1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Our special guest today is an esteemed journalist and author. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: We've been biting him to give his insight and update 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: on the presidential election. Let's take a listen, the one 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: and only my man, my colleague. Put your hands together, 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Roland Martin. 6 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, welcome back, appreciate it all right, Roland, 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: let's jump into it. 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: Man. 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: Everything is shifted, everything has changed. 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: Brother, what's your insight and do do you think this 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: was a good step for Biden to step down? 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 3: Well? 13 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 2: He was. 14 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 4: He was left with no choice. 15 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 3: Remember since June twenty seventh, Democratic Donor, Democratic and Lade 16 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 3: have been constantly attacking him. 17 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 4: And what was crazy is a week after the debate, 18 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 4: poles were virtually time but because. 19 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 3: Democrats wouldn't let it go, that the lead began to 20 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 3: widen for Donald Trump and there was a point of 21 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: no return for President Joe Biden. If Democrats had coalesced 22 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 3: thrown him like Republicans, you would have the issue. Remember, dults, 23 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 3: I'm live thirty times in that debate. The publicans didn't 24 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 3: talk about his line. He lied twenty two times in 25 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 3: his acceptance speech. The publics didn't focus on his line, 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 3: but Democrats did, and so this is where we are. 27 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,919 Speaker 3: And the fact of the matter is for Vice President 28 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 3: Kamala Harris, they have the level of support that she's 29 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: gotten in the first you know, forty eight hours of 30 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 3: this is huge, you know. And what I'm surprised by 31 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: is President Barack Obama, you know, President Bill Clinton and 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 3: Hillary Clinton in doors term, the candidate. Everybody keeps saying 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: that she could be who could be fighting for the 34 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: nomination indorse term, Obama endorsed an open process. I didn't 35 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: know what the hell that's all about. And I think 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 3: what's going to happen is he's going to look up 37 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 3: and realize that was a mistake because the party in 38 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: the base is quickly saying we are back in this 39 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 3: suche for president exactly. 40 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: Let me ask you this, Roland. 41 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: From what I'm understand and what I'm hearing, is that 42 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: the Republicans are asking for for President Biden to step 43 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 1: down now and not even finish out the next six months. 44 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 3: That's stupid, Thank you. 45 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 2: The President. 46 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 4: And so you knew that was coming. Uh. 47 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: In terms of I mean if in fact, it's interesting. 48 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 3: I even had some Democrats call me, uh and folks 49 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 3: to try to convince me that well, it would be 50 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 3: it would be better for Vice President Harris if Biden 51 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,839 Speaker 3: stepped down from the presidency and then she could run 52 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 3: as an incumbent. I said, food, Do y'all understand how 53 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 3: the stock markets would respond? Do you understand how world 54 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 3: leaders will respond? Do you understand that? Then the House, 55 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: the Republican lay a house would then be one hoot 56 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 3: in hearings or. 57 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 4: A vice president I said, she she can't. 58 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 3: Run the country and ruber re election at the same 59 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 3: time in the short window. Then they were like, yeah, that's. 60 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 4: A good point. Rolls when anything about that? Like what 61 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: a y'all thinking about? 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: You know? 63 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: But no, the body is not stepping down. 64 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 3: And so all those Republicans who are saying you should 65 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 3: have resigned the president? Zee thin. 66 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 4: Can I'll go to help? 67 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 2: Are you right? Tell us how you really feel that? 68 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: Well, well, well, when you own your own show, your 69 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 3: own network, you can say what you want to say. 70 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: I doubt it, that's what and that's what he does. 71 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: That's what he does. Hey, Roland, man give for those 72 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: that don't know. Man, let's you know, we keep talking 73 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: about it. Can you give some insight on Project twenty 74 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: twenty five? That what people should know about what exists 75 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: in that actual project. 76 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: Project twenty twenty five, which we all call him hashtag 77 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: Trump's Project twenty twenty five is one of the most 78 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: evil plans that I've ever seen. If you can imagine 79 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 3: every crazy thing the hard right has ever wanted, it 80 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 3: is in the Project twenty Black people over index as 81 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 3: federal workers. They want to or they want to require 82 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: and all federal workers take a mega loalgy pledge and if. 83 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 4: They do not plange to MAGA, they will be fined. 84 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 3: That's a lot of black people. Second of all, they 85 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 3: want to target every program that has benefited African Americans 86 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 3: when it. 87 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 4: Comes to from an action, when it comes. 88 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: To economics, they're targeting everything. They strongly believe in anti 89 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 3: white racism, that this is a problem in this country, 90 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 3: and so they want to advocate anti white racism, which 91 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 3: we all know is an absolute shoke. It is about 92 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: one thousand page plan. And this is when you know 93 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 3: is real. Donald Trump has spent so much time I'm saying, 94 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: I don't know what it's this, I don't know what 95 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 3: it is. I've never heard of this, because they know 96 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 3: how potent it is. Folks go to my Instagram go 97 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 3: to my Twitter. I've been posting videos, posting graphics. 