1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 2: Welcome Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome home. 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: Y'all, I'm Angelariah, your host for today's solo pod. I 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: just got to give a shout out to the community 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: right now, the culture. We were in Montgomery, Alabama, in 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: mass there are so many people that are asking these days, 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: what can we do to make sure that our rights aren't. 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: Continued to be trampled on? 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: And the people showed up and showed out, And I 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: want to be honest with y'all. When I was first 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: hearing that we were going to Alabama, I was like, 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: that's hard to get to. We need to go somewhere 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: that's easier. Why aren't we going to DC? In fact, 15 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: why are we marching? 16 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 3: Oh? 17 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 2: We just doing a rally? 18 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: Is that going to be sufficient? And one thing that 19 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: I believe. I'm a Christian woman, so I believe where 20 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: two or three are gathered there, God is in the mist. 21 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: And I will tell you that that is absolutely the 22 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: case from this past Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama. I do 23 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: want to shout out my movement family, Black Voters Matter 24 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: Cliff and Latasha. Melanie Campbell with National Coalition on Black 25 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Civic Participation, Dowana Thompson, the legendary logistics planner of Woke Vote. 26 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about Vince Evans, who managed the stage like 27 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: a champ, all of the people that threw down and 28 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: threw in to make sure things got done. 29 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 3: Jen A. 30 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: Nelson with the NAACP Legal Defense One who said, hey, y'all, 31 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: we're not mobilizers, we're litigators, and it needs to be 32 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: all hands on deck given the hour we're in right now. 33 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: And I've got to say, you know, it was called 34 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: all Roads lead to the South. We were in the South, 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: and part of that the purpose there is because it 36 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: feels like the South is always under attack, just you know, 37 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: a hair away from Jim Crow. And then yesterday, in 38 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: my home state of Washington, Republicans filed suit, I believe 39 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: last week in a federal district court alleging that our 40 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: maps were not fair and they wanted to redraw based 41 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: on a Latino district in the Yakama area. A federal 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: judge in our area of course, through the case out, 43 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: and these fools appeal to the Supreme Court. I'm bringing 44 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: this up to tell you all that nobody is particularly 45 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: safe under fascism, that we all have to do our 46 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: part to fight back whatever that is. We don't all 47 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: use the same tools, we don't all have the same talents, 48 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: but what we do know is that we all deserve 49 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: freedom and liberation. This is not a black fight, and 50 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: I want to shout out the allies who are also 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: present this past weekend. But it isn't okay just to 52 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: show up for the rally and not do anything when 53 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: you get home. So make sure that you are doing 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: exactly that, especially when your guy, the President of these 55 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: United States, says, you know that whole reparations thing, that 56 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: whole forty acres and a mule thing, that whole Andrew 57 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: Jackson guy want to keep on the twenty dollars bill and. 58 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: Keep up in my office at the White House. 59 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: Well, I want reparations too, but just for the white 60 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: folks that terrorize the capital on January sixth. 61 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 2: That's what the clips Justice Department has. 62 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 4: This new fund that was announced today, seven billion dollars. 63 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: Why should tapayers pay for the January. 64 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: Well, it's been very well received. I have to tell 65 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 4: you I know very little about it. I wasn't involved 66 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 4: in the whole creation of it and the negotiation. But 67 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 4: this is reimbursing people that were horribly treated, horribly treated 68 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 4: as anti weaponization. They've been weaponized, they've been in some 69 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: cases imprisoned wrongly, they paid legal fees that they didn't have, 70 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 4: they've gone bankrupt, their lives have been destroyed, and they 71 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 4: turned out to be right. I mean, it was a 72 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 4: terrible period of time in the history of our country, 73 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 4: and they worked on it. I know the Justice Department, 74 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 4: it's really been working on it very hard. There's been 75 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 4: numerous other occasions over the years where things like this 76 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 4: have been done. But these were people that were weaponized 77 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 4: and really treated brutally by a system that was so 78 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 4: corrupt with corrupt people running it, and they're getting reimbursed 79 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 4: for their legal fees and the other things that they 80 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 4: had to suffer. 81 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: There's another clip. 82 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: I thought we had it, but there's another clip where 83 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: Donald Trump essentially says that he. 84 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: Prefers loyalty over the law. 85 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: In any other normal time in this country, that would 86 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: be impeachable and cause to remove a president, but alas 87 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: we are not in. 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 2: Normal times, and so welcome to America. 89 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: It's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, where it's time for 90 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: maps to be redrawn, where black people have finally gotten some, 91 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: not even all, but some of. 92 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: The representation that they deserve. 