WEBVTT - We Will Not Go Back

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, Recording from the Home Bunker. Folks, y'all,

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<v Speaker 1>it is a brand new day out here in these

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<v Speaker 1>political streets, and I, for one, could not be happier.

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<v Speaker 1>I will say that the mustard seed of hope that

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<v Speaker 1>I carry around in my pocket may have doubled. It

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<v Speaker 1>may have doubled, It may not just be one and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe two right now because I am seeing the energy

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<v Speaker 1>that has been missing from the Biden campaign. I am

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<v Speaker 1>seeing the energy that we have been desperately needed to

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<v Speaker 1>get people engaged in this existential election. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you all know that I was a supporter of Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden not stepping aside because of the deep fear that

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<v Speaker 1>I had that Democrats were going to do what it

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<v Speaker 1>is that they've always been good at, which is eating

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<v Speaker 1>their own and turning what should have been an easy

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<v Speaker 1>move into something that devolved into chaos. But Lord Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>am I fucking happy that as of the time of

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<v Speaker 1>this recording, countless countless Democrats institutions, you know, organizations, have

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<v Speaker 1>come out following Joe Biden's full throated endorsement of Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris to back her. It is extraordinary. First of all,

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of money that is said to have been raised,

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<v Speaker 1>according to Act Blue that I think maybe in triple

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<v Speaker 1>figures in terms of the millions of grassroots donations that

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<v Speaker 1>poured in following the announcement that there were forty four

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<v Speaker 1>thousand black women that gathered on a Zoom call. The

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<v Speaker 1>Zoom call was so big that the organizer, Joe Taika

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<v Speaker 1>Edie of Win with Black Women, had to get on

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<v Speaker 1>the phone with the president of Zoom and say we

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<v Speaker 1>need more capacity and in that time raised a million

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<v Speaker 1>and a half dollars and other commitments. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>forces folks are coming together, and folks are gathering, and

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like we can once ag again set our

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<v Speaker 1>sights on what seems so distant before, which is actually

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<v Speaker 1>fucking winning. I also want to say that we cannot

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<v Speaker 1>understate the courage, the patriotism that it took Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether or not he was pushed. I didn't like the

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<v Speaker 1>airing of dirty laundry and the things that were being

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<v Speaker 1>said about him in public. I don't think that he

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<v Speaker 1>deserved it. However, the fact is that Joe Biden did

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<v Speaker 1>what Donald Trump would never ever ever do, which has

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<v Speaker 1>put his country above his ego and his belief that

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<v Speaker 1>only he alone could get the job done. In beating

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump. The best thing that Joe Biden did, I believe,

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<v Speaker 1>for his legacy was to step aside and say she

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<v Speaker 1>got next. And you know, I will tell you I

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<v Speaker 1>will recall this memory to you all because it came

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<v Speaker 1>back to me when the announcement came out on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>That on Sunday, I did MSNBC for a hot minute,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, giving my take on the announcement and where

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<v Speaker 1>things stood. And I realized that five years prior, when

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<v Speaker 1>then candidate Kamala Harris announced her bid for the presidency,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the set of MSNBC, and the sense

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<v Speaker 1>of pride and excitement that I had in that moment

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<v Speaker 1>was overwhelming. Right because I grew up reading about the

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<v Speaker 1>great Shirley you know who's campaign in the seventies set

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<v Speaker 1>the stage for that moment that another black woman, so

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<v Speaker 1>many decades later would come out and say I can

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<v Speaker 1>do this job. And so to think right now, and

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<v Speaker 1>I may get a little bit choked up to think

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<v Speaker 1>right now that in three and a half months we

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<v Speaker 1>have the opportunity to have not only our first woman president,

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<v Speaker 1>but our first Black woman, our first Asian woman president

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<v Speaker 1>is extraordinary. I mean to think, friends, like, let's just

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<v Speaker 1>dream for a moment, write something that I have not

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<v Speaker 1>been able to do because I've been riddled with so

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<v Speaker 1>many nightmares, so many sleepless nights, as I know that

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<v Speaker 1>so many of you have. But let's just dream for

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<v Speaker 1>a moment what the poetic justice would look and feel

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<v Speaker 1>like that white supremacy, fascism, patriarchy would be beat back

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<v Speaker 1>and down by a black woman, and the wave of

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<v Speaker 1>support for democracy and for her that would usher us

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<v Speaker 1>over the finish line, that we could beat that motherfucker

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<v Speaker 1>down for once and for all, right, because one would

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<v Speaker 1>have to understand that this is Donald Trump, not white supremacy.