98 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 4: About the things that they want to do. And I'm 99 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 4: telling you and listen by. 100 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 3: Voice his horse, but listen, that's all right. 101 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 4: They will, they will. 102 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 3: In act Project twenty twenty five if they win. Donald 103 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 3: Trump said in his speech in the potational mention, I'm 104 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: going to rehire Tom Holman, who is that the author of. 105 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 4: Project twenty twenty five. They are not playing day one. 106 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 4: This is going to happen day one, day one, day one. 107 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 3: It is the most dangerous political document that I have 108 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 3: ever seen since the days of Jim Crow. 109 00:05:53,640 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: Woo you better right there, yeah, yeah, yes, yea. We 110 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: have got to get out and vote. We gotta vote, though, 111 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 2: we gotta votetau numbers. 112 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 4: But I don't just want to say we just need 113 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 4: to vote. First of all, before you can. 114 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 3: Vote, you have to register. That's important. So wherever you're listening, 115 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 3: check the registration deadline in your state. But remember Republicans 116 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 3: in certain states. 117 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 4: Are also throwing people off the rolls. 118 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: So double if you say I'm registered, double check your registration. 119 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 3: Make sure you have not been removed from the voting rolls, 120 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 3: because they've been doing that. 121 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: And the other thing is, hey, hey, Roland, we're gonna 122 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: were gonna take a break, man, take a commercial break. 123 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: We're gonna come back. We want to talk to you 124 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: some more. 125 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 3: Man. 126 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more of the Steve Harvey 127 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: Morning Show with our special guests. 128 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: Roland Martin. You're listening Morning Show. 129 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: We are back. We are back when we left. We 130 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: have my man here, Roland Martin. We are talking politics. 131 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: We are talking president, We are talking what is next 132 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: for this country? 133 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: Roland? 134 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: The question I keep asking, man, how do we get 135 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: the youth to get it out and vote? How do 136 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: we get our young adults to get out and vote? 137 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 2: What is it? 138 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: Because that I don't think they're into it. I don't 139 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: think they care. 140 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: You're right. 141 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 4: I mean when you look at the voting status, people 142 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 4: who are sixty five. 143 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 3: And older vote the most out of anybody, and as 144 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 3: you go down in age demographics, the number gets lower 145 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 3: and lower. 146 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 4: But this is how we have to do it. First, 147 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 4: I don't care whether they're young, little age, or old. 148 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 3: We have to say, namely three things you care about, 149 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 3: and they name those three things. We have to explain 150 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: to them that the presidency, the House, and the Senate governors, 151 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 3: state reps, state senators, city council members, county commissioners, school 152 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 3: board members, judges, das. All of those people play a 153 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: critical role in whatever the three things they care about. 154 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: We have to then tell explain to them that when 155 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 3: you sit at home, that's actually a vote. So therefore 156 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: you're leaving your power at home. When Harold Washington became 157 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 3: the first black mayor of Chicago, say eighty five percent 158 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 3: of all eligible black voters. 159 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 4: Voted yes, folks, we have to understand. 160 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: Part of the problem that we're seeing is for leaving 161 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: our power at home. If we hit in every city 162 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: seventy percent. 163 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 4: Of our numbers, we can sweep elections. 164 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 3: Twenty twenty two, fifty thousand fewer black people voted in 165 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 3: Milwaukee in twenty twenty. Had those fifty thousand people voted 166 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 3: in Milwaukee, Mandela Bonds, a black man, will be the 167 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 3: United States Senator and not maga Ron Johnson because he 168 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 3: only lost my twenty six thousand votes. We have to 169 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 3: understand basic politics, and that is you have to first 170 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 3: have power to heeld power, and you cannot have power 171 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 3: unless you turn out and vote. Now, if somebody says, well, 172 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 3: you know I got issues with Colin Harris. Okay, fine, 173 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 3: sit down and write the ten things I care about 174 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 3: and then say where does Kamala Harris and where does 175 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 3: Donald Trump come on those ten? And it will have 176 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 3: the most been aligned with you and so you vote 177 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 3: for But we have got to stop complaining about this issue, 178 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 3: this issue. Have a young person say, man, I ain't 179 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 3: voting because it don't matter, but I'm going to protest. 180 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 3: That means you're just going for a walk in the park. 181 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 3: You cannot call for policy changes unless you change the politicians, 182 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: so we cannot check out of the process. We cover 183 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 3: this up five days a week on World but unfilchers 184 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 3: on the Black sid Network is real. 185 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 2: And your insight all of that. 186 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, Roland. You always got the knowledge 187 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: and wisdom. Man, I appreciate you. Stopping with that. 188 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: Is at I will vote dot com. 189 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 2: Yep, we're gonna high left you again soon. We're back, 190 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: definitely calling you back. You're listening to The Hardy Morning Show.