Another phony scandal. A bunch of tokens complain about Biden's joke at a celebrity agitator. |
Now that the Tara Reade scandal is dying down, the latest controversy involves a celebrity agitator and Biden joking around through an interview. The leftists and far-white have seized upon a 30 second clip of Biden making a mockingly joke about Black people and now the social media is lit over the comment.
For those who aren't familiar with hip-hop, there's celebrity agitator Charlamagne Tha God. He is the co-host of The Breakfast Club, a hip-hop reality television show that is syndicated on many urban radio markets. He is a controversial figure. He is a troll and shit-starter. Mind you rappers like Drake, Lil' Wayne, Megan Thee Stallion and Gucci Mane hate this guy.
He had an opportunity to interview the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee.
Midway through the interview, an aide may have interrupted them.
An aide tried to cut off the interview after 11 minutes because Jill Biden needed the office to do her own livestreamed event, but Biden agreed to stay on longer.
After 18 minutes, the aide interjected again, leading Charlamagne to say jokingly: "You can't do that to black media."
"I do that to white media and black media because my wife has to go on at 6 o'clock," Biden said, looking at his watch: "Uh oh. I'm in trouble."
Charlamagne Tha God interviews Biden. The two joke at the end of the session and that's where the controversy began. |
"You've got more questions?" Biden replied. "Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."
Charlamagne responded by saying “it has nothing to do with Trump,” but that rather “I want something for my community.”
"Take a look at my record man," Biden responded. "I extended the Voting Rights Act 25 years. I have a record that is second to none. The NAACP has endorsed me every time I’ve run. Come on, take a look at my record."
Charlamagne opened by telling Biden, "I've been critical of you."
"I know you have," Biden shot back. "You don't know me."
At one point, Charlamagne asked Biden to explain why he supports decriminalizing marijuana but not legalizing it.
"They're trying to figure out if it affects long-term development of the brain, and we should wait until the studies are done," Biden said. "Science matters."
Blacks for Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson seized on the comments by Biden. |
"Yeah I do, I know a lot of weed smokers," Biden said, laughing.
Charlamagne challenged Biden to explain his support for crime bills in the 1980s and 1990s that critics have said led to mass incarceration of black people.
He noted that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had come on his show and apologized for her past support of the bills and said that part of why she ran for president was to atone for that.
"She was wrong," Biden said. "It wasn't the crime bill, it was the drug legislation, the institution of mandatory minimums, which I opposed."
"I won a larger share of the black vote than anyone has, including Barack," Biden said, referring to former President Obama.
"They're the folks, as they say, brung me to the dance ... come on man, give me a little break here."
The GOP super PAC America Rising circulated the clip, and the exchange blew up in conservative social media.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on the left was sworn in by Joe Biden. Scott spoke favorably about Biden then. |
"It is clear now more than ever, following these racist and dehumanizing remarks, that Joe Biden believes black men and women are incapable of being independent or free thinking. He truly believes that he, a 77-year-old white man, should dictate how black people should behave. Biden has a history of racial condescension and today he once again proved what a growing number of black Americans and I have always known — Joe Biden does not deserve our votes."
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the only black Republican in the Senate, also accused Biden of lecturing black people on how to vote and or questioning the racial authenticity of conservative black voters.
1.3 million black Americans already voted for Trump in 2016. This morning, Joe Biden told every single one of us we “ain’t black.” I’d say I’m surprised, but it’s sadly par for the course for Democrats to take the black community for granted and brow beat those that don’t agree.— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) May 22, 2020
Symone Sanders, an adviser to the Biden campaign, defended the former vice president's remarks.
The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let’s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump’s any day. Period.— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) May 22, 2020
WATCH: Senior Adviser for the Biden campaign Symone Sanders responds to backlash from Biden’s "you ain't black" comments.@SymoneDSanders: “He earned the votes of folks in this primary … black voters especially.” pic.twitter.com/ajkxN9kHD9— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 22, 2020
"Vice President Biden spent his career fighting alongside and for the African American community. He won his party's nomination by earning every vote and meeting people where they are and that's exactly what he intends to do this November," she said in a tweet.
"The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let’s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump’s any day. Period," she added.
Biden has 85% of the Black vote and this hasn't really affected him. Mind you that the extremes are going to take every single word and put it out of context. They will use this as a distraction to keep people diverted from the real issues that we're facing.
Biden did apologize shortly after. At least he admits to that.
We are in a pandemic caused by COVID-19. We have 115,000 Americans killed from this. We have 42 million people out of jobs. Food and utilities are going up. A lot of uncertainty going into the summer and folks are worried about a bad joke.
Wake me up when Trump is out of office because this is not the time for dumbshit.
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