1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's just keep a real straight shout with Jason. 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a little bit rougher. I'm here for it. 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: Those who really believe in the American process, all of us. 4 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: Straight Shot No Chaser. What's your Girl? Tesselam figure O 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: on the Black Effect podcasting that word that work. What's 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: happening everybody? This is your girl? Teslam figure Oh for 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: another episode of Straight Shot No Chaser this week. I 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: have my brother on. When I say my brother, I'm 9 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: not just saying that. I think I'll be saying it 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: all the time. I'm gonna have to start adjusting my 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: intros because everybody gonna, Thank God, everybody gonna think that 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: they my brothers and they're not. Of course, I got 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: love for everybody. But sometimes we have folks with me 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: in the studio who are actually what I consider a brother. 15 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: And this is one. I don't mean brother because he's black. 16 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: I just mean brother. In the struggle to home me 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: somebody I can call somebody that I've been rocking with 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: for several years in the movement, always, always is always 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: keeping his word to make sure that he shows up 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: on what we call outside. There's a lot of folks 21 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: that talk about what should be done and what we 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: could do better, and then there's some people that actually 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: do it, that actually delivers those solutions, and this is 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: one my brother Dominique Alexander, who is the founder of 25 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: Next Generation Action Network in Dallas, Texas. Thank you for 26 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: joining me anime always always. I mentioned to you off 27 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: the air, and I'll just repeat it here because it's 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: worth repeating. I do want to bring you back to 29 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: talk about your organization, go in depth on some of 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: the things you know that you have done in the past. 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: How we met in McKinney, Texas years ago during one 32 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: of the first times that people really started getting active 33 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: with protests, and you were organizing the protests for For 34 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: those that don't remember, the young lady that was held 35 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: down by the police UH in McKinney, Texas in a 36 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: birthday in a swimsuit and what was her name? IM 37 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: gonna just so folks, Okay, So you and I met there. 38 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: I was covering the story for UH North Dallas Becauseette 39 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: newspaper shout out to Mr Jones that was my first 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: publishing gig assistant to publisher in the early two thousand's, 41 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: and he asked me to go down to Texas and 42 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: cover the story. And I was so impressed that you 43 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: were able to organize hundreds of people within a moment's notice. 44 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: And we've been rocking ever since. And you know what's 45 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: so uh funny to me without funny meaning laughable, but 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: ironic is a better word when we look at George 47 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: Floyd and it just kind of connected the dot to 48 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: me the other day when I made a post about 49 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: you on Instagram and I was like, wow, we met 50 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: and that was pretty much then, you know, not a 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: knee on the neck, but restraining her on the ground 52 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: in an inappropriate way, putting his body weight on that 53 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: young lady. And here we are now talking about the 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: same thing. So it just goes to show you that 55 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: what happened with George Floyd happens all of the time. 56 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: You just don't get an opportunity to see it on camera. 57 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: And I don't think I really made that connection, you know, 58 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: until the other day, like, Okay, I've literally been here 59 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: before on the ground, you know, talking about this. What's 60 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: your thoughts on that? Well, you know, it's just like 61 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: Big Mama always say, it's nothing new under the suns. 62 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: I think that when it comes to the statehood of policing. Um. 63 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: This is the situation that's been going on historically in 64 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: our country. You know. The good thing about it is 65 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: that we got cameras and cell phones and in social 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: media that we can use as a mechanism. But yet, 67 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: at the end of the day's stuff is not going 68 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: to change until we get legislation policy, UM, and laws change, 69 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: and we have to fight this culture that continues to 70 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: misinform people on what we're trying to address when it 71 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: comes to the culture of policing, and we have to 72 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: reimagine police in the way that we know it absolutely. 73 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: I have you here today because I wanted to make 74 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: sure that we tapped in on this voting rights issue. 75 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of been swept. We're not kind 76 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: of Let's just keep it real. Let's been swept under 77 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: the rug, I believe. Uh. You know when you can 78 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: pair how there was such a major push to get 79 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: Trump out of office, you know, everyday vote vote, vote, vote, vote, 80 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: registative vote, then vote registive vote, registive vote, REGIATI vote. 81 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: And now that we have voting rights now in in 82 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: in limbo, if you will, with losing some of our rights, 83 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: one I think there's a misconception on what we're actually 84 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: fighting for, uh, because there hasn't been a lot of 85 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: education behind you know, when we say losing voting rights, well, 86 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: people will still have the right to vote, but there's 87 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: some provisions and some restrictions in there, um that hasn't 88 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: been explained well. So the Republican talking point is, hey, 89 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: that you'll say, have your right to vote. What are 90 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: they're talking What are they talking about? So I think 91 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: there's been some miseducation on that, on what is actually 92 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: on the line. You're in Texas on last week, Democrats, 93 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: three of them decided to uh go back to give 94 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: the governor a quorum to be able to vote, uh 95 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: to pass you know, legislation that the other Democrats I 96 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: believe I've heard numbers between thirty eight and fifty. If 97 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: you have more information, you can give me that. But 98 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: the Democrat Party or the Democrats in office, decided to 99 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: flee the state of Texas, go to Washington, d C. 100 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: To say, hey, we don't have the numbers, you