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Charles Barkley to Mitt Romney: ‘You’re going down, bro’

by theGrio | May 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM
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The highly comedic NBA legend Charles Barkley has a few things to say to Mitt Romney in regards to the November election. According to the Huffington Post, while mingling in the crowd at Boston’s TD garden during a broadcast of the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks game on TNT, Barkley said, “Don’t take it personally. You seem like a nice guy, but you’re going down, bro.”

Former basketball star Charles Barkley weighed in on the presidential race during an NBA broadcast on Sunday night, saying that Democrats would “beat” presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney “like a drum in November.”

Romney, who was at the playoff game between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks with his wife Ann, was shown mingling with the crowd at Boston’s TD Garden during a broadcast on TNT.

“We’re going to beat you like a drum in November,” Barkley said as the camera cut to the former Massachusetts governor. “Don’t take it personally. You seem like a nice guy, but you’re going down, bro.”

Barkley, an analyst for TNT’s NBA coverage who famously switched his allegiance from the Republican to Democratic party, is no stranger to political commentary. In December, he slammed the GOP presidential field, calling the potential nominees “idiots” who unfairly criticize President Obama.

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