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Disney star Jenifer Lewis recently criticized Black and Latino men for not voting for Kamala Harris in the presidential election. said, “They didn’t vote for her because she was a woman.” She added, “They didn’t care that she was smart and powerful, educated, beautiful, kind, joyful, fearless!”
Lewis stated, “She would’ve taken care of this country, she would’ve protected the people. She would have surrounded herself with great minds! But keeping women in their place was more important to them!”
Lewis accused voters of self-loathing, suggesting they supported Donald Trump as a symbol of power and wealth while dismissing Harris for her gender. Lewis said, “They voted for him [Trump] because they hate themselves.”
Lewis added, “And they see this thing [Trump] as powerful, that he’s gonna move mountains for them and make them rich. And unfortunately, black men, they want a man. They said I’m voting for the man.”
Lewis came under heavy criticism for comparing Trump to Hitler prior to the election. She warned that Trump, if re-elected, Trump would punish those who didn’t vote for him, tear up the Constitution, and declare himself “king.”
Podcast host Stacy Washington said, “Do you remember, Lawrence, when President Biden said ‘they’re going to put y’all back in chains,’ in exactly that accent and vernacular?”
Washington added, “She’s repeating that. She’s repeating that, she believes it and if you want to see more unhinged rhetoric from her, she does this all the time on Instagram. She talks about politics. She talks about things that really aren’t true.”
Washington stated, “I just remember the highest median household income for a family of four. I remember there being no new wars. I remember there being peace in the Middle East and the Abraham Accords, and I remember domestically, Black Americans thriving under President Trump. And I think… many more Black Americans will vote for him in November because of the horrible job that President Biden is doing.”
Lewis had stated, “White people in America are scared of brown people and seeking ways to put them in their places, like electing Trump.”
Washington said, “She may have a very strong presence, and of course, she is on a very popular mainstream show, it doesn’t change the fact that Americans are paying 25% more for groceries because inflation is cumulative. So it’s year over year, month over month, 25% more.”
Washington added, “And that used cars are 22% more, and that President Biden is attacking our oil and energy industries, which means everything costs more.”
Washington concluded, “Celebrities like Lewis aren’t feeling the squeeze like ordinary Americans who are spending an average of $11,400 annually for the same lifestyle.”