With an uptick in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and contentious protests against ICE taking place in Los Angeles, Cardi B explained why she didn’t speak out about the events in recent days.
The Grammy-winning rapper spoke up during an X Spaces captured by Complex early Tuesday (June 10) that she doesn’t feel her voice will be heard by the government and believes her condemning Trump could ultimately backfire and make the immigration situation worse.
“Personally, the reason why I haven’t really said anything is because I could say something every single day about it and guess what? Nothing is going to happen,” she said. “Because Trump do not give one f—k about me or what I gotta say. I personally believe that he doesn’t like me. So if somebody don’t like you, and they say something or they do something, they’ll be like, ‘Oh word? Now I’m gonna show you.’”
“He always gives dictatorship vibe,” she continued. Cardi also said she “tried to warn people that this was going to happen” regarding the aggressive deportation policies under the Trump administration.
“I don’t know nobody anymore in the White House. I don’t know a representative. I don’t know nobody in there. And if I talk about it every single day, he is not going to care,” the Bronx native added. “Actually, I feel like if I talk about it every single day, he’s going to deport more people on purpose to show you… Like, ‘B—h, I run this country.’”
Trump deployed the National Guard in Los Angele as protestors took to the streets to speak out against the recent influx of ICE raids to the city. 42 arrests were made by the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over the weekend, according to NBC.
Many artists spoke out against ICE and stood in solidarity with the protestors like Tyler, The Creator, Finneas, The Game, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Kehlani and more.
California governor Gavin Newsom announced his plans to sue the Trump administration on Monday (June 9) for deploying the National Guard without his request or consent — the first time an American president has done so since 1965. Newsom called Trump’s actions “illegal, immoral and unconstitutional.”
