Tuesday April 23, 2024 -John Legend has criticized former United States President Donald Trump, calling him racist towards black people.
The singer recently joined MSNBC to discuss
the current state of criminal justice with an emphasis on pre-trial reform.
During the chat, host and former White
House press Secretary, Jen Psaki asked him about the 77-year-old signing the
“First Step Act” in 2018 “to reduce the size of the federal prison population
while also creating mechanisms to maintain public safety” — this, however,
wasn’t enough to change Legend's perspective.
“He’s not been an ally,” the Grammy winner
said.
“I think the ‘First Step Act’ was fine — it
was a very small reform, and to be honest, most of the reform we need is on the
local and state level because most incarceration is local and state, and most
of the laws that end up being criminally enforced are local and state laws, so
very little impact can happen on the federal level.
“At the same time, he’s claiming credit for
those small things, he’s also saying, ‘Y’know, if people are stealing
something, they should get shot in the middle of the store.’ When we protested
the killing of George Floyd, he was advocating for the military to shoot us in the
streets.”
He added: “He’s made it clear throughout
his life that he believes Black people are inferior; like he believes that to
his core, in his bones. He won’t let us live in his buildings back in the day,
but also when you hear some of the stray comments he makes, he clearly believes
in a genetic hierarchy of humanity and is racially determined.
“He is a tried-and-true, dyed-in-the-wool
racist, like in the core of his being, he is a racist.”
Watch the video below…
🔥🚨BREAKING NEWS: John Legend told MSNBC that Donald Trump is a racist at his core.
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) April 22, 2024
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