Charlamagne Tha God Makes Shocked Confession About Trump: ‘How Much Did They Really Believe?’
Charlamagne Tha God sparked a backlash after calling Donald Trump a “fascist” and questioning the extent to which Democrats “really believed” the argument.
The 46-year-old radio host, real name Lenard Larry McKelvey, addressed the liberal crisis following Trump’s victory on his show this week – despite previously making the same argument himself.
He told CNN two weeks ago that Kamala Harris should “keep calling Trump a fascist” and said he “couldn’t believe we’re even thinking about electing him to a second term.”
But after Trump’s landslide victory this week — which was notably not met with the same widespread protests as after his 2016 win — Charlamagne changed his tune.
“Do you find it strange that now that he has won, they don’t call him a threat to democracy, they don’t call him a fascist,” he said on his show. “It just makes you wonder how much of it they really believed?”
Two weeks ago, Charlamagne Tha God went on CNN and said Kamala Harris should “keep calling Trump a fascist” and that he “couldn’t believe we’re even thinking about electing him.”
On his radio show after Trump drove to a landslide victim, Charlamagne sparked a backlash after calling Donald Trump a “fascist” and questioning the extent to which Democrats “really believed” the argument in the first place.
In his CNN appearance, Charlamagne spoke after Kamala Harris stepped up her rhetorical attacks on Trump, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and repeatedly labeling him a “fascist.”
When asked if he thought this was the right thing to do, Charlamagne said he was all for it and insisted she had to “push through” the inflammatory comments.
“I think Americans should continue to look at Donald Trump’s rhetoric,” he continued.
“Since I can’t believe we’re even thinking about electing someone who is talking about putting people in camps, I don’t know why we want to elect someone who is talking about mass deportations.
“I don’t know why we’re having this conversation about someone who wants to end the Constitution.”
In his CNN appearance, Charlamagne spoke after Kamala Harris stepped up her rhetorical attacks on Trump, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and repeatedly labeling him a “fascist.”
The contrast with Charlamagne’s comments on his show this week circulated widely on social media after users compared his CNN rant to his much more complimentary post-election tone.
Speaking to his co-hosts about the rather muted reaction to Trump’s victory, he asked: “Do you find it strange that now that he’s won, they’re not calling him a threat to democracy, they’re not calling him a fascist?” .’
One guest chimed in: “They can’t do that! He’s now the most powerful man in the world!’
Charlamagne continued, “On Monday they just called him that, and I would think if you really believed that, someone’s speech would be about how America has fared and how things are going to get really bad.
“It just makes you wonder how much they actually believed in it? And how much was just political.”
After a comparison of Charlamagne’s comments went viral this week, the radio host faced backlash from conservatives who called him out for his hypocritical views.
One X-user labeled him “just another flip-flop media doll.”
‘No backbone, no independent thinking. What Charlamagne is trying to say is that he feels stupid for buying into rhetoric that was clearly untrue, but he doesn’t take responsibility for his refusal to think for himself.”
Another argued that he “like the others exposed himself as a paid propagandist and a liar.”
“At least he admits it,” said another. “Many don’t.”