WEBVTT - To Divide and Not Prosper 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:43.960 He with U. If you watch Coffee Time to Baby, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.360 you know the name flame, my role also known as 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:49.000 my role Flame. Come in with last and come in 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.519 with then love lounds. Baby, you better catch it when 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.960 you can't drop a knowledge from fatherhood to politics, shouting 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.279 now comics just paying homics. What's up? Tip? Yeah you 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.920 know she raped shot towns on speaking to the grown 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.920 a second. We're gonna last cut of the kicking and 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:05.720 at the end we leave it, which is a lift. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.200 Spirits think you want to revisit. So your first take 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:10.480 a listen kill folks like your slip. All folks that 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:13.000 we take it good. Cain't no kids do what you 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:17.400 doin't no kiss do what you do. Can't no kiss 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:42.959 do what I do. Welcome to laugh and learn, ladies. 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:47.520 Gentle we're flaming a row and Lauren Hogan come on in, 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.200 and y'all come on in. The sound is good. That's 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.440 what's important. As long as the sound is good, this 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.960 is my heart. They come. Stay concerned about the sound 0:01:56.000 --> 0:02:00.560 more than the look. Okay, So thank you guys for 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.680 joining us today here on laugh and learn. Where you 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:09.200 at um l h. We appreciate you guys joining us. 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:11.600 It has been a week for me. You all. I 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:15.760 had a very bad scinus infection that turned into something else, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:19.880 and we've just been under siege over here in my house. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:24.760 But everybody is getting better, including myself. I know you've 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:26.880 been missing me from social media, but I needed that 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:30.800 break because I needed to heal and get better. And 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:35.000 sometimes that break is just what what is needed to 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.200 get your mind right, because social media can be draining. 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.880 Taking on everybody else's livelihood and responsibility can be a very, 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.680 very draining and I didn't want to be drained. I 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:49.120 wanted to work. I need my energy. I got stuff 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.400 to do. Thank you guys for joining us. We appreciate you, 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.240 we missed you, and uh hopefully I will be able 0:02:55.280 --> 0:03:02.280 to bring my partner in in a second. I'm well, Hello, 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:08.720 my baby, Hello my Lauren Hogan. My phone says buffering, 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:14.480 Lord Jesus, I didn't drop my phone. Hold on, oh 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:20.679 see iPhone, iPhone? No, I dropped it and got nothing 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.840 to do with It's good because it's the iPhone. Let 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:26.440 me let me just have my moment. Can I have 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:30.000 my moment? Please? Lauren? Thank you very much. I try 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.960 to come up off the iPhone and just join us. 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.120 Oh my god, it looked like I'm gonna have to 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:37.640 do a whole lot of things. I ain't want to 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:42.480 do it a minute. Oh I miss you and I 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:47.760 have missed you. How are you? Um, I'm good. I 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.520 just wanna you know, it's been a lot going on. UM, 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.800 I just want to say thank you to everybody you 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.280 know that reached out and sent so much you know, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:04.720 positive energy and condolences and um it's been a trump 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.760 But I am a very private person, so I don't 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:12.080 wanna talk about you know, what I've been going through 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:14.800 on you know here that's something with laugh and learning score. 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.119 But I just want to say that, UM, I really 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.480 truly appreciate every mother to reach out. I know I 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.839 didn't get back to everybody else, was very overwhelmed, but 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.960 thank you. I love you, guys, appreciate you. So yeah, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.080 well you know we were praying for you and we're 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.280 glad you on the other side of Lauren Hogan. Okay, 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:34.839 so outside of that, thank you for the next gig 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.680 that's coming up on the on the thirties for HF. 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.280 I appreciate that. And you got a big gig coming 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.800 up on the first. What you've got coming up, I do. 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.240 I do. So we have a concert with Christina Aguilera 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:51.160 and Jennifer Husband on December the Feet at the Form. 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.280 So I have been really crazy busy trying to get 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.440 everything together to that. But it's gonna be a great concert. 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.960 It's free and it's sold oubt. So no, I don't 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.279 have any more tickets less it is sold out. But yeah, 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.600 that's my Lafe made the project. Then I'm going to 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.279 go on vacase you for a little bit. You deserve it. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:13.240 Oh my god, do you deserve it. I think so too. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.480 It's been a while. Yeah, I would tell you to 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:17.719 take me with you, but don't take me on the vacation. Girl. 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.080 I'm going to work. I've been off for a couple 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.200 of weeks. I'm going to work. But I'm feeling better now. 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.400 Vacation money, I'm I'm un plugging my laptop. It's not 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.320 a real vacation. Don't don't be fooled. You know that. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.279 So you know me, I know your boss. He ain't 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.360 he know he's not gonna play with you. So thank 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.080 you flameous for joining us today. We're gonna cover a 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:37.680 couple of things. You know, a lot of things have 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.400 interesting things have happened in the news. I would say 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.680 this week, but I'm gonna say this this morning. Good God, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.440 So Lord, I want you to take the lead. I'm back, 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.480 but I'm not at one hundred capacity, but I'm still 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.680 here and I'm ready to laugh and talk a little 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.160 smack and see what I can learn and teach. Well. 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:59.039 I mean, I know there's there's a lot of heavy 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.240 stuff happening in the DA, so I think we can 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:04.120 start lighting fun and then we can kind of get 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.120 into some of the craziness is happening in the country. 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.600 But I wanted to ask you. I realized you can 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.000 talk about watch the American music for Boards last night, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.200 you know what long I started off watching the red 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.680 carpet event and the set up, and I had took 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.760 an ambient and yeah, and then Cardi B was watching me. 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.599 She was making money moves while I was sleeping. I 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:27.800 did see some of the costume changes because that's what 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:29.880 I really wanted to watch. I wanted to see how 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:31.880 the stylists had put her together. I love the way 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.679 they put Cardi B together. So some of the stuff 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.520 I like. But let me just say this personally, and 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:39.920 I'm not this is no hate ration or any of that. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:42.960 You know how sometimes you can try. It's so hard 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:46.400 to kill that you overthink it. I think she overshotted 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.440 with a couple of those outfits, but she was still fun. 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.520 She looked a little nervous, but she said, yeah, I 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.880 thought someone was just a little over the top, just 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:58.720 a little Yeah, that's how she is. Would you expect 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:01.960 anything else from Cardi B Well, absolutely not. I want 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:03.640 to some it was. I think it was some of 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:05.719 the head pieces. It wasn't the clothes. I think it 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.839 was like, okay, maybe two hit pieces. But then after 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:12.960 that I was like, okay, enough enough. But she looked incredible. 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.800 They had so painted and lovely and I didn't get 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.840 a chance to see anything, but I thought the at 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.120 the clips of the BTS, boy, I like those Asian boys, 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.720 those like I couldn't under I probably wouldn't understand one 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.520 word they said to me. But those are some cula 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:30.240 Asian boys, you know. I've got to tell you. They performed, 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.400 um I forgot was the band that they performed with. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:36.720 But it wasn't like I just maybe because I'm just 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.800 not like I'm an old soul and hard, you know 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.440 what I mean? And I like really value artists creativity 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.240 and you know how songs are constructed them Bill, I 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.600 was very underwhelmed by them. I was like, you know, 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:50.280 they didn't really do it for me. But again I'm 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.480 not their age demos, so it is what it is. 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.520 Who did you? Did you enjoy j Lo? Um? I 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.280 kind of skipped over her performance. I will say j 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:02.840 Lo's wasts. It's great, you know what I mean. I 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.280 feel like at the beginning of her career, you know, 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.080 people were talking about how she could sing. She won't 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:11.680 can sing? She really can. People need to come up 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:18.400 off her sing. Jelo getting her paper, Um, he's great. 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:22.240 She she actually performed at the Rock and Roll Hall 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.880 of Fame. She did a t in a turn of 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:26.960 tribute was introduced to her, but I thought that she 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:32.559 was phenomenal. And then came Brown performed at uh oh 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:37.560 Boys School, your son's school that he's currently at. Uh huh. Yeah. 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.400 It was the American Music Awards this year. To me, 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.960 the demographics were very young. It was very it was 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.720 very for a very young audience. Horn, it was a 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:51.120 very young audience. The demographic, like you said, it was, 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.040 the entire show was a young show. To me, does 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.360 that make me old? Or is that making me old 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:05.079 because they were young? It no comment, no, no, no, 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:06.720 I don't think it was that at all. I don't 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.400 think it has to do with age. I just think 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.120 it has to do with like what you like, because 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.840 I didn't like. I said, BCS didn't do it for me, 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.720 so but those kids in the audience were going crazy 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.560 for them. So I don't know. Maybe it's just different 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.719 appreciations for music. I don't know. People love those uh 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.960 those Asian boys people. Baby, my daughters go crazy when 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.640 they see them, like Asian boys. I'm like, well, what 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.840 they're talking about, I don't know. I'm like, okay, they're 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.080 just pretty to look at. I'm like, oh, well, what 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.320 they're thinking about, I don't know. They're just pretty to 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.000 look at. There is a privilege to being pretty. I 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:43.400 will say, uh yeah, no, but I will say that 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.560 New Kids on the Block and New Edition performed together. 