#RolandMartinUnfiltered - Roland On The Road in NC Talking 2024 Elections, NE Former Felons Can Vote, Election Protection

Episode Date: October 17, 2024

10.16.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roland On The Road in NC Talking 2024 Elections, NE Former Felons Can Vote, Election Protection LIVE in North Carolina from Elizabeth City State University. We are 20 days from the presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally in Pennsylvania with Republican Trump critics.   Nebraska's Supreme Court rules that those who have completed their sentences can vote.  Alabama must halt its purging of voters from registration rolls.  And we'll tell you what to do if you have problems casting your ballot.  Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox  http://www.blackstarnetwork.com The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You can't be Black-owned media and be scared. It's time to be smart. Bring your eyeballs home. You dig? Thank you. folks today's wednesday october 16 2024 coming up on roland martin unfiltered streaming live on the black star network i am here in elizabeth city north Carolina, on the campus of Elizabeth City State University. Lots to talk about. This is a battleground state, and eastern North Carolina is going to be critical to the chances of Vice President Kamala Harris winning this state. The first time Democrats could win this state since Senator Barack Obama won it in 2008.

We'll talk to some students here, also local leaders, about what's happening on the ground when it comes to getting the black vote out, which will be critical in this election. Also, a big ruling coming out of Nebraska, the state Supreme Court there knocked down Republican efforts to prevent the formerly incarcerated folks from being able to vote. That means some 7,000 formerly incarcerated individuals will be able to vote in this year's election. Also, the DOJ secures an injunction against the state of Alabama when it comes to removing folks from the voting rolls inside of 90 days, which, of course, violates the Voting Rights Act. Also on the show, Vice President Harris was in Pennsylvania today with about 100 Republicans who are endorsing her campaign. They say they're choosing country over party.

Also, we'll talk about the idea of the Ferguson effect that more. So lots to talk about, folks. It is time to bring the funk. I'm Roland Martin on Filcher on the Black Star Network. Let's go. Just for kicks he's rollin' Yeah, yeah It's Uncle Roro, yo Yeah, yeah It's Rollin' Martin Yeah, yeah

Rollin' with Rollin' now Yeah, yeah He's funky, he's fresh, he's real the best You know he's Rollin' Martin Now You know he's rolling, Martel. Martel. All right, folks, we are here on the campus of Elizabeth City State University, the Vikings in North Carolina.

Glad to be here. Of course, we were just here on Sunday when I interviewed Vice President Kamala Harris in Greenville at East Carolina University. North Carolina is a critical, critical state when it comes to one of the seven battleground states that were determined of the 47th President of the United States. You know what? To get things kicked off, let's hear from the sound of class here at Elizabeth City State University, their band. Let's go. One, two, three, four. Thank you. Thank you. © BF-WATCH TV 2021 All right, then.

Give it up for the sound of class here at Elizabeth City State University. We appreciate that. Thank you so very much. We had Fayetteville State on Friday. They put some pressure on y'all now. So, Fayetteville State, let's see what y'all going to do on Friday. I'm just saying. Just saying.

So, again, I appreciate that, folks. It's a lot we're going to be talking about over the next couple of hours. Again, North Carolina is one of seven battleground states where both campaigns, Harris, Walz, Trump, and Vance are duking it out. When you talk about Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, you have Nevada as well, plus Georgia. Those seven states are huge. Of course, early voting in this state begins on Thursday, and we've already seen the results of significant turnout in Pennsylvania, as well as yesterday, more than 300,000 folks who voted early in Georgia, breaking their single-day record.

And so lots, lots on the line when it comes to this election, determining, you know, what is next, the 47th president of the United States. Now, earlier today, Vice President, first of all, right now, Vice President Kamala Harris is airing an interview that she did with Fox News' Brett Baier. Now, me personally, I don't think they should have done an interview with Fox News. Because when you pay a $787.5 million settlement because you were advancing Donald Trump's lies for the 2020 election, to me, that means that they disqualified themselves from getting an interview from hosting a debate or anything along those lines and then in fact they still are involved in the smartmatic lawsuit or they were calling into question their voting machines and so uh they could very well pay more than a billion dollars uh even in that particular lawsuit that loss was actually about

2.5 billion uh newsmax settled with them as well. But that's what's going on. So we'll have some of those clips for you during the show as well. First, though, the VP was in Pennsylvania today. More than 100 Republicans were endorsing her there. And so here's just some of what she had to say today in Pennsylvania. I thank you all for everything that you are doing and the courage you are showing. You know, this is an extraordinary climate right now.

