The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Sen. Eric Schmitt Draws Criticism For Seemingly Racist, Controversial Speech At NatCon

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to Senator Eric Schmitt after his controversial, seemingly racist speech at NatCon sparked criticism. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What the hell? What a hell is? Some donkey today's just sold himself. Charlemagne, give it to him. Breakfast club one day. Give it to him. Oh, man. Salomein, who you giving a donkey to do to me?

Well, Rob 4-9, Donkey Today for Tuesday, September 9th, goes in Missouri Senator, Jr., no, Missouri Jr. Senator Eric Smitsch, okay? Now, Eric was speaking at the fifth annual National Conservatism Conference in Washington, and he posed the question. the question is what is an American would you like to hear some of his answer let's listen

the continental army soldiers dying of frostbite at Valley Forge the pilgrims struggling to survive in the hard winter soil of Plymouth the pioneers striking out from Missouri for the wild and dangerous frontier the outnumbered Kentucky settlers

repelling wave after wave of Indian war band attacks from beyond the stockade walls all of them will be astonished to here that they were only fighting for a proposition. They believed they were fighting for a nation, a homeland for themselves, and their descendants. They fought, they bled, they struggled, they died for us. They built this country for us. America, in all its glory, is their gift to us, handed down across the generations. It belongs to us. It's our birthright. It's our heritage, our destiny. If America is everything and everyone,

then it is nothing in no one at all. When they tear down our statues and monuments, mock our history, and insult our traditions, they're attacking our future as well as our past. By changing the stories we tell about ourselves, they believe they can build a new America with the new myths,

a new people. But America doesn't belong to them. It belongs to us. It's our home. It's a heritage entrusted to us by our ancestors. It's a way of life that is ours. and only ours if we disappear then America too

will cease to exist There's a lot there Let's unpack Let's discuss If America is everything and everyone Then it is nothing at all If you listen to what I just played Senator Schmidt kept saying

America doesn't belong to him It belongs to us He said America is a nation And a people with its own distinct history and heritage And interest Listen man There are some

white people i said some white people in this country who believe in white replacement theory okay i don't have time to tell you what white replacement theory is but it's the claim that white populations are deliberately being replaced by non-white people not to mention the census project uh back in 2018 projected that white people will become the minority by 2045 ever since that came out okay the plan has been in motion by some white people to ensure that don't happen you know i love putting on my tin foil pu shiasty mask okay i love a good conspiracy theory but when that census project came out and prior to that getting eight years of a black president then they turned around and almost elected a woman some white males said no way hozay literally no Jose no hosay no one no jamal okay

no tarone no come on now now i see the headline i see the headline going around on Instagram it says Eric Schmidt says America is for white people only now everybody is going run with that headline and then Eric is going to go on Fox News and say the radical left is losing their woke minds I never said that and he's right he didn't but here's the thing he never said who us is and that's the game okay when a politician leaves us undefined it's because they know exactly who they're talking to and the people he's talking to they know that messages for them as well. And spoiler alert, if you're black, brown, legal immigrant, LGBT envy, Jewish, Muslim, chances are you not in that either. Okay, you're not in that us. All right. That's all

Eric Schmidt just gave. Okay, he gave us a they not like us with absolutely zero seasoning. Okay. What happened to America being conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal? Okay, what happened to America being inclusive? I mean, it never really was but damn it at least we was fake trying okay now you got people like eric smith saying straight up this country is for us and he's saying it over and over and over again that's not inclusive that's exclusive and when you're speaking at a national conservatism conference forgive us if we think us start sounding like shorthand for white males only okay by the way no matter how much you attempt to clarify this it's going to sound like racially coded rhetoric

straight out that we want segregation against starter pack okay the us you talking about aren't the ones who make the best tacos on tuesday and jerk chicken on saturday okay he's talking about the us that seasons food with a pinch of salt and a pinch of prayer okay if america is everything and everyone is nothing at all that's what he said didn't he say that can i hear that part again they believe they can build a new america with the new myths new people but america doesn't belong to them it belongs to us it's our home it's a heritage entrusted to us by our ancestors it's a way of life that is ours and only ours if we disappear then america too will cease to exist that's not is that we have the other part is him oh well he had the line he said the line if

america is everything and everyone it's nothing at all eric if america is not everything in everyone then it's nothing at all okay Okay, when will we realize that we are the good, the bad, and the ugly, okay, all wrapped in the one? That's what makes this country great. Okay, the hope for America is actually in our history, which is why I don't know why we keep trying to hide it. Okay, let's look at it, deal with it, and move forward. Okay, you can't hear what you don't reveal. The melting pot that is America is what makes this country incredible, okay?