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.320 That was something I was not expecting. Oh and Bobby Brown. 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:54.480 They brought Bobby Brown. Oh, but Out on the Block. Yeah. Well, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.360 and he said, well, you know, he had some bos 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.400 because you know, Bobby's just tired, so he had some 0:09:58.440 --> 0:09:59.920 breaks so he was able to do the whole show. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:05.640 Mm hmmm, yeah. My my favorite American Music Awards is 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.719 probably Dana Ross hosting in eighty one or eighty two 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:12.600 or something like that, when she changed every commercial Cardie 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:16.360 was cute with the looks, but Diana Ross changed every 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:23.040 commercial status of a true diva. Of course, of course, 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.840 but of course your preferences, Diana Ross, that's a little bite. 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.360 Knock it off, knock it off, and knock it off. 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:31.080 Lauren Hogan, you know that's my deal. And that left. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.400 Let let me have what I have. Yeah, it was good, 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.800 but um onto affertic. We're not gonna stay on long 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:42.240 because I am not at one percent capacity with my voice, 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:44.600 so I don't want to put too much strain on 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.679 it right now. But uh, I want to thank everybody, 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.880 just like Lauren, for the well wishes because I was down. 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.439 I had a sinus infection that turned to something else. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.360 And thank you guys for being patient and just waiting 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.080 for me to come back. I needed the time. I 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.560 actually needed the time away from so your media. I 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:04.960 didn't realize how impactful social media is on your on 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.320 your mental status. It's so draining that you take on 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:13.880 everybody else's everything. I take on everybody's everything and get 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.240 passionate about it. Sometimes, even though I try to do 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.200 it jokingly, I didn't realize how much detriment it was 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.200 doing to me. But I'm back now and we're gonna 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:26.640 talk about what is happening in this America, this America. 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:31.880 Are we going there or do you want to start off? Well, 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.440 let's stign off with Friday. I taped for CNN, so 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.840 I was back working Friday, and we covered a hodge 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:44.200 podge of topics, including politics and music and you know, 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.000 what's happening in the world. And of course we touched 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:51.120 on the LGBT stuff and all of that come ins 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.120 and what I what movies I was watching. It was 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.360 a really, really great interview. It lasted for about an 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.840 hour and twenty minutes. I'm excited for it. Got for 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.520 to drop because Lord or no before I do, because 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.520 they email her and uh, I'm excited for you guys 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:07.960 to see it. I would I couldn't be Flame Monroe 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.720 because I didn't have the energy to have my pop 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.360 pop pop. But what it did made me do was 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:17.280 sit still and speak clearly and get all get it 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.800 all out. So I'm excited for you guys to see 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.600 all the subjects that we covered. We did talk about 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.839 the President Joe Biden. And my opinion on Joe Biden 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:30.080 right now is stop blowing before you give I see 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.960 you ready. I am. I am very disappointed with Joe 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.960 Biden right now because I've realized that Joe Biden, we 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.000 as black people, we helped Joe Biden accomplish a dream 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.200 that he wanted his whole life, which was to be 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:46.280 the president of the United States. I'm just waiting for 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.360 him to pay us back, which he did say that 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.000 he was going to, but as of yet, he has not. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:55.000 And it seems like everybody else is getting bills passed 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.280 and laws are being made and things are happening, and 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.240 Joe Biden will not be the president yea because of 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.200 not not just because of age. He will not win 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:08.400 again in this America. And you owe us, and I'm 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.559 holding your fee to the fire for you to pay us. 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.960 You owe us the Lynching Acts, right bills to be passed. 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:17.280 You owe us more more faret treatment in this country. 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.719 And if you have to push an executive order, I'm 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.920 tired of here. And he can't get past the center. 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.840 He can't get past the Congress. Trump did whatever he 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.800 wanted to do with the executive orders. If you have 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.360 to put down the executive order, then that so be it, 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.520 because you will not be the president again. So it's 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:37.199 gonna be interesting to see how I have even flipped 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:41.160 my my mind set on Yeah, you owe us pay 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.320 us and this is not this has nothing to do 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:49.120 with a crutch. You owe us pay us. Well, I've 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:54.120 been you have you have come to the other side. Welcome, 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.000 We welcome you. I think the issues that I have 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.600 and I think almost like put gonna be the nail 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.440 in his often is his statement that he put out 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:06.760 after the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict came down and him basically 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:13.439 instead of understanding that there is a serious uh racism 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:17.440 element within the justice system, instead of him recognizing that 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:22.640 considering all of the elements that were around Kyle Rittenhouse. Now, granted, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.280 he didn't necessarily shoot anybody that was black, but he 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:29.640 also he intentionally went to a Black Lives Matter protests 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:31.480 with a gun with the intent to kill. I don't 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:34.240 care what the verdict is, that's the facts of the situation. 