The Left can’t keep their stories straight. And it’s starting to show.
Now Democrats were called out by one of their own for their total hypocrisy.
Democrats’ Mixed Signals: Calling Trump a Fascist, Then Cozying Up
Radio host Charlamagne tha God is calling out Democratic leaders for what he sees as blatant hypocrisy: branding President Donald Trump a fascist and a threat to democracy while simultaneously playing nice with him behind the scenes. In a new interview with Mediaite’s Colby Hall on the Press Club podcast, Charlamagne argued that these cordial moments completely undermine the dire warnings Democrats have issued for years.
From Funeral Laughs to White House Welcomes: The Hypocrisy in Action
Charlamagne pointed to several high-profile examples, starting with former President Barack Obama laughing and chatting with Trump at Jimmy Carter’s funeral in January.
“You wouldn’t be playing footsie with a fascist at a funeral, right, President Obama?” he questioned.
He had already ripped into that moment back in March on The Breakfast Club, saying: “I’m sure everybody saw the video of Barack Obama and Donald Trump being all chummy, chummy, Barack Obama showing his teeth. Here’s the reason I don’t like that… I’ve been alive 46 years. I have never heard people refer to a political opponent, or liken them to Hitler. Never said, never heard them, never heard them be called a fascist.”
The same pattern, he said, played out when President Joe Biden welcomed Trump back to the White House after the 2024 election, despite having repeatedly called him a “threat to democracy.”
“The problem I have is when politicians use that language but then don’t act like that person is what you just told us that person was,” Charlamagne contended. “And what that does, right, if you’re Joe Biden and you say Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, but then when Donald Trump wins the presidency, you’re standing outside the White House saying, ‘Welcome home!’”
He extended the critique to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has called Trump a fascist yet claims he can still work with him.
“Or if you’re Zohran Mamdani and you say Donald Trump is a fascist, but then you’re saying you can work with a fascist. And I’m like, ‘Well, that’s not how fascism works.’ Never in the history of mankind has somebody worked with a fascist, and it’s worked. Like, that’s actually how you normalize fascism.”
Why the Tough Talk Loses All Meaning
Ultimately, Charlamagne argued, these contradictions make Democratic warnings ring hollow and erode public trust.
“Think about the fear that you’re instilling in people when you call somebody a fascist. When you say that they’re the next Hitler. Think about what that does to society,” Charlamagne said. “But then you politicians, y’all are in the White House just having a drink together and saying y’all can work together.”
He told Hall that by acting this way, Democrats are proving their own words “mean absolutely nothing.”
The interview wrapped with a lighter jab at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who recently called Charlamagne “Charlatan the Fraud.” Unfazed, Charlamagne dismissed the insult as “corny” and fired back with his own nicknames: “Chuck E. Cheese Obama” and “AIPAC Shakur.”
“I don’t even know him,” he said of Jeffries. “It’s impossible for me to have a real beef with a politician. … I pay a lot of money in taxes. So, I reserve the right to criticize any of our elected officials. That’s literally what America is all about.”
