WEBVTT - Will the New Democratic Leader Please Stand Up? | Angela Rye SoloPod 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.640 Native Land Pod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:10.120 with Reason Choice Media. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. Here's 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:15.720 what we're talking about today. We are talking about Chuck Schumer. 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:18.439 For those of you who may be unclear, Chuck Schumer 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:25.120 is the Senate Minority leader because he is responsible for 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:29.280 what the Democratic Party's agenda might be in the Senate. 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:31.640 As you all know, many of us, I'm saying us, 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:36.479 Lolo included, many of us are very frustrated by the 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.400 fact that he didn't understand understand the assignment last week. 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.159 House Democrats are on or all the House are on 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:46.760 recess this week, and we're trying to understand why anybody's 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:48.760 given him a pass because we've not given him a pass. 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.280 We are trying to understand, Chuck Schumer, why would you 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:58.680 vote with a Republican party that refuses to hold Donald 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:03.760 Trump and Elon Musk. Really President must accountable for his actions. 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.920 You're giving them a rubber stamp. Let the Republicans do that. 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:08.760 So those of you are at home and like I 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.520 don't really care about none of this. If you are 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.680 at home saying that, you probably don't watch the podcast 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.280 quite yet. But welcome if you do, welcome home, as 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.080 we say every week on Native Lampi. But what I 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:19.520 will also say to you is we need to talk 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:23.000 about accountability structure. That's lolo suggestion. We need to talk 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:24.720 about why we should care. And we are going to 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:27.119 get a little bit further into Chuck Schuber. Lola, I'm 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:30.320 hanging up on you, y'all. Tune in over here, y'all. 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:36.560 She's still yelling, hanging up. I'm hanging up. Okay, so 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:41.720 on live now. Now, here's what I want to tell y'all. 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.679 Why should you care? Why should you care? Well, I'm 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:50.600 so glad you asked. So. The Congress is a coequal 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:59.600 branch of government, and Congress dictates whether or what builds 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:04.240 the president signs into law. Okay, what we have seen 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:10.080 in recent weeks is that literally since Donald Trump has 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.600 been torn into torn into office January twentieth, we have 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:20.720 seen a Republican Congress, a Republican administration that has been 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:22.839 willing to give Donald Trump a rubber stamp. We talked 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.040 about this several times, that there's no accountability, that it 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.519 feels like a land has no president. All of that, 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:35.560 Chuck Schumer had to have seen Hakim Jeffries, who is 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.520 the House Democratic Leader we've been calling him the opposition leader, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:45.960 ensure that his caucus, that House Democrats, voted in lockstep 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:49.960 to oppose a continuing resolution that even included a cut 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:54.560 of a billion dollars to the DC government. What does 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:56.920 that mean for you? If you live in Mississippi or 0:02:57.040 --> 0:03:00.799 Alabama or Washington State, which is where I'm from, why 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.320 should you care about that? Well, if you're willing to 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.040 cut the budget of another entity because you don't agree 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.200 with their politics, or you want to punish them or whatever, 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.320 that's a very dangerous precedent to set. And that is 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.680 kind of the role where where that we're walking down. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.919 So we assumed that because Chuck Schumer said last week, Hey, guys, 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.480 I'm gonna I'm going to be voting in lockstep with 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.880 the House Dems. We're going to ensure that our party 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.000 is lined up together. We're going to protect the American people. 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.160 That's the most important party here, y'all. He was supposed 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.800 to be protecting the needs and the interests of the 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:36.080 American people. And guess what, Chuck, he didn't understand the assignment. 