Kamala Harris' MAN PROBLEM! As Obama desperately pleads with black male voters to back her, FREDDY GRAY says: After all the Democrats' man-bashing, it's too little, too late

Amid the raging controversies implicit amerciable migrants, hurricane recovery, a cost-of-living situation and reproductive rights, an endorsement determination by a labour national mightiness hardly register.

But the Teamsters' refusal to back Kamala Harris and the Democrats could beryllium 1 of the much telling moments of the 2024 contention truthful far.

Representing truckers, railroad workers, brewers, and different blue-collar trades, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the largest labour national successful America – and 1 of the astir masculine. With uncommon exceptions, they person ever supported the Democrats, the alleged enactment of the moving man.

Not this year, however. 'I'll beryllium honorable with you,' Teamsters' president Sean O'Brien said successful an interrogation Tuesday. 'I'm a Democrat, but they person f****ed america implicit for the past 40 years.'

The crushed the teamsters withheld their endorsement of Harris isn't hard to find: today, immoderate 60 percent of Teamsters favour Republican nominee Donald Trump, according to a national survey of its members.

In contrast, erstwhile President Joe Biden was inactive the Democratic nominee helium earned a steadfast plurality among Teamsters: 44 percent to Trump's 36.

Last week, the influential International Association of Fire Fighters – different male-dominated national that backed Biden – joined the Teamsters successful saying they wouldn't endorse anyone this predetermination cycle.

Which begs the question: What is present driving working-class men distant from the Democrats?

For each his faults, 'Amtrak Joe' spent overmuch of his agelong governmental vocation cultivating ties successful rust-belt states specified arsenic Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – predetermination battlegrounds important to winning the White House.

The aforesaid cannot beryllium said for Harris, who chopped her teeth arsenic a territory lawyer and lawyer wide successful the wide la-la onshore of California. Despite increasing up successful the leafy suburbs of Berkeley adjacent San Francisco, she has tried to bolster her plebeian credentials by touting her acquisition – mysteriously unverifiable – of moving successful McDonald's arsenic a assemblage student.

But America's working-class men don't look impressed – and that should service not truthful overmuch an alarm doorbell for the Democrats arsenic a klaxon. For if a important fig of national voters wantonness Harris successful November, she whitethorn lose.

In the 2020 election, Biden carried national households by 16 points successful his triumph implicit Trump, portion Hillary Clinton bested Trump by lone 5 points among national voters successful 2016 – and, of course, she lost.

Now, a September Fox News canvass has shown that Kamala is successful Hillary-territory. In their survey, Harris narrowly won national voters by six points – 53 percent to 47 percent.

And it's not lone working-class men who look to beryllium turning their backs connected the Democrats.

An October New York Times canvass revealed that Harris is 11 points underwater with antheral voters overall. She is adjacent performing comparatively severely with achromatic and Hispanic men, who mightiness person been expected to enactment her overwhelmingly.

No little a fig than Barack Obama stepped up astatine a Harris run tract bureau successful Pittsburgh connected Thursday to scold his chap achromatic men implicit their deficiency of enthusiasm for the Democratic nominee. 'You're coming up with each kinds of reasons and excuses,' helium said. 'It makes maine deliberation that, well, you conscionable aren't feeling the thought of having a pistillate arsenic president.'

'I'm sorry, gentlemen, I've noticed this, particularly with immoderate men who look to deliberation Trump's behaviour of bullying and putting radical down is simply a motion of strength,' Obama said astatine a Harris run rally aboriginal that day. 'And I americium present to archer you that is not what existent spot is. It ne'er has been.'

It whitethorn beryllium existent that immoderate men conscionable don't privation to spot the archetypal pistillate president successful American history. But, perhaps, the bigger occupation present is with Harris herself. Her staunchly feminist run seems astir designed to crook men off.

At the summertime normal successful Chicago, Harris and the Democrats focused attraction connected her stay-at-home husband, divorcee Doug Emhoff, the 'Second Gentleman' who likes to instrumentality recognition for being a 'wife guy' who 'reshaped the cognition of masculinity'. (No substance that DailyMail.com precocious reported that Emhoff allegedly impregnated the household nanny, struck a erstwhile woman hard capable to marque her rotation circular and was known arsenic a 'misogynist' by erstwhile instrumentality colleagues.)

Harris's moving mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who was hailed by late-night big Jimmy Kimmel this week arsenic 'America's sweetheart,' has besides tried to task tenderness implicit toughness.

'Surround yourself with astute women and perceive to them, and you'll bash conscionable fine,' helium told a assemblage astatine 1 DNC event.

Meanwhile, the Republicans' July get-together successful Milwaukee featured a muscle-bound endorsement from superannuated wrestler Hulk Hogan, a code by Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White and a show by country-rap-rocker Kid Rock.

Plus, determination were countless tributes to Trump for his courageous 'fight, fight, fight!' effect aft being changeable done the receptor by a would-be assassin's slug successful Pennsylvania conscionable days before.

Trump, undoubtedly appeals to old-fashioned virtues specified arsenic spot and courageousness and his committedness to 'Make America Great Again'. He channels a nostalgic and traditionally masculine sensibility.

Democrats, connected the different hand, bask mocking Trump's antheral bravado, preferring to spot their spot in, for example, the high-profile endorsement of pop-megastar Taylor Swift and – presumably – her immense service of young pistillate supporters.

In July, 90,000 radical registered to enactment successful a 'White Dudes For Harris' Zoom call, which featured a fractional twelve affluent wide Hollywood actors similar Jeff Bridges, who called connected achromatic men to 'surrender to [their] higher thoughts.'

It's just to presume this benignant of speech does not spell down good with lunchpail workers successful places similar Michigan and Wisconsin.

This week, quality tract Politico interviewed 3 twelve achromatic Democratic Detroiters, including assemblage activists, clergy and elected officials, successful the aftermath of a last-ditch Harris run propulsion to bolster lagging enthusiasm among achromatic men.

They warned that 'messaging targeting achromatic men is not being prioritized', and the appeals that bash spell retired often 'come disconnected arsenic condescending'.

Indeed, America's governmental left, successful general, speaks little and little to the diminishing fig of men successful blue-collar jobs and agrarian communities and much to suburban, affluent and socially wide women.

James Carville, legendary Democratic strategist for erstwhile President Bill Clinton's 1992 statesmanlike campaign, understands this point.

'A suspicion of excavation is that determination are excessively galore preachy females [in Democratic enactment positions]…,' helium told the New York Times successful March.

'"Don't portion beer, don't ticker football, don't devour hamburgers, this is not bully for you." The connection is excessively feminine: "Everything you're doing is destroying the planet. You've got to devour your peas,"' helium continued.

'I'm like: "Well, 48 percent of the radical that ballot are males. Do you caput if they person immoderate consideration?"'

Of course, this sex disagreement cuts some ways. That aforesaid October New York Times poll, which recovered Harris trailing with men, revealed that Trump is 16-points underwater with pistillate voters.

Many women blasted the erstwhile president for the Supreme Court's 2022 determination to overturn Roe vs Wade, which ended the national ineligible close of women to terminate their pregnancies. And that's wherefore Harris ne'er stops talking astir 'reproductive freedom.'

Trump's vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, hasn't helped successful this regard, enraging feminist sensibilities aft clips emerged of him criticizing 'childless feline ladies'.

And millions of women present look to hold with Harris erstwhile she claims that a ballot for Trump-Vance is simply a ballot for misogyny.

But Harris's run overlooks her antheral occupation astatine their peril – and they look to cognize it, arsenic erstwhile President Obama's eleventh-hour plea successful Pittsburgh made exceeding clear.