1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. We're welcome to stuff 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: I've never told you production of I Heart Radio. All right, Hey, 3 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: welcome to another Monday Mini where we are going to 4 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: be kind of sad but try to be helpful. Trigger warning, 5 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: we're talking about elections. Trigger warning. We're in the state 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: of Georgia, so we have a lot of mixed feelings. 7 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: Is that the best way I could put this? Yeah? Yeah, 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: And we're recording this the Thursday after our US Tuesday 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: mid term elections that took place on November eight, So 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: there's still a lot of stuff up in the air. 11 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: But yeah, there's been time to process. Yeah, some things. 12 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: So for those of you outside of the US that 13 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: might be watching, I saw one great aam about how 14 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: Canadians are watching the elections and it looks like it 15 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: says on the one side voting for puppies and the 16 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: other side voting for death. Essentially. It was really funny 17 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, Yeah, that's exactly right when it 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: comes to how binary our system is, Our democracy is 19 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: um and there's a lot of things happening. We know 20 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: this Roe v. Wade has been overturned. There's lots of 21 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: conversation um in this in this moment, there was a 22 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: huge talk that it would be quote unquote a red 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: wave and if you're not familiar with the u S system, 24 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: read is conservative blue would be left leaning. So you 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: have this very not even spectrum according to our system individuals. Yes, 26 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: so there's a spectrum when it comes to political affiliation. UM. 27 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: And it's kind of died at this point. I feel 28 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: like you tell me if I'm wrong, because it seems 29 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: all or not. So if either if you're voting for, 30 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: especially in the state of Georgia. As our Senate race, 31 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: who are we have two representatives that go in to 32 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: our Senate Congress um and represent our voices. And we 33 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: have one Reverend Warnock, who is an incumbent UM, and 34 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: then we have herschel Walker, who was a football player. UM. Honestly, 35 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: there's nothing I'm not sure being snyped that is his 36 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: claim to fame. So I guess at least we can 37 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: say he does have an education from the University of Georgia. 38 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: There has been a lot of conversation about concussions and 39 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: football players due to him. Um, and it's been a 40 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: funky race. But with that said, when you look at 41 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: where Reverend Warnock sits and where herschel Walker sits on 42 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: the spectrum of politics, they are very extremes. Essentially. I 43 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: don't actually think Warnock is that extreme leftist, but because 44 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: he is pro abortion slash pro women's health care, he 45 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: has seen that way because we have very single uh 46 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: focused issue voters here in the state, which is what 47 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: we've seen. So i'll that to say, I will give 48 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: this to the country. Uh. They spoke up very loudly 49 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: when they said, we are not against abortion. We think 50 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: abortion is a right, and we don't think this should 51 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: be taken away state by state by state, even by 52 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: the conservative states they pushed back. There was not one 53 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: single anti abortion law that was allowed or voted for. 54 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: So therefore, I think that's pretty clear and I love 55 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: to see it. We love to see it. That being said, 56 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: we have representatives who have been elected who are anti abortion, 57 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: So go with that what you will. Yeah, I mean, 58 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: I think I do have a silver linings for the 59 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: end of this, I will say, but I do think 60 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: like this election, as we kind of discussed with Bridget 61 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: in our recent episode. But it's um, it's nothing that 62 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: was new or nothing that was the surprise to me. 63 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: But it is really galling and disheartening to hear all 64 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: of this rhetoric from supposedly like really Christian moral conservatives, 65 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: but they're so like, but we'll vote for herschel Walker, 66 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: even though there's all of this stuff, all of this evidence, 67 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: and again like that's not it doesn't surprise me people 68 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: do that. It's very very disporting, But it was kind 69 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: of I guess it was just such a stark reaffirmation 70 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: of something I already knew that people are going to 71 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: vote for somebody who's going to do what they want, 72 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: even if it's like the complete antithesis of everything that 73 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: they say. They say that is good and why they 74 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: feel this way, and then when it comes down to it, 75 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: I am so upset to the point that I can't 76 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: talk to my own family members because I'm scared to 77 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: find out. I really hope they voted libertarian just for 78 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: the sake of voting libertarian. Honestly, that would make me 79 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: feel better, but I have a feeling that's not the 80 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: case because the county that