{"id":389091,"date":"2021-04-05T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=389091"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:28:37","slug":"democrats-need-to-get-off-their-a-and-both-parties-suck-charles-barkleys-history-of-slamming-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-need-to-get-off-their-a-and-both-parties-suck-charles-barkleys-history-of-slamming-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Need To \u2018Get Off Their A**\u2019 And \u2018Both Parties Suck\u2019: Charles Barkley\u2019s History Of Slamming Politicians"},"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%2Fdemocrats-need-to-get-off-their-a-and-both-parties-suck-charles-barkleys-history-of-slamming-politicians%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=389091&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-255.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>This past weekend, during the \u201cFinal Four Show,\u201d former NBA star and \u201cInside the NBA\u201d analyst Charles Barkley said that politicians intentionally fuel racial divides in order to \u201ckeep their grasp on money and power,\u201d and that the \u201csystem\u201d is designed to foster hatred and to \u201cscramble the middle class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan, I think most white people and black people are great people. I really believe that in my heart,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I think our system is set up where our politicians, whether they\u2019re Republicans or Democrats, are designed to make us not like each other, so they can keep their grasp [on] money and power.&nbsp;<span>They divide and conquer. I truly believe in my heart most white people and black people are awesome people. But we are so stupid following our politicians, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, and their only job is, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s make these people not like each other. We don\u2019t live in their neighborhoods. [We\u2019ve] all got money. Let\u2019s make the whites and blacks not like each other; let\u2019s make rich people and poor people not like each other; let\u2019s scramble the middle class.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7325581395349\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charles Barkley said that politicians are driving racial divisions for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Fact-check: true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F7B4YMA5zk\">pic.twitter.com\/F7B4YMA5zk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\/status\/1378549421743468546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>This wasn\u2019t the first time that Barkley has offered political opinions which fly in the face of the agenda of organizations like the NBA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Breonna Taylor<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/charles-barkley-shaquille-oneal-push-back-on-narratives-in-breonna-taylor-case\"><span>September 2020<\/span><\/a><span>, Barkley pushed back on the outrage racial activists had been promoting over the death of Breonna Taylor, arguing that while the case was tragic, it was not in the same category as the death of George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s bad the young lady lost her life, but, you know, we do have to take into account that her boyfriend did shoot at the cops and shot a cop,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cSo, like I said, even though I\u2019m really sorry she lost her life, I don\u2019t think that we can just say we can put this in the same situation with George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, I just don\u2019t believe that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5897435897436\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">God bless Barkley. He also is the only NBA commentator willing to point out that Brianna Taylor\u2019s boyfriend fired first and hit a cop before they returned fire at him. The lack of basic factual understanding in this case is staggering. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2DFIs1XjNn\">pic.twitter.com\/2DFIs1XjNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1309302297256767488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Defund the Police<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/charles-barkley-blasts-fools-pushing-defund-the-police-who-are-black-people-supposed-to-call-ghostbusters\"><span>September 2020<\/span><\/a><span>, Barkley slammed the \u201cfools on TV\u201d promoting the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement, stressing that the black community needs law enforcement \u201cwhen we have crime in our neighborhoods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have to really be careful on these, you know, I hear these fools on TV talking about \u2018defund the police\u2019 and things like that,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cWe need police reform and prison reform and things like that because you know who ain\u2019t going to defund the cops? White neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, that notion they keep saying that, I\u2019m like wait a minute, we\u2019re just going [sic], who are black people supposed to call, Ghostbusters, when we have crime in our neighborhoods?\u201d Barkley continued. \u201cWe need police reform, but like I said, white people and especially rich white people, they\u2019re always going to have cops. So, we need to stop that defund and abolish the cops crap.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.989847715736\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charles Barkley says defunding police is a ridiculous idea. \u201cWho are black people supposed to call? The Ghostbusters?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LlJQfLzxUq\">pic.twitter.com\/LlJQfLzxUq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1309301205638828033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Democrats \u201cOnly Talk To Black People Every Four Years\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/09\/21\/charles_barkley_democrats_only_talk_to_black_people_every_four_years.html\"><span>September 2019<\/span><\/a><span>, Charles Barkley discussed the Democratic Party\u2019s relationship with the black community during an interview with radio host Michael Smerconish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need to start holding you Democrats accountable because they\u2019ve been taking black people\u2019s votes, and they only talk to black people every four years. All of these politicians only talk to black people every four years because they want their vote. Oh, actually, the Republicans don\u2019t, the Democrats do. But when they get elected, they do nothing in the four years in-between,\u201d Barkley said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><b>Both parties suck\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/at-the-democratic-debate-charles-barkley-says-both-parties-suck-at-delivering-for-black-voters-000244637.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca\"><span>July 2019<\/span><\/a><span>, in addition to rejecting Trump\u2019s rhetoric, Barkley criticized the Democratic Party for taking black voters for granted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think all politicians take black folks for granted. They talk to black folks every four years and that\u2019s about it \u2026 and then do nothing about it,\u201d Barkley told Yahoo News. \u201cBoth parties suck in that aspect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s an economic thing \u2026 and that\u2019s what both parties have been neglecting, especially the Democratic Party,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cEvery black person I know has always voted Democratic and, with the exception of a few guys who can play sports, all those people are still poor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Democrats need to \u201cget off their ass\u201d and make life \u201cbetter for black folks\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/364615-charles-barkley-im-so-proud-of-alabama\"><span>December 2017<\/span><\/a><span>, Barkley called out Democrats about their promises to the black community while celebrating Democrat Doug Jones\u2019s victory in the Alabama special Senate election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s time for [Democrats] to get off their ass and start making life better for black folks and people who are poor,\u201d Barkley said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cAll politics is rich people screwing poor people\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In March 2016, Barkley commented on the presidential race, saying that <\/span><span>\u201call politics is rich people screwing poor people\u201d and that \u201cpoor people are too stupid to know they\u2019re just chess pieces in a game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve always voted Democratic. Always. I don\u2019t know why. I\u2019m trying to figure out exactly what they\u2019ve done for us,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAll politics is rich people screwing poor people. Poor people are too stupid to know they\u2019re just chess pieces in a game. All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they\u2019re in the same boat. They\u2019ve got no economic opportunities. They spend all their time blaming each other because rich people throw words at them like illegal immigration and racism and things like that. If poor people ever get smart, and realize: \u2018We should band together, rise up, instead of fighting each other,\u2019 we probably can make a difference,\u201d he said later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/charles-barkley-politicians-fuel-hatred-between-whites-and-blacks-to-keep-their-grasp-on-money-and-power\">Charles Barkley: Politicians Fuel Hatred Between \u2018Whites And Blacks\u2019 To \u2018Keep Their Grasp\u2019 On \u2018Money And&nbsp;Power\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, during the \u201cFinal Four Show,\u201d former NBA star and \u201cInside the NBA\u201d analyst Charles Barkley said that politicians intentionally fuel racial divides in order to \u201ckeep their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311674,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-255.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Need To \u2018Get Off Their A**\u2019 And \u2018Both Parties Suck\u2019: Charles Barkley\u2019s History Of Slamming Politicians","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-255.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Need To \u2018Get Off Their A**\u2019 And \u2018Both Parties Suck\u2019: Charles Barkley\u2019s History Of Slamming Politicians","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389091","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}