know, 101 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: in order to turn it, but what we can do 102 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: is walk away, which was historic. I actually was kind 103 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: of proud, you know, I give Democrats a hard time, 104 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: But I was really proud of them saying we're gonna 105 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: push the line and what resources we do have because 106 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: you hear that so much. You know what, we can't 107 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: do it because Republicans blah blah blah. But they said, 108 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: we can't do it, but we're gonna show you what 109 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: we actually can do. And then three Democrats folded, uh 110 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: and went back on last week. And so I want 111 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: to talk to you about that, on why why that 112 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: was important. You know what happened in Texas and how 113 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: it relates to the John Lewis Voting Rights Acts that 114 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: you act that you will also be at that march 115 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: in d C as well, So give us just a 116 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: recap on what is that stake and how it doesn't 117 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: just pertain to Texas, but the overall what is this 118 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: that we're talking about and voting rights and what do 119 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: you think has been missing from educating people on why 120 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: this is so important and what what are you fighting for? Well, 121 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: let's let's start by seeing this. Texas has historically been 122 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: the state that has led the movement for voter suppression 123 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: right historically from the voter r D laws, everything to 124 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: suppress the right to vote. UM The reality is is 125 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: right now how Republicans talking points is it's old. Uh. 126 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: We're giving you more hours, giving you more opportunity to vote, 127 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: but you're making it harder for us to get there, right, 128 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: making it uh sin under your legislation that you're making 129 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: it more accessible and different things of that nature, that 130 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: you're making it harder for us to go. It's not 131 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: actually helping us. Um. The reality is that your fifty 132 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: eight uh state representatives uh fled the state went to 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: d C. And the fact and and and I hope, 134 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: I hope I can say names because I love your 135 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: name name. You know what name name I keep. You 136 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: know the fact that they were able to influence Guardnet Coleman. 137 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: And let me say this real quick because I was 138 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: hugely disappointed in Gardenent Coleman, Um Gardner Combey. Historically we 139 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: have worked together on the Sandra Bland Act, the County 140 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: Affairs Committee. I don't know what has gotten under Guardment 141 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: Colan's skin guards to this, but I am hugely shocked 142 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: that after this man literally due to medical situation, the 143 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: whole entire legislator he was not even there right the 144 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: first special session, he was not even there and then 145 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: you want to motivate your colleagues who's been there all 146 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: session long, who have solved Republicans forced down the throats 147 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: all of these different legislations and different things that passed, 148 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: and then you want to tell them it's time to 149 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: go back. Dude, you had even been You're missing in 150 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: action the whole entire time. And yet you want to 151 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: be the leader and you want to be the dude 152 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: that used the backdoor conversations in order uh to get 153 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: our Democratic state legislators back. And let me tell you 154 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: the crazy maneuver that they did, right, They had a 155 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: Republican resigned from office in order to get ninety nine 156 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: to be the clum. They worked these state legislators and 157 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: found out that they had three three individuals and literally 158 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: made a state representative from a red entire red district 159 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: resigned in order to have ninety nine be the corm 160 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: for them to go in corn. And then outside of 161 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: that you had state legislators who folded and said, oh, 162 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: since they have a quorn, we need to go back 163 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: and fight. No, you don't let them do whatever they 164 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: want to do, because yet, at the end of the day, 165 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: you don't want to be under fire when it comes 166 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: to re election time, right, And the reality is is 167 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: that we have continued to elect party and not issues 168 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: in this in this in this country, and this is 169 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: the reason why we get to elections and we all 170 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 1: act surprised over a sinning mansion US that's been organizing 171 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: based on issues. Ain't surprised about a senator mansion or 172 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: our cinema or anything. They've been doing that before. You've 173 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: just been because you've been electing party versus issues and tesline. 174 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: That's the one one of the things that I always 175 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: admired about you and respect about you, because you've always 176 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: connected people to the issues, right and say, I don't 177 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: give them whether it's red, blue, black, or green or 178 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: whatever it is. If you're on them issues, you got 179 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: my vote, right, you know what I'm saying. And I'm 180 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: not gonna just identify yet my black agenda or my 181 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: agenda for people of a color towards a party you're 182 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: I'm saying, if the Republicans gonna give it, tools, hey, 183 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: they got it, Democrats gonna give it. And we gotta 184 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: stop connecting our issues based on in electing these parties 185 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: in these in these these politicians and not electing our issues, 186 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: because when we get to the heat at the moment 187 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: where in certain areas like Texas, if we don't get 188 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: the the for the People's Act or the John Lewis Act, 189 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: this will literally literally cripple our our state for the 190 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: next ten years and we won't be able to You 191 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: you talk about where German during and where redistricting is real, 192 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: Let's let's look at it now. When you talk, you know, 193 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: like in Dallas County and the Harris County, these are 194 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: blue counties. Are we are we are going to be really, 195 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: really really downhood affected by these things, not necessarily in 196 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: a sense, but when it comes to all of those 197 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: state resources and all of the stuff that's going on, 198 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: or we're gonna be heavily affected about what's going on 