1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Native lamdpod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 2: Welcome Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: Welcome, Welcome home, everybody in Happy Holidays. This is Native lamppod. 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: It's the Solo pod edition. I'm Angela Rye, your host 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: for today, and I am just thrilled to be in 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: the midst of the holiday season. Now, before I get 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: started today, y'all, I got a quick complaint. I went 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: to my favorite place in Seattle, Pipe Place Market. I 10 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: went to get the seafood for the gumbo, because you 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: know we're doing gumbo for Christmas, y'all. Is a two 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: thousand dollars shopping trip. And I'm telling you because I 13 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: didn't get a bag, I didn't get shoes. I spent 14 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: a bag on some seafood. And I want to tell y' 15 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: all this because I think it's very important. At some point, 16 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have somebody from Purefish on here to talk 17 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: to you, because I don't think that everyone realizes, especially 18 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: the climate deniers among us, just how much climate change 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,319 Speaker 1: is impacting every dog gone thing. And when I talk 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: about every dog one thing, I'm talking about everything, including 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: your seafood. I learned today that Alaskan king crab, Alaskan 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: King crab number one, the price has doubled five pound. 23 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: It has doubled. 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: The reason why the price has doubled by the pound 25 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: is because the water is heating and it is literally 26 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: cooking Alaskan king crab, baby, y'all. 27 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 2: That's what's happening. 28 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: So there is less. It is the survival of the 29 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: fittest in the water. And I don't want to keep 30 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: trying it. So do me a favorite this holiday season. 31 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: All I want for Christmas, I would say you, But 32 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: what I want for Christmas is for you to recycle, 33 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: for you to compost, for you to be mindful of 34 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: the waste that you are engaging in. Please feed your families, y'all. 35 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: But man, these seafood prices are too high. I'm gonna 36 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: start a party like that man, you had the rent 37 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: as too damn high party. Mine is about to be 38 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: the seafood is two damn high party. And I gotta 39 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: tell you, we gotta do something about climate change. So please, 40 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: when you next time you go to the restaurant, tap 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: the Republican next to you and let them know that 42 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: climate change is real. 43 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: And theyre about to see it in their seafood on 44 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: that plate. 45 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: Now, with that out the way, I have such an 46 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: important guest joining us today. 47 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: She has become a dear, dear sister friend to me. 48 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: She is a fighter that I look to for courage 49 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: in this time to let me know that we're going 50 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: to be all right. All Kendrick Lamar and she is 51 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: just such a champion for the people. 52 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: You all have said it everywhere. 53 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: Even folks who don't like politics are paying attention to 54 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: the words and the actions of this incredible woman. 55 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: Her name is Jasmine Crockett. 56 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: She is a congresswoman representing the Dallas for Worth area 57 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: in Texas, and she's also running for the United States Senate. 58 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 2: Jessey Jazz is in the building. 59 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: Hangerswiman, Jazz and Crockett. 60 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 2: How you doing? 61 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 3: Wow? How are you girl? 62 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm good besides these seafood prices. 63 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 3: I hear you, I hear you loud and cleary. You're 64 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: talking about climate change. I'm like, we don't have climate change. 65 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 3: According to my colleagues, at least, they say it's a hoax. 66 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 3: They say it's not real, and therefore we have also 67 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 3: defund all research as it relates to science in all ways, 68 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 3: not just as relates to climate and studying it him 69 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 3: trying to figure out how it is that we can 70 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 3: cool this planet down being smarter in our policies. But 71 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 3: they deny it in that way and others. I'll just 72 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: say that one. 73 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 2: They deny a lot. 74 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: And I want to just deepen into that just for 75 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: a moment, because recently you decided to throw your hat 76 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: in the ring for the United States Senate. There are people, 77 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: there are elders, some of our elders, who said it's 78 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:31,839 Speaker 1: too soon, don't do it. 79 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: Read some literature on the topic. 80 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: Are you sure? Sorry? 81 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: I had went down hundred three thousand real quick. 82 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: But I got to say, like, for people who are like, 83 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: it's too soon, what do you say to that? Why now? Yeah? 84 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 3: So it's hard to define what too soon looks like 85 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: when you're talking to someone like me, because for some 86 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 3: people the time would never arrive, especially as a black 87 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 3: woman in this country. I mean, we know that, yes, 88 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: Texas has never done it. We know that it's only 89 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 3: been done a handful of I mean, just think about 90 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 3: how recent our history is. I mean, the very first 91 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: black woman that ever swear into the US Senate is 92 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 3: still alive, right, We're not talking about like back in 93 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: and back in the day history. We know that only 94 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: the second black woman to swear into the US Senate 95 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: was our beloved Vice President Kamala Harris, and we know 96 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: that we ended up having