Former CNN host Don Lemon informed MSNBC host Jen Psaki that black voters informed him that they were unaware of Vice President Kamala Harris’s identity and that they intended to vote for former President Donald Trump, whom they perceived as being “on the side of black people.”
Psaki, a former spokesperson for the Biden administration, was strongly taken aback by the news.
Lemon discussed on Monday’s Inside With Jen Psaki how his interviews with black voters prior to the Democratic National Convention and his travels through several critical swing states were “eye-opening.”
He also mentioned that, despite the metrics on the economy that support Harris, many individuals are recalling the 2021 stimulus check that bears Trump’s signature and are instead opting to vote with their wallets.
“I don’t know if it was surprising but it was certainly eye-opening to hear so many people, even people of color and women, saying they are going to support Donald Trump. I am not quite sure that the polls are accurate as it relates to the tightening of the polls and who will support whom.” Lemon said.
“Right-wing media, when I released my content, they said Don Lemon was shocked or surprised at the answers he got. But there were a lot of black men, Jen, who said they were supporting Donald Trump simply because he gave them a stimulus check. He gave them $1200 back when he was president. They did not somehow remember that the current president also gave them a stimulus check, except his name wasn’t on it.” he added.
“So, I had to remind them time after time that the check did not come from Donald Trump, that it came from a Democratic Congress and he had to slow it up to have his name on it. So, when they got the check, and his name was on it, they automatically thought it came directly from Donald Trump which I think is good marketing. Which is the same as he does for buildings around the country, especially in New York. He doesn’t actually own them but he puts his name on them and it makes people think he owns them and it makes them think that he is richer and bigger and more benevolent than he is.” Lemon continued.
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