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<v Speaker 1>As I said back in twenty sixteen, this is Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's last stand. Because understand that if Donald Trump were

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<v Speaker 1>to become President of the United States again, that if

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<v Speaker 1>he would ever leave office, which I don't believe that

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<v Speaker 1>he fucking would, he would be older than Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>is now. So we know for certain that if we

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<v Speaker 1>gather and organize with the vigor and the persistence and

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<v Speaker 1>the commitment to resist their bloodthirst for authoritarianism. If we

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<v Speaker 1>are able to do that, we never have to hear

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<v Speaker 1>the name Donald J. Trump again as it is associated

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<v Speaker 1>with running for president, because that motherfucker will be too

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<v Speaker 1>fucking old. And we already know that he is showing

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<v Speaker 1>the signs that people felt so necessary to put into

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<v Speaker 1>the spotlight for Joe Biden, but seemingly ignore Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>falling asleep at his own convention, Donald Trump falling asleep

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<v Speaker 1>at his own court hearings, right, Donald Trump messing up

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<v Speaker 1>names and stuttering and not walking as great as he

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<v Speaker 1>used to. That we ignore all of those things as

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<v Speaker 1>it pertains to him, but we also know, good goddamn well,

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<v Speaker 1>then in a few more years, he's going to look

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<v Speaker 1>and sound his age. So if we are able to

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<v Speaker 1>knock down their messiah, right, the victory that we will

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<v Speaker 1>feel for having beat him twice and knowing that the

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<v Speaker 1>truth of the matter is that Project twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>as I've said so many times, is just going to

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<v Speaker 1>turn into Project twenty twenty eight. The billionaire backers of

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<v Speaker 1>this white supremacist patriarchal blueprint are not going to go away.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll just find new person but what I also know

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<v Speaker 1>to be true is that that person won't have the

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<v Speaker 1>same charisma or cult like captivating effect on the masses

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<v Speaker 1>in the way that Donald Trump has. And why do

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<v Speaker 1>I say that, because not one of the people that

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<v Speaker 1>ran against him this time around even came fucking close.

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<v Speaker 1>So it is much more likely that you will find

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<v Speaker 1>that whoever comes in his steed will embody the same values,

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<v Speaker 1>but they'll just switch up their tone, which may not

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<v Speaker 1>garner as much cult like fixation as Donald Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>been able to amass over the last eight years. So

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<v Speaker 1>what we have in front of us, friends right now

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<v Speaker 1>is a profound opportunity to do away with Donald J.

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<v Speaker 1>Fucking Trump, and let it be done by a black

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<v Speaker 1>woman that is going to prosecute the case against this man.

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<v Speaker 1>As Vice President Kamala Harris has put out, I've prosecuted

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<v Speaker 1>sex offenders, Donald Trump is one. I've prosecuted frauds and

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<v Speaker 1>fraudulent universities. Donald Trump ran one the people that she

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<v Speaker 1>spent as a DA and later as an Attorney general

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<v Speaker 1>fighting against Donald Trump embodies, So she ain't new to this.

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<v Speaker 1>She is true to this and.

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<v Speaker 2>The way that other district attorneys and ags led by

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<v Speaker 2>Tis James have said, Oh, we're rallying our support around her,

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<v Speaker 2>the way that black women across this country, the Aka's,

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<v Speaker 2>the divine nine of the country are going to rally

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<v Speaker 2>behind her.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, just think of this, folks, Kamala Harris as

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<v Speaker 1>a nominee inter sex with so many different communities women,

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<v Speaker 1>black people, Jamaicans, Caribbean folks, AAPI folks, write lawyers, HBCU graduates.

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<v Speaker 1>There are so many communities that see themselves in her

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<v Speaker 1>and in what it means right to be an American.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said this in the live that I did

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday and a follow up TikTok video that I did,

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<v Speaker 1>both of which have gone viral, which is that we

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<v Speaker 1>have seeded patriotism to these motherfuckers. We have ceded the

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<v Speaker 1>flag to them. And I said, they don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>it's like to bleed for this country because their ancestors

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<v Speaker 1>bled others for this country. They don't know what it

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<v Speaker 1>means to fight and to persist when discriminatory policies are

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<v Speaker 1>put in your way like boulders, year after year, generation

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<v Speaker 1>after generation. We do. They want this country to go

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<v Speaker 1>back to the nineteenth century where only white cis hetero

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<v Speaker 1>property owning men had voice and power in this democracy.

