Media personality Charlamagne Tha God, whose real name is Lenard McKelvey, praised Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) for sending two planes full of illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard last week, and he went as far as advising DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) on what they could do to &#8220;expose the hypocrisy of the Democrats&#8221; even more.
Charlamagne, who made the remarks during an episode of Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;Hell of a Week,&#8221; said that he thought the move was &#8220;genius&#8221; and that the two governors should give Democrats a heads up before they send migrants to their areas because that would &#8220;expose the hypocrisy of the Democrats, which is they don’t want immigrants here either.&#8221;
&#8220;For months, Republican governors have sent busloads of illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities like New York, D.C., and Chicago with the message of, ‘If you like them so much, they’re yours, OK?’&#8221; Charlamagne said. &#8220;Well, just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis upped the game by sending two planefuls of immigrants to the East Coast elites&#8217; favorite vacation Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.&#8221;
&#8220;I personally think it&#8217;s genius. But I wish that governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott would give Democratic governors and mayors more of a heads-up because then that would expose the hypocrisy of the Democrats, which is they don’t want immigrants here either,&#8221; he concluded.
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CHARLAMAGNE: DeSantis is &quot;GENIUS&quot; for Exposing Democrats by Sending Illegal Immigrants to Martha&#39;s Vineyard <a href="https://t.co/pTyNNuNQRS">pic.twitter.com/pTyNNuNQRS</a>
&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1571894950341771269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis&#8217; office confirmed last week that the governor sent the migrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard as part of the state&#8217;s &#8220;relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.&#8221;
“Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” an official for DeSantis’ office <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-sends-two-planes-illegal-immigrants-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement last week. “States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies.”
The official continued, “In this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law.”

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Charlamagne Tha God Praises DeSantis For Flying Migrants To Martha’s Vineyard: ‘Expose’ Democrat ‘Hypocrisy’ More

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Podcaster <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charlamagne-tha-god" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charlamagne Tha God&#8217;s</a> advice for President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">midterms</a> involves Biden letting &#8220;every single person&#8221; locked up &#8220;federally for a non-violent marijuana offense&#8221; out of jail.
During the radio host&#8217;s &#8220;Brilliant Idiots&#8221; <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-you-know-it/id862717788?i=1000576532872">podcast</a>, co-hosted by comedian Andrew Schulz, the 44-year-old TV personality went on a NSFW rant, calling it &#8220;incredibly disrespectful&#8221; for the president to call <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-brittney-griner-sentenced-to-9-years-in-russian-prison">WNBA Brittney Griner&#8217;s</a> nine-year sentence for cannabis possession in Russia, &#8220;unacceptable.&#8221;
His co-host pointed out that it was then-Senator Biden who &#8220;created the bill that put people away for far longer&#8221; here in America, referring to the Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
Charlamagne said it wasn&#8217;t just the &#8220;94 crime bill, but there was the 88 crack laws&#8221; and &#8220;the 86 mandatory minimum sentencing laws&#8221; that Biden was a part of.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like, yo, we live in a country where right now, if Joe Biden wanted to — don&#8217;t need no votes, no nothing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He could literally pardon every single person that is federally jailed for a non-violent weed offense. He could pardon every single body. There&#8217;s motherf***ers doing life in jail for an ounce and a half of marijuana right now.&#8221;
&#8220;My whole point is, man, when you live in a country where more than half of the country has legalized weed in some way, shape, or form, whether it&#8217;s for medicinal, whether it&#8217;s for recreational — to have people still locked up for marijuana in f***ing America is ridiculous,&#8221; Charlamagne continued.
The radio host said while Biden is &#8220;talking about what another country is doing in the unacceptable sentence that Brittney Griner has,&#8221; he needs to look at what&#8217;s happening here.
&#8220;What about the unacceptable sentences here in America?&#8221; Charlamagne asked. &#8220;If I&#8217;m Joe Biden, you need this for the midterms, bro. Okay, I&#8217;m pardoning every single body that&#8217;s locked up federally for a non-violent marijuana offense. Let &#8217;em all out.&#8221;
&#8220;Now he&#8217;s [Biden&#8217;s] pardoned like 75 people,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That&#8217;s nowhere near enough. &#8230; Wouldn&#8217;t that be great for the midterms?&#8221;
&#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t that be a great headline?&#8221; the radio host continued. &#8220;Cause that&#8217;s something simple that people can grasp onto. That&#8217;s something simple, regular people in conversation can talk about and understand. &#8216;Yo, you see Biden let all these people off for weed, yo.’ You know what I mean? That&#8217;s something simple that will get headlines and garner him some great PR.&#8221;

