1 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: Good morning, peeps, and welcome to okay f Daily with 2 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the home Bunker 3 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: the Folks. In today's conversation, I chat with Sean Shaw, 4 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: who is the founder of People Over Profits, an organization 5 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: in Florida that is seeking to wake people up to 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: the electoral process and understand that, you know, the reason 7 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: why we don't have the kind of rights and protections 8 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: that we do is because guess what, we put profits 9 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: over people on a regular basis. And Sean and I 10 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: who he is a former Florida state delegate. We'll get 11 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: into a conversation about what the Democrats are doing wrong 12 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: in Florida. I open up the conversation by talking about 13 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: the fact that Florida was indeed a purple state. And 14 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: he said, no, no, no, He's like, if you remove 15 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: Miami Dade, if you remove you know, certain areas. He's like, basically, 16 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: Florida is incredibly read and incredibly rural, and he's like 17 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: and incredibly old. And Democrats do not do a good 18 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: job in talking to the older set, the retirees who 19 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: have enough money, by the way, to go down to 20 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: Florida and to retire and to buy homes or go 21 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: into a retirement village. About the fact that you know, 22 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: Republicans take control and guess what's going to be gone. 23 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: They're so security that they're living off of their Medicare 24 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: that is taking care of their elderly care. Why aren't 25 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: we having those conversations. Sean will push back against me 26 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: and talking about, you know, the fact that he believes 27 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: that Democrats get caught up in the culture wars, And 28 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: I say, I don't think that Democrats get caught up 29 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: in the culture wars. They don't have a good comeback 30 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: and nor do they have a way to them pivot 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: back to the ways in which Republicans are working overtime 32 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: to take away your rights, take away your entitlements, and 33 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: take away all of the things that Americans have earned. 34 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: And so folks, you know, as we continue to make 35 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,839 Speaker 1: the march to the midterm elections. As it stands right 36 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: now and some states, turnout is very high, but we 37 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: don't know who these people are turning out for. Are 38 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: they turning out for death Santis? Who is using Florida 39 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: as an evil Petrie dish to see just how many 40 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: you know LGBTQ kids, he can assault, or how many 41 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: voters he can arrest, or you know, how many you know, 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: white people he can celebrate while erasing people of color 43 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: in the history books and you know, pushing teachers out 44 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: of the classroom. When you look at the numbers, who's 45 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: running for governor right now against him, he's in a 46 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: comfortable spot if you believe the polls. And I'm just 47 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: like the fuck man. You people in Florida are underwater, 48 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: your homes have been destroyed. Climate change is going to 49 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: engulf the whole fucking state at some point, and you 50 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: are voting for a man who doesn't believe that climate 51 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: change exists. Take out LGBTQ people, take out women in abortion, 52 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: take out white grievance, take out all of those things, 53 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: and just think about your fucking bottom line. This is 54 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: what I don't understand. But you know then I don't 55 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: understand racists, right like I don't understand the hate so 56 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: deep inside yourself that you will vote against your own 57 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: best interests just so you can ensure that people who 58 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: you don't know right don't have any idea or understanding 59 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: about except for the stories that you've made up in 60 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: your head, suffer more than you suffer. And that somehow 61 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: means winning to you. I don't get it, but that's 62 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: the reality that we're in. And so my conversation with 63 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: Sean will unpack a lot of this and he will 64 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: provide some eye opening ways into which we need to 65 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: be thinking about the state of Florida and sowing the 66 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: seeds right, because that's the thing that Democrats are not 67 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: good at, which is sowing the seeds. Instead, they seed 68 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: ground to the Republican Party when they've decided, oh, well, 69 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: this is a red state and it's always gonna be. Yeah, 70 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: it's always going to be if you don't fucking invest 71 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: in it, right, if you don't actually give money to 72 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: local folks that are on the ground, that are doing 73 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: to get out the vote, that are doing the messaging 74 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: campaigns right. And I know that the folks will say, well, 75 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: Democrats can't be everywhere, We'll fucking Republicans are. They seem 76 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: to be everywhere and doing just fine. It's the rest 77 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: of us that are sitting around scratching our heads saying, 78 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: how come people are not waking up to the ways 79 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: in which Republicans are lying to the American people and 80 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: have turned into a vicious cult. Well, because nobody is 81 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: repeating that information to them day in and day out, 82 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: and that's why we're here. So, you know, I hope 83 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 1: that you enjoy this conversation with Sean, and if you 84 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: are a woke a f listener from Florida, please do 85 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: in the comment section let me know what you think 86 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: about your red state, right, and whether or not you 87 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: have some pointers that the Democrats could actually use in 88 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: terms of what messaging does resonate with your neighbors and 89 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: your friends, right, what messages will get through that aren't 90 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: being thought about right now, because clearly if death Santens 91 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: is up in the polls and yet the state is underwater. 