Radio host Charlamagne Tha God sat in as host for “The Each day Present” this week on Comedy Central and begged President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
The South Carolina native, who has been essential of the POTUS earlier than, says his stepping apart wouldn’t solely higher safe a win over former President Donald Trump, however can be “the final word Christmas reward” for America.
Many bear in mind how Charlamagne grilled Biden in 2020 when he appeared on his morning radio present, “The Breakfast Membership,” the place he uttered the remark, “In case you have an issue determining whether or not you’re for me or Trump, then you definitely ain’t Black.”
The comment not solely offended the host but additionally many Black individuals who have been tuning in to the present. Nonetheless, regardless of the controversy, the Delaware politician emerged victorious within the election, surpassing his predecessor in a contentious win that led to an riot in Washington, D.C.
Over three years later, and after successful the presidency, Biden remains to be not one among Charlamagne’s favorites. Whereas internet hosting “The Each day Present,” he made certain to incorporate his disdain for the president in his behind-the-desk monologue.
Charlamagne tha God (@cthagod): “Please, Mr. President, give America the final word Christmas reward & step apart” pic.twitter.com/CStME06GDq
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 7, 2023
“So, Donald Trump is at the moment operating on a platform of dictatorship, and the one man standing in his method is President Joe Biden, seen right here taking a look at his personal approval rankings,” he quipped. “Individuals have been questioning why Biden hasn’t stepped apart and final evening Biden gave a solution that simply raises extra questions.”
Biden was talking at a closed-door fundraiser on Tuesday, Dec. 5, and began speaking about his run for reelection. He informed these in attendance “If Trump wasn’t operating, I’m unsure I’d be operating.”
He added, “We are able to’t let him win.”
The New York Occasions best-selling creator stated that if Biden actually didn’t need Trump to win, he wouldn’t be operating. As an alternative, he would step apart and permit others to run and have an opportunity at successful.
Biden truly agrees. When requested if there have been “any Democrats who may defeat Donald Trump aside from” himself, the 81-year-old answered, “Most likely 50 of them.”
“Oh my God, that is Biden’s ego speaking. If you happen to suppose there are different individuals who can beat him, step apart,” Charlamagne begged. “I do know you suppose you’ve received this within the bag … however the polls say in any other case.”
A Wall Road Journal ballot printed Saturday might affirm precisely that. Registered voters surveyed throughout the nation gave Trump a win by 4 share factors in a hypothetical basic election state of affairs.
The ballot discovered that voters have extra confidence in Trump to higher deal with the economic system, inflation, crime, border safety and the warfare between Israel and Hamas. Conversely, Biden obtained excessive marks for dealing with abortion and tone in politics.
For the humorous man, this isn’t simply a difficulty of his competency or his misspeak on Black individuals, it’s about age, suggesting that the president, whose well being has been a priority for a lot of, ought to retire due to his age.
“See the info are Biden’s not getting any youthful. He’s not going to get any extra widespread and he’s not getting a brand new operating mate. So, please, Mr. President, give America the final word Christmas reward and step apart,” he stated.
Biden, who made historical past because the oldest individual to be elected as president, has been ridiculed and mocked for his age.
Simply weeks in the past, the forty sixth president turned 81 and his staff posted an image of him on his Instagram web page with a chocolate cake adorned with 81 candles. With all the candles lit, the cake appeared as if it have been engulfed in flames.
The president even joked, “Thanks for the birthday well-wishes at present, everybody. Seems in your 146th birthday, you run out of area for candles!”
There are three individuals at the moment vying for the Democratic ticket within the upcoming presidential election.
In late October, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, 54, entered the race with a difficult bid for the nomination. Phillips has been very vocal in his critique of the president and continues, like Charlamagne, to induce Biden to step apart.
Marianne Williamson, best-selling creator and former “non secular advisor” to Oprah Winfrey, introduced her candidacy in March 2023. This marks the 70-year-old’s second run for workplace.
The ultimate official Democratic candidate vying for the nomination is Cenk Uygur, host of “The Younger Turks” speak present. The 53-year-old declared his candidacy in October on his political present. Nonetheless, Uygur is at the moment being deemed ineligible to run, as he was born in Turkey, and Article 2 of the Structure mandates that one should be born in america to be eligible for the workplace.