WEBVTT - INTERVIEW: Robert Kraft Talks 'Timeout Against Hate' Campaign, Trump 2024 Election, Brady & Belichick + More 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:02.520 Wake that ass up in the morning. 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.480 Breakfast Club Morning. 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:06.680 Everybody is the DJ. 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:09.880 En Vy Jess hilarious Charlomagne, the guy we are the 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:13.000 breakfast Club Ess is on maternity leave, so laurla Rosa 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:15.280 is feeling and we got a special guest in the building. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:17.840 Big money in the building, Big, big money in the building. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.320 Wow, big b Robert Craft is here, he said, he 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.160 has a nickname. He said, I'm god you Envy Lauren 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:24.680 is single. 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:25.320 So what do. 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.560 You nice to meet you? 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:37.519 I'm a newly But here's the deal. Well, I have 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:43.080 a new football coach and we had this big introduction. 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:47.080 And about for the Patriots. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:51.720 Yeah, and he's awesome. Man. He calls me young Thundercat, 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:56.080 your thundercat, so you can call me r k K 0:00:56.600 --> 0:01:01.600 or Young Thundercat as he addresses it. And he started 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:05.240 calling me that back in eight when we drafted him. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:09.720 So I've known him for you know, like fifteen years. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:12.640 And why did ThunderCats? 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.240 You're a fan of the Cartoonough, I'm gonna let you 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:17.759 ask him that he's the one who named me. 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:20.240 Come from somewhere. 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:23.119 What did you see from Gerard that made you hire 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:25.959 him as the first black head coach of the Patriots. 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.000 Well, you know, I saw him come in on our 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:34.720 team as a tenth pick. We picked him in the 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:38.240 first round and that was actually at the time the 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:42.000 highest pick we had ever had since I owned the team. 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:45.920 That was in eight And the second year he was 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:51.160 with I think he got voted defensive Rookie of the year, 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.240 you know, number one. And then in the second year 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:59.040 with us, he got elected captain and guys voted for 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:03.160 him whould won Super Bowls. So it told me something 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:07.200 that he could get respect of people that you know, 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:12.839 and in locker rooms I watched little things. And anyhow, 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.840 he played for US for the next seven years, or 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.880 he was with us. He played eight years, and then 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.840 he left US and went in the private industry, worked 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:27.919 in private industry, you know, reached back out and said 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.919 he really wanted to get into coaching, and he coached 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:38.160 US three four years, and so the varied experience was special. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:43.360 Now I've taken twenty seven missions to the Holy Land, 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:49.079 mainly Christians and athletes who haven't seen the country about Israel, 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:55.160 pardon ise, yes. And when we were there, we had 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.400 a group of athletes and we were delayed at the 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:03.359 airport and I think they were like over twenty. He 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:08.120 organized them in the airport. He got a discussion going 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.600 and showed just unique leadership. You know, and in life, 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:16.160 when you're hanging with people, you know, you connect for 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:20.760 different reasons. And the light went off, and I said, 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:25.400 anyone that can relate like this to young people because 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.840 the world is different than I bought the team thirty 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.120 one years ago. Wow. And you know I've watched the 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:37.880 transition of players, the impact of social media, how you relate, 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:42.640 it's different. You got to adapt. And I just thought 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:48.280 he had something special. I respected. I call my eldest 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.280 son from the Holy Land that night and I said, 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.360 I think I got our next head coach. Wow, what's 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:55.360 five years ago? 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:56.640 What still excites you? 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.240 I mean, you did the Super Bowl thing, you owned 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.880 all different types of teams, You're a philanthropists, you travel 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:03.480 around the world. 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:07.520 What's doing with your riches? But I was at that point, No, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:07.880 I'm not. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.400 I'm comfortable. Why right? 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:13.640 That shi version of comfortable? 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:15.600 We are poor. Let me hold some uncomfortable. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:20.080 Let me hold Can I tell you something? And it's 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:25.320 why you know today we launched a campaign to stop 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.599 all hate. Why Why? Yeah? Time out again. But why 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:33.640 did I do it? Because I was a kid who 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.920 lived in a walk up apartment. I you know, I 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.560 went to college on a full scholarship. I went to 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.599 graduate business school on a full scholarship, didn't have a 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.960 car to I was twenty five and I dreamt big 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.640 and I had my dreams and I was able to 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.920 make a number of them come true. Look, I own 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:59.880 an NFL franchise in my hometown. You know, I had 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:03.200 a greater chance of being a starting quarterback in the NFL. 