they lived in it was like, 81 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: I think percent supporting Harshell Walker. So there that is, 82 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: and herschel Walker, who has come out with being a womanizer, 83 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: not taking care of his children, like several of his 84 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: own children spoke up about that women filing charges against 85 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: him for domestic violence and threatening their lives, um all 86 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: of these things, and the fact that that man is 87 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: getting that far ahead and he is the opposite of 88 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: what Christianity has been portrayed to me growing up. That 89 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: them telling me this versus this man who has dedicated 90 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: his life as a pastor in leading a church and 91 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: his family, that they would rather see this other dude 92 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: just because of one single issue, which is what was 93 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: And of course there's this red there's a lot of 94 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: money that's been spent in this specific campaign, and making 95 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: sure that they let you know that they feel like 96 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: Warnock is part of the reason for inflation, which again 97 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: is a red herring to everything else, because we know 98 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: how politics works, we know how finances work, and we 99 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: know how pandemics work. Now that this is obviously just 100 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: a trick of the world, like seeing I hate the 101 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: portrayal of Trump supporters, and I'm keeping it at Trump 102 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: supporters because I don't know outside of that as being 103 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: really really ignorant to everything and believing all of the 104 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: lies because they needed to blame other people. My family 105 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: are really intelligent people and honestly compassionate people, but they're 106 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: listening to this rhetoric and believing it without any questioning, 107 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: and I'm very surprised. At one point I did say 108 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: I was very excited to know that they voted for 109 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: Kemp over David Purdue, who was at that point Trump 110 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: endorsed candidate, and they felt like Trump was too much 111 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: and stayed away from him to go to Kemp. Kemp 112 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: is seen in moderate in our state, which is absurd 113 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: because he's also the one that's putting the six week 114 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: ban for abortion, as well as bringing in the unborn 115 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: rights laws to the state, which would literally imprison and 116 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: charge women who may have to have abortions even with miscarriages, 117 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: because that's hard to define um half the time. And 118 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: then if they want to accuse that the miscarriage was 119 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: on purpose, that's again a whole different conversation of angry um, 120 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: of murder, of of actual murder and homicide. So there 121 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: are all these things that I'm like, this dude is not. 122 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: He's not he's not a moderate. He's not as extreme 123 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: astrang but that is not moderate. I am having a 124 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that over 125 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: seventy something percent of white women voted for this man 126 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: in the state. I'm having a hard time with the 127 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: fact that at least fifty percent of Asian people have 128 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: voted for this man. I want to throw hands. I 129 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: am so upset and angry. Um, black women absolutely pulled 130 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: through in a hundred and twenty percent when they shouldn't 131 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: have had to, Like I'm of course they did. Of 132 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: course they did, because that's what happens. Um. Latino women. 133 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: Actually we're about the same as Asian women, or they 134 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: were pretty far back. We know that the Latino population 135 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: in Miami Dade actually pulled for the Santis, which was 136 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: kind of shocking. But also again, we're gonna have to 137 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: have this bigger conversation because Val Demming's who was one 138 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: of the Senate running in Florida who should have been 139 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: able to take it as well as Stacy Abrams Here 140 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: in Georgia. The math doesn't math because when we see 141 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: the amount of people who voted for Warnock, it was 142 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: significantly less that voted for Stacy Abrams. So I'm very confused. 143 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: Who came in and said yes Warnock, no Abrams, right, 144 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying Like that, that was a 145 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: big part of this conversation of like, why couldn't you 146 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: They're they're similar in their policies, they're similar in their values, 147 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: they're similar in their like education. I don't understand other 148 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: than she's a woman, a black woman, So what was 149 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: the difference? In Valdimis kind of had that similar conversation 150 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: that the statistics should not have been that big variation. 