Exclusive | Michigan Dem activist rips Harris for not focusing on black voters relying on fake civil rights leaders and corrupt officials

A Michigan-based Democratic activist is calling out Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign for failing to win over black voters in the Mitten State by harping on the issue of abortion instead of the economy — and relying on “corrupt” local officials, “fake civil rights leaders like Al Sharpton,” and Hollywood stars to spread its message.Arthur Woodson — a Flint resident who has met with Harris, 60, and partnered with the Biden White House as part of its “Cancer Moonshot” initiative — tore into the Democratic nominee’s team for its losing message and lack of ground game in Michigan during a phone interview with The Post on Thursday.According to Woodson, the Harris-Walz campaign ignored how President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans were connecting with black voters and other ethnic groups in Flint on what they considered the number one issue in the 2024 election: the economy.Other local matters, Woodson said, were also given short shrift by the Democratic team.“When she [Harris] came to Flint, she didn’t say anything about the water, nothing at all,” noted Woodson, who has advocated for federally-funded studies to explore links between lead-contaminated water and cancer in his hometown.“Then you had people saying she isn’t coming with a plan for the African-American community.

What is she gonna do for us?”“Then you had the people talking about when she was a DA and a prosecutor [in California] and she locked up a lot of black people,” he added.“People [are] tired of Democrats,” Woodson said at another point.“Because they get in power and they abuse power.

But you want to tell us that the Republicans are racist? No, no.It’s the Democratic Party.”Democrats’ abortion-focused campaign was also off-base, according to Woodson — even with the Dobbs v.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision overturning the nationwide legalization of the procedure just two years ago.“President Trump said it ...