1 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Good morning, peeps, and welcome to okay F Daily with 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording live from our podstream 3 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: studios here in Times Square. You know, folks, I want 4 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: to start out because usually I am always beating at 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: cable news and their lack of transparency, their lack of 6 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: connecting the dots for audience members, and just you know, 7 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: continuing to go on with the same old, same old, 8 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: even though we are living in what I will continue 9 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: to say the craziest times that I have ever seen 10 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: in my life. You know, this week it was really 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: interesting for the first time during hurricane coverage. Now we 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: know that Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana in the worst possible way. 13 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: Over a million people have lost power in New Orleans 14 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: and surrounding areas as the storm continues to move in 15 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: and around the south. That is, in Mississippi, as we 16 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: know right now, it hit landfall as a category four. 17 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: What we know right when we're talking about all of 18 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: these natural disasters, all of these storms, every time we 19 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: get to hurricane season, fire season, tornado season, and what 20 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: have you, is that when it is being covered right, 21 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: we will talk about wind gusts and we will talk 22 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: about damage, and we will talk about how much money 23 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: it is going to take, and we will talk about FEMA. 24 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: But do you know the one thing that we never 25 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: talk about, fucking climate change. We never talk about how 26 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: the increase in damage and the increase that these storms 27 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: are packing, right, the winds that they are packing, how 28 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: they hover over warm water for long periods of time, 29 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: how they are building enormous strength. We never talk about 30 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: climate change. And it's almost as if I feel like 31 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: there has to be some unspoken or maybe spoken right 32 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: commandment with meteorologists and whether people that we just are 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: not allowed to mention it because it will be seemed 34 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: too political, because the media has allowed us to have 35 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: a two sides of both sides is um to literally 36 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: every fucking issue, including one that is an existential threat 37 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: to our planet, which is climate change. There is nothing, folks, 38 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 1: There is no other major issue other than, oh, I 39 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: don't know, the collapse of our democracy, which I'll get 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: to in a moment, that is more pressing right now 41 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: than climate change. But for the first time, at least 42 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: since I have been paying attention and kind of waiting 43 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: for those two words to be mentioned when we are 44 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: covering storms al Roker on MSNBC when he was reporting 45 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: on Andrea Mitchell this week, said Andrea, and I cannot 46 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: stress this enough. This is climate change in action. This 47 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: is a major climate change event. I damn near stop 48 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: dead in my tracks as he said this, because I 49 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: know and I've been watching Al Roker since I was 50 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: a kid, and I believe him. I believe his reporting, 51 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: I believe his passion, and I believe in his ability 52 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: to bring events into people's homes. When he said this 53 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: is a climate event, I'm like, this is the kind 54 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: of coverage that we need, right. These are not just 55 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: regular hurricanes anymore. They are packing punches that we have 56 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: never seen. And it showing us, right, a couple of things. 57 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: It's showing us how fucking inept our infrastructure is to 58 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: deal with these kinds of damaging storms which are becoming 59 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: the norm. It is showing us the fact that, again, 60 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: what was very interesting in this coverage as well is 61 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: another reporter, and forgive me because I can't remember their name, 62 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: but also on NBC said this, the wealthy, those with 63 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: resources were able to get out of harm's way before 64 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: anyone else. Everyone else that did not have the ability 65 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: to pack up their cars to fly out, to pack 66 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: up their homes, maybe to go to family, or go 67 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: to their second homes or what have you. Everyone else 68 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: was left in harm's way. They were left in you 69 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: evacuation centers in stadiums like they were during Hurricane Katrina. 70 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: But we are also looking at a catastrophe that is 71 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: of capitalism, right, is of the way in which our 72 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: racial wealth gap, our wealth gap in general in this country, 73 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: will have those right that are left behind when we 74 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: have these major events, those that can pack up their 75 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: homes and can go elsewhere because they have the means 76 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: to do so, and then everyone else that will be 77 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: left behind. Climate change is also illuminating those grave disparities 78 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: that we have in income in this country. And I 79 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: appreciated the honesty in the reporting of why these things 80 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: things are happening. And again, this is the media's responsibility 81 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: not to be neutral, right, but to offer people the 82 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: truth and then context of that truth, right, because we 83 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: always ask ourselves, well, why didn't so and so leave 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: or why do you live in this area? Well, why 85 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: do they live in areas that are prone to flooding 86 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: or prone to tornadoes or what have you? Because it's 87 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: fucking cheap, and it's what they can afford, right, But 88 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: then you have insurance companies that come in, they gouge 89 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: these people, and then when they need to rebuild, insurance 90 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: companies turn around and say, well, I think that that 91 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: water damage in your home isn't due to the flooding, 92 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: but is due to something else, And then they turn 93 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: around and don't provide people with the resources that they 94 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: need in order to rebuild. What we also know is 95 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: that these storms are increasing the amount of money that 96 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: we have to pay, right our tax dollars to rebuild. 