Radio host Charlamagne Tha God joined Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Tuesday for one of his irregular scheduled “In My Opinion” segments. Recently, Charlamagne’s opinions have focused on the woeful state of the Democratic Party, but Charlamagne found reason for optimism on Tuesday as he applauded the stunt work of Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and his own uncensored N-words.
Reacting to Booker’s Tuesday talk-a-thon, that at the time of recording had reached 22 hours, Charlamagne gushed, “This is unbelievable. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! A Democrat actually did something! Wow! Wow! That's the longest someone's held Congress captive since January 6th. I mean, yeah. I mean, so far, he's only talking, but he's talking a lot, so I'll take it, okay. What Booker did today is like the political version of phone sex: It's not as good as the real thing, but it's a hell of a lot better than nothing. That’s right. And nothing is what it seems like the Democratic Party has been doing for the last three months. The Democrats are like Jason Momoa in-between Aquaman movies: Not in good shape.”
After some clips and commentary about how he views Democratic leaders to be uninspiring, Charlamagne came to Crockett, “Fortunately, there are people on the left really willing to put up a fight.”
Last June, Charlamagne interviewed Crockett on The Daily Show where she accused Rep. Byron Donalds and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of being Uncle Toms, so naturally he was a fan of her latest work.
After a trio of clips from Crockett, Charlamagne moved to her recent attack on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, “That's right! That's the homie, Jasmine Crockett, a U.S. Representative and social justice warrior with less filter than a Pall Mall, okay. She did get into a little trouble for some recent comments about the Texas governor, Greg Abbott. And to appreciate this next clip, all you need to know is that he's a far-right bigot who happens to use a wheelchair.”
In another clip, Crockett huffed, “We're in these hot ass Texas streets, honey. Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot ass mess.”
Charlamagne approved, “Hey, man, when they go low, Jasmine slashes the tires on their wheelchairs, okay. And you know Republicans are scared of Democrats stooping to their level because conservatives were big fake mad.”
After another montage, this one punctuated with a clip of President Trump calling Crockett “a lowlife” and “a very low IQ person,” Charlamagne reacted, “Excuse me, Donald Trump is going to lecture someone about tasteless jokes? MAGA complaining that a Democrat is ableist is like Quentin Tarantino telling me I use the N-word too much. [N-Word] please, okay? I'm not saying Democrats need to be offensive like Trump is. Just show any kind of authenticity and fight, alright? That's why people are cheering Cory Booker today. Yeah, yeah. And that's why Bernie Sanders and AOC are turning out huge crowds at rallies all across the country.”
Charlamagne says “authenticity,” everyone else says “performance art.” Still, he concluded, “I just hope it's enough because right now, the Democratic Party brand is so whack, it almost doesn't matter who runs. A ‘D’ beside their name makes even great candidates seem bad. Voters are like a college student halfway through her first year at Bryn Mawr: She just doesn't want that D no more. Okay. Democrats just need to fight back and whether that looks like filibustering on the Senate floor, rallying across the country, or getting in a roast battle with a wheelchair-bound senior citizen, you got to take that fight. But that’s just my opinion.”
Democrats lost in November because their policies wrecked the economy and are too far left on cultural issues. There is one group of people in America who agrees with Charlamagne that Booker and Crockett should be the face of the Democratic Party’s rebuild: Republicans.
Here is a transcript for the April 1 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
4/1/2025
11:14 PM ET:
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: This is unbelievable. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! A Democrat actually doing something! Wow! Wow! That's the longest someone's held Congress captive since January 6th. I mean, yeah. I mean, so far, he's only talking, but he's talking a lot, so I'll take it, okay. What Booker did today is like the political version of phone sex: It's not as good as the real thing, but it's a hell of a lot better than nothing. That’s right. And nothing is what it seems like the Democratic Party has been doing for the last three months. The Democrats are like Jason Momoa in-between Aquaman movies: Not in good shape.
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Fortunately, there are people on the left really willing to put up a fight.
JASMINE CROCKETT: The Republicans have actually organized these goofy hearings to try to convince the American people that PBS and NPR are quote "Domestic threats." It's as stupid as it sounds.
I would tell him to grow a spine. And stop being Putin's ho.
REPORTER: If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say?
CROCKETT: [Bleep] Off.
CHARLAMAGNE: That's right! That's the homie, Jasmine Crockett, a U.S. Representative and social justice warrior with less filter than a pall mall, okay. She did get into a little trouble for some recent comments about the Texas governor, Greg Abbott. And to appreciate this next clip, all you need to know is that he's a far-right bigot who happens to use a wheelchair.
CROCKETT: We're in these hot ass Texas streets, honey. Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot ass mess.
CHARLAMAGNE: Hey, man, when they go low, Jasmine slashes the tires on their wheelchairs, okay. And you know Republicans are scared of Democrats stooping to their level because conservatives were big fake mad.
SEAN HANNITY: Jasmine Crockett stoops to a new low. [jump cut] Pretty disgusting.
ALEK KRAMER: Speaker Johnson saying this, quote, "These outrageous remarks by Crockett are shameful and completely out of line."
DONALD TRUMP: She's a lowlife. And she's a very low IQ person.
CHARLAMAGNE: Excuse me, Donald Trump is going to lecture someone about tasteless jokes? MAGA complaining that a Democrat is ableist is like Quentin Tarantino telling me I use the N-word too much. [N-Word] please, okay? I'm not saying Democrats need to be offensive like Trump is. Just show any kind of authenticity and fight, alright?
That's why people are cheering Cory Booker today. Yeah, yeah. And that's why Bernie Sanders and AOC are turning out huge crowds at rallies all across the country. Yes. I just hope it's enough because right now, the Democratic Party brand is so whack, it almost doesn't matter who runs. A "D" beside their name makes even great candidates seem bad. Voters are like a college student halfway through her first year at Bryn Mawr: She just doesn't want that D no more. Okay. Democrats just need to fight back and whether that looks like filibustering on the Senate floor, rallying across the country, or getting in a roast battle with a wheelchair-bound senior citizen, you got to take that fight. But that’s just my opinion.
