WEBVTT - 072724 - President Kamala Harris (Part 2)

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<v Speaker 1>Keep on riding with it, says, we continue to broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>the balance and defend the discourse from the Hip Hop

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<v Speaker 1>Weekly Studios. Welcome back to Civic Cipher. I'm your host, Rams' joh.

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<v Speaker 2>He is Ramsy's jah, I am q Ward. You are

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<v Speaker 2>tuned in a Civic cipher once again.

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<v Speaker 3>Indeed you are.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, it was very very nice to hear your

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<v Speaker 1>voice just now because you seem very composed and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>having a tough one this show, and normally or sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's that's flip flop.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know you're think it's it's just a difference

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<v Speaker 2>of our emotions always right, You are feeling sadness when

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<v Speaker 2>your brother is feeling anger, and the way that those

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<v Speaker 2>emotions come out is very very different. It's not composure

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<v Speaker 2>that you're noticing. It's me trying not to flip over.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, well, stick around because we have happier news to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about President Kamala Harris. That's new and that gives

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<v Speaker 1>me a little bit of hope. But before we get there,

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<v Speaker 1>You can find the film at where Olivetreesweep dot com. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>you can find it on YouTube where Olive Trees Weep.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want you to know I saw this film.

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<v Speaker 1>It is incredibly powerful, and I'm gonna spoil the ending

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<v Speaker 1>for you, but I just feel like it's important because

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<v Speaker 1>I really want you to watch it.

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<v Speaker 3>I really do.

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<v Speaker 2>OK.

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<v Speaker 1>The film was recorded in twenty twenty two, so it

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<v Speaker 1>was before October seventh, and you get a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>get a glimpse into the life of what it means

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<v Speaker 1>to be Palestinian, and it's just magnificent. Again where Olive

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<v Speaker 1>Trees Weep. I know that we have some some unfinished

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<v Speaker 1>business with the first half of the show, but perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>we will table that for a later discussion, or perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>it will make its way into this conversation, but I

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<v Speaker 1>do want to give this moment it's proper due. President

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<v Speaker 1>Harris has a has a little bit of a ring

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<v Speaker 1>to it. I like that I know that you know

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<v Speaker 1>this already, and you know based on our recording schedule

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<v Speaker 1>and the way we air. This is news that has

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<v Speaker 1>been celebrated, but around here we need to talk about this.

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<v Speaker 3>First. I'm going to start with.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden's decision to step down, and then Q's going

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<v Speaker 1>to jump in with Kamala Harris's announcement that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>she sent us an email blast to folks. So we'll

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<v Speaker 1>do this and then we'll lean into it. This from

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden, my fellow Americans. Over the past three and

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<v Speaker 1>a half years, we have made great progress as a nation. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>America has the strongest economy in the world. We've made

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<v Speaker 1>historic investments in rebuilding our nation and lowering prescription drug

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<v Speaker 1>costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable healthcare to a

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<v Speaker 1>record number of Americans. We've provided critically needed care to

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<v Speaker 1>a million veterans exposed to toxic substances, past the first

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<v Speaker 1>gun safety law, and thirty years appointed the first African

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<v Speaker 1>American woman to the Supreme Court, and passed the most

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<v Speaker 1>significant climate legislation in the history of the world. America

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<v Speaker 1>has never been better positioned to lead than we are today.

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<v Speaker 1>I know none of this can have been done without you,

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<v Speaker 1>the American people. Together we overcame a once in a

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<v Speaker 1>century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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<v Speaker 1>We've protected and preserved our democracy, and we've revitalized and

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<v Speaker 1>strengthened our alliances around the world. It has been the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest honor of my life to serve as your president.