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<v Speaker 1>Vice President Harris, her candidacy right now is a commitment

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<v Speaker 1>to the fact that we will not go back because

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<v Speaker 1>she is representative of the future of what this country

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<v Speaker 1>is going to look like. You see, we have been

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<v Speaker 1>talking about for so long that the demographics of this

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<v Speaker 1>country are shifting that by the time that we get

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<v Speaker 1>to and probably sooner than twenty fifty, the majority of

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<v Speaker 1>this country will be people of color, will be people

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<v Speaker 1>that look like Vice President Kamala Harris. It is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things that has spurred the resurgence of white supremacy.

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<v Speaker 1>And these folks talking about they will not replace us,

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<v Speaker 1>and these folks talking about tainting the blood of this

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<v Speaker 1>nation because they are trying to revitalize white supremacy in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that it was so prevalent in the nineteenth

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<v Speaker 1>and in the twentieth century. They're marching down streets in

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee and other places, trying to conjure fear but also

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<v Speaker 1>conjuring how they plan to govern through a place of weaponization,

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<v Speaker 1>fear mongering, and oppression. While the RNC circus wanted us

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<v Speaker 1>to believe that, oh, Donald Trump is just a doting

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<v Speaker 1>grandpa who loves to grab women by the pussy. So,

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<v Speaker 1>miss me with the bullshit, I don't care how many

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<v Speaker 1>fucking grandkids you wanted to tout up on that stage

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<v Speaker 1>to tell some fucking you know sob story of Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's some heartening. I just know him as grandpa, bitch.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know him at all. He don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>his own kids, right, like, miss me with it. But

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<v Speaker 1>folks are falling for it because it was compelling. But

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<v Speaker 1>now you really do have somebody who is high the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to articulate the truth of what we are seeing

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<v Speaker 1>and what we know. Donald Trump hates women, Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>hates people of color, Donald Trump hates black people. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump hates poor people. And if you're a billionaire, anyone

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<v Speaker 1>who isn't is poor. Donald Trump sat a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>gas and oil CEOs down at mar A Lago and said,

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<v Speaker 1>give me a billion dollars and I'll overturn whatever regulations

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden has put in place. It would be the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest grifting presidency that we've ever seen. Do me a favor, though,

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<v Speaker 1>on steroids. The American people know what to expect this

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<v Speaker 1>time around, but it will be worse because we've lived

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<v Speaker 1>through it. And so while they wanted to hide pieces

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<v Speaker 1>of their agenda because they know that it's not popular,

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<v Speaker 1>Vice President Kamala Harris has the ability to bring that

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<v Speaker 1>to the forefront. One of my favorite things that are

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<v Speaker 1>being circulated right now, and if you haven't seen it,

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<v Speaker 1>I've retweeted it recently, is Hillary Clinton just posted the

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<v Speaker 1>clip of then Senator Kamala Harris questioning Brett kavanag during

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<v Speaker 1>his Supreme Court confirmation hearings. You know, the one where

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<v Speaker 1>she basically made him freak out, cry and start screaming

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<v Speaker 1>when she asked a simple question to open up with

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<v Speaker 1>was do you know of any laws in this country

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<v Speaker 1>that dictate male reproduction that control men's bodies? And after stumbling,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what you mean. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>ask me a direct question, she go let me restate it,

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<v Speaker 1>because you clearly can't hear me questioning. Then let us

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<v Speaker 1>know exactly what we were dealing with, foreshadowing to what

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<v Speaker 1>we would lose. But a handful of years later, abortion access.

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<v Speaker 1>She knows men like Donald Trump, She's put them in jail.

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<v Speaker 1>And my hope is that she and the surrogates of

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic Party now rally around her, build a fortress

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<v Speaker 1>around her, because we know the misogyn noir that is

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<v Speaker 1>headed her way is going to be like a tsunami

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<v Speaker 1>of vitriol. But they're ready because I've said this before.

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<v Speaker 1>I said it on my other podcast, The New Abnormal.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, the thing about folks lamenting about what's coming

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<v Speaker 1>is that black women are always prepared. Every time we

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<v Speaker 1>leave our house, there is a layer of armor that

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<v Speaker 1>is put on because of the mass aggressions than the

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<v Speaker 1>microaggressions that we receive on a daily basis, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>on social media, in the workplace, from television, et cetera,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. It comes at us from all angles. We

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<v Speaker 1>are not new to this and what America thinks about

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<v Speaker 1>Black women. But I'll tell you what, don't ever fucking

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<v Speaker 1>bet against us, because we don't lose, particularly when we

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<v Speaker 1>organize and link arms like we are known to do,

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<v Speaker 1>and like what was done within hours of that announcement.