our third be appointed to 97 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 3: the Senate. And then we know that we now, for 98 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 3: the first time in the history of the United States, 99 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: we have two that are serving at the same time. 100 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 3: So we've only had five black women. But I think 101 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: that this is bigger than race or sex. While there 102 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 3: may be history that is taking place, I've never done 103 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: anything seeking history. I've done things seeking justice, and I've 104 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 3: done things seeking change. And so part of me was 105 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 3: starting to feel like, what really is my purpose in 106 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 3: the House in this moment? Okay, if times were normal, 107 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 3: be completely different, I would most likely be running for 108 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: re elections to the House. Most likely would win reelection 109 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 3: with little to no problems. I must say that I 110 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 3: have a great poor with my district and that they 111 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: seemingly would have been very happy to have me return 112 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 3: to the district. But I can file a million bills 113 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 3: in the House, and you know what, we may even 114 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: take the House. In fact, that's one of the things 115 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 3: that is scaring this current administration, which is why they're 116 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: going through and they're trying to cheat and take as 117 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: many seats as they can. But I think, no matter 118 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: what happens, I think we win the House because the 119 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 3: political environment is just that bad. But what happens when 120 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 3: you win the House and you still don't have the 121 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 3: numbers in the Senate nothing. The reason that people get 122 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: frustrated with Democrats as a whole, and they'd be like, well, 123 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 3: you promise me this, you promise me repro access, you 124 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 3: promised me that you would work on voting rice, you 125 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 3: promise me this, you promise me that, and then you 126 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 3: go and file the bills, they make it out of 127 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: the House, and then nothing happens in the Senate. And 128 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: so for me, I was like, if I'm really just 129 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: here to kind of be about quote unquote myself, Okay, 130 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: I guess, but honestly, I can do a lot more 131 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 3: on the outside. I mean, Angela, you have been, in 132 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: effect to voice from the outside. There are things that 133 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: you do on the outside that definitely permeate to the 134 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 3: inside that people never see. And then you also do 135 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 3: things that people absolutely see on the outside, like you 136 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 3: are very effective, but like I can be effective, make 137 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 3: more money and have less death threats. I'm just saying, right, 138 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 3: But I signed up for this because I knew that 139 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 3: the pathway to real freedom for some of us was 140 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: through legislation, and I needed to be at the table. 141 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 3: But if I'm just at the table and I'm just 142 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: being a voice and I'm not able to actually get 143 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 3: that other part done, then what is the point. So ultimately, 144 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 3: there's a couple of things that are different about this 145 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: current point in time. Number One, this is the first 146 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: time since the nineties. Remind you, the last Democratic governor 147 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 3: we had was a woman, and yes it was the 148 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: second woman. Texas has had two women elected. The first 149 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 3: one was elected in the nineteen thirties and the other 150 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 3: one was an Riches in the nineteen nineties. It's the 151 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 3: first time since the nineteen nineties that we have candidates 152 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 3: that are in all seats. They are running for all 153 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 3: the US House seats, they are running for all the 154 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 3: state House and state Senate seats. That matters because now 155 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 3: instead of fifty percent of those seats going unfilleded, we 156 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 3: have candidates that are going to consistently be talking to 157 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 3: voters all throughout Texas. That's number one. Number two, this 158 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: is the first time that I can recall that the 159 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: Republicans are absolutely headed to a runoff, which means that 160 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: they are going to constantly beat up on each other 161 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 3: for a longer amount of time than what will take 162 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: place on our side, giving us an advantage. That's more 163 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 3: money that they're spending, and that's also them tearing each 164 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: other apart for a longer amount of time. Number Three, 165 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 3: We've always had amazing candidates, great resumes. You can look 166 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 3: at their resumes and you can say, oh, man, it's 167 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 3: a perfect person on paper. Right. And one of the 168 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,239 Speaker 3: people that I think about is Beto or Work because 169 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 3: he's the one that came the closest and his election 170 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: most closely aligned with the current election that we're about 171 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 3: to go into because it was in the midterm of 172 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 3: a Trump presidency. Betso A Rourke. When he got into 173 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 3: the race, no one knew who Betto was. No one 174 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 3: had ever heard of them, and so these races are 175 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 3: very expensive. They cost about one hundred million dollars. But 176 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 3: what we do is we spend almost one hundred million 177 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 3: dollars just for somebody to learn their names. We walk 178 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: in with an advantage. We've never walked in with a 179 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: candidate who had asked hig a name ID, and I 180 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 3: look at races and I say, first step is name 181 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 3: I D's second step is actually understanding that person's brand. 