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Radio Host’s Advice For Midterms Involves Biden Letting Out ‘Every Single Person’ Locked Up For ‘Non-Violent Weed Offense’

Radio Host's Advice For Midterms Involves Biden Letting Out ‘Every Single Person' Locked Up For ‘Non-Violent Weed Offense’

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Former Democratic presidential candidate and current Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Charlamagne Tha God on his show the “Breakfast Club” on Friday — and he was surprised to hear that many black people are unhappy that Democrats haven’t kept their promises. 
“You do realize, Pete, a lot of black people feel like Democrats have kept no promises since they’ve been in office,” Charlamagne said. 
Buttigieg seemed startled by the comment. “Really?” he asked. 
“Yes,” Charlemagne replied. “Rev. Al [Sharpton] has said that a million times.”
The transportation secretary then said he understood. “I get it because the work is not done. But the reason I say ‘really’ is we just passed one of the biggest pieces of infrastructure legislation in American history. It was a promise … and we actually did it,” he said referring to the the $1.2 trillion bill signed by President Joe Biden in November. 
Charlamagne admitted he was happy to see the infrastructure bill pass but said “those are big broad things, and that’s great. But I’m talking about things … like the George Floyd Policing Act and … our voting rights,” referring to the leftist claim that Republican states are infringing on minority voting rights.
Buttigieg then agreed, stating, “You’re absolutely right. That work is not done. That work has to get done, and it’s acceptable where we are right now.”
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The former Democratic presidential candidate made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buttigieg-tells-the-view-co-host-he-agrees-parents-rights-law-in-florida-will-kill-kids">headlines</a> earlier last week for his appearance on “The View” when he agreed that Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” law could “kill kids.”
When asked by “The View” co-host Ana Navarro if he agreed with his spouse Chasten Buttigieg that the Florida law could “kill kids,” Pete responded, “Yeah, he’s right, and I think every law ought to be judged for the effect it’s going to have on real people in real life. And I get the political reasons why they’re doing this.”
“I think about it and Chasten and I talk about this a lot,” Buttigieg told “The View”. “If our kids were in a classroom in a state where one of these laws passed.”
Buttigieg then falsely claimed that the law wouldn’t allow children of gay parents to talk with their teachers about what they did “with their two dads.” He also incorrectly concluded that this law would apply to high school teachers. “Is the teacher supposed to, you know, a high school teacher supposed to go through every book and make sure that if there’s ever a picture of married couples in those books they tear out any page where it isn’t a straight couple?” The Florida law is solely for kindergarten through third grade.

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‘Really?’: Pete Buttigieg Apparently Surprised To Hear Many Black People Are Unhappy With Democrats

Vice President Kamala Harris erupted during a friendly interview this week with Charlamagne Tha God when the media personality asked Harris who was the real President of the United States.
When Charlamagne first tried to ask the question, an aide for the vice president jumped in and apparently tried to suggest that they could not hear him and therefore they needed to end the interview.
&#8220;She can hear me,&#8221; Charlamagne said after a brief back-and-forth, later adding, &#8220;They&#8217;re acting like they can&#8217;t hear me.&#8221;
&#8220;I can hear you,&#8221; Harris responded. &#8220;I can hear you.&#8221;
&#8220;So who&#8217;s the real president of this country?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;Is it Joe Manchin or Joe Biden, Madam Vice President?&#8221;
&#8220;Come on, Charlamagne. Come on,&#8221; she responded. &#8220;It&#8217;s Joe Biden.&#8221;
&#8220;I really &#8212; I can&#8217;t tell sometimes,&#8221; he responded.
&#8220;No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. It&#8217;s Joe Biden,&#8221; Harris erupted. &#8220;And don&#8217;t start talking like a Republican about asking whether or not he&#8217;s president. And it&#8217;s Joe Biden, it&#8217;s Joe Biden, and it&#8217;s Joe Biden. And I&#8217;m vice president and my name is Kamala Harris.&#8221;
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WATCH: Kamala Harris staffer attempts to shut down interview after Harris is asked a question she doesn’t like.
“They’re acting like they can’t hear me,” says the interviewer. <a href="https://t.co/jLWG57db3E">pic.twitter.com/jLWG57db3E</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1472221559142113290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: Who&#8217;s the superhero that&#8217;s gonna speak against Joe Manchin though? I want to know who the real president of this country is. Is it Joe Biden or Joe Manchin?
SYMONE SANDERS, HARRIS AIDE: I&#8217;m sorry. [Inaudible]. It&#8217;s Symone. I&#8217;m so sorry, Charlamagne. We have to wrap.
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: She can hear me. 
SANDERS: Can you hear him? Can you hear me now?
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: Can you hear me, Madam Vice President?
SANDERS: Ok, well I&#8217;m sorry. We got to wrap. I&#8217;m sorry to interrupt.
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: They&#8217;re acting like they can&#8217;t hear me.
KAMALA HARRIS, VICE PRESIDENT: I can hear you. I can hear you.
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: So who&#8217;s the real president of this country? Is it Joe Manchin or Joe Biden, Madam Vice President?
HARRIS: Come on, Charlamagne. Come on. It&#8217;s Joe Biden.
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: I really &#8212; I can&#8217;t tell sometimes.
HARRIS: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. It&#8217;s Joe Biden. And don&#8217;t start talking like a Republican about asking whether or not he&#8217;s president.
 CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: Do you think Joe Manchin is a problem? 
HARRIS: And it&#8217;s Joe Biden, it&#8217;s Joe Biden, and it&#8217;s Joe Biden. And I&#8217;m vice president and my name is Kamala Harris. And the reality is because we are in office, we do the things like the Child Tax Credit, which is going to reduce black child poverty by 50%, on track to do that. We do things that are about saying that our Department of Justice is going to do these investigations, and require that we end chokeholds and have body cameras. It is the work of saying we&#8217;re going to get lead out of pipes and paint, because our babies are suffering because of that. It is the work of saying people who ride public transit deserve the same kind of dignity that anybody else does. So let&#8217;s improve that system. It is the work of saying that we have got to bring down prescription drug costs because folks who have diabetes should not be dying because they don&#8217;t have enough money in their pocket. It&#8217;s about saying black maternal mortality is a real issue that must be treated by everybody, including the White House, as a serious issue. I hear the frustration, but let&#8217;s not deny the impact that we&#8217;ve had. And agree also that there is a whole lot more work to be done. And it is not easy to do. But we will not give up and I will not give up.</blockquote>

