Singer John Legend said people may need to leave the United States if President Trump is reelected.
“At some point, if that project [to destroy democracy] was to be in any way successful, you’d have to think about going somewhere that is a true democracy, that has respect for the rule of law and human rights,” the singer told Cosmopolitan UK in an interview published Friday, adding that if the U.S. starts to “be that place, then people will have to start thinking about going somewhere else.”
“Every once in a while, you think about it,” Legend said. “We were born and raised here, all of our families are here. It would be hard to leave. But I don’t know what one’s supposed to do when you have a leader who is trying to destroy democracy.”
Trump and Legend have had a contentious relationship. The president called Legend “boring” for not giving Republicans credit for passing criminal justice reform and referred to his wife, Chrissy Teigen, as “filthy mouthed.”
….musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is – but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed. “Anchor”@LesterHoltNBC doesn’t even bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans when talking about….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2019
In response, Teigen called the president a “pussy ass bitch.”
lol what a pussy ass bitch. tagged everyone but me. an honor, mister president.
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 9, 2019
Legend told the outlet that he believes voters will choose Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in November and that the public is ready for “sane leadership,” which he believes Biden can bring, warning that Trump’s reelection may mean the end of democracy in the U.S.
“As Michelle Obama said, we have to vote like our lives depend on it. I honestly think the American people will do it. I truly don’t know if we would be a democracy when we were done if we went another four years,” he said.
