Rapper Killer Mike clashed with host Sunny Hostin on “The View” Monday after offering some praise of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, while also explaining he’s focused on local elections when asked to explain why he wasn’t endorsing President Biden yet.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Killer Mike, a longtime progressive activist, about why he was hesitant to endorse Biden, to which he replied people should focus on their local communities.
“We get caught up in the soap opera of federal elections and that’s fine, but if you are concerned with the federal election, and you don’t know your city council, your wardsman, you don’t know who your mayor is, and you don’t have a good list of state representatives or governor, then you’re just a part of whoever wins the Super Bowl, the fanfare,” he responded during his media appearance.
The rapper supported Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016 and also worked with Georgia’s Democratic Sens. Jon Osoff and Raphael Warnock in their successful campaigns, which broke longtime Republican winning streaks in the state.
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He said the most important election for him is going to be Atlanta’s mayoral race and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who he said was doing a good job with housing in the city. Killer Mike, an Atlanta native, also offered some praise for Kemp, who he said has done a good job with businesses in Georgia.
“In terms of nationally, I’m just kind of doing what my grandfather said. Staying out of White folks’ business and watching what happens. I’m going to see what happens. If there’s a candidate that pops up around September, October, that needs a push that’s really, policy-wise is good for us that’s going to jump up, but right now I don’t want to be involved in the soap opera because I’m worried about what’s going on in Atlanta on the hyper-local level,” he said.
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