Nick Cannonhas revealed that he "f***s with" PresidentDonald Trumpand described the Democrats as "the part of the KKK."
"People don't know that the Democrats are the party of the KKK [Ku Klux Klan]," Cannon, 45, said in the Friday, March 27, episode of his showBig Drive. "People don't know that the Republicans are the party that freed the slaves."
At the time of the Civil War, PresidentAbraham Lincoln's Republican Party pushed to abolish slavery. By the 1960s, several notable segregationist "Dixiecrats" — including SenatorStrom Thurmond— changed their allegiances from the Democrat Party to the GOP.
The subject came up when Cannon discussed politics with hisBig DriveguestAmber Rose, who described herself as a formerly "liberal" Democrat. Rose switched parties to become a Republican in recent years and endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
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"Democrats don't care about Black people," Rose told Cannon onBig Drive. "They don't care about people of color and the Republicans do. That's the misconception."
"You and I have some conservative views. You're just a little more outspoken," Cannon replied. "Honestly, I don't subscribe to either party. I rock withW.E.B. Du Boiswhen he said this, 'There's no such thing as two parties. It's just one evil party with two different names.'"
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Du Bois was a sociologist and civil rights pioneer who fought for equal rights for Black people in the late 1800s and throughout the 1900s. He died at age 95 in 1963 — just a year shy of PresidentLyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, signing the Civil Rights Act into law. (The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made racial segregation illegal and banned employers from discriminating against job-seekers on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.)
Rose, 42, said that she voted for Trump in 2024 because "we had two options and he was by far the better option."
"As of now, I agree with a lot of the things he's doing," Rose said, with Cannon chiming in, "[He's] cleaning house. He's doing what he said he was going to do."
"I f*** with Trump," Cannon added later in the interview while praising the president changing the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf America".
It is unclear exactly when Cannon and Rose'sBig Driveepisode was filmed. In February, Trump , 79, caused controversy by sharing an AI-generated video that depicted former presidentBarackand first ladyMichelle Obamaas apes during Black History Month.
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Amid accusations that he was endorsing a blatantly racist video, Trump refused to apologize and told reporters that he "didn't make a mistake" during a briefing on Air Force One. The White House later blamed a staffer for "erroneously" posting the video and deleted the post entirely.
That same month, Barack, 64,toldBrian Tyler Cohenthat the scandal was a prime example of "the clown show that's happening in social media and on television."
"[Many Americans] find this behavior deeply troubling … There doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office," Obama argued.