A Detroit pastor accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “exploiting” the black vote as she prepared for an event with podcaster Charlamagne tha God to bolster support for black men.

Pastor Lorenzo Sewell, who leads 180 Church in Detroit, explained on “Fox & Friends” why he is “offended” by Harris’ decision.

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“I’ve never been so insulted in my life,” Sewell told Lawrence Jones on Tuesday. “It brings a man here who is Charlemagne, a false god, into a community of 4,500 churches, all religious people. We are extremely offended that she would bring a podcaster here to talk politics with black men. She brought a retired athlete to Flint that was failing – Magic Johnson – and she brought Oprah to Oakland County as if she understood the plight and the game of people who look like me.”

“We will not tolerate virtue signaling. We will not allow identity politics. Black men are not political infants,” he continued. “We know exactly what is happening to the Democratic Party. We know that it has exploited us for over six decades, and we say, just as Moses said to Pharaoh, ‘Let my people go.'”

Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with Charlamagne tha God on Tuesday in Detroit, Michigan. (Getty Images)

Harris rejected polls that suggest she has lost the support of black men during a 23-minute session with black-focused entertainment channel “The Shade Room” this week.

She was asked about polls that suggested Democrats’ lead over black voters had decreased compared to past presidential cycles, and particularly among black men.

“When you hear these numbers and you see in the polls that black men are not as excited or enthusiastic about you, how do you respond to that?” host Justin Carter asked Harris.

The vice president immediately dismissed the polls and suggested that things could change in the next three weeks before the November election. “First of all, that’s not my experience,” Harris replied. “Second, election day hasn’t come yet.”

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Harris went on to say that she doesn’t take these voters for granted and is working to win their support.

“Black men are no different from anyone else. They expect that their vote has to be earned. And that’s why I’m out here,” she continued.

“It’s my job to earn their support, so I talk to people about the work I’ve done in my career,” she said, noting her efforts to help strengthen small businesses and promising to do so continue to do so if she is elected as president.

According to a New York Times/Siena College poll According to the study released Saturday, Harris currently commands 78% of the Black vote, down from 2020, when President Biden won about 90% of that group of voters. It’s also a decline from 2016, when Hillary Clinton won about 92% of the black vote. According to the report, support for Harris has dropped even more significantly among black men: 70% said they would vote for Harris in November, down from 85% for Biden in 2020.

“She continues to believe that she can reach the black electorate,” Sewell said. “We are offended and want her to be willing to actually find real solutions to the complex problems we face in urban America.”

Meanwhile, Harris this week unveiled her “Black Men’s Opportunity Agenda,” which includes providing 1 million loans that are fully forgivable to Black entrepreneurs and others to start a business and committing to education, training and mentorship -Programs that help black men have good opportunities. They receive paying jobs in high-demand industries and lead their communities, including opportunities to become teachers.

Fox News’ Kristine Parks, Nikolas Lanum and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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