199 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: around us. And yet at the end of the day, 200 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: that's that's their agenda. Their agenda is to come after 201 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: because in these major populations like Dallas, Harris County, Travis 202 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: Bearer County, and all these counties, it literally can out 203 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: vote the state by ten times. And yet at the 204 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: end of the day, the only tool that you can 205 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: do is a suppressed the vote. Make it harder for 206 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: people to go and vote and and and what we're 207 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: saying to our state legislators right now, it's not time 208 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: to cave. It's time to stand up. It's time to 209 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: push that lode to that loss that line. So what 210 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: do you say? So, because you know, I always talk 211 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: about voter suppression, which is what Republicans do, and voter depression, 212 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: which is what Democrats do by uh not more motivating 213 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: folks to give them a reason to vote. So I 214 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: reached out. I talked to some legislators, and you know 215 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: that there was just as a counter argument of saying, well, 216 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,959 Speaker 1: you know, they couldn't stay out indefinitely. Uh, they were 217 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: losing business. You know, they had to take off their jobs, 218 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: they were losing money. The state legislature a legislator, as 219 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: you know, that only pays about seven thousand a year um. 220 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: And so it's there is an argument out there to 221 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: say that they just couldn't stay out. You know, it 222 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: wasn't going to make a difference. They made it. You know, 223 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: they basically said, you know, they did it to make 224 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: a statement. What what's your answer to that? While you 225 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: raised all those funds, you know what I mean? Hell, 226 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: you you had people raising millions of dollars going to 227 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: the demomatic alcock is to support y'all to stay. No 228 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: one said come back. No one said, oh, thirty days, 229 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: we supported y'all financially to stay in d c um 230 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: and get at the end of the day, like I 231 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: tell them all time, you know, hey, where these refunds 232 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: gonna come? Because yeah, that's right. But if you're Texas, 233 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: that mean what we gave you the funds for? Yeah, okay, 234 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: so yeah, well that answers that. That's real. Thank you 235 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: for that talking point. Where's the where's the money reside? Then? 236 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 1: Because of the you gave the money for you to stay, 237 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: and you came back to me we need the money. 238 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: Where I'm confused because where about that? That that answers that. 239 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: I can't wait till I'm gonna bring that up as 240 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: soon as I get a check, as soon as I 241 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: get a chance to bring that up, because that is 242 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: one of the realities I was on. We was gonna 243 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: call a caucus called raising money, and I posed this question. 244 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: So the Texas House Democratic Caucus told the members that 245 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: stayed in d c Right. There are were members that said, no, people, 246 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: we raise money, We're gonna stay here overever, and stuff 247 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: like that because we raised that money. This is what 248 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: the Texas Democratic Caucus leadership tolden, Oh, well, if you stay, 249 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to be financially supported, support your own 250 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: to stay here. So me and a group of preachers 251 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: and doctor Haynes and all of us got on there 252 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: and said, no, doctor, we sent money to the Texas 253 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: House Democratic Caucus, and as long as they are in 254 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: d C, you financially support them. Right. So what they 255 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: did was they made it harder for the people who 256 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: wanted to hold the line. And these are the backdoor 257 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: games that go on because some people wanted to go back. Now, 258 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: just go ahead and stop apolo line and tell people 259 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: that you actually want to go back, and stop misleading people, 260 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: and and and and let us know who the real 261 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: fighters is that's really holding the line. Because guess what. 262 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: There are stay legislators that are down in Austin right now, 263 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: and then there are state legislators that are in d 264 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: C about to testify in the House of Committee on 265 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: the John Lewis Act, preparing to testify tomorrow, right. So 266 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: there's ones that cave and there's ones that still in 267 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: d C. Right. So there was a point you brought 268 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: up about you're supposed to push the line. You know, 269 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: that's my favorite quote, push the line, push the line 270 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: for those that elected you. And you mentioned Senator Joe Manson, 271 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: and one of the things that I always bring up 272 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: the Senator Joe Mansion is doing exactly what his constituents 273 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: elected him to do. So there's the conversation when we 274 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: say we'll do what the people want you to do. Well, 275 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: one what people, They're only beholden to those that actually 276 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: elected them. So he's doing what his moderate constituents are 277 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: telling him to do. So he's not going against his constituents. 278 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: So that so that that means. See, as long as 279 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: we have that argument to say, do what your constituents 280 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: are telling you to do mean and the party as 281 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: a whole, I don't think we're getting down to the 282 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: meat of it. This is about if you are not 283 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: following in line, would would overall the agenda, the collective 284 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: agenda of the Democrat Party or who has voted in 285 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: this administration, then it is up to President Joe Biden 286 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: to use his bully pulpit the same way Trump did. 287 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: I know y'all don't like it, but let's talk about 288 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: it the same way. That Trump did to say, Joe Manchon, 289 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: if you don't fall in line, we're talking about a 290 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: handful of of of Democrats who are holding up specifically 291 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: to but a handful less than nine that are holding 292 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: up the entire biden Um agenda. This is President Biden's agenda. 293 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: So I feel that there's a lack of accountability, especially 294 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: when we see social media. Talk to Joe Mansion about it, 295 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: talk to Joe Manchon. We need to tell Joe man 296 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: You can't tell Joe Manchon want to do. Let's just 297 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: use it in literally and just turn Joe Manchon. If 298 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: he's in my house, he gotta do my by my rules. 