‘Real Problem For Kamala Harris’: CNN Panel Sounds Alarm About Trump’s ‘Great Deal Of Support’ From ‘Black Men’

A “CNN News Central” panel on Wednesday warned that former President Donald Trump gaining black male support could harm Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.

Trump secured the backing of 17% of black voters in a CBS poll published on Sunday, a significant increase from the 12% he received in a 2020 CNN exit poll and nearly identical to the support he got in a CBS poll released Aug. 4. CNN host Brianna Keilar and the network’s senior political commentators David Urban and Van Jones said it is a significant issue for Harris to lose black and Hispanic voters to Trump and that the vice president needs to ensure she maintains them if she wants to win the election.

“Trump is winning over some black men, Latino men. And that is a real problem for Kamala Harris,” Keillar said.

“Kamala Harris has got a big, big problem, right? … Donald Trump has a great deal of support from African American men. You know, one of the things that I note is lacking from a lot of this program as well, a lot of outreach to the Hispanic community,” Urban said. “I don’t see a lot of Hispanics on the stage, right? And so they’ve got a lot of work to do … in the Hispanic community. The folks who are in the middle class feel a pinch on the economy, on immigration, in their communities. It’s going to be a real race. Look, nobody thinks it’s going to be easy, it’s going to be down to a few votes in all these states and all these counties. That’s why it’s important.”