Charles Barkley Rips Biden and the Democrats, Says They ‘Only Care About Black People Every Four Years’
CNN King Charles co-host Charles Barkley accused President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party of only caring “about Black people every four years” on Wednesday.
During a discussion on why former President Donald Trump “appeals to some Black voters,” Barkley said, “The reason I think the Democratic Party and Mr. Biden, President Biden, is losing Black votes is they only care about Black people every four years.”
He argued:
They come into our neighborhoods and say, “We’re going to make stuff better. We’re going to do this, do this, do this,” and then finally us Black people are like, “I don’t know man, other than my ability to dunk a basketball, all my neighbors’ hoods are still the same, our schools are still the same,” and that’s why I think Black people are leaving disappointed the Democratic Party because, I ain’t gonna lie, I voted Democratic every time just ’cause I thought it was gonna help Black people and poor people, ’cause Black people and poor White people, they’re in the same boat. And like, I didn’t care who the president was, I’m not gonna lie, but I only voted Republican one time in my life, that was for John Kasich and I knew he couldn’t win, but then I’m starting to look like, man, I understand why Black people are leaving– want to vote for somebody else because every four years they come into our neighborhoods and, “Man, we’re going to make things better for you.”
“I think that’s true,” replied CNN senior political commentator Van Jones. “I do want to point out though that poor Black folks have been voting for Democrats for two generations, not as much progress as you want. Poor White folks have been voting for Republicans in Appalachia and other places for three generations or four and not that much progress. So there’s a poor people problem with both parties.”
During Wednesday’s show, Barkley also addressed his controversial remarks on Saturday threatening to punch Black Trump supporters in the face.
“Obviously, I’m not gonna go around punching random strangers in the face,” he said. “People can vote for who they want to.”
Barkley then joked that he would only punch them in the face if “they had Trump sneakers on too.”
Watch above via CNN.