299 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: So the neighbor up the street can't tell me how 300 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: to what to tell my man. Joe Manson is doing 301 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: what this woman is telling him to do. So you're 302 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: passing the buck if you keep talking about Joe Manchon 303 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: and Joe No Joe Biden, we're getting our Joel's confused. 304 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, what are you gonna do to Joe Mansion? 305 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: Take his ass off, committees, set him down, shame him, 306 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: run somebody else against him, put the resources behind it. 307 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: So until we do that, and we start moving like 308 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: gangsters do when they're when they're trying to control territory. 309 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: The buck really does stop at the O G. So 310 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: this is why I think there's a misunderstanding of oh, 311 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: you know, well, that's just that's similar, and that's that's 312 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: that's mansion, that's cinema. No, it's the administration that was 313 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: elected from the top, all the way down, from the bottom, 314 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: all the way up, and it affects everything that. But 315 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 1: you know what the problem is, Let's just keep it. 316 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 1: Let's just keep it one thousand. I'm talking to the homie, 317 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: mm hmm. The reason why you're not hearing people really 318 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: pushing the line like you and I in a very 319 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: small hand, small and I mean small. I can count 320 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: on two hands how many people are really pushing this 321 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: line because people are embarrassed because they've asked people to 322 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: vote for Joe Biden. Uncle Joe saying that you had 323 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: to get Trump out, no doubt, you had to get 324 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: Trump out. Two totally different things. I'm talking about the 325 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: folks that said we gotta get Trump out. But I'm 326 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: still gonna hold Joe Biden accountable. But when you're gonna 327 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,719 Speaker 1: hold Joe Biden account. That's what I'm trying to figure out. 328 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 1: When is that? When is that gonnahead. I'll post something 329 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: damn there every day every other day, and people say, 330 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: stop begging, Joe, why do you keep doing today? Not 331 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: getting the dominique. This don't have nothing to do with 332 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: me actually thinking Joe. Joe Biden's watching my Instagram and saying, oh, 333 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: you know, Tesla says something, I better get my ship together. 334 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: They don't have nothing to do it. I'm posting in 335 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: the receipt, just like in two thousand fourteen when I 336 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: posted the receipt and made that poem about blackout tooth 337 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: that that is time to negotiate our vote. When I said, 338 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: I hear you talking behind the scenes, but I'm gonna 339 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: hear you making no noise on the national scene. You 340 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: came we able, you got crumbs when you finally was 341 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: at the table. See, that was all about putting receipts. 342 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: It didn't have nothing to do when nobody was watching. 343 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: Because there has to be documented history on who said what, 344 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: and who stood for what, and who stood for who, 345 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: Like we're talking about with these democrats in the state 346 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 1: of Texas. This ain't about necessarily well, I think he's 347 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: gonna make a difference, Like when I testify the George 348 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: Floyd Act in Texas, What did I say already? No, 349 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: what y'all gonna do. I'm just here to put it 350 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: on the record. I'm just here to be Moses, to 351 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: let you know that I know what you're going to do, 352 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: and we're not confused about it. But you need to 353 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: be told so that you can say that you're never told, 354 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: that you were never told. And that's what I'm I'm 355 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 1: missing and what I'm seeing on on the ground level, dominique, 356 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: because and and not even the ground. Let's talk about 357 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: the grass tops. I called the ground. You got the ground, 358 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: and you've got concrete routes, concrete groups people like me 359 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: to deal with the street streets. Then you got your 360 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: grass root organizations, your Double A CP, your urban leagues, 361 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: and then you have your grass tops, those that run 362 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: those grass root organizations that are embarrassed because Joe Biden 363 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: told me to sit there, ass down somewhere at the 364 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: beginning of the year. And now you're on bended knee. 365 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: And not only is he not passing anything from not 366 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: he's not even pushing the line. He's not even saying, Hey, 367 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: I need this to happen. I need the George for 368 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: adjust in police and that to happen. Hey, I need 369 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: voting rights to happen. Hey, I need something else to 370 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: go down. Besides, you know, just shout out to all 371 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: the communities that were able to get things one. But 372 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 1: I told black people that I owe you flat out 373 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: quote in unquote, no other president as ever did. They're 374 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: not even black President Obama. So the pride and the 375 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: ego from the alleged leaders that were in the room 376 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: that we're told to go sit down somewhere I'm missing. 377 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 1: I'm missing where they are with this right now? Have 378 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: you heard? Maybe I'm missing something. I know. I know 379 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: on Saturday there'll be a rally in d C. And 380 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: I know a lot of those leaders will be there. 381 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: But I'm wondered, are they gonna call out Joe Biden? 382 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: Are we just gonna keep on passing above to Joe 383 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: Manchion and Joe Webb and Joe Blow and Joe the Plumber. 384 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: When is somebody gonna call out Joe Biden for pushing 385 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 1: the line and to get off this bipartisan bullshit and 386 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: in the filibuster, what's your thoughts on that man. Let 387 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: me tell you this, I tell somebody because that called 388 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: that call that he had with the so called black leaders, 389 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: it pissed me'all so badly because the reality is, when 390 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: we had a movement across this country talking about Asian hate, right, 391 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: he didn't tell Asian people to go holli that black people, 392 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, the same way he told 393 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: Black people to go holi at latinos because they're quote 394 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 1: unquote becoming the majority, right, you know what I'm saying. 