182 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 3: Third step is actually making them believe that you can 183 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 3: trust this candidate to actually do better for you and 184 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 3: better for your life. In the fourth base is getting 185 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 3: them to the polls. Well, we're already at third base. 186 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 3: So having the high name I D allowed me to 187 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 3: do an unconventional launch video. Having high name I D 188 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,119 Speaker 3: allows me to get people that are even beyond Texas 189 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 3: and get them involved. And finally, this state is a 190 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: majority minority state. Sixty one percent of the state is 191 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 3: people of color. But when we look at voter turnout, 192 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: we are only getting a little bit more than fifty 193 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 3: percent of our voters that are already registered to turn out. 194 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 3: And when we look at who's not coming out, they're 195 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 3: black and brown. Now, most early polling showed that I 196 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 3: was doing best with black and brown folk. When we 197 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 3: looked at Beto's numbers, he had the strongest numbers amongst 198 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 3: black and brown people, and that's what got him closer. 199 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 3: So we look at it like, hey, we're starting off 200 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: with a bit of a lead. And frankly, right now, 201 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 3: there are so many people that just don't trust politicians 202 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 3: and just think that people are out there telling them 203 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 3: what they want to hear. I'm going to get the 204 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 3: same check. My check don't change, my responsibility changes, and 205 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 3: the targets on my back change. But if I say 206 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 3: that I'm doing this because I actually want to help people, 207 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 3: then why would I not go out when the numbers 208 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 3: reveal that I have the ability to expand the electric 209 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 3: and not only do this for Texas, but to do 210 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: this for the So you know, they're gonna keep having 211 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 3: my name in a mouth, whether they're Democrats or Republicans 212 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 3: because we know what the numbers are, because they can 213 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 3: theorize all they want to. But the reality is that 214 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 3: they would actually drop the numbers if they were like, 215 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 3: oh no, she has no chance. They would just put 216 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 3: them out there. But we know that that's not the case. 217 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 3: And I'll be perfectly honest and tell you I'm not 218 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 3: putting out my numbers because I don't want Republicans to 219 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 3: raise off my numbers. I don't want them saying, oh no, 220 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 3: send us more money. Jasmine's in the position she's in. 221 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna say the position, but Jasmin's in the 222 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 3: position she's in. Nobody is dropping numbers for a reason. 223 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 3: If they had numbers that showed that I was not competitive, 224 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 3: then frankly, they wouldn't be talking about me because I 225 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 3: would be irrelevant, And second of all, they would just 226 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,599 Speaker 3: put the numbers out. 227 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: I want to ask you too, because I think this 228 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: is so important. Before you were a member of Congress, 229 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: you were a state rep. Before you were a state Rep, 230 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: you were a civil rights attorney, a public defender. You 231 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: like have dedicated your life in so many ways to 232 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: public service and to being a conscience. We talk about 233 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: the Congressional black hawkas being the conscience of the Congress, 234 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: but there are consciences in our communities, of the. 235 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 2: Culture, etc. 236 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: I want to know how much time you spent talking 237 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: to other people who haven't just run statewide in Texas, 238 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: but have run state wide in other places, and what 239 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: best practices you've kind of called from them. Is there 240 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: a kitchen cabinet to help to make sure that your 241 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: lot is different? Like, we know that the odds are 242 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: against you in these states, especially if we don't mobilize 243 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: our voters, and as the country continues to make it 244 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: more difficult for people to vote one and two to 245 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: feel seen and heard even represented, Like, yeah, it's gonna 246 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: be hard to get people out. So what are the 247 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: kinds of conversations you're having and who are you talking 248 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: to about what it's like to run statewide. 249 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, So it's funny that you mentioned that because I 250 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 3: literally text Jamie Harrison probably about twenty minutes ago Jay 251 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 3: about some things. And for sure I've probably spent more 252 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: time talking to Stacy Abrams than anyone and there's a 253 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 3: lot of reasons for that. Obviously, there are similarities in 254 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 3: our background. Stacy also came from the state legislature. She 255 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 3: was obviously a minority leader. I was not. Stacey then 256 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 3: went on to work on statewide kind of races and 257 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 3: building out infrastructure. So, you know, I will say this, 258 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 3: I appreciate those that have come before me in all ways, 259 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 3: not just those that are more contemporary, but even those 260 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 3: that I never had a chance to meet, because my 261 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 3: goal will always be to honor their legacy and their 262 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 3: sacrifices by making sure that I am a building block 263 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 3: for somebody coming behind me. So with Stacy Abrams. We've 264 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 3: had conversations about what it looked like to organize, and 265 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 3: she's given me tips on what I need to do. 266 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 3: I want to lay it all out for everybody else, 267 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 3: but she's given me tips on how to make sure 268 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,719 Speaker 3: that we are maximizing our touches in the state. Obviously 269 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 3: it wasn't Stacy alone. You've got Latasha who always is 270 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 3: available and answer the call at Black Voters Matter, but 271 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 3: also just kind of those other organizations that we're working together. 