Charlamagne and guest unload on Obama for not endorsing Kamala Harris

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God and political commentator Angela Rye blasted former President Barack Obama on Monday for not endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday.

Shortly after Biden announcement who was retiring, backed Harris to take his place at the top of the Democratic ticket. Charlamagne and Rye on “The Breakfast Club” radio show said they believe Obama decreasing supporting Harris puts him on the “wrong side of history.”

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“I'm still not that happy with Barack Obama because when he needed Kamala to campaign for him, she was right there. And I feel like I was trying to have that role of, like, 'Let's let this process play out,' and it's like, no, bro, she's on the ticket,” Rye said. “If she's on the ticket, all of her Pledged delegates now go to Kamala Harris. This is the same thing that happened in the contested convention in 1968 with Lyndon B. Johnson dropping out after RFK challenged him.”

“At the end of the day, Kamala said she's still playing ball. She said, 'I intend to secure and win the nomination.' That's what needs to happen at the convention. I think the rest of the people in the Democratic leadership, which, by the way, Nancy Pelosi is no longer, but she likes to play that role, is showing that they want to see the process play out, and that's what they think leadership looks like,” he added. “Someone pretty high up in leadership told me that they expect Kamala Harris to get all the support in the next 48 to 72 hours. And I think you're going to see those people lining up.

Obama wrote in a statement after Biden's announcement that he was confident the Democratic leadership would “create a process from which an outstanding candidate emerges.”

“I agree. I don't want to hear anything about former President Obama and after a process or an open primary because you didn't care about the primaries a year ago when people were calling for them against Biden. So don't start worrying for the primaries now,” Charlamagne said.

“Yeah, I don't agree with that at all. In fact, like I said, I was very frustrated with President Obama,” Rye said. “We've talked about it before, but when I was the executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, whenever we were on the other side of President Obama, it was a really frustrating time.”

Elaine Kamarck, member of the Democratic National Committee said There is no “time” ahead of the DNC on Monday for another candidate to become the nominee over Harris. Kamarck also said Harris has a significant advantage with Biden's delegates, noting that it's his decision, not Obama's.

“What I'm telling you is, we had a lot of trouble … with the Obama administration, and it was really frustrating when people didn't see that we were trying to represent the best interests of black people. And when we went up against that administration, people dragged us in. We used to get hate mail and death threats, you know, for being on the other side of President Obama,” Rye continued. “But sometimes he's on the wrong side of history, and I think yesterday was one of them.”

“I agree,” Charlamagne said.

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