Charlamagne Tha God Calls Out ‘The View’ After Feeling Pressure To Endorse Presidential Candidate: “Why Do Y’all Need Us To Say This If We Don’t Feel Comfortable Saying It?”
deadline.comCharlamagne Tha God was a guest on The View to promote his book Get Honest or Die Lying and starred in a tense moment with the morning co-hosts.
Sunny Hostin asked the radio personality why he has not openly endorsed Joe Biden in his presidential reelection as he did in 2020. “Well, since this book is all about having real conversations, let’s get to it.
Let’s get real,” Hostin told Charlamagne. “You have a massive platform, reaching millions of listeners. You and I have talked about this before.
You endorsed Joe Biden back in 2020, but this time around, you said you’re not going to endorse anybody. Charlamagne, now is not the time, in my opinion, to sit this one out.” Charlamagne said, “I didn’t say that,” clarifying and adding, “I’m definitely voting in November but what I like to focus on is issues, not individuals.” Hostin pressed Charlamagne on why he would not endorse Biden. “Because if I’m sitting here telling my listeners that you have somebody out there who’s a threat to democracy, you have somebody out there who said they want to suspend the constitution or overthrow the results of the election — you saw this person try to lead an attempted coup of this country — and I’m telling people that this guy is a threat to democracy,” Charlamagne said. “There’s only two candidates out there.
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