Cardi B, the rap superstar who supported Joe Biden in his 2020 election win, has turned against the president over the public service cuts in New York, her hometown.
The Grammy winner, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, said she was fed up with Biden in an Instagram live stream. She slammed the US government for spending billions on foreign wars while the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, slashed the municipal budget by 5% last week.
Joe Biden with his wife Jill at a “Friendsgiving” dinner for navy personnel in Norfolk, Virginia on Sunday.
The budget cuts would affect schools, libraries, the police, the sanitation service and more, Adams said. Cardi B was outraged by the situation in New York.
“I am not endorsing no f*cking presidents no more,” said Cardi, who interviewed then candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, in advance of the 2020 election, and then again on IG Live after he endorsed Biden, whom she later endorsed as well. “How is there a [110] million dollar budget cut in NYC for schools, libraries, police safety, and sanitation, yet Joe Biden’s talking about ‘yeah we can fund two wars… we’re the greatest nation – no the f*ck we’re not!’”
“We cannot fund these wars,” Cardi continued. “We can barely f*cking fund this country. Y’all need to finish it. Stop fronting like you got the f*cking money.”
“And a $5m budget cut in sanitation … We are gonna be swimming in … rats.”
Cardi B goes off on the US government about the $120 Million Dollar budget cut in New York that’ll effect Schools, Libraries, The Police Department, & Sanitation while funding wars. pic.twitter.com/WwCrbFbvGS
— Cardi B | Updates (@updatesofcardi) November 19, 2023
Adams said more cuts were inevitable without more money from Washington to deal with the influx of migrants in New York.
“Migrant costs are rising, tax revenue growth is slowing and [Covid-19] stimulus funding is running out,” Adams said in a statement.
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“No city should have to cope with a national humanitarian crisis mostly by itself, and without the substantial and timely support we need from Washington, today’s budget will be just the start.”
But the Biden administration has not agreed to meet Adams’s request for more funds amid growing domestic discontent over the huge funding of the Ukrainian defense against the Russian invasion and the Israeli conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
An NBC poll released on Sunday showed that Biden’s approval rating has dropped to 40%, the lowest point of his presidency. And the poll showed that large majorities of all voters disapprove of his handling of foreign policy.
The biggest drops of support came from voters aged 18 to 34 – 70% said they were not happy with Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza.
