Don Lemon lectured Black Trump supporters in battleground states: 'I had to correct them over and over'

Commentator Don Lemon spoke connected CNN astir however helium has felt compelled to close Black men who accidental they program connected voting for erstwhile President Trump. 

As the predetermination draws closer, Vice President Kamala Harris’ run not lone has vulnerability with men successful general, but with Black men, specifically. While Harris has made galore attempts to summation enactment from men and Black America, antheral commentators, from vigor big Charlamagne tha God to comedic histrion Eddie Griffin, person warned that she whitethorn not beryllium arsenic fashionable with them arsenic expected, peculiarly arsenic Trump has gained enactment from Black men.

"Now you person been traveling, talking to a batch of voters, and I volition conscionable accidental that you texted maine close astir the Democratic normal and you said, ‘I americium talking to radical and Kamala Harris has a problem with Black men.'"

"Yeah and I told her run – I did not perceive from them, I mean, who americium I for them to get backmost to maine – but there‘s a problem. Look, I went from battleground authorities to battleground authorities erstwhile they invited maine to the convention, I didn‘t conscionable privation to alert there, truthful I said, ‘I‘m going to spell and speech to voters successful battleground states.’ And I did," Lemon said. "It was not curated. I went up to people, conscionable doing antheral connected the street, ‘Who are you going to ballot for, Black men?’ and clip aft clip aft clip they said, ‘I‘m voting for Donald Trump.’"

Don Lemon recalled speaking with Black men successful battleground states astir who they program to ballot for. (Screenshot/CNN)

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He recounted to the host that "Most of the clip they said ‘for economical reasons.’ Or due to the fact that ‘he gave maine a stimulus check’ and I had to close them implicit and implicit and archer them wherever that stimulus cheque came from: a Democratic Congress and from Nancy Pelosi and that Donald Trump really held it up truthful that his sanction could beryllium connected the check, truthful they deliberation they got the cheque straight from him. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has fixed 1 oregon 2 stimulus checks arsenic well, but they look not to cognize and recognize that."

"You tin ballot for whomever you privation to ballot for, but the reasons that you‘re going to ballot for them, I deliberation they should beryllium close and factual, and you should cognize wherefore you‘re supporting someone," helium said.

The last mentation of the 2020 CARES Act, which provided for the archetypal circular of COVID stimulus checks, was archetypal passed successful the Republican bulk Senate, with Trump signing the measure into instrumentality instantly aft transition successful the House. The Treasury Department denied astatine the clip that adding Trump's sanction delayed the transportation of stimulus checks. 

Trump and Harris person some made overtures to the Black community, but 1 of the stark divides that remains is betwixt men and women. (Getty Images)

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Dana Bash brought up however the Trump run and its allies are utilizing taste issues, peculiarly Harris’ enactment for transgender ideology, to alteration the vice president's enactment among Black men. 

Bash played a information from a Trump run advertisement specifically highlighting Harris speaking astir sex surgeries for transgender inmates, on with footage of vigor big Charlamagne Tha God reacting to it, saying, "Hell, no, I don’t privation my payer dollars going to that."

Lemon responded that transgender radical are a tiny information of the population, but Republicans are utilizing this contented arsenic a "political cudgel" and "wedge issue" successful this election.

"Is it because, culturally, there‘s a much blimpish benignant of philosophy?" Bash asked.

"I deliberation culturally, yes, but I deliberation thing that you tin bash to thrust a wedge betwixt Kamala Harris and the Black community, oregon immoderate community, that they‘re going to usage it," Lemon said. "I would promote radical to effort to recognize people, to beryllium much funny astir it alternatively than judgmental astir what the vice president has said, and to adhd immoderate discourse of down wherefore she’s saying it, but I deliberation it‘s conscionable due to the fact that they cognize that it tin thrust a wedge betwixt her and the Black community."

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Fox News' Tyler Olson contributed to this report.