151 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: What is it about black women that you are scared of? 152 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: But the black women are the ones that continue to 153 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: save us. This is a big conversation with misogyn noir 154 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: in politics, which we have had repeatedly, which will continue 155 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: to have. I'm also very confused about the fact that 156 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: in Stacey Abrams lost by fifty thou two. She lost 157 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: by about three thousand so votes. So there's a lot 158 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: of conversations we need to be having. Jerry Mandering percent 159 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: has a lot to do with what's happened here. Brian 160 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: Kemp created this fallacy in the way he lined up 161 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: the voters when he was at Secretary of State. We 162 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: know this. We know that if it had remained the 163 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: likelihood of Stacy Abrams being elected, then was pretty high. Um, 164 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that I am very grossed 165 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: out about. I know Stacy Abrams is a woman of 166 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: honor and conceded and moved on and will continue to 167 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: do actually did last time more work than she needs 168 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: to for a system that doesn't appreciate her. And I'm 169 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: so upset. I'm still upset with all of that. Said, 170 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: as voters, you and I who did vote for these things, 171 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 1: who have campaign who have paid money, who have trying 172 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: to see that this would happen, that we were trying 173 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: to spread the message and try to uh crack down 174 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: the misinformation as what we do as podcasters. Um, we've 175 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: been ridiculed all over the reviews saying we're too left leaning, 176 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: and apparently at one boy someone said we love Stacy 177 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: Abrams and too much and we're like, don't start with us. 178 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: Yes we but like even with her campaign, there's conversations 179 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: about whether or not black men did step up, and 180 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: that's not the case. This is white people. Sorry, I 181 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: love y'all, but y'all, yeah, white people did this. Um, 182 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: in that conversation, because the amount of black men who 183 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: voted for Stacey Abrams was significantly higher than again, the 184 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: Asian and the Latino population as well, So that can't 185 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: that can't be a thing which was a big rhetoric 186 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: and falsehood that was being spread all over social media 187 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: that black men were holding back women. That's not true. 188 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: Uh in the scenario. There's so much that I'm trying 189 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: to wrap my head around in this election. UM glad 190 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: to see that, uh there's still a hold and it 191 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: wasn't a big overturning of both any of the Congress 192 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: thus far. Because we've got some things that are still 193 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,959 Speaker 1: up in the air. Bobert is up in the air 194 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: right now, um, crossed fingers. Unfortunately Marjorie Taylor Green is 195 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: still here. So you know, there are things that that 196 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: it is really disappointing to see. But then I'm trying 197 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: to hold onto the hope again with the abortion uh 198 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: laws coming in, all the bills that came through and 199 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: then was completely like just smashed aside. Hopefully that will 200 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: be a good platform to restore women's healthcare rights and 201 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: women's rights in general. But there's so much in this 202 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: that it's just beyond confusing. And then again we have 203 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: to remember who controls the narrative as well as controls 204 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: the money. As well as who is religning districts and 205 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: why and what this looks like. And now there's a 206 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: whole conversation about trying to up the age of voters, 207 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: uh legal age of voters to twenty one because they're 208 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: so upset that these gen z ears showed up and 209 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: really pushed, really pushed to where we are. Thank God, 210 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: thank you, because they understand what is happening. They see it. 211 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: They've seen these uh awful uh injustices that have happened 212 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: at as of the past five ten years, five years 213 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: more so, and realize this is a problem, and I 214 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: love to see it, and they're listening in. Social media 215 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: has given them access that we've never had before, both 216 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: the good and bad obviously, but like, it's amazing. I 217 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 1: love I love that. I love that that they are 218 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: going to age out some of this awful just gross narrative, 219 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: racist narratives as well as in just like narratives. I 220 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: love to see that. That's amazing. Yeah, yeah, And it's 221 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: things like that. And as we discussed in previous episodes, 222 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: I was heartened, even though it was kind of gilded 223 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: with sadness, that I saw so many people show up 224 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: for this election, like even in my own friend group, UM, 225 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: who maybe didn't used to vote in mid terms, we're like, no, absolutely, 226 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: we're not going to not vote. Like I am happy 227 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: to see that. It is disheartening that like so much 228 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: of the will of the people as being ignored because 229 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: of how our political system works. Um. So, if you know, 230 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:19,359 Speaker 1: a majority of the US does support abortion and women's 231 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: our people with uterus is right to choose, and and 232 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: yet where people get elected even though they got less votes, 233 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: and they're the ones that are making these systems, and 234 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: they're making it impossible for us to by jerrymandering or 235 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: restricting voter rights or whatever making it impossible for us 236 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: to get them out of office. So that's it's really 237 