'Outraged' Lady Gaga Blasts Donald Trump As A 'Fool And A Racist' In George Floyd Post
Lady Gaga pressed pause on the rollout of her latest album to convey her anger over the killing of George Floyd, blasting US President Donald Trump as a “fool and a racist” in the process.
As nationwide protests against police brutality continue, the “Chromatica” singer addressed her millions of fans in an emotional Instagram post on Saturday night about the “epic tragedy that defines our country.”
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“I have a lot of things to say about this, but the first thing I want to say is I’m afraid to say anything that will incite further anger, although that is precisely the emotion that’s justified,” Gaga wrote.
“I do not wish to contribute to more violence, I wish to contribute to a solution. I am outraged by the death of George Floyd as I have been by the deaths of exponentially too many black lives over hundreds of years that have been taken from us in this country as a result of systemic racism and the corrupt system that supports it.”
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) May 31, 2020
Gaga is one of many prominent artists who have demanded justice for Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
In her post, Gaga continued: “The voices of the black community have been silenced for...