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.840 He did not understand the assignment. Instead, he said, you 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.080 know what, hell with this. Not only am I going 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:45.800 to vote with the Republicans on this Continuing Resolution, I 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.120 am going to get ten of us to stand in 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.640 lockstep to pass this. As you all may know, in 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.960 the Senate, the United States Senate, most of us would 0:03:56.200 --> 0:04:00.160 just think a simple majority, right would ensure that we 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:03.800 could pass policy. Well that's not the case. In order 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.520 for a cloture vote to happen, you have to have 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:10.680 sixty votes. So because of the margins in the margins 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.000 in the Senate, you normally are going to have to 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.040 have some Democrats who side with Republicans to get the 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.960 bill to cloture, and then for the ultimate measure, whatever 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.599 that legislation is. Here was the Continued Resolution, which is 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.039 a budget how things will be funded throughout the government 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:29.240 or not funded, which is another big part. So they 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:33.800 voted for cloture, which means the overall bill could continue, 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:40.000 and then they allowed the Republicans to get this measure 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:44.320 through that now gives Donald Trump and Elon Musk more 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.760 rain to do whatever they want to do. So regardless 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.279 of if you guys care about this or not, what 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.400 you've got to understand is that even at your job. 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.479 You have accountability. If you come into work late every day, 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:59.599 you got to have a conversation with your boss. Right 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.240 after you had a conversation with your boss, you still 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.479 coming to work late. You are may get disciplined, maybe 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:08.240 some type of probationary period, and then you ultimately lose 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.240 your job. If the American people are telling you what 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.679 time it is, Chucky, if the American people are telling 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.240 you how they want you to vote, Chucky, I'm going 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.760 to need you to fall in line. Friend. So that's 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.960 what's happening. So now Chuck Schumer's making his calls, he's 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.400 making his rounds, he's asking people for cover, he's asking 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.920 people for support. He's telling them, whatever you want to do, 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:35.839 I'll do it, man. We told you what to do. Man. 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.599 So here's the thing I want to know from y'all 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:43.599 if you think that Chuck Schumer should face any consequence 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.880 for again, this is the Senate minority leader. He only 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.479 got but so much power. And mind you, let me 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:55.560 tell you. When the Republicans were in the minority, there's 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.080 a guy named Mitch McConnell who some of y'all might 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:02.120 have seen like this at a press conference, and he 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.960 was stuck. He didn't get stuck when it was time 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.039 for them to debate a continuing resolution that they didn't like. 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:11.080 In twenty twenty one, when he didn't want to give 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:16.279 Joe Biden approval or be on the other side of 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.560 what they would what they would call a democratic rubber stamp, 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.000 he didn't give him no support, No, no, no, no no. 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:27.839 Guess what Mitch McConnell did, friends, He philibustered that bill. Philibuster, 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.279 I'm so glad you asked. That means that he was 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:35.000 on the Senate floor talking that ish about the bill 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.080 because he didn't want the thing to pass. That's what 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:39.880 you do, you put up a little bit of fight. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:45.479 And here's the problem. Me a political myself. I'm a 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:49.120 political strategist. I grew up professionally in this stuff. I 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:52.479 love this stuff. I have been telling people for a 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.680 year that we are living, we will live under a 0:06:55.680 --> 0:07:00.159 fascist regime if Donald Trump wins this election. Okay, I 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:01.800 have been and you know why I'm telling you that 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.320 because I believe it, and we're already seeing signs of it. 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:07.960 We have lost there's an index, a democracy index. We 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:12.120 have lost standing on that democracy index. I believe the 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.600 words that are coming out of my mouth. I ain't line, y'all. 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:20.000 I believe that we are fifty two steps closer to fascism. Okay, 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:22.760 so I'm not telling you something I don't believe. So 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.600 my question is for folks in elected office who have 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.440 also said the same thing that me and my friends, 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.320 people who are in the political process have said for 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.640 over a year that this will be fascism, that democracy 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:39.280 will be dead, which means only that people power will 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.960 exist no more. If we really believe that, why would 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.760 you vote in favor of giving somebody more reach like 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:51.160 Elon Musk would doge the Department of Government Efficiency that 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:54.560 ain't even a real department. Why would you give Donald Trump, 