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.080 There are thirty two quarterbacks, and some of these teams 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.880 don't sell for one hundred years. But I did the 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.920 things along the way I had to do, and we 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:19.200 start a little paper and packaging company fifty two years ago. 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.359 We're in one hundred and twenty seven countries today, and 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:26.599 it's all because of our country and opportunities for anyone 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:30.360 who wants to take advantage of it. And I see 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:35.840 things changing, and you know, that's why I started this campaign. 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.960 It seems like you've always well. In more recent times, 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.040 it seems like you've been involved in public service. Has 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.040 that always been your thing? Have you always been involved 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.120 in community issues and what's going on in society. 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:49.919 Yes, I was privileged to have great parents. It was 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.840 a sort of a wild kid, a middle child, and 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.640 I had a mom and dad who gave me great love. 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:03.360 But my mom really discipline me, thank God. And you know, 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.760 if you're blessed to have one or two parents who 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:11.520 give you good love and discipline, that's worth more than 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:16.520 financial resources for you to operate in the world, because 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:20.320 he gives you a strong foundation. But to answer your question, 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:25.200 I had a dad. While he didn't have material riches, 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.200 he was the greatest man I ever knew because he 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:32.840 was spiritual and he left me in ethical will and 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.719 he said, when you go to bed at night, make 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.159 sure the people you've touched that day are richer for 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:44.840 having known you. And he even though he had modest income, 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:49.160 he taught me a rule. He said, you always give 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.800 ten percent of whatever your income is away as a 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:58.520 minimum to people who are more needy. Wow, and the 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:02.000 only you know, he was a great man And the 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.560 only thing I ever heard my parents argue about and 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:11.480 was about money because he was so good. He never 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:16.800 was able to accumulate, but he was just what. I 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:23.000 was blessed to have that legacy. So I asked all 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.720 of us out there who are privileged to have kids 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.800 to invest that time and energy and try to give 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.280 similar values. 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:32.320 Now, when did you I don't want to say, when 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.120 did you realize? But a lot of times people with 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.960 a lot of money don't understand how bad it is 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.520 for other people because they're never there. But you, on 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:43.200 the other hand, are completely opposite. Like you, you do 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:44.800 things that most people don't do it. We've seen you 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.040 do it with Meek, we see you do it with 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:47.440 all these other organizations. 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:51.520 Why well, it goes back to my dad. But I mean, 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:58.320 the quality that we've lost in society today is empathy. 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.920 You know, we don't listen to the what's going on. 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.200 And look, that's why I think your show is amazing. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.760 I don't know. You connect with four or five million people, 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.200 you give a message eight but who's counting eight million? 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.360 Maybe it's twelve and they're under reporting it. You don't 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.920 have to pay it for those ads. That's right the 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:22.560 way they should that's probably the case. But think about it. 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:28.040 You're relating in a way that people can connect, and 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:34.439 your messaging connects. And what's happened in the world today 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:40.560 is people aren't caring about other people. And look, I 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.439 don't I don't know what it's like to walk in 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.320 a room and be a man of color or a 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:50.240 woman of color, and how people treat you and what 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:54.319 your psyche is, how you have to act and it. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:59.000 You know, it's got to be difficult in many ways. 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:04.360 That why people don't understand or don't empathize with. But 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:11.160 we have we as society have to understand that and 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.520 have to We're all human beings. We had no choice 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:18.240 the way we came into this world, you know. And 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:22.280 if you were blessed to have one or two good parents, 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.360 you know, that's the greatest. But if not, you know, 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:31.760 we gotta The thing that bothers me now is people 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:35.480 are just going in their own lanes and not opening up, 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:41.840 and especially social media is creating that where you know, 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.760 people just talk to one another in a way. You know, 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:50.559 how did I build my businesses. I would relate to 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:54.439 someone who was much different than I and I had 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:58.360 to listen to what that person was saying and maybe 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.400 change my way or go to the where that person 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.200 is thinking. And then it's the only way you can 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:10.240 do big things. But today people aren't doing that. They're 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.240 just going in their own lanes and staying with the 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.280 similar people. We got to change that. 