395 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: The reality is this is that everybody but black people 396 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: get what we want to get what they want because 397 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: first of all, they own their economics, they own their faith. 398 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: We're the only ones that ask them for hand out 399 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: some different things of that nature. They own their whole 400 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: e commerce, right, you know what I'm saying. At the 401 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: end of the day, they put their money where their 402 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: mouth fits, right, and they put they they they issues 403 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: connected to who they vote for. Right. We're the only 404 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: ones that go and wake up and tell a white 405 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 1: man here, a black man, honorary black man for they 406 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: no doctor. They know, you know, Asian people ain't gonna 407 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: do that to Joe Biden. We're the only passive a 408 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: risk of people that do this type of foolishness and 409 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: allow people to fail. Right. Um, the reality is is 410 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: right now, the look stopped with the top dog. Right, 411 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: how many press conferences has Joe Biden held about infrastructure 412 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: and everything else? Right? And how many press conferences has 413 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: he done on voting rights? Right? The only two the 414 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: two people, uh, the person that needs to rebuke the 415 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: people who are not doing that. It's Joe Biden, Barack 416 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: Obama did George Blood did it? Donald Trump did it. 417 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: That's where we elect the president for and get at 418 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: the end of the day, you're looking at black people 419 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: where our rights are being tarnished. Well, we got people 420 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: literally being arrested and convicted, mothers and grandmothers being convicted 421 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: for five years in prison for doing the provisional ballot 422 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: in Texas. We got real issues, right, which don't make 423 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: sense to me, because if you're not getting your your 424 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: base to the polls, who gonna vote for you, and 425 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: you're literally causing your own Yeah, you're putting your own 426 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: self out of work, kind of like what the Republican saying, Hey, 427 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: don't worry back getting vaccinated, Well, you're hurting your if 428 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: off your basis done, Who's gonna go to the polls 429 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: to vote for you? That's why the math doesn't add up. 430 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: It actually does add up quite well to me. It's 431 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 1: always been two birds of the same wing. But I'm 432 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you. You know, I've been talking 433 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: about this, as you know, I don't care who was 434 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: listening on blog talk radio. Five people, seven people. I've 435 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: been talking about this forever, and I'm loving from a 436 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: selfish standpoint, I'm kind of loving to sit back and 437 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: let folks see what I've been trying to tell y'all 438 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: all of this time. And he said, oh, well, you're 439 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: just trying to help the Republican. You're trying to help 440 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. Now, I was talking about this before Donald 441 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: Trump ran. I was talking about this before it was 442 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: Biden versus Bernie Sanders. I was talking about this, which, 443 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: by the way, I've called that Bernie Sanders as too. 444 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: You know, I've told you and you and the man 445 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: paid me, and you know I've told you, hey, hold up, 446 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: before we started riding behind anybody, let me tell you 447 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: my issues I believe, and holding everybody accountable across the board. 448 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: I don't give a damn who you are. And if 449 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: nothing else, you can at least make it known. Hey, y'all, 450 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get this done. They holding it up. 451 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: It's on them. It is very clear and evident to me. 452 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: And this is the convery stations going on in the movement. 453 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: It is clear and evident to me that this is 454 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: not voting rights or the Georgia Justice and Policing Act. 455 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: It's not a bill that that he wants a champion. Uh. 456 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: It is clearly a bill that doesn't have all the votes. Uh. 457 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: And it is clear that they don't want to be embarrassed. 458 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: And so now the entire messaging that we had in 459 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: when it was time to line up and get votes 460 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: is switching. Now you have several packs that have started 461 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: Team BlueShield pack that are moderates that are saying, we're 462 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: gonna make sure that we're investing money just like progressives are, 463 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,479 Speaker 1: to make sure that moderates are able to keep their 464 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: seats to say, No, they are anti defund the police. No, 465 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: they are tough on crime. No, they are not radical. 466 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: They are doing everything possible to make sure that moderate 467 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: Democrats retain their power so that they can have the 468 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: overall collective power in the House and the Senate, which 469 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 1: makes sense if you were actually gonna do something. But 470 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: see the problem is you're not doing something. You said 471 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: that if we have the House to send it the presidency, 472 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: things we're gonna change where the hells have changed, Dominique. 473 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: So how long are we going to continue to fold 474 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: behind four or five Democrats? And I don't And I'm 475 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,239 Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you. I'm not a progressive. I'm 476 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: not a progressive. I'm not a conservative. I'm not a 477 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: uh a liberal quote unquote. At one point, if anything, 478 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: I would have called myself a moderate, a blue dog 479 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: Democrat years and years ago, because I believe in business 480 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: and I think that's something that the liberal the progressive 481 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: side never talked about getting the bag. At what point 482 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: are we going to strategize in a way that we 483 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: have the leverage to get what we actually need to 484 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: get done. I don't believe that's gonna be everybody. It's 485 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 1: never gonna be everybody. We gotta stop trying to get everybody. 