1 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to woke a f with me Danielle Moody. A 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: few months ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, and you can 4 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: still hear that entire conversation over at patreon dot com 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: slash woke af. But this week I had the opportunity 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: to speak with the winner of the Democratic primary for 7 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He recently met with 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: President Biden to discuss the statistical rising gun violence in 9 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: America's cities. I asked him about that meeting, as well 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: as how he plans to tackle criminal justice in New 11 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: York City, which saw historic protests against police violence and 12 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: misconduct last summer. The answers he gave were insightful as 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: to how an Eric Adams administration will work in New 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: York City and what urban mayors across the country are 15 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: seeing as the big political issues of this moment, Folks. 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm very excited to welcome to wok a affadaily for 17 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: the very first time newly mented Democratic nominee for New 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: York City Mayor, Eric Adams, who is here to talk 19 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: to us today about President Biden's American Rescue plan. Can 20 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: you talk to us about this multibillion dollar plan to 21 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: kind of defeat what the President is calling an urgent 22 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: crisis with regard to gun violence, the upticking gun violence 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: across the country. I thank you for that, And you know, 24 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: the main fact of the President's acknowledgement of this crisis 25 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,639 Speaker 1: means so much. I spent my entire life after being 26 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: arrested and beat by police officers. And during that same year, 27 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: boy I lost a good friend of mine during the 28 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: crack explores he was shot and killed. And about my 29 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: years are going in the police department. We fought for 30 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: justice and safety, and president after president we ignored of 31 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: what was happening in the inner city of New York 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: and really the inner cities across America, and you see 33 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: the uptaking violence. And today we're sitting down with the 34 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: President and speaking with law enforcement experts, a small group, 35 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: particularly those of us of color, who understand what we 36 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: need to be doing, holistically, not heavy handed policing. How 37 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: do we holistically stop eating the gun crisis and the 38 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: crime crisis, but also deal with the immediate crisis that's 39 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: in front of us. Are you concerned? You know, we 40 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: have a kind of a major Supreme Court case right 41 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: that is going to be coming down that can authorize 42 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: the use of guns kind of negate New York's gun 43 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: laws in the same way that we saw happening in California. 44 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: And as a potential incoming mayor for New York, what 45 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: are you thinking about the ways in which the Supreme 46 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: Court can negate our ability to keep the city safe. 47 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: I am very concerned about that. And if you know, 48 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: New York State is a larger part of that area. 49 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: We're in New York City. It's a smaller part of 50 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: New York State. It's a large city. But at the 51 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: same time, outside the city area, you have some lacks 52 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: gun rules where you can purchase assault rifles and other 53 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: rifles and even carry. But in New York City we 54 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: have some of the strictest gun rules in the entire country. 55 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: It's very difficult to get a carry from it. It's 56 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: very difficult to get a gun license. And so when 57 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: you lack these rules, you're really jeopardizing the safety of 58 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: New Yorkers. And many of these locales like Chicago, Detroit 59 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: and others, we don't produce these guns. They're finding their 60 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: way from the southern part of the country, and they're 61 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: coming to our streets and they're taking the lives of 62 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: innocent people. And so I think the Supreme Court must 63 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: make the right decision and allow us to really handle 64 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: who can actually obtain a gun. What do you say 65 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: to folks, and I will say myself included, who say 66 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: that adding more police to a beat, to particular neighborhoods 67 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: that are seeing an influxing crime is not the best 68 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: use of our resources, that we should be instead reallocating 69 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: those funds to prevention methods, to economic development, to mental 70 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: health crisis intervention. What do you say to those folks 71 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: that are concerned that this American rescue plan is justin 72 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: more incentive to have more cops in a time when 73 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: we're seeing an escalation in police brutality. As I say, 74 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: I'm not too quiet, I wrote the song. I agree, 75 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: we don't have to keep our community safe with visible 76 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: police presidents. But while we get there, we must stabilize 77 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: this increase in violence. And while we get there, we 78 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: must look at those real programs like Crisis Management Team 79 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: that I sponsor is support. We must look at how 80 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: do we move away from eating crime? Some too simple 81 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: or simple like dyslexia screening in every school. Thirty percent 82 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: of the prisoners, apporting to one report, our dyslex it 83 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: In New York City, fifty five percent of our prisoners 84 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: have learning disability, forty eight percent have mental health issues. 