97 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: So the ignoring of climate chains isn't just like just 98 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: feeding into this threat, but it is also coming out 99 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: of our fucking pockets, folks, because we can't prepare for 100 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: things that we pretend don't fucking exist. And this is 101 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: what drives me insane. If at the end of the day, right, 102 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: you're the Jim Crow Republican Party, and all you give 103 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: a fuck about is money and cruelty, right or the 104 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: not spending of money, or who gets more money so 105 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: that you can ensure that those that are poor remain 106 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: on the bottom. If money is your end all be all, 107 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: then why wouldn't it make sense for us to look 108 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: at climate change as an economic threat as well as 109 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: an existential one, right, and say that we do not 110 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: have the resources each and every fucking season as these 111 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: seasons get extended because our climate is getting warmer, which 112 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: means that hurricane seasons and fire seasons are going to 113 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: last longer than they have in the past, which means 114 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: that they're going to cost more money, billions upon billions 115 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: upon billions of fucking dollars that our government does not have. 116 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: And when I say that it doesn't have, right, it's because, well, 117 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: we like to spend money and give tax breaks and 118 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: spend money on military and things like that that don't 119 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: actually benefit the rest of us on a regular basis. Right, 120 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: So we know that maybe there is money, but we 121 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: know that it's never going to be spent in the 122 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: right place. And what I'm saying is that every time 123 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: these storms come around, we have got to pay attention 124 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: to the rhetoric that is being used to describe them 125 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: and what is happening to these people after the fact. 126 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: And I got to tell you for the first time, 127 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: I will say, right, Bravo Andrea Mitchell Show, Bravo MSNBC 128 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: for actually calling a spade a fucking spade, and I 129 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: hope that this is what we will see moving forward. 130 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: Coming up next is my conversation with the CEO of 131 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: vote dot Org, Andrea Haley, who will talk to us 132 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: about how the organisation is trying to push back against 133 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: all of the misinformation and mis education about voting and 134 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: where you can get the information that you need to 135 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: make sure that you remain on the roles right and 136 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: that you are able to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. 137 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: That conversation is coming to you next, folks. I am 138 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: very excited to be joined by Andrea Haley, who is 139 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: the CEO of vote dot org, the leading nonpartisan online 140 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: voter information organization. Andrea, you know, this past weekend was 141 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: the fifty eighth anniversary of the March on Washington, and 142 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: you know eight years ago when it was the fiftieth anniversary, 143 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: I had the wonderful pleasure of being on the mall 144 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: for that, you know, that historic number marker. You know, 145 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: this past weekend we see voting rights marches happening. You 146 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: know across the country. What part did vote dot org 147 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: play in this historic moment? And also what are you 148 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: reminded about with your work with this notable anniversary. You know, 149 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: this year, vote dot org partnered with all of the 150 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: voting marches across the nation. We were really you know, 151 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: excited to be able to celebrate the anniversary and celebrate 152 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: how far would come. But of course we know how 153 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: much work there's left to do, so we're out there 154 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: registering people to vote. We pushed over one hundred thousand 155 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: people and emails to learn about the marches to either 156 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: attend or to um be able to you know, go 157 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: online and watch if it couldn't attend in person one 158 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: of the marches UM And so that is a lot 159 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: of the way that we've partnered in. We also provide 160 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: QR codes and other things so that people at the 161 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: marches can make sure that they're registered to vote, check 162 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: their registration, UM, do all that and go to vote 163 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: dot org. I think one of the the opportunities that 164 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: we have now, building on this momentum, is to make 165 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: sure that people know that there's something they can actively 166 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: do right here, right now about the moment we find 167 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: ourselves in. The moment we find ourselves in is really challenging, 168 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: it's very dire. But we have two pieces of federal legislation. 169 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: The John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the 170 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: People Act that will help address some of the inequities 171 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: in our voting processes. And so what people can do 172 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 1: is they can call their senator. They can go to 173 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: vote dot org backslash action where we've set up a 174 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: page where it makes it really easy to call your 175 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: senator and say that your support voting rights and support 176 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Four the 177 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: People Act. You know, we are headed obviously into midterm 178 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: elections in twenty twenty two. And for folks who believed, 179 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: you know, they've cast their ballot in twenty twenty, what 180 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: are the steps that you are telling them with vote 181 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: dot org that they need to do in order to 182 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: make sure that they are still registered right that they 183 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: weren't vote a booted off the role, Like, can you 184 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: walk us through that process? I voted in twenty twenty. 