WEBVTT - Your Rest is Selfish 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.480 Native lamp Pod is the production of iHeart Radio in 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:04.800 partnership with Reason Choice Media. 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:07.640 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:08.440 Welcome, Welcome home. 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:11.799 You guys, this is episode eighty eighty. Like Grady, if 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:14.320 you know about Atlanta, you know what I mean. We 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.560 are your hosts. Welcome to Native Lampod. I'm Tiffany Cross 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:20.480 here with Angela Rye and Andrew Gillam. What's up you guys? 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.320 Can we talk. 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:33.879 Because he let me show you week Welcome home, y'all. 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:33.920 This was. 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:40.680 Yo, show up, up, up, tip say something else. 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:42.800 Let me show you Andrew and we're thrilled to be 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.279 here with you guys, because. 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:49.960 More exciting. 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:51.800 Every week. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:57.720 This is why when we're not we love being together, 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:59.680 but when we're not in the same place, it gets 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:06.399 a little challenging. So anyway, welcome home. We got a 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.760 lot to get into today. I'm really excited that we 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:13.479 have a guest joining us, Mayor Keith ha Lance Bottoms, 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:17.520 the former mayor of Atlanta who kicked off her gubernatorial 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.040 bid in Georgia this week. We'll be joining us shortly, 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:22.880 but we have other stuff to get into too, So 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:24.800 do you guys have other topics? You want to talk 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:26.000 about or are you going to save it off for 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:26.480 the mayor. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:32.000 I would not mind talking about the hell Andrew's been 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.279 through a FAM You, and that's something we can also 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:37.640 talk to the mayor about as a FAM You rattler ourself. Yes, 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:39.479 do you hear half right now? 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.319 He doesn't your audience, you can see what we're talking about. 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:49.360 Section wait until like this latter half of my sentences. 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:50.960 It did sound like the end of the sentence. 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.240 You know what? Actually, you know what? Tip I got 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.440 to get him right now, keep saying amen. I also 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.080 want to talk about everything that's been going on at 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.920 FAM You because it is just been Oh now you 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:02.000 want to be quiet, because. 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.920 I am curious to hear the not be complicit. Okay, 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.160 he does it all the time. I am curious to 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:11.800 hear the mayor's response from that. As you all know, 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.960 she is an alum of FAM You and this week, 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:18.120 Andrew you did your solo pot on everything happening at 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.320 FAM You, and we've also talked about it on the episode. 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:23.480 So yeah, I'm eager to hear it. So let's get 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:23.960 into it. 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.639 Well. As the honorary rattler, I am I just want 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:32.560 you all to know. I'm also wearing fear of God 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.360 today in the spirit of solidarity, as y'all know. Jerry 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.040 Lorenzo also University. 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.120 Yes, it is not a coincidence that so many of 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.840 the people that with whom we know, and even the listeners. No, 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:47.359 Noah Rattler, because fam you is the number one producer 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.320 look beach you laureate degree holders. Yeah, it's the single 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:55.000 largest single campus HBCU. So it's right that we should, 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.840 you know, have a role in producing. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:05.440 Instead of paying homage. Today we're paying homage. 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:08.959 Y'all. 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.840 Don't get it. Listen to the last show. What you 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:13.919 said if I get flowed out? 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.079 Yeah, I said that you had us flute out of 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.600 Detroit or wherever it is you are. You know we 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:19.400 have problem. 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.359 Well, I wanted you guys to get fluid out to 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.560 everywhere the State of the People tour would be. I 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:29.600 wanted you to get flood out to Atlanta, to Richmond. 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:34.360 You brought that up, Angela, because we will be in Jackson, Mississippi. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:36.800 So if you have not signed up for staying the 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:40.680 Tour of the People there, I think the people of 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:41.839 the tour of the thing. 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.000 Did you know what I said when he came a 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.160 greet us. He was like, I just want to greet everybody. 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.240 It's the state of the people. State the people said, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:56.440 sitting very very Are y'all not going in Los Angeles 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:57.240 where we land on it? 