And I think we all recognize the courage that you are each showing to speak out so publicly and to put as we are saying, because we truly believe in country over party so thank you all, can we please applaud Bob and Christina and all of the folks on the stage please thank you thank you

so if you all have a seat, please do sit. Yes. So as I think everyone here knows, we meet in a place that holds a very special meaning for our country. In 1776, General George Washington and over 2,000 troops crossed the icy Delaware River in darkness, then marched to Trenton, where they surprised an outpost of enemy soldiers and achieved a major victory in the American Revolution. And after we won the war and achieved our independence, delegates from across the nation gathered not far from here in Philadelphia to write and to sign the Constitution of the United States. And we remember and reflect on what that moment was, knowing that leading up to that, that work to write, to compose the Constitution of the United

States, that work was not easy. The founders often disagreed, often quite passionately, but in the end the Constitution of the United States laid out the foundations of our democracy, including the rule of law, that there would be checks and balances, that we would have free and fair elections, our nation for over two centuries. Sustained because generations of Americans from all backgrounds, from all beliefs, have cherished them, upheld them, and defended them. And now, the baton is in our hands. So I am joined today by over 100 Republican leaders from across Pennsylvania and across our country who are supporting my candidacy for President of the United States. And I am deeply honored

to have their support. Some served in state houses, some in the United States Congress, some worked for other Republican presidents and presidential nominees, including Mitt Romney, John McCain, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan. And some today served in Donald Trump's own administration. We also have with us Republican voters from here in Pennsylvania and beyond who have been active in their Republican parties for years, who have supported Republican candidates up and down the ticket. Now, I say all that to make an obvious point. In a typical election year, you all being here with me, Now, I say all that to make an obvious point. In a typical election year, you all being here with me might be a bit surprising, dare I say unusual.

But not in this election. Not in this election. Because at stake in this race are the democratic ideals that our founders and generations of Americans before us have fought for. At stake in this election is the Constitution of the United States, it very self. We are here today because we share a core belief. All right, folks, we live streamed that earlier. So if you want to actually see the full speech, just simply go to our Black Star Network app or go to our YouTube channel as well. Let me introduce you to four students here at Elizabeth City State University. To my left, we have a heaven brown heaven is of course a class of 2025 Elizabeth miss ECSU what's

happening all right glad to see you glad to see you y'all clap for y'all go ahead go ahead got Dovin Hankins he's a senior here. Corey Simmons is a senior. We have Amore Bailey, a junior. So glad to have all of y'all. So glad to be on the campus. So, Evan, I'll start with you. What have the conversations been like amongst students when it comes to this election? Are they excited? Are they sort of like, eh, what's happening? On our campus, it's been very exciting. We've had a great turnout to all debates, from vice president to presidential debates. Were y'all hosting watch parties on campus? We used to watch parties every time, and people showed up, whether it was SGA or other groups. Tomorrow, we have the March to the Polls. Every year, every March is always a bit March.

We have the Santa of class come sound yeah sound class come out and march for us so we have fun the oars come out and it's always a great time gotcha gotcha now you got march to the polls is there a polling location on campus or is it off campus it's off campus but it's so close it's my ability to be on our campus oh good y'all it's like i was at a and t uh a few years ago a few years. I think it was like two miles away. It was like a long damn walk. No. So what you're saying is any student on this campus does not have an excuse not to vote because it's that close.

There's no excuse. And you can use your ID card as a Viking to vote. Oh, really? Yes. Okay, because you can't do that in Texas. But you can use a gun permit, but you can't use your state ID to actually do it. Amor, what about you? What have these conversations been like? What are fellow students talking about

in terms of the issues? Well, everybody is just stressing to vote. Just vote, vote, vote. Because this is a really important election, especially for people who can vote. People are still shaky election, especially for people who can vote. And people are, you know, still like shaky about like who they're going to vote for and everything. They feel like they're not going to vote for the

right person, but every vote matters. All right. Donovan, we're seeing across the country, young sisters are outpacing young brothers. what are the conversations like among young brothers about this election i think on this campus the conversations at least that i've seen um amongst men is that we're trying to stress how important it is to vote because everything from like your city controller like everything from like um the books that go in your classroom whether or not the bus runs by house like those are things that can be affected by who you vote for. Y'all got to, y'all got to educate. Is it the education rate?