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WATCH: Kamala Harris Explodes When Asked ‘Who’s The Real President Of This Country?

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This week, appearing on CNN with host Don Lemon, “The Breakfast Club” co-host Charlamagne tha God admitted that President Trump is successfully reaching young black voters because he is “actually talking” to them.
Charlamagne tha God, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, first stated that he was concerned Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was simply offering lip service toward the black community, stating, “You know, I think that, you know, when you look at, you know Joe Biden and his &#8216;lift every voice&#8217; plan, you know, some of the most important things in it for me, when he speaks on, you know, advancing the economic mobility of black people, and closing the racial income gaps. But you know, that&#8217;s really all lip service, simply because we&#8217;re in dream-selling season.&#8221;
Lemon asked, “You said that black women and black men, two biggest voting blocks, you&#8217;ve seen, you know, the polls that have been done on black men, prominent black men who are coming out, saying, oh, well, maybe you should vote for Trump, maybe I&#8217;m looking towards Trump, or some just saying, you know, I need to work with both parties with — you know what I&#8217;m talking about. What do you say to that? I do want to ask you about it.&#8221;
“I think, you know, when it comes to the black people you see who maybe, you know, showing support for Trump, I just think, you know, it&#8217;s because Trump is actually talking to young black male voters.&#8221; McKelvey answered. &#8220;He is directing ads toward them. They are a group that never get courted. I mean, black people don&#8217;t get courted either as a whole. But that old democratic regime speaks to old black men. I think everyone else in the black community and black families, they are supposed to fall in line. They know black women are going to show up regardless. Like I said, he speaks to older black men, and he thinks the rest of us all speak the same language. So Trump is targeting young black males from marketing. It works.”
In July, McKelvey, who has said he will vote for Biden only because Kamala Harris is on the ticket, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shut-the-eff-up-charlamagne-tha-god-rips-biden-for-saying-trump-is-first-elected-racist-president?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">attacked Biden</a> for his assertion that President Trump was the first racist president ever elected. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-trump-is-the-first-racist-president-to-be-elected">Biden said</a> at a roundtable discussion with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), “No sitting president has ever done this. Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic president. We’ve had racists and they’ve existed and they’ve tried to get elected president. He’s the first one that has.”
McKelvey blasted, &#8220;I really wish Joe Biden would shut the eff up forever and continue to act like he&#8217;s starring in the movie &#8216;A Quiet Place&#8217; because as soon as he opens his mouth and makes noise, he gets us all killed, okay?” as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlamagne-tha-god-biden-shut-the-eff-up-forever-after-calling-trump-first-racist-potus">Fox News</a>.

