Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has hit back after Megan Thee Stallion called him out on “Saturday Night Live”.
Performing on the show’s Oct. 4 episode, Megan sent a bold, politically charged message in which she called for the protection of Black women and blasted Cameron over his handling of the Breonna Taylor case.
The performance nearly came to a halt as Megan’s socially potent message played on the massive screens, punctuated by the sounds of gunshots — calling out both the prevalence of police shootings and Stallion’s own hospitalization after getting shot in her feet.
Megan Thee Stallion did not come to play! #SNLPremiere
pic.twitter.com/QXA6rA74CQ — Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) October 4, 2020
Last month, Cameron announced that none of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor on March 13 would be charged.
The Attorney General appeared on “Fox News’ Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, Oct. 7, to address the “SNL” call-out.
Daniel Cameron explains the attacks on his character are "something that I’ve had to experience because I’m a black Republican, because I stand up for truth & justice as opposed to giving in to a mob mentality" & it exposes leftist intolerance & hypocrisy.pic.twitter.com/sgPhDhERVZ
— Catt (@CattHarmony) October 6, 2020
He said, “Let me just say that I agree that we need to love and protect our Black women. There’s no question about that. But the fact that someone would get on national television and make disparaging comments about me because I’m simply trying to do my job is disgusting.
“The fact that a celebrity that I never met before wants to make those sorts of statements … they don’t hurt me, but what it does is, it exposed the type of intolerance and the hypocrisy because obviously, people preach about being intolerant.
“You hear a lot of that from the left about being tolerant. But what you saw there is inconsistent with tolerance. In fact, it’s her disposing intolerance because I’ve decided to stand up for truth and justice.”
Megan’s performance was met with wide acclaim and support on social media, with many commending her for using her voice and platform for a purpose.
@theestallion just WOW!!! We need to protect black women! Meg is the real deal … let’s make sure we protect and support her! #HotGirlMeg #MeganTheeStallion pic.twitter.com/fQ5qLRYfW3
— Rockie Andrews (@rockiestl) October 4, 2020
megan thee stallion using tamika mallory’s quote about daniel cameron to advocate for racial justice is what we need. thank you megan
#JusticeForBreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/PTJJ7IZaFn —
(@bomslover) October 4, 2020
Woy… Megan Thee Stallion took a metaphorical 2×4 to Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron tonight during her performance on the #SNLPremiere
— Joy JUST VOTE & MASK UP!! Reid
) (@JoyAnnReid) October 4, 2020
Megan Thee Stallion is operating at a completely higher level than the rest of this #SNL episode
— Kelly Lawler (@klawls) October 4, 2020
Good use of your platform @theestallion on @nbcsnl #ProtectBlackWomen #savage pic.twitter.com/RzX9yQ6dka
— mizzkbofficial (@mizzkb100) October 4, 2020
I can't stop watching it! Megan Thee Stallion with messages from @TamikaDMallory and Malcolm X! #MeganTheeStallionLive #SNL pic.twitter.com/6ECVXCn8gb
— Marcus Little (@MarcusUntrell92) October 4, 2020
The thing is Megan Thee Stallion did that for all Black women. But she also did that for herself. Y’all can’t silence her or us as a collective
— Edith Puthie
(@deveraux_d) October 4, 2020
As expected, Megan thee Stallion used her #SNLPremiere debut to highlight the Misogynoir that Black Women face. I’m very proud of her + I’m so pleased to see this message on a national scale.
— 𝕮𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖙 𝕶𝖎𝖒
(@TheCourtKim) October 4, 2020
“Saturday Night Live” airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET, 8:30 p.m. PT on Global.
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