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: really frustrating. Um. And I do think you're right that 238 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: there's a huge level of of massage noir and also 239 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: just like real sex of them. I think people are 240 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: just like weird about voting for women, to be honest, 241 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: like they always have some reason like oh she doesn't 242 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: like you're I'm making a face you can't see, but 243 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: you would recognize it if if you could see it. 244 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: It's it's like there's this hesitation. Well, and and to 245 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: be honest, what was happening with When Stacy Abrams originally 246 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: ran the primary in eighteen she ran against the woman, 247 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: a white woman. White women were all about this one 248 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: white women the men is Stacy Abrams one that primary? 249 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: Instead of coming around and saying, okay, we'll vote for her, 250 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: they're like, we're not voting. And I've heard of many 251 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: and these are the boomer generations, not all boomers. I 252 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: know this, I know this, I know y'all are amazing, 253 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: and I say this that I'm right behind you all essentially, um, 254 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: But like it was, it was this group, but I 255 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: like personally knew some people that did that. The shock 256 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: in my face and like, what because your white woman 257 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: Canada did not win, You're not going to vote at 258 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: all and you would rather have Brian Kemp, who was 259 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: obviously not for the interest of women. He's interest about family. 260 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: And we'll we'll talk about that in itself of what 261 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: he means by family, those very heteronormative Christian nationalist idea 262 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: of family to prevail. And again we got we got 263 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 1: episodes y'all upon episodes coming up about that, but that 264 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: they would rather allow that to happen because they are 265 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's bitter, they're being petty in 266 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: the worst sense, and that now we're here. But all 267 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: of that to say is like, it's good to see 268 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: that that generational thinking hopefully is about to be pushed out. 269 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: Not no offense. Again, I'm gonna get called agis um, 270 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: but I'm sorry. When it comes to white women, it's 271 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: not pretty. It's not pretty when it comes to these statistics. 272 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: And I'm just talking about statistics. And and for those 273 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: of y'all any YouTube who did vote for the for 274 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: the cause for women essentially for those with the uterus 275 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: is yeah, for elis for the queer people, like all 276 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: of these things. For those disenfranchised and marginalized, then that's amazing. 277 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: But what we need to do is have this conversation 278 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: of why is this percentage looking like this and what 279 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: is wrong? Because there's been the majority voted for a 280 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: single issue. And I don't know whether it was racist 281 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: issues or whether it was critical thinking, which is racist 282 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: by the way, or whether it was abortion issues. Those 283 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: are the things that I am. I don't what what 284 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: was it or maybe it was just an ideal of 285 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: something or maybe again it maybe like Brian kept to them, 286 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: was centrist slash modern Republican, which is not true um, 287 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 1: as well as maybe for when it comes to Warnock, 288 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: they're like, hey, hey, I'm not racist, I'm voting for 289 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: a black man. Yeah, I heard when I was much younger. Actually, 290 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: I think when I was first starting to vote, somebody 291 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: told me something that has greatly disturbed me. But I 292 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: think it's true. Um, people will just vote for the 293 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: name that they recognize, and if they don't, they aren't 294 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: familiar or they're more familiar with one, Uh, that's the 295 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: one they will go with. So a lot of times 296 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: like oh, well this is the incumbent, I don't know 297 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: too much about this other person. I will do this um. 298 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: And that's what scares me about our whole celebrity, the 299 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: whole like celebrity culture that's coming up with policy really, 300 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: which is what's being anxious, because that's what we were 301 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: talking about with even even with Abrams and Kemp, their education, 302 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: their experience, it doesn't match up again what we talked 303 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: about with the justices. It's the same line, like the 304 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: education experience are not matching up. But what you have 305 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: to prove versus what people want to see. So what 306 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: I mean is like white men white sitsman co coo. Cool. 307 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: You don't need to show me anything else. Cool. You 308 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: don't even have to show me that you're not a criminal. 309 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: Just cool, which is what we've seen. But for black women, 310 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 1: you have to go above and beyond to prove that 311 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: you are more than qualified. And then maybe even then, 312 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: I don't like what you did, right, There's just something 313 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: about you, right, and that's and that's the Oh my god, 314 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 1: that's just something I don't trust. I just knew there 315 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: was something off when I hear that statement. I already 316 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: know you're camping about something. And I'm like, yeah, okay, yeah, 317 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: you don't you're just say you're racist, just say you're sexist, 318 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: just say you're an ask just just say that please. 