‘Too little, too late’: Former rap mogul explains why he supports Trump’s sharp rebuke of Biden-Harris

The co-founder of Death Row Records, one of the most recognizable and influential record labels in the music industry, spoke with Fox News Digital about why he recently decided to support his former President Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.

“It’s about his record,” Michael “Harry-O” Harris told Fox News Digital about his decision to support Trump, who pardoned Harris after a 33-year prison sentence with seven years left on his sentence. recent actions as president. president.

“The former president, while being president, has taken some initiatives that speak specifically to my community as well as others.”

Harris cited several examples of policies from the first Trump administration that he believes are consistent with his organization’s goals: First community actionincluding permanent funding for HBCUs, Opportunity Zones promoting investment in low-income neighborhoods, the First Step Act, and bipartisan legislation to combat sickle cell disease.

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Polls increasingly evident that Trump has made significant gains among the black community and is widely expected to win a historically large share of those votes in November. Harris told Fox News Digital that he believes this is partly due to voters trusting Trump to keep his word, as well as a lack of action from the Biden-Harris administration.

“People have more confidence that he’ll keep his word, and I think that’s partly based on the same research that we do, where someone doesn’t campaign on something but actually legislates. . . he wants to double down on what he did in the first administration,” Harris said.

“I’ve never heard it from the other side. I mean, what I heard, I think, frankly, came too late, too little, too late. So, when it comes to balancing, and you have to make a decision, a critical decision that can affect your life and the life of your family, you have to base it on the facts, and the facts are that most recently, three and a half years ago, the current administration especially wasn’t paying attention to our community.”

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Harris told Fox News Digital that there is “nothing significant” that the Biden-Harris administration has done to “help lift up our community.”

“But even with all of the above, I still challenge both candidates and President Trump, and this support means a lot to our organization, but more importantly to our community, because someone is committed to working with us to solve real problems. problems in the community.”

Fox News Digital asked Harris what his theory is as to why Vice President Harris is struggling to win the support of black voters the way President Biden has, according to polling.

“I think people in general, I just want to be honest. I don’t understand the intelligence of the black community,” Harris responded. “I think they put them in a box and just think that everyone suffers from a herd mentality that just because some parts of our community say we have to do it, then everyone has to do it.”

“I’m not saying some people don’t fall into that category, but a lot of people are coming back to reality. They have to come back to reality because they live in a reality where their products cost three times or twice as much as gasoline.” two or three times more than just being able to rent a home or pay a mortgage—twice as much as twice as much. Over the past four years, the situation has changed dramatically for them..“

Harris continued: “So when someone starts saying vote for me just because it’s offensive and I think that’s a fallback for when someone votes for you to double what they just got . I think people are too smart. for this.”

Harris also spoke about his “life-changing” experience of being pardoned by Trump after decades in prison on drug trafficking charges.

“I was gone for 33 years and President Trump decided to change the situation, and what some people don’t know is that I applied for clemency twice under President Obama’s administration and never heard anything back, and the fact that President Trump on his way out was able to bring relief to me and others, I can’t even put it into words,” Harris said. “It changed everything for me. This changed everything for my family. It gave me the opportunity to re-engage with society and try to make a contribution. To make this place better.“

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Harris explained that he met with Trump for about an hour after being released from prison and shed some light on what that conversation looked like.

“We just sat and talked about problems and family, and I remember asking him, you know, because I’m so grateful, you know? What can I do for you? He said you don’t owe me anything, the only thing you owe me, to be honest with you, is to be successful,” Harris said. “I read your file. I saw what you did while you were away and it was commendable and I just didn’t think you should spend another day in jail.”

Earlier this month Harris released “Plan O” as “a challenge to anyone who aspires to become President of the United States of America to commit to the following policy proposals to end the fleeting promises of hope and change.”

These proposals include promoting economic self-sufficiency to end the vicious cycle of intergenerational debt, encouraging responsible homeownership through expanding rent-to-own programs, and developing a comprehensive and targeted economic empowerment program that promotes financial literacy, career development and entrepreneurship . education.

Shortly after the announcement, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Michael Harris (Harry O) is working hard to maintain and build on what my administration did for Black Americans in our first term. Good luck to Michael and the Community First team. Working together, we will make America great again for everyone!”