WEBVTT - How Did We Get Here?

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and a welcome to WOKP Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin McCarthy is an asshole, right. We know this. We

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<v Speaker 1>know that it took fifteen votes to even get that

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<v Speaker 1>Fisher Price gavel in his hand. We know that Marjory

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Green really has her hand up his ass and

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<v Speaker 1>is the puppeteer that winds McCarthy up and makes him work.

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<v Speaker 1>At the same time, we cannot discount that his shatter

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<v Speaker 1>right now around using the power of the House of

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<v Speaker 1>Representatives to open up an inquiry into impeaching Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>based on absolutely fucking nothing other than Trump grievance at

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that because he's been impeached twice, because he's

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<v Speaker 1>been indicted twice and we're currently on indictment Watch number three,

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<v Speaker 1>that then everyone must be investigated. And the funny thing

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<v Speaker 1>is is that the only people who require investigation are

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<v Speaker 1>people who've been suspected of actually breaking the fucking law,

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<v Speaker 1>none of which Joe Biden has done. This is purely

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<v Speaker 1>a speculative, fucking waste of tax dollar money, waste of

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<v Speaker 1>fucking time for Kevin McCarthy to do this as we

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<v Speaker 1>move into the thrust of twenty twenty four election cycle.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what I find funny is that even a

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<v Speaker 1>current Republican, which you know, never happens often, so it

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<v Speaker 1>becomes news when I don't know, they get bitten by

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<v Speaker 1>the reality bug. When Representative Ken Buck goes on CNN

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<v Speaker 1>with Dana Bash and basically says that what Kevin McCarthy

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<v Speaker 1>is doing is irresponsible, and this is what the representative said,

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<v Speaker 1>and apparently he's a hard line This is according to CNN,

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<v Speaker 1>A hard line member of the ultra conservative House quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote Freedom Caucus pushed back, and he said that this

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<v Speaker 1>move by Kevin McCarthy to open this impeachment inquiry is

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<v Speaker 1>nothing more than a quote unquote shiny object. He said this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just me, it's the public. What he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>is he's saying, there's a shiny object here, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to focus on that. We need to get all

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<v Speaker 1>these things done so we can focus on the shiny object.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of us are concerned about spending. It's an existential threat.

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<v Speaker 1>Buck said, quote to think it's responsible for us to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about impeachment at this time adding that he feels

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<v Speaker 1>the House investigations into the Bidens are fair, he said, right,

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<v Speaker 1>but that the impeachment chatter is bullshit. And here's the

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<v Speaker 1>thing is that this quote unquote ultrue conservative member recognizes

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<v Speaker 1>what we talk about on WOKF all the time, which

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<v Speaker 1>is that the Republicans don't have an agenda. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>have an agenda to move this country forward. Everything that

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<v Speaker 1>the Republicans have offered is to quote unquote own the Libs.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no oh, we need to be fiscally responsible. No,

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<v Speaker 1>because they added to the debt by seven trillion dollars

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<v Speaker 1>under Donald Trump, so they don't actually give a fuck

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<v Speaker 1>about spending. Spending is the word that they use when

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<v Speaker 1>they want to talk about completely cutting out social safety

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<v Speaker 1>nets so that they can balloon the Pentagon and wipe

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<v Speaker 1>away everything else, so that we can just become a

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<v Speaker 1>war heavy, military heavy country that makes no investments in

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<v Speaker 1>the actual citizens of this country, which is what makes

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<v Speaker 1>us distinctively different from authoritarian regimes and dictatorships. What makes

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<v Speaker 1>us different is that we don't in America, as of

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<v Speaker 1>right at this moment, enforce an agenda through a policy

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<v Speaker 1>of fear, invest all of our money and strengths into

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<v Speaker 1>the military, while there are people that are going hungry,

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<v Speaker 1>while there is no public education, while there's no social security,

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<v Speaker 1>no Medicaid. Right like, this is what the Republican Party wants.