92 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: He denied, you know, FEMA to other states, namely New 93 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: York during Superstorm Sandy, and then coming out with this 94 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: fucking handout for the state of Florida. I'm just like, guys, 95 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: there's got to be somebody better than this motherfucker. And 96 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: so I want to know what messaging do you think 97 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: is going to resonate in Florida that Democrats have yet 98 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: to utilize. Coming up next, my conversation with the founder 99 00:05:51,960 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: of People Over Prophets, Sean Shaw, Indisputable with doctor Rashid 100 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: Ricci is one of the latest shows on the TYT 101 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: network and also the fastest growing news show in America. 102 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: On his show, Doctor Ricci plays no games regarding policy, 103 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: delivering a heavy dose of fact based truth and penetrating 104 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: analysis on all the top news stories focusing on racism, 105 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: criminal and social justice, politics, police brutality, Karens, and much more. 106 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: Listeners can also expect interviews with fascinating guests, political leaders, commentators, 107 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: and even fiery debates with conservatives on a wide range 108 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: of policy topics. 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I'm very happy to 117 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: welcome to wok F Daily for the very first time 118 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: Sean Shaw, who is the founder of People Over Profits 119 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: and former Florida State representative and also nominee for Florida 120 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: Attorney General, Sean, before we get into your very very 121 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: special state, talk to us about what People Over Profits is. 122 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: It's good to be here. I'm happy to be on here. 123 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: As soon as I saw the title of the show, 124 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: I knew it was one I wanted to be on. 125 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: So I'm happy to be here. You know, after my 126 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: Attorney general is raising twenty and eighteen, I wanted to 127 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: stay involved. I wanted to have a vehicle to do 128 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: things on issues that I cared about. And so People 129 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: Over Profits as a C four and we spend a 130 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: lot of time on ballot initiatives here in Florida, killing 131 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: bad ones and trying to help good ones. And of 132 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: course we do a lot of support to candidates, Democratic 133 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: candidates here in Florida. And so it's just a way 134 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: for me to stay involved on issues that I care about, 135 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: whether that's those are voting issues, whether those are you know, 136 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: issues that have a disportion impact on black folks, those 137 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: are ones that I really care about. You know, we 138 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: have a redistricting issues here in Florida as well, So 139 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: things like that are ones that we like to be 140 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: involved in because, as you said, Florida we got a 141 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: lot of work to do in a lot of places, 142 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: and so I wanted to remain involved, and I wanted 143 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: the freedom to be able to do what I wanted 144 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: to do, right. I didn't want to have to work 145 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: through existing channels necessarily. I wanted to be able to 146 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: do work on issues that I cared about. So you know, 147 00:08:55,880 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: one of the things that caught my attention, right, which 148 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: was a tweet that you sent after or maybe actually 149 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: during Hurricane Ian, which is, if you are a Fuloridian, 150 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: you should know every single one of your Republican congress 151 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: people and US senators voted against FEMA aid for your state. 152 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: And you know, I want to lift that up because 153 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: it is outrageous to me. Right, the state of Florida 154 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: is essentially, you know, pieces of it are in Hurricane Alley. 155 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: We have seen as climate change, as the climate crisis 156 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: has gotten worse, that the hits are going to cost 157 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: into the billions for this state. So what do you 158 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: make of it, Sean, that all of these representatives at 159 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: this state, which was once purple, right, which once flip 160 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: has flipped blue, is still considered purple, continues to elect 161 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: people who are absolutely out to launch when we are 162 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: talking about the climate crisis and investments that need to 163 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: be made in order to keep people safe. Well, I 164 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: might have some bad news for you because I don't 165 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: think Florida's purple. I think that's part of the answer. 166 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: Damn okay, And a purple state doesn't elect Ron de Santis, 167 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Marco Rubio, Rick Scott Ashley. Those are not moderate Republican politicians. 