Charlamagne Tha God is calling on Democrats to turn to new leaders who “fight back,” saying both House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should be given the boot.
“It’s not my job to say that any particular candidates need to be primaried and thrown out of office,” the media personality said during a segment on Tuesday’s “The Daily Show.”
“But Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer need to be primaried and thrown out of office,” Charlamagne, who was born Lenard McKelvey, said to applause.
Charlamagne said Schumer is “not the man with a plan to fight [President] Trump,” and compared Jeffries to a character in “The Matrix,” telling the audience, “I’m not too inspired by business casual Morpheus. You take the blue pill, nothing changes. You take the red pill, nothing changes — but with cherry flavor.”
The 46-year-old “Get Honest or Die Lying” author praised Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who set a new record Tuesday for the longest floor speech in Senate history.
“A Democrat actually doing something — wow,” Charlamagne exclaimed.