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Charlamagne Tha God: Some Blacks Support Trump Because He’s ‘Actually Talking’ To Them

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Radio host Charlamagne Tha God mixed it up this year with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, but in the end, he&#8217;s going to vote for him.
Well, not him, per se, but the Democratic ticket, anyway.
“I’m voting for Kamala Harris, I’ll tell you that in a heartbeat. I’m not necessarily voting for Joe Biden, I’m voting for Senator Kamala Harris,” Charlamagne Tha God <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlamagne-tha-god-voting-kamala-harris-not-biden">told</a> CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday.
The radio host, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, said that Harris represents &#8220;change.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe Kamala’s a political change agent; I think she’s exactly the leader this country needs to lead us in the future. If she’s not, then I’ll just be wrong,” McKelvey said. “I’m just so tired of like, old white male leadership in politics.&#8221;
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&quot;I&#39;m voting for Kamala Harris &#8230; I&#39;m not necessarily voting for Joe Biden,&quot; says Charlamagne Tha God (<a href="https://twitter.com/cthagod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cthagod</a>), when asked who he&#39;s voting for. &quot;&#8230;I&#39;m just so tired of &#8230; old white male leadership in politics.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/QFTbTgJUhe">pic.twitter.com/QFTbTgJUhe</a>
&mdash; CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNTonight/status/1318762680216289280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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McKelvey said others in the black community will have to make up their own minds. &#8220;I can’t speak for all black Americans, black Americans aren’t monolithic, I’m only speaking for me. And to me, I’m just sick of that. I’m tired of old white male leadership in government,” he said. “Trump wants to make America great again, Biden wants to build back better. As a black man, I don’t want to do none of that, because we know America has never been great for everyone.”
Biden sat down in May for an online interview with McKelvey on his popular radio show “The Breakfast Club,” at one point telling the host that if he supports President Trump, “then you ain’t black.”
Here’s the full <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amnesia-after-biden-says-you-aint-black-if-you-support-trump-mainstream-media-immediately-forgives-forgets">exchange</a>:
<blockquote>McKelvey: Listen, you gotta&#8217; come see us when you come to New York, Vice President Biden. It’s a long way until November, we got more questions.
Biden: You got more questions? Well, I’ll tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.</blockquote>
Biden later expressed regret for his remarks during a phone conversation with the U.S. Black Chambers Inc., and offered the following excuse for his comments.
“I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy. I shouldn’t have been so cavalier,” Biden <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499213-biden-regrets-remarks-about-black-support-i-shouldnt-have-been-such-a-wise">reportedly said</a>, adding: I don’t take it for granted at all and no one should have to vote for any party based on their race, religion, or background. There are African Americans who think Trump is worth voting for. I don’t think so, and I’m prepared to put my record against his, that was the bottom line, and it was really unfortunate. I shouldn’t have been so cavalier.”
McKelvey said he was not impressed with his conversation with the former vice president. “My overall takeaway from the conversation was I heard him, you know, talking about things that he did for black people back in the day, but you know, ‘What have you done for me lately’ is my motto,” he <a href="https://youtu.be/_mfSi-kCL50">said on CNN</a>.
“I don’t even care about the words and the lip service. And the apology is cool, but the best apology is actually a black agenda,” he said in an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8354285/Charlamagne-tha-God-rejects-Joe-Bidens-lip-service-apology-aint-black-gaffe.html">interview</a> with MSNBC. “You know, they got to make some real policy commitments to black people.”
Fox News noted that CNN hardly bothered to cover the story. “CNN, which often dedicates wall-to-wall coverage for any latest controversy from President Trump, virtually avoided covering Joe Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ remarks Friday morning that sparked backlash throughout the day,” Fox wrote.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/naacp-to-biden-we-didnt-endorse-you">NAACP TO BIDEN: We Didn’t Endorse You</a>

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‘Not Necessarily Voting For Joe Biden’: Charlamagne Tha God Reveals Who He’s Voting For In 2020 Election

