‘Stop It’: Charlamagne Grills Ex-DNC Chair Jaime Harrison Over Not Pressing Biden To Drop Out

Radio host Charlamagne tha God pressed former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison on “The Breakfast Club” Friday for not pushing former President Joe Biden to drop out of his 2024 reelection campaign.

Biden did not withdraw from his campaign for a second term until July 21, 2024, following a disastrous debate the previous month that prompted pressure to drop out from his party. When Harrison said on that show it was a “bunch of baloney” that the DNC gets to choose the party’s presidential candidate, Charlamagne pushed back.

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“Stop it, Jaime,” Charlamagne said. “That’s not baloney … You can tell the truth.”

Harrison asserted he was being truthful.

“If I’m the DNC chair, what power do I have to pick?” the former DNC chair asked. “Like people said, ‘Well, you could have told Joe Biden to not run.’ Like seriously?”

“You could have and should have,” Charlamagne retorted.

Harrison suggested Biden would not have “listened” if he told him to drop out. However, Charlamagne noted that Biden ultimately reached the decision to drop out after pressure, saying, “Everybody should have told him earlier.”

The former DNC chair argued that Biden only dropped out because he realized staying in the race was causing division within the Democratic Party.