The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Its Time For Dems To Sit Biden Down & Kamala To Step Up

Episode Date: July 12, 2024

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Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle.

We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. America has a problem. And then I see

the disinfectant. Is there a way we can do something like that by injection? I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President, but I think she's not

qualified to be President. On January 6th, we were respected all over the world, and we're not left that. We're like a bunch of stupid people. Well, what are you talking about?

Yes, you are a donkey. I'm tired of your shenanigans. What did I do? You have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump. And you ain't black. They're taking black jobs now. Oh, man, Charlemagne. I just want to know the date.

Who gets donkey of the day? On The Breakfast Club. Hee-haw. Oh, no, mother. Donkey of the day for Friday, July 12th goes to the Democratic Party. Your symbol is a donkey for a reason. Listen, America, when it comes to this presidential election in November, we all deserve better. I don't care what party you represent.

I don't care who you have voted for in the past. I don't care who you're voting for now. I just wish we had better options to choose from. Okay, more than half of all Americans believe that Biden nor Trump should leave their respective parties White House tickets this year. The reason Democrats are getting donkey

of the day this morning is because of President Joe Biden. I've been asking a simple question for the past year and a half. And that question is, can the Biden-Harris ticket win in November? I even went so far as to say back in December when I was hosting The Daily Show,

hey, President Biden isn't getting any younger. He's not getting a new running mate. So he needs to do America the biggest favor and step down. The stakes are too high in November. And we know elections are going to be close regardless. But what's concerning is that even through all of Trump's dysfunction, right?

The fact we saw him lead an attempted coup in this country, the fact he said he wants to terminate the Constitution to overthrow the results of an election, the fact that he is one of the primary reasons the Supreme Court is no longer a legitimate institution. I keep repeating this because I want you all to understand the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, legalized bribery of public officials, declared the president of the United States absolutely immune from criminal prosecution. They have ended race conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country. They are just corrupt and not because they are majority conservative, but because they are supposed to be impartial. But they are not. OK, right now, if voters attempt to elect leaders, the Supreme Court claims the authority to overrule them by literally picking whose vote should be counted or recounted. I'm not making this up. The Supreme Court literally doesn't have to care about what voters want.

Republicans have to set up a system. I mean, Republicans have set up a system where either Republicans win elections or elections don't matter. Please, I told y'all earlier this week, read the article that Eli Mostel wrote for The Nation. It's clear, concise, easy to understand. And you can see the damage Donald Trump's Supreme Court has done to America. But let me stay focused. Even with all that dysfunction, and I need to mention any of the criminal charges and convictions.

Even with all that, somehow Biden and the Democrats look in more disarray and more dysfunctional than Trump and the Republicans. And the reason for that is President Joe Biden. Joe Biden distracts, sadly, from all the dysfunction that Donald Trump has brought to this country. Trump lies 30 times at the debate. Doesn't matter. President Biden's physical and mental fragility eclipsed that. Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling eclipsed by President Biden's physical and mental fragility. The threat of Project 2025 in the future eclipsed by Biden's physical and mental fragility. And you know why Biden eclipsed by President Biden's physical and mental fragility. The threat of Project 2025 in the future, eclipsed by Biden's physical and mental fragility. And you know why Biden eclipses all of that dysfunction? Because folks are terrified that he can't win in November.

It's not rocket science. If democracy is at stake, act like it. Where is the sense of urgency? Okay, running President Biden is not a sense of urgency. I saw six polls this week that he's behind Trump in. The latest PBS NPR Marist poll says majority of Americans don't want Biden as a Democratic candidate, but he hasn't lost ground to Trump. It says if the election was held today, 50 percent of registered voters would support Biden. Forty eight percent said they would vote Trump.

The difference between the two falls within the margin of error. Let's talk about those margins. Do you really believe when you look at President Biden, he can inspire and energize those undecided voters? How many undecided voters look at Trump and Biden and say, you know what? I'm going to choose the couch this year. I'm staying home or I'm going to vote third party or I'm going to write in who I support. And people, this narrative is not changing between now and November. Every time President Biden is in the public eye, folks are going to be discussing how they feel he's physically

and mentally not fit to run. And that will discourage people come November. That along with how people feel about his policies, which he won't ever get to explain because he will be constantly trying to defend that he's physically and mentally fit. So he can't even get to his record. And those are the reasons why President Biden needs to step aside. Everyone who is saying he needs to step down is absolutely correct.

I saw folks mad at George Clooney and saying you shouldn't listen to celebrities. George Clooney is a taxpaying, you know, you shouldn't listen to celebrities. You know, celebrities are out of touch. I say George Clooney is a taxpaying citizen who votes. He has a right to an opinion just like we all do. Furthermore, his word means more than a lot of us, not because he's a celebrity, but because he's a major Biden fundraiser. The man headlined the fundraiser for Biden that raised twenty eight million dollars for his reelection campaign. The most for the Democratic Party from a single event

in history. His word matters, okay? And he's not asking Biden to drop out because he wants Trump to win. He's asking Biden to step down because he doesn't want Trump to win, and he doesn't think Biden can beat him. Why is this a hard concept for people to grasp, okay? Last night at the press conference, President Biden said this about dropping out. You earlier explained confidence in your vice president. Yes. If your team came back and showed you data that she would fare better against former President Donald Trump, would you reconsider your decision to stay in the race? No, unless they came back and said, there's no way you can win.