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<v Speaker 1>And while it has been my intention to seek re election,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe it is in the best interest of my

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<v Speaker 1>party and the country for me to stand down and

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<v Speaker 1>focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the

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<v Speaker 1>remainder of my term. For my part, my very first

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<v Speaker 1>decision as the party nominee in twenty twenty was to

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<v Speaker 1>pick Kamala Harris as my vice president and it's been

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<v Speaker 1>the best decision I've made Today. I want to offer

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<v Speaker 1>my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the

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<v Speaker 1>nominee of our party this year. Democrats, it's time to

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<v Speaker 1>come together and beat Trump. Fantastic good show. I was

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<v Speaker 1>worried there was a lot of ego there. Father Time

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<v Speaker 1>comes for all of us, uh and Father Time wins

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<v Speaker 1>that battle one hundred percent of the time. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for those of us that were we were in the

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<v Speaker 1>media during twenty twenty that election, we had we had

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<v Speaker 1>a whole show dedicated to, you know, Joe Biden after

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<v Speaker 1>he won that election, and before he won, we had

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<v Speaker 1>a couple.

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<v Speaker 3>Of shows leading up too. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, So we had a differ, diferent lens in a

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<v Speaker 1>different perspective. We had to cover it, so we had

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<v Speaker 1>to go deep in a lot of different areas. And

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden was the candidate at the time that Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>thought could beat Trump. We around here, we were fans

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<v Speaker 1>of Bernie's messaging, Bernie Sanders's messaging. But after the primaries,

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<v Speaker 1>the powers that be decided that Joe Biden was more

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<v Speaker 1>electable and appealed more to people in the middle, wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>as polarizing as Bernie would have been, and could secure

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<v Speaker 1>a win. And to their credit, perhaps they're right. They

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<v Speaker 1>were right, you know, Joe Biden. Who's to say a

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<v Speaker 1>Bernie would have won or not. I still believe in Bernie,

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<v Speaker 1>but Joe Biden won. The thing is, people were excited

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<v Speaker 1>about Bernie Sanders. Before Bernie Sanders, people were excited about

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<v Speaker 1>Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. And before then, people were

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<v Speaker 1>excited about Barack Obama. Nobody was excited about Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>People were excited to get Trump out of office and

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<v Speaker 1>that manage vote for People were hopeful.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, that we could get Trump out of office.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to say excited, because I remember that

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't and I remember that a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>shared my fears, right because once at a time Trump

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<v Speaker 2>announced himself as a potential candidate, and we collectively laughed

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<v Speaker 2>because we felt he couldn't have been serious. And as

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<v Speaker 2>we collectively laughed, he became the president. And the way

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<v Speaker 2>that people just kind of assumed he would lose when

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<v Speaker 2>he ran the first time, some people brought that same

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<v Speaker 2>energy back, cavalier apathetic approach back again. And I'm like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're clearly not paying attention here, and we don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a candidate that we're excited about on top of that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know if excitement is a word that

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<v Speaker 2>we can use at any moment prior to those results

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<v Speaker 2>being announced, And then it was more relieve.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there you excite, but you know, to be fair,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that. That's more or less how Joe Biden rows

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<v Speaker 1>up in our minds and in a lot of voter's minds.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden was not polling well. I remember there were

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<v Speaker 1>that people were speculating that he was going to drop

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<v Speaker 1>out early on, and then when it ended up coming

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<v Speaker 1>down to the wire, the Democratic establishment does what it

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<v Speaker 1>did in twenty sixteen as well, and they says, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>look it doesn't matter who has the support, we need

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<v Speaker 1>somebody that can win the seat.

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<v Speaker 3>And that was their strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>So Joe Biden is now the president, Okay, And Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing that stands out in my mind about Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>He's done a number of things. This is in no

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<v Speaker 1>way a knock to Joe Biden. But the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden represents in my mind is that he is

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<v Speaker 1>the reason that we didn't have to see Donald Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>face every day anymore. Right, So, of all the things

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<v Speaker 1>that he did, that was the one that, on an

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<v Speaker 1>emotional level, really changed so much and meant the most,

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<v Speaker 1>meant the most. Yeah, but we live in interesting times. Somehow,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump getting arrested and having his mug shot shown.