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Radio host Charlamagne tha God ripped into former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday for his assertion that President Trump is the first racist president ever elected, ignoring the likes of Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Johnson, and many others.
“No sitting president has ever done this,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-trump-is-the-first-racist-president-to-be-elected">Biden said</a> at a roundtable discussion with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on Wednesday. “Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic president. We’ve had racists and they’ve existed and they’ve tried to get elected president. He’s the first one that has.”
On Thursday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The Breakfast Club,&#8221; Charlamagne tha God said that Biden needs to &#8220;shut the eff up forever.&#8221;
&#8220;I really wish Joe Biden would shut the eff up forever and continue to act like he&#8217;s starring in the movie &#8216;A Quiet Place&#8217; because as soon as he opens his mouth and makes noise, he gets us all killed, okay?” the radio host said, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlamagne-tha-god-biden-shut-the-eff-up-forever-after-calling-trump-first-racist-potus">Fox News</a>. &#8220;There&#8217;s already so many people who are reluctantly only voting for Joe Biden because he&#8217;s the only option and because Donald J. Trump is that trash.&#8221;
Charlamagne noted the polls showing that Biden has a major enthusiasm gap compared to President Trump, arguing that his remarks will only further that. He especially tagged Biden for being unable to recognize the faults of past white male leadership.
&#8220;Old white male leadership has failed America, and there is nothing worse than an old white male [who] can&#8217;t recognize the faults and flaws of other old white males,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Racism is the American way. Donald Trump is not the first. And sadly, he won&#8217;t be the last, right? He&#8217;s just more overt with his racism than most presidents in recent times.&#8221;
&#8220;How are we ever going to atone for America&#8217;s original sins if we don&#8217;t acknowledge them?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;How the hell can Donald Trump be the first racist president in a country where 12 presidents before him owned slaves?&#8221;
Charlamagne&#8217;s final message to Biden was that he quickly announce a black woman running-mate to gin up that needed enthusiasm.
&#8220;Joe, you got to hurry up and announce your Black woman VP [vice president] so I can be enthused about voting for her because I will never be enthused about voting for you, and you know America is a terrible place when Kanye West seems like a viable option,&#8221; he asserted.
Charlamagne tha God became an outspoken critic of Joe Biden after the former vice president said that black people who vote for Trump &#8220;ain&#8217;t black.&#8221;
“I see black communities all across America catching hell regardless of who is in the White House,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlamagne-tha-god-torches-biden-he-was-on-the-front-line-advocating-mass-incarceration">Charlamagne said</a>. “People like to bring up coronavirus and how it’s hitting black people the hardest. That’s because we have a bunch of underlying conditions created by systemic racism that have never been fixed.”
“And like I said before, if you created legislation that hurts, then you have to create legislation that helps,” he continued. “It’s just that simple. Like, the whole system needs to be dismantled and rebuilt, and he’s been a very intricate part of that system, whether you’re talking about, you know, in ‘84 with the mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers, or you’re talking about ‘86 with the crack laws that gave you more time for crack cocaine than powder cocaine, or you’re talking about the ’94 crime bill, like, he was really one of the people on the front line when it came to the war on drugs and mass incarceration.”
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-trump-is-the-first-racist-president-to-be-elected">Biden Claims Trump Is The First Racist President To Be Elected</a>

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‘Shut The Eff Up’: Charlamagne Tha God Rips Biden For Saying Trump Is First Elected Racist President

Left-wing radio host Charlamagne tha God suggested on Wednesday that ViacomCBS terminating its relationship with Nick Cannon following remarks by Cannon that were viewed as anti-Semitic and anti-white was proof that Jewish people &#8220;have the power.&#8221;
&#8220;Listen, Nick is my guy,&#8221; Charlamagne tha God said. &#8220;I hate it had to be him, but that’s what you can do when you have the power. And if there’s one thing Jewish people have showed us, it’s they have the power.&#8221;
&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait until the day black people are able to fire people for saying things about us that we deem racist,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We can barely get cops fired for actually killing us. They fired Nick for referencing a theory written by a psychologist on racism.&#8221;
Right-wing pundit Candace Owens responded to Charlamagne tha God&#8217;s comments by tweeting: &#8220;I respect @cthagod, but his comment that Nick Cannon’s firing proves ‘Jews have the power’ is off base. Did the hundreds of white people who have been fired over these past few months for disagreeing with the radical goals of black lives matter prove that we have the power?&#8221;
&#8220;Thousands of blacks promoted to comply with BLM,&#8221; Owens continued. &#8220;Thousands of whites fired for disagreeing, and everyone pretended it was cool. ONE black man gets fired and now it’s &#8216;the Jews have power&#8217;? Nope.&#8221;
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Thousands of blacks promoted to comply with BLM. Thousands of whites fired for disagreeing, and everyone pretended it was cool. 
ONE black man gets fired and now it’s “the Jews have power”?
Nope.
&mdash; Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1283470626045464576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cannon came under fire after he promoted fringe anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish people, including “the Rothschilds, centralized banking, the 13 families, the bloodlines that control everything even outside of America,” according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/07/14/nick-cannon-responds-to-backlash-following-anti-semitic-comments/">Page Six</a>.
Cannon also made anti-white remarks in which he suggested that blacks were superior because of their skin color.
“When you have a person that has the lack of pigment, the lack of melanin, that they know that they will be annihilated,” Cannon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nick-cannon-white-people-are-a-little-less-closer-to-animals-true-savages">said</a>. “So, therefore, however they got the power, they have the lack of compassion. Melanin comes with compassion, melanin comes with soul. We call it soul. Soul brothers and sisters. That’s the melanin that connects us. So the people that don’t have it, and I’m going to say this carefully, are a little less.”
“When they didn’t have the power of the sun, the sun then started to deteriorate them, so then they’re acting out of fear, they’re acting out of low self-esteem, they’re acting out of a deficiency,” Cannon continued. “So, therefore, the only way that they can act is evil. They have to rob, steal, rape, kill … in order to survive.”
“They had to be savages, they had to be barbaric, because they’re in these Nordic mountains, they’re in these rough … environments, so they’re acting as animals,” Cannon added. “So they’re the ones that are actually closer to animals; they’re the ones that are actually the true savages.”
ViacomCBS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viacomcbs-terminates-nick-cannon-over-anti-semitic-remarks-does-not-mention-anti-white-remarks">released</a> a statement yesterday announcing that they were severing ties with Cannon:
<blockquote>ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism.
We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast “Cannon’s Class” on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
While we support ongoing education and dialogue in the fight against bigotry, we are deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him.
We are committed to doing better in our response to incidents of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry. ViacomCBS will have further announcements on our efforts to combat hate of all kinds.</blockquote>
Various members of the black community, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dwyane-wade-tells-nick-cannon-to-keep-leading-after-cannon-fired-for-racist-remarks-wade-later-tries-to-clarify">Dwyane Wade</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-are-for-our-people-first-diddy-defends-nick-cannon-invites-him-to-join-truly-black-owned-revolt-tv">P Diddy</a>, expressed support for Cannon after he made his remarks. Wade later tried to clarify his remarks.