185 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: I hit up vote dot org because I know that 186 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: there are new changes being made. I want to make 187 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: sure that I am secure when I want to go 188 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: cast my mid term ballot. What are the steps that 189 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: folks are taking and need to take, you know, Kurtiscott 190 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: King said that freedom was never really never won. Every 191 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: generation has to fight for it on their own, and 192 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: I think that that's the moment we find ourselves in. 193 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: So what people can do is they can make sure 194 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: to fight for their vote, fight to make sure that 195 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: they're on the voter rolls, that they're paying attention to 196 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: what's happening in their state, and that they are able 197 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: to participate in this upcoming election. Luckily, you know for 198 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: our generation that we have new technologies accessible to us. 199 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: So right there on your phone, it takes two seconds. 200 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: You can go to vote dot org and you can 201 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: verify that you're still on voter roles. I personally do 202 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: that every couple of months, just to make sure we 203 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 1: have systems that are purging people. And you don't want 204 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: to get surprised on election day. You want to know 205 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: that you're on the roles and keep confirming it and 206 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: fight to make sure that your voice is heard. So 207 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: just go to your phone and do that. It really 208 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: takes a couple of seconds. If you are not registered 209 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: or you've been purged from the voter rolls, votorg will 210 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: tell you and then you can go ahead and go 211 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: through the registration process. Right there on the site. We 212 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: know that it's better to do all these things early 213 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: and make your plans early to vote, and that that 214 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: will mean that you will have increased participation. And so 215 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: register on the site and then if you're you know, 216 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: make a plan, think about how you want to participate. 217 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: Follow the laws in your state. You can just press 218 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: you know, whatever state you're on, you're in vote org 219 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: and we give you you know, the laws, what you 220 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: need to know anything that's changing, make sure to just 221 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: periodically check it. And especially as we you know, start 222 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: to near these midterm elections. A lot of people out there, 223 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: I think now our country is really divided into two groups. 224 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: It's people who believe we should have a healthy and 225 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: thriving democracy, people who believe everyone should have their voice heard, 226 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: people who you believe that people in communities should be 227 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: able to have a say and who their leaders are. 228 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: And then we have a group of people out there 229 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: who don't believe in that, who believe in some more 230 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: you know, authoritarian kind of style of government. So it's 231 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: really important that people right now fight to make sure 232 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: that they can preserve their right to vote, because that's 233 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: that's truly where we are. So you know, make sure 234 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,839 Speaker 1: verify or registration, make a plan, keep checking vote dot org, 235 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: know what's happening in your state. And once you do 236 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: all of that, make sure that you're the vote captain 237 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: of your friends or family. I love that is that 238 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: is the most I call all my friends and family. 239 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: I let them know what the rules are, what they 240 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: need to do, you know, self, appoint yourself vote captain, 241 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: and make sure that those in your community know how 242 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: to participate, pay and know how to have their voice heard. 243 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: What do you say to folks? And I'm sure you 244 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: talk to people all the time, but what do you 245 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: say to people who are losing faith in the system, 246 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: who are like, well, what difference does it make? Andrea? 247 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: Why should I, you know, bother voting? Like, look a 248 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: look at what they're doing, you know, to this country. 249 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: Look at what they're doing to the polls. What do 250 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: you say to those people that are seemingly losing some hope? 251 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: I say, get mad, exhaustion and all of that. That's 252 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: the point. The point of all of this is to 253 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: wear you down to the point where you think, what 254 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: does it matter? What does my vote? How does my 255 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: vote count? And get you to give up. That's what 256 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: these bills are designed to do. That's what creating extra 257 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: hoops for voters is designed to do. And you know, 258 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: I say, like, there's a reason for that. The reason 259 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: is that people want to take away your ability to 260 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: choose what's happening in your own neighborhood, town, community, city, state, 261 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: and nation. You know it. Giving up your own power 262 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: is something that you never really want to do. And 263 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: not voting doesn't mean that, you know, you just aren't 264 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: participating in the process. It means somebody else gets to 265 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: actively dictate what happens to you, your friends, your family, 266 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: and your community. And so I say, I would say, 267 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: don't give up that power, get upset, make sure you're 268 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: protecting the right to vote. And this is something that's 269 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: really important. If it wasn't important, we know that people 270 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't be working so so hard to exhaust you out 271 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: of the process. There wouldn't be four hundred bills across 272 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: this nation, you know, trying to separate people from their 273 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: vote and from their voice. We know this is absolutely important. 274 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: This is where true you know, power lies. And so 275 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: we have to have the ability to fight back and 276 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: to show up anyway and to show people that we 277 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: are not tired, we are not going to stop. We're 278 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: going to show up every single election cycle, and we're 279 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: going to protect our right and our freedom to vote. 280 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: That is it for Today's Woke, a f daily podcast. 281 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: To hear more from today's show, including my full interview 282 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: with Andrea Haley, support me on Patreon at patreon dot 283 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: com slash woke AF Power to the people and to 284 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: all the people power, get woke, and stay woke as fuck.