Martin Luther King III says Black men should not be blamed for outcome in 2024 election

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Source: USA Today

Published 11:33 a.m. ET Oct. 26, 2024 | Updated 11:34 a.m. ET Oct. 26, 2024


If Vice President Kamala Harris loses the upcoming presidential election, Black men should not be to blame, said Martin Luther King III, son of the civil rights icon. "This election is not going to be won or lost by the number of Black men that support or do not support (Harris), even though it's going to be probably razor-thin," King told USA TODAY in an interview Thursday. "You can't go and say, well, it's Black men's fault." "That's where it seems like it's trying to go," he added.

Black men have historically been a core constituency for Democrats. But in Harris' 2024 race against Republican former President Donald Trump, support among these voters for the Democratic ticket has been reportedly slipping. Polls show Harris still winning a majority of Black men.

In a New York Times/Siena College survey earlier this month, 70% of Black men said they would vote for Harris, while 20% picked Trump and 10% were undecided or declined to answer. Her support is down though from President Joe Biden who won 87% of Black male voters in 2020, according to Pew Research Center.

And in a race as neck-and-neck as this year's, every vote stands to swing the final outcome. But King, the oldest son of Martin Luther King, Jr., said Black men alone do not shoulder the responsibility for Democrats seeking to hold onto the White House. "To win this election, it takes a coalition of women, of men, of Black men, of white men, of everyone, Latino and Hispanic people, in some cases Native American people," King said.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/26/martin-luther-king-iii-kamala-harris/75827397007/

[angrychair]

1. Let's be unambitious in our blame

It will fall at the feet of white men (mostly ) and white women. They will bear 100% of the blame.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. No worries. A Harris loss will be blamed on Jews.

That is already being laid out by some. Of course, the Orange Menace has already said if he loses, it was the Jews; so either way, we will get blamed. Thankfully, it will be blame coming from the MAGAts because Harris is going to win, and IMO, win BIG!

Welcome to the team, Texas!

[AZLD4Candidate]

10. Aren't we blamed for everything and haven't we been blamed for everything for 2000 years?

Why should this night be different from all other nights? Anti-Semitism is the only bigotry that is not only excused but dismissed in this country as both sides do it.

[PortTack]

3. 1. This race isn't razor thin....that's the media lie. 2. She isn't going to lose...the con is!

[Tetrachloride]

4. no group is 100 percent for a candidate

not even in my blue family

[chowder66]

5. I agree but it would be a disappointment nonetheless.

I'm always disappointed by the number of women who vote for republicans and for the most part anyone who votes for third parties.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. AAs make up about 14% of the U.S. population

and of those, black men are ~6%, and just under 50% are eligible to vote. So you are talking a 3% contribution if all of the eligible were registered and voting.

Meanwhile, white women are about 31% of the population, and if you extrapolate about 1/2 are eligible (18 and over), that is about 15%.

15% vs 3%.

I just saw an article where 57% of white women voted for Youngkin (R) for governor of VA.

THAT is the "disappointment". One needs to sometimes stop trying to get water from a stone and pull it from an actual water source. I think that is the point that MLK III is making. Stop pointing the finger at the least among us.

[Harker]

7. If Trumpsky wins, everyone who voted for him is to blame...

individually and collectively.

As is anyone who doesn't vote Democratic.

[Magoo48]

8. If we lose, this nation will have bigger problems than whose fault it is.WTF

Why the fuck is everyone running for cover. What a piss poor way to approach one of America’s biggest decisions ever: by scuttling away from hypothetical blame BEFORE the fucking fact.

If we lose, there aren’t enough fucking fans in the world to handle the torrential shit storms which will ravage our country. So, bely the brain-fart fog and work like hell for a victory.

No worries anyhow, any post election-loss blame will be immediately heaped upon the backs of the least deserving and weakest among us.

[ThePartyThatListens]

9. He's right

The white mainstream media loves to look to the Black electorate to cast blame for saying nonsense like "you didn't come out in enough numbers" etc, etc.

Meanwhile the Black American vote is the BIGGEST reliable voting block for Democrats.

I don't wanna hear that crap IF Kamala loses.

That said, I don't believe that she will.

Just saying.

[Omaha Steve]

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