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.”
