“Our Black men, we’ve got to get them out to vote,” said former NBA star Magic Johnson during a recent Harris rally in Flint, Michigan. “Kamala’s opponent promised a lot of things to the Black community that he did not deliver on. And we’ve got to make sure we help Black men understand that."

Former President Obama wants to ward off GOP efforts to make inroads with disillusioned Black male voters. But his approach is raising some eyebrows.