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Charlamagne Tha God: Nick Cannon Getting Fired For Anti-Semitic Remarks Proves Jews ‘Have The Power’

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In a gesture of dialogue, radio personality Charlemagne tha God recently held a discussion with conservative titan Rush Limbaugh in which the discussed a range of topics, from systemic racism to white privilege. The two seemed to agree on little beyond the fact that George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was murdered by a police officer.
Speaking with late-night host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night, Charlamagne felt the interview with Rush Limbaugh was a waste of time.
“What really bothered me about that conversation was, after I left that conversation I felt like it wasn’t productive,&#8221; said Charlamagne. &#8220;I have no problem talking to people from the other side, but I just have to feel like that’s really your truth. I don’t know if I got that from Rush, it felt like more of a performance.&#8221;
“It didn’t feel productive, it felt like a waste of my time,” he later added.
As reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlamagne-tha-god-says-talk-with-rush-limbaugh-was-a-waste-of-time">Fox News</a>, Charlamagne told Colbert earlier in the interview that America is “a private club founded by old rich white men, for rich white men&#8221; that traps people in a &#8220;web of white supremacy.&#8221;
During the interview with Rush Limbaugh, the discussion got heated when the two sparred over the concept of white privilege. When Limbaugh cited Charlmagne&#8217;s success as a black man, the radio personality asserted that America “denies black people justice and just plain decency” while telling them they should be “happy to be here” in the chance that they could be rich one day.
“When did I say that?” Limbaugh asked. “Charlamagne, you’re adding things to my mouth that I did not say. I was trying to be complimentary of you, and I’m trying to illustrate that you are an example to others.”
“RIP to George Floyd but that was not an isolated incident. This is a regular occurrence,” Charlamagne said. “How are you going to use your privilege as a white male to combat this prejudice?”
Limbaugh flatly rejected the concept of white privilege, denouncing it as a political construct used by liberals.
“I don’t buy into the notion of white privilege. I think that’s a liberal political construct right along the lines of political correctness; it’s designed to intimidate and get people to shut up and admit they’re guilty of doing things they haven’t done,” Limbaugh said. “I don’t have any white privilege.”
“You’re being delusional,” Charlamagne replied.
Charlamagne tha God has become a bit of an amorphous political figure in recent days regarding former Vice President Joe Biden. Speaking on CNN this week, Charlamagne said that Biden&#8217;s Senate record reflects &#8220;very racist legislation.&#8221;
“To me it’s like this: If Barack Obama was JFK, then Joe Biden needs to be Lyndon B. Johnson. You know, he has the opportunity to be as progressive as Lyndon B. Johnson. Lyndon B. Johnson may have been labeled a racist but his record doesn’t reflect that. LBJ’s record showed that he had, like, the most effective progressive record on race and class of any Democratic president of the past 80 years,” he said. “I think, you know, Biden’s record in the Senate actually reflects very racist legislation, but he has a chance to correct that by doing right by black people.”
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Radio host Lenard Larry McKelvey, better known as Charlamagne tha God, said that looters were breaking into and stealing from businesses in Minneapolis because people are desperate.
Protests, riots, and looting broke out in the Minnesota city earlier this week over the death of George Floyd, a black man. Video of Floyd being arrested just before his death shows four police officers detaining him as he lay on the ground in handcuffs. One officer has a knee on Floyd’s neck, and Floyd can be heard begging that he “can’t breathe.” After several minutes with the officer&#8217;s knee on his neck, Floyd stops moving.
“The Breakfast Club” host said the violent reaction to Floyd’s death is driven in part by a demand for justice but also because people are desperate after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shut down many businesses in the state to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The shutdown has lasted roughly two months in some places, and people’s finances are running dry.
“We are in a country right now with an unemployment rate at 40 million. The unemployment rate in the black community is at 17 percent,” the radio host told <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/05/28/charlamagne-tha-god-america-had-to-know-that-it-would-come-to-this/">Page Six</a>. “It’s called self-preservation … They do whatever necessary to stay alive … I don’t just see these brothers and sisters taking TVs. I saw a bunch of carts full of groceries, because they probably haven’t had groceries in the refrigerator for months.”
“America had to know that it would come to this,” McKelvey added. “You can’t tell me that America can sit around and be that foolish, like they didn’t see this coming. And guess what — it’s only going to get worse.”
McKelvey said watching video of the officers treatment of Floyd is “infuriating” to him.
“I’m watching CNN, and they kept showing it over and over, and it was absolutely positively infuriating. It just made my anxiety go through the roof,” he said.
The rioting in Minneapolis reached a new level of violence on Thursday night and early Friday morning. Officers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evacuate-the-3rd-precinct-rioters-destroy-minneapolis-police-building-170-businesses">abandoned</a> the department’s 3rd Police Precinct, which is located in the heart of the protest zones, allowing rioters and looters to storm inside and set the building on fire. No fire department officials immediately responded to the area, and the precinct was left to burn completely through.