Y'all got a crazy person running for education commissioner. I've been seeing some of her stuff and I'm like, ooh, Lord, she need to be committed. But that's just, that's just me. That's just me. So, so folks are talking about down ballot, down ballot races. Yeah, yeah. And people are trying to break through that voter apathy, which is a real big issue in the community. Gotcha.

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I ain't going to lie. If one person wins, it's like, if one person wins, it's going to be like, it's two different roads. And we've got to determine which road we want to go down right it's important but one of the things that i keep stressing and i literally did my radio commentary uh before i came came uh came out here uh is that um obama won this state in 2008 uh and uh y'all probably y'all look y'all weren't even close to school. So that was that was 16 years ago. But but he won this state by fourteen thousand one hundred votes because that was a massive black turnout. And ever since then, you've had efforts in this state by Republicans and legislature to frankly suppress the vote. I mean, all sort of different efforts. You know, federal judge that literally ruled that that was that was laser like targeting of black voters in this state. And what I keep saying is, I mean, this is a margin election. So he won about 14,100. So when

we say every vote counts, literally, if black folks turn out in large numbers, that could determine who's the next governor, who's the next president. And so is that also being discussed, that every vote does indeed count? Because I've interviewed a lot of young folks across the country who say, well, I just don't think my vote counts. And I keep saying, look at the numbers. It can't actually be the difference. Yes, we've definitely stressed it.

And what I normally stress to students is that we're 20-something years old. We have about 50, 60 years left in this country to live. This election matters to the rest of our lives. When we graduate, this is the economy we're graduating into. This is our vote. My first president was Obama. I don't remember any other president. So it's important for us to make this vote count, and our voice does matter.

You're trying to forget the one that came after him, too. But I understand. I understand your point. I understand your point. But you're right, because I was asked about this, and I said, someone asked me, they said, well, you know, what's your motivation? And I said, listen, I can easily say whoever wins is not going to have a material impact on me personally. I said, but, I said, I'm doing all I can because I have nine nieces and four nephews. And literally voting in an election, Donovan, is really the next 20, 30, 40 years.

I think a lot of people don't quite understand that. When you talk about the Supreme Court, whoever wins the presidential race is likely going to appoint two Supreme Court justices, and that person is going to likely be on the court, if you look at how the justices have been going, for the next 40 years. That means if you're 20 years old now, those seats, if they are filled, won't come up again until that person is 60. Yeah. So is that on the minds of folks?

I think it's on the minds of some students on this campus i know some people are more um politically adept as to what it comes to what their vote means i know it's on my mind but it may not be in everyone's mind so i think it's important that we go out of our way to make sure that everybody knows that the vote is just more than just turning up to the polls it's about the the future, your future, your children's future, because all that stuff is inherently connected to itself. So, Corey DeMoy, okay, take me through this. Have y'all encountered students who don't want to vote, and what are y'all telling them?

Yes, I have definitely encountered, like, plenty of people who don't want to vote. And what do you tell them? Um, well, my mom has a saying. She says every time you don't vote for somebody, it's a vote for somebody else. Right. And so I tell them like. My mom is saying that you don't vote. You can't eat at this house.

And I'm with her on that. I'm with her. That's right. And look, I'm a firm believer. You cannot come to Sunday dinner unless you bring your I voted sticker. But I just let them know, like, because everybody doesn't have the luxury to vote in other countries. This is a very, like, kind of free country, but it's a very free country. So the fact that we have the luxury to vote, we should just go out and vote. And I tell them that it's very important because even though the presidential election is the election everybody kind of goes out to vote for,

other certain smaller elections are important, too. They should think about this. Think about not voting for prices and other stuff that affects us daily. So Corey, what are your debates like among brothers and sisters who say, man, I'm not feeling nothing you're saying

on this voting stuff? There's been people who has come up to me. Hold the mic up to your mom. Oh, yeah. There's been people that come up to me and they were asking me, like, what's the purpose of voting? Like, why do I have to vote? I'm just getting to college. I don't see a reason why it's not going to have any effect.