319 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: And what I'm going back to the fact that our 320 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: younger listeners, if we have younger listeners, I hope we do. 321 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: Are we are we that outdated off? I think younger generation. 322 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: Let me know, if you're listening to us, the powers 323 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: that be today are afraid of you. And that is 324 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: a beautiful thing to see. I love everything about that 325 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: because the fact they're talking about changing the voting age 326 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: to twenty one instead of a team, which originally was 327 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: changed in the seventies because people are like, Hey, if 328 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: we can go to war and we can freaking vote, 329 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: which is abs up slowly, you should be able to do. 330 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: So let's talk about taxation without representation. The fact that 331 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: I was taxed to fourteen and I had no rights, 332 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: but I had a job. Um, that's a whole different conversation. 333 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: But all of that is not that I wanted a 334 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: fourteen year old voting. I don't want that. I don't 335 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: want that. But I'm just saying we need to have 336 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: this bigger conversation about what equality truly looks like. An 337 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: equity should be in an age could be a thing. 338 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: But the fact that the eighteen year olds, eighteen to 339 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: twenty seven year old honestly has gotten this much power 340 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: and this much voice is beautiful to see. I love 341 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: that that's something that we can celebrate. I love that 342 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 1: we can come and celebrate that, Yeah, abortion should be 343 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: in a fundamental right, and that we should have a 344 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: conversation about women's healthcare in general, point blank, about what 345 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: is needed, what is happening, what is happening with sexuality 346 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: in general? Um, and again I need to come back 347 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,959 Speaker 1: and say not just women, but people with uterus is 348 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: um having a right to access and being able to 349 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: have free conversations about what access looks like and what 350 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: sexual health looks like beyond just what we should can't do. Again, 351 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: so there are some things that I am really excited 352 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: about again. Being in Georgia right now feels really gloam 353 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: uh as uh I would say it like I definitely 354 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: cried because what I hear when I see people vote 355 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: for Kemp and vote for Walker is how little they 356 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: care about half of their population and how little they 357 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: give a damn about whether or not we can be 358 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: healthy and happy and free. In that just shows that 359 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: they are more willing to trust a man who has 360 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: obvious head trauma, which like people are using as an excuse. Again, 361 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: there's things that we need to con have a conversation about, 362 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: but his talking about his mental health but without any 363 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: actual help behind it like this is not helpful. Talking 364 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: about mental health is not necessarily a fixed, especially when 365 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: you're say I go to I go to church. That's 366 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: not a fix, and we need to have and if 367 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: your mental health is causing you to threaten your baby 368 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: mama with a gun, we need to have that conversation 369 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: about why this is not a good place for him 370 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: to be in leadership and excusing himself and giving excuses 371 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: instead of apologizing and taking responsibility. Man, there's just layers 372 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: to that. And that's how little you care about those 373 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: with us is in your state? Wow, Yeah, it's really 374 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: it's it sucks. And um, I've talked about that before 375 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: with when Donald Trump was elected. That was like a 376 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: it was a very dark time for me because of 377 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: that very same thought, like, oh god, what are you 378 00:22:45,920 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: telling me? Then we are going to run off it 379 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: looks like, so we're going to be dealing with the 380 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: very horrible political ads, especially around trans people by the way, 381 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: extremely offensive coming out of the Walker campaign. So we 382 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: have that to look forward to. I will say, and 383 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: this is like a very small silver lining, but it 384 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: is a silver lining to me. There was no red wave. 385 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: Really I thought there would be. Um. I was expecting 386 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,479 Speaker 1: to wake up and be like, oh my god, and 387 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: I did it. And like you know, people never thought 388 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: Bobert would be in danger whether she wins or not, 389 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: Like they never thought she would be in danger of 390 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: losing her seat. But she is. Um, I hope she does. 391 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: But and also like and I hate this, but it's true. 392 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: Growing up in Georgia, I never thought we would be 393 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: in this. I never thought it would be this close 394 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: at all. Um And I again, I hate that. And 395 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 1: there are people who have been working in organizing and 396 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: making this happen, and they've been there forever and we 397 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: should definitely recognize them, but I just didn't. This is 398 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: something I'm surprised and very happy to see, even though 399 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: it does suck. UM. I will say we did see 400 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: our first lesbian governor. Love that first chosen woman governor 401 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: from New York. I love to see that first trance house. 