Earlier, the officers had erected barricades to keep protesters away from the police headquarters. Protesters eventually tore the barricades down as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evacuate-the-3rd-precinct-rioters-destroy-minneapolis-police-building-170-businesses">ordered</a> the precinct emptied and abandoned.
“I made the decision to evacuate the Third Precinct,” Frey told reporters. “The symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life, of our officers or the public. Brick and mortar is not as important as life.”
The Saint Paul Police Department, located near Minneapolis, tweeted that “dozens of fires” had been set and that “more than 170 businesses” had been damaged or looted during the riots.
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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden sat down last Friday for an online interview with Charlamagne tha God on his popular radio show “The Breakfast Club,” at one point telling the host that if he supports President Trump, “then you ain’t black.”
Here’s the exchange:
<blockquote>Charlamagne: Listen, you gotta come see us when you come to New York, Vice President Biden. It’s a long way until November, we got more questions.
Biden: You got more questions? Well, I’ll tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.</blockquote>
Don’t spend any time imagining what would’ve happened if President Trump had said anything remotely like that — your head will explode. But because it was a Democrat, the media mostly ignored the story, quickly forgiving Biden after he later said he was just joshing (even though his campaign motto is “No Malarkey”).
Despite the MSM’s efforts, there was much blowback, and the presumptive Democratic nominee was eventually pushed into sorta, kinda apologizing. Biden expressed regret for his remarks during a phone conversation with The U.S. Black Chambers Inc., and offered the following thoughts about his conversation with Charlamagne.
“The bottom line of all of this perhaps I was much too cavalier,” Biden said. “I know that the comments have come off like I was taking the African-American vote for granted but nothing could be further from the truth … I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy.”
But despite the widespread outrage and heavily covered gaffe, Fox News noted that another prominent news network hardly bothered to cover the story.
“CNN, which often dedicates wall-to-wall coverage for any latest controversy from President Trump, virtually avoided covering Joe Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ remarks Friday morning that sparked backlash throughout the day,” Fox wrote.
Others on social media noticed, too.
“Fascinating to watch how the left-leaning cable networks have covered Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ comment. MSNBC has discussed it nearly every hour … CNN hasn’t mentioned it once,” former CNN digital producer-turned-media critic Steve Krakauer wrote on Twitter.
And Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel shredded the liberal network for ignoring the story.
“It’s been over 5 HOURS since Biden told Black people they ‘ain’t black’ if they support [President Trump]. How many times has CNN mentioned his bigoted comment on air? ZERO. Unreal,” Ms. McDaniel tweeted.
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley chimed in, too. “Biden told a black radio host that ‘If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.’ Crickets on CNN and other sites thus far. Biden remains constructively bunkered by the media from fallout for outrageous comments,” he wrote on Twitter.
A slew of prominent black celebrities and politicians also blasted Biden for the comment — which clearly suggests that the 77-year-old Democrat thinks all blacks should support him.
“I cringed, no question about that,” House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, South Carolina Democrat and the nation’s highest-ranking black lawmaker, said Tuesday during an appearance on ABC’s “The View” when co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked about Biden’s gaffe.
Other liberal news outlets reported on Biden’s blatant racism — then dismissed it. “Come on. Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ comment was clearly a joke,” a Washington Post writer wrote.
When CNN did weigh in, they wrote a piece headlined: “What Biden said was outrageous. But, some say, so was the reaction.”
That wasn’t the only mess Biden got into on Friday. In another twist, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People felt compelled to tell Biden that the organization has never endorsed him.
“Yesterday, former Vice President Joe Biden made a comment about the NAACP’s endorsement,” Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, said in a statement on Saturday. “We want to clarify that the NAACP is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse candidates for political office at any level.”
The statement from America’s oldest civil-rights organization came after Biden claimed during that interview with “The Breakfast Club” that the group has endorsed him every time he has run for office.
While everyone mostly moved on, there was one other guy who wasn’t falling for Biden’s phony apology — Charlamagne tha God. The radio host said he was not impressed with his conversation with the former vice president.
“My takeaway from the conversation was I heard him talking about things he did for black people back in the day, but you know ‘What have you done for me lately’ is my motto,” he said Friday.
By Sunday, he was still taking swipes at Biden. “I don’t even care about the words and the lip service. The apology is cool but the best apology is actually a black agenda,” he said in an interview with MSNBC. “You know, they got to make some real policy commitments to black people.”
By Tuesday, the story had completely disappeared, at least from the mainstream media.
But you can bet your bottom dollar that the Trump campaign won’t forget.
*Joseph Curl ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2014 and covered the White House for a dozen years. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com and on Twitter at @JosephCurl. A version of this article ran previously in The Washington Times.
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AMNESIA: After Biden Says ‘You Ain’t Black’ If You Support Trump, Mainstream Media Immediately Forgives, Forgets

