Charles Barkley mocks President Trump’s new tax bill: ‘Sorry, poor people’

Chuck took a playful jab at the Republican party after their newest tax plan worsened income inequality.

President Donald Trump signed a new Republican tax plan into law on Friday, that has been widely criticized for giving tax breaks to big corporations while worsening income inequality.

And one person who stands to benefit from reduction in taxes for the rich is none other than Charles Barkley.

The Hall of Famer and TNT analyst pointed out as much at the end of Thursday night’s Inside the NBA, calling it his second Christmas gift of the week:

“Shaq, they said it’s going trickle down … I’m going to trickle my fat (butt) down to the jewelry store to get a new Rolex,” Barkley joked, drawing laughs from his co-hosts. “They’re not going to pass it to nobody. Thank you Republicans, I knew I could always count on y’all to take care of us rich people, us one percenters. Sorry, poor people. I’m hoping for y’all, but y’all ain’t got no chance.”

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This isn’t the first time Chuck has gone after the Republican party

President Trump still endorsed Republican candidate Roy Moore for the Alabama Senate seat after he was accused of sexual assaulting a teenage girl in 1979 and pursuing sexual relationships with other underage girls.

But it was Barkley who came out and urged the public to vote for Democrat Doug Jones. Jones won — albeit in a tight contest that Moore has yet to concede — becoming the first Democrat to win the seat in Alabama in 25 years.

“Roy Moore was an embarrassment,” he said to CNN after the election. “If any other man had eight women accusing him of sexual harassment, talking about how he really enjoyed slavery, talking about how people who are homosexuals should go to jail — they wouldn’t have even been in this election.”

Barkley also voiced his frustration with president Trump, who called Colin Kaepernick a “son of a bitch” for his national anthem protest, in September. Trump made that comment in Barkley’s home state of Alabama, and got roaring applause from the crowd.

"The president of the United States should never use the word SOB,” Barkley said. “That's just 100 percent inappropriate. I'm embarrassed because he said the speech in Alabama and got a rousing reception when he said those things. So it hurts me that those ignorant folks in Alabama would applaud something so stupid."

And well before Trump had won the Republican primaries in 2016, Barkley was disgusted by what the soon-to-be president was campaigning on: locking down the borders and imposing a travel ban aimed toward keeping Muslims out of the country.

“This Donald Trump thing has been fascinating, sad, funny, it’s all over the place,” he said. “He started out insulting Hispanics. Living in Arizona, I think the Hispanics are amazing people. To lump all Hispanics together, that was insulting. Now, to lump all the Muslims together, that’s even more insulting. This is the United States of America. This is the greatest place in the world. Do we have issues? Of course we have issues. But to try to divide and conquer — which is what the Republicans always do — it’s just sad. It really is.”

This isn’t the first time Barkley has been outspoken against the Republican party, and in all likelihood it won’t be the last. Just know the next time we see him spewing flames in the GOP’s direction, he just might have a new watch on his wrist while he’s talking, courtesy of the Republican party’s lopsided tax reform.