85 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: And so if we become more proactive instead of reactive 86 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: and feeding the crime, we can turn it around. But 87 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: now as we move to the place of beating the crime, 88 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: I must tell that grandmother that is afraid to allow 89 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: her child to go out. I must put the right 90 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: type of police ten in place, that's not abusive, that's 91 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: not heavy handed, that is going to come from a 92 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: community oriented concept, such as allowing the local residents, leaders, 93 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: youth groups to pick their priest in commanders so their 94 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: in alignment with what the community wants. So I agree 95 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: we should move to the day that we can decrease 96 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: the number of personnel, but we have to do it 97 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: in a smart way, because public safety is not something 98 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: that we can just drastically change without issuing the safety 99 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: of everyday people in the communities that we are protecting. 100 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: What do you think is driving this increase, not just 101 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: in New York City but across the country. Is it 102 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: the pandemic is it the loss of jobs? What do 103 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: you think is driving this increase in gun violence and 104 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 1: in violence in general. I believe it's a combination of things. 105 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: Of course, the pandemic had a major impact on employment. 106 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: I believe there's a lot of anger and a lot 107 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: of feelings of being denied access to resources in our community. 108 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: I believe that we're seeing the coming of age of 109 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: a large number of people who they were failed by 110 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: our educational system. I say this over and over. Gain 111 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: If you don't educate, you're going to incross the ring. 112 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: I guarantee you if you do an analysis of the 113 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: gang members that are driving a lot of i'm in 114 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: our city, you'll find many of them a gym, learning 115 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: mental health issues, flexis and other things. And so our 116 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: efficis has in our country. Always talk about Archbishop Desimon 117 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: to to quote, we spend a lifetime pulling people out 118 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: of the river. No one goes upstream and prevent them 119 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: from falling in in the first place. We have a 120 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: downstream mindset in our country and in New York City, 121 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: where we just way downstream and pull people out. Those 122 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: young people who age out of course to care look 123 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: at their numbers they participate in criminal behavior because they 124 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: didn't have to wrap around services and support. We have 125 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: to go upstream as a country. And the reason we 126 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: have been reluctant to do so, sister, because the people 127 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: downstream that are pulling out a blackground. I know what 128 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: it's like to live that life, and it's time for 129 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: our leaders to be individuals lived a life that people 130 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: are living. Now we can turn around crime and also 131 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: turning around lives of people every day, and I'm going 132 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: to make sure we do that. Can you tell us 133 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: suggests to you with a few minutes that we have 134 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: left some of the highlights in the American rescue plan 135 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: that President Biden has rolled out and will be rolling out. Yes, 136 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: I think some very significant parts wrap around services, some 137 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: of youth employment. I would expand even further and talk 138 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: about full internship all year round. Exposure is important looking 139 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: at the crisis management models and those anti violence teams 140 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: and groups on the ground, identifying hotspots or we know 141 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: violence actually takes place, information sharing between atf our federal, 142 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: state and city agencies. It is about moving this conversation 143 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: into a holistic approach and treating violence, particularly gun violence, 144 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: as a public health emergency. So we can allocate the 145 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: resources to be both prevented and how do we deal 146 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: with the immediate crisis that we are facing. And I 147 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: think the plan is doing so. I take my hat 148 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: off to the President, as I stated, I have not 149 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: heard another president that has probably identified what is happening. 