BREAKING NEWS: LeBron James Backs Kamala Harris, Highlights Trump’s Racist Remarks .giang

LeBron James is throwing his support behind Kamala Harris.

The Los Angeles Lakers star shared his endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate on social media on Thursday, Oct. 31, alongside a video montage featuring Donald Trump’s racist and xenophobic rhetoric.

“What are we even talking about here??” James, 39, wrote. “When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!”

The short video begins with comedian Tony Hinchcliffe — who drew widespread ire after calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City last Sunday — making a joke about Black people and watermelons.

“That’s one of my buddies, we had fun, we carved watermelons together,” Hinchcliffe said at the rally.

The video then transitions into sound bites from Trump, touching on past comments he has made about Black jobs, the city of Detroit and the Central Park Five, among others.

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In between, images of the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter protests are intermingled with people waving Confederate flags, while Trump can be overheard in a compilation of moments in which he seemingly encouraged violence.

The video concludes with the words, “Hate Takes Us Back,” after showing a clip of Trump’s appearance on Larry King Live in 1989 in which he discussed the Central Park Five — now known as the Exonerated Five.

“Of course I hate these people, and let’s all hate these people, because maybe hate is what we need,” Trump told King.

The video — which has been viewed by nearly 16 million users as of Friday morning — was produced for James’ use by HollandWestProductions, The Athletic reported.

The basketball superstar has been outspoken in the past about his political beliefs, and has supported former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the past.

In a 2018 ESPN interview after which conservative journalist Laura Ingraham famously implored him to “shut up and dribble,” James shared his disapproval of Trump.

“The No. 1 job in America, the appointed person is someone who doesn’t understand the people,” he said, adding at the time that some of Trump’s comments are “laughable and scary.”