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Fri Oct 25, 2019, 08:03 AM Oct 2019

Charles Barkley: 'Vice President Pence needs to shut the hell up'


Charles Barkley: 'Vice President Pence needs to shut the hell up'
By Justine Coleman - 10/24/19 11:07 PM EDT


Former NBA player Charles Barkley said that Vice President Mike Pence “needs to shut the hell up” in response to Pence’s comments blasting the NBA for being accommodating to China.

“First of all, Vice President Pence needs to shut the hell up,” Barkley said during an NBA pregame on TNT. “All American companies are doing business in China.”

The former NBA player added that he thought it was “unfair” that politicians were attempting “to make the NBA and our players look bad” after President Trump has started a trade war against China.

“But I don’t understand why these holier than thou politicians — if they’re so worried about China, then why don’t they stop all transactions with China?” Barkley said.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/467402-charles-barkley-vice-president-pence-needs-to-shut-the-hell-up
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