Obama warns 'brothers' who won't vote for Kamala that sexism could cost her election: 'That's not acceptable'

Barack Obama accused achromatic antheral voters who garbage to enactment Kamala Harris of sexism and demanded they get connected committee with the Democrat nominee.

The erstwhile president was astatine a run tract bureau successful Pittsburgh to convey volunteers, but alternatively gave them a lecture, saying helium wanted to 'speak immoderate truths.' 

Obama said helium was responding to reports connected the crushed that determination was little enthusiasm for Harris than determination was for his ain candidacy and that immoderate achromatic men were reasoning of sitting retired the election. 

'We person not yet seen the aforesaid kinds of vigor and turnout successful each quarters of our neighborhoods and communities arsenic we saw erstwhile I was running. Now, I besides privation to accidental that seems to beryllium much pronounced with the brothers,' Obama said.  

He continued: 'Part of it makes maine deliberation - and I´m speaking to men straight - portion of it makes maine deliberation 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.'

'You're coming up with each kinds of reasons and excuses. I've got a occupation with that.' 

Media reports person suggested that black antheral voters are a anemic spot for Harris, aft Joe Biden won 80% successful 2020, down from 82% for Hillary Clinton successful 2015.

It's been reported that a 4th of young achromatic men enactment Trump, which would driblet Harris further. 

The erstwhile president said the prime betwixt Trump and Harris was 'clear' and that Harris understands the conflict of achromatic men and has achieved the vice presidency from those struggles.

'On 1 hand, you person idiosyncratic who grew up similar you, knows you, went to assemblage with you, understands the struggles and symptom and joyousness that comes from those experiences,' helium said of Harris. 

He past claimed Trump´s penchant for putting radical down was not existent strength.

'You´re reasoning astir sitting retired oregon supporting idiosyncratic who has a past of denigrating you, due to the fact that you deliberation that´s a motion of strength, due to the fact that that´s what being a antheral is? Putting women down? That´s not acceptable,' Obama said.

The Democratic erstwhile president made the battleground authorities of Pennsylvania the archetypal halt of his run circuit with little than 4 weeks until Election Day and arsenic voting is already underway. 

Polling up of Obama's quality successful Pittsburgh recovered that he's a much fashionable fig than Harris successful Pennsylvania. 

The ex-president is besides much fashionable than Trump. 

Emerson College polling done with The Hill recovered that 55 percent of Pennsylvanians presumption Obama positively compared to 48 percent for Harris and 50 percent for Trump. 

Obama besides received higher marks than the 2 statesmanlike hopefuls successful the cardinal swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan - meaning helium could beryllium a utile dependable each implicit the battlegrounds. 

But Pennsylvania - nicknamed the keystone authorities - volition apt beryllium the cardinal to either Harris oregon Trump's triumph connected November 5, arsenic the way to 270 electoral votes becomes precise unlikely if a campaigner loses it. 

Speaking astatine a rally astatine the University of Pittsburgh, helium painted Trump arsenic out-of-touch and not the prime to pb the state to change, calling him a 'bumbling' billionaire 'who has not stopped whining astir his problems since helium rode down his aureate escalator 9 years ago.'

He besides made a crude gag at President Donald Trump during his archetypal solo run lawsuit for Kamala Harris that spectacularly backfired. 

Speaking astatine the University of Pittsburgh Thursday night, Obama hinted that helium believed that the 78-year-old Trump wore big diapers. 

Obama, 63, recalled that helium couldn't judge however costly diapers were erstwhile helium became a parent. 'Do you deliberation Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?' helium mused. 

'His own!' yelled backmost an assemblage member. 

'I astir said that, but I decided I should not accidental it,' Obama said with a laugh. 

Social media was not amused, with astatine slightest 1 X idiosyncratic making an ironic notation to the president's erstwhile moving mate: 'Obama would cognize astir changing diapers. He does for Joe.'

Obama besides tried to enactment Harris up successful areas wherever polling shows that she's anemic - including the system and immigration. 

The Democratic ex-president remarked however Trump gets recognition for a bully system during his term. 

'Yeah, it was beauteous good, due to the fact that it was my economy,' Obama boasted. 'It wasn't thing helium did.'  

'I spent 8 years cleaning up the messiness that the Republicans near me,' Obama added. 

Obama took bureau successful 2009 straight aft a fiscal clang owed to predatory lending  to borrowers with debased incomes for homes. 

Trump has made migration his apical contented successful 2024 - arsenic helium did erstwhile helium archetypal ran for the White House 8 years ago. 

'When I perceive Donald Trump talking, I've got 1 question,' Obama said. 

'As I recall, Donald Trump was president for four years. And if rounding up and deporting millions of hopeless radical and gathering the beauteous partition - and it didn't substance whether immoderate of those folks you rounded up were women and children - if that's the reply to everything, good wherefore didn't you lick the problem?' the Democrat asked. 

Obama past pointed retired that the fig of immigrants was 'basically the same' astatine the opening and extremity of Trump's term. 

'I'll archer you why. Because helium didn't person a existent plan. He had talking points. He had concepts of a plan,' Obama jabbed. 

'And the program was mean and disfigured and it was designed to heighten his authorities and  marque radical angry, not to lick the problem,' helium continued. 

Obama argued that what would person really made the borderline unafraid was the bipartisan woody supported by Harris and President Joe Biden convey Trump helped vessel successful Congress. 

The ex-president besides called attraction to the caller hurricanes, remarking that Asheville, North Carolina, 'one of my favourite places successful the country,' was 'devastated' by Helene.

Afterward astatine a rally Trump 'just started making up stories,' Obama said, with the Republican falsely claiming that assistance was being withheld from Republican areas and FEMA funds were going to undocumented immigrants instead. 

'Just made the worldly up. Everybody knew it wasn't true. Even section Republicans said it wasn't true,' Obama said.

'The thought of intentionally trying to deceive radical successful their astir hopeless and susceptible moments. And my question is - erstwhile did that go OK?' the erstwhile president asked. 

'I'm not looking for applause close now,' Obama told the assemblage arsenic they started to clap. 'I privation to inquire Republicans close now... erstwhile did that go OK? Why would we spell on with that?' 

The 44th president besides tailored his code to the Pittsburgh crowd, talking astir how overmuch helium loves Pamela's pancakes - a crepe-like delicacy - the precocious Dan Rooney, Obama's ambassador to Ireland and a Pittsburgh Steelers owner, and however helium cheered for that NFL franchise arsenic a kid. 

Opening acts for Obama included a fig of Pennsylvania Democrats, including the state's fashionable Gov. Josh Shapiro, a finalist to beryllium Harris' moving mate.