93 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: Let us now turn our attention to the South Carolina 94 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: House that is now seeking to withdraw its maps and 95 00:04:38,880 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: carve out Congressman James Clyburn out of his district. For 96 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: those of you listening at home, a white man was 97 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: just thrown to the ground by a Capitol police officer 98 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: in South Carolina. 99 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: This protest led by Zika Nickler. 100 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: They're yelling, don't rig our maps, Derek, we can cut 101 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: the clip here as a black woman is getting forcibly 102 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 1: removed from the chamber. Zakia voluntarily left and she also 103 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: sent this clip in. 104 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 5: Hey, folks, it's Tekia mikel Here. 105 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 3: I am the founder and chief collective strategist at the 106 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: What's a Collective. We're a social action firm based right 107 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: here in Columbia, South Carolina, making sure that impacted individuals 108 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 3: are centered as we seek policy solutions and solutions in 109 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: the systems that. 110 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 5: We all engage every day. 111 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 3: And so we've been on the ground working on this 112 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: redistricting issue where our voter rights are attempted to be 113 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 3: stripped by our General Assembly after being a form to 114 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 3: do so by order of the President, and so we're 115 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: here to let folks know how they can get involved. 116 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 3: We're here to let communities know you can be a 117 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 3: part of this even if you can't make your way 118 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 3: to the state House. 119 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 5: Here's how. We have a week of action coming up. 120 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 3: We have an event here in the Midlands on Monday, 121 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 3: we have an event here in the PD on Tuesday, 122 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 3: and we have an event actually happening at the State 123 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 3: House on Wednesday morning. Please follow our page to learn 124 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 3: more about those events, but also make sure that you're 125 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 3: reaching out to each other to make sure that you're 126 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 3: okay in tough times like this. Make sure that you 127 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: and your loved ones are registered to vote. Make sure 128 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 3: that you know who you're voting for. Because the thing is, 129 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: this is a long game moment, folks. We have to 130 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 3: make sure that folks have access to the resources that 131 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 3: are at threat of being gutted if this legislation passes. 132 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 3: So we can lose access to things that we already have, 133 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 3: like medicaid, we can lose access to snap benefits, we 134 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: can lose assets to social security, things that are already 135 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 3: being diminished. We're seeing these rising gas prices and the 136 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: cost of food. All of these things are only going 137 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 3: to worsen if this plan works, and so we need 138 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: to come together and get connected so we can maybe 139 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 3: stop it here, and if not, we can already be 140 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 3: in community to know what to do nextent. 141 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: Zakia, thank you so much for sending in that clip. 142 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: What I will tell you is she said we could 143 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: lose SNAP benefits, we could lose Medicaid, we could lose Medicare. Well, 144 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: the Republicans were pretty smart to ensure that an HR 145 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: one the bill that passed last July. I remember I 146 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: had just landed in New Orleans for Essence Fest and 147 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: we were on a live stream a marathon informing people 148 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: of how dangerous these cuts that were in the bill were. 149 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: And what they did was they ensued that many of 150 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: those cuts on two SNAP too, medicare too Medicaid would 151 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: happen after the November election. So here we are qu 152 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: for some of the state maps they've been redrawn during elections. Louisiana, 153 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: for example, knows all too well because because it was Saturday, 154 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: their election was Saturday. They defeated three very important constitutional amendments. 155 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 2: But there were two members. 156 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: Of Congress who were on the ballot, one of whom 157 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: will not likely be well. They won't be on the 158 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: ballot in the fall unless they're written in by some 159 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: resilient and resistant people. But Cleo Fields and Troy Carter 160 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: were impacted by the latest maps in Louisiana. There was 161 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: an election, or there is an election. Today is Tuesday. 162 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: There's an election in Alabama. The maps in Alabama have 163 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 1: also been challenged, Shamari Figures and Terry Sewell being those 164 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: impacted members. There's an election in Georgia. While those maps 165 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: haven't changed for this primary, it's just a matter of time. 166 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: And so joining me today is Louisiana State Senator Royce 167 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: duplus Is to talk about what is happening in the 168 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: state legislature, what we need to know, what we can do, 169 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: and what they're doing to actively combat this. I would 170 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: call it a voter terrorism. But he joins us now. 171 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: Hello Senator Royce. 172 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 6: Hey, Angela, thanks for having me on. 173 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: It is my highest pleasure. Thank you so much. 174 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: I really appreciated last week you did a video. 175 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 2: We played it on the podcast. 176 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: It was like four in the morning, you were like, 177 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: we just got done, and you talked about how long 178 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: you all had to fight for that. I want to 179 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: know just how you're feeling right now. You're carrying a lot. 180 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: It feels like we're going backwards. How are you feeling? Honestly, 181 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: I don't think you get to talk about that. You're 182 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: a human and an elected official, and I think that 183 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: dichotomy has to coexist in one body as a cult truth. 