486 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: We gotta stop getting everybody on board. It's only a 487 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: few of us is actually gonna do the work. At 488 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: what point, at least this next generation Action Network, which 489 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: is a perfect name because there's a new generation out 490 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: there behind the scenes. It's only a few organizations we 491 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 1: can name them who are actually making moves. At what 492 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: point are we going to get the handful of us 493 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: that are out here pushing this line to be collective 494 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: on our messaging, to be collective on our strategy, to 495 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: just continue to keep, you know, changing one by one 496 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: until it's done. What can we do? Are the person listening, 497 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: what can they do besides march on on Saturday? What's 498 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 1: the next move? Because the movement is so depressed right now. 499 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know what what what to tell 500 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: him as far as is concerned, Well, let me tell 501 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: you this, you know what I mean? Like, the reality 502 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: is is we're our own worst enemy. And I'm gonna 503 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: use this scenario because this happened during the election and 504 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: I told somebody, man, I just didn't like it so 505 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: so so big HOMEI uh ice cuse coming out here 506 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: and uses this platform to push the black agenda. It. Now, 507 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: I might not know about all of the stuff that 508 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: was on there and different things of that nature, but 509 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 1: if a wealthy black men can use this platform and 510 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: get on national thing and say I don't care whether 511 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: we're Donald Trump or Biden given tools. You know what 512 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm pushing the black agenda right, And you 513 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: have black people I hear criticizing, you know, Ice Q 514 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: different things of that nature. First of all, Ice C 515 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: main't got weird at, ain't got another weary you know 516 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, He'll he'll well wealthy black men, you 517 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: know what I mean? And get at the end of 518 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: the day, for some of the people that was yet 519 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: criticizing them, Hey, how about us get on the table. 520 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: How about us reach out to our brother books because 521 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: clearly he got the platform right and if we need 522 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: to modify his plan, but we're not being a crucify 523 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: our black brother in front of this in this white 524 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: media and and and in it. But whereas killed now? Though, 525 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: I mean when he when people ask him out, he says, 526 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: you know, it's a lot of conversations going behind the scene. No, 527 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: now it's the top of him speak up and mean 528 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 1: killed two So we could talk about what happened. I 529 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: want to know about what about right now? Where's Kube now? 530 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: I mean to push that fucking line. Then where's the 531 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: black agenda. He said, yeah, they've had conversation. Well, then 532 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: when are we gonna start naming names. I'm like, names 533 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: gotta start getting named. Somebody got to start going down list. 534 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: And it ain't up to just Cube. I'm just using 535 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: that as an example. Trump is out the way, He's 536 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: out the way. What are we gonna do right now? 537 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: When are some of these other leaders going to step aside? 538 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: Pick aside or step aside, or we have to just 539 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: start training people to run at these districts or at 540 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: some point. I mean, I don't I don't know no 541 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: other way. I guess for me personally, I'm trying to 542 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: do everything I can train candidates, get people prepared, you know, 543 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: get them ready. You're doing You can't boots on the 544 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: ground until freem shout out to to make them out 545 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: there doing what they're doing, boots on the ground. I'm 546 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: just figuring out. Even for us in the movement, it's 547 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: exhausting because nothing is happening. So what do we do? 548 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: Just keep keep grinding, keep pushing and hope everybody catch up. Like, what, 549 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: what's what's your advice for me? Well, I say one thing, 550 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: we got to get back to the basics. We gotta 551 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: find a national convenience like our ancestors used to do 552 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: when they still organize and come from all across the 553 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: country and and meet at the church in start organizing 554 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: an agenda, start organizing a plane plan. We do more 555 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: emphasis on organizing events than we do the plan that 556 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: we're actually trying to do. And that's why when we 557 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: get to a whole city and we didn't we didn't rate, 558 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 1: and we didn't have about a half a million people 559 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: go there, and everybody looking around like, okay, what we 560 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: do next? But then how many? But we got the plan? Though, 561 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: I want to know who are the line pushes? The 562 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: plan is there? It's a damn shame that it's only 563 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: a handful of and pastors that we can call on 564 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: passive Freddie Hayes, your past Bishop Tabra Swan, Jamal Bryant, 565 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: who else? I mean that's three that I'm just where 566 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: are they? I mean, I'm serious, like we got the 567 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: damn playing who are the line pushes? Goddamn? But I 568 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: want to know who's sitting down, who is what? Who 569 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: is going to push the line and suffer the consequences 570 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: of consciousness to say this is how we're doing it. 571 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: Are we ain't working with y'all. I mean, seriously, you 572 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: cannot keep telling people to vote, vote, vote and they 573 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,959 Speaker 1: don't have nothing to vote for. Well, I think I 574 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: think one of the things is is that in every 575 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: area across this country you've got grass froot organizations like 576 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: in j N that are they're pushing and wrote forward. 577 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: But like you said, it's some it's some people at 578 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: the top that need to sit their asses down. That's it. 579 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: That's that's just the bottom line is that for the leaders, 580 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: for the leaders who who who went against the tear gas, 581 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: who winning in Ferguson, who was organizing with me throughout 582 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: this country, everyone he wouldn't have talked listened. Biden wanted 583 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: to talk to t Maka Mallorfi me and other leaders 584 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: in that room like that. He wanted to have done 585 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: that to us exactly. But but these dudes are so 586 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: much of a joke, right, you know't think so much 587 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: of a joke that he know they ain't doing nothing 588 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: but doing a bunch of talking. But they know that 589 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: too though, they know it because they get like I 590 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: tell people that say, oh I can't get nothing done, 591 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: you know, I'm a Democrat. But then why do you 592 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: keep running fall office? No, you're getting something done. You 593 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: are not marketing money for yourself. Who want to run 594 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: it cannot get nothing done. So I just want to know, 595 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: and I'm just gonna leave this with you as we 596 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: wrap up. At some point, we respect the elders, no doubt, 597 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: we respect everything that you've done. You got us this far, 598 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: but it really is time to pass the buck, and 599 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: they're not gonna give it to us. Dominique, you gotta 600 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: take it. That's that's all I can say. You gotta 601 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: take it. You gotta take it because at the end 602 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: of the day, I'm gonna see how this march falls. 