Source:
Cliff
Hawkins
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Charles
Barkley
is
walking
back
a
threat
he
jokingly
made
regarding
Black
Trump
supporters
and
how
punchable
their
faces
are.
During
a
recent
episode
of
Barkley’s
show
with Gayle
King
on
CNN,
the
former
NBA
power
forward
responded
to
Donald
Trump relying
on
racist
stereotypes
and
fake
solidarity
with
Black
people
to
woo
Black
voters
during
an
appearance
at
the
Black
Conservative
Federation
Gala
in
South
Carolina
(which
unsurprisingly
had
a
white
AF
audience).
During
the
speech,
Trump,
in
his
usual
delusional
fashion,
claimed
Black
people
are
walking
around
in
t-shirts
with
images
of
his
mugshot,
which
he
got
after
being
indicted
on
RICO
charges
for
alleged
election
interference
in
Georgia.
Trump
also
claimed,
“Black
people
like
me,
because
they
have
been
hurt
so
badly
and
discriminated
against,
and
they
actually
viewed
me
as
I’m
being
discriminated
against.”
He
said
this
in
reference
to
his
own
legal
woes,
which,
obviously,
have
nothing
to
do
with
racial
discrimination,
and
are
rich
coming
from
the
orangey-white
nationalist who
spearheaded
the
propaganda-reliant
attack
on
critical
race
theory,
Black
Lives
Matter
and
DEI.
“If
I
see
a
Black
person
walking
around
with
a
Trump
mug
shot,
I’m
gonna
punch
him
in
the
face,”
Barkley
told
King.
Now,
the
second
Barkley
said
this,
we
all
should
have
known
it
would
only
be
a
matter
of
time
before
he
had
to
make
another
statement
dialing
it
back.
According
to
USA
Today,
video
clips
of
Barkley’s
remarks
got
hundreds
of
views,
which
means
he
likely
came
under
fire
because
folks
were
more
offended
by
what
he
said
than
they
were
by
a
demonstrably
racist
white
man
who
has
such
little
respect
for
“the
Blacks”
that
he
will
perform
white
supremacy
right
in
our
faces
then
turn
around
and
cite
anti-Black
injustice
when
it’s
convenient
for
his
political
campaign.
“Obviously
I’m
not
gonna
go
around
punching
random
strangers
in
the
face,”
Barkley
said
on
his
show
Wednesday
in
an
attempt
to
clarify
his
remarks.
Still,
he
made
it
clear
that
he
is
not
walking
back
his
contempt
for
Trump
or
the
sunken
place
soldiers
who
support
him.
“When
Donald
Trump
compares
his
plight
with
that
of
the
Black
person,
that
is
what
I
had
a
problem
with,”
Barkley
went
on
to
say.
“Now,
I
do
wanna
say
this.
I
want
to
make
it
perfectly
clear…
If
you’re
a
Black
person
and
you’re
wearing
a
Donald
Trump
mugshot,
you
are
a
freaking
idiot.”
“Idiot”
is
actually
too
kind
a
word
to
use
here.
“Sambo
Blackey-lackey
bowing
to
their
MAGA
massa’”
is
far
more
appropriate.