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<v Speaker 1>Three and a half months, folks is going to feel

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<v Speaker 1>probably like three and a half centuries, we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to go through it. So I urge all of us

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<v Speaker 1>to take the hopefulness, the strength that we are gaining,

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<v Speaker 1>regaining in this moment. Plant it, water it, grow it,

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<v Speaker 1>because we are going to need it. Every single fucking

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<v Speaker 1>one of us has a stake in this election. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to act like we do. We need to donate.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have the ability to donate, if you have

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<v Speaker 1>the time to volunteer, volunteer. It's time to knock on doors.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to make phone calls. It's time to text,

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<v Speaker 1>it's time to donate, it's time to organize voter registrations.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to hold right. If you are a white

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<v Speaker 1>woman and you are listening to this right now, I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to be gathering, doing salons at your homes,

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<v Speaker 1>hosting events right. I want white women to put in

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<v Speaker 1>the fucking work that they did not put in in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixteen and twenty twenty. More white women voted for

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump in twenty twenty than they did in twenty sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>So I need those right that are listening to me

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<v Speaker 1>now to do the work and it it doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>just donating. And I want to pull up someone who

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<v Speaker 1>I respect so much, who is Shannon Watts. And Shannon

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<v Speaker 1>is the founder of Mom's Demand and the co founder

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<v Speaker 1>of every Town, and she has been on this show before.

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<v Speaker 1>I've interviewed her a couple of times, and she said this.

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<v Speaker 1>Following the announcement of VP Harris as the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the ticket, she tweeted this, fellow white women, I've spent

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<v Speaker 1>the last decade organizing you, and I know firsthand the

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<v Speaker 1>impact you can have when you use your economic and

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<v Speaker 1>political power for good. This must be the election when

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<v Speaker 1>a majority of us help elect the first woman, a

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<v Speaker 1>black woman president. That means, as Brittany Pacnett Cunningham, another

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<v Speaker 1>guest of this show, has said, your whiteness will not

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<v Speaker 1>sit you from what the patriarchy has in store for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Electing the vice president will help save you and heal

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<v Speaker 1>the nation. Since the nineteen fifties, a majority of white

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<v Speaker 1>women have voted for the GOP candidate in all but

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<v Speaker 1>two presidential elections. It's not enough to be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the forty seven percent of white women who vote

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<v Speaker 1>for VP Harris. You play a key role in persuading

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<v Speaker 1>the other fifty three percent. And she goes on. She

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<v Speaker 1>goes on to tell folks that like you need to

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<v Speaker 1>do the work right. She said, it's not enough to

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<v Speaker 1>just send a donation, host a fundraiser. It's not enough

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<v Speaker 1>to just vote. Join door knocking and phone banking events

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<v Speaker 1>every week. It's not enough to support the VP. Silently

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<v Speaker 1>push back on every person who tells you a black

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<v Speaker 1>woman can't get elected. Have the conversations. You are the

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<v Speaker 1>best messenger to convince other white women who to vote

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<v Speaker 1>for and n why your relationships with your white family

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<v Speaker 1>members and friends are fertile ground for transformation and conversion.

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<v Speaker 1>Start persuading, use your privilege for good. Tap into the

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<v Speaker 1>resources you can access and unleash to help the VP.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you get a rally permit? Can you rent a venue?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you become an influencer online or in your community?

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<v Speaker 1>Think about all the ways you can use your access

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<v Speaker 1>to help elect the VP. Be in it for the

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<v Speaker 1>long haul. That that is what allyship looks like. That

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<v Speaker 1>is what commitment to justice looks like. She gave concrete

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<v Speaker 1>ways for white women to do the work that black

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<v Speaker 1>women always do. And so if you are listening to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I beg you to listen to Shannon Watts. Figure out

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<v Speaker 1>what you can do, organize, do it every week. We

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<v Speaker 1>got three and a half months, and for the first

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<v Speaker 1>time in a long time, my dear friends, I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that We have a fighting fucking chance if we all

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<v Speaker 1>get to work. That is it for me today. Dear

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<v Speaker 1>friends on wok af As always, power to the people

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

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<v Speaker 1>woke as fuck.