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.880 And for Joe Biden to put out his statement and 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.560 say the dairy system works and we need to respect 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:48.240 the law. Is him exciting so much white privilege from 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.960 what his experiences being a white man in America. It 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.800 was just it was highly insensitive and very disrespectful at 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:59.280 the end of the day, and Kamala Harris came out 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.880 and she actually made a statement that said, you know, 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.680 this is just a testament that there's still more work 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:08.000 than needs to be done. Absolutely agree with her, But 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:11.120 the problem is, I think she's remained silent on so 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:15.600 many pertinent issues that's happening in America right now. Her 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.960 opinion at this point in time is almost being um, 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.160 it's not being respected by the American people on Moore 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.160 and that's the problem. So I think she's going to 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.480 have a situation of being guilty, guilty by association if 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:31.080 she ever chuses to run for office and become the president. Uh, 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:32.920 he wants to run for president of Guy's stay. So 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.200 that's my issue. And I agree with everything what you're saying, 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.360 Flaim Joe Biden forgot the black people got him elected. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:43.240 That's the problem with Yeah, he would not have one 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.800 without us, and we came out in droves and he 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.680 would and they have changed the the voting rights laws 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.280 in so many different states now, So even if we 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:54.720 wanted him to win again, we probably we are probably 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.320 not even in position to to help him win because 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.680 they've changed so many laws and he has done nothing 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:03.000 about And I'm sorry, I'm very disappointed with President Joe Biden. 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:07.560 I am I need him to fix this. And on 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.840 top of that is his ratings have gone down I 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:16.840 think almost now. He's in the decline. And honestly, transparently, 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:18.440 I got a little bit of issue with my sore 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.720 war too because what they did around the government race 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.640 in West Virginia. I don't agree with their strategy. There 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:28.040 was a young black woman that was a candidate that 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.800 the community wanted to elect. But once again, the Democratic 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.400 Party went with strategy over listening to what the people 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.440 actually wanted. They lost that race, and that's what's gonna 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:43.000 continue to happen. They're just the Republican Party doesn't listen 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:44.760 to us. They have their own agenda and they're all 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.520 on the same page. We know that that agenda is 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:50.200 white supremacy. You know that Democrats don't listen to what 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:53.680 people want, and that's that's because they don't listen to 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:56.280 each other. Are they too busy in fighting, too busy, 0:16:56.280 --> 0:17:01.560 too much in fighting. Yeah, so with with with him 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:05.480 speaking on this whole the murderer ridden house, because I'm 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.080 gonna say exactly what it is. He was a murderer 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.200 and he is a murderer. I don't care what they 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.280 didn't charge him with. He can't get away from the 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.800 fact that he did kill two people and shout a 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:23.040 third person. Um, you know, Lauren, I'm not the I'm 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:24.960 not the on the I told you so, I told 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.840 you so. But when he did them fake crocodile tears 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.880 and after they had already given him an acting class 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:36.120 and woo, even though it's still not a tear with ship, 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.400 part of me knew that he was going to get off. 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:44.680 And watching who the judge was in this case, Rob Schroeder, 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.200 who had been the judge and Kenosha Wisconsin in that 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.320 corps room for so many years and in the position, 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:54.720 and I watched him clearly during the trial lose his 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:58.320 train of thought three times that I saw three times, 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:02.399 and while trying to reprimand the prosecutor publicly. This was 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.680 the first time he had allowed cameras in his courtroom, 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:07.800 so he had an audience to play for and I 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.000 watched him lose his train of thought and then get 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.800 frustrated with the prosecutor because he lost his train of thought. 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:15.800 I knew then it was like he was the great 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.320 uncle of this, of this killer. He was like the 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.359 he had a hand in this. So I don't know 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.840 whether it's for book sales afterwards, if he's going to 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.600 write a book, if he's going to retire off of this. 