As polls proceed to show a deep gender divide for Vice President Kamala Harris, former first lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned appeal to men to get up for women by selecting them on the ballot box during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on October 1. 26.

According to , it’s marked Mrs. Obama made her first appearance on the campaign trail, and thru her remarks to the audience, she made it clear that she and lots of other women had made a deeply personal contribution to getting Vice President Harris elected.

Obama pleaded with male voters and “the men who love us”: “From the bottom of my heart, I am asking all of you to take our lives seriously.”

“If your wife is shaking and bleeding on the operating table during a routine delivery, her blood pressure is dropping as she loses more and more blood, or if she develops an unforeseen infection and her doctors are not sure they can act, be those who pray that it wasn’t too late,” Mrs. Obama said. “You’ll be the one begging someone, anyone, to do something.”

She continued: “If we don’t make the right choices, your wife, your daughter, your mother and we women will become collateral damage of your anger.”

Obama didn’t stop there, harshly criticizing the media for being complicit in holding the vice chairman to a much higher standard than former president and convicted criminal Donald Trump appears to be held to.

Mrs. Obama blasted the media and voters for “choosing to ignore Donald Trump’s gross incompetence while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn.”

She continued: “We expect her to be intelligent and articulate, to have a clear set of rules, to never show too much anger, and to prove time and time again that she belongs. But we expect nothing from Trump, no understanding of politics, no ability to put together a coherent argument, no honesty, no decency, no morality.”

Vice President Harris had only to emphasize what Mrs. Obama had been making eloquently and at times powerfully, telling the group after Obama’s speech ended: “We are seeing women crossing state lines to get the care they need. Do you think Donald Trump is thinking about the consequences for the millions of women who will live in a medical desert?”

The vice chairman continued: “I want the men in the arena to agree with me on this because there is more at stake than just protecting a woman’s decision to have a child,” she said. “Unfortunately, we girls and girls aren’t raised to talk openly about our reproductive health. Instead, we’ve been taught to feel shame and conceal the best way our bodies work.

She also emphasized that unwanted teenage pregnancy affects not only young girls, but in addition young fathers, whose course of life will change drastically.

The urgent need for motion by each Vice President Harris and the previous First Lady is rooted in polling data.

As stated, almost every poll shows that men are lagging behind women in support of Harris’ candidacy.

While a recent poll by USA Today and Suffolk University doesn’t break down by gender or race, a poll of likely 2024 voters conducted by ABC News and Ipsos currently has black men leading the best way with 85% of their support for Harris, while Latino men vote at 63%, with white men lagging far behind at 38%.

According to , the election can also take shape a referendum on personal views on progress.

Men who consider that the concentrate on diversity, equity, and inclusion have left them behind women tend to support Trump, while women who consider that Trump is incompetent and unfit to be president tend to support Vice President Harris.

Five Virginia lawmakers have been fired after the death of an inmate who died while being held in custody was ruled a homicide.

Authorities say 34-12 months-old Rolin Hill died in June while several officers were booking him into a Virginia Beach correctional facility, just days after his arrest on charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

According to the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office, Hill was “uncooperative and aggressive” during the booking process and needed to be restrained. Pilot from Virginia reported that less than half an hour after arriving at the prison, he suffered a medical emergency and needed to be taken to a local hospital. He died six days later.

According to Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Hill died of “positional and mechanical asphyxia due to neck and torso immobilization.”

The sheriff’s office released a statement saying the deputies involved in the Hill scandal had been fired.

“Based on updates received from the Virginia State Police regarding the Rolin Hill case, the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies involved in this incident are no longer employees of the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office,” said Sheriff Rocky Holcomb.

Immediately after Hill’s death, two of his friends disputed what authorities initially reported about the 34-12 months-old’s death in June.

“What the family thinks… more than four deputies argued with him and claimed he was aggressive, and I believe they beat him until he had a medical emergency and then felt they had to deal with it as they saw fit, which was not the right way,” one one that knew Hill he said WAVY.

People near Hill said he was small in stature and recalled mental health issues.

“They said he was brave. So if he was considered combative because of his size, it wouldn’t take five deputies to stop him,” Hill’s friend said. “He had no symptoms other than occasional…mental problems and that was checked.”

The case is under investigation by the Virginia State Police and the Virginia Beach State Attorney’s Office. No arrests have been made in Hill’s murder and no charges have been filed at the moment.

“We are aware of the cause of death and the fact that these five deputies are no longer employed by the sheriff’s office,” the Virginia Beach State’s Attorney’s Office told WAVY. The results of the sheriff’s internal investigation haven’t any bearing on the independent criminal investigation conducted by the Virginia State Police and the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. This office has been in touch with the Virginia State Police since the starting of the investigation. Once VSP submits the report, we’ll review it thoroughly. We ask for the public’s patience throughout our investigation and we’ll provide an update once our review is complete.”

The Virginia Beach NAACP also released a statement saying it “continues to stand with the Rolin Hill family and call for justice and transparency.”

“Although the medical examiner has confirmed that Hill’s death was a homicide, Virginia State Police continue to investigate the incident and no charges have been filed,” the statement read. We are waiting for the final findings of the report and hope that those that participated on this crime might be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

According to an obituary published by The Pilot, Hill was a sports fan whose favorite skilled teams were the Atlanta Braves, Dallas Cowboys and Phoenix Suns. He earned his Eagle Scout badge in his youth and enjoyed browsing, spending time at the beach, and spending time together with his family.

“Rolin delivered yet another incredible final act; he donated his heart, liver and kidneys, which saved the lives of four other people,” we read in the obituary reads. “Mental health in America continues to be a serious issue. In Rolin’s memory, his family requests that you contribute to any mental health foundation.”