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:58.080 who's signing in these executive actions, all these executive actions 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:02.120 that are not into law, rogue authority for him, abuses 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:06.960 of power for him trying to strengthen and garner more 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.440 presidential power, which he clearly doesn't need. There need to 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.880 be more checks and balances. Why would you give him 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:17.760 more authority? And not even filibuster it. Y'all wanted to 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:22.480 keep the filibuster bro use the filipbuster. So I want 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.040 to just tell y'all about some other folks who didn't 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:32.240 quite get this right. Okay, So there were several several 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:38.480 Democrats who voted to support this measure, and I know 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.440 that some of you have already been following this issue, 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.960 so you know who they are. I am going to 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:47.920 one of our graphics because y'all, my memory is bad 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.520 to pull up who the list of senators were that 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:56.120 voted for this bill, the Continuing Resolution. Some of them were, 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:01.880 for example, Kristin Gillibrand in New York. So why are 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.320 you voting for it? What's on the line for you? 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:09.120 Catherine Cortes, mast them out of Nevada? Why are you 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.760 voting for it? Let me see who else voted for this. 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.560 I want to name everybody, because it's not just Chuck 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:19.680 Shoo who should be facing these consequences. It's the other 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:23.280 people too who voted for this. But I do think 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:27.559 that he had an obligation and he didn't fulfill his obligation. 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.120 He's the leader, so if he gives them cover, which 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.360 means he gives them permission to vote for it, we 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:36.400 have a problem, you know. So let's see who else. 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:42.440 The vote was sixty two to thirty eight, and it 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:47.839 was a six month extension of the current budget, which 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.960 means that in six months we're gonna be back here again, 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:55.640 probably before them. So Cinni Minority leader Chuck Schumer, John 0:09:55.720 --> 0:10:00.960 Fetterman of Pennsylvania again, Catherine Cortes mass So of Nevada. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:06.000 Dick Durbin, who is normally pretty good on issues of Illinois, 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.960 voted for this. Brian Shattz of Hawaii. Now, Brian, what 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.440 you doing? Gary Peters of Michigan, really, what are you doing? Like? 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:14.760 Do these folks not realize they have people who would 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.040 be impacted by some of these cuts in their states. 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:22.359 Maggie Hassen of New Hampshire, a Grin again, Kirsten Gillibrand 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:26.000 of New York, and Jean Shaheen of New Hampshire, who, 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:30.199 by the way, says she's not going to uh seek 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.320 office again, She's gonna step down after this term. So 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:36.320 what did you have to lose? Friend? And then Angus King, 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:40.920 who is an independent from Maine but caucuses with the Democrats. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.120 That's what we're up against. So my position is you 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.360 need to make sure these people hear from you and 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.960 understand what's at stake here. There are those of you 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:51.839 who have been hearing us say this for weeks now 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.959 that you need to call these members of Congress, make 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:59.560 your voices heard, ensure that they are doing the right thing. 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.480 And you're like, why should I care? Why should I 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.520 Why should I take my time to call them? I've 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.480 never seen them work for us? Why should I care? Well, 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.800 this is what I'm gonna tell you. Where I think 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:17.000 black folks in particular have the greatest amount of power, 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.320 it is in our political power, and it is the 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:23.720 place where we will surrender it the easiest. We uh 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:29.359 forsake our obligation to hold these members of Congress accountable 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.600 whether they whether we believe they work for us or not, 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:33.840 they actually do. They are paid with our hard earned 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.560 taxpayer dollars. And so those are the reasons why you 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:41.559 should care and really focus on. Hey, these I'm gonna 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.000 look at what this bill says it will do to 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.640 people in communities like mine. I'm gonna look at what 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.880 this bill will do to me personally. This is how 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:53.240 these things would harm me personally. I think those are 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.319 the kinds of conversations that we have to do now. 0:11:56.880 --> 0:12:01.040 When that new shoe drops, or there's a a concert 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.120 you want to go to, or there's you know, some 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.600 contest where you can earn some you know, participatedness and 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.800 you get a five hundred dollar gift card. Right, we 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:14.800 will bust a move. But when it's come, when it 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.160 comes time to protect our interest, we don't. And so 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.440 I really want to understand from you all why, like 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:24.480 what would keep you from engaging in that way. Our 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.440 voices are sometimes all we have, and so we've got 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.199 to lift our voices and make sure that we hold 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.839 these people accountable. Now here's let me tell you some tea. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:37.800 So Chuck Schumer been getting all this pressure, and what 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.320 he did was he has a new book out on 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.920 the rise of anti Semitism in America, and his little 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.520 book tour was supposed to start. His book tour was 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:52.960 supposed to start in Baltimore Monday. So yesterday, y'all, Chuck 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.600 Schumer canceled the tour. And let me tell you why 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.360 he canceled the tour because some of you understood the 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.480 assignment in ways that he did not, in ways that 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.319 some of us have not. And you called his office 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.600 until they cut the phones off, and you blew up 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.440 the social media accounts until they cut those off, and 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:14.280 they stopped responding, but the pressure was successful because he's 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.160 postponed the tour because he did not want to face 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:21.280 those who he hurt. And that is what this is 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:25.200 all about, y'all. We are in a different age. Something 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:27.560 more is required out of all of us. And I 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.320 will tell you, honestly, I don't have all the answers. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.400 I couldn't even remember all the Democrats who voted against 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.640 or voted for the continued Resolution. But what I can 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:40.199 tell you I know is that if we do extraordinary things, 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.360 we will experience extraordinary results. I want to hear from 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.120 y'all honestly on what else you think we can and 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.760 must do. I think that some people would say, how 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.480 do y'all got all this time to be mad at 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.559 Chuck Schumer? You should be mad at the Republicans, Chiad. 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.400 We've been mad at them. We've been mad at them, 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.960 but they don't feel accountable to us. They say smartmouth 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.200 things to us when we raise our concerns to them. 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.880 We need to go first to the people who said 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.440 that they stood with us on issues, who go on 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.200 our platforms to reach our people, who come to our 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.559 churches and ask for our votes, who come into our communities, 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.640 for Black History Months, gatherings and all the things in 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.760 the parade celebrating. Judent team voted for the holiday, but 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.080 when it comes time to protect the funding that will 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.440 keep us alive, we looking like where you at? Those 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:29.960 are the kinds of things that we need to be 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.200 wrestling with in this moment, and I think it is 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:38.600 abundantly important that we start shifting our expectations and we 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:42.520 start shifting how we deal with elected officials who are 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:46.640 supposed to serve us. Let me tell you why, y'all. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.960 Do you know there are whole communities of people who 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:55.240 know by default to call their elected officials, who know like, oh, well, 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.480 if I host this fundraiser, I have an audience with 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.640 this person, They'll at least listen to what I have 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.640 to say. They know that if they go up to 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.400 Capitol Hill and request a meeting, that that member has 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:09.760 an obligation to hear from them. We have that power. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.920 We just have decided that it's not important enough, or 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:17.000 or because I don't want to cast judgment. You might 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.600 be in a position where you're like, hey, given the 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.560 work that I do and the hours that I work, 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.840 I don't have time to call. Maybe you work all 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.240 day and you're not allowed to make any personal calls, 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.720 so you can't call the Hill, or maybe you don't 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.280 you're not on social media, or maybe you're like, I 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.400 can't fly. I can't afford to fly to DC to 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.680 talk to these members in their face, only to potentially 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:40.240 get denied a meeting. I get it. But what you 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.880 can do also is look up organizations in your area. 