#RolandMartinUnfiltered - Last week of Ga. early voting; Pastor Jamal Bryant speaks; Columbus, Ohio cop fired

Episode Date: December 28, 2020

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We'll have that for you, plus my interview with the pastor of New Birth, Pastor Jamal Bryant. Donald Trump finally signs the bill for COVID relief, a $900 billion bill. But what about the whole issue still of $2,000 going to families? Republicans have rejected that. Trump says he wants it to happen. Democrats have said, we've been wanting this thing to families. Republicans have rejected that. Trump says he wants to happen. Democrats have said we've been one of this thing to happen. Post COVID-19 is still on our minds. In DC, the Council has passed a

bill that allows children to get vaccines without parental consent. A Prince Williams County, Virginia Sheriff fired a deputy for his disturbing comments on social media. Also, a 71 year old South Carolina man is suing the police there for detaining him while he was naked.

In Columbus, Ohio, the police officer who killed a black man last week, he has been fired. Plus, the first black college president is being honored with a bust in Vermont. And today's crazy-ass white woman falsely accused as a black teen of stealing her iPhone. Wait until you see this video that has gone viral. We'll also be talking with the father of that young man. It is a jam-packed show.

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There were two events today. Today, Pastor Warnock, he spoke in Gwinnett County, and we live-streamed that particular event. And, of course, John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock both held a concert and a rally, a get-out-the-vote rally at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb County. We're going to hear a little bit later from Pastor Jamal Bryan. A lot of things have been happening going on here in Georgia. The folks at Black Voters Matter, they have been going to council meetings, they've been going to

court battling efforts to frankly strike black folks from voting. They, of course, they successfully fought Republicans who wanted to somehow dismiss 3,000 votes in Albany, Albany, Georgia, significant black population. In fact, I will be there tomorrow keynoting a get out the vote rally taking place there in Albany. And so in just a second, I'm going to be hearing from Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, to give us an update on exactly what they have been able to do to fight back efforts to suppress black votes. Folks, everyone understands the nation's eyes are all on Georgia, these two critical races. And so that's why you see so much effort. Millions and millions of dollars are

pouring into this state. Folks are raising money left and right, funding efforts on the ground. I've been talking to folks with the DNC, with third party groups who've been out there. As I mentioned, Black Voters Matter, they have been really focused on what's been happening out there in rural areas. The Black Church Political Action Committee, Same thing. They have been focused out there as well. Jamal Brown, when you hear from him, he's involved with them. He told them, y'all completely ignore Atlanta. Go out to rural Georgia in

order to get those black folks energized and get them to vote. Here's the deal. Early voting ends this Thursday here in Georgia. Some counties, it ends on the 30th, others on December 31st. But the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns, they desperately want to get as many people, as many people locked in to vote early as opposed to January 5th, which is election day.

Let's now go to Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter. As I said, they have been on the ground and galvanizing folks, but also challenging Republican efforts to stop black folks from voting. Cliff, y'all have some good news about the latest effort where y'all beat back the oppressors. Yeah. Yeah, Roland, thanks for having me. Yeah. Basically, today, there were challenges in two counties,

down in Albany, Dougherty County, and also in Newton County, which is in South Metro Atlanta, heavily black county, all of these counties. Looks like we have lost Cliff Albright's signal. So let's do this here, folks. Let's get Cliff back on the phone. Let's ignore the video. Let's at least get him on the phone with the audio so we at least have clear audio there.

As I said, folks, they've been battling efforts. Also, the Lawrence Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, other groups, have been challenging as many efforts as possible by Republicans to shave the margins here. Folks understand how important the black vote is. Black

folks have been turning out in Georgia in a significant way, going to the polls, voting early. They are outpacing, they are outpacing black turnout from the November 3rd general election. That's how critical black turnout is. And so young votes as well. Some 76,000 people who did not vote November 3rd, they actually registered to vote in this runoff. Republicans have been trying to get those folks, those ballots, not to be counted.

It means literally Senator David Perdue even said they want to isolate those voters. Looks like we have Cliff Albright back with Black Voters Matter. Cliff, go right ahead. About that, Roland, as you can probably tell, we are actually on the Black Voters Matter bus right now, the Black Voters Matter bus in America right now. So please excuse me for the reception. But yeah, I was saying that in two counties today, two counties where we do our work and where we have local partners, there was an effort, the same effort that's been going on in county after county where they're trying to challenge voters on their addresses, which is where Albany is, as well as in Newton County,

which is in South Metro Atlanta area. In both of those counties, those efforts, they had emergency hearings today at their county courthouses. In both of those counties, those efforts were defeated. In the case of Doherty County, it was defeated three to one. In the case of Newton County, it was actually defeated two to one, which actually raised part you know, part of what part of the story that's going on here, while there's something to celebrate in the fact that as they keep doing this in county after county, in county after county, where they're challenging these voters, part of the story is that they're losing, and those efforts are being defeated. But the other part of the

story is this, and a lot of these votes by these board of elections, it's close. It's two to one, right, in most cases. Sometimes it's three to one. There may have been a couple where it was unanimous. But what it's showing is that there are folks at this local level

who even though this complaint and this voter suppression is frivolous and dangerous, you have some local officials that if they had their way, they would let them go forward with it. They would go forward

with challenging these voters in spite of the fact that we are now just one week away from a federal election. So showing that these efforts are not, you know, this is now part of the battles are now on the table. And that's something that's a dangerous trend as we move forward. And that's a great point, Cliff. And it also explains to people, again, why local control matters. We can focus on Washington, D.C., we can focus on the state, but you cannot ignore the county level because that's really where elections are being controlled. No, exactly right. You know, and that's been something that are being controlled. No, exactly right. You know, and that's been something that I think within progressive circles that we've overlooked, especially in the South, we've overlooked a lot of these levers of local power, these board of elections, these county commissions, school boards,

some of these other boards, these authority boards, these utility boards, right? Those are all places where we can get local power over some real issues that control our lives. And we set the bench for all these others. Because that's the bench that then decides who's going to be in the state legislature, who's going to be in Congress, who's going to be Senate, right, all the way on up. But when we ignore that local power, it creates a very dangerous situation. But I think in Georgia that there's a lot of folks, a lot of organizations that have learned that lesson

and we're doing the work of building that power. And that's part of how we're being able to set back these voter suppression efforts. They can keep trying in all 159 counties if they want. It hasn't worked so far. It's not going to work. They can't stop the kind of turn that's taking place in the state right now. All right, Cliff Albright on the Blackest Bus Tour for Black Voters Matter.

