Actress Bette Midler has been severely criticized for tweet to her 1.7 million followers Wednesday, where she called African American supporters at a re-election rally for Trump 'blackground.' In the
There was an immediate backlash from the post, with many Twitter users commenting,"That's racist" and calling the tweet,"really sick" for implying that black voters could not make their own political decisions.
@D_B_Harrison also replied with,"Ms. Midler, that's about as ignorant a comment as could be made in regards to that photo. Regardless your personal political persuasion, do black Americans not have the right to express theirs as individuals? Contrary to what you may think, blacks are not politically monolithic.""Your statement is so condescending and racist," Glen Woodfin tweeted.
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