Posted on 03/06/2024 11:28:43 AM PST by nickcarraway
Former NBA star and CNN host Charles Barkley said he would punch any black person he sees wearing former President Donald Trump’s mug shot merchandise, citing recent comments that Trump made at an event aimed at black Republicans.
The comments Barkley took issue with were made by Trump at the Black Conservative Federation Honors Gala in South Carolina last month. During his speech, Trump claimed that he had been told his numerous indictments are why he is gaining support among black voters because they see him “being discriminated against.”
“First of all, if I see a black person walking around with Trump’s mug shot, I’m going to punch him in the face,” Barkley said on his CNN show King Charles on Saturday, drawing laughter from the audience.
Barkley’s co-host, Gayle King, quickly interjected that he was not being serious, to which Barkley claimed that he “sincerely” meant what he said. When asked by King what he would do for getting arrested for punching someone, Barkley responded he would “bail myself out and go celebrate.”
Barkley added that had he been attending Trump’s speech, he would have walked out, since the former president “basically” was comparing his multitude of indictments to everything black people in the United States have endured throughout history. He added that Trump made an unfair comparison in his statement, since “he’s a billionaire” and he is being prosecuted “for stuff he did wrong.”
Trump’s comments at the speech have stirred controversy among many black liberal leaders in the United States, with NAACP President Derrick Johnson saying he was “outraged but not surprised” by the former president’s comment. Jasmine Harris, the Biden-Harris campaign’s black media director, issued a statement herself, criticizing Trump’s “audacity” for speaking to black voters “as if he isn’t the proud poster boy for modern racism.”
The mug shot of Trump was released by Fulton County in Georgia after the former president was indicted and charged with his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. Since the mug shot’s release, Trump has made millions of dollars selling merchandise of it, including T-shirts, coffee mugs, and even nonfungible tokens.
The former president’s remarks about his growing support among black voters were made after a poll released in January, which indicated that President Joe Biden’s support among black voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election is decreasing compared to 2020. Biden was also losing the Hispanic vote to Trump in the poll, getting only 34% of recipients compared to Trump’s 39%.
Trump has yet to win the Republican Party’s nomination for its 2024 presidential nominee but has won a majority of the primaries held throughout the U.S. this year.
Charles wants to make a black conservative rich? Works for me. Stage a meeting. Be polite but take the punch. Just make sure your friends have their phones out to record it.
Not my circus..
Not my....
But I’d nominate Mike Tyson to wear the mugshot shirt in Charles Barkley’s presence.
I think Chuck would wet himself and upchuck a little too..
The overseer’s gonna take care of you, for masssa.
Signaling to others that it’s okay to do the same, Charles?
Or MAGA Hulk
Biden Black with no IQ like his hero.
no kidding....
I believe it
like all them scrawny Pantifa homos. They didn’t mind throwing until we threw back.
Then they ran...actually ran like lil gurls
sissies
He might get sued for his NBA Championship Ring. Oh wait...
“Officer, I was in fear of my life.”
“Jellyroll” Barkley is beginning to sound like “cornpop Biden”. Pathetic.
I would love to see Mike Tyson wearing such a shirt and coming up to Barkley. Tyson actually likes Trump, based on many positive experiences with him over the years...and I don’t know of any sentient being that wants to try to punch Tyson, even at his present age.
“What do you call a person who goes around punching black people?”
A litigant or a defendant. Maybe both.
I can imagine crowds of MAGA wearing black people surrounding him in the hope of being punched on camera and hitting it big in court.
Take it to the HOOD, Barkey...or you gonna be hidin’ with Biden in the basement, bunker bitch?
https://youtu.be/GrmN3VDcn50?si=lJ7z4Fvupdz_-7rY
LOW CLASS!
Hes the DEMOCRAT PLANTATION OVERSEER!
Just the mug shots merch? I have seen George Foreman in a MAGA hat.
Charles Barkley shoves his size 23 sneakers into his fat mouth.
I do not wish him well. The choke is his fault. In, “Hoops, that’s not good.
Goodbye,
Charles........
Any black men (or women) want to get rich quick? Here is the formula:
1. Purchase a Trump mugshot sweatshirt.
2. Wear it in front of Chuckie Barkley in front of at least two witnesses.
3. Take the purchase from Barkley.
4. Have a witness call 911 and ask for police and EMS.
5. The police will show up be for you are carted off to the hospital. Tell them you want Barkley arrested for assault and battery. Be certain to tell them he tried to kill you.
6. Go to the hospital to get your injuries thoroughly documented.
7. Hire a competent attorney to sue Mr. Barkley. Make certain he knows of the threats Barkley made against all black people. After your attorney files the lawsuit against Barkley, have him call a press conference noting how Barkley made threats against all black people in an attempt to deprive them of your Constitutional rights to shame the DA to charge Barkley for a hate crime.
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