Rapper Cardi B takes on Wisconsin congressman
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rapper Cardi B is taking issue with a Wisconsin congressman who criticized her Grammy performance during a speech on the House floor.
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, a Republican, said he has received complaints in his office about Cardi B’s performance last month at the Grammy Awards which he said “millions of Americans would view” as “inconsistent with basic decency.”
She and Megan Thee Stallion performed the song “WAP.”
Grothman joins many other conservatives who have criticized the performance, which featured scantily clad dancers.
Cardi B responded on Twitter, saying Grothman was ignoring more important issues like police brutality.
This gets me so mad ya don’t even know! I think we all been on the edge this week since we seen police brutality back to back including watching one of the biggest case in history go down DUE to police brutality but wait ! This is wat state representative decide to talk about 🤔 https://t.co/k2ZBn9gONA
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) April 22, 2021
Gov. Tony Evers later chimed in the debate, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Molly Beck.
.@GovEvers weighs in on Cardi B vs. Glenn Grothman:
“I’m not an expert on that genre of music.”
— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) April 22, 2021
“It just seems troubling that we’re arguing about things like that. Whether one person believes it’s legitimate, another person doesn’t, it just seems like there’s a lot more important things to worry about.”
Reporting by @emoralesnews
— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) April 22, 2021
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