Charlamagne tha God: Harris must ‘answer questions from Black voters’

Radio and TV personality Charlamagne tha God said he would welcome Vice President Harris back on his radio show to speak to the concerns of Black voters.

In an interview on NewsNation’s "Elizabeth Vargas Reports," Charlamagne, who interviewed Harris on "The Breakfast Club" in 2019, said he hopes to see the vice president win in November, but she “needs to answer questions from everybody.” 

“She needs to answer questions from Black people,” he said. “But I've been telling folks, you know, since the [Democratic National Convention], like, excitement with — excitement within the party is great, and I'm glad that Democrats are enthused, but I don't believe Democrat excitement and Democrat excitement alone is going to win this election.

“And she knows that. That's why she's on the road the way that she is now — she knows she has to hit all those swing states and explain herself to the American people.”

Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), hit the campaign trail in Georgia this week, hoping to keep the Peach State’s favor after it voted for President Biden in 2020.

She has faced criticism from Republicans for her lack of press conferences since she announced her presidential campaign. She’ll sit down with CNN on Thursday for a joint interview with Walz, her first interview since the start of the campaign. 

Harris and former President Trump are in a tight race across seven battleground states, including Georgia, according to polling released Thursday. 

The vice president has widened her lead among women and Hispanic voters, and Black women significantly favor Harris over Trump. 

Charlamagne also said he doesn’t believe Trump wants to be in the race for the White House anymore. 

“He don't want to be there no more, man. You can hear it in his voice. Donald Trump is over it,” Charlamagne said. “He does not want to be the Republican nominee no more. He is hoping that Republicans do him the way the Democrats did Biden. He wants to be put out his misery. You can hear it in his voice.”

Charlamagne added that the former president is “only running right now for survival” to help stave off any post-traumatic stress he is experiencing following the July assassination attempt.

“I don't think that he is even thinking about, you know, making America great again, or making the country great again. That might have been something he was thinking in 2016, 2020, but now, when you know, you're facing all the criminal charges that he's facing. You know, there was an assassination attempt on his life,” Charlamagne said. 

“Anybody that's ever dealt with trauma, you know that — you know you just try to stay busy. And you know, his busy isn't just in, you know, staying busy to avoid dealing with the trauma. It’s staying busy to avoid, you know, potentially ... going to jail.

“So, I don't even think his mind — there's no way his mind can be on, you know, running a campaign or running a country. And I think Republicans did themselves a grave disservice by having somebody with that much baggage, you know, be at the top of the ticket. I truly do,” he added.