Whether or not you watched it stay or did one thing (something) else in an effort to protect your psychological well being, you in all probability haven’t been in a position to ignore the discourse in regards to the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump that came about on Thursday (June 27). It’s saturated tradition a lot that even BET Awards host Taraji P. Henson obtained in on the motion throughout the Sunday (June 30) broadcast of the awards present.
Whereas Biden’s extensively panned displaying ate up a whole lot of the post-debate narrative, lots has additionally been mentioned about Trump’s quite a few outright lies and continued demonization of immigrants throughout the debate. A type of feedback got here when he claimed that immigrants coming to America are “taking Black jobs.”
“They’re taking Black jobs now and it may very well be 18, it may very well be 19 and even 20 million folks,” Trump mentioned. “They’re taking Black jobs and so they’re taking Hispanic jobs and also you haven’t seen it but however you’re going to see one thing that’s going to be the worst in our historical past.” Economists from quite a lot of political backgrounds have mentioned there’s no knowledge to assist the declare that immigrants are taking jobs that will have in any other case gone to U.S. residents.
Opening the BET Awards with a parody transforming of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake-dissing, Billboard Sizzling 100-topping single “Not Like Us,” Henson modified the lyrics to “it’s about us” and rocked a purple hoodie in homage to Okay.Dot. After that, she took at jab at Trump’s remark about “Black jobs” throughout her opening monologue.
“[This is] a present packed filled with all-stars with Black jobs. No matter meaning,” she added, drily. “However clearly we all know there’s a distinction – thanks for the data, however we already knew it.”
In a while within the present, Henson delivered an impassioned plea for attendees and viewers to hit the polls come this November’s election. “I’m telling y’all, you higher present up and present out with them ballots. It’s a severe time. It’s not simply the presidential election,” Henson mentioned. “Do you know that it’s now a criminal offense to be homeless? Listen. They’re attacking our most susceptible residents. The Mission 2025 plan just isn’t a sport. Look it up. They’re making an attempt to convey the draft again. Who do you assume they’re going to draft first?! I’m not making an attempt to scare us — I’m making an attempt to tell us. We obtained three Supreme Courtroom seats up, you guys – we want these seats or we now have no safety.”
Elsewhere within the present, comic/actor B. Simone had some enjoyable with Trump’s “Black jobs” remark, asking of us within the viewers whether or not jobs the TSA agent, TV choose and hairstylist had been “Black jobs.” (The solutions: Sure, sure and sure.)
Watch Taraji P. Henson open the BET Awards:
