Popular radio host Charlamagne Tha God has called out MSNBC for characterizing him as a MAGA shill during the build-up to last year's presidential election.
The Breakfast Club host pointed out the coverage - which stated that he was 'helping to push MAGA messaging' - during an interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on her podcast Monday.
Wallace, one of MSNBC's most prominent faces, had just suggested during the interview that Republicans blindly 'fell in line' with President Donald Trump before the election when Charlamagne brought her network's coverage of him.
'I agree with you, but here's the thing,' said Charlamagne, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey.
'Clearly, the American people didn’t care about any of that, because the American people were just focused on, you know, the ideas that [Trump] was spewing.
'And it wasn’t even just ideas. It was just, you know, stating the obvious and pointing out a lot of things that Democrats may have been ignoring, like the border, like the economy. He said it himself, man, we won on one word - groceries.
'You can't tout things like Bidenomics when people aren't feeling that in their pockets. You can't just ignore people's criticisms of the border and chalk it up with the MAGA messaging. I'll never forget when MSNBC did that to me.'
He explained that 'MSNBC did that to me based off me listening to people - me listening to people in New York City, listening to people in Chicago, activists in Chicago, and then them telling me what their issues with the border were.
The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God called out MSNBC coverage that stated that he was 'helping to push MAGA messaging' during an interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on her podcast Monday
'You can't just ignore people's criticisms of the border and chalk it up with the MAGA messaging,' Charlamagne said. 'I'll never forget when MSNBC did that to me'
'And their issues weren’t based on any type of prejudice for who was coming across the border. It was literally economics. It was, "Hey, these people are coming across the border and getting more resources than we are.
'"Like, we’ve been sitting here in these… disenfranchised neighborhoods for years, and we have problems with housing, but they're getting housing.
'"We barely can make ends meet, but they're getting, you know, stipends to be able to go out there and get food and things like that."
'How do you not listen to those people when they’re having those conversations?'
'I remember me repeating exactly what I just said, based off the conversations I was having with people actually in the street, in these areas. And MSNBC said I was repeating MAGA messaging.
'I was like, damn, that means that y’all are not paying attention to your constituents.'
Wallace, host of The Deadline: White House, said she agreed that Democrats' failure on that front was why Trump had so much success with Latino voters compared to 2020.
Wallace, host of The Deadline: White House, is one of MSNBC's most prominent faces
Factors like inflation and policies surrounding the border were also thought to be to blame.
Back on Election Day, Wallace was part of a panel of top MSNBC commentators who analysts tasked with hosting the network's election coverage.
Trump went on to pull off a series unlikely victories in a number of close contests, and swept all seven swing states.