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.160 I don't know what it was. But there were so 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:34.520 many the that the deck was stacked already for ridden 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:37.960 house to get off. In my opinion, this is my opinion, 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:41.680 this is my this is our show. So I just 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:43.920 I don't know. I I personally think that they need 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:47.399 to go back into that judge's history of all the 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:49.720 cases that he had because I just didn't think that 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:54.360 he was fair, that this is what I saw. Well, 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:58.440 I'll say this, um, I don't think at least I'm 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:00.960 not surprised. I'm not gonna speak for you know, the masses, 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.200 but I was not surprised about this verdict. And I 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:08.400 would say a couple of things there was the defense 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:13.680 did a great job of like putting out different misperceptions 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:17.159 and misinformation just about the case. In general. So I 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:21.440 feel like the public wasn't. They didn't really we didn't 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:24.359 really have all the facts even down to it wasn't 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:27.399 until you know, right before the verdict came down that 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:30.480 I knew that Kyle Rittenhouse didn't take this, for instance, 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.240 a R fifteen across state lines. There were just a 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.760 lot of information. I feel like that was, you know, 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.920 revolving around this case to start with. That was kind 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:42.520 of gave a plus to the defense. In addition to that, 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:45.720 the judge was it a murder trial. They were singing 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.480 in the courtroom and everything else. The judge made it 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:52.960 very clear that he didn't support the crimes that were 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:55.560 or the charges that were against Kyle Rittenhouse, because the 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:59.160 one charge that was beyond with like beyond a doubt 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:02.760 was that was he a minor with an a R fifteen. 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:05.359 He dismissed that charge. That was the one charge if 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:07.040 you were going to get him on anything, it was, 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:09.320 it was going to be that charge. He dismissed it. 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.840 So there was no way that you could just convict 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:16.840 Kyle beyond a reasonable doubt. He set it up so 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.080 that way. It didn't work that way. And to your 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:21.719 point about the judge, I'm sure his pockets are aligned 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:24.360 with somebody. He might have stock in the prison system, 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:28.720 he might have somebody paying for contributions to a possible campaign. 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:32.440 There's always something happening behind the scenes when it comes 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:35.919 to these white men that are in these lifetime appointments 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:38.360 that have no business being there. I'm sure there's more 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:42.040 to the story. But is he going to be invested? 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:50.240 Probably not. That is a clear reminder of what our 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:54.800 candidate here on laughing, Alison Lewis would talk about voting 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:58.720 at state and local government levels because it makes a difference. 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:00.919 This man has been in this position for such a 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:04.840 long time. It is you know Lauren and didn't look 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:08.359 Lauren when with what happened with that casey outcome of 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.160 that case, and even though cal Rittenhouse didn't kill anybody 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:14.720 that looks like us, Now, look what happened. A man 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:19.160 came barreling through a damn parade in his vein yesterday, 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:24.600 just driving through, just running over kids, and everybody was 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:29.000 that retaliation And this was a brother come to find 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:32.960 out that he was a black man. So do you 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:36.280 think that that do you think that that trial of 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:41.280 Rittenhouse getting not guilty on all accounts has opened up 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:44.000 a Pandora's box of we can do what the hell 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:46.520 we want to do and there will be no consequences 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:51.959 behind it. Well, what's different? How is that different than 0:21:52.000 --> 0:21:55.680 what's happened since America started? White people have been getting 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:59.000 away with crimes since the beginning of time in this country. 0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:03.320 That's nothing different. Yeah, if you think about it from 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:06.639 a perspective of if you compare Kyle Rittenhouse to a 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:10.159 tray Von Martin, if we compare Kyle Rittenhouse to an 0:22:10.160 --> 0:22:12.800 Elijah McClane whose family also just want a fifteen million 0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:16.119 dollars settlement, very happy for them. But if we compare 0:22:16.240 --> 0:22:19.480 Kyle Rittenhouse to all of these unarmed black boys that 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:22.280 have been shot and killed. Hell, Dylan Rooks asked, is 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:25.200 still alive and kicking. Yes, he might be in jail, 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:29.280 but he hasn't been placed on death row. And he 0:22:29.400 --> 0:22:33.399 killed nine black people after they prayed with him for 0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:37.480 forty minutes. Thank you. I'm just saying the system is 0:22:37.600 --> 0:22:40.880 very clear on who it supports and who it doesn't care. 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:46.000 And act were shocked and surprised about this verdict is 0:22:46.119 --> 0:22:48.399 very baffling to me. I don't understand how anybody in 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:51.399 their right minds had really think that power Writtenhouse is 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:54.720 gonna get off based on what you saw with his 0:22:54.800 --> 0:23:01.119 murder trial. Kyle Riddenhouse got out because of his his 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:04.920 skin color, the jewdge and his bad acting. Because that 0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:07.160 was some bad acting, even when he turned to look 0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:09.320 at the Jewish for approval to make sure am I 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:12.760 doing it right? Because there was not one tier Long good. 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:15.639