184 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 2: But we do want to know how you're feeling. Well. 185 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 7: Thank you for that question and recognizing the humanity that's 186 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 7: behind all of this, because the truth is that this 187 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 7: is so much more than lines on a map. This 188 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 7: is really about who gets to fully participate in this 189 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 7: democratic experiment here in America, right when we thought we 190 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 7: had made so much progress to be living it in 191 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 7: real time. 192 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:02,719 Speaker 6: It is. 193 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 4: It is. 194 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 7: It's obviously troubling, but I'm I'm gonna tell you I'm hopeful, 195 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 7: and I'm gonna tell you why because after that ten 196 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 7: hour committee here, and I didn't I probably didn't. 197 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 6: Emphasize this enough, Angela. 198 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 7: Was that as disappointing as it was to sit in 199 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 7: a committee here for ten hours and knowing that there 200 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 7: was nothing that was gonna change with my Republican colleagues. 201 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 7: They could have basically been like little robots sitting there 202 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 7: because they were gonna vote how they were gonna vote. 203 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 7: The people who were so committed, the hundreds of people 204 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 7: who came to the capital and stayed from like one 205 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 7: in the afternoon to like five in the morning just 206 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 7: to be heard. The brilliance and the diversity of the 207 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 7: people who came from across this state really inspired me, 208 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 7: and it reminded me of how fortunate I am. So yes, 209 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 7: while it is, while we aren't trying times, I am 210 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 7: incredibly fortunate just to be in a position to try 211 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 7: to speak on behalf of not just the people who 212 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 7: deserve representation today, but the people who fought to give 213 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 7: us the right to have this representation, the people who 214 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 7: filed the lawsuits, the people who marched, the people who bled, 215 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 7: the people who died to give us this representation. And 216 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 7: I just feel incredibly privileged to be in that position. 217 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: It is, It is quite a privilege, but it also 218 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: has to feel frustrating. You all are not in the majority, 219 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: and sometimes people at home don't understand that, Like, there's 220 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 1: only so much you can do. There are some legislative 221 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: tactics that you can pull. But where do you feel 222 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: like you're relying what you're relying on more. I know 223 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: you guys have a filing deadline, whe some of us 224 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: are trying to push us, like make sure that they 225 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: file the state voting Rights bill that that deadline had passed. 226 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: You have filed that bill. Can you talk about you 227 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: know how close you got to seeing Republicans support a 228 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: measure that's so important for all of us, including their 229 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: own constituents. 230 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for asking that question too. So at the 231 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 7: beginning of session, I actually filed a state Voting Rights Act. 232 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 7: Had no idea that the Cali decision was going to 233 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 7: come down while we were in session, but we knew 234 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 7: that at some point they could issue a ruling that 235 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 7: helped that hurt the Voting Rights Act, and I wanted 236 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 7: to give the state the opportunity to make a values decision, 237 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 7: to say this is where we stand on voting rights. 238 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 7: My bill didn't necessarily expand voting rights. It was just 239 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 7: a statement saying we protect voting rights where they are today. 240 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 7: You want to move precincts, you want to make it 241 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 7: harder for people to vote. Add additional barriers. Then then 242 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 7: you have to go before basically a state a base 243 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 7: commission like we had when we still had Section five. 244 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 7: But the bill failed on party lines by four to 245 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 7: three vote. This was several weeks before the Cali decision 246 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 7: even dropped. So it was it was, it was, it was. 247 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: And you're saying it failed in committee. It didn't even 248 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 1: get to the yeah, yeah. 249 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 7: And and and then this was it was the right 250 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 7: thing to pass the bill, but of course they didn't. 251 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 7: They didn't pass it out of committee. But we had 252 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 7: no idea that the Cali decision would be coming just 253 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 7: a few weeks after the Voting Rights Act bill was 254 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 7: voted down the committee, so we didn't even get to 255 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 7: debate it on the floor. 256 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: So the Louisiana versus CALAEI decision. Of course, Calai is 257 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: also a January sixth insurrectionist. Is why I wanted to 258 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: play the clip that I did of Donald Trump at 259 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: the top of the show, where he's talking about giving 260 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: restitution reparations in a sense to folks like. 261 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 2: This guy that was an insurrectionist. 262 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: We can't even ensure that our basic human and civil 263 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: rights are protected. 264 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: What are the. 265 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: Things that you all are doing as legislators, knowing that 266 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: even when you file bills they won't likely pass. What 267 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: are the ways in which you're working to protect us us, 268 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: those of us who live in Louisiana, and those of 269 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: us who deserve to be protected nationally. 270 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 7: Absolutely, so, it's so much more than legislating. We have 271 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 7: to litigate, and we've been litigating. We have to always 272 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 7: organize and educate our people basic civics, helping everybody understand 273 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 7: what these decisions mean and how they impact daily living. 