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.000 I agree. What do you think the difference is? 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.560 What's the differ between Time Out Against Hate and your 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.319 nonprofit to Foundation to Combat Anti Semitism? 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:30.120 Well, you know, I started this Foundation of Combat Anti 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:35.080 Semitism back in twenty nineteen because I saw what was 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:41.400 going on in charlottevillein seventeen guys carrying signs saying Jews 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:46.320 or Blacks won't replace us. And then in nineteen the 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:49.960 Tree of Life in a synagogue. You know, you have 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.480 someone come and shoot and kill people. Think about going 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:58.080 to church. Church is a place where you have some 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:02.040 kind of spiritual connection. You don't feel safe in the 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:07.359 United States of America. So I saw signs in twenty 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:12.439 nineteen what was going on in Nazi Germany in the thirties, 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:17.920 and I don't want America to be what Germany was 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:21.920 in the forties. So I started this foundation because it 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:26.559 usually starts. The hate starts over the last hundred years. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:30.000 If you look at history with Jewish people, and then 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:35.720 it goes to every group, black, gay, Hispanic, Asian, you 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:39.680 name it. And look, this country was great to me. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:45.719 We you know, we've had a lot of improprieties. Think 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:51.679 the way people of color have been treated, it's crazy, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:57.800 the whole concept of slavery. I mean, in the modern world, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:02.120 I can't believe that people that, and so we have 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.560 to make it right and build bridges. And those of 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:09.120 us that are privileged to be able to do things 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:11.920 and pay our bills, we got to find ways to 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:16.640 build bridges and bring people together. And this country, with 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.720 all its faults, is still the greatest country in the world. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:25.160 Think about it. We elected a man of color as president. 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:30.160 There's no other Western country that's done that. So with 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.360 all our faults, and we still got to correct a 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:38.280 lot of things. And I think the most injustices have 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.640 been done to people of color. You know you mentioned Meek. 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.720 Can I just say this because of course, yeah. I 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:50.000 mean I had developed no one believes Meek and I 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:55.520 are really friends, and I had developed a relationship with 0:12:55.679 --> 0:13:02.160 him through a mutual friend, Michael Rubin, And he started 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.679 calling me and asking me questions about how he could 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.120 grow and prosper. And then he got thrown in jail 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:13.920 for doing a wheelie invited me to visit in jail. 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:17.640 Now I'd never been to a jail, and going and 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:22.079 visiting him in jail changed my life. I couldn't believe 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:27.840 in the United States of America, we would take a guy. Look, 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:32.479 he could be out earning millions of dollars, hiring employees, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:38.040 paying people's salaries that could help their family, paying taxes, 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:43.559 paying taxes, and our system, you know, because of bigotry, 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.400 is putting a guy in jail. It was great, and 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.600 when I met him, it really changed my life. He 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.200 was nice, and he told me they fixed up the 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:56.760 jail when they painted it. They knew I was coming, 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:03.360 which is crazy to me, and he was nice. I said, 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.760 how come you don't have an edge? I'd be ticked, 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:13.720 you know exactly. He said, I expected it. And then 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.079 you know, I got into it my with my buddy 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.120 and I came out by the way and I spoke 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.920 to the media after listen. He got out of jail 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.040 two three days later, and he told me I made 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:29.720 a difference, not and it just told me how screwed 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:33.000 up our system was. And we got to change this 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:39.640 whole bail and situation. And because of that, a few 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.400 of us got together, you know, Michael and jay Z 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:46.720 and Meek and myself when we started this reform alliance 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.840 to try we we we have to correct that system. 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.680 It's a great injustice in America. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:54.680 I agree. 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.320 I want to go back to something you said, because 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.280 you have donated money to Democratic politicians. You donated the 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.920 money to President Obama's campaign out of all the NFL owners, 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:06.000 But you talked about what happened in Charlottesville. You're also 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.520 good friends with Donald Trump, and in twenty seventeen you 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.440 said Trump would be great for the economy. So how 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.680 do you feel about him in twenty twenty four because 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:16.040 he's fueled a lot of the dangerous things that have 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:17.040 happened that you're talking about. 