And the thing that I tell them is think about yourself in four years. Think about how you're going to be, how the world is going to be in four years if you don't vote versus if you vote especially for somebody that you agree with their goals. Just hold the microphone right there. But here's the deal. Do they also not realize this is a state school? Yeah. Which means

that your funding is determined by elected officials. So if anybody's saying, I don't understand why voting doesn't matter, it's called buildings, facilities. It's called resources. I mean, this school is directly tied to the legislature and the governor's mansion. Yeah, I just feel like some people, they don't look at the bigger picture.

They just look at the surface of things. Like, one thing that I say, like, that I've been living by, I always like to dig. Like, I look underneath everything. So you can see, like, the deeper aspects, like, that I've been living by, I always like to dig. Like, I look underneath everything. So you can see, like, the deeper aspects, like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. I'm going to ask each one of you, most important issue this election season. I'm going to start with you. Most important issue?

Most important issue. All right. Come on. Can you come back to me? Oh, I got to come back to you. All right, Haven, I'll start with you. One of two, what's the most important for you this election? I think education in general.

A lot of things have been taking, being put in and taken out of the education system. And we got to make sure that everyone gets the same education. And then women's rights as a black woman, I feel like it's been attacked a little bit this past couple years. And we got to make sure we're all protected. Just a little bit. We've been attacked. So definitely women's rights for me. All right.

Donovan? I think for me, definitely education, like Heaven said, but also like a focus on public infrastructure. I think that a big part of our economy, of our GDP, has to do with our ability to produce and export and import things to and from the country. So stuff like bridges, roads, high-speed rail, all that stuff matters because it can directly affect, you know, what you're able to buy, the bread you put on the table, stuff like that. Corey? To kind of piggyback off what he said, I would say inflation. Inflation has been a big thing. I think they're trying to bring the prices

back down a little bit, because they have been skyrocketing, and that's kind of like... Well, yeah, a lot of corporations have made a whole bunch of money with major corporate profits by jacking prices up. Most people don't even realize... The president doesn't determine prices.

It's amazing these people who say, well, prices were down when Donald Trump was president. Well, they were down when Obama was president. But a president that doesn't determine those prices, those are individual companies. And they've made a lot of money in the last two years. All right. Did you figure out what your issues are? Like they said before, education. Oh, excuse me.

Don't be scared. Like having a regular conversation. Don't worry about it. Like you mentioned before, just like just when you vote for the president, you vote for all the people that they're going to have around them. And so like, I mean, their staff and their departments. Yeah.

And so just voting for a president who is going to provide us with safety and just, um, just make sure like, go ahead. We got time. They must have flowers. We got time. We'll wait on you. Um, just make sure, like... Go ahead. We got time, baby. My shirt's flowers. We got time.

We'll wait on you. Just make sure, like, the community is good. Everybody is good. All right, then. All right, well, we'll proceed. There you go. See, that wasn't bad at all.

Y'all give it up for our students here. I'm going to go to a break. We come back. We're going to talk some more. I've got a panel, a virtual panel that's back in the studio because we've got some additional panelists who are here as well. Santa Claus, you all going to take us to the break? All right. We'll be right back.

A roll button unfiltered. All right. What you all going to do? Take us to the break. To the break. No. No, I mean you're supposed to play button on the filter. All right, what y'all going to do? Take it to the break. To the break. No. No, I mean you're supposed to play something to the break. Oh. What you want to play?

We about to go set it right now. Yeah. We about to go right now. Well, the half of y'all that got them, play something. The half of y'all that got them, play something. Give me a trumpet solo. One of y'all got skills? I know one trumpet player got some skills.

What y'all going to do? All right, let's turn that camera around. Antoine, turn the camera around. Hold on, hold on. I'm going to make y'all come up here in the lights. Y'all come up here. I'll make y'all come up here. I told y'all my show unfiltered.

Y'all don't know what I'm going to do. All right, let's see what y'all my show unfiltered. Y'all don't know what I'm going to do. All right, let's see what y'all got. My brother played trumpet. I played cornet. So let's see what y'all got. All right, let's see what y'all got. Y'all need me to direct? One, two.

