Radio host Charlamagne the God and Anderson Cooper called each other “bulls***” during a tense exchange about the network’s coverage of Kamala Harris.
Both men have held town hall conversations with the vice president in recent weeks, and Charlamagne appeared on CNN to talk one-on-one with Harris about Cooper’s Wednesday night.
Cooper challenged Charlamagne about Harris’ authenticity, questioning why she wasn’t showing “personality” by appearing on shows like Joe Rogan.
“Americans need to continue to look at Donald Trump’s rhetoric because I don’t know why we’re even thinking about electing someone who talks about putting people in camps,” Charlamagne said.
The Breakfast Club host fired Cooper when he insisted that CNN has important discussions, claiming the network was wasting time discussing whether Harris is black.
Then Cooper interjected, “Honestly, that’s bullshit, I’m sorry.”
Radio host Charlamagne the God and Anderson Cooper each called each other “bulls***” during a tense exchange about the network’s coverage of Kamala Harris
Cooper challenged Charlamagne about Harris’ authenticity and questioned why she didn’t try to show more of her personality by appearing on shows like Joe Rogan’s podcast
“I’m a big fan of yours, but to say we’re discussing, Kamala Harris is as black as -” before Charlamagne – who initially responded to Cooper by saying “ooh, I like that” – cut him off with the same swear word.
‘I’ve seen those roundtable discussions a lot. That’s nonsense, Anderson, to say you’re not having those conversations.”
Charlamagne and liberal pundit Angela Rye both claimed that those race discussions had taken place on the network, if not by Cooper himself.
Cooper asked in response, “I don’t think there’s an anchor going around on this network saying, ‘Is she black?’
“I don’t think any network has had honest conversations about Donald Trump, no network has had honest conversations about Donald Trump since 2016,” Charlamagne continued.
“We talk about him as a threat to democracy, but we don’t treat him as a threat,” he added, saying no one had been “honest” about Trump to Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden.
Cooper continued to defend himself, pointing out that he had discussed John Kelly’s claims that Trump was a fan of Hitler, which the former president has strongly denied.
“I 100% think enough people haven’t heard his rhetoric,” Charlamagne responded, comparing that to something similar Harris told Cooper last night.
Cooper continued to defend himself, pointing out that he had discussed John Kelly’s claims that Trump was a fan of Hitler, which the former president has strongly denied
Charlamagne criticized some of Cooper’s work Wednesday during his town hall with Harris
Rye said both men made fair points but felt Cooper needed to do a better job of pointing out lies, such as suggesting Kamala Harris was not a black woman.
Cooper then suggested that the “double standard” was because Harris has policies that she doesn’t discuss in enough detail, while Trump “has no policies.”
“I’m not an expert, I’m not interested… I don’t think my opinion is particularly interesting,” Cooper added.
“I’m on MSNBC for a reason, I’m on another network for a reason. I’m on CNN because I want to talk to Republicans, I want to talk to Democrats and I want to learn from them. I don’t think I have the answers, I’m willing to change my mind.’
Harris branded Donald Trump a “fascist” and flustered when confronted about whether the border wall was “stupid” during a high-stakes CNN town hall just thirteen days after the election.
But it was Harris’s inability to provide clear answers on both domestic and foreign policy, and characteristically meandering responses throughout the 90-minute session, that even left-wing CNN panelists grilled her afterward.
Veteran Democratic strategist David Axelrod, who helped elect Barack Obama and was one of his top advisers, summed up Harris’ performance with the evening’s slogan: “Become Salad City.”
Harris faced undecided voters in the swing district of Delaware County, Pennsylvania new poll showed Trump taking a slight lead over the VP nationally.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper (center) watches Vice President Kamala Harris (left) answer a question Wednesday evening during a town hall event in suburban Philadelphia aimed at undecided voters
It came a few days after Harris and Charlamagne held a separate town hall on the radio
But while she hoped to gain an edge over undecided voters in the Keystone State through her town hall appearance, the post-game reviews told a different story.
It came a few days after Harris and Charlamagne held a separate town hall on the radio.
The vice president spoke at length with Charlamagne about campaign issues, while the sometimes critical host asked her to clarify some online issues surrounding her campaign.
When asked about prosecuting more than a thousand people for marijuana when she was California’s district attorney, Harris denied it.
‘It’s just not true. And what public defenders will tell you around that time. I was the most progressive prosecutor in California on marijuana cases,” Harris said.
As District Attorney, Harris supervised According to the Mercury News, there were 1,900 convictions for marijuana crimes, a higher rate than her predecessor and also against legislation that would legalize marijuana until she became a United States senator.
She deplored the “targeted” talking points about her record as a prosecutor in California.
“One of the biggest challenges I face is misinformation and disinformation. And it’s purposeful because it’s meant to convince people that they shouldn’t somehow believe that the work I’ve done has happened and has meaning,” she said.
Harris also bristled at the idea that she and Biden had mishandled the border and deserved “a lot of the blame.”
“The first thing we dropped was a bill to fix the broken immigration system,” she said defensively, accusing Congress of failing to pass it.
The vice president also reiterated the idea of reparations for descendants of slavery.
“It needs to be studied, there’s no doubt about that,” she said. “And I’ve been very clear about that position.”