272 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 3: My first D nine ish H endorsement has come from 273 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 3: the omega's C four and so the D nine part 274 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 3: of things as well. They are getting a lot more 275 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 3: involved from a C four standpoint, not a C three standpoint. 276 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 3: So I'm engaging in conversations about organizing natural kind of 277 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 3: spaces of organization, whether it's churches or whether it's D 278 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: nine organization, so that again we're more so building instead 279 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 3: of kind of reinventing. In addition to that, you know, 280 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 3: I have talked to well, I'm just I've talked to 281 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 3: the vice president. I mean, I wasn't gonna make the 282 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 3: decision without having some real conversations with the vice president, 283 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 3: and obviously she didn't just run in one state. She's 284 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 3: running a lot of states, right And to this day 285 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 3: she still remains a mentor and a friend and an 286 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: auntie of sorts, even though I'm technically auntie's status. 287 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: Now that hurts when that happens, When that change comes, 288 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: jazz is called. 289 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 3: I know. But you know, like talking to the Vice president, 290 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: it is it's tough because she looks at me like 291 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 3: I am family, right, So you know, there's been all 292 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 3: the conversations. But also you know, talking to some of 293 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 3: the elected US senators as well about this, and and 294 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 3: I won't out them until they come out per se 295 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 3: in their official support capacities. But there is one member 296 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: who was like, I think you can do it, like 297 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 3: I have no doubts, And that particular member said, my 298 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 3: biggest concern is your safety. If you tell me that 299 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 3: you are going to take all the precautions that you 300 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 3: need to take, then go for it. But I don't 301 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 3: want you to become a sacrificial lamb. And so like 302 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 3: again like very real love. And I can tell you 303 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 3: that the Vice President in a very similar vein is 304 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 3: like the country needs you. I'm gonna need you to 305 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: make sure that you're like as safe as possible. And 306 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 3: you and I have talked before about me going and 307 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 3: getting fitted for a vest and all that kind of stuff, 308 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 3: and people don't understand how long it takes to get them. 309 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 3: But literally I got a notification today because I said 310 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 3: I can't go through this campaign and I have my vest. Yeah, 311 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 3: and it is a sad reality. But I think about 312 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 3: the courage that had to exist for those that came 313 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 3: before me. I mean, you know, I keep Shirley behind me. 314 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 3: Us surely is always around somewhere, right, I have no 315 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 3: idea what she went through. Yeah, being the first of 316 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 3: the first, right, I can tell you that nothing makes 317 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 3: me be naive about this and believe that it was 318 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 3: just all, you know, peachy for her. And as I 319 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 3: was doing a recording yesterday, I was talking about a 320 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: ten year old girl who knows who I am when 321 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: I went to her church, and that was so powerful 322 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: to me knowing that this baby, like when I was 323 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 3: her age, I couldn't tell you who elected officials were, 324 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 3: but that she knows who I am, that she knows 325 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 3: that I stand up for myself, that she's looking to me. 326 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 3: I just think that I could not afford in this time, 327 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 3: where everybody is saying what has happened to our country? 328 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 3: To just do what was comfortable or expedient, which would 329 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 3: have been going back to the house, I could have 330 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 3: done it, Yeah, but we deserve better. 331 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: You did you have to call Colin and ask him 332 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: to drop out? Did you Colin Alredd It's who I'm 333 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: talking about? Or did he decide? Did he make that 334 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: decision on his own without any conversations. 335 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 3: So I had very much publicly stated that I would 336 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 3: call both of the people in the race once I 337 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 3: got the results of my polling, which is a little 338 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 3: different than traditional. We did traditional stuff, but then we 339 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 3: had a piece that was about expansion, and my attitude 340 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 3: was whoever is in best position to expand the electorate, 341 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 3: I'm going to go and bust my tush for them, 342 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 3: like I've done all across this country. I called both 343 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 3: he and James Tallerico. I will not reveal the confidences 344 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 3: of those conversations. I will tell you that I did 345 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 3: offer my polling to them and told them it's quite compelling, 346 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 3: and I actually gave them numbers. I actually told them like, 347 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 3: like I'm winning in this category, I'm winning in this category. 348 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 3: And as far as expansion. I am the expansion candidate. 349 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 3: Right when we talk to people that are registered to 350 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 3: vote but don't vote and hadn't planned to vote, and 351 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 3: we asked them, well, if this person or this person 352 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 3: or this person was on the ballot, would you be 353 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 3: more inclined to vote, and across the board it was me. 354 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 3: So I did tell them that. I told them that 355 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,239 Speaker 3: I would be happy to send them numbers if they 356 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 3: wanted to see it, because I wanted us to work together, 357 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 3: because in order for Texas to win, I wanted to 358 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 3: give us the best shot. I will tell you that 359 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 3: neither one of them asked to see my numbers, and 360 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 3: I theorize it is because trends are trends, so like 361 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 3: my number may say forty something or fifty something or whatever, 362 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 3: but like the trend is going to be the same, 363 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 3: like things should still be in the same order, that 364 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 3: kind of stuff. And they had their own internal polling. 365 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 3: I think that Colin and I obviously he was my 366 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 3: most recent colleague and he had run statewide and he 367 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 3: is someone that I do consistently talk to as we're 368 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 3: trying to go through this and ask questions of because 369 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 3: he just ran statewide. I also talked to Betto, who 370 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 3: obviously has run statewide twice. I talked to him a 371 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 3: lot before I made the final decision, and I will 372 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 3: say that, you know, I felt confident that Colin wanted 373 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 3: to do what was best for the team and for him. 374 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 3: I don't feel like it was ever about him trying 375 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 3: to like get something for him, but it was more 376 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 3: so like, I think that this is possibly what's best 377 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 3: for our state, and that's not to have some protracted primary, 378 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,640 Speaker 3: which potentially having the three of us in it would 379 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 3: have potentially led to that. But I won't put words 380 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 3: in his mouth, but I do feel like overall he 381 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 3: was really seeking what would be best for Texas, and so, 382 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 3: you know, I wish him well on his campaign. I 383 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 3: had no idea that he was going to switch to 384 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 3: run for the congressional district that I now live in, actually, 385 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 3: and he actually was my congressman when he first got 386 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 3: to Congress. So he's getting this kind of area back 387 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 3: into his districts. 388 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: Now, is this the same district that now your pastor, 389 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: our shared pastor are calling my side? 390 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: Pastor Freddie Haynes knows a different district. 391 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, they moved me out of my guest. So 392 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 3: Pastor Haynes is actually running in what's left of my 393 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 3: old district. So about five hundred thousand or so of 394 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 3: the people in my district are still like they never moved, 395 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 3: and then about a little over two hundred thousand of 396 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 3: us did get moved. So I am part of that. 397 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: To buy intention, let's be clear that it was by. 398 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 3: Intention, yes, for sure. 399 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: So let me ask you this because I think that 400 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 1: that this is important too when we're talking about what's 401 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: best for Texas, and you know, as a part of that, 402 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: you're thinking about what's best for the country, because when 403 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: you serve in Congress, as you do now, you're not 404 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: just doing this on behalf of your constituent's primary. Sure, 405 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: but also there's this larger kind of ecosystem of what's 406 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: happening in the country right now. 407 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: What do you think are you know. 408 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: Three major things that sets you apart from the current 409 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: senator who you'd be challenging, John Cornyn. 410 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: Not the viral. 411 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 3: I want to know what. 412 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: I want to know what they would get if they 413 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: don't or if they are voting for you, wouldn't. 414 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I'm gonna tell you this, yea, because 415 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 3: I'm because I'm always keep you one hundred regardless as 416 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 3: to whether or not I'm supposed to be this person. 417 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 3: But I just only know how to be real. John 418 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 3: Corny when I came in, was to me what a 419 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 3: senator should be. I'm gonna just be honest, like, yes, 420 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 3: we're not the same political party, but he recognized and 421 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 3: respected the fact that I was one of his House members. 422 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 3: And I fully anticipate that once I become the Senator, 423 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 3: I will do the exact same thing for Republican members 424 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 3: that are serving their constituency. Our share constituency. And so 425 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 3: John Cornan actually their office reached out to ours when 426 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 3: we couldn't swear in. If y'all remember the Republicans couldn't 427 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 3: pick a speaker. Kevin McCarthy was struggling, and so we 428 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 3: couldn't do anything. We had no access to our computers, 429 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 3: like nothing like, we just had to sit on the floor. 430 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 3: And so there was a speaker, and Corny's office contacted 431 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 3: hours and said, hey, just redirect your calls to us, 432 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 3: because anything that I can do as a House member, 433 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: the Senate can do as well. Right, But they were 434 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 3: up and running, so we did that. We uh directed calls, 435 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 3: and then after I swore in, he wanted to do 436 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 3: like an in person meeting. He wasn't like cruise okay. 437 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 3: He wanted to do an in person meeting. He wanted 438 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 3: to find out what my priorities were. He wanted to 439 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 3: make sure that if there was something that we could 440 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 3: work on together, that I didn't feel like I needed 441 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 3: to go to a Democratic senator, but to at least 442 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 3: give them a shot first if I felt like it 443 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 3: was good for Texas. Okay. So you got that part 444 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 3: of it right, and we have worked in about partisan way. 445 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 3: There's a lot of legislation that I worked on as 446 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 3: relates to fentanyl from the state House. I brought it 447 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 3: onto the federal level, and he has carried that legislation 448 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 3: in the Senate for me. He's worked on food security 449 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 3: bills with me. We were able to get a bill 450 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 3: called the Grant Transparency Act signed into law by Joe 451 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 3: Biden because the Republicans were controlling the House, like the 452 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 3: lead lead that is listed on the bill is my 453 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 3: Republican counterpart in the House, and then I'm the House 454 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 3: Democrat lead. And then in the Senate, we were the 455 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 3: ones to be able to get John Cornyan onto it 456 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 3: and a Democrat carried it. So we have worked on 457 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 3: things together. That doesn't bother Democrats that like, I'm working 458 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 3: for what's best. What John Cornan has done is he's 459 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 3: attempted to transform himself into MAGA and that is so 460 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 3: that he can win. And you know, honestly, I think 461 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 3: that he would probably do better. This is free campaign 462 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 3: advice that he never asked for. But I think people 463 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 3: actually look at you more suspect when you start changing 464 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,479 Speaker 3: who you are, because then they feel like you're just 465 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 3: changing with the win and they don't know what they're 466 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 3: going to get. So some of the things things that 467 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 3: we differ on is just I'm a Democrat. He's a Republican. 468 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 3: So when it comes down to it, he voted for 469 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 3: the Big Ugly Bill, which is going to give tax 470 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 3: cuts to the richest amongst us and made that permanent, 471 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 3: while at the same time he and Senator Cruz voted 472 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 3: against giving a tax subsidy to people that need to 473 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 3: be able to access healthcare on the marketplace. That is 474 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 3: a very clear, easy distinction. In addition to that, you know, 475 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 3: Senator Cornyn is also an attorney like I am, and 476 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 3: he knows that the President is consistently violating the law, 477 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 3: but he's sitting by quietly and not standing up for Texans. 478 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 3: You know, these tariffs specifically are hitting Texas even harder 479 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 3: because we are a big trade state. In addition to 480 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 3: us doing agriculture in a big way. Right now, am Marillo, 481 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 3: their tyson's plant is about to shut down that handles beef. 482 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 3: I just went to my local soul food spot, shout 483 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 3: out to otoms right when I'm at home. I hit 484 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 3: up Otom's family owned been around forever and literally like 485 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 3: in the family literally like works there. So the mother 486 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 3: of the business says to me, Hey, my beef is 487 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 3: like a whole problem right now. And I was like, 488 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 3: just like you're talking about the seafood, okay, I said, 489 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 3: I know. She's like no, for real, Like he just 490 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 3: got in and I've been dealing with the same people 491 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 3: that I get my beef from for the restaurant for years, 492 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 3: and they are talking about how they may be going 493 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 3: out of business after my costs have like gone through 494 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 3: the roof. Right. I went to another sof for restaurant 495 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 3: on Sunday and Fort Worth after I finished church Nana's, 496 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 3: and she was complaining about the cost of food as well. Yeah, 497 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 3: so you know, knowing that they are not backing us up, 498 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 3: backing up farmers and ranchers, which I can guarantee you 499 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 3: that the average farmer and rancher has been voting for them. 500 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 3: You should be backing them up because these tariffs are 501 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 3: literally killing them. Yeah, and they are killing and it's 502 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 3: not just the farmers for everybody's like, oh, you know, 503 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 3: that's on y'all. No, because we all eat y'all, like 504 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 3: we need Like one of the songs that I use, 505 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 3: because I always use songs when i'm speaking, is I 506 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 3: need you to survive. That is one of the songs 507 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 3: that I use. It is true. So like, if the 508 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 3: farmers and the ranchers go out of business, that means 509 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 3: that there's less available. That means that our costs go up, right, 510 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 3: or looking at the fact that they got rid of 511 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 3: and they did this when they voted for the Big 512 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 3: Ugly Bill, they reduced the amount of snap benefits that 513 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 3: are going to be available. We've got money that now 514 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 3: won't be going into the grocery store, money now that 515 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,679 Speaker 3: farmers can't bank on getting, and that makes all of 516 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 3: our costs go up. If the grocery store is going 517 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 3: to stay open. So, like you're talking about climate change, 518 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,360 Speaker 3: but I honestly, every single policy that they have, when 519 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 3: you evaluate the layers to it, it is causing for 520 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 3: catastrophic problems. It is not just one thing. Climate change 521 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 3: is one part of it, right, but also like crazy 522 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 3: trade policies is another part of it, because we do 523 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 3: export our food, but we're not able to export like 524 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 3: we normally do. And if we get to the point 525 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 3: that we're unable to like grow our own food and 526 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 3: we're relying on other countries, that's a matter of national security. 527 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 3: You don't ever want to have to rely on other people. So, 528 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 3: you know, I think that, like right now, the biggest 529 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 3: differences are that they are putting it's not even party, 530 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 3: but they're putting Trump over everybody. And you know, I 531 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 3: plan to continue to listen to the thirty million Texans 532 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 3: that I would be representing instead of focusing in on 533 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 3: the one man that's sitting in the White House. 534 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: You know, on this you have become a formidable opponent 535 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: to the Trumps, the Trumps, to the Trump administration and 536 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: Trump acolytes. And so there's someone in particular who saw 537 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: it fit to let your name come out of his 538 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: mouth at Seapack. So I want to roll this clip 539 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: as JD. Bans and Jasmine Crockett. Oh, Jasmine Crockett. 540 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 3: The record speaks for itself. 541 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: She wants to be a senator, though her street girl 542 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: persona is about as real as her nails. I just 543 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: like I guess, Jeff, I want you to respond to this. 544 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: But what is so fascinating to me is he doesn't 545 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: go into the record, which he just cites. I don't 546 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: know if he knows the record. We just talked some 547 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: about some of your record, which is bipartisan in nature. 548 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: You talked about the relationship, the working relationship that you've 549 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: had with John Cornet as the Texas the city unit 550 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: of the United States, or one of them from Texas. 551 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: It's fascinating to me that we've been through eyelashes and 552 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: now we're at nails. I don't understand. So talk to 553 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: me about why you think it was important for him 554 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: to bring you up at Seapack. 555 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 2: I got my theories. I want to know why you think. 556 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 3: I mean, obviously, he ended this little riff of racist 557 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 3: rants about you don't have to apologize for being white anymore, 558 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 3: which I've missed those apologies. I'm just saying, and nobody's 559 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 3: ever had to apologize for how they were born or 560 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 3: how God made them, Like nobody ever asked for anybody 561 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 3: to apologize for the fact that they're white. But that's 562 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 3: a whole other issue. And just for the record, Jed Advance, 563 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 3: my nails are actually real, just so you know, just 564 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 3: I mean so, and I have never tried to have 565 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 3: a street girl persona, but I will tell you that 566 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 3: I am Texas in every way and as they say 567 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 3: in Texas, don't mess with Texas. So when you come 568 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 3: for me, I absolutely will respond, right, especially if I 569 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 3: didn't send for you. But like, let's talk about the record. 570 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 3: Like I said before, I'm like jd Vance, the only 571 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 3: reason you were standing there is the vice president is 572 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 3: because the president tries to have his last vice president executed. 573 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 3: Like that's the only reason, Like, I mean, there is 574 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 3: no other reason. And this kind of goes back to 575 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 3: I will tell you because you brought up this point 576 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 3: about people saying, wait your turn. Jd Vance is like 577 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 3: my age or younger. When it came down to Barack 578 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 3: Hussein Obama, I'm pretty sure a lot of people told 579 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 3: him to wait his turn too, and he was a 580 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: forty four year old junior senator out of Illinois. I 581 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 3: am a forty four year old grown ass woman who 582 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 3: not only has served on the state level, who is 583 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 3: not only served on the federal level, but even before 584 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 3: that was serving the people in the streets. I've served 585 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 3: on boards, whether it was a mental health board. I've 586 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 3: served as the president of various organizations, whether they're legal 587 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 3: organizations or otherwise. I actually was the youngest black person 588 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,239 Speaker 3: to ever be elected a county Democratic Party chair, and 589 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 3: that was in East Texas, not urban Texas. That was 590 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 3: in rural Texas, where I was the elected party chair 591 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 3: who was always behind the scenes making sure that I 592 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 3: could help other candidates win elections. I then came to 593 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 3: Dallas and was behind the scenes and helped Dallas County 594 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 3: to have more African Americans on the bench than any 595 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 3: other county in the entire country. So, like, let me 596 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 3: tell you, I have put in my work because I 597 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 3: believe in the work. I believe in real good public servants. 598 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 3: I have traveled this country as a national co chair 599 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 3: for Vice President Harris. Prior to that, I was one 600 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 3: of the top request at surrogates for Joe Biden, going 601 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 3: around this entire country. I went to California to make 602 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 3: sure that I could do my part for Prop fifty. 603 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 3: I went into Pennsylvania and make sure that they could 604 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 3: retain their judges. I went into Virginia to make sure 605 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 3: that I could assist Abigail Spaanberger. Let me tell you something. 606 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 3: For everybody that wants to pretend as if I'm not 607 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 3: a team player, check the record. I have gathered up 608 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 3: well over three million miles traveling this country on behalf 609 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 3: of democracy. Again, if someone else had better numbers, which 610 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 3: no one else has released those numbers, then I wouldn't 611 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 3: be running for the US Senate right now because at 612 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 3: the end of the day, again, my pay doesn't change, 613 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 3: but my responsibilities do. But as a trained attorney, in 614 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 3: understanding that it was this Supreme Court that decided four 615 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 3: days before our filing deadline that they were going to 616 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 3: go ahead and side with the racist maps that they passed. 617 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 3: And I'm calling them racists because that's what they were. 618 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 3: And it was a Trump appointee who wrote one hundred 619 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 3: and sixty page order stating the very same. This isn't opinion, 620 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 3: these are just facts. But this Supreme Court doesn't care 621 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 3: at all. But guess who it is that has oversight 622 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 3: over the Supreme Court. It's the Senate. That's the only 623 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 3: body that does. Guess how you get to the Supreme 624 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 3: Court through the Senate. Guess how you make it to 625 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 3: any judicial bench on the federal level for a lifetime appointment. 626 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 3: It is through the Senate. Guess that's how or why 627 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 3: we don't have reproductive access right now? It is because 628 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 3: of the Senate. Guess why they are playing with our 629 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 3: maps right now? Because the House passed the Freedom to 630 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 3: Vote Act, the House passed the John Lewis Vody Rights 631 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 3: Advancement Acts. But what happened in the Senate? Nothing? Why 632 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 3: does DC not have statehood? It is because of the Senate. 633 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 3: I could go on and on and on and so again. 634 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 3: I can continue to give people lip service. I can 635 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 3: continue to file the most beautiful bills you have ever 636 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 3: seen in your life. But if we are going to 637 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 3: make any change, we have to change the map. So 638 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 3: this is again bigger than Texas, And frankly, I'm not 639 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 3: going to sit here and be distracted by haters every time. 640 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 3: You can't go to policy, and you got to go 641 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 3: to my looks. You gotta goal to how I dress, 642 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 3: You gotta goal to how I talk. That's telling me 643 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 3: that you ain't got nothing that you want to talk about, 644 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,720 Speaker 3: because I'm ready to go toe to toe, and frankly, 645 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,760 Speaker 3: I don't know why jd Vance wants to talk about 646 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 3: looks like we really not going to go there because 647 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 3: I'm sorry because people haven't been making memes about me 648 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 3: and mass scare and all this other kind of stuff 649 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 3: like that's not what people have been doing of me, sir. 650 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 3: Focus on your job. Focus on the fact that people 651 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 3: don't know how they're going to afford their Christmas dinner, 652 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 3: as Angela was just laying out. Focus on the fact 653 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 3: that we have lost one point one million jobs in 654 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 3: this country and it's not even been a year that 655 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 3: your administration has been in Focus on the fact that 656 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 3: we have a record number of people that have died 657 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 3: in ice custody under your terrible policies. Focus on the 658 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 3: fact that these tariffs are killing our small businesses and 659 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 3: our farmers in ranchers, as we have a historic number 660 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 3: of bankruptcies that have been filed by our farmers and ranches. Listen, 661 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 3: you got a lot of work to do, and if 662 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 3: you got time to somehow be checking me out in 663 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 3: my attire and in my nails, then, frankly, that explains 664 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:44,879 Speaker 3: why we are not getting the things that we need 665 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 3: in this country because you are not focused. Focus boom. 666 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 1: I would drop my mic syst but it's attached to 667 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,399 Speaker 1: this little arm, so I'll do it like this. Look 668 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: just look here, go bap. That's all I got. But y'all, 669 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: I mean, y'all can run tell that. 670 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 2: I'll just say this, Jasmin Crockett, you are the. 671 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: People's champ and I know Texas will be so blessed 672 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: to have you. I pray that this holiday season is amazing, 673 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: that it is nourishing. You have been working so hard, 674 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,239 Speaker 1: and I do want to thank you for the incredible 675 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: sacrifice you've made in public service because you don't have to. 676 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 2: So we see you, We hear you. JD Vans. 677 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: Maybe it's maybe laying baby, but maybe you out of 678 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: mind Joe business because Jasmine said, get off her nails. 679 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: My nails are shorter than hers. Pray, y'all, it'd have 680 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: been through some things. Jael did a number on it. 681 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 1: But since happy holidays, I'm sending you all the love 682 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna check on you later this week. But you 683 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,879 Speaker 1: know we are rooting for you, we are praying for you. 684 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 1: I am not unbiased in that way at all. You 685 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 1: have You've been just legendary. So I look forward to 686 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:49,759 Speaker 1: seeing you soon and heg and you. 687 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 3: Nick good to see you. 688 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 2: Love you for me. 689 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: You know I will all right have a good one. 690 00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: You too, all right, y'all. So that is just tremendous. 691 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: I have nothing to add to it. Jasmine is so great. 692 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: You all make sure that you check things out before 693 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: you say them. When you talk about people's records, look 694 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: them up. Jasmin went through so many things that she's done, 695 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: even on a bipartisan level with John Cornyan, and I 696 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,919 Speaker 1: think it's important for us to understand the full breath 697 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: and depth of who someone is and what they bring 698 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: to the table. Don't judge up the book by its cover. 699 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,600 Speaker 1: Don't be mad because she knows how to relate to 700 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: people you could never like. Just really try to understand 701 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: instead of hate and learn. Baby, it's a good time 702 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: to learn. Getting a holiday spirit and learn something new. 703 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,320 Speaker 2: Y'all. Please pray for my gumbow. 704 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:41,960 Speaker 1: It gotta be great because the seafood was expensive anyway, 705 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,880 Speaker 1: I love y'all until next time. 706 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 2: Welcome home, y'all, and Merry Christmas. Happy. 707 00:37:47,160 --> 00:38:03,799 Speaker 1: Quantitative Native Lampod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership 708 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,839 Speaker 1: with Reason Choice Media. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit 709 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 710 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.