Me, no one's saying way you can win. Me. No one's saying that. No poll says that. Tell him. Tell him today. Okay. Tell him today. He can't win.

And then what do you do? You bump his very qualified VP to the top of the ticket. Kamala Harris. Okay. Pair her with a white man. I don't know who that white man is personally. I like Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania. Pair her with a white man and everybody just go to work. Okay, don't tell me Vice President Kamala Harris can't win.

Don't tell me this country will never vote for a woman of color because stranger things have happened. Like 2008 when we elected a black man with the middle name of a terrorist. And in 2016, we elected the executive producer of The Celebrity Apprentice. Stranger things have happened, and desperate times call for desperate measures. But desperate times can also bring about historical change. And don't tell me there's no time to put Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket. There's only four months, Charlamagne. That's not enough time. Well, according to President Biden last night at the press conference, the campaign hasn't even started yet. He said it. Listen.

How accurate does anybody think the polls are these days? I can give you a series of polls where you have likely voters, me versus Trump, where I win all the time. When the unlikely voters vote, he wins sometimes. The bottom line is all the polling data right now, which I think is premature because the campaign really hasn't even started. I mean, it hasn't started in earnest yet. Most of the time it doesn't start until after September, after Labor Day. So a lot can happen. But I think I'm the best qualified.

I know I believe I'm the best qualified to govern. Okay, well, since the campaign hasn't really started yet and it doesn't really start until after Labor Day, I guess we're still in training camp. So let's try a new starting quarterback named Kamala Harris. Okay, look, I know y'all like to run around saying I would vote for a corpse before I voted for a convicted felon, but wouldn't you rather vote for somebody alive?

Why do we act like there is no option, okay? And the time calls for this, all right? We have a president who is a convicted felon, and a vice president, or we have an ex-president who is a convicted felon, We have a president who is a convicted felon and a vice president. Well, we have an ex-president who is a convicted felon and a vice president who is a prosecutor. OK, it's perfect. The prosecutor versus the convicted felon, something that is always in the eyes of a lot of people. You know, something that something that has always been Kamala's Achilles Achilles heel could actually be one of her greatest strengths right now. OK, I don't know if she can win either. It's all a toss up. But I think it will bring more energy. I think it will be more inspiring.

And for people who say it takes years to get national recognition, not in this day and age. OK, as soon as that switch happens, Biden drops out and Kamala becomes the nominee. The world will know because of social media. OK, that's all folks will be talking about. You know, can Kamala overcome sexism and racism to become president? I don't know. I just know personally, I would rather deal with that familiar distraction, people being sexist and racist towards a candidate. We've seen that before, and we've seen people overcome those things, okay? President Obama won and Hillary won the popular vote, but you know that damn electoral college. All I'm simply saying

is keeping President Biden in the race for president is cruel and unusual punishment and i'm talking i'm not talking about elder abuse i'm talking about for us all right the american people this whole election trump versus biden is cruel and unusual punishment for us the people we deserve better republicans don't care they have chosen the devil they know. Democrats, it is time for old Captain America to put down his shield, and it's time to bump the VP to the top of the ticket and rally around her.

Okay, it's all a crapshoot either way, because the Supreme Court literally doesn't have to care about what voters want. But hey, it's time for Democrats in America to start thinking about President Kamala Harris. Because President Joe Biden ain't it. He's tired. And if he's not tired, we are.

Please give the Democratic Party the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw. Hee-haw. Mm-hmm. Mm. Mm. Mm. All right.

I would have to agree. I would have to agree. It's time. It is time. All right, what else? What's going on? I'm done. I'm just going to say I agree.

I'm done. I have nothing else to say. Oh, you wanted to linger a little bit. No, I just was sitting there. I'm done. No, I'm talking about Envy. He wanted to linger a little bit. I was I just was sitting there. I'm done. No, I'm talking about Envy. He wanted to linger a little bit. I was waiting for you to agree.

That's all I was saying. Anyway, since we ain't got nothing else to say, I have this to say. Let me tell y'all something. Y'all know Denzel coming up with his new movie, Gladiator. Gladiator Part 2. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. That is the one sexy-ass man. Oh, you seen him in the Bronx? What? No, like, he, like, I'm looking at this picture of him. You have a man. This is absolutely, I have, no, but not this man. No, like he, like I'm looking at this picture of him. You have a man. This is absolutely, I have, no, but not this man. This is crazy.

You really know how to instill confidence in your man. You have a baby that's about to drop soon. Chris driving a truck. Chris just almost hit somebody just now, swerving off the road, looking at you. I know you have a man. All I'm saying is the salt and pepper Denzel with the Caesar and the goatee. You have a man.

That's why I'm letting my pepper grow. Not pepper. That's why I'm letting my salt grow in right now. Don't compare yourself to Denzel. You know what? Never, ever. We have to stop this. This dude thinks he's Morris Chestnut.

Now he says, I'm letting my salt and pepper cause the Denzel. You know what? Here's the thing that y'all need to understand. There's a certain tear of handsome that people just can't get to. When we come back, TK Kirkland will be joining us. He's performing at the Stress Factory

in New Jersey tonight and tomorrow. So we're going to talk to TK when we come back because this nigga lying. He crazy. What I'm lying about? Being handsome?

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but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.