150 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: So so we can't have a hundred shootings in Chicago 151 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: over the book of July weekend. We can't see this 152 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: uptake in New York City. We can't see what's happened 153 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Our babies are being traumatized, and no other 154 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: president stepped up and stated this is unacceptable in America. 155 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: This president is doing so, and I'm going to partner 156 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: with him and my local community groups to say that 157 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: we can bring the level of justice the safety that 158 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: we deserve. If you beat your Republican candidate, the Republican 159 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: candidate and become New York City's only second black mayor, 160 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: which is remarkable in and of itself and also depressing, 161 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: What are the first things that you will be tackling 162 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: on your desk day one? We have to deal with 163 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: the violence. We just lost a thirteen year old point 164 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: that was assassinated in Bronx, shot in broad daylight, weld Tenure, 165 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: Justin and Rock the way. We're going to deal with 166 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 1: the violence with game members for the last two and 167 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: a half years, talking with those leaders behind closed doors 168 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: and talking about the violence that they have experience, and 169 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: we're going to deal with the violence. The prerequisite to 170 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: prosperity is public safety and justice. But we're not safe, 171 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: we're not going to be able to do anything. And 172 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: then we're going to dig into our educational systems. As 173 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: I stated, if we don't educate ruling costs of rate, 174 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: we're going to allocate the funding for our of course 175 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: to care children so they can get those wrap around 176 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: services they deserve. And we're going to partner in those 177 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: first one hundred days with my crisis management team man 178 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: up atf SOS. They're on the ground, but they don't 179 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: have to support that they deserve. And so we're going 180 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: to make the city a safe place so we can 181 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: start turning around this city and ending the indequalities with 182 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: everything from employment to giving people the mental health support 183 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: they need. So once we build the infrastructure, we can 184 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: building that infrastruction to show the entire country how cities 185 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: should be carrying out lifting up everyone in that city 186 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to joining in New York. Well, we'll 187 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: continue to watch your race and hope that you make 188 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: the time to join woke F again when you are 189 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: officially the newly minted mayor of New York City. Thank 190 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: you very much for having me take care. That was 191 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: my brief but enlightening conversation with Eric Adams, the man 192 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: who will presumably be the next mayor of New York City, 193 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: only the second black mayor in the city's three hundred 194 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,719 Speaker 1: and fifty year history. Let me know what you thought 195 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: about our conversation by getting at me on social media 196 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 1: at D two cents d E two ce nts, and 197 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: you can keep up with all of my interviews throughout 198 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: the week by supporting me on Patreon at patreon dot 199 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: com slash WOKEF. This week, President Biden was in Philadelphia, 200 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: and in Philadelphia he gave a speech on voting rights 201 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 1: and voting suppression. Now here's the thing, Biden compared, you know, 202 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:09,199 Speaker 1: the war that Republicans have waged on our voting rights, 203 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: the war that they have waged on our democracy, akin 204 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: to Jim Crow, akin to the KKK, akin to all 205 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: of these things, and then in the same fucking breath 206 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: refers to these motherfuckers as his friends. I am just outdone, 207 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: folks with this performative politics at this grave stage in 208 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: our political system, in our culture right now, Republicans are 209 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: not your friends. They are not interested in collaboration, they 210 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: are not interested in coordination, they are not interested in 211 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: the fucking constitution at this point. So referring to them 212 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: as your friends, unless you are friends with members of 213 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: the KKK, the White Citizens Council, of the Boogoaloo Boys, 214 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, whatever range of fucking white supremacist groups, then 215 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what you're talking about. Also, you know, 216 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: I have to say this that one of the best 217 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: tweets that I have seen thus far was from Michael Harriet, 218 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: senior editor at The Route, and he said, this Biden's speech, Colin, 219 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: I've just been briefed on a new problem called voter suppression. 