FLINT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Media outlets across the country have been sounding the alarm about Kamala Harris’ dwindling support among Black voters, especially men. Headlines have been screaming warnings to Democrats, like the New York Times’ “Black Voters Drift From Democrats, Imperiling Harris’s Bid, Poll Shows,” Politico’s “Harris needs incredible turnout among Black voters. But there are warning signs” and Al Jazeera’s “Why are Black voters backing Donald Trump in record numbers?”

These headlines are a result of reported polling numbers that are showing only 70% of Black male voters are supporting Harris, who is half-Black and half-Indian. Those numbers are down from their 85% of support for White Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden four years ago.

Obama’s Michigan misstep.

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In response to the race issue, Democratic heavyweights have been stepping in to rally behind Harris. Even former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in Michigan recently, hoping to drum up some much-needed support in the Black community. But his comments seemed to backfire when he suggested that “brothas” were being sexist if they didn’t back Harris for president.

Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell sounds the alarm: Black men feel ignored and Michigan is up for grabs.

During CNN’s “State of the Union” on October 13th, news anchor Dana Bash interviewed Rep. James Clyburn, a pivotal figure in President Biden’s 2020 presidential nomination and win over Trump, especially for his influence with Black voters. Bash highlighted a concern raised by Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell: Black men are increasingly feeling overlooked by the Democratic Party.

On Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” recently, Rep. Dingell said that VP Harris has a problem with two key demographics that could lose her the race in Michigan. Dingell said, “The vice president has a problem with union workers. Many of the men, as well as, quite frankly, African-American young men who have said to me, I was with a group with them last week. ‘You know what, Donald Trump talks to us. Democrats take us for granted.’”

Dingell also told Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC, “I don’t think that either candidate has won the state yet. I think it’s going to be razor thin. I think it’s going to come down to who votes and I think either candidate can win this race right now and it is, quite frankly, worrying me.”

Clyburn expresses concern over Black male voters but isn’t as worried as others.

When asked if he is concerned with Black men who might be voting for Trump or siting out the election, Clyburn told Bash he is concerned but when he was at a campaign event in Flint, Michigan on October 7th along with Dingell, he thought that their efforts were “very effective.”

Clyburn went on to say that he met with Black men, Black religious leaders and Black union leaders in the state. He said, “I think we had very frank and direct discussions and I don’t see and feel what I’m reading about in news reports. Yes, Black men, like everybody else, want to know exactly what they can expect from a Harris administration and I’ve been very direct with them. And I’ve also contrasted that with what they can expect from a Trump administration.”

Clyburn says another Trump presidency will be “Jim Crow 2.0.”

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While in Michigan, Clyburn told the Black voters that they can expect Project 2025 to be a “full blown policy” in a Trump administration, calling it “Jim Crow 2.0” pointing to the policies that had kept Blacks out of government and the economy. The term, used often by Democrats when fear-mongering the electorate, refers to state and local laws enacted in the Southern United States after the Civil War which enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised Black citizens.

Clyburn told Bash, “We will expect Project 2025 to be a full-blown policy in his (Trump) administration. And what will that policy be? I described it on the first night of our national convention, and I’ve been describing it that way ever since. It will be Jim Crow 2.0.”

Clyburn went on to tell Bash that during his time in Michigan, he felt that he, along with Dingell, had significant success in explaining this issue to the Black voters that they talked with.

Bash pushes for answers.

However, Bash pressed Clyburn on his “concern” and what he heard when he was in Michigan. Clyburn answered, “When people raise questions about ‘what does she (Harris) stand for?’ And I tend to ask them ‘Don’t tell me what you hear, tell me what you feel. What do you feel about her as opposed to what you experienced for four years under Trump?’”

He went on to say, “And I have yet to find one single person that can tell me one thing that they got out of the Trump administration except, as a few of them said to me, ‘Well, we got a stimulus check.’ And then I said to them, “Don’t you know that Congress appropriates money and just (sic) the president holds up that check until he can get his name on it, you said you got it from him when it was a Democratic controlled House of Representatives that passed that bill and made those checks available.’”

When asked about Obama’s remarks about sexism in the Black community, Clyburn said, “Well, look, this country has never had a woman at its helm.” He went on to point out Margaret Thatcher who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Angela Merkel who served as the Chancellor of Germany, saying, “Let’s compare what women have done in European countries and I just think that our women here in these United States of America are just as strong, just as energetic, just as smart as any woman on earth.”

Harris to the rescue.

Apparently, things are so worrisome, with only three weeks to go until Election Day, that on Monday, Harris promised potential voters an “opportunity agenda for Black men.” The proposal includes $1 million in “forgivable” (free) small business loans of up to $20,000. She also promises to legalize recreational marijuana.

But her promises include much more and are outlined in a nine-page document on her website called “Vice President Harris Will Deliver for Black Men.” The document goes on to say, “She (Harris) will provide the tools to Black men to build wealth, support their families and lead in their communities.” Those tools include loans, education, training and mentorship programs to secure good-paying jobs and leadership roles as well as better access to capital, banking and venture opportunities. Other points in the plan include national health equity, criminal justice reform and affordable housing support.

It’s clear that this document reflects a last-minute incentive to Black male voters from the Harris campaign to respond to reports and polls showing she’s facing challenges in gaining their support. But it is too late and is it enough?