{"id":2369929,"date":"2024-11-17T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-you-lose-you-need-to-shut-the-hell-up-charles-barkley-tells-democrats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T10:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:33:36","slug":"when-you-lose-you-need-to-shut-the-hell-up-charles-barkley-tells-democrats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-you-lose-you-need-to-shut-the-hell-up-charles-barkley-tells-democrats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018When you lose you need to shut the hell up\u2019: Charles Barkley tells Democrats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhen-you-lose-you-need-to-shut-the-hell-up-charles-barkley-tells-democrats-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369929&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former NBA player Charles Barkley congratulated President-elect Donald Trump after his victory in the November elections and criticized the Democratic Party for blaming its candidates for the loss. Speaking on his podcast, &#8220;The Steam Room,&#8221;\u2062 he emphasized that the Democrats need to accept their defeat without making excuses. As an independent voter who leans Democratic, Barkley urged party members to remain silent after losing and\u200d suggested that the Democrats&#8217; failure to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">clear\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-sen-doug-jones-to-join-cnn-as-commentator\/\" title=\"Former Sen. Doug Jones to join CNN as commentator\">game plan<\/a><\/a> and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-slam-biden-democrats-for-high-cost-of-thanksgiving-dinner\/\" title=\"GOP senators slam Biden, Democrats for high cost of Thanksgiving dinner\">address key issues<\/a> like immigration and inflation contributed to their defeat. \u200bBarkley&#8217;s statements reflect his belief that the party needs to\u200c do more than just point fingers in order to improve its future performance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;When you lose you need to shut the hell up&rsquo;: Charles Barkley tells Democrats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1880681\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mumford-sons-guitarist-steps-away-from-band-for-promoting-book-from-conservative-reporter\/\" title=\"\u2018Mumford &amp; Sons\u2019 Guitarist Steps Away From Band For Promoting Book From Conservative Reporter\">player&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles&nbsp;Barkley<\/a>&nbsp;congratulated President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and criticized the Democratic Party for blaming its candidates for losing the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">November election<\/a>, suggesting the problem is much bigger.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the days following the election that saw Trump win the presidency and Republicans take the Senate and House majorities, Barkley offered his own political analysis on his podcast <em>The Steam Room<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to congratulate President-elect Trump. You all won, fair and square,&rdquo; Barkley said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We lost, and I just wanna say this to the Democrats, which I&rsquo;m an independent who voted Democratic. Do me this favor: Shut the f*** up. When you win you get to say what you want to, when you lose you need to shut the hell up,&rdquo; Barkley added. &ldquo;We lost because we had no game plan. We still haven&rsquo;t solved the immigration problem; have no viable answers. Never addressed inflation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v5nno2n\/?pub=4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Barkley went on to suggest that to lay all the blame for the loss at the feet of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> or Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kamala-Harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> was too short-sighted. He mocked the party&rsquo;s strategy to garner celebrity endorsements.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bringing all these stupid stars out to rally the vote &mdash; What was that? Hey, I love Beyonc&eacute;. Bringing her out that ain&rsquo;t gonna make me vote a certain way. Cardi B, I like Cardi B. That ain&rsquo;t gonna make me vote a certain type of way,&rdquo; Barkley said. &ldquo;You guys lost because y&rsquo;all stupid. Come up with solutions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, Barkley revealed his plan to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retire<\/a>&nbsp;next year. The 61-year-old has worked as a sports commentator for over 20 years with the TNT network. The NBA&rsquo;s deal with ABC-ESPN and Turner Sports&nbsp;is slated to expire after next season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1880681\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1880681\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shut up when you lose,&#8221; says Charles Barkley to Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2369930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23023003320199-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37373,3685,45166,37014,32076],"class_list":["post-2369929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-charles-barkley","tag-democrats","tag-political-views","tag-sports-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23023003320199-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369933,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369929\/revisions\/2369933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}