402 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: I believe I forgot where they're from, but it was 403 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: a beautiful thing to see um in their area. I 404 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: love to see our first gen z or downtown Florida. 405 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: Love that. So there's a lot to celebrate, really try 406 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: and again we're in Georgia. It's really hard for us 407 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: to focus in Georgia here in Atlanta, and yes Atlanta 408 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: is very different from outside of but again, yeah, things 409 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: are changing and Jerry Mannering has caused a lot of problems, 410 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: and we need to have that conversation about how do 411 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: we make it a true democracy because it feels like 412 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: it's no longer true democracy and that's it's hard to see. 413 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: But yes, good things are happening. I'm sure we'll be 414 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: talking a lot about this in December as the runolfs 415 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: are happening as well for many people, not just us. UM. 416 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: And yeah, for those who are in states like we are, 417 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: we see you. You know you're you're you're heartbroken as well. 418 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: For those who are able to celebrate, we celebrate with you. 419 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: Thank god. UM. Just a reminder for those of you 420 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: who are celebrating and we want to celebrate with you 421 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: putting down people that are in situations that they cannot 422 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: help and wish we could. I think we had a 423 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: conversation when I first met Bridget who was talking about 424 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: the fight she had in d c in doing some 425 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: amazing work and how it would be difficult to come 426 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: to a different place to restart the fights. We were 427 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: talking about, hey, you should come to Atlanta, and she's like, 428 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: oh god, they all going through through some things. And 429 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: I think this was before election if I remember, or 430 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: maybe right right as it was happening and things were changing, 431 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: and A, yeah, it's hard, it's hard trying to go 432 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 1: rom complete dark red to purple to trying to push 433 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: blue because we're still that purple area. The fact that 434 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: we are a swing state is so new and phenomenal 435 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: to us that we love to see it. Um. And 436 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: yes it is because of our black community who's really 437 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: pushed that. That's and we are very grateful, um and 438 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: you know, the people of color. But yeah, black women 439 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: have been here that it is. It's a fight, and 440 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 1: remember that. It's like for those who are fighting and 441 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: we are fighting, it feels hopeless. To be beat down 442 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: on doesn't help. Yeah, yeah, it really really doesn't. And 443 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: I honestly like not to place blanket. There's like a million, 444 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: a million things happening here. But it is kind of 445 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: going back to something we talked about in a recent 446 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: episode that was much sillier and not as serious, but 447 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: it is kind of similar. I think where if you are, 448 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: if the like media messages, oh this place is backwards, 449 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: they'll never do this. And I think people internalize that 450 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: message and some people will be like, oh, yeah, okay, 451 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: so I shouldn't like yeah exactly like and again that 452 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: there's so many others. I'm not placing blames. I'm just 453 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: saying that is I think i've heard that from people before, 454 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: where they're like, well, it doesn't matter, so why should I, 455 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: And clearly it does. Like again, I never thought i'd 456 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: see that. I never thought we would be in Georgia 457 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: in a position where maybe we could. And and again, 458 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: as you said that, that's thanks to the work of 459 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 1: like mostly black women people who have been organizing and 460 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: pushing and doing this. But yeah, it doesn't help if 461 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: the whole being there and if it's like everyone there, 462 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: we don't. We don't. We're like we there are people 463 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: and I don't. I also kind of don't want to 464 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: necessarily excuse them. But it does that you can internalize that, 465 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: especially when you're young, like, Okay, it doesn't matter, so 466 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: I won't vote, right, Um, And it does, it does matter. 467 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: So yeah, those young people, they are the ones who 468 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: go out there working too. Yes, So again, young and 469 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: love you, we do love Oh my gosh. Yeah, we'd 470 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: love to hear from you. I I know we're going 471 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: to come back and revisit this in the future. 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