Azealia Banks has modified her thoughts in regards to the presidential election. The mercurial MC finest recognized for her frequent beefs with fellow celebs introduced on Monday (Nov. 4) that she is now endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris over her earlier commander-in-chief choose, Donald Trump.
Although the endorsement included a reference to the sitting Vice President as “silly and incoherent” — in addition to calling Harris’ VP choose, Gov. Tim Walz “trash” — Banks mentioned she’s bailing on convicted felon Trump largely due to her fears that the three-time presidential nominee will make good on his vow to offer equally mercurial SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk a spot in his potential second administration.
“I actually suppose protecting Elon Musk away from any kind of political energy within the USA is tantamount to any concern on the desk right here. You need to be an entire fool to suppose that dirtbag cares about anybody or something aside from himself,” Banks, 33, tweeted about Musk, who has grow to be considered one of Trump’s greatest monetary supporters and stumpers over the previous month.
“He’s already been given means an excessive amount of tax payer cash – Permitting him to ascend to any place of political authority could be very f–king harmful,” wrote Banks in an assault on Musk that includes a string of provocative claims. “One doesn’t grow to be the richest man on the planet due to honesty and good character lol, you should be an knowledgeable liar, thief and cheater to grow to be that.” The tweet additionally included incendiary, unverified statements about Musk’s alleged enterprise practices in addition to his parenting and therapy of singer Grimes, who has two youngsters with the tech billionaire; at press time a spokesperson for Musk had not returned Billboard‘s request for touch upon Banks’ claims.
In 2016, Banks endorsed Trump and congratulated him following the previous actuality TV star’s win over former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton in that 12 months’s election, providing to carry out at his inauguration. Whereas she was seemingly not invited to play that occasion, Trump was feted with units from Toby Keith, Three Doorways Down, Lee Greenwood, Jackie Evancho, DJ Ravidrums, the Piano Guys and a speech from actor Jon Voight. Final 12 months, Banks mentioned she could be supporting Trump once more as a result of she thought he was “f–king humorous.”
NBC reported that Musk’s monetary and stump assist of Trump might be lead to profitable enterprise wins for the world’s richest man, noting that the billionaire has turned X into “a pro-Trump echo chamber” over the previous few months within the obvious expectation that Trump will supply up extra tax breaks for the richest People and supply extra authorities contracts for SpaceX. Musk has reportedly donated practically $120 million to convicted the twice impeached former President’s third White Home bid. Although he’s not anticipated to have an official seat in a Trump cupboard owing to his many overseas enterprise pursuits and authorities contracts, there are report that Musk might have an unofficial position because the “secretary of cost-cutting.”
Banks concluded her Harris endorsement tweet — considered one of dozens she posted on Monday through which she weighed in on the whole lot from her distaste for iPhones and proudly owning property in South Florida to a plea for Harris to “incentivize” males who don’t wish to have youngsters to get vasectomies — by explaining her newest swipe at Musk.
“I shall be Voting For Kamala Harris tomorrow as a result of Elon Musk (a f–king overrated Ketamine addict) belongs no the place close to American Politics. The Finish,” she wrote. Musk has spoken brazenly previously about his use of prescription Ketamine, an anesthetic that has gained curiosity from docs and researchers for its potential to deal with melancholy and nervousness. In an interview with CNN earlier this 12 months, Musk denied overusing Ketamine, saying, “for those who use an excessive amount of ketamine, you possibly can’t actually get work achieved. I’ve quite a lot of work, I’m usually placing in 16-hour days … so I don’t actually have a scenario the place I might be not mentally acute for an prolonged time period.”
The rapper — who has launched only one full-length album thus far, 2014’s Broke With Costly Style, together with a handful of EPs and mixtapes — referred to an in a single day keep at Musk’s house in 2018 as being akin to “a actual life episode of ‘Get Out‘”; she later apologized for these remarks.
Banks’ eleventh hour assist for Harris comes after a galaxy of A-listers have lined up behind the VP, together with: Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Eminem, Scarlett Johansson, Ricky Martin, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Dangerous Bunny, Harrison Ford, Cher, Usher, Olivia Rodrigo, Madonna, Kesha, Billie Eilish, Bruce Springsteen, Charli XCX and plenty of extra.
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