Atlanta rapper and ardent Bernie Sanders supporter Killer Mike created a controversy Tuesday by saying that “a uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States”:
Here is the fuller @KillerMike #uterus clip – the context doesn't make it any better: https://t.co/TXWwCW7ccl cc: @BuzzFeedAndrew
— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) February 17, 2016
He was immediately attacked for the remarks on Twitter, and as is his wont, defended himself there:
@MichaelSkolnik not an "attack" but a quite from another progressive woman to me. I don't attack
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) February 17, 2016
Mike it wud be more honest to say as I said a progressive woman said that to me on why she supports Sanders @mhking @BernieSanders
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) February 17, 2016
@MichaelSkolnik @Zeroxmachina it was considering the woman was explaining why simple gender association is NOT Enuff to give your vote for
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) February 17, 2016
So Women are being told to not vote Hillary is sex betrayal & Becuz another progressive woman says something disagreeing I'm sexist. Lmfao
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) February 17, 2016
I wud gladly see Any one who can lead this country on behalf of the worker lead. Cynthia McKinney, Elizabeth Warren, Connie Rice. I'm ready
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) February 17, 2016
But i don't and never will Hate or think less of woman. Sen. Nina Turner is my Next Great Political Champ but I'm sorry No HRC for me.
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) February 17, 2016
But he also spoke to the New York Times, telling Yamiche Alcindor that “[w]hen people tell us, ‘Hold on, wait awhile.’ And that’s what the other Democrat is telling you — ‘Hold on, Black Lives Matter. Just wait awhile.’ ‘Hold on, young people in this country, just wait awhile.’ And then, and then she — she get good, she have your own mama come to you. Your own mama say to you, ‘Well, you’re a woman.’”
Killer Mike referred to a conversation he had with activist Jane Elliott “a few weeks ago,” in which she said “‘Michael, a uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States. You have to be — you have to have policy that’s reflective of social justice.’”
Women’s rights, the equal treatment of minorities, and the war on drugs all fall under the aegis of “social justice,” he told Alcindor.
