black men out to vote for her.

"I'm here because I've known Kamala for over 20 years.

Cookie (his wife) and I supported her run for attorney general back in the state of California, her run for senator, and now we support her as the VP but now the biggest moment for all of us, November the 5th, we have to do all we can to elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States," said the former All-Star Los Angeles Laker.

"There's a lot of Black men in here and I don't mean to, you know, not talk to other people but this is important.

Read more: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/32368/magic_johnson_in_flint_our_black_men_we_got_to_get_them_out_to_vote_for_kamala_harris

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Magic Johnson in Flint: "Our Black Men, We Got to Get Them Out to Vote' For Kamala Harris (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 5 OP

Thanks Magic. twodogsbarking Oct 5 #1

Magic Johnson still has clout FakeNoose Oct 5 #2

Yes. qwlauren35 Oct 5 #5

Ifit's consistent with the overall gender divide, soldierant Oct 5 #7

I shouldn't have put it that way. qwlauren35 Oct 5 #8

Gotcha. Yes, they would be. soldierant Oct 7 #10

Regrettably, it's believable now. Rocknation Oct 7 #9

he was great! samnsara Oct 5 #3

Thank you. qwlauren35 Oct 5 #4

I still chuckle about him in this over 30 years ago BumRushDaShow Oct 5 #6

twodogsbarking

(12,230 posts)

1. Thanks Magic.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:21 AM

Oct 5

FakeNoose

(35,800 posts)

2. Magic Johnson still has clout

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:25 AM

Oct 5

... but I find it hard to believe that some Black men are still undecided about voting for Harris.

Thank you Magic!

qwlauren35

(6,278 posts)

5. Yes.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:29 AM

Oct 5

Lots of black men are switching to the Republican Party.

Not all black men are pro-woman. Some are quite "neanderthal-ish" and the Republican Party appeals to their misogyny. Some black men like the macho attitudes of the party.

Not all black men support the LGBTQ community.

Some black men did well with the tax breaks.

Some black men can't relate to the positives that Kamala offers around home ownership or child care credits.

It's a small percentage, but it's consistent with the gender divide in the rest of the country.

soldierant

(7,919 posts)

7. Ifit's consistent with the overall gender divide,

Reply to qwlauren35 (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 03:44 PM

Oct 5

it can't be all that small. Because it's frightening in the rest of the country. I gather Mark Robinson is their porter boy.

qwlauren35

(6,278 posts)

8. I shouldn't have put it that way.

Reply to soldierant (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 04:47 PM

Oct 5

The stats aren't the same. But if you look at black Trump supporters, most of them are men.

soldierant

(7,919 posts)

10. Gotcha. Yes, they would be.

Reply to qwlauren35 (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 11:35 PM

Oct 7

Misogyny appears to be independent from "race", creed, or color

(I used the quotes because really the only "race" of humans is the hy=uman race.)

Rocknation

(44,883 posts)

9. Regrettably, it's believable now.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 07:47 PM

Oct 7

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Between the "rumors" that plagued Johnson's entire career and his LGBTQIA+ son, NBA coach Doc Rivers should have been Kamala's "point guard" for "courting" the black hetero male vote.

Rocknation