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:00.840 Well, we'll talk about that after we're still there are 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.160 some off camera folks who I think we're still time 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.200 to get that together. But I want to say really 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.600 quickly a topic that I wanted to get into you guys, 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.920 so you all know I read all your comments, So 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.720 please make sure that you're subscribed to our channel, that 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.040 you're liking it, that you're sharing it, that you're telling people, 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.440 because it really does feel like you all are community 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.080 with us, and so I read all of the things 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:25.240 that you guys say, mostly on YouTube. I read Instagram too, 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.359 but it really it feels like we're in conversation, in 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.119 constant conversation, and I'm always very interested in how people 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.440 receive the show. And I love hearing your thoughts because 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:39.120 people weigh in on all of our topics. And I 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.400 have some thoughts which we'll talk about after the mayor, 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:47.320 but a lot of comments last week's show about being 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:52.279 in solidarity with communities of color, and so I wanted 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:56.680 to touch base about that. Do you guys want to 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:57.839 do that quickly now or do you want to do 0:04:57.839 --> 0:04:58.599 it after the mayor. 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.200 I think the Mayor's joined us. 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:06.480 Oh, perfect, okay, So after we have Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.159 we are going to pick up on some of these topics. 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.520 But right now we're going to bring in the mayor 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:17.200 to join us. All right, appearing like that like magic 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:21.320 on screen, Madam Mayor. Soon to be we'll see maybe 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:25.160 a governor Keisha Lance bonding. So very excited to have 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.920 you join us today. Congratulations on the announced come. 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.040 Oh, it's so good to see all of you all all. 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:35.479 Thank you. 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:41.240 And you know, people always always always think I will 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.960 call you Madam Mayor, but I know her, so I'm 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.960 saying Keisha. They always say I think we look alike, 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:51.160 and somebody I was telling her all the time. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:52.200 Very beautiful. 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:53.680 Well, thank you, Andrews. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:58.280 But we were in Miami together, Angela, the mayor, and 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:01.400 I and I sat at breakfast with a woman who 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.040 I thought she knew who I was, and I realized 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.680 at the end that she thought she was having breakfast 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:11.599 with Mayor Lance Bottoms. Yes, yes, and I'm like, had 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.200 I known that I would have taken full advantage. 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.680 Oh my God, was like, oh, well, you know you 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.800 could send me a donation. Let me get these wire restructions. 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:23.640 Let me give my cash just so you know, tiffaniye, 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:25.680 we're getting breaks next week. 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:34.160 So okay, okay, Tiffany. I want so bad for America 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:38.760 to finally have a governor who has breads because this 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.360 natural hair is not for the faint of heart and 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:42.840 not that you are humidity. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.599 No, no, no no. And I just told somebody today, 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.480 I said what I do know. I said, people will 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.240 talk about my hair before they talk about the governor's race. 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.560 Called out here and looking crazy. 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:57.600 And I'm gonna tell you right now. I'm gonna be 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.440 the first one in your text messages because I'll be like, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.040 now what happened? Because I can't have you out here 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:04.839 in Keisha, I can't have you out here. I'll be like, 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:06.440 what we got all what we do. I'll be the 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.560 first one. I'll tell you when it's flight, I'm tell 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.320 you like, oh, let's go to tomorrow real quick. 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:16.600 This past week were weird, bros. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:17.720 Because my joke was funny. 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.480 I knew she found it was funny, and we were 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:26.120 when we were in Miami, my line sister Denise, not 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.840 Denise Hendricks Landa, my former e p A. 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.040 And know I'm talking about Denise. 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:31.480 Uh. 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.880 It was like, your hair is making me so mad 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.440 because the natural hair was doing all this and the 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.040 other people's hair was doing all this and the other 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:44.280 people's hair and get out of this situation. 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:49.640 Well, shout out to Denise hendricks Yes, all right, rattler 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:50.920 for another rattler. 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.480 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.880 Keisha's lion sister was my former executive producer, so shout 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.040 out to her. But very happy to have you and 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.920 congrats on the announcement. I'm sure my co hosts have 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.080 many many questions for you. 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.680 Can I ask before we get into the announcement, Yes, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.840 Andrew and we've been watching Andrew and our good brother 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:15.040 Vince Evans been running ragged on this family stuff. Mayor Keisha, 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.280 I gotta ask you, I know, take a deep breath, 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.160 because I got to ask you, what do you think 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:26.560 is going to take for the trustees, the newly appointed 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.000 and the ones who have been on the board for 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.440 some time, the alums, the students. The students been in 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.840 the hallways singing Ald Negro spiritual since they've been like, 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:39.040 help us overcome. What do you think is the path forward? 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:40.680 Given where we are right now with Fam You. 