274 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 7: This is so so vital that we just do more 275 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 7: than just try to work inside the rails, understanding rules 276 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 7: and procedures. We know we're in the super minority and 277 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 7: we can't get the bills out that we want to 278 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 7: get out. We can't stop the bad bills. But we 279 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 7: can educate our communities. We can engage with lawyers who 280 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 7: are going to represent communities when they've been harmed or disenfranchised. 281 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 7: And we have to continue to organize and push our 282 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 7: people and let folks outside of Louisiana know that they 283 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 7: have to invest in Louisiana. You can't treat the South, 284 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 7: whether it's from South Carolina all the way down to 285 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 7: Louisiana and Texas. You can't treat us like it's just 286 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 7: like a regional thing. This impacts the entire nation. So 287 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 7: we have to talk with leaders like you, Angela who 288 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 7: have national platforms to help the rest of the country 289 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 7: see why this fight in the South impacts everyone. It 290 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 7: impacts everyone across this country because this is really the 291 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 7: fight for democracy. And yes, people are tired, people are disaffected, 292 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 7: people are being pushed the question whether or not they're 293 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 7: vote even matters anymore. And I think that's really what 294 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 7: today's fight is about. It's not even about fight for 295 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 7: access to the ballot, even though that they're trying to 296 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 7: make it harder to get to the ballot, But the 297 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 7: real fight is about whether or not when you vote, 298 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 7: whether or not your vote is even going to mean something, 299 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 7: because they're saying, well, the only people that's going to 300 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 7: have representation now in Louisiana are Republicans. They want a 301 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 7: one party system, and that's truly anti democratic. It's a 302 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 7: disenfranchisement at the highest level. And we're just trying to 303 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 7: always remind people of and help them to see how 304 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 7: it all connects. 305 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: So let's let's go go down that line a little bit, right, 306 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: and I want us to talk as friends, but Frank, 307 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: so that people at home can get into you know, 308 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: they're used to hearing political answers. But I think we 309 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: got to be real, real right now. So let's walk 310 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: this through. So we know they want a one party system. 311 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: Have you guys been having conversations about why, Like why 312 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: do they why do they want to eliminate any other 313 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: possible viewpoint? Like what is your perspective on why that's 314 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: important especially in Louisiana. 315 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 6: A couple of things, Well, they feel threatened. 316 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 7: We know this is all part of the larger Project 317 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 7: twenty twenty five effort, whether it's it's neo Confederate movement, 318 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 7: uh uh, this this far right uh, this far right 319 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 7: movement to basically do away with anything that's black or 320 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 7: brown and all throughout the country. This is this is 321 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 7: the the plate that they've been running for a long time. 322 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 6: So they feel threatened. And we fought really hard for 323 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 6: that second black. 324 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 7: Congressional district that that's currently represented by by Congressman Fields. 325 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 7: And while while thankfully we have to not like South 326 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 7: Carolina or like Tennessee or Mississippi or miss Mississippi. 327 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 6: But but we but we make up one third of 328 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 6: this state. 329 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 7: So so I guess in the mind of those who 330 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 7: want to quote make America great again, the question has 331 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 7: to be asked who you're making it great again for. 332 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 7: So to make it great again for some means that 333 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 7: you roll back representation for others. So black progress to 334 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 7: some people, they feel threatened by that. And that's what 335 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 7: this is all in response to Black progress. And I mean, 336 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 7: I don't know how more direct we can make it 337 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 7: in terms of just just saying what calling it for 338 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 7: what it is, but that's what this is all in 339 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 7: a response to. So, if they were confident in their policies, 340 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,360 Speaker 7: they would feel like they can go and win in November. 341 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 7: But the president doesn't feel confident because they have a 342 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 7: losing message. Our country is suffering, and they're going to 343 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 7: get beat in the mid term. So now they've got 344 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 7: to go out here and try to steal elections, rig elections. 345 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 7: They're currently throwing away over forty thousand ballots in Louisiana 346 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 7: in an election that's currently underway, right, I mean, this 347 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,239 Speaker 7: is just mass chaos and confusion that's all rooted in 348 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 7: the fear of black progress. 349 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: And I think that's spot on the fear of black progress. 350 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: And so then the next question becomes what are they 351 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: willing to do? 352 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 2: Like how far are they willing to go? 353 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: And I keep asking this question to people, like what 354 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: is their bottom their floor? 355 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 2: And so my theory of the case, right, no, I 356 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 2: want to hear it. Go ahead. 357 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 7: I don't believe there is one. When you say what 358 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 7: the floor is, I don't think one exists. 359 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: And so then what I am concerned that we're doing, Senator, 360 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: is we're spending a lot of time fighting them on 361 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: the level we're at right now, but we're not spending 362 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: the time we need to prepare for the next floor. Right, 363 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: So in my mind, I'm a nerd and I got 364 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: add so I'll go down all kinds of rabbit holes. 