The former 'True Jackson' actress says the current President of the United States only has himself to blame for the unrest happening everywhere in the States.
- Jul 8, 2020
AceShowbiz - Keke Palmer has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "inciting a race war."
Palmer hit out at the leader in an interview with Cosmopolitan magazine in which she discusses the state of the world following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery at the hands of white police officers and civilians.
While Trump, 74, spoke out in support of Floyd's family after his death while in Minneapolis, Minnesota police custody, the President went on to blast the largely peaceful protestors, whom he described as lawless "thugs" and threatened to respond with military force.
"I think President Trump plays into it too. He's inciting a race war," she told the publication. "His craziness is inspiring us to just really get him the f**k out!"
"It's like we needed somebody who riled us up so much for us to be activated to the point of saying, 'Oh, hell no. I can't let this guy continue," Palmer raged.
In June, the "Hustlers" star hit headlines for urging national guardsmen to "march with us" during a protest against police brutality.
And she suggested the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement amid the coronavirus pandemic has allowed people the space to be more "reflective."
"Of course no one wanted the coronavirus pandemic to happen," she told the magazine. "But I think quarantine allowed us to be more reflective. Maybe before, we'd be able to gloss over it because of work."
She continued, "It's also been a buildup: There have been so many names turned into hashtags, so much pain. It blows me away because our language has progressed - I don't mean specifically Black people. I mean young people, millennials. Naming white supremacy, saying that out loud. When I heard 'defund the police,' I'm like 'Oh s**t. We actually could do that.' "
Recalling her encounter with the national guardsmen, Palmer told Cosmopolitan, "At that moment, I felt, 'You're human like me. I'm fighting out here, not just for me but for you too, you and the universe.' "
"Everything I said came out like word vomit. I know I didn't let him (guard) get a word in edgewise, but it was because I wanted him to feel me. I wanted to connect to the human, not the suit, not this robot-a** s**t."
