On her 69th birthday, Hillary Clinton visited “The Breakfast Club” and sat with Charlamagne the God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee. Trump was invited to visit the radio station, but has declined.
Wearing a Trap Villa “Hillary Grey Brim” tee, Charlamagne the God opened the interview by asking Clinton why there seemed to be less narrative around her potentially being the first woman president versus Barack Obama, whose blackness was a big point of focus when he ran for president.
Clinton was also asked about having to debate Trump in the debates, and she said it was challenging because she wanted to discuss issues and he was focused on insulting her. On gun violence, Clinton described it as a “public health epidemic,” and added that it’s the No. 1 cause of death for young African American men, more so than the next nine causes put together. She reiterated that she would make efforts to close loopholes that enabled people to obtain guns without background checks.
Responding to a question on who helped inspire her to run for president, Clinton agreed with Charlamagne that Shirley Chisholm was an inspiration and also mentioned Geraldine Ferraro. Clinton admitted that unlike her husband, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama, she isn’t as charismatic and the process of running for office isn’t as easy for her. “It’s really is like making it up as you go,” said Clinton. When asked what Clinton’s husband, Bill, would work on as a pet project, she hoped her husband would focus on helping bring up forgotten, impoverished communities.
Clinton said if “everything goes well” is healing the divides created by Trump. “What Trump has done is to make it possible for people who have racist and sexist and all kinds of prejudices and bigotry to put them right out there,” said Clinton, who added, “We got to say, you know, that’s just not acceptable.”
When asked about the “Saturday Night Live” portrayal of the debates, Clinton said she enjoyed them and thought they did a good job. Charlamagne showed her the meme about Death Row Records, and she agreed they did influence her fashion choices.
When asked about the picture of her wearing the Yankee cap, she explained she grew up as a Cubs fan, and was discouraged by how much they lost. Her father told her she couldn’t pick a national league team so she settled on the Yankees. She added that the picture was from when the Yankees visited the White House when she was a senator.
For the final third of the interview, Stevie Wonder popped in, wearing a pro-Clinton black bomber jacket. Said Wonder, “Truth be it told, I think we as men have had our chance to work it out, it’s time to let a woman do it.” Wonder added that Trump’s divisive speech made him a unacceptable candidate.
The team asked her about the talk about her health and Clinton said her ability to debate Trump three times was a testament to her good health and stamina. When asked why she doesn’t take cheap shots, she said she doesn’t want to stoop to Trump’s level. “I don’t want to get into a back and forth on insults. That just drags everyone down,” said Clinton.
Yee said people were looking for radical change and asked Clinton what changes she was focused on. She said she rejects Trumps’ negative forms of changed and said, “We need to have an economy that works for everyone, not just on the top. And we need more good jobs.”
Wonder reiterated the importance of voting for Clinton, and said, “The truth is we have to as American citizens stop thinking that this life that we’re living, the things we’re dealing with, is some reality TV show. This is real life, real situations. Gun violence is real, people don’t come back,” said Wonder, who finished the show by singing happy birthday to Clinton, along with the Breakfast Club crew.