365 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: So the other day I found this document and I 366 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: encourage you guys at home to check this out for 367 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: state of Conventions. State of Conventions came out when Ben 368 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: Carson will still huts secretary. So first Trump administration, state 369 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: of conventions is gathering people to have a constitutional convention. 370 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: I think they were going after the how those seats 371 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: first because they were like, oh, we can do a 372 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: constitutional convention if we get a congressional supermajority. They need 373 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: two thirds. They can't get it in the Senate, I 374 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: don't think. I think it will be really, really tough. 375 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: But where they could get it, and this is where 376 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: they haven't really gone yet, is at state, the state 377 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: legislative level. You need two thirds to amend the Constitution, 378 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: three fourths to ratify with is thirty eight states. Y'all 379 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: have not been targeted yet, has there been? Have there 380 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: been conversations about redrawing state legislative districts as well? 381 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 2: In Louisiana? 382 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 7: Not yet, but I imagine it is coming once we 383 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 7: get through congressional So the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 384 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 7: vacated the district course ruling that deemed our current maps 385 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 7: to be unconstitutional. So it's been remanded back to the 386 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 7: trial court and it's going to be relitigated under the 387 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 7: Calaid decision. So all of our seats are at risk. 388 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 7: So I don't see that fight going away. It just 389 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 7: hasn't come yet, but I imagine that that's going to 390 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 7: be the on on the table very soon. 391 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: I think so too, because in Washington State, like I said, 392 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: that is about state legislative seats, and they're what, you know, 393 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: what's crazy to me? 394 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 2: The grace. 395 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: There was a time where we went, especially in the South, 396 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: we sought relief at the federal level. 397 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: The federal level is now the one exacting the. 398 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: Harm, you know, like we're you know, Jim Crow versus Ferguson, 399 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: which you know all two well, you know, right out 400 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: of your home in Louisiana, Like we're going backwards and 401 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: it's at a lightning pace. I have been feeling really 402 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: bad about the fact that I feel unprepared. Like we 403 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 1: told people this was coming. I think I didn't realize 404 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: the pace. The thing that I want to talk about 405 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: now selfishly for us too, is you talked about national leadership. 406 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: Of course you're you're a national leader, but a state 407 00:20:58,720 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: senator in Louisiana. 408 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 2: What can we do to not be arrested by despair? Right? 409 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 6: Like? 410 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: What are the things that we know we can do 411 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: in all of our different lanes, because we have something 412 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: we gotta do. I got Harriet on my neck, so 413 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: I know we can't sit still and just watch it happen, 414 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? 415 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: So like, what's the thing that we gotta do to 416 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 2: keep pushing? 417 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 7: Yeah, I want to take a quick moment to shout 418 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 7: out a brother he came and testified that night. It 419 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,479 Speaker 7: was the morning and this brother never met him before. 420 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 7: He came to committee's name Marshawn Camisa. 421 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 6: You hap to have seen his speech. Yeah, this brother brilliant. 422 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: What did he say that to your colleague? He went 423 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 2: in on it. 424 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 7: He said that's it's like, that's adorable. He's like burn yeah, yeah, 425 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 7: and he cut up this brother brilliant. I don't think 426 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 7: he's ever done that before. I mean, I never met 427 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 7: him before, but he felt a responsibility to come and 428 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 7: speak his peace and he was He was just so amazing. 429 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 7: And my message is that not everybody has to come 430 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 7: and spend ten hours in a committee here and to testify, 431 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,959 Speaker 7: but whatever whatever opportunity, you have to speak up and 432 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 7: to share your voice. This is everybody has to carry 433 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 7: some weight in this fight. Everybody has to carry some 434 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 7: some of the burden. And also we have to have 435 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 7: some faith. We have look, Optimism is a choice, Hope 436 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 7: is a choice. We have to choose to believe that 437 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 7: this is all gonna work out for the best in 438 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 7: the end. And we and we have to lean on 439 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 7: our history. We have to lean on what people like 440 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 7: Harriet went through. Right, we have to lean on what 441 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 7: people like Fanny lou Hamer and so many others went through, 442 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 7: that this was not all in vain, people like John 443 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 7: Lewis who fought and died to give us the opportunity 444 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 7: just to be here. So I choose to just try 445 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 7: to keep a healthy balance of not letting despair overtape me. 446 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 7: Being in the super minority angela servant in the Louisiana 447 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 7: Legislature is not for the faint of heart. I'm telling you, 448 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 7: it is not for the faint heart. But when people 449 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 7: like Marshaun Camise come and testify, that gave me a 450 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 7: spark like I hadn't had in a long time. The 451 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 7: way he's the way he captured, the way so many 452 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 7: people are feeling. So we're going to We're gonna do 453 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 7: everything we can to continue to push people to get 454 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 