Overview
- Cannon, speaking with Amber Rose on Friday’s Big Drive episode, said Democrats are “the party of the KKK” and voiced support for President Donald Trump.
- He said he does not back either major party, citing W. E. B. Du Bois to argue the two-party system masks a single power structure.
- Cannon praised Trump’s second-term agenda, joking about the president renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” and a “$5 million” entry fee tied to a Gold Card residency pathway.
- Newsrooms verified the video and added context, noting Democrats did not found the KKK and that party platforms shifted during the Civil Rights era.
- Outlets across the spectrum highlighted different angles, with right-leaning sites cheering his remarks and others stressing fact-checks and his 2020 ViacomCBS firing over antisemitic comments.