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<v Speaker 1>And so instead of once again the media calling out

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<v Speaker 1>and saying, well, you're not actually talking about spending, because

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<v Speaker 1>you all approve budgets that give the Pentagon way more

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<v Speaker 1>money than they ask for, what you're really talking about

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<v Speaker 1>is a divestment from public education, is a divestment from Medicaid.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what you're talking about. Because there's more than enough money.

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<v Speaker 1>If we were to actually tax the rich who are

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<v Speaker 1>your donors, at a reasonable rate, more so than their

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<v Speaker 1>executive assistants are taxed, then again we would have more

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<v Speaker 1>than enough. So why is it that you Republicans function

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<v Speaker 1>from a scarcity mindset and model and yet want to

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<v Speaker 1>tell us once and again that America is this abundant country. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to ensure that it is abundant for some

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<v Speaker 1>and desolate for others who you deem to be unworthy. This,

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<v Speaker 1>to me is the basis of all pushback and conversation

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<v Speaker 1>around Republicans and their lack of an actual agenda. You

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<v Speaker 1>look at this state of Florida, which is bleeding business, right,

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<v Speaker 1>they are running from that state. Just recently, the Alpha

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<v Speaker 1>Kata Alpha fraternity, which was planned to have their convention

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five in Orlando, has just pulled. You

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<v Speaker 1>have other businesses, right, Convention business is huge down there,

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<v Speaker 1>cause who doesn't want to be in the quote unquote

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<v Speaker 1>Sunshine State if you've got to be at a conference.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet you have businesses that are saying, we're taking

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<v Speaker 1>our conventions, our summits, our retreats elsewhere. You listen to reports,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is just anecdotal, but you listen to reports

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<v Speaker 1>of people being interviewed small business owners and they're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about how tourism is down in this state, which is

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<v Speaker 1>completely and totally going to affect their bottom line. So

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<v Speaker 1>when you look at the way that DeSantis is operating

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<v Speaker 1>this state, fully focused on the culture wars and not

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<v Speaker 1>actually on anything else, that is indicative of what the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Party is going to do nationwide. So instead of

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<v Speaker 1>allowing them to go off on these tangents about fiscal responsibility,

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<v Speaker 1>why not actually call them out on their irresponsibility as

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<v Speaker 1>it pertains to giving the biggest tax breaks to the

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<v Speaker 1>wealthiest people, and we're all still waiting on the motherfucking

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<v Speaker 1>trickle down that we were promised four decades ago. How

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<v Speaker 1>long it takes. And so when you actually have a

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<v Speaker 1>member of the Republican Party say this is just a

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<v Speaker 1>shiny object and a waste of fucking time, maybe the

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<v Speaker 1>media should pay attention to that instead of providing the

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<v Speaker 1>spotlight and the microphone in order for Kevin McCarthy to

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<v Speaker 1>turn the next several months into a motherfucking circus. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think that that is, you know, generally asking too much.

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<v Speaker 1>What frustrates me, you know, is just the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>there is so much that is happening, and yet I'm

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<v Speaker 1>watching wall to wall coverage on Hunter Biden. I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to remind folks Hunter Biden's issues have nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>do with anyone's day to day Why because he's not

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking elected official. He don't represent nobody but himself, right,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody voted for him. He didn't lie to the people,

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<v Speaker 1>he lied to his family, He embarrassed himself. But this

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<v Speaker 1>individual act is the cause the resistance for the Republican Party.