7: out and vote this upcoming fall. We just had an 455 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 7: election this past Saturday where people voted down. Look at 456 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 7: wasn't three, it was all five of The governor was 457 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 7: five and and and And when I say they voted 458 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 7: him down, they voted him down. Some amendments went down 459 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 7: like seventy five percent no against. So people are people 460 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 7: are angry and black voters came out at a higher clip, 461 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 7: at a higher rate than than everybody. So people are motivated, 462 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 7: People are are are are trying to find a way 463 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 7: to channel that that that that anger, and I think 464 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 7: by continuing to show up to to to the polls, 465 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 7: we have to invest in organizations. I'm asking people to 466 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 7: support the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus Pack. 467 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 6: And I know not everybody's happy with. 468 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 7: The with the Democratic Party in Louisiana, but we got 469 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 7: to continue to support the party, and we need the 470 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 7: national Party to support southern states like Louisiana, like Mississippi, 471 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 7: like South Carolina. So it may not sound like the 472 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 7: most exciting answer, but it's a real answer. We just 473 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 7: got to show up and everybody has to has to 474 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 7: carry their weight. 475 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 2: You know. 476 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: The other question I have for you is when we 477 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 1: look at all of the efforts we have traditionally focused 478 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: on legislative and legislation and litigation to get us out of. 479 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 2: These types of moments. 480 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: One other place that, at least traditionally in civil rights orgs, 481 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: we had Operation Breadbasket under Doctor King in his final 482 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: speech in Memphis. You hear him, You hear him say 483 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: to Jesse Jackson. He's like, what are the companies Jesse, 484 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: And he's asking him while they're in the midst of 485 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 1: that action against or for Memphis sanitation workers, where do 486 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: we need to keep our money out of so that 487 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: people understand this is not a game. And I think 488 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: that's a place where collectively, not just black folks, but 489 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: the whole of America gets really lazy. The Congressional Black 490 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: Caucus sent out a letter to the folks who they 491 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: demanded support John the John R. Lewis Voting Rights in 492 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: Advancement Act. Those companies, where are they now? These companies 493 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: that lobby these Southern legislators, these Confederate wannabes, they should 494 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: be held to the carpet to ensure our representation. These 495 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: multinationals like FedEx is based in Tennessee, I can't think 496 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 1: of it. What's a major company based in Louisiana. We 497 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: should not be giving them our money. You know, if 498 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: they can't protect our rights, then that means you don't 499 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: respect our personhood or our dollars, so we should not. 500 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 2: Give it to you. 501 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: So the other thing that's been really controversial, I think 502 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: a lot of us have been talking about it at home, 503 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: is whether or not, students should go and play in 504 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: the SEC if the SEC is not safe for us 505 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: play sports. So today the NAACP announced the out of 506 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: Bounds campaign. They're saying it's in response to the Louisiana 507 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: versus Calai decision. And when you go into what are 508 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: they're calling on students uh and and for fans to 509 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: no longer support It's in Tennessee, it's in Mississippi, Louisiana, 510 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: South Carolina, Texas, Florida, and Alabama. 511 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 2: I think that's everywhere. 512 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: I would throw in Indiana and Missouri because Congress mccarson 513 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: seats not up right now for a challenge, but it's 514 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: coming and mister Cleaver just lost a state Supreme Court 515 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: battle for his seat. 516 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 2: So that is what we are up against. 517 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,959 Speaker 1: And they say at the end of their this tweet, 518 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: this is about more than sports, it's about justice, and 519 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: they offer ways for people to join the movement. I 520 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: gotta know what you think about this. You got LSU 521 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: at home. They they literally list out all the state 522 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: schools where they don't want people to support. 523 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 6: Look, they're laying off the problem and laying out an issue, 524 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 6: and it's something that we can't run from. We have 525 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 6: to be honest about these things. 526 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 2: Now. 527 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 7: Look, I'm a person that's always been a strong proponent 528 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 7: of building black institutions. I attended a Zaber University, I 529 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 7: attended Howard University School of Law, and so I've always 530 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 7: been a strong proponent of building our institutions. If we 531 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 7: don't want to spend our money or go to other institutions, 532 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 7: that's fine, but we need to also be focusing on 533 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 7: redirecting those resources and that support in our community. 534 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 6: So it's really important. 535 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 7: So to the young people who have the talent and 536 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 7: have the skills to even play at the level of 537 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 7: some of these colleges, they have to make some hard decisions. 