168 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: Those are extremely right wing politicians. And I think we 169 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: need to come to terms in this state. We keep 170 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: trying to say we're purple, but look who leads us. 171 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: Look who every statewide elected official is except one that's 172 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: a Democrat. All the Republicans that are elected stay wide 173 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: are not moderates, and they don't claim to be moderates, 174 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: and they don't act like moderates. They race each other 175 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: to be as conservative as they can. The Santis is 176 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: shipping migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. That sounds like 177 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: a moderate. No, So they are doing what you know, 178 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: they believe the conservative playbook, which is to lockdown against 179 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: anything that's democratic. And so if Biden wants it, if 180 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: Pelosi wants it, if Humor wants it, they don't. And 181 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: so all the Republicans voted against that build that contain 182 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: that FEMA money. But like you said, you bite your 183 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: nose to spite your face, and so now I think 184 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: it's the height of hypocrisy. Now they are all saying, 185 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: man I sure wish we need some more FEMA money 186 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: down here. These people are hurting it. Well, damn you 187 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: had a chance to actually vote to literally help those people, 188 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: and you took this partisan way out. And their excuses, well, 189 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: it wasn't a standalone bill, and YadA YadA. People are 190 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: sick of hearing that bus. Right, that's Washington, DC. Speed 191 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: those people in Lee County and call your county whose 192 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: house blew away, who have no house, who haven't had 193 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: electricity for two weeks. They need to know that everyone 194 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: who's a Republican that had a chance voted against more 195 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: money for them in exactly a situation like this. That's 196 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: what we've got to keep lifting up and make that 197 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: message known, because you know, all the culture wars in 198 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: the world don't make that fat go away. And that 199 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: is what a lot of this culture war foolishness, at 200 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: least in Florida, that they like to do is to 201 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: make you try to forget about the other bad stuff 202 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: we're doing over here, because we're gonna get you'all riled 203 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: up about black folks. We will get y'all rolled up 204 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: about LGBTQ issues. We gonna get y'all riled up about 205 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: migrants at the border. Florida ain't got no border, but 206 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: we will get y'all routed up about these other things. 207 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: So you don't pay attention to the fact that your 208 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: insurance is too high, that Florida is the most unaffordable 209 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: country in the state, in the country to live in, 210 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: and all these other things. So then, Sean, what is 211 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: it that you think that Democrats are getting wrong about 212 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: the state of Florida, right, Because it's not as if 213 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: y'all haven't had, including yourself, good candidates to run. So 214 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: clearly the message or the messages are not penetrating to 215 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: the people who need to be vote Democrat because they are, 216 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: like you said earlier, you know, cutting off their nose 217 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: despite their face. So what are Democrats getting wrong about 218 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: the messaging in Florida? I think a lot. I think 219 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: the messaging needs to be based on pocketbush pocketbook economic issues. 220 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: I think we're coming across as weird to the average person. 221 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: Because we concentrate on things that they don't necessarily want 222 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: to talk about all the time. And just because you 223 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: don't want to talk about race and you don't want 224 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: to talk about gender issues doesn't make you a bigger 225 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: or a fold It just means I want to talk 226 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: about that because I want to talk about insurance, and 227 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: I want to talk about my rent, and I want 228 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: to talk about why my like I want to talk 229 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: about those things. And I think sometimes we focus on 230 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: issues over here, like the culture war issues. They get 231 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: us so riled up and mad that we forget to 232 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: pivot to the fact that people are paying you know, 233 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: the sciantists under the scientists, insurance rates have gone up 234 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: I think a hundred And I keep mentioning an insurance 235 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: because everyone pays that. And I don't care if you're 236 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: a different count or a a Republican you don't like an 237 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: insurance rates going up. And in Florida we are especially 238 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: sensitive to it because we're the highest in the country. 239 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: All this beachfront property, all these hurricanes that hit, and 240 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: I think that we need to concentrate on those issues. 241 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: And I think we also and climate change that cuts 242 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: across a lot of aisles in Florida, because in Florida 243 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: even Republicans want their water to be nice, and we 244 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: have so many beaches and springs and all those things. 