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Voters in Obama’s backyard weigh in on ‘dangerous’ Kamala and 2024 race: ‘I’m a Trump fan’

Voters in Obama’s backyard weigh in on ‘dangerous’ Kamala and 2024 race: ‘I’m a Trump fan’

CHICAGO — Voters in former President Barack Obama’s old backyard gave varying opinions on the 2024 presidential race, with several Black voters giving a vehement defense of former President Trump and suggesting that his recent uptick in Black support in the polls is legitimate.  “I’m a Trump fan,” Lavar Williams told Fox News Digital outside a Walmart on Doty Avenue on Chicago’s South Side as Democrats gathered for their convention at the nearby United Center. “Everybody else I feel like they have a leash on them. Trump don’t have no leash on him.” When asked if life was better under Trump’s presidency, Williams said, “I love Trump. I loved when he was in office. A lot of people say ‘Why do you say that?’ because I’m Black. But still, I loved when Trump was in office.” DNC CHICAGO: FBI REPORTEDLY INVESTIGATING MAGGOTS FOUND IN FOOD AT BREAKFAST FOR DELEGATES Williams, who has lived in Chicago his entire life, also told Fox News Digital that Harris will have a hard time separating herself from Biden’s unpopular policies. “You was the vice president, so everything this man did, you was approving of, everything that’s going on now, you was approving of, so why am I going to vote for you?” Williams said. “I’m not going to vote for her. I’m just letting you know where I’m at. I’m a Trump fan. Trump 2024.” MICHELLE OBAMA’S 3RD CONSECUTIVE DNC SPEECH SLAMMING TRUMP RIPS HIS ‘RACIST LIES,’ ‘NARROW VIEW OF THE WORLD’ Harris rose to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket last month, when President Biden dropped out of the race amid mounting concerns over his mental acuity and age. Harris is in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, where she will deliver a speech Thursday evening accepting her nomination.  Fox News Digital spoke with locals on the South Side of Chicago, where Obama worked as a community organizer before launching his political career, about their thoughts on the election, and if the last three and a half years under the Biden-Harris administration has benefited them and the Windy City at large.  “Me personally, I’m still up in the air,” disabled Navy veteran and Englewood neighborhood property owner Billy Johnson told Fox Digital. “I’m trying to see how all of this is going to play out. You know, I’m waiting to hear what the new candidate’s policies are in relationship to – compared to – Biden’s. I disagreed with a lot of things.”  DNC IN CHICAGO: 12 SHOT, 1 MURDERED IN WINDY CITY SHOOTINGS ON DAY 2 OF CONVENTION Though Johnson has not yet landed on who he will vote for come Nov. 5, he praised Trump as an economic “genius,” while saying Harris is “dangerous.”  “That lady is dangerous. I mean, [Kamala] Harris can pull up information on you that most presidents can’t. You know, she can pull things, documents and stuff. It’s scary. Her access to Secret Service, CIA and all of that makes her one of the most dangerous presidents we might ever have. I wouldn’t worry about her foreign affairs policy, I would just fear for whoever comes up against her,” Johnson said.  He offered more favorable comments on Trump, while stopping short of endorsing him for a return to the Oval Office.  “Trump was a good president. He was inexperienced because he wasn’t a politician. The reason we elected him is because he’s a businessman, and we felt like that’s what we needed.… We need someone who is going to reignite our industrial prowess.” “Trump, he’s a genius when it comes down to finance, I gotta tell you. You can say anything you want. He was the first president who ever gave his opinion while sitting on the toilet through Twitter. That really won him a big favor with the American public, because you got a president that communicates openly with the public,” he added.  Immigration is a top concern in the city of Chicago, alongside the nation overall, with Johnson arguing that the U.S. accepting millions of illegal immigrants and providing them with “privileges” is “crazy.”  JD VANCE SENDS MESSAGE TO BLACK VOTERS AS THEY WEIGH TRUMP, HARRIS: ‘WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU’ “Now you see why Trump kept the borders closed. Now that the border is open, we see an indifference in the privileges that are given to people that are noncitizens, which that’s not fair. Those opportunities were supposed to be given to citizens first – not immigrants. And the millions of dollars that’s being given to them, it makes the Black community feel like, ‘Wow, really? So us asking for reparations was too much.’ But yet, still, you provide housing, you giving these people stipends… that’s crazy.” Another Chicagoan, Nas, the owner of Z-Best catering who was selling meals outside of a far South Side Walmart, told Fox News Digital he hasn’t decided who he is voting for but was not a fan of some of Harris’ policies. HILLARY CLINTON BLASTS TRUMP’S LEGAL WOES AMID ‘LOCK HIM UP’ CHANTS IN DNC SPEECH: ‘ONLY CARES ABOUT HIMSELF’ “I ain’t goin’ to lie to you, I know her background, what she has done, I know she’s locked up a lot of people off of just weed cases and stuff like that, just sending people away, so I really don’t care for her to be honest with you.” Nas added that crime over the last four years under the Biden administration has gotten much worse and said life under Trump was better than now. “I feel like he has done a better job than Biden has for sure.” Johnny Williams, who spoke to Fox News Digital at a bus stop just steps from Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam house, said, “I plan on voting for Mr. Trump.” “He’s about the money… when he was in the election we was eating.” BLACK MALE VOTERS HAVE SURPRISING REACTION DURING MSNBC ROUNDTABLE WHEN ASKED ABOUT COMMUNITY TRUMP SUPPORT Williams added that it is “rough for jobs”

