Washington (CNN)No one has irked Charlamagne Tha God throughout the 2016 election cycle more than Donald Trump, prompting the radio host to award his popular "Donkey of the Day" award to the Republican presidential nominee over and over again.
"When I saw the rise of the anti-Christ Donald Trump, I was like hell no," Charlamagne told CNN. "We can't be in a country where we love celebrities so much that we let the executive producer of 'Celebrity Apprentice' become the GOP nominee."
"Donald Trump is the epitome of that, because he was the executive producer of "Celebrity Apprentice," and now he's the GOP nominee, potentially about to be president with no political background whatsoever," Charlamagne said. "That's the beauty of America -- the fact that all of us can be anything we want to be if we put in the work," he added. Charlamagne, whose legal name is Lenard McKelvey, teamed up with the Hip Hop Caucus' "Respect My Vote!" campaign to encourage millennials to get to the polls in November. CHECK OUT: #GetPolitical a CNN Politics original series While the campaign is non-partisan, Charlamagne said he plans on voting for Clinton. "I feel like the soul of the country is at stake and we really have to do our due diligence in picking our next head of state," he said. "I feel like Barack Obama was a phenomenal president and we just want somebody to continue to keep his legacy going."
He said that he supported Clinton from the start because he wanted to see a female president, but after he learned about her policies and interviewed her on "The Breakfast Club," along with co-hosts Angela Yee and DJ Envy, he can now say that he supports
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her for the right reasons. Charlamagne said their approach to interviewing Clinton was different because they chose to ask her some non-political questions that could sway her way from rehearsed talking points and allow viewers to see a different side of her. Clinton calls Trump 'donkey of the decade' Form confronting her about her "super predators" comment and the 90s crime bill, to asking her why she didn't shout out Jay Z while in Brooklyn and what she always carries in her purse (hint: hot sauce), the trio got Clinton talking. "I feel like I got a real human interaction from Hillary. I liked her," Charlamagne said. "I'm an energy person. No politician is a good enough BS-er that they can forge their energy. Energy is one thing that's genuine .... I felt like she's actually a good person."
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