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NBA legend Charles Barkley has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump after the former US President claimed his infamous police mugshot has been 'embraced' by black voters in America.
On the eve of last week's South Carolina primary, in which he easily swept aside former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Trump sparked controversy by suggesting he appeals more to the black community after his recent arrest for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
'When I did the mug shot in Atlanta, that mug shot is No. 1,' he said at the Black Conservative Federation's annual Honors Gala. 'You know who embraced it more than anyone else? The Black population.
'It's incredible. Black people walking around with my mugshots!'
Despite receiving applause for those comments, an incensed Barkley has taken aim at Trump for insulting black people, while even threatening to punch any black person showing off his infamous mugshot.
NBA legend Charles Barkley has launched a scathing attack on former President Donald Trump
Trump sparked controversy by suggesting he appeals more to the black community after his recent arrest for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia
Speaking on his CNN show, Barkley accused Trump of insulting black people, while threatening to punch anyone showing off his mugshot
The 11-time NBA All-Star said on his and broadcaster Gayle King's CNN Show: 'First of all, I'm just gonna say this: if I see a black person walking around with Trump's mugshot, I'm [gonna] punch him in the face.'
King then interrupted to tell Barkley that he would get arrested himself for assault, he replied: 'I will bail myself out
