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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 343 - 50 Cent fell for tired old lies from Donald Trump

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday 50 Cent endorsed Donald Trump and literally said he doesn't care if Trump hates Black people. But today I want to dig deeper. The very reason 50 endorsed Trump is based on a complete fabrication about Biden's tax plans. Also, I share a personal story about one of 50's dear friends. ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yesterday, as you might have seen, the rapper 50 cent endorsed Donald Trump because he said

0:09.0

Joe Biden was going to increase taxes too much, but in his endorsement of Donald Trump he posted a

0:16.4

graphic saying that this was how Joe Biden is going to tax people and it's literally not true. I want to unpack and explain it.

0:26.2

As you all know, I'm a lifelong critic of Joe Biden, but you can't post misinformation

0:35.0

and say based on this misinformation,

0:38.2

this is why you're supporting Donald Trump. It's garbage.

0:39.2

I have multiple problems with 50 cents and I'll talk about some of those but I really want to hone in on the reality that the very reason why 50 said he's supporting Donald Trump is rooted in a lie.

0:56.7

Let me unpack and explain it. This is Sean King and you are listening to

1:01.1

The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown. The breakdown. You know one of the biggest frustrations of Malcolm X was how often and my wife and I just talked about this yesterday and let me even before I say what I'm about to say.

1:35.0

I have many dear friends who are athletes and entertainers

1:41.0

and I love and support them and love and support them having a voice.

1:46.4

But one of the things that always got under the skin of Malcolm X was how the opinion of black entertainers and black athletes would

1:59.6

often be lifted up above black leaders. And his thought was always, you don't ask white athletes

2:10.9

what they think about a particular issue or a particular political candidate.

2:15.8

You don't even really get in so much to what white entertainers think about a certain position in the world, they may make a point on it,

2:26.0

they may speak out on it, but they aren't lifted up as a primary voice.

2:32.1

And Malcolm's frustration was we should always be suspicious at who the

2:39.0

white establishment lifts up to say, oh look at what so-and-so has said, or look at what this person has said.

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