Steve Harvey’s Republican Status In Question After Kamala Harris Interview

With the predetermination down to the wire, undecided voters are looking to their relation models for guidance connected who to ballot for.

For some, that really means checking successful with their favourite personage to spot wherever they stand.

People connected some sides of the aisle were beauteous definite Steve Harvey was a Republican and a protagonist of disgraced erstwhile president Donald Trump up until recently.

One damning, resurfaced video showed Harvey singing Trump’s praises. His defenders suggest that they were sarcastic. Others weren’t truthful convinced.

And past helium sat down with Kamala and it felt similar each the pieces were falling into place. So, if Steve Harvey’s governmental sentiment means thing to you, past this is what you should know.

Steve Harvey announces his caller concern task SteveHarveyDeals.com astatine Atlanta Crowne Plaza Hotel connected February 02, 2019. (Photo Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SteveHarveyDeals)

Is Steve Harvey a Republican and a Trump supporter?

Before we delve into the answers, we person to speech astir wherefore radical are asking this astir Steve Harvey.

2024 is an predetermination year. Despite the transgression charges against him and his decision successful the 2020 elections, Donald Trump is moving again. (To beryllium fair, the transgression charges whitethorn beryllium a motivator — arsenic Supreme Court Justices whom helium appointed could extremity up deciding whether occupying the Oval Office makes him immune to definite prosecutions.)

Because of this, uncovering celebrated supporters of Trump is some elusive and important, depending connected who you ask. Enter far-right influencers connected societal media, who person resurfaced a circumstantial 2017 clip of Steve Harvey. Harvey’s career has made him a acquainted face, and whether it’s existent oregon not, a governmental endorsement from him could hypothetically sway voters.

Steve Harvey attends the 2nd preseason NBA crippled betwixt Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks astatine Etihad Arena connected October 08, 2022. (Photo Credit: Francois Nel/Getty Images)

In the “Ask Steve” clip from 2017, a pistillate successful Steve Harvey’s assemblage asks him to assistance person her hubby to determination to Sweden. She precise memorably refers to the state arsenic “the onshore of Ikea.”

She cited the entreaty of Sweden — cosmopolitan healthcare, escaped education, and a statistically agelong beingness expectancy. (She’s not wrong; Sweden besides ranks precise highly successful presumption of happiness)

As is Steve Harvey’s brand, his archetypal absorption was to marque a silly face. He besides cracked a gag astir healthcare costs that 1 incurs from assembling Ikea furnishings astatine home. Then, however, things took a acheronian turn.

Steve Harvey said immoderate alarming things astir Donald Trump

“Donald Trump is not gonna beryllium that bad,” Steve Harvey said connected camera successful 2017. “Don’t run.”

He past claimed, possibly successful jest: “He’s gonna marque Ikea bring they ass implicit present and commencement gathering them desks and worldly successful America.”

Worst of all, Harvey past grew louder successful measurement and cited the run slogan: “‘Cause he’s gonna marque America large again! Let’s go, Donald Trump.”

As we mentioned, immoderate of Steve Harvey’s defenders person insisted that his words were dripping successful sarcasm.

But, clearly, not everyone agrees with that.

From Twitter to Reddit, Steve Harvey’s critics and (former) fans person taken to replies to explicit their disappointment and disgust.

Really and genuinely Steve Harvey I've been a instrumentality for rather immoderate clip but this show of ignorance has wholly mislaid maine ne'er again volition I ever give a 2nd of clip to your ignorant butt

— ????AriA Blush the Fabulussy???? ???? (@EmpressAriaBlue) March 2, 2024

Steve Harvey’s Shift to The Left

Now, determination is simply a coagulated statement to beryllium made that immoderate enactment Steve ever had for Trump is buried successful the past, and adjacent if helium is simply a Republican, helium stands arsenic 1 of the courageous fewer to amusement their enactment for Kamala Harris.

Case successful point: a week earlier the election, Steve invited Kamala onto his radio show to sing her praises and hopefully scope immoderate of the undecided folks she truthful desperately needs.

“You and Governor Walz are warring for a caller mode forward,” Steve said to Kamala. “You’re talking astir protecting reproductive freedoms for — for women, for strengthening our democracy, and you privation each idiosyncratic to person an accidental to get ahead.”

Knowing his assemblage well, helium followed up his praise with an each excessively important question.

“Let’s absorption connected this, that I’ve ne'er seen done successful my life, you came up with a existent program to assistance Black Americans…specifically, you targeted African American men. I’ve ne'er seen that successful a — tin you spell implicit immoderate of the points?”

Kamala’s answered with this:

Steve Harvey speaks onstage during 2019 Miss Universe Pageant astatine Tyler Perry Studios connected December 08, 2019. (Photo Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

“First of all, fto maine conscionable archer you that I recognize that — listen, I’m going to beryllium and I — and I pledge to beryllium a president for each Americans, but not each radical person been affected by issues the aforesaid way. So, for example, successful my docket for Black men, it includes what we request to bash astir having a circumstantial inaugural that is astir Black men’s wellness due to the fact that I cognize that we person higher rates of colon crab and prostate cancer, and I privation to marque definite we’re expanding acquisition and screening for Black men, doing — knowing that sickle compartment affects Black men astatine a higher rate.”

Then, she got adjacent much specific.

“My program is astir knowing that Black families are 40 percent little apt to beryllium homeowners. So, I’m going to marque definite that we person $25,000 down outgo assistance for first-time location buyers truthful they tin conscionable get their ft successful the doorway and get connected the way to surviving the imagination of America, the American dream, which besides is astir being connected the way to creating intergenerational wealth.”

And each of this truly impressed Steve Harvey.

“As I’ve done my research, you know, and I really, truly watched what you’ve been astir and what you’ve done, I — I became much and much impressed, truthful has a batch of people, due to the fact that it truly came to the forefront. You know, erstwhile a batch of radical were talking about, “Wow, I misunderstood this astir her,” because, now, radical person had a accidental to bash the research.”

And determination it is. Maybe Steve is conscionable 1 of the fewer to really basal down the enactment of “doing your ain research” and getting down a campaigner that volition look retired for the many, not conscionable the few.