NBA legend Charles Barkley may have voted for Democrats his entire life up to this point, but he is clearly not happy with the way the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden have treated Black people.
During an episode of his King Charles show on CNN last week, Charles Barkley called out Joe Biden and Democrats for failing to follow through on campaign promises, saying that the party only cares about Black people “every four years.”
“The reason I think the Democratic party and President Biden is losing Black votes is they only care about Black people every four years,” Barkley said on the show.
Charles Barkley sent a clear message to President Biden and Democrats on his CNN show this week.
"The reason I think the Democratic party and President Biden is losing black votes is they only care about black people every four years." pic.twitter.com/rW05iiJFNT
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 7, 2024
Barkley blasted Biden and Democrats for making big promises to Black people and then not following through.
“They come into our neighborhoods and say, ‘We’re going to make stuff better. We’re going to do this, do this, do this,’” Barkley said. “And then finally us Black people are like, ‘Yo man, other than our ability to dunk a basketball, all my neighborhoods are still the same, our schools are still the same.’ And that’s why I think Black people are leaving, disappointed in the Democratic Party.”
Those are some pretty bold words, and they led to a lot of conversation on social media.
Ok, what do Republicans do to appeal to Black voters?
Complain about DEI and Affirmative Action? Cut funding to healthcare and education? Give more money to police? Give tax breaks to wealthy folks? https://t.co/RgVZDrzvtH
— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) March 7, 2024
Lmao. Ok fine. I guess. Not here to argue this one
Based on his logic, I think an obvious follow up would be, "How often do you think the GOP cares about Black people?" https://t.co/wJ8jZ1rgHM
— D'Ante Smith (@dsmithreport) March 7, 2024
There’s no electoral evidence the Democratic Party has lost ANY black votes…. https://t.co/n2WgwPJjnv
— Ryan Mayo (@young_maymay) March 8, 2024
How is this different from GOP? And every election ever? https://t.co/Mj62wiwzhS
— Forever Trill🇳🇬 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@mccauley318) March 7, 2024
I hate this argument because when have republicans cared about the black vote or black people in general? https://t.co/QHNbAG8Hsl
— M (@aKISSfromMars) March 8, 2024
It’s so interesting when people say stuff like this because… how you think that other party feels about you? https://t.co/nt4U1lH9wr
— Samuel Starkaryen (@samdeleon24) March 8, 2024
It’s clear that Barkley is not happy with the way that Democrats have treated Black people in recent years.
