Charlamagne tha God dismisses Biden 'lip service,' suggests Klobuchar as VP would hurt black voter turnout

Radio host Charlamagne tha God said Sunday that former Vice President Joe Biden's attempts to atone for his controversial comments about black voters were little more than "lip service" without solid outreach to the black community -- and suggested that picking Amy Klobuchar as his running mate would hurt turnout.

Biden, the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee, caught flack for an appearance with the Power 105.1 host of "The Breakfast Club" last week, when he said that if black voters were unsure about whether to support him or President Trump, they "ain't black." Biden later walked back the comments Friday, saying he "shouldn't have been such a wise guy."

"I don't even care about the words and the lip service. The apology is cool but the best apology is actually a black agenda," Charlamagne said in an interview with MSNBC's host Joy Reid on Sunday. "You know, they got to make some real policy commitments to black people."

The radio host warned that if Biden picked Klobuchar, the Minnesota senator and former presidential candidate, as his running mate, he would risk "people staying at home on Election Day because they just aren't enthused by the candidate."

Many strategists and activists have warned that Klobuchar would perform extremely poorly with African American voters, as evidenced by her inability to attract their vote for her own campaign as she ran against Biden for the presidential nomination.

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