We certainly appreciate it, man. You're doing a great work. And again, we certainly congratulate you all on what you're doing. And so let's keep the pressure, keep it going. Thank you're doing. And so let's keep the pressure, keep it going. Thank you, Roland. I appreciate it. Thanks a lot. Folks, as I said, two big rallies held today. Pastor Raphael Warnock was in Gwinnett County speaking there. We covered that event, but we also were at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb County where they had a concert and get out the vote rally, both John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock both spoke there. Here is some of that particular rally. We wind up with David and Kelly.

Hey, say it with me now. Say vote. Say vote. See, we deserve better, DeKalb County, than two United States senators who saw a pandemic as a chance to enrich themselves but have blocked relief for the people they represent for eight months. We deserve better, DeKalb County. We will not forget that Senator David Perdue, the same man who called his broker to buy medical and vaccine stock when he found out what was coming, opposed even the first round of $1,200 checks for his own constituents. David Perdue does not care about us. David Perdue does not care about us.

And $600 is a joke, DeKalb County. You send me and Reverend Warnock to the U.S. Senate, we will put money in your pocket because the gas bill is due, the rent's overdue, the credit cards are maxed out. We are hurting through no fault of their own and you deserve better. DeKalb County, say it with me now. Say vote. Vote. Say vote.

Vote. See, the ballot box is where we hold those who represent us accountable. The ballot box is where we exercise our power as a people. And right now, Georgia has the power to make history. DeKalb County has the power to make history. Feel that power, DeKalb County. We have nine days to go, eight days to go. Because this is about where we go next as a people. We have better and bigger things to discuss than David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. We have the power to write the next chapter in American history, DeKalb County, because Donald Trump is leaving. Donald Trump is leaving, Donald Trump is leaving and Georgia voters sent Donald Trump packing. You did that. Feel your power, DeKalb County.

And as a black teenager growing up in the 1950s, she grew up picking somebody else's tobacco, somebody else's cotton. But because we live in America, because we are busy and engaged in the work of building a more perfect union, last week the 82-year-old Hans that used to pick somebody else's cotton was able to pick her youngest son to be a United States senator from the great state of Georgia. Only in America is my story even possible. So I'm honored in this moment, and I'm focused on the work that we must do together because there are folk who are engaged in the vision, in the politics of division and distraction. Folks who have no vision engage in division.

They do not know how to lead us and so they try to divide us. And it's our job right now to stand up and reclaim our belief in the American promise e pluribus unum, out of many, one. We are one Georgia. We are one America. We are one America. We are one people. And come January 5th, the people of Georgia are coming to get their seats back. Are you ready to win this election? We got work to do. And I'm ready to work.

Are you ready to work? My parents instilled in me the values of compassion and hard work. I told you my mom grew up picking cotton in Waycross, Georgia. My dad was a veteran. Let's hear it for all of our veterans. Come on, let's hear it for the folks who stand up for us, who do the hard work. We've got to do more than cheer for our veterans. We've got to make sure that when they come back home,

we act like we remember what they did when they were away. They shouldn't have to fight just to get health care. They should not have to wait weeks and months just to get an appointment at the VA. We've got to stand up for our veterans. Let's hear it for them one more time. My dad was a veteran and a preacher and a small businessman. He preached at a small church

on Gwinnett Street in Savannah on Sundays. But he spent most of his days picking up old junk cars and loading them on the back of a rig and taking them to Chatham Steel. And that's how he took care of his family, picking up old junk cars and old scrap metal that other folk had thrown away. And then on Sunday morning, the junk man became the preacher man,

and he preached to folk who themselves felt thrown away. And he reminded them that our God is a junk man who goes around picking up all the other folk that other folk have thrown away. Because God sees our value. And that's the gospel that he preached. It's the gospel that my friend and classmate from Morehouse College, Jamal Bryant, preaches from this church. Let's hear it for Reverend Bryant.

That's the work we must do together. Speaking to Pastor Jamal Bryant, I got a chance to talk with him after today's rally about how important these two races are in Georgia. All right, Pastor Jamal Bryan, this is probably, out of all the rallies we've covered, probably one of the largest rallies here. How critical is this county going to be for John Ossoff and Raphael Warner? It is so critical, and all the more, DeKalb County is the most overlooked county. Most people focus on Fulton,

but DeKalb County is growing and mushrooming because our young adult population. And there's a whole lot of young people who have shown up in this place more than a whole lot of other rallies. And one of the things that we do know is that about 76,000 folks who did not vote November 3rd registered vote in this runoff. Half of half of them are people of color.

Yes. It's so critical. Atlanta erupted in May after the killing of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. And many of the old guard didn't think young people would go to the polls. But they showed up in record numbers on November 3rd. And now they're believing that they're going to show up now. One million have already participated in early voting. It's going to be a turnout deal. You can run ads all day you want to.

But this is also on the ground. And so folks who you're with, Divine Nine, others, talk about what that ground game has been like. We still doing it the old-fashioned way. People are going door to door. People are still going to barbershops. What you've seen in Atlanta, nothing is closed. So we're going in the community, in the malls, in restaurants, because that high tech has got to match the high touch.

And one of the things that also we're looking at, black folks are going to be key. They're going to be critical in this election. They're moving at a higher rate. But what I keep hearing is also the rural parts of Georgia, Albany, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, also driving the numbers there. I'm a part of the Black Church PAC,

in which I've told them, spend no time in Atlanta. It is the rural areas that need the support, mobilizing those pastors. So we're in places like Noonan, Georgia, and Macon, Georgia, and Warner Robins, Georgia, because those are those areas. Little numbers will make a big impact. And what has been the response with the Black Church PAC? I've seen their bus. They've been traveling around. How has that been going? It's giving the church to come outside of the stained glass and come in the street corners. It's forcing the church to be its authentic, historic self. And so it's a great time for the church. And obviously in this COVID world, what's also happening is that the church also, look, you don't have all of them coming and congregating.

So they had no choice but to be digital. So they're going to really do the outreach to get people out voting. The irony is that you've got a black pastor running for Senate, which demands that the black church can't be on the sidelines. It's got to be on the front lines. You've interviewed me many times about the role of the black church. And now the black church has no option but to know you can't be a spectator. You've got to be a participant. All right, then.

Pastor Brownlee, appreciate it. Thank you. Let's do this. All right, folks, let's go to our panel. Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeaver, she's a political analyst. Mustafa Santago Ali, of course, a Ph.D., also a former senior advisor for the Environmental Justice EPA, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, economist, president emerita with Bennett

College. I'll start with you, Julianne. Ground game, ground game, ground game. Eight days until Election Day, three more days of early voting here in Georgia, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This really is going to be about that point that Pastor Jamal Bryant just made. I know these folks, these folks today, these Democrats, these political analysts, they love focusing on phone calls and text messages and digital ads, things along those lines. But the reality is you've got to connect with people, go where they are, go into those places to get them to go out to the polls.

