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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Cardi B drops support for Biden over military aid to Ukraine and Israel

Cardi B at MTV Video Music Awards
Cardi B, pictured here at the MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, New Jersey in September, said of the US: ‘We are really, really, really fucked right now.’ Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Three years after supporting Joe Biden’s victorious 2020 campaign, the straight-talking rap superstar Cardi B has ditched her backing of the president after public service cuts in her home town of New York.

The Grammy winner, whose legal name is Belcalis Almánzar, said in an Instagram live stream she was done with Biden. Her tirade highlighted what she portrayed as contradiction between US domestic and foreign policies, saying the White House was helping Ukraine fight Russia and Israel fight Hamas while the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, announced a 5% municipal budget cut last week.

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