The big winner in Alabama last night, other than Doug Jones, was NBA legend Charles Barkley who supported Jones and campaigned for him throughout the state. CNN’s Jake Tapper interviewed “Sir Charles” after Jones’ win and, surprisingly, Barkley used the air time to take a shot at Democrats:
Last night i asked Jones supporter Charles Barkley if he had a message for President Trump; he instead delivered a blistering message to the Democratic Party https://t.co/7RjJx8GKru — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 13, 2017
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Barkley called last night’s win a “wakeup call” and that Dems need to “stop taking black and poor white voters for granted”:
Sir Charles Barkley to @jaketapper: This is a wakeup call to Democrats to stop taking black and poor white voters for granted. #DougJones #RoyMoore
— Aamer Madhani (@AamerISmad) December 13, 2017
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Here’s the video:
Former NBA player and Alabama native Charles Barkley: “This is a wake-up call for Democrats to do better for black people and poor white people” https://t.co/D6ZnRJT3Um
— CNN (@CNN) December 13, 2017
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Hey, he gets it:
Charles Barkley says his plan now is to "get drunk as I possibly can."
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) December 13, 2017
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And we think we’ll be seeing much, much more of the NBA legend in the weeks ahead:
Only in 2017 does Charles Barkley serving as a political analyst of a special election seem pretty normal
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) December 13, 2017
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Anyone who lived in the Philly area in the 1980s and early 1990s knows that the great Charles Barkley has always been a political commentator. https://t.co/BaAdbqmXxv
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 13, 2017
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CHARLES BARKLEY IS PREACHING WEB DUBOIS STRAIGHT INTO MY LIVING ROOM AND I AM HERE FOR THIS
— Dante Atkins (@DanteAtkins) December 13, 2017
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