245 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: But I think sometimes people don't understand what Florida is right, 246 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: So Florida is more than just Miami, Fort Laidadale, West 247 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: Palm Beach, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando. Florida is a lot of 248 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: rural counties where Democrats get smoked. And we do very 249 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: well in eight to ten counties, but there's sixty seven 250 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: counties in Florida, and we do very badly in the 251 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: other counties. And we've got to figure out a way 252 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: to get into that. And I think part of the 253 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: messaging I just told you is the way to do it. 254 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: But think about who's moving to Florida. Florida has no 255 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: income tax. We're one of the lowest tax states in 256 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: the country. You know who's moving to Florida, retirees that 257 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: are escaping high taxes. Guess what you ought to be 258 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: talking to them about now, don't be talking to them 259 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: about economic issues. They also don't come they're not Democrats, 260 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: like people are moving here, are escaping high taxes. They're 261 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: not our voters. To start with but you can get 262 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: to them if you can convince them. Look, Republicans have 263 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: run the state of Florida for twenty years. What have 264 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: they done. They've made it unaffordable. You know, They've spent 265 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: money on everything but the environment. They've made the you know, 266 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: they've done all these other things that maybe you ought 267 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: to give the Democrats a shot, but I think we 268 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time. Let me give an example. 269 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: You don't think critical race theory the ban on? It 270 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: pisses me off, And that's all I want to talk 271 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: about it is. It's infuriating, as frustrating, as terrible. But 272 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: I want to win elections too, So after I get 273 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: done pointing out how bad critical race theory is, I 274 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: need to pivot to an issue where I can connect 275 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: with these people that I think may want to vote 276 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: for me. And that's insurance, and that's utilities, and that's rent, 277 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: mortgage and those sources of things. 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If you like what you here, be sure 292 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: to subscribe so you never miss an episode. Let me 293 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: push back a bit because the issue I think with 294 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: regard to the culture wars and who is pushing right 295 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: and lighting up and adding fuel to the fire. Are 296 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: Republicans right? And so you're and I agree with you 297 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: because they are using the LGBTQ community, the black community, 298 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 1: the Latin X community, and others as their scapegoats for 299 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: what it is that they're not doing and have no 300 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: intention of doing. But when they bring these issues up, 301 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: do you think that it is Democrats that need to 302 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: address it and pivot or not address it at all. 303 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: Because this is because this is where I find the issue. 304 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: If you have roun de santists that is using Florida, 305 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: for instance, as a petri dish to test not policies 306 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: that they want to see nationalize, like for instance, that 307 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: don't say gay bill, and Democrats don't have a proper 308 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: response to that, then are we just allowing them to 309 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: run away again with the narrative If we're like the 310 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: state of Florida rally together to allow you know, felons 311 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: who had served their time to be reinstated to be 312 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: able to vote, and then a bunch of Republicans in 313 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: the state House decide, now the people voted against the 314 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: people voted for this, we don't care. We're overturning it. 315 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: If we don't talk about the attacks on black voters 316 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: in particular, right, then like are we missing the marks? 317 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: So is there a way that you have seen or 318 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 1: you see that we can do both? And because I 319 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: believe that we can walk and chew gum at the 320 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: same time, I don't think, yeah, you're right, it's pivot. 321 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: You gotta address it, pivot, because if you don't address it, 322 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: your voters are going to look at you like, well, 323 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: what are we doing here where everybody is trash? But 324 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: it is addressing in pivot. And you know, I do 325 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: a lot of my independent research in the black barbershop, 326 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: so I test out a lot of these messages. And 327 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: you know, the Santis is somewhat popular, as is Trump, 328 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: which is very strange because they give them so much 329 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: credit for economic stuff, and they give the Santas so 330 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: much credit for reopening the state so fast. And so 331 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: I asked, well, what about this critical race theory band? 332 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: Y'all cool with that? And they're like, no, it's bad, 333 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: but I'm glad this barbershop was open. See, so you're 334 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: it proves I think exactly what you're saying. We got 335 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: we gotta talk about the critical race band, but we 336 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: also got to pivot to the fact, well he was 337 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: he didn't give enough unemployment check, so none of y'all 338 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,479 Speaker 1: were able to keep your job if you got fired. 339 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: And you know, three hundred thousand people died needlessly because 340 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: he opened the state too. That's you gotta be able 341 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: to do both, like you said, because often it's you 342 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: gotta be able to do both because if we spend 343 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: too much time in one or the other. I don't 344 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: think we're getting the job done, but you do have 345 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: to do both totally gree You know, the the point 346 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: of your organization right is to identify the fact that 347 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: we are living in a time or have probably always 348 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: been where profiteers right are able to create these kind 349 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: of smear campaigns to come in and hoodwink the American 350 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: people to falling for their ropadope. You talked about Florida being, 351 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: you know, the land of retirees, which we all know that, 352 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: but you have a Republican Party that is saying that 353 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: we're going to take away your social we want to 354 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: end you know, quote unquote entitlements, we want to get 355 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: rid of Social Security, we want to get rid of Medicaid. 