Radio host Charlamagne the God and Anderson Cooper called each other ‘fools’ during a tense discussion over the network’s coverage of Kamala Harris.
Both men have hosted town hall discussions with the vice president in recent weeks, and Charlamagne appeared on CNN to discuss Cooper’s one-on-one meeting with Harris on Wednesday night.
Cooper questioned Charlamagne about Harris’ authenticity and wondered why he didn’t show “personality” by appearing on shows like Joe Rogan.
“Americans need to keep analyzing 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 dismissed Cooper when he insisted that CNN features important debates that viewers are interested in.
Then Cooper chimed in: “Honestly, that’s bullshit, I’m sorry.”
Radio host Charlamagne the God and Anderson Cooper called each other ‘fools’ during a tense discussion over the network’s coverage of Kamala Harris.
Cooper questioned Charlamagne about Harris’ authenticity and wondered 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 that we’re sitting around arguing, Kamala Harris is black like…?” before Charlamagne, who initially responded to Cooper by saying “ooh, I like that,” interrupted him with the same tirade.
‘I’ve seen those round tables a lot. That’s bullshit, Anderson, for you to say you don’t have those conversations.
Charlamagne and liberal pundit Angela Rye claimed those discussions had occurred online, if not by Cooper himself.
Cooper asked in response: “I don’t think any anchor on this network has been saying, ‘Is she black?’
“I think no 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 such,” he added, stating that no one had been “honest” about Trump against Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden.
Cooper continued to defend himself, noting that he had disputed John Kelly’s claims that Trump was a Hitler fan, which the former president has virulently denied.
“I 100% believe a lot of people haven’t heard his rhetoric,” Charlamagne responded, comparing it to something similar Harris said to Cooper last night.
Cooper continued to defend himself, noting that he had disputed John Kelly’s claims that Trump was a Hitler fan, which the former president has virulently denied.
Charlamagne criticized some of Cooper’s work during his meeting with Harris on Wednesday.
Rye said both men had made fair comments, but he felt Cooper needed to do a better job of calling 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 does not discuss in sufficient 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 not on MSNBC for a reason, I’m not 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 called Donald Trump a “fascist” and became nervous when asked if the border wall was “stupid” during a high-stakes CNN town hall just 13 days before the election.
But it was Harris’ inability to provide clear answers on both domestic and foreign policy, and her characteristic meandering responses throughout the 90-minute session, that caused even left-leaning CNN panelists to criticize 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 catchphrase of the night: “Word salad city.”
Harris appeared before undecided voters in the swing district of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, as new survey showed Trump taking a slight lead over the vice president nationally.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper (center) watches Vice President Kamala Harris (left) answer a question during a town hall event in suburban Philadelphia Wednesday night aimed at undecided voters.
It came a few days after Harris and Charlamagne held a separate town hall on the radio.
But while he hoped to gain an advantage among undecided voters in the Keystone State through the town hall performance, post-game criticism told another 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, as the sometimes critical host asked her to clarify a number of online issues related to her campaign.
When asked about prosecuting more than a thousand people for marijuana when he was California District Attorney, Harris denied it.
It’s simply not true. And what the public defenders will tell you in those days. “I was the most progressive prosecutor in California on marijuana cases,” Harris said.
As district attorney, Harris supervised 1,900 convictions for marijuana-related crimes according to the Mercury News, a higher rate than her predecessor, and also opposed legislation that would legalize marijuana until she became a United States senator.
He lamented “intentional” talking points about his record as a prosecutor in California.
‘One of the biggest challenges I face is lack of information and misinformation. And it serves a purpose because it aims to convince people that somehow they shouldn’t believe that the work I’ve done has happened and has meaning,” he said.
Harris also bristled at the idea that she and Biden mismanaged the border and deserved “a lot of the blame.”
“The first thing we ruled out was a bill to fix the broken immigration system,” he said defensively, blaming Congress for not passing it.
The vice president also recommitted to the idea of reparations for descendants of slavery.
“It must be studied, there is no doubt about that,” he said. “And I’ve been very clear about that position.”