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<v Speaker 1>This was the president his.

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<v Speaker 2>Mug shot like he was in jail, that legitimately arrested

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<v Speaker 2>and a legitimately photographed. This was not some hurple that

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<v Speaker 2>this was not some political scheme by the left. He

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<v Speaker 2>did actual criminal be he did crimes, was actually convicted

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<v Speaker 2>of said crimes, still on trial for others, so adjudicated

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<v Speaker 2>in others.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean, your your your point is well made.

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<v Speaker 1>Instead of doing what that should have done. No, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't elect criminals to office knowingly, right.

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<v Speaker 2>To any office, let alone the office.

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<v Speaker 1>But we don't do that knowingly, do we. But rather

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<v Speaker 1>than that, yeah, just qualifying causing his supporters to turn

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<v Speaker 1>away from it galvanized them. And then you know, him

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<v Speaker 1>being liable for sexual assault and then him getting found

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<v Speaker 1>guilty on thirty four felony counts, all these things galvanize

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<v Speaker 1>being a.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of these Epstein documents that his base said they

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<v Speaker 2>lamored for for them to be released when they thought

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<v Speaker 2>that the names would be on the other side of

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<v Speaker 2>the aisle. And then when his name is there repeatedly,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't matter anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>And on top of that, forget everything that this guy

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<v Speaker 1>did during his first term as president and campaigning.

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<v Speaker 3>This is just in the past two years.

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<v Speaker 2>He's doing since he's left off, show him more popular

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<v Speaker 2>for them.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the crazy thing. Now here's the other part

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<v Speaker 1>of it. Joe Biden had a bad debate and a

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<v Speaker 1>bad follow up interview. I will see that entirely right,

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<v Speaker 1>But that didn't rally Trump's base. They were kind of that.

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<v Speaker 1>They had already painted Joe Biden as kind of passed

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<v Speaker 1>his prime and blah blah blah, So that's maybe what

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<v Speaker 1>they expected. They expected Donald Trump to show up and

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<v Speaker 1>be Donald Trump, which is exactly what happened. So nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to see here in terms of what they were seeing.

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats were disappointed. Republicans were like, yeah, we told you,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. But that assassination attempt didn't

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<v Speaker 1>affect polling, didn't affect that the way that people thought

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<v Speaker 1>it would. No, numbers are more or less the same

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<v Speaker 1>as they always were, right, But that assassination attempt on

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump, him getting shot in the ear, it was exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>It made them feel like, we have to get this

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<v Speaker 1>guy in the office. See they're try there's a plot

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<v Speaker 1>to kill it. The guy that shot him, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>was a registered Republican.

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<v Speaker 2>A registered Republican that votes Republican. That's important to say,

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<v Speaker 2>because I saw the conspiracy theories that this guy donated

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<v Speaker 2>one Democrats had him registered Republicans so that they can.

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<v Speaker 3>He was twenty years old.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a registered Republican, voted Republican tried to assassinate

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<v Speaker 2>a man with a weapon that Democrats tried to make

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<v Speaker 2>illegal that Republicans stood in the way of. And they

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<v Speaker 2>are somehow still framing it as the fault.

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<v Speaker 1>Of Republicans, posed with pictures with those guns, like it's cool,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I don't know why you want this murder, But

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<v Speaker 1>beyond their glamorizing it, Democratic legislators and lawmakers tried to

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<v Speaker 1>make that an illegal gun. Yeah, and Republican legislators and

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<v Speaker 1>lawmakers stood in the way from making that happen. So

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<v Speaker 1>to them, try to blame Democrats for what happened. You

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<v Speaker 1>would think it was crazy, except it's the world we

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<v Speaker 1>live here. We are range times. But the fact of

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<v Speaker 1>the matter is that to them Donald Trump seems somehow

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<v Speaker 1>more exciting because he's a criminal to them, he's heroic

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<v Speaker 1>to them.