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:50.720 Maybe you're an educator, maybe you are, you know, a janitor, 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:54.200 Maybe you are in a labor union. Did you know 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:58.080 that these labor unions have relationships with these folks, that 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.720 there are education associations that have relationships with these folks. 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:04.240 That maybe you care deeply about civil rights, so you 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.960 join the NAACP or Urban League or what have you, 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.840 and they have relationships with these folks. Maybe you prefer 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.880 to be a little more confrontational and you want to 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.800 sign a petition about it when you can go to 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.680 color Change right. Maybe you're seeing that there are people 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:24.280 who represent your interests better who are running for office 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:27.080 in these neighborhoods. You can support that person. Now you 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.440 might say, Angela, I don't have money to give to 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.840 these members, and actually I wish we ken't money out 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:35.040 of politics all together. I understand that too. You can 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.600 phone Bank for that person, you can text Bank for 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.800 that person and push them. Now, some of y'all just 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.000 like me too, I'm not gonna lie. Maybe like well, 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.080 that sounds real cute and cool, but I don't know 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.720 if there's gonna be another election. I'm with you. I 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:52.120 don't know either. But here's what I do know. We 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:58.200 have an obligation to do different. We are expecting extraordinary 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:02.120 things from Members of Congress, from elected officials in these 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:07.679 very trying times, but we are not doing extraordinary things ourselves. 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.840 And calling your member of Congress and holding them accountable 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.760 or meeting with them or showing up to their town 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:18.679 hall is not an extraordinary thing. It is actually the 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:21.320 least you can do. And if you're not able to 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.440 do it, call a member of your family, call someone 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:26.800 in your community who you trust and ask them to 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.600 do it for with you. If you are intimidating, you 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.800 could literally send a message to our ed Native lampod 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:34.800 or you can put a question in the chat today. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:36.959 I'm looking on to Lo Lo too to see if 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:41.439 we have any questions today to ask them, you know, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.800 to help. Can you help you can ask us to help. 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:46.760 We would love to. We love those questions. Every week 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.920 we answer questions on our main show that drops Thursday. 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:51.480 But you just have to send in your question to 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:57.600 Lolo our dm our Native Lampod on Instagram at Native 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.880 Lampod on Instagram. You can send a question and say, Okay, 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.199 I want to let's run this through. Let's like trial 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.920 and error. We can try to call somebody tomorrow. But yeah, 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:08.760 I think that we should do some of those things. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:10.480 Let me get to some of these questions before we're 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:23.960 out of time. Thanks Sol for Senandy. So, why did 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:28.040 Chuck say that the filibuster would give Trump more power? 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.760 Is it true if the government shuts down, Trump has 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:39.240 a better plan hand. So here's a real thing. What 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:43.480 Donald Trump wanted in this instance was for the government 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:49.240 to stay open. This bill helps the government stay open. 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.639 A lot of federal workers were saying themselves, shut it 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.440 down because it's been shut down anyway. That's what we've 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:59.120 been saying on the podcast for a little over a week. 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:01.280 It has been shut Now, what they're doing is an 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.560 abuse of power, and so they're engaging and shut down tactics. 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:08.159 They just dismantled the Department Education. Do you know the 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:13.600 same day that the Senate passed the continuing resolution that 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:18.040 Chuck Schumer put his staff of approval on and endorsed 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:21.280 and passed and voted yes on. Did you know that 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:27.240 same day that Donald Trump dismantled the Minority Business Development Agency? 