220 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: It sounds terrible. Democracy is threatened when we don't let 221 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: black people vote. As the most powerful man in America, 222 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: I say unequivocally, someone should really do something. Anyway, I'm out. 223 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:35,599 Speaker 1: That is basically what I feel about Biden's speech. A 224 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: speech is not going to get us where we need 225 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 1: to fucking be a speech, even if you're screaming it 226 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: into a microphone and you're getting raucous applause at all 227 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: the right applause lines are not going to change the 228 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: fucking filibuster rules. They're not going to change what it 229 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 1: is that Republicans are doing across the country. You appealing 230 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: to their morals when they have shown over and over 231 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: again that they have fucking none is not going to 232 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: help us. And so here's where we find ourselves, folks. 233 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: It's very fucking simple, right. The fact is that either 234 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: Democrats are going to get their shit together and they 235 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: are going to do everything that they can, much like 236 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: the good fucking Democrats did in Texas, where fifty of 237 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: them got on a fucking plane left Texas in the 238 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: midst of the special session so that they were not 239 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: forced to vote on a measure that they know that 240 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: Abbott is going to pass to strip people of their 241 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: voting rights. They got on a plane and they landed 242 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: in the nation's fucking capital. That is what I call action, right. 243 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: Governor Abbott in Texas is threatening to sue's threatening to 244 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: throw these people in jail, because that is how willing 245 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: he is to strip the people of Texas of their 246 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: ability to vote, that he is going to throw his 247 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: Democratic opponents in jail. What the fuck is this? Is 248 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: this Cuba? Is it Russia? Is it fucking North Korea? 249 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: Because it's sure as hell is not America. And the 250 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: sooner that people wake up to this fact and stop 251 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: referring to these fucking insurrectionist, anti democratic motherfuckers as their friends, 252 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: the sooner that we can actually get action right, that 253 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: we can get actionable. Because I am at the stage 254 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: and I have said this on so many woke Wednesdays 255 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: right until I am horse. The Joe Mansions and the 256 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: Kirsten Cinemas of the world should not be walking around 257 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: with dumb fucking grins on their faces thinking that they 258 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: are doing something, thinking that they are doubling down on 259 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: their legacy. They need to be stripped of whatever fucking 260 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: power that they have, and whatever voting needs to happen 261 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: needs to fucking happen now. If Democrats do nothing about 262 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: voting rights, America loses. That is it. We are done. 263 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: So Joe Biden can get up on the steps in 264 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: Philadelphia and talk about the founding of this country and 265 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: talk about its principles until he is blue in the 266 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: face because these people are in bed with the Russians, 267 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: they are in bed with the Trumps. They are in 268 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: bed with power and greed and will do anything in 269 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: order to hold onto that. They are showing us that 270 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: each and every fucking day. So why we are sitting 271 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: around and saying, gosh, oh golly, I wish that there 272 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: was something that we can do to preserve our democracy 273 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: instead of calling in whatever fucking legions of lawyers, you 274 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: need to to create a war room to figure out 275 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: what measures we need to take both in the legislator 276 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: and in the court system and order to come back 277 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: this war that the Republicans are waging. Then we are 278 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: wasting precious fucking time because midterms are coming, folks, Just 279 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: like in Game of Thrones when winter was coming, fucking 280 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: midterms are coming. Republicans know this, and they are hoping 281 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: to God that they have instilled enough voter suppression laws 282 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: so that they can win back the seat of power 283 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: and make sure that they obstruct until this administration is 284 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: done so that they can get back into what they 285 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: want to do, which is creating authoritarianism and fascism in America, 286 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: whether they do it with Trump or some other fucking puppet. 287 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: That is the plan. So Biden says in his speech. Well, 288 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to scare you. I don't 289 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: want to seem like I'm ringing in alarm. But if 290 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: you are not alarmed, then that is the problem. Well, 291 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: my whole thing is this, sir. You are the president 292 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: of the United States of America. You are the leader 293 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: of the quote unquote what is left of the free 294 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: fucking world. If you are not taking action other than 295 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: standing at a podium and yelling into a microphone, then 296 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: I don't know what the fuck you're doing. Because here's 297 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: a thing. I'm a fucking podcaster, right. All I can 298 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: do is yelling to a microphone and encourage people and 299 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: rile people up to get them actionable. You are the 300 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: goddamn president. There has to be something else that you 301 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: can do other than give a speech, right, other than 302 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: call a summit to the White House with people who 303 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: literally walk out on your front lawn and call you 304 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: a fucking liar and call you a traitor. But you're 305 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: welcoming them in, miss me with the bullshit. America, our democracy, 306 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: everything that we hold dear is hanging on by a thread. Right. 