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:22.720 Yeah, well, let me just say I've been I'm a Democrat. 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:26.520 I've been. I was head of the Democratic City Committee 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:33.120 in Brookline and Newton, and I ran Teddy Kennedy's re 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:37.840 election campaign with a young man called Tommy O'Neill in 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:43.400 Boston who was Tip O'Neill's son. And I've always been democratic. 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:52.359 Donald Trump became a social friend in the early nineties 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.080 when I was going down to Florida, and then when 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:59.360 my wife a blessed him. Memory died thirteen years ago. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.200 He was one of four or five people who reached 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:07.200 out to me and was really really nice. I've not 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.640 The only donation I ever gave to him was he 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.440 called me when he got elected and I made a 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.400 strong donation to his inauguration. I couldn't believe it. It was 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:23.560 like having someone who's a drunk fraternity brother become president. 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:31.720 I mean, I couldn't believe, you know, he was you know, 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.600 and yeah, I think he did things. I mean, I'll 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:39.800 say this, but since I was very upset what happened 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.480 January sixth, Uh. 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.040 Pardon, I think he led an insurrection in his country. 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.960 And I haven't talked to him since then. Did you 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:50.880 reach out to him after that? 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:52.960 I was going to ask, did you reach out to 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.760 him after that to have a conversation, because if you're upset. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:59.880 No, I was really upset because, just like what's going 0:16:59.880 --> 0:17:03.280 on with our campaign to stop eight, there are things 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:07.880 going on in the country. Look, I can pay my bills. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:12.040 God's been good, except for losing my first wife. I'm 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:15.239 one of the luckiest guys walking the planet. Wow. So 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.159 I want to build bridges, bring people together, you know, 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:26.359 and haven't owning the Patriots, As you know, I worked 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.520 very hard to get it. There's a book called the dynasty. 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:34.040 That explains the whole story. But the biggest thing that 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.840 came to me because I used to sit in the 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:42.080 stands and dream about own it what I do. And 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:48.360 you know nine to eleven happened. Four months later we 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:52.439 win the Super Bowl a team called the Patriots in 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:57.480 America wearing red, white and blue uniforms. 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:59.920 My dad thought that was a conspiracy back then because 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.480 Cowboys fans and so we alway say the Cowboys as 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:04.840 an America's team. And I remember when he y'all won 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:06.640 a Super Bowl and he was like, this is a conspiracy. 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.280 Nine to eleven just happened? Did the NFL rig this 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:10.240 for the Patriots to win? 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:16.760 Well? I understand dad saying that because Cowboy fans are 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:22.240 very loyal, but we're red, white and blue. Our name 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:26.240 was the Patriots. Boston is a city of six hundred 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:31.040 thousand people. What happened twenty four hours later, one of 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.440 the coldest days, I think it was February third or fourth, 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:38.440 A million and a half people came to the streets 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:44.680 of Boston. Gay people, black people, Asians, whites, everyone came 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:48.960 to celebrate the team. And it just showed me the 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:53.639 power of sport. In a way. It's why, you know, 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:58.919 with this campaign to stop all hate our foundation, we 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.680 worked hard as a first time in over one hundred years, 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:07.879 all the sports leagues unity, and that's what we need. 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:13.800 Brothers and sisters. I mean, we're all. We didn't have 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:17.639 any choice how we're born, what religion we're born, what 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:22.199 skin color, how our eyes are shaped, what we look like. 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:28.080 But you know, we got a chance. You know, hopefully 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:33.359 you're born with good characteristics where you can function and 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:38.520 not have certain proclivities that keep you from doing things. 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:41.520 So I just my life is about bill and bridges, 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:46.639 given everyone a chance. It's good business for us to 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.800 have everyone who's born in this world to live their dreams. 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.000 I got to ask a question. You said you're a Democrat. 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:56.080 Most people would assume that you would be a Republican 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:59.720 because of the tax breaks and the money and that 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.760 and all that other stuff. So what made you say 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:03.760 I want to be a Democrat? 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:07.720 What made you for the people? No, I was That's 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:11.000 how I got elected. When I was in my twenties. 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:14.439 There's a very liberal community and they older people and 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.959 they were fighting and they picked me because I just 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:22.240 I want to build bridges and I thought, I'm a 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.160 little disturbed with the Democratic Party today. 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:25.840 Wow. 