Charlamagne tha God says Democrats are losing shutdown messaging fight: 'Republicans are better'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Radio host Charlamagne tha God said on Monday, October 20, during an interview that Democrats are losing the shutdown-messaging battle.

It has been over three weeks since the government shut down. Democratic lawmakers want an extension to expiring Obamacare subsidies, while Republicans hope to pass a seven-week extension of fiscal year 2025 government spending levels.

Charlamagne tha God says Democrats 'still haven't figured out how to message'

During a conversation with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace during her podcast 'The Best People', Charlamagne said, "I read a poll this morning that said, you know, a lot of Americans are starting to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. And it's just simply because Republicans are better at messaging than Democrats will ever be."

"I can't believe Democrats still haven't figured out how to message. But right now, at a time when American people are hurting, and they can point directly to the Trump administration to say, earlier in the year, it was DOGE cutting all the federal jobs," he added. 

"Now they are in charge of every branch of government, and it's the government shutdown and all of y'all are losing jobs," Charlamagne tha God said.

He further added it was "insane" that Democrats weren't able to effectively argue that Republicans were "hurting their pockets".

The radio host also said Democrats should have voted to fund the government and let Republicans "jack up the healthcare prices," so they could blame the Trump administration. 

"Republicans have beat it in people's head that it's Democrats' fault, and Democrats are taking credit for it, because they're saying, 'No, yeah, we are the reason the government is shut down, but we're doing it because we didn't want your healthcare prices to get jacked up.' So they're taking a stand, but it's hurting a whole lot of other people while this stand is being took," he mentioned.

Charlamagne tha God slams MSNBC for accusing him of repeating 'MAGA messaging'

Charlamagne tha God also took a jab at MSNBC during the conversation for accusing him of repeating "MAGA messaging", while talking about voter concerns about the border ahead of the 2024 election. 

He said, "You know, you can't just ignore people's criticisms of the border and chalk it up to MAGA messaging. I'll never forget when MSNBC did that to me."

"And 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 them telling me what their issues with the border were," the radio host added.

Meanwhile, Wallace also asked him if he was considering a run for office to which the radio host said, "No. It's funny, people ask me that all the time, and I say no, but then I say I don't know. And the only reason I say I don't know is because you never know what God has planned for you, right?"

"I don't know, you know, but I don't have any plans to do it," Charlamagne tha God added.