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<v Speaker 2>Somehow.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a cult, man, it's a cult. They showed up

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<v Speaker 1>with the band aids on their ears like they got

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<v Speaker 1>shot in solidarity, Like this is weird, weirdo behavior.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So, because we need on the left side of the

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<v Speaker 1>country a candidate that feels exciting, This is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the narrative I'm sure in closed door conversations for Democrats,

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<v Speaker 1>because we need balance. You know, it's a political system.

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<v Speaker 1>There's two parties and you need you know, if one

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<v Speaker 1>has this, the other needs that and that sort of thing. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So we have one on the one side, we need

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<v Speaker 1>one on the other side, an exciting candidate, a candidate

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<v Speaker 1>that gets people fired up, a candidate that breeds new

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<v Speaker 1>blood into the voter base, new new oxygen into the

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<v Speaker 1>voter base. And we have a black woman to the rescue.

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<v Speaker 1>And if that's not the most poetic thing, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It is so cute. What does Kamala Harris have to

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<v Speaker 1>say after Joe Biden says he's not seeking reelection.

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<v Speaker 2>I am running to be President of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve

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<v Speaker 2>alongside our commander in chief, my friend, President Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the finest public servants we will ever know,

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<v Speaker 2>and I am honored to have his support and endorsement.

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<v Speaker 2>I am eager to run on the record of what

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<v Speaker 2>Joe and I have accomplished together. We built our country

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<v Speaker 2>back after our predecessor, predecessor left it in shambles, making

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<v Speaker 2>historic progress and reducing prescription drug cross cost, upgrading our

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<v Speaker 2>nation's infrastructure, fighting climate change, and more. We are stronger

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<v Speaker 2>today because we took action together to invest in America's future.

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<v Speaker 2>I am excited to continue to work toward our vision

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<v Speaker 2>for a better future for all. I am honored to

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<v Speaker 2>have the President's endorsement, and my intention is to earn

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<v Speaker 2>and win this nomination in the coming days as I

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<v Speaker 2>hit the campaign trail to meet with Americans and lay

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<v Speaker 2>out the choice in frontal voters in the fall, I

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<v Speaker 2>cannot imagine two more starkly different visions of where we

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<v Speaker 2>want our country to go. We can choose the dark

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<v Speaker 2>path of Project twenty twenty five, with less freedom and

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<v Speaker 2>more division, or we can choose to pull together and

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<v Speaker 2>do the work for the people. That was like a

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<v Speaker 2>president to me. I do not want to pretend like

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<v Speaker 2>this is not exciting. I do not want to pretend

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<v Speaker 2>like the idea of President Kamala Harris from the Alpha

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<v Speaker 2>chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority incorporated on the campus

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<v Speaker 2>of Howard University in Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 3>Shout out to the skiwez isn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Exciting and that should have been a super exciting moment.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me tell you, guys, where my anxiety has

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<v Speaker 2>come from since this announcement. Our lack of ability to

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<v Speaker 2>unify the things that divide us in this country, show

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<v Speaker 2>their faces and make their voices heard the loudest in

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<v Speaker 2>moments like this, because immediately the group of people in

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<v Speaker 2>this country that feel like a woman of any color

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<v Speaker 2>is unfit to lead, they have to speak up. And

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<v Speaker 2>then black people who don't want people to think that

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<v Speaker 2>they are just supporting her because she's black, have to

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<v Speaker 2>then go the extreme opposite direction to show you all

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<v Speaker 2>the reasons that they're not just so they don't get

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<v Speaker 2>put in a box and want to consider themselves free thinkers,

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<v Speaker 2>right contrarians with no real cause except for to be contrary.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what you mean, Our gen zers, who by

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<v Speaker 2>no fault of their own have been completely almost left

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<v Speaker 2>out of most messaging by both parties. Just a lack

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<v Speaker 2>of ability to reach this generation of brand new voters

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<v Speaker 2>who are looking for someone to be excited about.