Because this when you say every vote matters, this could very well this election could very well come down to two, three, 5, 10, 15, 20,000 votes, considering Joe Biden won this state by less than 12,000 votes. Absolutely, Roland. This could be 1% of the vote. And I expect if it is 1% of the vote, they'll recount, recount, recount. But the fact is that black folks have boots on the ground. You have Melanie Campbell, National Coalition of Black Civic Participation. You have Latasha ground. You have Melanie Campbell, a National Coalition of

Black Civic Participation. You have Latasha Brown. You have Felicia Davis. You have black women and men, but I'm plugged into the sisters, who are literally turning it out. They're working 24-7. They're knocking on doors. As many people said, this high-tech thing, you know, I don't mean to be the old fogey. High tech works, kind of. But the connection works a whole lot better than sending somebody an email. So if I knock on your door, go to your church, and we can't do that anymore with COVID. But if I knock on your door, if I meet you on a corner, you've made a connection. And we've seen people make connections. And that you see the turn high, because typically, as James Clyburn has written in The Washington

Post, basically runoff disfavor black people. But if we mobilize black people, we will turn out. And, fingers crossed, we're hoping that they will turn out. The rally that you were at with the Bryant, the two candidates, amazing. The commercials that they put out, amazing. I especially like the one with the dog do and the beagle. But amazing, making their point. And meanwhile, little Miss Barbie lookalike and the guy who won't debate, but I forget their names. But in any case, those two are basically hiding behind their privilege. So we have to just give props to these courageous Democrats who can make a difference in the way way governing goes down. Again, you know, what we're dealing with here really is just about, you know, again, how you get folks out to the polls, how you begin to drive them.

That's the piece, you know, when you look at when you look at this, this video here, this this is just some of the drone footage, Mustafa, that we shot today. Just to understand, you know, they've been having these type of rallies. And look, these are important. Even though they've been happening in the daytime, they really are important because we've seen an increasing number. We were here yesterday. We landed yesterday morning. John Ossoff did an event with black artists. Pastor Warnock had two rallies yesterday, one at a church, one in another part

of metro Atlanta. And so when you see the people turning out, when you see these numbers, you know, when you see the focus and the attention and when you see the energy, that's what it requires. And they're telling people, you've got to call and text, let everybody know that they've got to get out here and vote. Yeah, without a doubt. You know, black folks have been building the infrastructure for a decade now in Georgia. But this moment, making sure that everything could come together, you know, even without the resources that were necessary. And luckily, now we have resources that are flowing. So now folks are putting all these stuff together.

You know, they're, as has been shared, you know, going out to the barbershop, to the beauty salon, and to the rib joint, making sure that when somebody's standing outside to get those, that they also get the fly or that they get that information that's necessary, making sure when folks come to the supermarket, they're also making sure that they're talking to them then.

So we understand that we now see the goal line. We just got to make sure that folks stay focused. And that doesn't mean just folks in Georgia. That means that everyone across this country who's watching this show, if you know somebody in Georgia. That means that everyone across this country who's watching this show, if you know somebody in Georgia, reach out. You can make sure that you're making a donation if that's the way that you can give back.

You can be a part of the phone banks. You can do so many different things. So we don't have to be in Georgia to support folks in Georgia. We just got to listen to what they're asking us to do and then make sure that we get in line and do what they are telling us that will be very helpful in getting across the finish line. And look, Avis,500 or $5,000,

and they wanted to get it to the Warnock and Ossoff campaigns. And I actually responded and I said, don't send to the campaign. Send directly to third-party groups who are putting people on the ground. And one of the things that they're doing, Avis, and this is really an economic deal as well. What they're doing is they're actually paying people $15 and $18 an hour to actually canvas. Because that's one of the deals there. And so when you talk about these campaigns, look, let me just be honest, the white political consultants, the white media buyers, they shouldn't be the only folks who make money about these campaigns, look, let me just be honest, the white political consultants, the white media buyers, they shouldn't be the only folks who make money off these campaigns.

Campaigns are multi-million dollar operations. Some $463 million is going to be spent on advertising in this state. So guess who's smiling? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the television stations in Atlanta, in Decatur, in Augusta, in Savannah, in Macon. Oh, the TV and radio people. I saw one story where

one local station general manager said they are plus 200% to 300% of what they even projected because of how critical this state is. And so the money being raised, a group of alphas, they're raising money. They're sending the money directly to third party groups to pay people directly to get out there and canvas. That's the level of intensity that we're seeing here. We are eight days away and people are putting together twenty five hundred,

thirty five hundred, five thousand, ten thousand saying, where can we send it to have maximum impact? You know, you hit the nail on the head there, Roland. People really need to understand that elections are big business. Elections are big business. If you sort of blow that out to the presidential election, now we're talking in the billions spent, okay? So it is exactly the truth that there are millions, I think there's definitely over a hundred million at least that I've heard that's just been raised on the side

of the left in this campaign. So you know the right has probably at least equal that. No, actually, actually, in the last two months, Ossoff and Warnock have raised two hundred and ten million dollars. That's just their campaigns. That's two hundred and ten million dollars raised by the Ossoff and Warnock campaigns.

That's not counting groups, third party groups. That's not counting PACs. You mentioned the Republican side. You've got Republican billionaires like Steve Schwartzman, who's over BlackRock. He's given $15 million to Mitch McConnell's PAC. There's another hedge fund guy,

Ken Griffin, I think that's his name. He's put in some $10 million. The Mitch McConnell PAC is going to put in $60 million in this state. Wow. I believe it. And so this is why it makes so much sense to make sure that we get money directly in the hands of those black organizations that will make sure it gets down to the people who are actually doing the hard work of getting out door to door,

of being able to reach those people where they are, of making sure that the key constituency that will choose the next senators from Georgia, which is the black community, get a piece of that pie, because that labor deserves to be compensated. And under normal circumstances, let's be real, you're exactly right. You have a whole bunch of white consultants who come down here, and they make so much money during the election period. They can just coast off of that money for the next couple of years until the next election. Even if they lose, the same people that lose get hired ironically again and again and again just to keep losing. And so it's about time, it's about time that we get compensated fairly for the work that we're doing. I'm not sure, I'm not saying

that we're there yet, but we definitely deserve to get a huge piece for the work that we're doing. I'm not saying that we're there yet, but we definitely deserve to get a huge piece of that pie because we're the ones that are going to bring it home. Folks, just so again, I told you that I'm going to be in Albany tomorrow. If you please go to my iPad tomorrow, we're going to be for a drive-up rally at the Sand Trap Club and Lounge. Now, y'all know I might as well come there

blasting my hole-in-the-wall music if we go into the Sand Trap Club and Lounge. The lot's going to open at 1.30 p.m. The rally's going to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at 1412 Radium Springs Road, Albany, Georgia. Erica Savage Wilson, of course, Thursday panelist. She's actually from Albany. We're going to be hitting some other places there.