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that he made the much-criticized &#8220;you ain&#8217;t black&#8221; remark last week because &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; co-host Charlamagne Tha God was &#8220;being a wise guy.&#8221;
“Well, first of all, um, you know, I, uh, it was a mistake, number one,” Biden said. “And I was smiling when he asked me the question.”
“I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy with him,” Biden continued. “He was being a wise guy and I responded in kind, I shouldn’t have done that.”
During the interview on &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; last week, Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
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Biden was widely slammed for his remarks by prominent members of the black community, including athletes, business owners, politicians, and celebrities.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-tim-scott-hud-secretary-ben-carson-slam-democrat-joe-biden-over/">said</a> during an interview on Fox News:&#8221;Well, I&#8217;m not going to whitewash his arrogant, insensitive, painful comment that he made,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;It tells me that he has taken the black vote for granted and he will continue to do so. This is not the first time we have had rhetoric from the vice president that has been offensive.&#8221;
&#8220;It was Senator Kamala Harris that called attention to vice president Biden&#8217;s ignorance on the issue of school busing,&#8221; Scott continued. &#8220;It was Senator Cory Booker who called him onto the carpet for the crime bill. So, his record has been called into question by his own party. The thing I hear right now from his party, however, crickets. It is quiet as a church mouse right now on the left. I’m tired of hearing people put democrats on a perch when it comes to offensive, racially offensive comments and they hold Republicans to a very different standard.&#8221;
BET founder Robert Johnson, who is America&#8217;s first black billionaire, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bet-founder-robert-johnson-blasts-democrat-joe-biden-over-racist-remarks-he-believes-that-black-people-owe-him-their-vote">responded</a>, “Vice President Biden’s statement today represents the arrogant and out-of-touch attitude of a paternalistic white candidate who has the audacity to tell Black people, the descendants of slaves, that they are not Black unless they vote for him. This proves unequivocally that the Democratic nominee believes that Black people owe him their vote without question; even though, we as Black people know it is exactly the opposite. He should spend the rest of his campaign apologizing to every Black person he meets.”
Famed running back Herschel Walker also took a shot at Biden, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/herschel-walker-son-unload-on-democrat-joe-biden-over-bigoted-you-aint-black-remark">writing</a> on Twitter: “Wow. I just watched former Vice President @JoeBiden… Does he not understand that black and brown skinned people can think for themselves. You don’t determine who we vote for.”
This article and its title have been revised for clarity.
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