On Friday's The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC, during the "Fall Back Friday" segment, host Melber at one point claimed that President Donald Trump "literally endorsed white supremacy" after the murder that took place at the Charlottesville white supremacist rally, as the group discussed Kanye West praising Trump.
He and talk radio host Peter Rosenberg also complained about the "pain" that the rapper had caused by with his pro-Trump views.
At about 6:42 p.m. Eastern, after Rosenberg made West his choice for who needs to "fall back" this week, he claimed that, after defending West many times, praising Trump was the one thing he was not willing to defend:
American culture in general is shockingly forgiving. Hip Hop is beyond forgiving, you know, like, listen, we -- in Hip Hop, we defend our people. And, like, Kanye, I've been in many situations -- especially being where I'm from -- I've heard a lot of people say crazy things about Kanye, and I defend him at all costs. This was the first time in which I was, like, "I got nothing for you today, Kanye."
He then added: "And, listen, maybe one day he will explain it, and we will understand it more, but right now, the pain that he has caused a lot of people is, to me, still real hurt. And I don't know if he can go back on that."
Melber then voiced agreement: "That makes a lot of sense because there's severe pain in dealing with a President who literally endorsed white supremacy after someone was murdered at a white supremacy rally, so that's the level of the problem."