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:46.400 Fam You is in a really interesting spot, to say 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:50.360 the least, because it is a state institution, so part 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.120 of what sets family apart. There's so many things that 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:57.600 set us apart. But when you are a state supported HBCU, 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.840 you are literally at the mercy of the state. And 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:07.199 I know my brother Andrew understands that. So it is 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:12.439 my hope that she'll surprise us all that she won't 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:16.560 be all the things that we are expecting someone sent 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:21.200 to dismantle Fam You as we know it. I don't 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:27.079 know her personally. I think at this point the best 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:30.160 we can do is try and work with her as 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.760 best we can. You know, we're working under some very 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:38.319 difficult circumstances. I had a conversation with someone earlier today. 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:43.240 I have an doubt scholarship in the journalism program. I'm going, 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.640 what do I do with the money that I've donated 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.520 to the university. What do I do with the money 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:52.320 that I am planning on donating to the university. I 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:56.079 think none of us know. I mean, this is uncharted 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.600 territory for us at fam you, but unfortunately, I think 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.480 it's probably in the indication of what's to come for 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:08.439 our HBCUs across the country. Any HBCUs, especially that are 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:12.040 controlled by the state Republican led at states. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:15.840 Well, yeah, well the mayor is right that we as 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.160 a state institution do fund ourselves, you know, oddly at 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:24.240 the mercy of the power structure that the However, traditionally 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.800 governors have not really come for vent. When when we 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.000 end up in the mouth of the governor or in 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:34.119 the mouths of state legislative leaders, it's usually in preparation 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:37.079 of them taking something from us. When we don't hear 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.720 from them, that's a good day, it's a good year, 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.600 it's a good time. Even though we're not funded the 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.720 way we should be funded, we're not supported by the 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.520 state and the way that we should be, but we 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:51.120 punch above our weight. I do know Marva. I have 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.960 worked with her before on some broad band issues previously, 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.000 and if she were pursuing something in that range, I 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.840 think it'd be wholly supportable. The issue is is that 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.839 when you don't have a candidate with the experience that 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.240 the board advertised and wanting for a president, then you 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:09.160 have to measure them, so you don't have a record 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:13.360 of their academic you know, sort of management and what 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:15.800 they've done. You sort of have to take what cues 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.360 you can from the people who are around them, who 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.360 they are appointed by, who they have been in alignment with. 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:27.480 And unfortunately a candidate who has been appointed by Rick Scott, 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.960 former governor of Florida, and now you a senator who 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.600 has been reported appointed repeatedly by Ronda Santis to boards, 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.000 who sat as the chair of the State Board of Education, 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.280 the K through twelve system when it started to ban books, 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:45.800 ban history, and redesign what black history is so basically 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:50.600 center white folks as the heroes and heroines. I don't 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.360 know what cues to take. I don't know what the 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.520 master plan is all lie and she may not know 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.040 what the master plan is. What I do know is 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.160 when the call comes in from the person who puts 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.200 you there, you take it. And the second thing is 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.480 is you largely do what it is that they asked 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:08.960 you to do. And for somebody like Trump decantist Rick Scott, 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:11.280 they ain't never have nothing good coming for us, and 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.839 I don't anticipate they'll have anything good coming from for 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:16.640 us in the future, and so I would just say, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.600 the fight's not over. We're going to continue to figure 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:20.400 out how we make this happen. And it's not just 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.199 about family. You fam you guess is the fight right now. 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.440 But the reason they came after the biggest, the largest, 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:33.160 and the highest producing university of vacculaureat masterial degree holder 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.760 and doctoral degree holders is because that you can take 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.600 us out, then they consume then that they could take 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:43.200 anybody else out right, the Santis punch, Walt Disney World 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.400 when he first got into office, the biggest thing sitting 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.800 in the state. Right, So I take my cues from 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.360 those folks. But I know you are here, Keisha, as 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.480 a gubernatorial candidate now, which I can't tell you. I'm 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.120 over the moon, excited as a rattler, as someone who 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.000 has known you and watched your journey, including your service 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:04.240 as mayor of Atlanta. This is I think the future 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:05.880 is bright, and I do think the time is now. