At the DemDebate, Charles Barkley says ‘both parties suck’ at delivering for black voters by hunterw
DETROIT — One of the more unexpected guests making the rounds in the “spin room” ahead of the Democratic debate on Tuesday evening was basketball legend Charles Barkley. The former NBA star both called out President Trump’s latest inflammatory comments and doubled down on his past criticism that Democrats have taken black voters for granted.
Barkley previously criticized the Democratic Party’s handling of black voters when he campaigned in support of Doug Jones’s 2017 Senate bid in Alabama. At the time, Barkley said Democrats need “to get off their ass and start making life better for black folks and people who are poor.” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez subsequently said he “heard Charles Barkley loudly and clearly.”“It’s an economic thing ...
“I’m leery of calling people ‘racist.’ He says some things that can be construed as racist,” Barkley said of Trump. “Some things he’s said are very wrong and flagrant.”“I just wanted to come one time. Never been to one before,” he said. “You can’t really judge anybody by seeing them on television, especially when you’ve got 20 people. Nobody gets a word in edgewise. That’s really unfortunate,” he said.
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