307 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: We still have a pandemic that is raging. As doctor 308 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan Metzel told us, we are probably at the beginning 309 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 1: of the fourth wave. And regardless of how well quote 310 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: unquote blue states have done with their vaccination rollouts, we 311 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: do not exist in a bubble. That is the great 312 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: lesson from twenty twenty. So what the fuck is happening 313 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: in the South will indeed get to blue states around 314 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: the country. So, folks, if you have friends and family 315 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: and colleagues that have not yet been vaccinated, ask them 316 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: if they're ready to die. Ask them if they're good 317 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: with how their life is at this moment, because the 318 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: end will be near. The delta variant is more deadly, 319 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: easily contracted than the original form. We have oceans and 320 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: forests that are on fire as well as our democracy, 321 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: And I am just confused right now with how Democrats 322 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: are doing nothing about anything of consequence. Nothing is happening. 323 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: Where the fuck is the infrastructure bill? Where the fuck 324 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: is a climate change bill? Where the fuck is the 325 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: John Lewis Voting Rights Act? Where are the federal judges 326 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: that you need to be stacking the courts with? What 327 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: the fuck have you been doing for the last seven months? Look, 328 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: I am very happy with the way that the Biden 329 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: Harris administration has rolled out our vaccination plan. I am 330 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: thrilled about that. But I am thrilled about the fact 331 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: that many Americans received a fourteen hundred dollar check. I 332 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: am happy about the fact that those people with children 333 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: are receiving child tax credit, right, I am happy about that. 334 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: But the rest of the world. The country is on fire, 335 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 1: literally and figuratively, and if we do nothing with regard 336 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: to voting rights, we are fucked. I for one know, 337 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: and this is what I will be working on next week. 338 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: My passport expires in the fall. I suggest that everyone 339 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: check their passport dates and make sure that their papers 340 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: and everything are up to date, because Lord only knows 341 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: what we are headed into. But I can tell you 342 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: it ain't fucking good. It really is not. And I 343 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: don't care how comforting Joe Biden is. Right now, I 344 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: do not need a comforter in chief. I need a warrior. 345 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: I need a commander in chief. I need somebody that 346 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: is going to go to the fucking mats. I need 347 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: somebody that is going to go bloody, that is going 348 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: to come back with fucking teeth and hair and blood. 349 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: That's what the fuck we need right now? So until 350 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: Democrats get that through their thick skulls, we are at risk. 351 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: And Republicans know it. That's why they are pulling this shit, 352 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: because they know that they are dealing with a bunch 353 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: of spineless, fucking jellyfish. And you know what, I don't 354 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: even know why I use that comparison, because when you 355 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: get too close to a jellyfish, those motherfuckers sting you. 356 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: What did Democrats do? They welcome you to a fucking 357 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: beer summit. I'm over them and I am over this. 358 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: Wake the fuck up. Start calling your members, Start calling 359 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: your senators, Start calling those that aren't your senators. Call Mansion, 360 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: call Cinema, tell them that they need to take action. 361 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: If they like their fucking jobs and they want to 362 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: keep it, then do something about it. We are in trouble. 363 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: We are in trouble. Where are the Senate committee hearings? 364 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: Where are these people being brought in and dragged in 365 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 1: under oath about what they knew and what they did 366 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: not do? I swear to God, what are Democrats campaigning 367 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: on in midterms? Because it's sure as fuck can't be. 368 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: Give me more power because you don't know what the 369 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: fuck to do with the power that we gave you 370 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: right now and I from one am disgusted. That is 371 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: it for me today on Woke af AS always, Power 372 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: to the people and to all the people. Power, get 373 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: woke and stay woke as fuck.