356 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: So in that respect, what kind of messaging do you 357 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: think we need to have right in your state that 358 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: gets people to pay attention? Because it's scares the hell 359 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: out of me. I got to tell you that the 360 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: Republican Party under Donald Trump is able to peel off 361 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: fifteen percent of the fifteen percent of blackmails. That to 362 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: me is terrifying. I don't know if that's just the 363 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: alignment with white supremacy. I don't know if that's self hatred. 364 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. And maybe you know 365 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: from your you know, from your anecdotal research, because like I, 366 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: for one, I have never met those brothers and I 367 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 1: don't know, and I don't think I ever will. But 368 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: I'm concerned about the peel off right because they're not 369 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: actively trying to go after these groups. It's just trying 370 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: to peel off enough to upset democrats. I heard a 371 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: comment in the barbershop again that was fascinating to me, 372 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: and it was one that I dismissed as soon as 373 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 1: I heard it, But the more I thought about it, 374 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: the more it worried me, because I think there's some 375 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: truth to it. And there's a barber. There's a barber 376 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: in the barbershop with a maccaht literally, and you know, 377 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 1: sometimes the barbershop is just about trolley, you know. And 378 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: I told the brothers, I wish you could just arguing 379 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: about Lebron and Jordan like normal. I'm tired of talking 380 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: about politics every time I come in here, but that's 381 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: where it goes to. And this guy said, Sean, both 382 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: parties treat black folks bad. Just talk to me about 383 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: the one that's going to do the most my business 384 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: and the one that's gonna help me build money to 385 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: the best. Both of y'all got problems when it comes 386 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: to treating black folks right, And I of course got defensive, 387 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 1: and I said, you know, well, Democrats have done this. 388 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: And when I got home, you know, the more I 389 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: thought about it, the more I think that might explain 390 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 1: that some of that Trump stuff. And because you know, 391 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: all Trump tried to talk about, even though he didn't 392 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: do it, was economy and wealth and that kind of stuff. 393 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: But it is scary. I'm like you, I'm scared. And 394 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: if I had the answer to that in Florida, I'd 395 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: be a very rich man. But I'm still convinced it 396 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: is about economic issues at its core. And because you know, 397 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: I named my organization People over Profits, because you know, 398 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: my entire career has been built really on pushing back 399 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: on corporate greed. Of course, I talk about black folks 400 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: issues a lot, but I am convinced that no matter 401 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: who is in the White House or what party controls Congress, 402 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: there's one group of people that are always gonna be okay, Yeah, 403 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: that's corporate America. It doesn't matter what else is going 404 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: on a pandemic, So what a hurricane? So what bregsit 405 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: a war in Ukraine? So what they always gonna be okay? 406 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: And so that is one of the things that that's 407 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: why I named my organization what it is. But I 408 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: just in Florida at least, we have got to talk 409 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: to people about, you know, tourism and is the driving 410 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 1: force in our economy. And the people that are moving 411 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: here are moving here because of the weather and because 412 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: of the environment. And so you talk to them about 413 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: insurance being too high. You can't afford to stay in 414 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: your home on a fixed income if you're a retiree. 415 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: You talk about, you know, you want to keep a 416 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: golf course nice, you want to keep your beach house nice. 417 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: Talk about things that matter to them. What might not 418 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: matter to them is public education. A lot of these 419 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: people moving here, I mean, that's not gonna move them. 420 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: But that is not gonna move them. And I know 421 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: it seems like I'm doing saying things that aren't naturally 422 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: what Democrats do, But damn it, we got do something 423 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: different than what we've been doing. That's what I'm going 424 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: to talk about. Guns and public education and the same 425 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: old thing. It ain't it ain't moving people. And I'm 426 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: convinced you got to meet people where they're at, not 427 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: where you want them to be. And although we want 428 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: people to be mad about public education, we want people 429 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: to be mad about these things. I think what really 430 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: is going to make people eventually sit up and listens when, 431 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: as you said, you know these people are voting against 432 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: your program, so that you've put in it all your 433 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: life and now they're gonna cut it off. You know, 434 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: it's gonna be more expensive for your home, and you 435 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: know blah blah blah blah blah. And so it might 436 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: not be a today or tomorrow thing, but I think 437 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: that's how we start digging ourselves out of this whole. 