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:31.960 Well, I think there's a group of progressives who have 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:36.720 come in that are not building bridges and listening, and 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:41.280 they're preaching hate just the same way they never used 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:45.040 to be in extreme like that, the way it's done 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:53.840 on the right. And you know, I think, you know 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:58.600 we need anyway. Once you can pay your bills, you 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.600 got to work to try to If you have your 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:05.360 health and pay your bills, God's been good. You got 0:21:05.400 --> 0:21:11.120 to then work to make the surrounding things around you good. 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:15.320 You know. I love the way one hundred years ago 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:19.639 the black and Jewish Jewish people their skin is in black, 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:25.800 but after you know, the discrimination to the Jewish community 0:21:26.920 --> 0:21:30.000 has been the same to black except for that. We 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.639 don't I don't know what it's like to walk in 0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:36.720 a room and have people look at you like that, 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:40.360 Like people might not know when I walk into a room. 0:21:40.640 --> 0:21:44.240 But I stay true to what my values and what 0:21:44.400 --> 0:21:48.200 I've been and you know, try to be a good human. 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:55.240 The Vice president campaign, I haven't I've I haven't supported 0:21:56.160 --> 0:22:02.160 any political person since I've started this Blue Square because 0:22:02.320 --> 0:22:06.200 I don't want to be political. I want what's best 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:12.560 for the country. And actually, I'm really worried. Part of 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:18.080 the reason we started this campaign and itn't inaugurated today 0:22:19.119 --> 0:22:21.360 with these ads that are going to run. There's an 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:24.560 ad that's gonna run on the game tonight. We just 0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:31.280 did a big interview with NBC that aired and CNBC 0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:35.720 and this is my second stop on a one of 0:22:35.720 --> 0:22:40.040 the biggest days, and it comes out of respect to 0:22:40.160 --> 0:22:44.399 you all and your audience and the message we're trying 0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:45.200 to get out there. 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:50.200 Well, if you're against bigotry and you're against hate, why 0:22:50.280 --> 0:22:53.280 would you choose not to be involved in the election 0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:58.159 in this year like Trump have an opportunity to be 0:22:58.160 --> 0:22:59.280 back in the White House. You said you didn't like 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.480 what he did on January six, let an insurrection in 0:23:01.560 --> 0:23:03.360 this country, So why wouldn't you want to be involved? 0:23:03.960 --> 0:23:09.919 Because when I started this foundation, as soon as you 0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:19.199 take a political position or stay, you alienate I. I 0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:27.040 don't I don't have the answer. You know, I've met 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:33.920 with the Vice President's husband, He's come and visited our 0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:37.840 I hope one day you you all come and see 0:23:37.880 --> 0:23:41.480 our command center where we have a wall tied to 0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:46.240 three hundred million websites all over the world and we're 0:23:47.040 --> 0:23:51.760 watching trends and hate and we're trying to monitor it. 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:58.280 And you know, we've worked with Doug M. Hoff on thistly. 0:23:58.920 --> 0:24:03.280 White House is app to him as leading in this effort. 0:24:03.400 --> 0:24:10.240 But once we take a side politically, then we alienate people. 0:24:10.600 --> 0:24:13.879 And I don't want to. I want everyone what we're 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:18.359 preaching in our foundation. And you look, we're able to 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:23.480 get the seven sports leagues and NASCAR, which is mid 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:28.119 America and a different I don't know how many NASCAR 0:24:29.960 --> 0:24:35.480 fans are listening to your show, but we were able 0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:40.600 to bring them all together and they're all together preaching 0:24:40.640 --> 0:24:45.640 against hate and trying to keep civility, instill the greatest 0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:50.440 with all our faults in this country, we're the greatest 0:24:50.480 --> 0:24:54.480 country for opportunity. Look look what you folks are doing 0:24:54.480 --> 0:24:57.000 with this show, but we got to work at it. 0:24:57.160 --> 0:24:59.399 Is my last political question, So why tell people you're 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:01.760 a Democrat? And I was shocking you said that because 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:03.400 of the fact you're an owner of detention. 0:25:03.480 --> 0:25:03.760 That's OK. 0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:06.840 You can go back and look when I was twenty 0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:11.440 eight years old, I was elected chair that I'm probably 0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:17.120 an independent. Now, well, I have not what I don't want. 0:25:17.200 --> 0:25:20.400 I used to think I would run for political office. 0:25:21.040 --> 0:25:26.400 I had the privilege of being elected present my class, 0:25:26.520 --> 0:25:29.639 senior class high school and then in college, and I 0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:33.520 love doing that. But then the more I got out 0:25:33.640 --> 0:25:38.600 and trying to support my family, I saw that politics 0:25:39.000 --> 0:25:43.600 there was too much phoniness and just it wasn't something 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:47.000 I wanted to vote my time to. So I decided 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:51.600 I could have a bigger impact doing philanthropy. Once I 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:58.080 started making a few dollars and trying to be showing 0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:02.960 initiative as a businessman, doing my philanthropic things and trying 0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:08.200 to be creative, It's like getting exposure to me. I'd 0:26:08.280 --> 0:26:10.800 never been to a jail, I told you, and I 0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:17.280 saw the craziness, and that got us to start together 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:21.119 with the partners the Reform Alliance, that we should get 0:26:21.160 --> 0:26:26.680 a million people, you know, change their situation to give 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:30.680 them a chance to get out in society. But we're 0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:35.080 doing that in other areas. And once you get political, 0:26:35.920 --> 0:26:40.960 you alienate people. And I'm sorry now I wanted to know. 0:26:41.040 --> 0:26:43.080 So by you saying you're not getting involved in an election, 0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:46.639 that doesn't are you going to vote though? Absolutely okay, 0:26:46.680 --> 0:26:49.200 but you just don't want to come out and see 0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:49.879 who you're voting for. 0:26:50.240 --> 0:26:54.840 Well, yeah, because when you do that. Let me just 0:26:54.920 --> 0:27:01.120 say this, people from both sides, both parties, right at 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:05.120