*Keke Palmer is convinced President Donald Trump is “inciting a race war.”
For the latest issue of Cosmopolitan (on stands July 14), the actress gets real about the social climate of the world following the police killing of George Floyd.
“I think President Trump plays into it too. He’s inciting a race war. His craziness is inspiring us to just really get him the f— out!” she told Cosmopolitan.
“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 shared.
“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.”
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“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 on’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—. We actually could do that,'” she told Cosmopolitan.
She added, “Everything I said came out like word vomit. I know I didn’t let him 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-ass s—.”
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The president is “going with his gut” and “relying on instinct,” two officials say. https://t.co/rBfZftRLGh
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) July 7, 2020
Last month, Palmer penned a guest column for Variety, in which she noted how she’s been waiting for a revolution her “entire life.”
“I have waited for a revolution, I believe, my entire life. I feel it’s like this for many millennials; messages about following rules and staying in line have since evolved into calls to stand up and get others to stand with you, to challenge authority and recognize different life experiences while gathering with others who are like-minded,” Palmer wrote.
“I truly believe that everything that has led us to this moment has prepared us for a revolution and a revelation: the dismantling and rebuilding of a system that is better, more equitable and representative of the people it claims to represent,” she added.
“So while it may be scary, we were born for this: We were born to be leaders and grow out of just ‘following rules’ because following rules isn’t enough,” she concluded. “We are now being called to challenge the rules and to challenge the character of those making them.”
“Cultural issues are always going to be with us, and the president is animated by them,” a White House official said. “While we don’t want to wade into divisive issues, we do want to stand with American history.”
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