Liberal pundit tells CNN ‘White folks’ should face 'accountability’ for not 'saving democracy’ if Harris loses

Political commentator Angela Rye declared connected CNN that "White folks" should look accountability "for not showing up to prevention democracy" if they don't ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris adjacent month.

During an interrogation connected "First of All" Saturday, CNN big Victor Blackwell addressed the backlash against erstwhile President Barack Obama aft helium scolded Black men for not being much supportive of Harris' statesmanlike campaign, successful airy of polling that shows Black men trending toward erstwhile President Trump compared to erstwhile years.

"This is the archetypal clip since helium was successful Pittsburgh and invoked the imaginable of sexism successful his entreaty to Black men to enactment the vice president," Blackwell began, referencing Obama's quality successful Arizona a time earlier. "Should determination beryllium a people correction due to the fact that determination was truthful overmuch backlash to that framework? Was it a mistake for the erstwhile president to accidental what helium did oregon to accidental it publicly…?"

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a run lawsuit successful enactment of Democratic statesmanlike nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 10, 2024.  (REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki)

Rye rapidly turned the speech distant from the erstwhile president, shifting the absorption to "White folks."

"You know, I deliberation that it’s fantastic that President Obama is retired hitting the way for democracy, frankly. And what I deliberation is simply a mistake is to fto White folks flight the accountability that they indispensable look for not showing up to prevention ideology themselves," she said.

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"They privation to get huffy astatine statesmanlike candidates, right, erstwhile they don’t deterioration a emblem lapel pin oregon they don’t spot you pledging allegiance to the flag," Rye continued. "That’s what they privation to get upset about. Now, the look of patriotism to them looks similar trying to teardrop down the Capitol successful a violent onslaught connected January 6th, 2021."

"The work of redeeming ideology should beryllium connected the largest demographic successful this country. That is White men and White women. I don’t privation to spot a women’s march with pussy hats travel January if thing doesn’t spell right. What I privation to spot is for them to march themselves to the polls…"

She concluded, "We are doing our part. It’s clip for White folks to crook their ire and their attraction to each different to guarantee they besides bash their part."

Former US President Barack Obama tries to speech Black men into supporting Harris connected the run trail. (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

During a pre-campaign-rally halt successful Pittsburgh past week, Obama appeared to admonish Black Americans who person not been arsenic fervent successful their enactment for Harris’ statesmanlike bid arsenic they were for his successful 2008 and 2012.

"We person not yet seen the aforesaid kinds of vigor and turnout successful each corners of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw erstwhile I was running," Obama began.

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"Now, I besides privation to accidental that that seems to beryllium much pronounced with the brothers. So if you don't caput -- conscionable for a second, I've got to talk to y’all and accidental that erstwhile you person a prime that is this clean: When connected the 1 hand, you person idiosyncratic who grew up similar you, went to assemblage with you understands the struggles [and the] symptom and joyousness that comes from those experiences…"

According to respective reports, Obama past went connected to opposition that imaginativeness – presumably of Harris – to that of erstwhile President Trump.

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The 44th president went connected to accidental galore radical apprehensive of Harris are coming up with "all kinds of reasons and excuses" to either beryllium location oregon enactment different candidate.

"[P]art of it makes maine think, and I’m speaking to men directly… that, well, you conscionable aren’t feeling the thought of having a pistillate arsenic president, and you’re coming up with different alternatives and different reasons for that."

According to a New York Times/Siena College poll released past week, Harris presently holds 78% of the Black vote, which is down from 2020, erstwhile President Biden won astir 90% of that voting bloc. It's besides down from 2016, erstwhile Hillary Clinton won astir 92% of the Black vote. Harris' enactment among Black men has dropped adjacent much significantly, according to the report: 70% said they would ballot for Harris successful November, down from Biden’s 85% successful 2020.

Fox News' Charles Creitz contributed to this report.