Stevie Wonder: Voting for Trump is like asking me to drive a car


Stevie Wonder is an absurdly talented musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. Just about the only thing he can't do is drive, and he used that fact to make a point about the election.
Wonder has been blind for almost his entire life, and he had a cheeky response to a reporter's question about why he supports Hillary Clinton. On Friday, Wonder performed at a concert for Clinton in Philadelphia, and was asked by Philly.com's Dan DeLuca why he was backing the Democratic nominee. "My youngest child is 1 year old," Wonder said, and he is "looking at the future. I'll give you a point of reference. 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?"
DeLuca told Wonder he's not exactly at the top of his list, and Wonder replied: "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. Not to mention that her parents taught her in a kinder way, to have respect and love for all people. That's the person I want to govern, to be the leader of this nation."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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