Gus Walz brought to tears, shares emotional moment with father Tim during DNC speech: ‘That’s my Dad’

Gus Walz brought to tears, shares emotional moment with father Tim during DNC speech: ‘That’s my Dad’

CHICAGO — Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s son Gus stole the show during his father’s speech to the DNC on Wednesday night after he was brought to tears and the two shared an emotional moment. “Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world,” Walz told his family during his speech after discussing fertility treatments his wife received to have children and the camera showed Walz’s family becoming emotional and his son Gus shedding tears and pointing at his dad. Gus then stood up and began clapping and continuing to shed tears. “That’s my Dad,” Gus Walz appeared to say.  GOVERNOR TIM WALZ GOES VIRAL AFTER POSTING FAMILY’S RECIPE FOR ‘TURKEY TROT TATER-TOT HOTDISH’ The moment drew praise from social media users in the political arena. “Forget politics,” MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle posted on X. “If you aren’t moved seeing 17yr old Gus Walz in tears watching his Dad walk on stage as the Vice Presidential nominee…. then please just move on.” “Team Gus Walz,” former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki posted on X. WALZ UNKNOWN BY 4 IN 10 AMERICANS, BUT FAVORABILITY RATING TOPS VANCE: POLL Gus, 17, is Walz’s younger child and he is currently a senior at St. Paul Central High in Minnesota. “My son Gus just passed his (what do you call it? A drivers license exam?). Proud dad moment,” Tim Walz posted on Instagram last year.

Clinton lauds Biden as modern-day George Washington and president who ‘healed our sick’ in DNC speech

Clinton lauds Biden as modern-day George Washington and president who ‘healed our sick’ in DNC speech

CHICAGO – Former President Bill Clinton took the Democratic National Convention’s stage on Wednesday evening where he lauded President Biden as a modern-day George Washington who “healed our sick.” “I do want to say one word about President Biden,” Clinton said towards the start of his speech in Chicago. “Remember, he had an improbable turn that made him president. And we were in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crash. He healed our sick, and put the rest of us back to work. And he strengthened our alliances for peace and security, stood up for Ukraine, trying desperately to get a ceasefire in the Middle East.” “And then he did something it’s really hard for a politician to do: He voluntarily gave up political power. And George Washington knew that. And he did it. And he set the standard for us, serving two terms before it was mandatory. It helped his legacy, and it will enhance Joe Biden’s legacy,” Clinton added.  Biden joined the DNC on Monday evening, where he delivered a speech touting his record in office while praising his vice president, Kamala Harris, after she rose to the top of the Democratic ticket after Biden exited the race last month.  TRUMP CAMPAIGN TROLLS HARRIS, RELEASES POLICY WEBSITE FOR HER AFTER WEEKS OF SILENCE “Selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made before I became when I became our nominee, and it was the best decision I made my whole career,” Biden said.  OBAMA LAUDS ‘BROTHER’ BIDEN AT DNC WEEKS AFTER REPORTED ROLE OUSTING HIM FOR KAMALA HARRIS “We’ve not only gotten to know each other, we’ve become close friends. She’s tough, she’s experienced, and she has enormous integrity, enormous integrity. Her story represents the best American story.” Democrats who have taken the stage across the week have praised both Biden and Harris as the newly-formed Harris-Walz ticket works to earn support from voters in the final months of the election.  HARRIS CAMPAIGN WEBSITE STILL MISSING POLICY POSITIONS AS DNC KICKS OFF Clinton continued in his remarks that Biden is a man of compassion and courage, before switching gears to praise Harris.  HARRIS CELEBRATES ‘CEREMONIAL’ CHICAGO DNC ROLL CALL VOTE FROM MILWAUKEE RALLY “I want to thank him for his courage, compassion, his class, his service, his sacrifice,” he said. “Joe Biden. Thank you. And. He kept the faith, and he’s infected a lot of the rest of us.” Clinton lauded the vice president as a politician who will represent voters no matter their political party.  “Kamala Harris will work to solve our problems, seize our opportunities, ease our fears, and make sure every single American, however they vote, has a chance to chase their dreams,” he said.  The DNC will wrap up on Thursday evening with Harris’ acceptance speech for the nomination.  Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.