Joe Biden and morning radio show âThe Breakfast Clubâ have a bit of a history, as you might be aware of.
That history, more or less, began in May of 2020, where it was the scene of then-candidate Bidenâs ugliest racial gaffe on the campaign trail. (Which says a lot; remember, this was a guy who got in trouble for waxing lyrical about a different era of âcivilityâ in Washington where he could work with segregationist Dixiecrats, then, just months later, told an audience in Iowa that âpoor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.â)
âThe Breakfast Clubâ radio program, which features an all-black host lineup and is aimed at a black audience, was the perfect place to mend some fences in that department. So, when host Lenard âCharlamagne tha Godâ McKelvey said black voters and black media had more questions for him, this was a good time to have a prepared spiel about equity and inclusion and insert Ibram X. Kendi buzzword here.
Instead, he told the audience: âIf you have a problem figuring out whether youâre for me or Trump, then you ainât black.â
Bidenâs âapologyâ for this was like something out of the âThree Stooges,â in which he said he was sorry but accused Charlamagne of acting like a âwise guy.â Charlamagne wasnât going to let this go with a nyuk nyuk nyuk. While the host has remained an ardent liberal, heâs not exactly been an enthusiastic Biden booster.
Most famously, Mr. Tha God said Biden should âshut the f*** up foreverâ after a gaffe in July 2020 in which the candidate claimed âno Democratic presidentâ had ever engaged in racist rhetoric like Donald Trump had. (To be fair, maybe he just doesnât remember Woodrow Wilson, or the partyâs Southern segregationist roots, or really much of anything.)
So, itâs fair to assume that when the program asked whether Biden should run for president again in 2024, there was going to be a bit of waffling there.
Letâs just say there was a bit more than that: As per Breitbart, not a single caller on Fridayâs show thought the sitting president should seek another term.
The first caller even went so far as to say she wanted former President Donald Trump back.
âI think Biden is a creep. He ainât really doing s*** for us,â she said. âIâd rather have Donald Trump because he was very blunt, he was very upfront, he didnât care what he said on TV.â
OK, so maybe that was an aberration. The hosts asked where she was from, and when she responded Fort Myers, presumably the city in Florida, this seemed to confirm it.
âOh, Florida. Florida, Cuban,â one host said. âThe craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida,â another quipped â assumedly referring to the fact the Cuban community in the United States tends to lean Republican, given that fleeing your homeland because it turned into a communist hellhole tends to leave a bit of a sour taste in oneâs mouth when it comes to leftists.
However, minority opposition to another Biden run, at least among âBreakfast Clubâ listenership, isnât just limited to those cray-cray Cubans in Florida and the Bronx.
âI donât think he should run again,â a second caller said. âAnd though I donât know whoâs running in his replacement, Iâm 31, and I would like to see someone younger in there.
âIâm tired of the old farts in there. We need people who are more relatable, especially relatable to people of color.â
A third said that âeverybody can see it, all the incompetency, heâs not even aware of whatâs going on.
âJust like you guys said, the people are watching whatâs going on. Heâs incoherent. Charlamagne said it, everybody knows whatâs going on with him, itâs a joke. I mean, to even really entertain the idea, it makes no sense at all.â
Oh, come on. With this sharp tack? That caller sounds like a âlying dog-faced pony soldierâ if Iâve ever heard one:
The segment can be heard in full below:
WARNING: The following video contains graphic language that some viewers will find offensive.
And yes, this is âThe Breakfast Clubâ â the venue where Biden told the Democratsâ biggest minority bloc that, âif you have a problem figuring out whether youâre for me or Trump, then you ainât black.â However, is this all that much different from the rest of the Democrat electorate?
However, the second caller hit the problem perfectly when he said that âI donât know whoâs running in his replacement.â The problem is that we know who probably is, and theyâre worse.
Vice President Kamala Harris wasnât just a sop to women and minority voters, she was supposed to be kind of like president 1a, the president waiting in the wings. To use a metaphor, sheâs like rookie quarterback of the future, sitting behind the wily veteran as he plays out his last years.
Except, Kamalaâs been given a few starts â and, to carry the football metaphor a bit further, sheâs been a Ryan Leaf-level draft bust.
Who next? Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg seems like the logical pick, although thatâs unlikely to be popular among âThe Breakfast Clubâ listeners; before his improbable presidential run, which was based on his experience being mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Buttigieg could have plausibly written an Op-Ed for HuffPo titled âWhat I Hope to Tell Black Voters When I Eventually Meet One.â
Gov. Gavin Newsom? What would his campaign slogan be, âMake America California Already?â That sounds problematic, considering how people are fleeing that state in droves. Of course, thereâs always those two perpetual losers who keep believing theyâre going to fall upwards, Beto OâRourke and Stacey Abrams. Theyâre both very available â but that sums up the problem with their electability.
So, sure â heâs a creep, heâs incoherent and he thinks that, if youâre black and you need a reason to vote for him over a Republican, you ainât really black. Â There are plenty of reasons for Joe Biden not to run.
The problem? There are more reasons why everyone else who would take his place shouldnât run, either.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
