For the late night comedy shows, joking about Democrats in 2025 usually consists of lamenting the party isn’t socialist enough. To help this cause, on Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Show, radio host Charlamagne Tha God swung by Comedy Central to attack party leadership for not enthusiastically falling in behind Zohran Mamdani's New York City mayoral campaign, lament that the party won’t support people who “disrupt the capitalist system,” and call for Leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to be primaried.
Charlamagne addressed those Democrats who are not thrilled with Mamdani, “You don't love everything about Mamdani, well, in the immortal words of Young Thug, whoopty doo! Alright, get out there and support him anyway.”
After riffing on Democrats’ preponderancy for sending fundraising texts and e-mails, Charlamagne returned to the Democrats aren’t left enough, “And that brings me to the real problem. Democratic leaders never support candidates who might disrupt the capitalist system. But guess what? The current system isn't working. Americans want it remodeled the way Trump is ‘remodeling’ the East Wing. Dems act like they'll get a cookie for being the most rational people in the room. No one cares! You're trying to win voters, not get a signed headshot from Ezra Klein.”
He further lamented that, “Democrats don't understand how ready people are to act. Look at the Jimmy Kimmel thing. Alright, the people mobilized so fast Disney backed down in less than a week. People affected change, and they didn't even have to leave Roku City. Yeah. And that's the point. If you can turn this energy into collective action, you can get shit done! Yeah, that’s right.”
Charlamagne then expressed his grand idea to get people to like Democrats again, but it was rather odd, “And if the Democrats can't lead, we the people will take action in our own way. Whether it's protest, corporate boycotts, sit ins, even a national workers strike, alright.”
Using an even stranger analogy, Charlamagne concluded by calling for Schumer and Jeffries to be primaried, “Because in America right now, our political energy is like a fat ass. Follow me on this one, okay? See, right now America has got all this ass. I'm sorry to say the Dems don't know how to hit it right. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and got enough D for this ballot. So maybe it's time they get primaried and give someone else a chance to hit this ass. But hey, that's just my opinion.”
Because socialists lack the ability to create anything original, perhaps it is not surprising to see Charlamagne essentially recycle the same grievances he has aired on The Daily Show multiple times already this year.
Here is a transcript for the October 29 show:
Comedy Central The Daily Show
10/29/2025
11: 19 PM ET
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: You don't love everything about Mamdani, well, in the immortal words of Young Thug, whoopty doo! Alright, get out there and support him anyway. I’m going to text and e-mail you every day until you do. Chuck, democracy is on the line. To save our country, cash at me, $5 @CThaGod-Bald-and-Beautiful-69. That’s right. That’s right.
And that brings me to the real problem. Democratic leaders never support candidates who might disrupt the capitalist system. But guess what? The current system isn't working. Americans want it remodeled the way Trump is “remodeling” the East Wing. Dems act like they'll get a cookie for being the most rational people in the room. No one cares! You're trying to win voters, not get a signed headshot from Ezra Klein.
Also, if you'd like a signed headshot from Ezra Klein, cash at me, @CThaGod-Bald-and-Beautiful-69, okay?
Democrats don't understand how ready people are to act. Look at the Jimmy Kimmel thing. Alright, the people mobilized so fast Disney backed down in less than a week. People affected change, and they didn't even have to leave Roku City. Yeah. And that's the point. If you can turn this energy into collective action, you can get shit done! Yeah, that’s right.
And if the Democrats can't lead, we the people will take action in our own way. Whether it's protest, corporate boycotts, sit ins, even a national workers strike, alright. Imagine if me, Steve Harvey, and Tyler Perry stop working. That's only three people and it's 70 percent of black radio and TV!
Because in America right now, our political energy is like a fat ass. Follow me on this one, okay? See, right now America has got all this ass. I'm sorry to say the Dems don't know how to hit it right. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and got enough D for this ballot. So maybe it's time they get primaried and give someone else a chance to hit this ass. But hey, that's just my opinion.
