by Mark Angelides
In what must be the most ridiculous interview ever carried out on CNN, Chris Cuomo (no fan of The Donald) speaks with LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, the UCLA basketball player arrested in China. Now sure, LaVar may be anti-Trump, and that’s fine, but this interview is the most ridiculous, ludicrous and downright ignorant piece of broadcasting to ever hit the screens.
One would imagine that Cuomo, given the opportunity to make Trump look bad during Don Lemon’s usual spot, would be over the moon and lapping up every criticism to leave LaVar’s mouth, but the statements made by this guy are so ridiculous, that Cuomo ends up defending the president. You can watch the video below.
We are all well aware that Mr. Ball has asked why he should thank the president for interceding, and denies that Trump helped out in any way. But his assertions show not only a basic ignorance of the world in which we live, but a monumental lack of awareness of himself.
My personal favorite excerpt is when he says that his son would not have spent time in prison, because, “they would have seen his character, at only 18 years of age, and given him a pass.” His character? You mean the character that led him to go shoplifting for sunglasses whilst acting as an ambassador for his college and country?
He clearly does not understand a single thing about China. If anything, they would have thrown the book at him to set an example to other young foreigners who reside in Shanghai acting as though they own the place. He would have been lucky to get away with just three years. That’s the MINIMUM sentence!
Chinese prisons are not nice places to be. Prisoners have food delivered to them on a daily basis by family members because unless they have connections, the standard meals (rice with cabbage) are “paid” to gang members for protection.
LaVar also said that he, not the president is responsible for where his son is right now. It’s difficult to argue with that. But can’t he see that his son is a shoplifter? A thief? This is not something to proud of. Mr. Ball may think that petty theft is nothing important, but it is. It shows a serious flaw in character that you think you can steal things from other people. This was not a crust of bread being stolen to fill an empty belly…this was designer sunglasses. And if his father thinks that the three friends decided to steal for the first time whilst away in China, he’s very much mistaken.
The fact that he thinks his son will “get a pass” based on his character tells you all you need to know about the environment he lives in. Soft judges letting people off with crimes because they are minorities. It happens! To suggest that it doesn’t is a complete myth.
If no one else will thank the president for his actions, I will. Thank you President Trump for giving these kids another chance in life; hopefully they will follow a better path than the one Mr. Ball seems to think is the right one.
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Trump should have at least let them do 6 months of the 3 year stretch they would have been sentenced to. He didn’t do these privileged brats any favors by getting them off the hook.
This is typical of Black Americans, self absorbed and self entitled. Shoplifting is practically accepted behavior among blacks. It is an expected feature in the daily business of small businesses in black neighborhoods. And people wonder why Target is leaving Baltimore and why Birmingham, Alabama doesn’t have one single Starbucks within its city limits.
BINGO! this crap is in there DNA
Sad really- Mario Cuomo was a Centrist Dem, a great orator, and no left-wing flunky. Chris and Andrew are. Chris is ‘easy on the eyes’ but clearly has a void between the ears.
WOW. He takes the award for the DUMBEST nagger !!
“Show-Boating”….Loving the spotlight. 5 minutes of fame. F*ck’m.
When will UCLA expel these fine examples of afro yuffs !!
Stupid, ignorant piece of lowlife filth.
Send these animals back to Africa where they belong.
Liberia was created so that American blacks could do just that.
“My son didndonuffin”.
This man is a total idiot! His hatred of Trump knows no bounds. For the first time I feel sorry for Cuomo! LOL! Trump could have taken a bullet for this idiot’s son and he STILL wouldn’t thank him! Clueless! There is no question that if Trump didn’t talk to Xi on their behalf, they’d still be there. What a dope!
????????LiAngelo’s father LaVar Ball smokes CNN’s Chris Cuomo for asking him to thank Trump for let his son outta jail. On NOVEMBER 14, 2017 I said: quote ‘The HoNiggas who went ‘Omrah’ to China Caught Shoplifting, they saved Trump’s Life of ‘All Asian Failure to Failure Trip’. The Trio gave Trump the window of opportunity to talk with Xi Jinping ‘meaningfully’ . The Tramp bent and went begging him to let LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA players go’ unquote. Psst: LiAngelo was in Hotel. Asssholesss. ?? ?????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???? ??????????? ?? ???????? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ????????? ????????????????????
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reminds me of the young black man holding a sign at a rally that said “no mother should have to worry about her son getting killed every time he robs a store”. doh! It says a lot about the state of the black community and is mind boggling to me.
I thought that was a parody… That guy was probably a store owner trying to point out how ridiculous some demands have become.
no sir. It was a young black man, late teens or early twenties, I saw the picture with my own eyes.
What makes you think a young black man, late teens or early twenties, can’t be a store owner scared of being robbed?
I have to assume that my original post was confusing because your responses do not follow logic, no insult to you intended. In the young mans mind everyone must rob stores because to him it is a common thing and everyone must do it when needed. In the world I grew up in robbing a store could very likely get you killed our jailed for a long period of time besides being morally wrong. I do not understand your connection to a store owner. Kindly explain why you think this person could be a store owner and why would a store owner and victim hold up such a sign.
I understand what you’re thinking — but I haven’t arrived at a point where I think anyone (except maybe a Washington DC dweller) could be deranged enough to think robbing a store is a common thing everyone must do.
My thinking is that this guy may have been a store owner who is scared of his store being robbed — intentionally creating the perception of “Hey! Look! People are more worried about those robbing the store than those running it!” with his sign to draw attention to the number of stores being robbed.
Just like someone who hates Hitlery Clinton might hold up a sign saying “Vote Clinton! Because we don’t have enough war already!” or “Vote Clinton! Wall Street needs more control over our policies!”
got it and thank you for having a civil conversation which is becoming very rare these days.
Oh and yes I agree. STOP BUSH AND CLINTON!
This explains why his kid was so stupid to to steal in China, the dad is a moron so the kid is most likely a stupid moron.
Like Father like Son?
What do you expect. Wonder if he knows how the Chinese think American blacks are a backwards species. Think they would have given a crap about being called RAYCIS?
The first think I thought when I heard the news of their theft was oh great, this is what represents my country to the world. Thinking about a lot of racial slurs right now. Funny how every last one of them is appropriate.
What an obnoxious man! Constantly interrupting and saying nothing intelligent.
By confirming stereotypes, incidents like these damage the global image of African Americans. By attempting to minimize the issue, further stereotyping takes place. Has there been a sincere apology?
Obviously both Lavar Ball and his son need caned..
Less than their average 70 IQ?…………
wasn’t this a seen from the Idiocracy?
you can spell idiocracy but can’t spell scene
I hardly think that “grace” is the right word. “Inflict” or “blight” are better.