538 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 6: And the decision that they have to make is if they're. 539 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 7: Going to attend these schools, it has to come with 540 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 7: some demands, it has to come with something. It has 541 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 7: to come with some demands. And having a scholarship to 542 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,959 Speaker 7: play out a school like LSU is an incredible opportunity 543 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 7: that It's one that I would never dismiss, as though 544 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 7: that would be an easy thing to do. But we're 545 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 7: in critical times right now, and these young people when 546 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 7: they make their decision to attend schools like this and 547 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 7: in the climate that we are in. They have to 548 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 7: understand their value and they have to understand their work 549 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 7: that they are the ones that generate these millions of 550 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,959 Speaker 7: dollars that do so much for this, for this, for 551 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 7: those institutions. So what I would say is that it's 552 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 7: a real conversation that we need to have. And I 553 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 7: think that if any young person chooses to go to 554 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 7: one of these schools, to bring their talents to any 555 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 7: of these schools in these states, like the ones that 556 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 7: are listed, it should it should absolutely come with some demands. 557 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 7: But first and foremost, I'm just a big proponent of 558 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 7: supporting HBCUs and black institutions first and foremost. So that's 559 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 7: my thoughts on the matter, and I'm willing to engage 560 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 7: with anybody to try to help advance that conversation going forward. 561 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 2: I love that. 562 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, we do have to figure out what our collective 563 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: sacrifice looks like right now. If we keep trying to 564 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: do business as usual in every other lane, the political 565 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: lane won't work. I can't tell you how frustrated I've 566 00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: been over the last several days with some friends saying, oh, 567 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: I don't really like politics, like that, I don't really 568 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: do politics like that. 569 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,719 Speaker 2: I'm like, at what point do you like? 570 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: This isn't just politics, This is oppression, this is racism. 571 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: These are things that will go outside the boundary that 572 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: it's going to impact your drinking water, in the food, 573 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: you have access to your healthcare, all of these other places, 574 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: and I just don't understand. 575 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: So anyway, I'm so grateful for your time. I see 576 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 2: that we have our clip from mister Marshawn, so I 577 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 2: feel like this is a good place for us to rest. 578 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 2: The sign out, let's play that clip. 579 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 6: Heels great. 580 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 8: I have no doubt in my mind that the map's 581 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 8: going to pass. If y'all can give us less than 582 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 8: zero seats, you would do it. Y'all do this under 583 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 8: the orders of somebody that said the Civil Rights Act 584 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 8: was harmful the white people that it calls reverse racism. 585 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 8: RFK said that black children are overfilled on antidepressants and 586 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 8: that they need to be reparented on different forms, all 587 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 8: of them. Pete Hedseeth constantly brings Doug Wilson to the 588 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 8: Pentagon to give a prayer service. Doug Wilson is the 589 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 8: same passive that said that slave owners were on strong 590 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 8: spiritual ground. I don't have no belief in no morality 591 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 8: on anybody that followed Donald Trump. If you wasn't with 592 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 8: this map, you wouldn't be underneath this president, you wouldn't 593 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 8: be in your party. You would stand up, you would 594 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 8: stand against it, you would speak. 595 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 6: Out about it. 596 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 8: So, as far as I'm concerned, if you here as 597 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 8: one of these Trump Republicans, you already showed us who 598 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 8: you are. 599 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 2: You showed us what you want to do. 600 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 8: And I believe the country as a whole is rebuking 601 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 8: your party. 602 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 2: Y'all are in a death spile. That's why y'all have 603 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 2: to redistrict. 604 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 6: That's why y'all have to cheat. 605 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 8: That's why Trump got to go to Texas and say 606 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 8: he entitled the five more seats. It's because y'all know 607 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 8: what y'all doing is a pooring. We letting our people 608 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 8: die any rome based on false pretense that Taulci, GABTT 609 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 8: and Joe can't say it ain't real. Y'all okay with 610 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 8: all that, So I'm positive y'all gonna be okay with 611 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 8: the maps. But the beautiful thing is the children that 612 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 8: y'all have made, and the people that's younger than y'all 613 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 8: don't support none of this racism that y'all want. The 614 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 8: Maga Party is the last breath of the Confederacy, and 615 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 8: I'll be happy to see millennials in GenZ Bury. 616 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 2: Y'all, there will be no more of your party. The 617 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 2: midterms gonna come. 618 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 8: Y'all gonna get wiped out. Trump gonna get dragged out 619 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 8: of the White House, and I'm gonna love every second 620 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 8: of it, because y'all loved every second of the suffering 621 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 8: that he calls to everybody in this country and worldwide. 622 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 8: We starve in Cuba, we bomb Nigeria, we hold in 623 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 8: Zimbabwe and Zambia hostage for their minerals. We don't want 624 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 8: to give them a support. The pro life is that 625 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 8: say all life is special? 626 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: Y'all? 627 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,959 Speaker 6: Legging kids die of eights? What part of your Bible 628 00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 6: say that? 629 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: Point out the scripture? 630 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 8: I think everybody would love to see it, and we 631 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 8: would love to see y'all in the midterms. 632 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 2: WHOA, that's that on that er? 633 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: Thank you so much to y'all at home, Senator Royce 634 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: d Plus it's also if you have any last words, 635 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: I'll let you do that. 636 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 2: Senator. 