The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Brett Favre's Parkinson's Reveal Overshadows Welfare Fraud Hearing

Episode Date: September 26, 2024

Charelamagne Tha God Gives Donkey of The Day To Brett Favre's, His Parkinson's Reveal Overshadows Welfare Fraud Hearing. Listen For More!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time for Donkey of the Day. It's a read, but you're so good at it. You're trying to be a fake-ass Charlemagne. There's only one Charlemagne in the world. Damn, Charlemagne. Who you give the Dusty of the Day to now? Well, Donkey of the Day for Thursday, September 26th goes to Brett Favre. Hey, y'all.

My name is Lenard McKelvey, a.k.a. Charlemagne the God. I am your friendly neighborhood bad guy, and I am always willing to be the a-hole you need. Unless, of course, that a-hole is needed at one of Diddy's freak-offs. Now if you haven't heard and you honestly may not have heard because the media has done a great job of changing the narrative, Brett Favre testified at a congressional hearing this past Tuesday. Yes he testified in front of the House Ways and Means Committee which

is investigating how states are spending money intended for needy citizens. Brett Favre is one of the people being sued by the state of Mississippi, and they are demanding repayment of the money. They are trying to recover $90 million, but he is one of more than 40 people who have been sued by the state of Mississippi. Mississippi is demanding repayment of money. They are trying to recover more than $90 million, okay? Brett Favre is denying that he knowingly misused federal welfare money, okay? According to auditors, though, in 2017 and 2018, Mr. Favre received $1.1 million in speaking fees for speeches he never gave.

He knew he didn't give those speeches, but he took the money anyway. They suggested he also helped funnel millions of dollars to pet projects, $5 million to build volleyball facilities at his alma mater. He even paid back the $1.1 million in mispinched speaking fees. But the state demanded that he pay back interest and Brett Favre refused. So the state of Mississippi is now suing him to recoup the funds he wrongfully acquired. The lawsuit also made public text from Mr. Favre that suggested he had a larger role than he claimed. Okay, in fact, Brett Favre says he was unjustly smeared in the news media, but text messages written by Mr. Favre and made public in court filings suggested that he was trying to hide his involvement. Let's go to KTLA 5 for the report, please. Newly revealed text messages

filed in an ongoing civil lawsuit show Favre was part of a scheme that funneled at least REVEALED TEXT MESSAGES FILED IN AN ONGOING CIVIL LAWSUIT SHOW FARVE WAS PART OF A SCHEME THAT FUNNELLED AT LEAST FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF WELFARE FUNDS TO BUILD A NEW VOLLEYBALL STADIUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WHERE FARVE GRADUATED AND HIS DAUGHTER PLAYED. THE TEXT SHOW FORMER MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT PUSHED FOR THE FACILITY DESPITE DENYING CLOSE INVOLVEMENT. A FRI the former governor's wife, Nancy New, would submit a $5 million upfront lease to use the university's athletic facilities for her nonprofit's programming, ostensibly for needy families, in exchange for offices inside the new volleyball complex. Former Welfare Agency Director John Davis approved $4 million immediately.

Favre, texting in gray, tells New that the governor has seen the proposal, CONTINUES TO BE ABLE TO REWARD IT. THE GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION, THE GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT ACCEPTED. THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT ACCEPTED.

THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT ACCEPTED. THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT ACCEPTED. THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT

ACCEPTED. THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT ACCEPTED. THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED A PROPOSAL TO GET IT ACCEPTED. THE GOVERNOR, CONDUCTED THE PROJECT. THE STATE IS PAYING $100,000 IN WELFARE FUNDING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER FOR SPEAKING AT EVENTS HE NEVER SHOWED UP TO. FARVE ASKS NEW, IF YOU WERE TO

PAY ME, IS THERE ANY WAY THE MEDIA CAN FIND OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM AND HOW MUCH? IF YOU WERE TO PAY ME, IS THERE ANY WAY THE MEDIA CAN FIND OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM AND HOW MUCH? I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN SEND A TEXT LIKE THAT BUT THEN CLAIM

AT A HEARING ON TUESDAY. I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH HOW THE STATE FUNDED THE PROJECT. IF YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH HOW THE STATE WAS FUNDING THE PROJECT

THEN WHY WOULD YOU CARE? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. at a hearing on Tuesday, I had no way of knowing that there was anything wrong with how the state funded the project. If you didn't think it was anything wrong with how the state was funding the project, then why would you care if the media found out where the money came from or how much? Now, why am I telling y'all this story? Because a lot of folks probably didn't know Brett Favre was testifying in a congressional hearing Tuesday because he's being accused of helping to divert funds meant for low-income residents because Brett Favre decided to use the hearing to announce that he has Parkinson's disease. Can we go to CBS News to listen to what he had to say? Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre dropped a bombshell today while testifying before

Congress. The 54-year-old revealed he is battling Parkinson's disease. Here's CBS's Omar Villafranca. I very much appreciate the opportunity to testify here today. A stunning announcement today from Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is also a cause dear to my heart. Favre was testifying on Capitol Hill about a Mississippi welfare scandal, where he is accused of improperly using his connections to secure millions of dollars for his alma mater and himself for speaking engagements he never performed. Favre has repaid more than a million dollars to the state and has denied all wrongdoing.

