Cardi B has some thoughts on the partial government shutdown — and she’s not holding back. The 26-year-old Bronx-born rapper posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday night addressing the now 27-day government shutdown and blasted President Donald Trump for refusing to fund the government over a “fucking wall.” “This shit is crazy,” she said in the profanity-laced video. “Like, our country is a hellhole right now, all for a fucking wall. And we really need to take this serious.” She pointed out that the shutdown has been going on for more than three weeks and noted that federal government workers were being forced to work without pay. “Now, I don’t want to hear y’all motherfuckers talking about oh, but Obama shut down the government for 17 days. Yeah, bitch, for health care,” she said. “So your grandma could check her blood pressure and you bitches could go check your pussy in the gynecologist with no motherfucking problem.” Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, later continued, “I feel like we need to take some action. I don’t know what type of action, because that’s not what I do, but bitch, I’m scared. This is crazy. And I really feel bad for these people that gotta go to fucking work to not get motherfucking paid.” The video, posted to Cardi B’s nearly 40 million followers, quickly went viral. By Thursday morning, it had racked up more than 9.4 million views. It obviously generated buzz on Twitter, including among lawmakers in Washington, DC. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) discussed whether they would retweet the video, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer weighed in on the debate. “Guys, I’m still holding my breath. Are you gonna RT Cardi B or not?” Schumer tweeted. Cardi B apparently didn’t realize what had happened with the video until she signed on to Twitter Wednesday night, when she asked why she was trending. Why am I trending? — iamcardib (@iamcardib) January 17, 2019 In a separate Instagram Live video this week, she blasted Trump’s insistence on the border wall, according to the Hill. “You promised these fucking racist rednecks that you was gonna build the wall, but you know that was impossible,” she said. “But they voted for you and you promised them this shit, so now you have to do it.” Trump appears dug in on his insistence that he get $5.7 billion for some 200 miles of barrier along the US-Mexico border in order to sign a bill to fund the government. It’s not clear what, if any, plan he has to negotiate his way out of this. Join the Vox Video Lab Go behind the scenes. Chat with creators. Support Vox video. Become a member of the Vox Video Lab on YouTube today. (Heads up: You might be asked to sign in to Google first.) This isn’t the first time Cardi B has made her thoughts known in the political realm. As Antonia Noori Farzan at the Washington Post notes, she’s previously weighed in on the United Nations’ role in Libya and US gun laws. “I love political science. I love government. I’m obsessed with presidents. I’m obsessed to know how the system works,” she said in a 2018 interview with GQ. In the same interview, she said she comments on world events because she’s genuinely interested. ”Me, I’m always watching the news,” she said. “I’m always looking at it on my phone. I hate when you talk about something that’s going on in the community, people think, because you’re famous, you doing it for clout. But you concerned about it because you are a citizen of America; you are a citizen of the world. If I want to get cool points, I could take a picture with a thong and my ass and y’all gonna give me the same amount of likes. I’m gonna trend even bigger.”<doc-sep>Rapper Cardi B shut down the Trump administration over the partial government shutdown in a profanity-filled post on Instagram that left some Democratic senators in a quandary — whether to retweet. “I just wanna remind you that it’s been a little bit over three weeks,” the “I Like It” singer says in the video posted late Wednesday, the 26th day of the shutdown. “Trump is now ordering … federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid.” “This s–t is really f–king serious, bro. This s–t is crazy. Our country is in a hellhole now — all for a f–king wall,” she continued in her expletive-deleted-filled rant, which had been viewed more than 9 million times by Thursday morning. But some senators wondered if their retweets of the video would be too racy. Their exchange went like this: “(Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video),” wrote Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii on Twitter. “Omg, I had the same argument with myself 30 minutes ago!,” Sen. Chris Murphy wrote back. “Ok you do it. And say retweets are not endorsements, especially the language, and I will retweet,” Schatz replied. “DHYB,” Murphy wrote, using the abbreviation for “Don’t hold your breath.” “I had to google that. Fair enough,” Schatz posted. “See you tomorrow Murph.” Then Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer weighed in. “Guys, I’m still holding my breath. Are you gonna RT Cardi B or not?,” he said.<doc-sep>
Cardi B's tongue-lashing of the Trump administration in light of the ongoing partial government shutdown left some Democrats at a loss for how to respond. In an Instagram video she posted Wednesday, the 26-year-old rapper told her followers, "I just wanna remind you that it’s been a little bit over three weeks. Trump is now ordering … federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid." She added, "This s–t is really f–king serious, bro. This s–t is crazy. Our country is in a hellhole now — all for a f–king wall." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Now, I don’t want to hear you motherf-----s talkin' about, 'Oh, but Obama shut down the government for 17 days,'" she added. "Yeah b---h, for health care! So, your grandmother can check her blood pressure and you b—es can go check out your p—ies at the gynecologist with no motherf—in' problem." Democrats on Twitter who agreed with the "Bartier Cardi" MC's opinions but not necessarily her expletive-laden delivery weren't sure how to proceed. CARDI B LEADS IHEARTRADIO AWARDS WITH 13 NOMINATIONS "(Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video)," wrote Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) tweeted. "Omg, I had the same argument with myself 30 minutes ago," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) replied. Schatz responded, "Ok you do it. And say retweets are not endorsements, especially the language, and I will retweet." Murphy wasn't game, tweeting, "DHYB,"an abbreviation for "Don't hold your breath." "I had to google that. Fair enough. See you tomorrow Murph," Schatz concluded. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who represents New York — Cardi's hometown is the Bronx — was still on the edge of his seat. "Guys, I'm still holding my breath," he joked. "Are you gonna RT Cardi B or not?" So far, they haven't.