From [HERE] Charles Barkley is one of the most outspoken figures in sports media - and that includes things outside of the sports world.

The NBA Hall of Famer, who starred collegiately at Auburn, went on to star in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns. He's since gotten into sports broadcasting, leading Turner Sports' coverage of the NBA. But Barkley has been outspoken on political topics, too. He's criticized both Donald Trump supporters and Democrats. 

“They come into our neighborhoods and say ‘we’re going to make stuff better. We’re going to do this, do this, do this,’” Barkley said of the Democratic Party. “And then finally, us Black people are like ‘yo man, other than my ability to dunk a basketball, all my neighborhoods is still the same. Our schools are still the same.’ And that’s why Black people are being disappointed in the Democratic Party.”

On Donald Trump supporters, he ripped them for wearing shirts with his mugshot.

"Obviously, I’m not going to go around punching random strangers in the face – first and foremost," Barkley said, via OutKick. "Secondly, people can vote for who they want to. People can vote for who they want to."

"Now, I do want to say this. I want to make it perfectly clear…If you’re a black person and you wearing a Donald Trump mugshot, you are a freaking idiot," he continued. "And I’m only saying ‘freakin’ idiot because they won’t let me say what I really wanna say. But you can figure it out, it starts with an ’f.'"[MORE]