Cardi B is not prepared to take criticism from Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., who said that her Grammy Awards performance of "WAP" with Megan Thee Stallion was "inconsistent with basic decency."
Taking to Twitter Thursday, the rapper called out Grothman for failing to focus on more pertinent issues like police brutality, which has been a subject of debate following the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
"This gets me so mad ya don’t even know! I think we all been on the edge this week since we seen police brutality back to back including watching one of the biggest case in history go down DUE to police brutality but wait ! This is wat state representative decide to talk about," Cardi B tweeted.
Her post included a video clip of Grothman claiming on the House floor that he had received complaints about her Grammy performance of "WAP," whose full title and lyrics use a slang term for female genitalia.
"They wonder why we are paying the FCC if they feel this should be in living rooms across the nation," Grothman said of the Federal Communications Commission. "I realize Kamala Harris has used her fame to promote this performer but I assure the FCC that millions of Americans would view her performance as inconsistent with basic decency," he continued. "Wake up FCC and begin to do your job."
In a follow-up tweet, Cardi B wrote: "They giving seats to F***ING IDIOTS!!This is why people gotta vote, elect better people cause you got these dum asses representing states."
Cardi B was among several celebrities to react to the sentencing of Chauvin. Maria Carey tweeted that the conviction was "a beginning" and "a small grain of hope for our future" while Oprah Winfrey wrote on Twitter that she was "relieved — and emotional in ways I didn't expect."
"I cried tears of joy as each verdict was read," she continued, adding that she was grateful to the witnesses who came forth as well as the Juror "for seeing and acknowledging what the world saw on tape."
"Guilty Guilty Guilty..," added Whoopi Goldberg. "No one wins.. George Floyd is still gone..and finally someone was responsible... Derek Chauvin.”
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