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<v Speaker 3>Why would I go out and vote?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, and a different sector of that contrarian base

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<v Speaker 2>that is not out to just show that we're not

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<v Speaker 2>just supporting her because we're black, but the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 2>has done nothing to earn our votes, so we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to support Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a leap, which is.

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<v Speaker 2>The one of all of those that shines the brightest

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<v Speaker 2>red light to me. I can understand the first part

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<v Speaker 2>of that thought being expressed. I have been let down.

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<v Speaker 2>I have lived through unfulfilled promises. I have donated money

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<v Speaker 2>and time and my voice and my endorsement and my

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<v Speaker 2>support to this party as long as I've been old

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<v Speaker 2>enough to vote, and they've done nothing specifically for me.

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<v Speaker 3>Can I give you a scenario please?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in Texas. I'm on my way to New York, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to take a train. Okay, the Red

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<v Speaker 1>train is going to Los Angeles and the Blue train

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<v Speaker 1>is broken. Which train am I going to get on?

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<v Speaker 1>If I need to go to New York? Am I

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<v Speaker 1>going to Los Angeles?

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<v Speaker 3>No? I don't need to get on the red trick.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a one way to Los Angeles by one way. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what. I'm trying to painting a new scenario.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not going backwards.

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<v Speaker 2>It's important to state the choice that Rams has just

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<v Speaker 2>laid out is intentionally binary. It is intentionally zero sum.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the trains is set taking me further away

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<v Speaker 2>from it is set for New York but broken. The

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<v Speaker 2>other one's going to Los Angeles. That's where it's going.

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<v Speaker 3>Period.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to get to New York. We got to

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<v Speaker 2>fix the Blue train.

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<v Speaker 3>And go to New York.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not even a it's not a hard problem.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can the reason I know what's happening rams

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<v Speaker 2>because I've had these conversations with people that I know

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<v Speaker 2>and care about. They will find a way to have

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation about that Los Angeles training. That's somehow better.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to New York.

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<v Speaker 1>Eh.

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<v Speaker 3>That one's not going to New York and the opposite.

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<v Speaker 2>Direction important to say. We have people that fix trains.

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<v Speaker 2>People that know how to fix trains are present. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not this is this train isn't doomed to be forever broken.

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<v Speaker 2>We have the mechanics and the tools and the source

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<v Speaker 2>is necessary to fix it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been broken for a while.

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<v Speaker 2>We can all collectively pour into that and fix it. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>getting on the Los Angeles train is not the solution. However,

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<v Speaker 2>that is the decision that some people have made. So

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<v Speaker 2>we spoke about this before Black women immediately organized, mobilized collectively,

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<v Speaker 2>and got together as soon as this was announced. By

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<v Speaker 2>this time yesterday, they were already thirty thousand black women

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<v Speaker 2>on a call together, raising money, organizing, showing their support.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I remember that wasn't Yes, that was a few

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<v Speaker 1>days ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I know what's today. Yeah, So whenever you guys are

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<v Speaker 2>hearing us. Shortly after this announcement was made, black women

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<v Speaker 2>organized and support Arian Simona the Fearless Fun posted one

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<v Speaker 2>band one sound the famous quote from Doctor Lee in

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<v Speaker 2>the movie drum Line. However, every black woman that saw

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<v Speaker 2>that knew exactly what she meant, and they got on

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<v Speaker 2>the same page together. So very very important because everyone

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<v Speaker 2>has a chance to do the right thing here. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know sometimes we're tired of being shouldered with

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<v Speaker 2>the responsibility of doing the right thing, even when it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't feel good, even though we're not getting everything we

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<v Speaker 2>want from it. However, we know the responsible, right thing

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<v Speaker 2>to do, and I hope that we're about to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd also like to direct you to some conversations that

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<v Speaker 1>you and I have had at the Black Information Network,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can just look up Black Information Network Daily

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<v Speaker 1>Podcast because we do go into more detail about this

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<v Speaker 1>Kamala Harris presidency. But for now we have to leave

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