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<v Speaker 1>A man who is unelected isn't sitting at anybody's judgeship

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<v Speaker 1>isn't doing harm to anyone, but the person who is

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<v Speaker 1>doing collective harm, Donald Trump, who defrauded the American people,

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<v Speaker 1>who caused an insurrection and an uprising against democracy and

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<v Speaker 1>is still doing it. There's nothing to see here, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the Republicans, their front runner is a man

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<v Speaker 1>that is on indictment Watch number three, who just the

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<v Speaker 1>other day, Representative Ted Lewie read into the congressional record

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump is an accused and found guilty of ripe.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is their motherfucking front runner, And like, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not having real conversations in the media about those facts.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are fucking facts. Yes, So how is it like

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<v Speaker 1>that we're here? It's just, you know, the level of irresponsibility.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just, you know, sometimes I trouble myself and

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<v Speaker 1>I stay up way too late because my mind won't quit,

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<v Speaker 1>and I ask myself, how did we get here? Where

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<v Speaker 1>did the failure begin? Right? Like? How far back do

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<v Speaker 1>we have to go? And I honestly think, y'all, it

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<v Speaker 1>was Nixon for me anyway, I'm talking about modern era,

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<v Speaker 1>modern times. If Nixon had not have been pardoned, if

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<v Speaker 1>what had been seen as good for the country, would

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<v Speaker 1>have been accountability and responsibility if Nixon had gone to

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<v Speaker 1>jail for his crimes and received the sentence that was

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<v Speaker 1>on par with lying and cheating the American public. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think that we would be here because Nixon wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have been able to then, over the course of time,

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<v Speaker 1>erase his criminality. You wouldn't be able to rewrite that

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<v Speaker 1>fact because that motherfucker would have had a criminal record.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying he would have served the I mean

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<v Speaker 1>probably because he was old, But I'm not saying he

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<v Speaker 1>would have served the rest of his life and died

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<v Speaker 1>in prison. Maybe. But the fact is is that in

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<v Speaker 1>America we believe that a stain on this country would

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<v Speaker 1>be accountability. When it is the denial of accountability that

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<v Speaker 1>has us in this situation. And it isn't just with

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<v Speaker 1>the cancer that is Donald Trump and Magadum. It is

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<v Speaker 1>the culture of lying and greed that we have embraced

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<v Speaker 1>with both arms. Everything is about denial. Richard Nixon could

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<v Speaker 1>have a long life and deny after the temperature had

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<v Speaker 1>simmer any real wrongdoing and become a folk hero. But

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<v Speaker 1>had that man been made an example of to future

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<v Speaker 1>politicians that you are not above reproach that actually running

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<v Speaker 1>for office means that you are going to be held

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<v Speaker 1>to a higher standard because you are not just choosing

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<v Speaker 1>to represent yourself. You're choosing to represent a constituent body,

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<v Speaker 1>whether that be your district, your state, or the nation.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you are choosing to step into that place,

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<v Speaker 1>you are not above reproach. You should be held to

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<v Speaker 1>the highest standard. And so when we chose as a

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<v Speaker 1>nation to absolve wrongdoing by a raisure, we set up

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<v Speaker 1>the circumstances that we are living inside of right now.

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<v Speaker 1>This also applies to slavery. We have allowed slavery to

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<v Speaker 1>be discussed in this country as a quote unquote necessary evil.

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<v Speaker 1>While it was so horrible. Everybody owned slaves. It was

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<v Speaker 1>just what you did during that time, and we normalized

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<v Speaker 1>the rape, the torture, the brutality, the dehumanization of an

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<v Speaker 1>entire people. Now, in contrast, in Germany, after the Nuremberg trials,

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<v Speaker 1>to hold Nazis accountable for their crimes against the Jewish people,

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<v Speaker 1>they built monuments. It is embedded in their curriculum to

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<v Speaker 1>teach about the atrocities of what went down, not to

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<v Speaker 1>shame those generations, but instead to shine a light on

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<v Speaker 1>if not vigilant, if we are not holding ourselves and

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<v Speaker 1>our leaders to account, that we can fall down on humanity,

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<v Speaker 1>on our country. And so it is our duty to remember.

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<v Speaker 1>And so for me, when I am thinking truly about

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<v Speaker 1>where we are right now, I think about our desire

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<v Speaker 1>to just quote unquote be good, right to be seen

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<v Speaker 1>as good, rather than to be seen as great, Because

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<v Speaker 1>greatness is about what you are able to consistently overcome

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<v Speaker 1>and move through, not what you're able to ignore and

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<v Speaker 1>to pretend doesn't exist. Great people are not defined by

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<v Speaker 1>what they haven't the obstacles that they haven't moved through.

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<v Speaker 1>It is because of those obstacles. It is because of

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<v Speaker 1>the overcoming and despite quote unquote all odds, being able

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<v Speaker 1>to move through and learn through the falling down, learn

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<v Speaker 1>through the darkness to get to the light. And so

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<v Speaker 1>this country could have learned that we hold our politicians

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<v Speaker 1>accountable because they're not infallible. That what it means to

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<v Speaker 1>be a country of integrity and a quote unquote symbol

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<v Speaker 1>of democracy isn't that we don't jail politicians. It's that

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<v Speaker 1>we only want those politicians that have integrity and honesty

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<v Speaker 1>and follow the rule of law to represent us. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Vice President recently traveled to Florida and she said

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<v Speaker 1>something in her speech that I want to lift up

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<v Speaker 1>because she went there to criticize the new education guidelines

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<v Speaker 1>and new lies. And this is according to an opinion

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<v Speaker 1>piece in the Washington Post. And the opinion piece is

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<v Speaker 1>by a Republican, Gary Abernathy. Why are Republicans so afraid

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<v Speaker 1>of confronting America's racial past? And this is what Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris said and what he found himself as a quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote conservative nodding to quote, let us not be seduced

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<v Speaker 1>into believing that somehow we will be better if we forget.

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<v Speaker 1>Vice President Kamala Harris said, quote, we will be better

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<v Speaker 1>if we were remember. We will be stronger if we remember.

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<v Speaker 1>And then on top of that, Florida State Senator Bobby Powell,

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<v Speaker 1>a Democrat, said this, and he was talking in the

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<v Speaker 1>context about African American about black contributions to this society.

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<v Speaker 1>And again, it is about telling the truth. And he

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<v Speaker 1>said this, The full measure of African American history is

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<v Speaker 1>not a handpicked Rosa Parks here and a Martin Luther

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<v Speaker 1>King Junior there. It is the sweeping collection of stories

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<v Speaker 1>spanning several centuries, the lessons of cruelty and inhumanity interwoven

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<v Speaker 1>in the determination of a people to live and breathe free.

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<v Speaker 1>It is as much Florida's story as the nation's story,

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<v Speaker 1>and it needs to be fully told. America's story has

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<v Speaker 1>never been fully told because it has been cherry picked

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<v Speaker 1>to believe that George Washington never told a lion cut

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<v Speaker 1>down a cherry tree, and Lincoln freed the slaves, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and everything was great, and Lyndon B. Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>passed the Civil Rights Act, and blah blah blah, and

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<v Speaker 1>on and on and on. It's cherry picked. America is

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<v Speaker 1>and has been exceptional in some ways because of the

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<v Speaker 1>people that have pushed it to live up to its ideals,

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<v Speaker 1>that have died, have sweat, have sacrificed, had palaces for

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<v Speaker 1>the pushing. But when we cherry pick as a way

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<v Speaker 1>of protection, we make ourselves more vulnerable to lies and

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<v Speaker 1>authority and fascism, which is the place we have ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>in now. If we were steadfast in our truth, a

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump would have never been able to exist. But

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<v Speaker 1>because only some of us know the truth, and the

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<v Speaker 1>rest have been protected and wrapped in lies. We are

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<v Speaker 1>here and that's something that keeps me up at night.

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<v Speaker 1>We can be better than this, but being better is

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<v Speaker 1>a choice of not moving around pain, but instead moving

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<v Speaker 1>through it. That is it for me today. Dear friends

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<v Speaker 1>on Woke af AS always power to the people and

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<v Speaker 1>to all the people power. Get woke and stay woke

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<v Speaker 1>as fuck.