Even mere hours after the “you ain’t black” soundbite blew up, it is clear this comment could become a defining moment for Biden’s campaign, with months to go before he officially receives the party’s nomination. Here are some of the reasons why it has created so much backlash:
Former ESPN sports commentator and current Atlantic writer Jemele Hill, jumped to Twitter Friday to defend Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s contention that if you’re confused about who to vote for, “you ain’t black.”
#YouAintBlack and #JoeBidenIsARacist both became national trending hashtags on Twitter in the wake of the presumptive Democrat nominee’s disastrous interview on The Breakfast Club, in which he said blacks who consider supporting Donald Trump “ain’t black.”
Listeners to former Vice President Joe Biden’s interview with Charlamagne Tha God on Friday did not have great things to say.
Senior Joe Biden campaign advisor Symone Sanders asserted Friday that the former Vice President’s “you ain’t black” gaffe on The Breakfast Club was actually a joke.
Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne tha God on Friday reacted to former Vice President Joe Biden’s controversial statement — “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black” — by saying “fear” is no substitute for a platform that will help black Americans.
Joe Biden (D), during a Friday appearance on the “Breakfast Club” radio program, suggested that people in jail have a few things in common, one of which is they “can’t read.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden tried to articulate a position of favoring the decriminalization of marijuana but not legalizing it, boasting “I know a lot of weed smokers” in a Friday-morning interview.
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) declared Friday morning that if black Americans are unsure whether to support him over President Donald Trump in the November election, “then you ain’t black.”
Sunday on MSNBC, radio host Charlamagne tha God encouraged blacks to buy a gun to protect themselves against “white ISIS” amid the Ahmaud Arbery controversy, who was allegedly killed by two men, Gregory and Travis McMichael, in Georgia on February 23.
Lenard “Charlamagne tha God” McKelvey criticized former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday for not appearing on The Breakfast Club radio broadcast.
In a Wednesday interview on CNN’s “OutFront,” radio host Charlamagne Tha God questioned why black voters in South Carolina would support both former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg for the 2020 Democratic nomination.
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) asserted during an appearance on popular radio show The Breakfast Club that polling is “bullshit,” claiming that he remains “confident” even as his poll numbers slip.
Charlamagne Tha God called out Joe Biden for offering to send a campaign surrogate instead of sitting down for an interview with the radio host, saying the move by the 2020 frontrunner demonstrates “white entitlement and privilege.”
Radio host Charlamagne tha God praised Pete Buttigieg for his agenda for black voters but cautioned that the mayor’s record fell short on many issues facing black residents in South Bend, Indiana.
Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” co-host Charlamagne Tha God on Friday pressed 2020 presidential candidate and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on his poor polling numbers and debate performances.
Buttigieg discussed the future of the world doing an interview with ‘Charlamagne tha God’ of The Breakfast Club.
“You know there’s a lot of parts of the Bible that talk about how life begins with breath,” he said when discussing abortion. “So even that is something we can interpret differently.”
Appearing Friday on radio station Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club,” 2020 presidential candidate and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg confessed he is oblivious to the latest fast-food craze: Popeyes’ new chicken sandwich.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg joined Kevin Hart critics after the actor-comedian said that it did not matter that superstar singer Lil Nas X came out as gay.
Monday on MSNBC’s “Live,” radio host Charlamagne tha God encouraged African-Americans to vote because and asked the question, who is next to be concentration camps? Charlamagne tha God said, “I think what we are experiencing right now in America is
Monday on MSNBC’s “Live,” radio host Charlamagne tha God said he would not meet with President Donald Trump because he does not give “a damn about black people.” When asked if he would sit down with Trump, Charlamagne tha God said,
Influential radio host Charlamagne tha God on Wednesday evening ripped former Vice President Joe Biden as a candidate who “fumbles” and “misses layups” and has not shown he is willing to “unlearn” old ideas.
Appearing Wednesday on CNN, Breakfast Club radio co-host Charlamagne tha God, who recently grilled 2020 White House hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for exaggerating her Native American ancestry, says he doesn’t buy her reasoning for making the claims.
The founder of one of the most prominent left-wing groups promoting women of color accused former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday evening of running a campaign as if he does not need Democrats of color.
Elizabeth Warren dodged the question of when she learned she is not Native American during a Friday interview on the popular radio show The Breakfast Club, floundering as co-host Charlamagne tha God took her to task for false claims about her heritage.
During an appearance on iHeartRadio’s “The Breakfast Club” on Friday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was confronted about her claims of Native American ancestry, which she later had to walk back. Warren was confronted by “Breakfast Club” co-host Charlamagne tha God
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) claimed Monday that she smoked marijuana while listening to rap legends during her college years, yet it appears their albums were released only after the presidential candidate completed graduate school.