The great American melting pot filled with a little bit of everything is what makes this country amazing. And Eric, please don't gaslight folks and backtrack on what you said and tell us that, you know, we saw you say something that you didn't say. Because when somebody keeps saying America is for us but never tells you who us is, trust me. You already know who they're talking about. Okay. If it don't sound like it includes you, then it probably doesn't. And that's why we got to call this language what it is. coded racism, wrapped up in patriotism.

Okay, America ain't supposed to be about us versus them. It's supposed to be about we, the people. But some folks like Eric don't want we. They just want us. And anyone who doesn't want us together, well, they don't believe in America anyway, at all. Please give junior senator from Eric Schmidt. No, what if I keep saying that for?

Please give the junior senator, Eric Schmidt, the biggest he-ha. All right. It is for us. Well, thank you for that donkey today. But never tell us who the us is. But you know who they're talking about. Yeah, of course. Yeah, if it don't sound like it includes you,

then they probably don't. That's all I'm saying. No. That's all I'm saying. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Now, let's open up the phone lines 800-585105.151. We were having this convoy yesterday during the latest with Lauren.

We were talking about our comment. Melo, his Hall of Fame speech. It was an incredible speech. Drop on the Clues Bons for Carmelo, Anthony. Amazing speech. One of my favorite Knicks ever. What? Why would you call him that? What? Oh, you said Nick. My bad. I did.

I tell you. It was like, why would you just say that after what I just said? After what I just did, Gave, don't give it a day, why would you just say my favorite nigga ever? That's a Nick. I know. I heard you wrong. I'm sorry. New York Knicks. Yes, I understand. What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? So what is the question? We were

talking about it. And a question that everybody asked, and we've seen online, and Charlemagne even asked yesterday, was he did not shout out La. Oh, yeah, I asked why he didn't shout out Lala. Yeah. I thought he did. I just, I just, I'm like, there's no way. He mentioned single mothers

and the women in his life. Like, there's no way. But he didn't. So what is the question? 8-8-5-105-1. I've seen it trending yesterday. Is Lauren being messy? Yes, Lauren being messy. And the question is what, Lauren? I'm just, I'm just, I, for me I just felt like at least a thank you or like a you know because I think you know she played a big role and holding it down so he could have the right mindset to go and do a lot of the things he did

I think that's that conversation happens a lot with the women being overlooked in those instances so even if it wasn't la la I would be saying it's I'm not being messy I'm being a woman and being honest so you're saying he shouted out his coaches he shouted out his peoples he shouted out his he shouted out his pops he shouted everybody around him but you're asking how come he didn't shout out his wife his ex-wife his ex-wife I'm asking you know know, am I driven? Did Lala deserve a thank you? Or something, an acknowledgment of some sort in that Hall of Fame speech because of a role she played in his life and career.

Okay. 800-585-105-1. Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Donkey of today is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Lamensoff.

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She never made it inside. And that text message would be the last time anyone would ever hear from her. Listen to Hunting for Answers from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get. your podcasts. Hi, my name is Enya Eumanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD, oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psycho babble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free

iHeartRadio app search emergency intercom and listen now Betrayal Weekly is back for season two with brand new stories The detective comes driving up fast and just like screeches right in the parking lot I swear I'm not crazy But I think he poisoned me

I feel trapped my breathing changes I realize wow like he is Not a mentor He's pretty much a monster But these aren't just stories of destruction They're stories of survival I'm going to tell my story and I'm going to hold my head up.

Listen to Betrayal Weekly on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Dr. Joy Hardin Bradford, host of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. I know how overwhelming it can feel if flying makes you anxious. In session 418 of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast,

Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett and I discuss flight anxiety. What is not? The norm is to allow it to prevent you from doing the things that you want to do, the things that you were meant to do. Listen to therapy for black girls on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast.