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The Breakfast Club donkey of the day with Charlemagne, the guy. I don't know why y' all keep letting him get y' all like this. It's not me. Duvall. Is Florida okay? Donkey? Today for Wednesday, May 6th goes to a 33 year old Florida man named Andre Brown Jr. What does your Uncle Charlotte always say about the great state of Florida? Say it with me. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida, and today is no exception. Now Andre is in jail for doing something that I don't do, and that's beat his kids, okay? Now, I was born in 1978, so whippings, beatings, that was just the way of life, okay? I'm from the era where we had to go pick a switch off the tree. Y' all haven't had to go pick a switch. Y' all ain't had no trees in New York? No, dang.
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We have trees in New York, but we ain't pick no switch.
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I ain't pick no sort of stuff. All of those who had to go pick a switch, you know how sadistic that was in hindsight, okay? Go pick the weapon that is going to be used against you. That is pure insanity. Okay? If you tell a kid to go pick a switch right now, though, he'll probably say for what, the pistol or the rifle? Okay? But I want adults to know that beating your kids is stupid, all right? Doing any kind of physical harm to your child hurts you just as much, if not more than it does the kid. We all remember the saying, this will hurt me more than it hurts you. That's debatable. But it does hurt when you have to physically discipline your kids. Which is why I won't do it, because you always end up feeling dumb disciplining kids physically disciplining kids because they are just kids, okay? If you physically disciplining a kid for some something they did wrong, you're an idiot because the reality is they're just kids. And kids don't know what they don't know, okay? You ever got mad at a kid because you can't believe they did some foolishness? Well, they can't believe it either, okay? And you say to them, what's the matter with you? The answer is nothing. They're kids. They just got here two seconds ago. They learning as they grow, just like you did. I spanked my oldest daughter one time, okay? Gave her a couple pops when she was young because she cursed. I felt so damn stupid afterwards. Number one, she don't even know what those words mean, okay? Number two, she probably heard us saying them, all right? So spanking her for that is dumb. She didn't know any better. And your kids don't know any better either. So give them grace. All right? Now that brings me back to Andre Brown Jr. Andre Brown Jr. I can't even talk to y' all about Andre Brown Jr. Until I let you know what he's getting donkey of the day for. Let's go to CBS News Miami for the report, please.
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A shocking hate crime arrest out of Polk County. Deputies say a man targeted a five year old boy because he believed the child was gay. Police say 33 year old Andre Brown Jr. Was arrested on Sunday. Officials say he allegedly beat the boy and two other children. They say the youngest suffered from serious injuries. Brown reportedly told deputies that he abused the child because of his sexual orientation, claiming he would, quote, beat the gay out of him if possible. Investigators say the attack was intentional and hate driven, elevating the charges to a life felony.
Charlamagne Tha God
What in the Lee Daniels Empire script, Andre Brown Jr. Beat a five year old boy so bad that he had marks and bruises covering his legs, arms, back and stomach, along with a fractured right wrist and a contusion on his forehead. Beat this five year old boy so bad. The other children in the house who he also had beat, they were traumatized. There was a nine year old in the house who contacted her mother to report that the five year old was being abused. Sent a text message that read, and I quote, I'm scared. He's whooping him so hard, I'm scared. Andre Brown Jr. Told deputies that he decided to whoop the little boy because the little boy was gay. He advised he would beat the gay out of him if possible, but since it wasn't possible, he would beat him More. That's an exact quote he told deputies. Okay, well who gonna beat the dumb outta Andre if possible? Okay, I know it's not possible, so maybe they should just beat Andre more. Andre Brown Jr. Question for you. This little boy was five. Now homosexuality is defined as romantic emotional or sexual attraction between members of the same sex or gender. Who is this 5 year old being romantic with at 5? What could this little boy have been possibly doing that you would think he was gay? Even if the little boy had some Dixie crystals in his tank, make him do some push ups or something. Okay, maybe he was just five and is always around women so he picked up their mannerisms. And maybe, just maybe you're correct. He's gay. So what? Okay, beating him will change nothing. All right? You actually admit that you know beating the gay out of him isn't possible and since it wasn't possible, you just decided to beat him some more. So therefore you confessed to a hate crime, okay? You absolutely, positively committed a hate crime. You simply beat all over this little boy because he was gay. That says more about you than it does this little boy, okay? Because he can't help what he's born as. You on the other hand, made a choice to be evil, okay? You made a choice to administer harm to this little boy simply because you can. And where was this young man's parents? Where's his daddy at that he letting you beat all over him like this? And what do you think will happen to you in prison? Okay? There's going to be gay men in prison daring you to try to beat the gay out of them and you're going to have to fight to keep the gay out of you. Please give Andre Brown Jr. The biggest he, Huh? I don't know what's wrong with people, man. Yeah, you know, I. I really don't. All right, I was looking at this story earlier about how a bunch of religious leaders claim they were called to secret meetings to prepare for UFO disclosure. It's time. It's time. Because I feel like we're just all a bunch of defective humans and it's about time for us to be recalled. That's all. We're just a bunch of defective product in this universe. What you mean recalled? Like not all of us. Not all of us. Yeah, yeah, but some of us, Some of us, time to go.
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Yeah, like Andre Brown Jr. Jr.
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Okay, all right, well, thank you for that donkey today.
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Yo, Please. Shit, not you. I'm just like no, no, no, no, no, no. I love everybody. All right, when we come back.
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On this episode of "Donkey of the Day" (May 6, 2026), Charlamagne Tha God addresses a deeply disturbing hate crime in Polk County, Florida. The segment centers on Andre Brown Jr., a 33-year-old man arrested for brutally assaulting a five-year-old boy in what authorities deem a hate-motivated attack based on the child's presumed sexual orientation. Charlamagne uses this incident to condemn violence against children, especially when driven by misguided ideas and prejudice.
"The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida."
(03:04)
"Brown reportedly told deputies that he abused the child because of his sexual orientation, claiming he would, quote, beat the gay out of him if possible."
(CBS News Miami report, 05:36)
"Now, I was born in 1978, so whippings, beatings, that was just the way of life... Go pick the weapon that is going to be used against you. That is pure insanity."
(03:18, paraphrased)
"If you're physically disciplining a kid for something they did wrong, you're an idiot because the reality is they're just kids. And kids don't know what they don't know."
(04:16)
Challenges Andre’s belief he could “beat the gay” out of a young child:
"This little boy was five. Now homosexuality is defined as romantic emotional or sexual attraction... Who is this 5-year-old being romantic with at 5?"
(06:31)
Points out the senseless violence and the abuser's character:
"You actually admit that you know beating the gay out of him isn't possible and since it wasn't possible, you just decided to beat him some more. So therefore you confessed to a hate crime... That says more about you than it does this little boy, okay? Because he can't help what he's born as. You on the other hand, made a choice to be evil."
(07:15)
“All of those who had to go pick a switch, you know how sadistic that was in hindsight, okay? Go pick the weapon that is going to be used against you. That is pure insanity.”
(03:58)
“So what? Beating him will change nothing. All right?”
(06:56)
"There's going to be gay men in prison daring you to try to beat the gay out of them and you're going to have to fight to keep the gay out of you."
(08:00)
"It's time. Because I feel like we're just all a bunch of defective humans and it's about time for us to be recalled… Not all of us. Yeah, yeah, but some of us. Some of us, time to go."
(08:49)
This episode of "Donkey of the Day" is a scathing condemnation of hate-driven violence against children, using the case of Andre Brown Jr. as a powerful example. Charlamagne firmly denounces both the physical abuse of children—for any reason—and especially when fueled by prejudice and ignorance. He uses his own experience to illustrate the uselessness and cruelty of corporal punishment, and delivers an impassioned appeal for empathy, understanding, and for society to move beyond archaic, abusive mindsets.
Charlamagne’s mix of humor, deep critique, and candid personal insight make the episode both hard-hitting and highly relevant, serving as both a call to action and a moment of collective reflection.