603 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: And I believe we've got people to do inside work. 604 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: You've got people to do outside work. I'm outside. I'm 605 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: not outside as much as you are. I'm I'll do 606 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: a lot of inside work. But at the end of 607 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: the day, we gotta start doing the work collectively as 608 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: the next generation for real, and start somebody gotta start 609 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: taking taking this ship over. I mean, ain't no other 610 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: way to say it, because and and it's not just 611 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: calling that biding some of these leaders. At some point, Dominique, 612 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: I get not burning bridges. I get you know they 613 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: have resources that we need, that you guys need for sure. 614 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: But I am just hoping, praying, pushing that that that 615 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: leadership starts going to the right folks to speak on 616 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: the right issues at the right time. And if that 617 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: means even shaming someone that we might have a lot 618 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: of respect for us and ain't no disrespect. It just 619 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: is what it is. We cannot continue to have the 620 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: same people in the fucking room having the same conversations 621 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: that they've had for the last forty or fifty years. 622 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 1: This general ration is the descendants of n w A 623 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: and their children, and they don't want to hear that 624 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: old ship. That's just the bottom line. So that's it. 625 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: That's just the bottom line. So until that happens on me, 626 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 1: I just feel we're going to circles. And if it 627 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: takes Republicans taken over in two for the next two 628 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 1: or three or four years for you to see what 629 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: it is, maybe you'll get it. I don't know. It 630 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: seems like they don't. It seems like it continues to 631 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: be too. It's the same thing because don't nobody wanted, 632 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: Like I said, don't nobody wants to challenge the big dog. 633 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: And yet if a democracy is supposed to work in 634 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:41,719 Speaker 1: any form, no politician, no elected leader, should be above 635 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: re approach. Everybody should be held accountable. I don't care. 636 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: At least just tell her what you at least tell 637 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: us what you're doing. I get stuff. It's not overnight, 638 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: that's cool, But just give me an update, just like 639 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: if you're going, you're going, Hey, I'm on the way. 640 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be there in fifteen minutes. I'm gonna stop 641 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: at the store. Okay, thirty minutes you didn't come. Okay, 642 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: I'm on my way. I had to stop in such 643 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: and just give me an update. Can you just give 644 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: me an update? Can we at least get an update 645 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: on where we are? And if you don't want to 646 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,479 Speaker 1: funk with us, just say that so we can start 647 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: making it. How did you leverage this infrastructure build? How 648 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 1: did you negotiate? Because guess what, not only yeah, it's 649 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: in your agenda, but these politicians got to go back 650 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,319 Speaker 1: to the district with this infrastructure build because yeah, at 651 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: the end of the day, this is a hute problem. Right, 652 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: How did you level leverage that needs to this need? Right? 653 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: How did you get there? Yeah, it wasn't because the 654 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,919 Speaker 1: folks that was against that need, meaning the voting rights, 655 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: was the ones in the room making the negotiation and 656 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,480 Speaker 1: whoever decided who needs to be in the room to 657 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 1: make the negotiation mansion. That's on us, That's on our leaders. 658 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: And again when I say us, I'm talking about black 659 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,280 Speaker 1: folks that voted for this Democrat party. I'm not Democrat, 660 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: Republican or any of that ship. I'm Black first, and 661 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: then second to that, I'm testing figure on. That's just 662 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,919 Speaker 1: gonna have to be enough. We've had enough time. We've 663 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: had enough time today, uh to go over this issue. 664 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: Thank you. I know as broad I wanted you to 665 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: stop by so we could get this episode out this 666 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: week because it is so critical. If you will, I 667 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: would love for you to come back and talk about 668 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: what happened at the march. Where are we now, were 669 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: voting rights? What's really gonna happen. We have a lot 670 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: going on this week. I'm encouraging people to pay attention. 671 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: I'll be covering it on the Black News Channel as well. 672 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,319 Speaker 1: Definitely stay on my Instagram, stay connected. Where can they 673 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,319 Speaker 1: find you as well? Dominique, just to learn more about 674 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: your organization, give them your website and how they can 675 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,840 Speaker 1: learn more about your organization. Of course, you can follow 676 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: me at Nick alex In r qu e A l 677 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: x UM. You can follow the ORC at Next Gen 678 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,320 Speaker 1: Action UM. Come follow us, hit us up on Twitter, 679 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 1: Facebook and Instagram. Support the organizations that are on the 680 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: front line and test. Thank you for being who you 681 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:52,320 Speaker 1: are UM, not movable on the issues, but staying convicted 682 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 1: to your heart, staying convicted to UM humanity even when 683 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: it I tell people all the time, the test of 684 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,399 Speaker 1: elite here is doing something when it's unpopular to do it. 685 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: And that really tested your fortitude of how you are 686 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: and the person you really is. I don't care about 687 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: your popularity. I care about these issues and history looks 688 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: at me. I'm gonna be based on the issues and 689 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: not the negative folk. And that's how you know. And 690 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 1: that's just the bottom line. And when people and people 691 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 1: don't know and you know you you are a man 692 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: of faith. And I'll say this as I close, you 693 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 1: know at the end, you're absolutely right at the end. 694 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: And if I'm wrong, if there is no heaven of Hell, 695 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: then I don't have nothing to worry about. But if 696 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 1: there is a heaven of Hell, uh, And it says 697 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 1: very clear that at the end you will be standing 698 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: before you will have to take an account and they 699 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: will say, what were you about the shepherd's business? Where 700 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: you with the goat or where you the sheep? And 701 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: the sheep don't mean follow to just go along and 702 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,240 Speaker 1: get along. The sheep means to be about the shepherd's business. 