438 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: What do you think? And I just with a couple 439 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: of minutes I have left, I do want to ask, 440 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: as always go fast we're talking about now, I want 441 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: to ask you about a pivotal race, right which which 442 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: is Valdemings and Mark or Rubio. And you know they 443 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 1: just recently had their debate Valdemings. You know, I honestly 444 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: I see no choice here, but apparently Floridians do. How 445 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: do you think about the like, how do you think 446 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 1: that her line of messaging is actually working with Floridians 447 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: And what is it? Why are people attached to Marco Rubio? Like, 448 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 1: what is it about this man that's Floridians cannot get 449 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: rid of him? About him, it's just the R. It's 450 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: the R versus D. It ain't nothing specific to him. Now, 451 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: the scientist, if you ask me that question, there's specific 452 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: reasons that people love him. But Marco is he's just 453 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: a Republican and he happens to be from a part 454 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: of the state where Democrats have to run up the 455 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: score to win statewide, Like we have to win Miami 456 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: Dade by a lot of points to win statewide, and 457 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: the fact that he is Hispanic from Miami Dade makes 458 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: it mathematically really hard for Vow to pull it off. 459 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: But Vow's the best candidate. I think we have the 460 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 1: cycling where she's got the best shot of anyone because 461 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: she's got the most compelling story. Like, you know, it's 462 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: very hard to call a former police chief, a former 463 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: congress you know, a congresswoman. It's very hard to make 464 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: her weird. Now they've run all these ads of her 465 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: yelling and screaming, and they probably darken you know, how 466 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: they do, but very hard to make val look crazy. 467 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: But um, she's I think she's doing well. One thing 468 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: I do have a concern with, though, is every ad 469 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: I've seen talks about the police chief stuff. And I 470 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: know why she's doing it because it inoculates her against 471 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: what they're going to charge her with. But I'm not 472 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: sure police chief language resonates great with black folks and 473 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: young folks, and I might want to see some ads 474 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: that talk about some other things, but everything is chief, 475 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: chief chief, and I know why she's doing it. But 476 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: even I cringe because because I'm starting to feel some 477 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: kind of way too about when I see my brothers 478 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: and sisters being treated as a often police custody. So um, 479 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: that's one little tweak that I might make. And but 480 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: she's doing the best. She's raising money evenly with him, 481 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: which is they am never impossible to incomment. You know, 482 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: Florida races cost ten times anybody else in the country, 483 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: so this is a fifty seventy five million dollars race 484 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: something somewhere around there. Um, she's got the best shot. 485 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: It's still gonna be hard because it's that our versus 486 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: D M. Well Sean. I mean, I want to commend 487 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: you for the work that you are doing, uh in 488 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: your I mean I can't imagine. I can't. I can't 489 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: imagine because I mean I sit up here in New 490 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: York scratching my head all the time, but I have 491 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: family down you know, in Florida, as as as many 492 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: people do. Um, and they're just they're dumbfounded with how 493 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: to how you know, people in their own communities just 494 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: continue to vote against their own interests and how to 495 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 1: permeate through you know that noways um? So for folks 496 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: from woke a f who want to get involved stay 497 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: connected with you, please tell us how they can follow you. Yeah, 498 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: Sean s. E a n At Shanshaw dot com. Um, 499 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: people the people overprofits dot org. I think is the website, 500 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: but email me is the best way to do it. 501 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: And we're on Twitter at ss h AWFL. And I'm 502 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: easily founded, like I like, listen, I'm in Tampa scratching 503 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: my head about how to figure this out. But we 504 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: got to keep at it because you know, the Santist 505 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: is going to be the leading contender for president and 506 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: so our problem, it's gonna be y'all problem in a minute. 507 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: And so we got to figure this out. Um, and 508 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: you know people are counting on us, and we people 509 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: in Florida deserve and Democratic party that has their shit together. 510 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: And yes, we gotta work on We gotta work on that. 511 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: Per Sean Shaw, thank you so much for making the 512 00:28:53,880 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: time to join WOKF. Really appreciate you. Thank you. That 513 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: is it for me today, dear friends, an woke ap 514 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: as always, Power to the people and to all the people. Power, 515 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: get woke and stay woke as fuck.