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:31.760 Did you know that he ended the CDFI fund what 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:36.040 helps to which helps to ensure balance and fair access 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:41.240 to poor communities to financial services and resources. That's what 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.639 we're up again. So the government's been shut down and 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.880 he doesn't need them to pass any bill to do that, 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:50.720 So we should be using this time to hold them accountable. Like, yeah, bro, 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:53.040 I would love to vote on your little bill, but 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:56.000 until you rein and Elon Musk, I ain't got no 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.280 time for that. Yeah, bro, I would love to vote 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:01.160 on your little bill, but until you I'm signing executive 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:04.080 actions that you think went through the legislative process, I 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:07.000 ain't got no time for that. That's how you handle that. 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:09.960 You do not meet someone who is a dictator and 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:13.560 an abuser of power by giving them more access and power. 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:17.040 That's not how that works. Come on, we gotta know 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:19.800 better than that. We gotta fight better than that. Fighting 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:23.360 back is not saying yes, that is surrender. And that's 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:27.800 why I really believe that Chuck Schumer in his incendency too. 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.320 But I don't believe he's gonna run again. The word 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:32.240 on the street is he is not going to pursue 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:34.680 office again. So he should be more bolder than more 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:38.120 bold than ever. Right. I'm not talking about him stepping 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:40.640 down from his seat, because that's gonna take too long. 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:43.800 I'm talking about stepping down from leadership because if you 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:47.720 can't lead, and you can't lead with courage, and you 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:51.840 can't follow what the people who sent you want. And 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:54.320 I'm not talking about the small minority of donors who 0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:56.960 wanted you to pass that bill for defense funding. I'm clear, 0:20:57.080 --> 0:21:00.359 I see you, Bro, I'm not talking about them, talking 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:03.920 about the people who wanted the federal government workers who 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.600 you claim to be standing in solidarity with as they 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.240 sue to get access to their jobs and to keep 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:12.359 their jobs. I'm not talking about the small number of 0:21:12.400 --> 0:21:16.360 donors who had a business interest in this bill passing. 0:21:17.119 --> 0:21:19.879 I'm saying that your values are off, and because your 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:21.960 values are off, you don't deserve to lead the American 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.280 people on the centate side. That's what I really believe. 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:27.480 I would like to go over what's being cut, but 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:29.400 instead of me doing that, I'm actually going to refer 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:31.880 you to our last podcast from Thursday where we talk 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:35.159 about that in detail, Elizabeth. But I did answer your 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:40.800 first question, Percy Miracles. What's the Democrats specific black agenda 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:43.679 ain't one boom. We got to make one, and we 0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:46.159 have to demand that they are held accountable to that. 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:49.320 I love this. Then this goes right back to the 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:52.119 heart of what we were really saying. Boston Baby sixty 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:56.040 eight says, I've called and left messages. What impact did 0:21:56.040 --> 0:22:00.200 it really have? What I can tell you is that 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:03.399 I know for a fact that Chuck Schumer has been 0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:07.399 scrambling making calls to people asking for help, and it 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:09.040 might have been your call. I think they might have 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:12.119 said Boston Baby called me. So let me go ahead 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:13.480 and do what I need to do. Let me at 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:15.679 least ask a question. But I do want you to 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:19.320 know it is a part of our collective action when 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:22.000 we come together and say, it's not about who the 0:22:22.000 --> 0:22:25.920 person leading it is. It's not about if it goes 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:28.480 exactly my way. Lolo knows about that. Me and Lolo 0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:31.639 both hardheaded and We like for things to be in 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:34.159 our way, in our language, but it doesn't have to 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:36.680 be that if we agree on the end goal, which 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:40.280 often is the liberation for people. Me personally, I'm always 0:22:40.320 --> 0:22:43.840 talking about the liberation for black people. The only way 0:22:43.880 --> 0:22:47.160 to liberation is for people to be on one accord. 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:50.520 So if you can't agree on how we get there, 0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:52.919 if you can't agree on when we get there, if 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:55.400 you can't agree on the tactics for how we get there, 0:22:55.520 --> 0:22:57.639 we're going to have a problem. And I think that 0:22:57.760 --> 0:22:59.840 it is dangerous enough in this country right now. We 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:04.199 have got to pivot. The tactics of the past have 0:23:04.359 --> 0:23:07.720 got us so far, thank you. It is time for 0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:10.640 the tactics of the present. It's time for the tactics 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:13.439