One, two, three. All right. We'll be right back. to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it. And I'm proud to have done it. Now Donald Trump wants to go further with plans to restrict birth control, ban abortion nationwide, even monitor women's pregnancies. We know who Donald Trump is. He'll take control. We'll pay the price.

I'm Kamala Harris, and I approve this message. In 2016, Donald Trump said he would choose only the best people to work in his White House. Now those people have a warning for America. Trump is not fit to be president again. Here's his vice president. Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president of the United States. It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year.

His defense secretary. Do you think Trump can be trusted with the nation's secrets ever again? No. I mean, it's just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation's security at risk. His national security advisor. Donald Trump will cause a lot of damage. The only thing he cares about is Donald Trump.

And the nation's highest-ranking military officer. We don't take an oath to a king or queen or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. Take it from the people who knew him best. Donald Trump is a danger to our troops and our democracy. We can't let him lead our country again. I'm Kamala Harris and I approve this message. In 2016, Donald Trump said he would choose only the best. I get it. The cost of rent, groceries, and utilities is too high. So here's what we're gonna do about it.

We will lower housing costs by building more homes and crack down on landlords who are charging too much. We will lower your food and grocery bills by going after price gougers who are keeping the cost of everyday goods too high. I'm Kamala Harris, and I approve this message because you work hard for your paycheck. You should get to keep more of it. As president, I'll make that my top priority. Bob and I both voted for Donald Trump. I voted

for him twice. I won't vote for him again. January 6th was a wake-up call for me. Donald Trump divides people. We've already seen what he has to bring. He didn't do anything to help us. Kamala Harris, she cares about the American people. I think she's got the wherewithal to make a difference. I've never voted for a Democrat. Yes, we're both lifelong Republicans. The choice is very simple. I'm voting for Kamala. I am voting for Kamala Harris. Carl Payne pretended to be Roland Martin. Holla!

You ain't got to wear black and gold every damn place, okay? Ooh, I'm an alpha, yay! All right, you're 58 years old. It's over. And you are now watching... Roland Martin, unfiltered. Uncut, unplugged, and undamn believable. We'll be back on the show, but I'll be taking this alpha photo. So there's an alpha host, and y'all got to wait. All right, here we go. Got it?

All right. Y'all can airdrop. There you go. All right. I appreciate it frat all right folks uh we are back on the show um just hold it so let me go introduce our panel uh in the studio rebecca carothers vice president fair elections center out of washington dc barbara patillo host people passion politics news and talk 1380 walk out of at, D.C. Robert Petillo, host, People Passion Politics, News and Talk 1380, W.A.L.K. out of Atlanta. Jade Mathis, counsel, district legal group out of D.C. Glad to have all three of you. Rebecca, I'll start with you.

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with Brett Baier of Fox News. So, all right, since everybody's whining and complaining about her going on to Fox, when is Trump going to sit down with MSNBC, CNN, and I know he's not going to come on this show. Well, I'm not going to pretend that I speak for Trump or the Trump campaign, so I can't answer that. But one thing that I will say, whether people like it or not, the majority of people are getting their information from nontraditional sources.

Americans going into the elections just watching their local news station to get information isn't what's happening, especially with some of the Gen X, the millennials, and most certainly with the Gen Zs. But watching the Harris campaign actually go to more non-traditional and digital sources of media, we'll see in less than three weeks if it pays off and if that's the strategy for the future for candidates running for president in this country. Robert, it is very interesting, again, when you look at the political people. They always, this one always cracks me up. They always make demands of Democrats. they don't make demands of Republicans. And we saw Trump, he just canceled on CNBC.

He was supposed to be on yesterday. Then he didn't go on. He's been canceling other interviews. Sounded to me like somebody's a little squirrely when it comes to, you know, the ability to actually have conversations. Well, you know, I ability to actually have conversations. Well, you know, I think what we're seeing is kind of the one superpower Kamala Harris has. Yesterday I was up in Detroit with Congressman Jonathan Jackson,

with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, speaking with workers and union members about raising the minimum wage on the federal level. At the same time, Reverend Jesse Jackson, who was in his 80s, was in Columbus, Ohio, meeting with clergy and community leaders. Everyone's headed down to North Carolina A&T to appear at homecoming. You have Barack Obama in Western Pennsylvania talking to black men. You have Kamala Harris sitting down with Fox News. This is what happens when you have a broad base, when you have a big tent party, when you can talk to all parts of America and be accepted in all parts of base, when you have a big tent party, when you can talk to all parts of America