637 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 6: Thank you, Angela. 638 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 7: I want to thank you for everything that you do 639 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 7: every day, and just giving me an opportunity to come 640 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 7: and shed a little light on what's happening here in Louisiana. 641 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 7: Let this be a clarion call to everyone across the country. 642 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 6: What's going on. 643 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 7: Louisiana has always been in some ways the laboratory for 644 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 7: issues like this, when you go back to Homer v. Plessy, 645 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 7: when you go back to this, you know Ruby Bridges, 646 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 7: you know, integrating schools back in the back in the sixties. 647 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 7: The fact that this case came out of Louisiana and 648 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 7: what we're dealing with now, setting back the country and 649 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 7: the Voting Rights Act more than six decades just within 650 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 7: our lifetime, what we've seen, Let this be a clarity 651 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 7: call for action in this moment is so much more 652 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 7: than just about maps on our lines on a map. 653 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 7: This is about whether or not people black people in 654 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 7: particular are going to be able to fully participate in 655 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 7: democracy going forward. And there's just no clear to no 656 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 7: other two ways about it. Hiding behind party as a 657 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 7: proxy for race should not be allowable under any circumstances. 658 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 7: And that's what they're trying to do, just like they 659 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 7: did back when they said separate but equal now it's 660 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 7: just a different that they're playing at a different level, 661 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 7: and we have to also be willing to play at 662 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 7: that different level. So I'm going to continue to push 663 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 7: and do everything that I can in the super minority 664 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 7: in this legislature. But we need everybody, we need all 665 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 7: hands on deck to support what we're trying to do 666 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 7: here in Louisiana and throughout the South for representation. 667 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely, thank you so much, senator. We will be in 668 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: touch very soon. 669 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 2: Wow, that was sudden. I don't think that he meant 670 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 2: to go out like that. 671 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 6: No, thanks you got I was just respectful. 672 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 2: I'm sure. 673 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 6: Thank you so appreciate. 674 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 2: Everyone at home. 675 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: We are going to get smoother with our transitions, but 676 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: just know that we are not finished. So we were 677 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: in Montgomery on Saturday. Native Lampod announced last week on 678 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: our show that we were going to start a tour 679 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: in the South. Bakari required that it be in parts 680 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: that normally don't get all the attention, more rural areas, 681 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 1: more concentrations of black people who have been feeling disenfranchised, voiceless, 682 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: and invisible. So we are starting that tomorrow Wednesday, May twentieth, 683 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: in Jackson, Mississippi, NAACP will be holding a rally to 684 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: demand fair maps, to demand that maps not be rigged, 685 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 1: and certainly to protect one of the greatest champions we 686 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: have in the Congressional Black Caucus, Benny Gordon Thompson, who 687 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: was also my former boss. 688 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 2: We will be in Jackson talking live. 689 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: We're going to be with Eddie Glaud to share some strategies, 690 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,879 Speaker 1: some thoughts about what our path forward must include. Our 691 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: path forward cannot go, cannot be successful without real intentions 692 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: around our economics. We have one point three trillion dollars 693 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 1: worth of buying power in this in this country. We 694 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: are not just consumers, we are owners too. We will 695 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: make sure that capital is flowing through the doors of 696 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: black business. I appreciate the Senator for raising that, but 697 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,320 Speaker 1: we also need to talk to students, fans, employees alike, 698 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: these Southern schools, these public schools that are using the 699 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: talents of our athletes, but not lifting a finger or 700 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: raising their voice when they watch this oppression happen around 701 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,320 Speaker 1: restricting our voting rights and our voices from being heard 702 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: at the hands of the Supreme Court at the Louisiana 703 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: Versus Cali decision. They continue to exact this harm in Alabama, 704 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: of course, we know what they've said. In Mississippi, we 705 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: know what they've said, so we're going to keep fighting. 706 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: It is all hands on deck. Y'all certainly have a role. 707 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,760 Speaker 1: If you aren't following us, follow us on social media 708 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 1: at Native lamppod. Make sure that you are subscribed on 709 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: our website Native lampod dot com so you get text 710 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: updates and also we have substack. We are going to 711 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: be following all the state action very very closely with 712 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 1: a new phased rollout with some young people who will 713 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 1: be on the ground in states that's coming at you soon. 714 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 2: But regardless, we need you all to stay in the fight. 715 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 1: Do not be discouraged. I'm not gonna lie to y'all. 716 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: It's hard not to be in this moment. I feel you, 717 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 1: but let me tell you, it would be so much 718 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 1: more discouraging sitting here with no rights because they had 719 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 1: a constitutional convention to get rid of. 720 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 2: All of them. We ain't going out like that. 721 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:59,239 Speaker 1: So until next time, welcome home, y'all. Native Lampod is 722 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 1: a production of Heart Radio and partnership with reisent Choice Media. 723 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,760 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio visits the iHeartRadio, app, Apple podcasts, 724 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.