Singer Pink has accused supporters of President Donald Trump of being unpatriotic for re-electing a man who has no "respect" for "half of our country." The pop icon made the controversial comments in a video posted Twitter Wednesday, as riots in response to the killing of George Floyd continued to sweep across America.
"How can anyone call themselves a patriot or an American if you re-elect a president that doesn't govern, respect or represent half of our country?" Pink said to Trump supporters. "That's not America. That's your America. That's not America."
The "Just Like a Pill" singer has been vocal of her support to the Black Lives Matter movement and, in her video, called out those who "worship the confederate flag," which "is not our flag and it never will be."
"Or you're a hypocrite that doesn't actually understand the meaning of patriotism or what it means to be an American," she added. "Truth."
Pink also slammed All Lives Matter supporters commenting on an Instagram post she shared about uniting and speaking out against racism. One follower criticized Pink for allowing one race to take precedence over the other.
"Totally get where you’re coming from," the fan said in the comments, per People. “HOWEVER, as a person with a lawyer brain, I have to say … when you single out one race and say ‘that’ race matters. You ARE implicitly saying other races don’t matter as much. It is automatically inferred. I believe it does this situation a disjustice [sic] by putting it in the #blacklivesmatter category. This could happen to ANY ONE OF US! THAT is the atrocity! THAT is the REAL issue. It is not about race."
Pink was quick to respond.
"You are the epitome of white privilege and the saddest part is that you don’t even hear yourself and probably never will," she wrote.
Another followed commented that "All Business Owners Life's Matter too. [sic]," but Pink simply responded, "So you can't read."
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