I'll be visiting some folks, trying to get folks out to vote again. That's really what our goal is. And then, of course, on Wednesday, Savannah, we're coming back. So, first of all, we'll be doing the show tomorrow night from Albany as well. So we're looking forward to that. Savannah, y'all don't worry. I'm going to see y'all on Wednesday. A rally taking place there from 3 to 430 in Savannah at Bethel AME Church, 1814 East 38th Street in Savannah, Georgia. That is being sponsored by Senator Lester Jackson and the Freedom Creek Foundation.

And so it's all about encouraging our folks to get out to vote. So I'll be the keynote speaker at that event in Albany tomorrow and in Savannah on Wednesday. And going back to Julianne, Julianne, again, not focus just on Metro Atlanta is critical. Being able to rally our people in Macon, in Columbus, in Warner Robins, in Albany, in Savannah, in Augusta,

these places that are not in Metro Atlanta. Sure, Metro Atlanta makes up 60% of the population in this state, but the bottom line is this here. As you said, if it comes down to one percent, that means that if you look at there are 159 counties, 159 counties in this state, that if Joe Biden won by less than 12,000 votes, but if you just say 12,000 votes, okay, divided by 159 counties. That means that Joe Biden, just use a number, Joe Biden picked up 75 more votes per county than Donald Trump. Now, granted, we know it could have been a big swing,

but the bottom line is out of 159 counties, that comes out to 75 extra votes per county. That's what we mean by every vote matters, Julianne. Precisely. I mean, we look at the big cities, and of course that man always wants to dismiss what happens in our big cities. But in rural areas, what's his name? Jamie Harrison in South Carolina has something called the down the road pack. He talked about you have to walk down the road to get full participation. And that's what it's going to come down to in Georgia. We know that Metro Atlanta is very likely to mostly go for Biden. But what we don't know is the voter in one of these counties

like Macon, who has never had an opportunity to touch a candidate or someone who has supported a candidate. And that person is going to be motivated by that touch. And so that's what we're dealing with. This is the best case, Roland, that we've seen a very long time of every vote counts. And we can't afford to ignore a single vote to dismiss the fact that this person is rural or white or Latino. We've got to go after every vote. This is, and people say this every time, this is the most important election. But if we look at the victory of Biden, it will not be actualized unless we can capture that in Georgia. And that means literally going after every single vote. And there's a lot of money on the table, as Ava says. I mean, $400-plus million in ad buys, these PACs,

Mitch McConnell PAC, other PACs. But we've got our PACs, too. And what we have that advantages us is the boots on the ground. We have folks like LaTosha Brown and others who are not sleeping, who are riding on their buses, who are making sure that people understand what's at stake here. But we can't forget, and I love the fact that people all over the country are sending money to make sure that our people get paid, because we always are the volunteers. But if people are taking time off work,

if people are paying folks, at least give them a little stipend so they don't have to sleep, you know, wherever. So, no, we've got to go after every vote. All right, then, folks, let's talk about this story that just really took up over the weekend. This suicide bomber, Anthony Quinn Warner, who killed himself in the bomb blast in Nashville

that took that, shut down an entire block, has really damaged a significant number of businesses. But what's really strange here, Abe, is how these white folks in media are describing this guy. They are afraid to say white domestic terrorist. Now, let's

be real clear. If a Muslim had set off a bomb in an RV in a major American city, I think Trump might go maybe one minute without mentioning it. Has he said anything about this bomber? No. But it's amazing how they won't call this guy a terrorist. If you blow up an RV

in an American city, you are a terrorist. You are a suicide bomber. You are a suicide bomber terrorist. They won't even use the language, Avis. No, and it's not surprising because we see this every time. White violence is always excused.

White violence is always minimized. White violence is always, quote unquote, justified. They want to provide some sort of angelic image of this person who committed this terroristic, violent act. And it happens over and over and over again. The reality is the vast majority of individuals who perpetrate domestic violence to the extent of terrorism in this country are white men. And the overwhelming majority of them specifically are white men who align with white supremacist ideology. The vast majority of terroristic attacks that have taken place on this soil have been perpetrated

by white men. Yet when these things happen, you see law enforcement, you see the media go out of their way to contort themselves into all sorts of verbal theatrics to get out of calling a thing a thing. That was a terroristic act. That was a terrorist who it seems was also a Trump supporter, which is probably another reason why you're not going to see Trump say anything about it. He has radicalized millions of people in this country. And if you think that that sort of damage is going to leave with that administration, unfortunately, I think you should have another thing coming. Mustafa, look, it was certainly scary as all get out. A couple of folks were injured. They did recover this terrorist body in the rubble as well. They're still trying to investigate all different angles, assess motive as well.

But look, a lot of people are talking about this growing chatter of what I have been saying for 11 years. White fear. I have been saying these white folks are losing their mind. They're showing it now. A lot of people are saying that things could get really scary after the electors are certified on January 6th, especially if Trump keeps doing what he's doing. Everything that you've been sharing, everything that Avis just shared, also goes along with what the FBI has been saying.

The FBI has been saying that domestic terrorism in the United States of America has continued to increase year after year after year, especially under the Trump administration. Of course, they like to put a different label on it, a different narrative that's surrounded by this. But that's why we got to pay attention to it. Not only pay attention to it, we got to continue to put a spotlight on it and then hold people accountable. So the Department of Justice has to make sure that they're getting engaged. Homeland Security has to make sure that they're getting engaged, along with the FBI, and making sure that we don't allow these extremist groups or individuals, such as the suicide bomber,

to be able to find fertile ground. And of course, we know Donald Trump has been feeding into that mindset. And as Ava said, you know, has actually been, you know, playing with people's minds and getting them to do things that maybe they might not have done if they hadn't had this fuel

that was placed underneath of them. So we got a lot of work to do. We got to stay very focused on this issue they might not have done if they hadn't had this fuel that was placed underneath of them. So we got a lot of work to do. We got to stay very focused on this issue because, as you said, Roland, we got some serious, serious times we're about to go into in 2021. And if we don't keep pushing, if we don't keep holding people accountable, we're going to have more lives that are going to be lost. Simple as that. Julianne, these are white domestic terrorists. The FBI said the group that we had better be concerned about are these white domestic terrorists. But America does not want to call these people what they are.

