Charlamagne Tha God Didn't Hold Back, Calling CNN's Trump Coverage "Bullshit" Right To Anderson Cooper's Face

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Charlamagne Tha God challenged CNN anchor Anderson Cooper over how the network covers “fascist” Donald Trump compared to Kamala Harris in an explosive live TV face-off on Thursday.

“I feel like I heard more on this network about ‘Is Kamala Harris Black?’ than I do about, you know, Donald Trump being a fascist,” the radio host told Cooper.

“Honestly, that’s bullshit; I’m sorry,” replied Cooper, who noted that he’s a “huge fan” of Charlamagne. “To say that we’re sitting around talk — discussing ‘Is Kamala Harris Black?’ like —.”

“Oh, I’ve seen that. I’ve seen those roundtable discussions a lot. Now that’s bullshit, Anderson, for you to say that y’all don’t have those conversations,” said Charlamagne of CNN.

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Cooper noted that he’s never asked if Harris is Black.

“I’m sure we have had nutty people or people who have strongly-held beliefs who I may disagree with who somewhere on some panel have said something,” he said.

The network covered Trump’s suggestion that the vice president wasn’t Black when Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), in a trainwreck CNN panel performance, dodged a yes or no question on the topic from host Abby Phillip.

Charlamagne’s comments come after Harris slammed Trump for being a “fascist” following reports that the GOP nominee praised Adolf Hitler per his former chief-of-staff John Kelly.

Cooper later said he believes it’s important to have people with different views on his program willing to have a “legitimate conversation.”

Charlamagne went on to claim that “no network” has had an “honest conversation” about Trump since 2016 before hitting back at talk of a double standard between the GOP nominee and Harris.

“But it’s always a double standard with Trump whether it’s with Hillary, whether it’s against Biden,” he said. “Now, with Kamala. We talk about him being a threat to democracy, but we don’t treat him like one.”

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