U.S. President Barack Obama, via his press secretary, Jay Carney, slammed rapper Jay-Z for stating he and his wife, Beyonce, were given special White House permission to criminally violate the U.S. embargo in going to Cuba. Millions of Cuban-Americans in America are angry over the couple visiting Cuba for their anniversary. Members of the U.S. Congress denounced it. Obama did yesterday as well.
Carney slammed Jay-Z's new song "Open Letter" in which the rapper states of the trip, "Obama said 'chill, you gonna get me impeached'. But you don't need this s**t anyway. Chill with me on the beach" and "Boy from the hood but got White House clearance."
Beyonce and Jay-Z in Cuba
What the Judiciary Report finds astonishing is that Jay-Z would invoke the name of the President of the United States in such a matter and in such a profane, distasteful song. The site has stated for the past few years that Jay-Z and Beyonce are a liability to Obama. They've just proven the site correct.
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Carney On Jay-Z's Explicit Song About Cuba Trip:
"The White House Has Nothing To Do With It"
JAY CARNEY: I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury, because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know, and the White House has nothing to do with it.
SLACK: So are you saying that he did not, the president, did not have a conversation with Jay-Z?
JAY CARNEY: I am absolutely saying that the White House, from the president on down, had nothing to do with anybody's personal -- anybody's travel to Cuba. That is something that Treasury handles.
… it's a song, Donovan. The president did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip.