WEBVTT - Tamika's Thought of the Day

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<v Speaker 1>I was just thinking to myself, Governor Abbot right in Texas, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw you and a bunch of men, which thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much, who all posted this thing that said, um,

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<v Speaker 1>men should not be controlling women's bodies. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>that is just so so so powerful that men are

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<v Speaker 1>making that statement. But Governor Abbott is either either he

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<v Speaker 1>hates women or he's just dumb. It's one of two things.

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<v Speaker 1>It could be both, but you know, no, he's either

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<v Speaker 1>either he hates women or he's just dumb. And the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why I say that it is because this statement

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<v Speaker 1>that he made where he says, I know what we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do about the rapist. So this is after in

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<v Speaker 1>Texas they put all of these provisions around women being

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<v Speaker 1>able to get abortions, and in fact, um, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>the six weeks. You can't get an abortion after six weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>But then I saw that the regulations, the people who

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<v Speaker 1>actually regulated and reported are the citizens. So it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>pitting you and me against one another that if you

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<v Speaker 1>believe I shouldn't get an abortion, or if you know

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<v Speaker 1>you heard me say that, I'm nine weeks and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going somewhere to get an abortion, or you learn about

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who might be helping folks to go get you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the proper care that you can report me and then

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<v Speaker 1>I can be fine ten thousand dollars and get in

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<v Speaker 1>trouble like whold the hell what are y'all talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>It's so it's dangerous, it's ignorant, and it's and it's

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<v Speaker 1>white because you need to get hit in your mouth

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<v Speaker 1>right talking people business, but anyway, and so it is

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<v Speaker 1>it's very dangerous in what they're doing, isn't it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>a It is a deliberate attempt to roll back Rovie

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<v Speaker 1>Wade and take away women's rights to have abortions. And

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<v Speaker 1>this has been something that we knew that Republican specific

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<v Speaker 1>quickly we're going to be working on. And that's why

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<v Speaker 1>they wanted Kavanaugh to get his seat on the Supreme Court. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what they're doing. Right. The Supreme Court is

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<v Speaker 1>already agreeing, unfortunately, with this decision in Texas. So when

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<v Speaker 1>the reporters asked Governor Abbott, he's dumb or he's crazy

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<v Speaker 1>or something. When they asked this man, what are you

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do about rapists, he responded, We're gonna arrest the

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<v Speaker 1>rapists basically gonna put a bounty on the rapist's head.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're saying that after they rape, you'll arrest him.

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<v Speaker 1>So forget about the fact, Like at that point that

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<v Speaker 1>I've been raped, I got a baby in my stomach

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<v Speaker 1>that I don't want, don't need, too young, whatever, all

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<v Speaker 1>the circumstances. That's just attest to the trauma that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not even able to deal with. And so then I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just supposed to get to have this baby while you

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<v Speaker 1>arrest this rapist possibly. And then by the way, the

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<v Speaker 1>laws just so you know, in a lot of ways

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<v Speaker 1>do not really protect women the way that they should

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<v Speaker 1>or protect, as you said, people who have been raped

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<v Speaker 1>in general. So I'm trying to understand that he hate

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<v Speaker 1>women or is he stupid? You think he's a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of both, a little bit of both. I just

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<v Speaker 1>think to force someone to have a baby, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>based on circumstances that are less than fortunate, that are illegal,

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<v Speaker 1>that that are traumatizing, you just can't do it. Just

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<v Speaker 1>can't all of those things. I mean. But when we talked,

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<v Speaker 1>when you said the rape thing, that's just to me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just like stupid, bro, Like, come on, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>even funny. It's really just sad because the mind state. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to tell you, the mind state of a

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<v Speaker 1>white supremacist is dangerous. You know what I'm saying, Like

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<v Speaker 1>something I forgot. I think it was de l Hugely

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<v Speaker 1>who said the worst place for a black person to

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<v Speaker 1>live is in the mind of a white supremacis you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. And when you start really looking

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<v Speaker 1>at these situations like it's so many, it's so deep.

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<v Speaker 1>This situation is just so deep, it goes beyond that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a whole another show we can have. But just

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<v Speaker 1>just the dynamics of him just saying we're just gonna

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<v Speaker 1>arrest him and just not looking at what the question

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<v Speaker 1>actually was saying. And the question was like, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you want to do about the people raip these women?

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<v Speaker 1>We still got bro, he's talking about something that's not connected.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just arrest rapist, but we're saying that the

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<v Speaker 1>woman who now has the baby in her stomach, who

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<v Speaker 1>or the or the fetus, the embryo, the embryo, the embryo,

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<v Speaker 1>the embryo, right or the feat is you're now carrying

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<v Speaker 1>this thing. This life is life, and you are saying

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot. I think it's because it's potential. Like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>the point is that up until six weeks, what they're

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<v Speaker 1>saying is that it's not a life up until six weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they're saying after six weeks it becomes life. What

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying is I it's not in the earth in

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<v Speaker 1>the world yet, and I can't so and then and then,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I mean, I think about my own abortion story,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, and there's so many women who are

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<v Speaker 1>telling their stories. If I had a baby at the

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<v Speaker 1>time that I was pregnant, and by the way, I

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<v Speaker 1>was more than six weeks pregnant, and I had to

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<v Speaker 1>have a two day procedure where the first day they

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<v Speaker 1>go in and they do something that basically makes you

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<v Speaker 1>start contracting, and then the next day they go in

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<v Speaker 1>and take the baby. I had to go through that

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<v Speaker 1>because I was too young to have a baby. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, I didn't even know I was pregnant, because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know my body. For too long, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know. I didn't know anything about being pregnant. Then

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<v Speaker 1>when I figured out that I was pregnant, I was

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<v Speaker 1>too scared to tell someone that I was that I

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<v Speaker 1>was pregnant. I don't tell my mother that. So all

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<v Speaker 1>of the decision making, trying to get my friends to

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<v Speaker 1>help me find a place to go, and everything that

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<v Speaker 1>I went through, it took me some time. And then

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, I wasn't putting that on my parents

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<v Speaker 1>insurance policy because I didn't want them to know. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know that at that time that they wouldn't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but I thought they might have sided to get the

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<v Speaker 1>money together to go have an abortion. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of stuff that had to happen I had. I

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<v Speaker 1>needed time to get it together. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there are people with stories, similar stories, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't And even if we do decide as women

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<v Speaker 1>that we shouldn't be having abortions at a certain time,

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<v Speaker 1>it should be our decision to make, and we should

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<v Speaker 1>be having those conversations in conjunction with other women leaders

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<v Speaker 1>and then deciding what is the best, what's the best

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<v Speaker 1>for us for our bodies, and of course keeping in

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<v Speaker 1>mind that there is a father, there is a man

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<v Speaker 1>who's involved that should be able to have some say so.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless, I, as a woman, have to be the

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<v Speaker 1>one to bring life. And I just I'm just the

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<v Speaker 1>thing that scares me is that then the idiot And

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, I don't know if I'm supposed to call

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<v Speaker 1>people idiots, but I said it. But the other one

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<v Speaker 1>that either hates women or is dumb and hates black

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<v Speaker 1>people and hates poor people and hates everybody is governor

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<v Speaker 1>the Santis in Florida. Now he's talking about, Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna look at the same type of thing here,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's going to be everywhere. It's gonna be an Alabama,

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be everywhere if we don't stop it. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's a very very very serious and concerning thing. Um

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<v Speaker 1>and and and and and it's scary as hell. And

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<v Speaker 1>what's more scary is what women will do as an alternative,

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<v Speaker 1>because they ain't gonna have no baby. If they can't

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<v Speaker 1>have a baby, that's a fact. We know that because

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<v Speaker 1>we remember, yeah, and go watch the movie what is It? Precious?

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<v Speaker 1>It's in there.