703 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 1: And the goat is not what we say on earth 704 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: the greatest of all times, see, the goat ain't about 705 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,800 Speaker 1: the shepherd's business. So I want to be held accountable 706 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: to my purpose and what it means for me to do. 707 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,719 Speaker 1: Because when it's all said and done, I won't be 708 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 1: standing up there. I'm you know, I'm about to start 709 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 1: reaching up that when it's all said and done, I 710 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 1: won't be saying, well, what that happened was? And Dominique 711 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: wonna be standing beside me and saying, well, you know 712 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: it was rough on it because of this and that. No, 713 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: he's gonna want to know were you about the shepherd's business? 714 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: And so in order to do that, we cannot be 715 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,480 Speaker 1: blinded by those who are not I mean, we have 716 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: to continue to speak up. So I am gonna always 717 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 1: continue to encourage you were in this thing man, period 718 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: it ain't know it every way. I didn't try to 719 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,279 Speaker 1: get out. I keep on circling right on back. I 720 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,359 Speaker 1: haven't lost so much more than I have gained by 721 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: being in this movement. But one thing, like you said, 722 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 1: for sure, I've gained my place in the scroll in 723 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 1: the history books to say where was she when the 724 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: others were silent and quiet about the least of these? 725 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 1: So either we're gonna be about that or we're not. 726 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,640 Speaker 1: And hey, at the end of the day, if God 727 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: see fit, we're gonna be around another ten twenty years. 728 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,760 Speaker 1: Everybody can't live forever. Now. I could die today tomorrow, 729 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,359 Speaker 1: But as long as I'm on this front line, I'm 730 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: gonna be on this front line, and you and I 731 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,040 Speaker 1: gonna be together. I'm gonna bring you back to talk 732 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,839 Speaker 1: more about our relationship, more about your organization, how you 733 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: are grinding. I tell people all the time, push the 734 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: line politics until something happens. Everybody gotta roll in this 735 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: my shirt that has my logo. It has people pushing 736 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: in their own way. Everybody's not outside. Some people are inside. 737 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,200 Speaker 1: The question are who's who? The question is whose side 738 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: are you on? I need to know if you want 739 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: any side I don't see you outside. I don't see inside. 740 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 1: I don't see you on the side. Whose side are 741 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: you on? And so at some point we have to 742 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,240 Speaker 1: start asking that question and demand that among each other. 743 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 1: If that means, hey, Dominique, I feel like you're slipping. 744 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: If that's Dominique saying hey, tests and I feel like 745 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: you're slipping, then we have to start holding ourselves accountable, 746 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,440 Speaker 1: which I know we all do in the movement, but 747 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: we have to expand that and go a little bit further. 748 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 1: So I love you, brother, Be safe, be uh encouraged, 749 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 1: continue to do what you're doing. I was planning on 750 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: being there in d C this Saturday, but unfortunately I 751 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,479 Speaker 1: lost two uncles on the same day on my paternal side. 752 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: Of my paternal side. Yeah, and so I'm gonna go 753 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:13,399 Speaker 1: to my uncle's funeral on Saturday. Uh yeah, please do. Hey, 754 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 1: we're getting up out of here. And it just goes 755 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: to show you at the end of the day, we 756 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,239 Speaker 1: all got to go. Whatever you believe in, we all 757 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:25,479 Speaker 1: got to go before. That's right. And I tell people 758 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: all the time, I rest in peace right now. You 759 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,359 Speaker 1: ain't gotta worry about me resting when when it's time 760 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: for me to go. You get up and you make 761 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,520 Speaker 1: sure you were buying in Testa said she was resting 762 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,440 Speaker 1: on works. I don't have to die to rest in peace. 763 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,479 Speaker 1: I sleep right now, peacefully because I spoke. I spoke 764 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: up for what's right on my purpose in the least. 765 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,319 Speaker 1: That's right. They asked you, how you do it your head. 766 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: I speak truth to per I'll tell you what you want. 767 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 1: I don't give a damn whether you like me. That's right. 768 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,920 Speaker 1: That's the reason why I can sleep that night. Thank you, right, 769 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: thank you, baby, salute always send my love to the 770 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 1: whole team. We'll have you back on. Guys, thank you 771 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: so much for listening to my homie, my brother, my friend, 772 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,719 Speaker 1: my role dog out in the struggle. His name is 773 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 1: Dominicu Alexander, the founder of Next Generation Nation Network. Be 774 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,040 Speaker 1: sure you check them out on their website. Be sure 775 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: you check out all the wonderful things that are doing. 776 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 1: We'll see you on the ground. If you're not on 777 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: the ground and you need to be on the inside 778 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: doing something on the inside, ain't just sitting up on 779 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,760 Speaker 1: Instagram talking ship. It means actually doing something, writing the senator, 780 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,600 Speaker 1: calling the senator, going to a meet and doing something. 781 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,400 Speaker 1: Everybody is not a protester, but everybody can be about 782 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: pushing the line and like I always say, using losing 783 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: k make you choose it. That's another show. It's a rap. 784 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: Let's see you next time. 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