Stevie Wonder: Voting for Donald Trump is like asking me to drive a car
'If you had an emergency situation and needed to go to the hospital, and you had to get there right away, would you want me driving your car?' asks the singer
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Your support makes all the difference.Casting a vote in support of Donald Trump is akin to urging Stevie Wonder to drive a car - well according to Wonder himself. The child prodigy and musical icon, who has been blind since shortly after birth, warned against the rise of the Republican candidate and suggested Hillary Clinton’s lengthy political career and solid experience made her a far superior candidate.
Wonder warned that politics was not a “reality show” and said it was “life in reality”. He also said his youngest child was just one years old so he is keen to pay close attention towards the future of humanity.
Launching into his anecdote in an interview with Philly.com after his Get Out The Vote concert in support of the Democrat candidate on Friday in Philadelphia, Wonder asked the journalist whether he would want him driving his car.
“As much as you have great love for me and you think I’m funny and la la la la la and I make you laugh and all that, if you had an emergency situation and needed to go to the hospital, and you had to get there right away, would you want me driving your car?”
After the journalist said Wonder would not be at "the top" of his list, the musician retorted: “Exactly”.
“Because I’m not an experienced driver, right? So my belief is that Hillary is an experienced person of the government, and she has spent 30 years with a commitment.”
Wonder then said she was the person he wanted to govern America and be leader of the nation.
“You have somebody saying I’m going to completely do away with [Obamacare],” he added. “Well, the reality is we’ve never had it in this country, and there are things that need to be fixed about it, and that’s great. But don’t throw the baby away with the bath water.”
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