She pays her mama’s bills, she ain’t got no time to chill – or run for office.
Cardi B frequently makes her political views known on her ever-popular social media pages, but the rap superstar wasted no time putting speculation to rest about a potential future in public office.
The “I Like It” rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, did not beat around the bush, bluntly saying: “No, no, no,” when “Extra” host AJ Calloway asked if Cardi 2020 was a possibility.
Despite this, the rapper isn’t ruling out accepting an invitation from the Polk County Democrats, a left-wing political group in Iowa, to speak at a “reception of her choice” when she visits the state in May.
“That would really scare me, but I wouldn’t mind. I would talk just how I talk,” Cardi said, adding that she wouldn’t care “if a curse word gonna come out.”
Should she decide to speak to the Iowa Democrats, Cardi B said her speech would be relatable to all who listened: “People look at things that entertain them, so if I could talk about what’s going on in America with a little bit of entertainment, why not?”
She went on to explain why she’d want to take that approach, saying: “Some people don’t really wanna watch the news too because they don’t really understand what’s going on…Do you know that America’s reading level is on a 4th-grade level? I’ve been seeing a lot of politicians, they use these big fancy words. A lot of people don’t understand what [they’re] saying, so I would break it down.”
The rapper has gotten the attention of fans, politicians and news commentators alike following a string of social media posts critical of President Trump and the government shutdown.
In January, Cardi B went on an expletive-filled rant slamming the partial government shutdown and furloughed federal employees being forced to work without pay as a result of Trump’s fight for border wall funding.
“I just wanna remind you that it’s been a little bit over three weeks,” the singer said in her now-viral Instagram video, “Trump is now ordering…federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid.”
“This s–t is really f–king serious, bro. This s–t is crazy. Our country is in a hellhole now — all for a f–king wall,” Cardi raved.
After the video began making waves, “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert started a petition to have Cardi deliver the Democratic rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union address.
The rapper’s response: “Why not?”
When asked by “Extra” how she felt about the reaction to her political stance, Cardi said, “People were saying ‘all of a sudden she thinks she’s so smart’ and it’s like this is not about being smart. This is something…you can watch the news and you can understand.”