Even though I knew and I know I had done nothing wrong, I returned the funds, no questions asked. Brett Favre used some of the federal money intended for welfare recipients. He used some of the money to invest in a company that was developing a breakthrough concussion drug. He said he thought it would help others, and I'm sure you'll understand. While it's too late for me because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's, this is also a cause dear to my heart.

So dear to his heart that he used money he obtained illegally. Money that was supposed to go to low-income residents. He took that money to invest in this pharmaceutical company called Prevacus? Prevacus? used money he obtained illegally money that was supposed to go to low-income residents he took that money to invest in this pharmaceutical company called uh prevacus prevacus and guess what the media ate it up every single headline you see is brett farb reveals he has parkinson's disease well guess guess what he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease disease back in january okay how convenient to run that play when you are testifying at a congressional hearing because you

did something shady. See, this is my problem with the media. Everybody picks and chooses who they choose to demonize. Granted, Brett Favre hasn't been charged with anything criminal, but what he did is unethical. And could still be criminal. But he knew he had Parkinson's disease since January. In fact, I was reading an ESPN article that

said Brett Favre asked TMZ not to report his diagnosis at the time because he knew back then that wasn't the time to run that play. I'm going to run that play when I have to testify at a, I don't know, a congressional hearing because then it will distract from what I'm actually here for, and that is because I was using federal money from welfare recipients to fund my pet projects. But it worked. Google Brett Favre.

These are the headlines you see. The New York Times. Brett Favre reveals he has Parkinson's disease. Fox News. NFL legend John Elway talks Brett Favre. These are the headlines you see. The New York Times. Brett Favre reveals he has Parkinson's disease. Fox News. NFL legend John Elway talks Brett Favre's Parkinson's disease. It's sad news to hear. Milwaukee Journal. Aaron Rodgers feels bad for Brett Favre after learning about his Parkinson's diagnosis.

New York Post. Brett Favre opens up on frustrating health worry that led to Parkinson's disease. Yes, his health diagnosis is sad. But wow, how convenient for the media to just bury the lead. Why don't others get that grace? NBC News says Brett Favre's Parkinson's diagnosis renews questions about football and brain disease. How about Brett Favre's testimony at welfare reform hearing renews questions about how the rich keep getting richer and the poor don't get a devil damn thing. How has Brett Favre managed to garner more sympathy than the welfare recipients they stole from? Brett Favre had the nerve to say, sadly, I lost an investment in a company. We don't care.

People couldn't eat because of what folks like you did. I care way more about those poor and disenfranchised people in Mississippi, the welfare recipients who didn't receive $90 million because folks like Brett Favre wanted to build volleyball facilities at their alma mater. All I'm saying is two things can be true. You can be sad, Brett Favre has to build volleyball facilities at their alma mater. All I'm saying is two things can be true. You can be sad Brett Favre has Parkinson's. But what's really shaky is how the media just seems to forget why Brett Favre was at this congressional hearing in the first place. Okay, we live in a society where people get demonized for accusations,

but folks who actually do shady stuff, who actually do unethical stuff and have to testify about it, somehow end up becoming heroes and sympathetic figures. If you don't think there's a double standard in media and how they cover people and it's usually based on race then you're bugging but i will always be here to remind you please give brett farve the biggest hee haw who want to argue anyone nobody okay i. Oh, okay. I felt horrible yesterday. Why? Because I think I was waiting to see how some outlets where I used to work

covered the story because I wanted to see you brought up a good point in the room. Y'all know I'm always here for learning and growth. It's because it's mainstream media that does it. It's not me particularly. It's mainstream media, and I was a part of mainstream media for a very long time. That's how I learned. At TMZ. does it it's not me particularly it's mainstream media and i was a part of mainstream media for a very long time that's how i learned at tmz and when i when they posted the article they did not one time mention anything about any of the reason why he was there pleading his case at all not one

time and i was like man like why like and i i had to dig for the answer myself you know anybody black they that would have been oh they wouldn have been the first thing that they said. I remember having arguments about Dana White versus Chris Brown. And I just thought back to all of that and my feelings about it and just different things. And I'm not just throwing a dart at them because

I went through Google for a while trying to prepare for that Brett Favre thing and it took me a minute to find out why he was even there because no one was talking about it. But you didn't report that. I did mention it, but I didn't do it the way I should have. And what I'm saying is, it's in growth and in learning. And I appreciate y'all for, you know, bringing it to my attention.

You love white men more than black men? No. It's just, I think that we have a way of leaning to what the media is talking about and not what we should be talking about sometimes. The media picks and chooses who they want to demonize because they know how to demonize people. It's not like they don't know how to. They just choose who not to do it to.

And it's a lot of times based on race. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Donkey of the Day is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Lammasoft. Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on your side. If you're ever injured go to MichaelTheBull.com. That's MichaelTheBull.com and when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.