Not at all. And yet, remember, I guess a couple of years ago when the FBI talked about Black identity extremists. And they put something out there. We were all because Black identity extremists because we were Black. But Black folks are not running around

doing the stuff that this guy did in Nashville. They don't want to use the word because the word is defining. As Ava said, they don't want to call a thing a thing. They want't want to use the word because the word is defining. As Ava said, Jim, they don't want to call a thing a thing. They want to make excuses, just like the little white boy they took to Burger King after he shot up that church in South Carolina. So he had to get something to eat. Now, how many times has a Black person who's done anything got himself a Popeye's chicken? Just for the record. All I'm saying is that these folks do

not want to deal with reality, which is why it's so important that President-elect Biden picked the right person to lead the Justice Department as Attorney General, why he chooses the right person to be Assistant Attorney General for civil rights, it's really critical that he get out of this narrow box of Merrick Garland, leave him on the court. He does a good job there. And really talk about someone who's going to really expand the base around these things, to have us talk about these things. This is absurdity.

Some fool leaves a bomb outside of a building. People, I was watching the other day, people are running out of their homes. People are confiscated. People have their PJs on and they're told to evacuate right away. What is this? This is the mind manipulation of a warped human being who no one has called on his stuff. Well, we are paying attention to all of these ladies' developments. Avis, I know you have to go. We certainly appreciate you joining us today on Roland Martin Unfiltered. Thank you so very much.

Folks, when we come back, we're going to talk COVID-19. Trump finally signs the bill. Also, what's happening right now, Congress is voting to override Trump's veto of that defense bill because he objected to the renaming of Confederate bases, military bases, named after other white domestic terrorists known as Confederate leaders. All of that next. Roland Martin Unfiltered, broadcasting live from Atlanta, Georgia,

where we are on the ground covering the Georgia Senate runoff elections. Back in a moment. Daring to demand the right to vote for black Americans in Selma, Alabama, 55 years ago, John Lewis was nearly killed as he and hundreds marched across this bridge. That movement's courage secured the Civil Rights Act

and the Voting Rights Act, but the promise of equal justice in America remains unfulfilled. So together, we'll fight for a new Civil Rights Act and a new Voting Rights Act to ensure equal justice for all, no matter the color of our skin, to end racial profiling and police brutality,

and to stop anyone from suppressing the sacred right to vote. Congressman Lewis gave me my first job. He instilled in me the conviction to fight for justice. He said to never give in, never give up, keep the faith, and keep our eyes on the prize. I'm Jon Ossoff.

I approve this message. Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote. When you're 22, you absolutely do not expect to be diagnosed with cancer. You know that it can always come back. And that's why I'm supporting Raphael Warnock, because he understands that healthcare

is fundamental to people's lives. I'm sick and tired of being represented by people who are actively working to take away my healthcare. Raphael Warnock fights for people. That's what he cares about. I'm Raphael Warnock, and I approve this message. We learned early in Sunday school that thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness, thou shall

not have no other gods before me. Raphael Warnock's opponent seems to have forgotten these basic Sunday school lessons. Her gods have agreed her lies about Pastor Warnock and her shady Wall Street practices are evidence of this. And on January the 5th, let's bear witness that greed, lies, and shady dealings don't represent Georgia. Let's send Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate to fight for the least of these and not Wall Street billionaires. You are leading the way for the rest of this state.

And we believe that this state is on the verge of shocking the entire country. Keep your eyes on the prize And hold on, hold on What y'all know about that damn offer? And ultimately, we know we can't let nobody turn us around. In spite of all that you have endured this year alone, this is still the good life city? Yeah!

If it turns out that the Senate is hinging on one seat and there's only one race left... Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up! This will literally be the epicenter of the entire country, right? So we ready. Music has an ability to be able to help us feel connected. And that's because music has a way of speaking

for the spirit. And it is the spirit we're going to change this country with. It is going to be standing in a way of speaking for the spirit. And it is the spirit we're gonna change this country with. It is going to be standing in a space of our power and in the fullness of our spirit of love and the spirit of humanity. That is what's gonna transform America. If your vote didn't matter, you wouldn't have so many people trying so hard to stop you from voting.

There is some value there. But even when you talk about that people are not paying attention to your issues, I can't pay attention to your issues if I don't even know you there. And the only reason people are going to know you there is when you show up to the polls and vote. That's when that power manifests itself. But as long as you stay at home, as long as you're making excuses, then guess what? You will always experience these issues that we're experiencing today. And another thing, don't get caught up in the candidates, right? There's no such thing as

a perfect candidate, but you should be going to vote for the most important person, and that is you and the one you love. You talk about you'll you're fighting for the one you love you willing to die for the one you love you need to ask yourself Are you willing to vote for the one you love? Because if you don't there's gonna be somebody's neck on yours pretty soon All right, folks, welcome back. Roller Mark unfiltered. Go to my iPad, please. House passes stimulus check boost as Republicans splinter. That is the headline on Politico a few moments ago by 275 vote margin.

275 people voted for the bill. All Democrats voted for the $2,000 checks to American taxpayers. Also, guess what? Republicans crossed the line. Now the question is, will Mitch McConnell follow the lead? Trump has said 2000, 2000, 2000. He says he cut a deal with the Senate Republicans. Let's actually see.

The other thing is this here, Julian and Mustafa. This puts lots of pressure on David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in this state because the question is, will they vote for it? Mustafa, you first. Well, I guess we'll see. You know, they have not been strong supporters of anything that's been COVID related. So my expectations of them has never been that high, but they continue to go down each and every day on a basic humanity level. By not doing, you know, by not supporting it, you're pretty much, you know, cutting your own throat. And I hate to say it that way, but you really are because everyone across this country is hurt.

And folks need relief. And if you're not willing to give folks serious relief, why should they give you their vote? Well, you know, Mustafa, everybody's not... But Julian, here's the deal. Mitch McConnell's going to be also in the pickle because he's got Republicans in his caucus who do

not want to support this. All of a sudden, they care about the deficit. But he also knows this could be really painful to Loeffler and Perdue if they're going around Georgia. Here you have Loeffler, the richest member of Congress,

saying, nah, Americans, y'all good with $600, not $2,000. They're going to have to answer the question and then they're going to have to answer the question, do they even agree with Mitch McConnell if he chooses not to bring the bill up? So this could actually hurt them in Georgia. Oh, it absolutely will hurt them.

The only challenge that, I mean, the interesting thing, Mustafa said everybody's hurting. No, everybody is not hurting. There are a whole bunch of Americans who are doing quite fine, thank you. The top 45 of the Fortune 50 companies have their profits up. So anyone who's holding stock in those companies is making more money. And this is where we see the bifurcation.

We see about nearly 1,850,000 people a week filing for new unemployment claims. We've all seen the lines snaking around corners. a week filing for new unemployment claims. We see... We've all seen the lines snaking around corners. We've seen this new term, food insecurity, which to me just means hungry. But we've seen this new term being bandied about quite a bit. And so there are those who are hurting,

but there are those like little Miss, um, Barbie, I think her name is Kelly, who, um, is doing quite fine. So Mitch McConnell is sitting somewhere between a rock and a hard place. He knows what American people need, but he also knows what his investors, what his wealthy people need. And he has not heretofore been inclined to push anything that was helpful to people that are at the bottom. And the bottom now means the bottom 60%, which means more than half of them. So it's going to be very challenging.

