Cardi Bhas conquered the music world, so now she’s set her sights on Capitol Hill.

Over the weekend, the Grammy Award-winning artist shared that she was thinking about making a career shift.

“I think I want to be a politician. I really love government even tho I don’t agree with Goverment [sic],” the star wrote on Twitter.

The “Invasion of Privacy” rapper, 27, explained that her interest was piqued after watching documentaries about war, saying that she wishes she saw more patriotism in the American people.

“Like I was watching War documentaries. No matter how many weapons a country have you need people ! How are you trying to go against a country and possibly start a war when this country lacks patriotism? I barely see people claiming they LOVE being American,” she wrote.

However, Cardi recognized that it wouldn’t be an easy transition, telling her fans she would go back to school before trying to run for office.

“I do feel like if I go back to school and focus up I can be part of Congress.I deadass have sooo much ideas that make sense,” she wrote. “I just need a couple of years of school and I can shake the table.”

She also told her fans that she will eventually upload “a video or a live talking about” her plans to run for Congress “another day,” as she said there was a lot “I will have to explain.”

Cardi’s recent interest in politics isn’t the first time the musician has publicly voiced her curiosity in the subject. In 2018, the artist toldGQmagazinethat she loves political science and government, and that she was “obsessed with presidents” and with “how the system works.”

In January 2019, Cardi went viral when she shared arant about the government shutdown,during which she talked about her “passion” for politics.

“It just really gets me upset when people say, ‘Oh you doin’ this s—, you’re dumb, you shouldn’t be talking about this s—’… This is a passion that I have,” she continued, before explaining that in addition to taking AP history and government classes in high school, she has spent a lot of her free time researching world history.

In the video, Cardialso slammed President Donald Trump for forcing some federal employees to return to workwithout being paid and trying to construct a border wall, telling her fans “we need to take some action.”

Sharing a photo of Omar beaming with her colorful hijab on, Cardiwrote alongside the image, “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation ??‍♀️” — quoting a lyric fromBeyoncé’s 2016 song “Formation”.

That same month, Cardi also sat down with 2020 Democratic presidential hopefulBernie Sandersto film a campaign video for younger voters, telling viewers, “Let’s feel the Bern.”

During Cardi’s latest political thoughts, the official “People for Bernie” Twitter page showed their support for the rapper and her dream of joining Congress,sharing a campaign posterthat read “The People forCardi B.”

“We got you,” the post said.

Amid the recentgrowing tensionsbetween the United States and Iran, Cardi alsoreminded her fansthat this was “no joke,” and said she would be filing for her Nigerian citizenship as Trump is “putting Americans live[s] in danger.”

source: people.com