Division is alive and well across the country, and NBA legend Charles Barkley Put the blame on politicians for that.
Barkley aired “Inside the NBA” on Martin Luther King Day on Monday, when he, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny “Airplane” Smith discussed the significance of the day, which also coincided with the president's Donald TrumpOpening.
“I wish people were smarter, personally,” Barkley began. “I think these politicians — both parties — I think both parties suck. But I think they do a really good job of making us not like each other.”
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College basketball analyst Charles Barkley live before the NCAA men's basketball championship game. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
Barkley, a former CNN host, gave his answer on what America has become.”
“Racism is there, it always is, unfortunately, it's a disaster. But what America has become is rich against the poor. And I hope people understand that politicians do a good job of making us fight with each other. It's really the rich against the poor,” Barkley said. Doing it about black and white and immigration and homosexuality and all these different things, but what it is, is that people are rich and don't like each other. Until we deal with that, we will never succeed.”
Charles Barkley celebrates after winning the men's gold medal game against Yugoslavia at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on August 3, 1999. (Manny Millan/Sports Illustrict via Getty Images)
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“These politicians have dismantled our world, making you pick a team,” Barkley added. “And it's unfortunate because I'm not for anyone's team. I'm for everyone's team.”
Barkley said he was “not a fan” of Trump and blamed Democrats for their loss Because they were “stupid.”
“We still haven't solved the immigration problem, guys. It's a problem,” Barkley said on “The Steam Room” podcast with “NBA On TNT,” TNT co-host Ernie Johnson shortly after the election.
Former Phoenix Suns player Charles Barkley attends the Footprint Center in Phoenix on January 21, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)
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“It's all our fault for not having a game plan. We don't have concerts and rallies. People want solutions, they want money in their pocket, they want secure borders.”
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