Radio host Charlaman Tha God scolded rappers who say Vice President Harris has no obligation to explain her policies to black voters, and argued that it’s “absolutely” wrong to tell black people to “compromise” with the Democratic candidate.
“I don’t understand why Priess or any black person is telling black people to ‘just put up with it.’ They’re saying ‘accept whatever the candidate offers you. Don’t ask questions, just vote. They don’t have to explain anything to us,'” Charmagne said. I’ll be appearing on “The Breakfast Club” on Monday.”
Charlamagne is Abusive language A rapper known as Prydz posted online on Sunday that black men were supporting former President Trump in the election. Prydz slammed those voters for criticizing Harris’ performance in office and argued that she shouldn’t have to answer questions about her policies.
“Stop telling black women to explain themselves or explain themselves to you,” the rapper admonished, before continuing, “It’s okay if white men don’t explain themselves,” appearing to refer to Trump.
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (Getty Images)
“Mr. Pries is absolutely wrong,” Charmagne responded the next day on his podcast and radio show. “If people are having doubts, that’s great.”
“I don’t know why Mr. Price is making this into a black woman versus black man issue. This is not about black men versus black women. This is about elected officials and potential voters,” he continued.
“The whole point of election season is for candidates to go out and explain to the American people why they should be in charge of this country. Votes aren’t given, they’re earned. And they can be earned by going out and explaining yourself.”
The vice president has faced criticism for shunning the press since launching her presidential campaign: She has not given a sit-down interview or held a formal news conference in the past 36 days.
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Charlaman the God argued that Vice President Kamala Harris needed to answer questions about her policies to black voters. (Getty Images)
Charmagne argued that because Harris is the Democratic nominee so late in the election cycle and running for the nation’s highest office, she is facing increased scrutiny of her policies.
“And by the way, she knows that. This is not the vice president’s first job,” he said in describing her background as attorney general and senator.
“Mr. Pries is 1 billion percent wrong,” he said again. Answering voters’ questions is “the very purpose of an election campaign,” he added.
At the Democratic National Convention last week, Charmagne defended Harris’s avoidance of the press for now, arguing that she was out meeting voters and would be available for interviews by the end of the month.
“I think what she’s done has worked, because what she’s done is hit the ground running,” he said.
“She’ll be interviewed after the Democratic National Convention, but I think she has more important work to do this week, including delivering a home run speech tomorrow,” he continued.
Vice President Harris’ press-avoidance campaign strategy was praised by some media commentators and news anchors last week. (Photo by Kenny Holston Pool/Getty Images)
Other members of the media have also praised Harris’ strategy of not giving interviews.
Last week, several pundits and anchors on CNN and CBS suggested Harris could rely on Democratic enthusiasm to win over voters, rather than laying out specific policy details.
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Fox News’ Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
