Cardi B sat down with Joe Biden to discuss the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump, and police brutality.
In an interview with Elle over Zoom, Cardi B told Biden exactly what changes she wants to see in the future presidency.
“I have a whole list of things that I want, and I wish, and I desire our next president to root for us,” Cardi said before slamming Trump for his handling of the coronavirus.
“But first and first, I just want Trump out…I don’t want to be lied to. We’re living in a pandemic right now, and I just want answers. I want to know when this is over; I want to go back to my job, I want to be able to go outside, I want to not feel like I’m trapped in my home. But I don’t want somebody to lie to me and tell me that it’s OK to go outside, it’s OK not to wear a mask…I want a timeline for us to get better. I want a president to tell us the steps for us to get better.”
Cardi said that overall she wants “stricter laws that are fairer for black citizens, and for cops, too.” She also called for “black people to stop getting killed.”
“If you kill somebody who doesn’t have a weapon on them, you go to jail. You know what? If I kill somebody, I’ve got to go to jail. You gotta go to jail, too. That’s what I want,” she said.
Biden made a point to encourage Cardi’s fan base of “young millennials” to get out and vote, pointing out that if more young people voted, Donald Trump could have lost the 2016 election.
As the interview continued, Cardi and Biden also talked about Medicare for all, free college, and the importance of school lunches.
“I couldn’t afford to go to McDonald’s on my lunch break,” she said. “That is so important to finance students while they’re in college because they get really discouraged.”
“And also what I want is free Medicare,” she said. “It’s important to have free [health care] because look what is happening right now. Of course, I think we need free college,” the rapper added.