And I hope that Warnock and Osloff make the most of it in terms of their messaging and commercials. Folks, coronavirus is dominating so many different conversations. Of course, we continue to see how it's impacting this country. A bill, though, passed by the Washington, D.C. City Council last week has gotten some folks upset. It would allow children as young as 11 years old

to get vaccinations without their parents' consent. The law says that if a doctor determines that a minor is capable of informed consent, they will be able to seek government recommended vaccinations that their parents object to on religious grounds. They can also get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, which is recommended for older children. Some parents oppose it because the virus is sexually transmitted and they object to their teenagers having sex. The bill was pushed by Councilmember Vincent Gray, who was the chair of the health committee. It was approved 12-1 with a one holdout being Councilmember Trayon White. To become law, the bill has to pass a second

vote by the city council and then go to Mayor Muriel Bowser for her signatures. Any concern here at all, Mustafa, with someone as young as 11 years old making the argument against their parents' wishes to get the vaccination? Smart law, bad law? I think it's a slippery slope. There are some 11-year-olds,

probably some 10-year-olds who are mature, but the majority are still developing. So for someone to supersede, you know, a parent and make decisions about that. And because I've worked with so many folks in the public health world, in the medical world, I know how busy they are. I don't know if they're going to spend enough time with a child. And I want to reinforce that with a child to actually know where that child is sort of in the developmental process. So I have some real concerns about this. I want everyone to be

protected, whether it's from sexually transmitted diseases, whether it's from COVID or whatever it might be. But, you know, I think there's more thought that needs to go into this and make sure there's some other stopgaps that are there to make sure the parents don't have the opportunity to fully participate in the process. Julianne, good law or bad law? Bad law. First of all, with the COVID,

we have not had enough testing of people. I think the Pfizer says over 16. I may have it wrong. The Mod says over 16. I may have it wrong in the Moderna, over 18. So if you're going to let an 11-year-old choose to take a virus, a vaccine that has not been tested on their age group, very, very bad luck. With the human poca lava, I have a different feeling.

But I also think parents need to be essentially consulted. I love Vince Gray. His heart on public health is in the right place, but I think this is a law that goes in the wrong direction. All right, folks. Let's talk about this story here in Vermont, where Black residents make up only 1.4% of the population.

Initiative to recognize local history makers from the region has led to the creation of a bust to honor Martin Henry Freeman, the first black president of the college in the United States. A sculpture in Freeman's likeness has been installed in downtown Rutland. He was born in Rutland in 1826 and will now become the president of the all-black Allegheny Institute and Mission Church in 1856, the school is now known as Avery College. Certainly, that's a big deal there.

So congratulations to all the folks there. All right, folks. A Prince William County sheriff deputy in Virginia was fired during the Christmas holiday for posting disturbing comments on a conservative social media site. Prince William Sheriff Glendale Hill launched an investigation into Deputy Aaron Hoffman's post Christmas morning. Hill found some of the comments posted under Hoffman's account advocating for violence, including violence against Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, for allowing the dismissal of a case seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election. Hopkins claims he did not post these threatening messages

to social media and that his account was hacked. Hmm. I'm not really buying the hacked argument, Julian. I'm just... I'm kind of not buying that one. I don't think any of us are, Roland. I mean, I think that this is the excuse when you get

busted doing something then you're a law enforcement officer. A law enforcement officer would even a justice of the Supreme Court is very, very troublesome. This is the kind of mess that has been unleashed by that man.

So you have someone putting bombs in vans in Nashville. You have a sheriff, a sheriff. I can't even say it enough times, a sheriff threatening the Supreme Court Chief Justice. When Rob Roberts is hardly, you know, H-Rab radical, he is kind of juggling. So no, I'm not buying it. And he needs to be fired. And probably that's the nicest thing that could happen to him. Folks, speaking of firing, today in Columbus, Ohio, the officer who shot and killed Andre Hill, the brother in Columbus, has been fired.

If you go to my iPad, please, this is the headline right here on the Columbus Post-Dispatch. Their website, safety director, fires officer who fatally shot Andre Hill, calls the use of force unreasonable. We had the mayor of Columbus on last week. He was very angry with what took place here. Also angry. This cop also did not

have his body cam footage on. It has been shocking and stunning to look at that video of Andre Hill. 1 30 in the morning. The cops get a call. they say they're hearing this noise in this garage. He's in his garage, cops come on the scene, he walks out, and he's literally carrying a cell phone. Shots are immediately fired, he is killed. Ben Crump actually tweeted out today, let me pull this up, he tweeted out that there has been an autopsy, has been performed on him as well. And he said right here, the tweet says,

a coroner confirms Andre Hill was shot multiple times and his cause of death was homicide. Mustafa, that's obviously important, that medical examiner's determination. What else could it be but homicide? Man was on his own property, in his own garage, working on a car, whatever, and then you have folks come in and shoot you. The reality of the situation is that if you or I or any of the viewers here today shoot somebody,

that there are repercussions for that action. Police have to be held to the exact same level of accountability that everyday folks are. And until we get to that, until police unions are willing to also do the right thing, we're going to continue to have these types of egregious behaviors that continue to happen, and we're going to continue to have this genocide that continues to happen to black and brown people across our country. It also, Julian, it's really important, I think, here, the reaction from the mayor. Because from the jump, he expressed outrage at this shooting and called for this officer to be fired.

Typically, what happens is you got elected officials who will run for cover and make excuses for officers so they don't piss off the police union. Well, there's an increasing amount of egregiousness in what's happened to many unarmed black people,

especially black men, and the police union's protection of any kind of crime. And so I think the mayor's reaction was right on time. But I think that what this really calls for is an examination of what these police unions stand for, why they protect people who do not deserve protection, why they ignore people who do deserve protection, and how some of these— I'm a labor economist, so I believe in unions and all of that. But you cannot have unions hold people to unreasonable standards. You shoot somebody and you get a pass? No.

Heck to the no, to the no, to the no. And so I think that we, the bigger question, and which is why I'm so interested in what President-elect Biden will do with justice, the bigger question is, what, how can we hold these police unions accountable? Not just the officers, but also the unions who will basically defend anybody, anything. Yep. Let's talk about a case in South Carolina where a 71-year-old Jethro Devane

is suing the city of Rock Hill after he says police ordered him out of his home and held him at gunpoint while he was naked. In 2019, Devane says he was sleeping when he saw officers shining a flashlight through his window. Well, the 71-year-old got up and opened the back door to investigate. The officers were searching for four juveniles, but when they saw Devane's door was open, they aggressively ordered him out of his home. In body cam footage, you can see an officer order Devane out of his home and hold him at gunpoint for 90 seconds. Devane is suing Rockhill for gross negligence, civil assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional stress, and outrage.

False imprisonment, abusive process, civil conspiracy, and state constitutional violations. He's also demanding a formal apology from Rock Hill Mayor John Geddes. Mustafa. Sue him. He should continue to sue him for everything that they're worth. You know, you got an elder who's there. And

you know that that elder was not involved with the four young people who they said was going on. That's neither here nor there. They continue to do these types of things that are inhumane at a minimum. So I say that you should continue to pace and make sure. And here's the other thing that I want the viewers to also know about this case,

is that they actually, when this was brought to their attention, they decided to drop it. And then they also had one of the police chiefs or someone who had a conversation with him and said that he needed to stop sleeping in the nude. That's the level of seriousness that they put on this gentleman's life

and the situation that he had to go through. So sometimes the only way you can get folks to get some do right is by actually hitting them in the pockets. The problem with that is that lots of times that comes from taxpayer dollars instead of from the folks who are doing these infractions and these dehumanizing types of actions against black folks. So I'm all for it. I hope he gets every dime that he's entitled to. If he wants the apology, that's great. He has every right to ask for that. But hit them in the pockets

until they actually do the right thing. Julianne, just like the woman in Chicago, just like the woman in Chicago where they busted into your apartment in 2019, again, I don't recall often seeing white women butt naked being held at gunpoint by cops. It's just very interesting how it's consistently black people. It's the dehumanization of black people. It's the re-enslavement of black people. It's why

we have a slogan that says Black Lives Matter. It don't matter what happened. It would not have taken one of those officers a minute to go and give the man a robe. So this was about dehumanization. Go get his robe. I mean, if you really thought there was something wrong, just go and... And so the comment that he shouldn't sleep in a nude is specious. Probably a third of all Americans sleep in a nude at some point or another. I don't have any statistics on that. I'm just guessing. But in any case, Mustafa is right. Sue him, sue him, sue him until it hurts. But it doesn't hurt the individual unless they have some culpability. So if the city has to pay, let's say, I don't know, whatever,

make the officer, if any officer paid one or 2% of it, the city has to pay $50,000 and the officer paid $5,000 of it. If you hit that officer in his pocket, he or she will understand that this is just unacceptable. And then the whole notion of the apology, and people have apologized for slavery. They didn't do anything. There are no reparations. But the first thing that should have come out of that mayor's mouth was we apologize for the inappropriateness of this. That should have been the first thing out of their mouth.

But again, Black lives don't matter. As you say, Roland, you would not see a white woman or, you know, a white man being paraded around nude. And so why does it happen to black people? Because we were paraded around nude before. We were paraded around nude on auction blocks. And some people want to take us back there. And that's why it matters. All right, folks, got to go to a break. We'll be back in just a moment two senators to Washington, D.C. I'm going to help. The President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, is here to help. The President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, is here to help. The President of the United States,

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Vote early. Vote today because we got power. I'm Chrisette Michelle. Hi, I'm Chaley Rose and you're watching Roland Martin Unfiltered. A few hours ago, Joe Biden, President-elect Joe Biden, gave a speech talking about the importance of foreign policy. Here is what he had to say earlier today. Before I begin, I want to say a few words, a few brief words about the explosion that took place Friday in Nashville, Tennessee. Federal, state, and local law enforcement working around the clock to gain more information on motive and intent. This bombing was a reminder of the destructive power that an individual or a small group can muster and the need for continuing vigilance across the board. I want to thank the police department of Nashville, particularly those five police officers who

worked so quickly to evacuate the area before the explosion occurred, risking their own lives. And for all the firefighters and first responders who jumped into action early on that Christmas morning, last Christmas morning. Their bravery and cool-headedness likely saved lives and prevented a worse outcome, and we are eternally grateful to that law enforcement agency. And I know the hearts of all Americans are the people of Nashville as they rebuild and recover from this traumatic event. Now, Vice President Harris and I, along with our nominees that lead the national security institutions,

have just been briefed by some of the professionals who have been conducting agency reviews as a part of our transition. This is a longstanding part of the orderly transition of power in American democracy. We welcomed teams from the incoming Trump-pence administration four years ago. Gave them access to all that we had. And over the past few weeks, teams of genuine policy and management experts, many of them

previous government experience who have gone into agencies across the government to conduct interviews with personnel, to gather information, and to assess the state of the federal government to ensure that the government to conduct interviews with personnel, to gather information, and to assess the state of the federal government that we will shortly inherit. taking COVID-19 precautions and waiting weeks for the ascertainment, meaning that so they could go in and be clear to go in.

But they have done an outstanding job. For some agencies, our teams received exemplary cooperation from the career staff in those agencies. From others, most notably the Department of Defense, we encountered obstruction from the political leadership of that department. The truth is many of the agencies that are critical to our security have incurred enormous damage. Many of them have been hollowed out in personnel, capacity, and in morale, in the policy processes that have atrophied or have been sidelined, in the despair of our alliances and the disrepair of those alliances, in our absence from key institutions that matter to the welfare of the American people, in the general

disengagement from the world, and all of what makes it harder for our government to protect the American people, to defend our vital interests in a world where threats are constantly evolving and our adversaries are constantly adapting. Rebuilding the full set of our instruments of foreign policy and national security is a key challenge that the Vice President-elect Harris and I will face upon taking office, starting with our diplomacy. Today, we heard from the leaders of the state and USAID agency review teams about the critical early investment we're going to need to make in our diplomacy, in our development efforts, and in rebuilding our alliances to close the ranks with our partners and bring to bear

the full benefits of our shared strength for the American people. When we consider the most daunting threats of our time, we know that meeting them requires American engagement and American leadership, but also that none of them can be solved by America acting alone. Take climate change, for example. The United States accounts for less than 15 percent of the global carbon emissions. But without clear, coordinated, and committed approach from the other 85 percent of the carbon emitters, the world will continue to warm. Storms will continue to worsen. Climate change will continue to threaten the lives and livelihoods and public health and economics of our existence and our,

literally, the very existence of our planet. We've learned so painfully this year the cost of being unprepared for a pandemic that leaps borders and circles the globe. If we aren't investing with our partners around the world to strengthen the health systems everywhere, we're undermining our ability to permanently defeat COVID-19, and we're leaving ourselves vulnerable to the next deadly epidemic and as we uh compete with china the whole china all right folks i want to dip out of that um i want to go to julian first

of all julian it'd be great to have a person who occupies the white house who actually knows how to complete an actual sentence um there are some significant foreign policy issues that we're going to have to deal with. One of the things that Joe Biden has said is that he is going to immediately enroll America back into the Paris Climate Accord. But also, it is going to take a whole lot to actually, and I expect his secretary of state, I expect for President-elect Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to do a whole lot of work also restoring the trust in the word of America to foreign leaders across the globe. Our international reputation has deteriorated. We have lied. We have withdrawn, reneged on deals. The Paris climate agreement is just one of many. Withdrawing from the World Health Organization.

