Barack Obama and 'The Brothers'
Dear former President Barack Obama,
During former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign, you chastised "the brothers" for what you perceived as their reluctance to vote for a black female. You said: "We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all corners of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running. Now, I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers."
Did you tell "the brothers" who, for the sake of racial solidarity, you tried to shame into voting for Harris that you only believe in left-wing racial solidarity?
You starred in an attack ad for the white opponent of the Republican black man, who would have become the first black governor of California. You didn't tell "the brothers" to vote for him. In fact, you wanted "the brothers" to vote against him.
You became a U.S. senator from Illinois by defeating your black Republican opponent in the general election. In the name of racial solidarity, shouldn't you have told "the brothers" to flip a coin?
Your future vice president, then-Sen. Joe Biden, threatened a filibuster had President George W. Bush nominated Janice Rogers Brown, a black female D.C. appellate judge, who would have become the first........





















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