Controversial syndicated radio host Charlamagne Tha God (real name: Lenard Larry McKelvey) blasted the Democrat presumptive nominee Joe Biden for claiming that President Donald Trump was the first racist to ever be elected President of the United States. McKelvey made the remark Thursday on his radio show “The Breakfast Club.”
During a virtual town hall on Wednesday, Biden made the remarks in response to a healthcare worker’s concern over the president referring to COVID-19 as a “Chinese virus.”
“The way [Trump] deals with people based on the color of their skin, their national origin, where they’re from, is absolutely sickening,” Biden said. “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, they’ve tried to get elected president. He’s the first one that has,” the former vice-president concluded.
Biden’s words — perhaps considering his own history of making overtly racist statements — irked McKelvey, who named Biden the “Donkey of the Day” on his radio program.
“I really wish Biden would shut the f*** up forever and continue to act like he’s starring in the movie ‘A Quiet Place’ because as soon as he opens his mouth and makes noise, he gets us all killed, okay?” the radio host said. “There’s already so many people who are reluctantly only voting for Joe Biden because he’s the only option and because Donald J. Trump is that trash.”
McKelvey went on to note recent polling showing a substantial enthusiasm gap between Republicans who are excited about voting for Donald Trump versus Democrats who are, at best, tepid in their support for Biden. He claimed that remarks such as the ones Biden made on Wednesday are a big reason for that enthusiasm gap.
McKelvey then reverted to far-left, Black Lives Matter talking points in his take-down of the former vice president. “Old white male leadership has failed America, and there is nothing worse than an old white male [who] can’t recognize the faults and flaws of other old white males,” McKelvey said. “Racism is the American way. Donald Trump is not the first. And, sadly, he won’t be the last, right? He’s just more overt with his racism than most presidents in recent times.”
It’s not McKelvey’s first dust-up with the former vice-president. In May, the radio host interviewed the candidate on his radio show and at the end of the segment, Biden made the absurd statement, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
McKelvey went on to advise Biden to quickly cover up his most recent faux pas by doing something that’s — well, racist.
“Joe, you got to hurry up and announce your Black woman VP 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.” Of course, picking a VP on the basis of skin color could be viewed as racial discrimination. But In the insane world of today’s leftists, the only cure for racism is more racism.
(For his part, Biden has promised to pick a woman VP, which could be viewed as sex discrimination, but the names reportedly under consideration have included white as well as black women.)
McKelvey’s rant about Biden illustrates an uncomfortable truth for Democrats. Their choice of Joe Biden as their standard bearer is the worst choice that Democrats have made since their 2016 choice of Hillary Clinton. That may not seem like a long time until you realize over that stretch of time they’ve chosen to pin their hopes on the Mueller Report that turned up nothing; chosen the ineffective Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House; and chosen to pursue a doomed impeachment strategy that was not based on any high crime or misdemeanor.
McKelvey also pointed out the dichotomy that exists between the “tear-down-the-system, woke” Democrats of today and the party’s choice of Biden to run against their arch-enemy Donald Trump.
“Like, the whole system needs to be dismantled and rebuilt, and [Biden’s] been a very intricate part of that system,” McKelvey said.
Whether it’s Biden’s misstatements, fumbling and stumbling through television interviews where he must be rescued by his campaign staff or just his whole “gaffe-machine” image, it’s clear that the Democrat Party apparatus is having a hard time selling Joe Biden as the best choice to defeat the “evil” Donald Trump. Even the most ardent of followers must admit that Biden is a flawed — seriously flawed — candidate.
Democrats may hate Donald Trump; but Joe Biden embarrasses them.
Photo of Joe Biden: AP Images
James Murphy is a freelance journalist who writes on a variety of subjects. He can be reached at [email protected].