There's so many things that have been done that the Biden-Harris administration has just a yeoman's amount of work to do to just get us back to where we were in 2016, not to mention that the world has changed. So getting back to 2016 doesn't do anything about the changes that have taken place in the past four years. The climate change issue is a huge issue, especially for our young people, but frankly for all of us. And we see it

in terms of weather every day. But there's so many other issues where 45 had just ignored, I mean, just came in with a wrecking ball, literally with a wrecking ball and ignored any kind of international protocol. And so it's going to be challenging for Biden and Harris to restore that. But I believe they're equal to the job. And I believe that as you heard Biden talking about literally the way that people have been let go in the international agencies, reduction of the budget of USAID. There's so many things that were done essentially because we want to make America great again. Well, America cannot be great unless the world is great, unless we play nice ball with the rest of the world.

And he was just not interested in doing that. It's going to be a hard job, but it's a doable job. To that point about the Paris Accord, Mustafa, that is obviously a subject near and dear to you. That is going to be really important because America has no choice but to lead when it comes to the issue of climate over the next four years with Biden-Harris. I suspect that is going to be a significant part of their focus in terms of the administration. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that on day one that they will make moves right there

because that's the baseline. That's the basics that you got to have in place. We're the only country on the planet who decided not to be a part of the Paris Climate Accord. But, of course, we understand going back to where we are or were is not enough because, you know, the IPCC and the National Climate Assessment, what that is, is the top scientists around the world have told us that we're literally running out of time. And what you'll see is, you know, this COVID-19 pandemic, there will be other pandemics that will be associated with, you know, the changes that are going to happen because of temperatures increases

and movement of people and species and all these other types of things that will, you know, move into that. And, you know, President-elect Biden and President-elect Vice President Kamala Harris have a huge job in front of them, both on the international and domestic. You got two million federal employees. You got 439, I believe it is, agencies and sub-agencies and departments that all play into not just climate change, but also our economy and the international accords that are there. So all of that comes together that they have to be able to get their arms around it. again that the Trump administration has delayed and delayed and delayed those briefings and those critical sets of conversations that help people to get prepared for this huge job that they have over the next four years, hopefully eight years.

Well, it just goes to show you dealing with people who have no integrity whatsoever, when they don't even want to have a proper transition because they don't even want to uh don't even want to have a proper transition uh because they don't believe they lost and that's one of the things that you're actually seeing you're going to see lots of mayhem uh lots of mayhem uh created uh and that's um and that's what you're going to see and so i think we're going to see a lot of that uh and just the bottom line is i mean we're dealing with with petty people immature people that mean, we're dealing with petty people, immature people. That's what we're dealing with right here, Julianne. Absolutely. I mean, if you look at what happened with the COVID relief,

there was nothing this man gained by failing to sign a piece of legislation that his desides-des basically negotiated with both Pelosi, with both sides. There was nothing for him to gain except for to get attention. I'm still the president, y'all. Y'all are going to have to bow on me. You saw people on both sides of the aisle

literally begging him, please sign this. And he waited till the very last minute. Some people are going to lose at least a week of unemployment benefits. But this is all about him. This has been all about him since he was sworn in in January of 2017. But the fact that he lost, which is just so, he can't stand it. And because he can't stand it, he's taking it out on the American people. The fact that he won't sign the military bill. Penny Rowland is a very kind word for them.

These people are destructive. They basically are salting the earth so that the Biden-Harris administration will have to come in and do cleanup from day one. Yep, that's exactly what you see going on. All right, folks. Y'all know what time it is. No charcoal grills are allowed. I'm white. I got you, girl.

I'm illegally selling water without a permit. On my property. Whoa! Hey! Give us your address. You don't live here. I'm uncomfortable. I have consistently said on this show, it's really not wise of people whose skin has not been touched by nature's sun to use the N-word to somebody who's black. You really shouldn't do that if you're also drunk and the brother you're talking to is

really big. So when I saw this video, I had no choice. I don't advocate violence. But I have no problem with hashtag team whip that ass showing up in this video. Fuck my mama. Fuck your mama. Fuck your mama. You're my chain. You're my papa. I live on 400 Oxford Avenue. He's gonna pop up. He's gonna pop up. I'm gonna stay here all day, all every day. Are you kidding me? Where you from, nigga?

Where you from? Where you from? Where the fuck you from? You from here? Get the fuck out of here, you're a clown, nigga. Oh, God, you're a clown, nigga. You're from here? You're a clown.

What, you gonna smack me with that? Smack me. Smack me. Smack me. Smack me, nigga. Come on, yeah. Drop me. Smack me, nigga. Come on, yeah. Drop. Oh.

Yeah, you got yours, buddy. Call me another fucking nigga. I'm gonna do it for you. Call me another nigga. Call me another fucking nigga! Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Good. Good. Good? Good.

You good now? You're good. You're good. You're good. You're good. I asked you not to call me a nigga. I don't blame you, dude. You're good, you're good.

What do you guys got to say? Hey, I can do what I want. I had no problem with the outcome of that video, Juliana. Me neither. I mean, I won't say I don't advocate violence, but that was extremely appropriate violence. He just hit him a few more times for the rest of us. That was the craziest thing I've seen, Roland, in a long time.

What is wrong with these people? Do they truly think nobody is going to respond to their nonsense and their silliness and I mean he kept escalating but that's what these people do they were told by their president all I know is all I know is this here

Mustafa the sound of a can All I know is this here, Mustafa. The sound of a can smashing up against the flesh of a face elicits a rather loud noise. It reminds me of November 22nd, 1986. Tyson versus Burrick. And when he just knocked him the hell out in that ring. You know, sometimes you just gotta give some people some act right.

You know, folks get some alcohol, some liquor in them, sometimes they think they got superpowers. Sometimes you gotta help them find them that, you know, we got our own kryptonite for racism and these types of actions where we can say anything to us. There it is. Yeah, you got yours, buddy. Yeah, I'm telling you, I don't know. I don't know what these folks be thinking.

I don't know. Matter of fact, I don't think some of them actually be thinking at all. But you know what? I mean, if you stupid enough to stand there and do that and to the brother's face, well, guess what?

You stupid enough to stand there and get your ass whooped. And so that's what happened right there. So that is our Craziest White People video of the day. All right, folks, we were out at the we were out at the rally today. And I do this all the time because I just want to give you all an understanding of of what we do, the type of work that we do, and why your support matters.

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