February 1, 2024
Charlamagne And DJ Envy Face Backlash For Interviewing Nikki Haley On ‘The Breakfast Club’
Charlamagne and DJ Envy are under fire after a recent interview with GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley.
Charlamagne and DJ Envy are under fire after a recent interview with GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley.
Haley is on the 2024 presidential campaign trail and stopped by The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, January 31, to discuss everything from Donald Trump to Charlamagne’s questions about systemic and structural racism in America.
“When you look at the inequalities in America, in education, you know, homeownership, employment and wealth, health care, can you admit that America is, systemically and structurally, a racist country?” Charlamagne asked Haley.
“I think culture has a lot to do with it, right?” Haley responded. “But it’s more of — if you look at that, how do you fix it, right?”
When directly asked if she thinks America is “systemically and structurally racist,” Haley gave her honest response.
“I don’t think America’s racist, I think we have racism in America,” she said.
During a later portion of the interview, DJ Envy asked Haley why a Kamala Harris presidency would “send chills down her spine.” Haley likened the possibility to former President Obama’s two-term presidency and how she believes it “caused division.”
Once the clip was shared in a tweet from a since-deleted account, many sounded off and blamed Charlamagne and Envy for welcoming Haley on their platform.
“I legit don’t know how y’all stomach this show. Forget everything that’s in the video and stop for a sec and ask why Nikki Haley needs to stop at The Breakfast Club?” one Twitter user wrote.
“They allowed this woman to just lie,” added someone else.
One person accused the two radio personalities of using Haley for “views and clickbait.”
“It’s not about trying to have conservatives come to the breakfast club. She doesn’t have a chance to beat Donald Trump. Her coming there was for nothing at all but attention views and clickbait,” they claimed.
In the past month, Haley has faced several controversies due to her remarks on racism and slavery including a town hall event in New Hampshire where she was asked what she believes caused the Civil War.
“Well, don’t come with an easy question, right,” Haley said. “I mean, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms and what people could and couldn’t do.”
When the voter criticized her answer and said how “astonishing” it was that in 2023 she did not mention slavery when discussing the root cause of the Civil War. Her response received backlash.
“What do you want me to say about slavery?” she asked.
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