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.559 My question would be if I could journey to take 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:15.120 the first one would be having watched Stacey Abrams make 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.920 the run for governor not once, no, but twice a 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.280 lot of times. The pooh bahs of the party you 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:22.840 know what I mean by that. The folks, you know, 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.920 behind the scenes, raising the money and telling folks what's 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.920 viable and what isn't viable. Largely when they take a risk, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.280 which they considered a risk, right getting behind a black 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.960 woman nominee. They usually try us once and if it 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.320 don't work out, they draw the conclusion that is it 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:43.200 isn't it isn't a viable or possible thing to make happen. 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:45.640 Of course, we know that to be false because they 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:47.680 run and lose all the time, yet they keep running 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:51.000 the same play. So my question would be is have 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.400 you learned lessons or what lessons do you think have 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.559 been instrumental as you look at that race and now 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.880 build a campaign of your own that you think might 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.000 be instructed to the way in which you might run 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:03.640 this race. 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:06.640 So you know, Andrew, you've been on the ballot a 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.680 lot of times and even running for governors. I know 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.840 you and I are going to have an offline conversation 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:16.240 about that. But you look at every race, and every 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:20.200 race is also a new race. So you look at 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.760 the numbers. You look at see where turnout was high, 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.800 where turnout was low. You look at demographic ships, where 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:29.080 are the Democrats where the Republicans, and then you build 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.800 from there. You take the good, you keep it, you 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.360 take the not so good, and you move on from it. 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:40.680 So we've got an ever changing voter role in Georgia. 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.680 You all know the Secretary of State has purged hundreds 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:49.600 of thousands of people from the voter role recently. Sometimes 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.800 you do need to clean up voter rolls, but when 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:54.480 you do these wholesale purges a half million. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:57.840 You're right, half million, Yeah. 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.680 You get real suspicious. So this is gonna be a 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.240 new role, a new race for us. But that being said, 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.400 we're gonna cover it the way that we know it 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.640 has to be done. We're gonna knock on doors, We're 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:15.920 gonna go in church basements, we're gonna visit the little 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.360 league softball field. We're gonna call people, we're gonna post 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.920 on social media. We're gonna do all the things that 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.880 we know you have to do. And part of it 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.880 is old fashion campaign and you go into communities and 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.360 you hear directly from people. I remember when I ran 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:37.240 from mayor, I paid for this great pole that Cornell 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.520 Belcher did for me, and it was spot on in 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.840 so many issues. But when my phone. Bankers were calling people. 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:46.240 They said, people are talking about potholes and libraries. I 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.800 can't show up anywhere in my data, but it was 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.240 what people were talking about when we got them on 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.680 the phone. So share that to say, you come up 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.280 with your issues. I'll come up with my issues that 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.960 I'm gonna focus. No, we'll talk more about that. And 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.440 then I got to go into communities and hear directly 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:07.280 from people about what they care about. We'll see if 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:07.880 they ALIGNE. 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.680 Well, I'm glad you brought up our communities, Madam Mayor, 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.600 because as you know, I grew up in Georgia, and 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.520 I think there is this misunderstanding about Georgia. Sometimes people 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.880 think Atlanta is Georgia, But there are a lot of 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:34.560 communities outside of Atlanta, and the racial demographics in Georgia 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.840 are shifting rapidly. As you well know, the population right 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:42.960 now is still fifty almost fifty three percent white. Black 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.560 folks make up almost thirty two percent of the population. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:51.560 In Fulton, Decab and Cobb Cobb County, where I grew up, 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:55.640 black voters account for around six hundred thousand voters. But 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:58.360 then I think about all the people in the rural 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:03.080 parts of Georgia, and there's likely twice that amount. I'm 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:04.680 doing a lot of writing, so I'm spending a lot 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.280 of time in rural Georgia. I'm in rural Georgia about 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:11.399 once a month. At this point, I wonder why the 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.480 Democratic Party does not tap into those voters. Oftentimes, when 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.159 people say rural, they think of rural white folks. But 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:23.159 the truth is there are black, Latino Indigenous Api people 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:28.080 in rural Georgia. So I'm thinking about areas like Augusta Warner, Robbins, Marshallville, 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:33.800 make in Savannah. Right now, most of the according to 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.800 people I've spoken to on the ground, spent time with, 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:39.360 most of the GOLTV efforts to get out the vote 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:43.119 efforts are coming from the NAACP down there, which speaks 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:44.320 mostly to older people. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:49.200 So younger black rural people feel completely untapped. What is 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.480 your plan to reach those voters? And you know, Tiffany, 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:57.240 that's exactly what we've heard over the last few election cycles. 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:00.320 Nobody's talking to me. Nobody cares about what I think, 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.800 So why should I care about going out to vote 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.320 for you? What difference does it make? And it's important 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.800 to remember Atlanta is only roughly six hundred thousand people 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:14.840 in population metro area just over six million. We're barely 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.199 hitting half the state. So there are a lot of 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:21.120 people who don't live in urban centered areas that you're right, 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.920 they live in other corners of the state. And again 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:26.640 it goes back to tapping into people. When you're talking 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:30.200 about expansion of medicaid. In Georgia, we always talk about 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.320 we want to be LSU and we want to be 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:38.720 Alabama in football. But yet Louisiana and Alabama have expanded medicaid, 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.640 we still got three hundred thousand people who are not covered. 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:48.320 Nine rural hospitals have closed because we've not expanded medicaid. 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.280 Those are the issues that you talk to in these 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:54.119 rural talk about in these rural communities, and you're talking 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:59.439 about counties that don't have pediatricians, that don't have OBGYN. 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:03.520 That makes a difference. We're not just talking about our farmers. 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:07.160 We're talking about people who own small businesses. We've got 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:09.600 forty five percent of the people in the state employed 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.400 by small businesses. When you're talking about terras, when you're 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:16.000 talking about the six hundred thousand people from the Port 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:19.880 of Savannah and Port of Bronswick who had businesses directly 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:23.639 related to the ports. They're being impacted by chairs. And 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.800 then a lot of these other issues, whether it's my 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:33.280 plan to eliminate income taxes or teachers, that impacts communities 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:37.240 across the state. It transcends party lines. You're talking about 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:41.280 corporate landlords. People can't afford to buy houses, they can't 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.879 get anybody on the phone to talk about of repair 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:47.440 in their home from these corporate landlords that nobody's ever 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:52.720 seen before. Those things transcend communities. When you're talking about 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.560 our support of small businesses, so so many of these 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:59.919 issues aren't just urban issues. We all want the same things. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.760 We want our communities to be safe, we want to 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.040 have access to healthcare, we want to be able to 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:10.240 put food on the table. All these things transcend community. 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:13.920 You know, one of the things I just thought about 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:19.199 Keisha when you mentioned teachers, there's one that I was 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.480 trying to literally find. Her name is Kimberly. We did 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:25.200 end up finding her. You've been on wind with black 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:28.239 women calls with us, and you know how that community is. 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:34.919 We met this black woman who teaches young and shapes 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:37.879 young minds every day in Georgia. She came to the 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:40.000 first day of the State of the People Power to her. You, 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:42.240 of course were there on the second day when we 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:45.919 met her, she talked about essentially having to put on 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:48.520 a mask for her students during the day and when 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:52.639 she leaves at night, her home is her car. And 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:55.240 so to hear what you were just saying about relief 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:57.320 of income text, I just think about all the other 0:20:57.400 --> 0:21:00.920 forms of relief our teachers need. And I always say, 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:02.919 like I can name every single one of my teachers 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:05.400 from the first grade on. I can, so they are 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:09.520 so mission critical. What other relief are you thinking of 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:12.480 when it comes to those folks who are shaping young minds? 0:21:12.480 --> 0:21:14.040 Again their top of mind, because I want to do 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.280 everything to make sure this is that has a place 0:21:16.320 --> 0:21:19.280 to lay her head at night, not her car, you know. 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:22.359 And what's interesting about that, Angela. When I was mayor, 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:28.840 one of the cornerstones of our administration was improving affordable 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.680 housing stock in the city of Atlanta. And I remember 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:35.760 needing to go over to state capital to talk to 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:39.800 the Republicans about my priorities thinking and not gonna care 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:43.720 about affordable housing because that kept thinking that's just an 0:21:43.720 --> 0:21:46.840 Atlanta issue. And even in talking to CEOs, I'm like, 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:49.600 what do they care about affordable housing? And I remember 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:53.840 having a conversation with someone who I didn't expect with care, 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:57.720 And you know why they cared because their teacher, their 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:01.600 child's teacher, was having to drive two hours from or 0:22:02.200 --> 0:22:04.720 two hours in traffic or have it worked out to 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:07.960 be because they couldn't afford to live in the city 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:12.360 of Atlanta. The legislators cared because they had to come 0:22:12.359 --> 0:22:15.919 into Atlanta and rent places, or their kids were working 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:18.760