and be accepted in all parts of America, where you have an agenda that reaches out to the middle class and talks about building our economy from the bottom up and the middle out and not trickling down. We talk about bringing people together, not trying to divide them along lines of race and sex and ethnicity and age and income brackets. And this is why we see the MAGA movement becoming so small. The fact that you have more Republican presidents supporting Kamala Harris and supporting Donald Trump tells us a lot about what's going on in this country, that when you have this small movement, this small, angry movement that talks about jailing their political opposition, that talks

about putting together a purge that would give one day to take care of those people, we talk about building concentration camps for 20 million people that you're going to round up door to door, what you call the largest mass deportation in American history. And the original version of it was called Operation Wetback under the Eisenhower administration. When you have that on one side of the aisle versus someone who can articulate a message about uplifting people, this is what makes the Harris campaign so strong. And it's what makes the Democrats opportunity to taking back both the House and Senate also strong going into the general election. And of course, Jade, like clockwork, the likes of Megyn Kelly and Will Kane, all those people whining, complaining about, oh, my God,

how Harris couldn't answer any of these questions. Well, I guess she could have used Trump's weave answers or some of the other stuff. I mean, look, here's the reality. When you have 40 individuals who work for him now say he should never be back in the Oval Office, that is, I believe, one of the greatest indictments of anybody. When even your own vice president refuses to endorse you, probably because you're trying to let him get killed. Yeah. And it shows like, you know, leadership, poor leadership, right? Reflection of poor leadership because the people who were once under your leadership and it's several people, it's dozens of people, right? It's not one, two, three, four, five. It's almost 40 people saying that.

Also, this is astronomical, the support for the Republican Party for a Democratic candidate. And I think that's another thing. So, yeah, they can always comment about she's not answering certain questions, but his answers to certain questions are going to be an impromptu concert, right? A 50-song concert, right? A complete random rant about nothing, and it's going to be a concert. So if that's the comparison, then yes, I prefer him not to take the stage and to answer questions that we actually need answered in front of the Democratic Party. Oh, absolutely. And I'm just sort of laughing, Rebecca, at the likes of this idiot Joe Concha, Will Kane, and all of these folks. Again, let me just remind people, Fox News paid a $787.5 million settlement because they routinely advance Donald Trump's lies by the 2020 election.

They knowingly lied. And then even Brett Baier, who interviewed Vice President Harris, there are emails where he said, hey, maybe we should pull back on this because our audience is not happy that we actually call the election for Biden. They still are involved in the Smartmatic lawsuit. So let's be real clear here, Rebecca. Vice President Harris did not talk to a news organization today. She talked to the propaganda arm of the Republican Party. It is a, you could call it a propaganda arm, but it's also a network that a lot of folks who are actively voting now and going to the voting booth on or before November 5th, they watch, they plug in. I mean, but we also have seen studies that show if you're an avid Fox News watcher, you are worse off and you know less about what's happening in this country than before you started to tune in. So it's kind of six, you know, half a dozen in one hand, six in the other.

I do think it's important, though, for a candidate not to have the perception that they're only talking to friendly audiences. So if this checks that box and it makes people think that, OK, she's talking to non-friendly audience, then, you know, that is the strategy. But I don't think anyone in your audience, Roland, would say that Fox News is the harbinger of truth and factual information. But see, look, I get what Rebecca says there, Robert, but the only difference here is literally they are the communications arm of the Republican Party. And Brent Baier, after they announced he was going to have the interview, he literally was fighting back people who were mad at him and complaining about misinformation i'm like dude that's what your network does your network is the leading disinformation platform out of all in america so it's no shock their audience are full of nutcases because they're

fed that stuff every single night and day. I understand, but I think it's important to talk to all audiences. And there are good people at Fox. Neil Cavuto is great. Shannon Bream is great. Brent is often fair in his interviews. And they have to separate those from the kind of the Jesse Waters, Laura Ingrams, Sean Hannity's of the world.

And at the end of the day, those Nikki Haley voters who don't like Donald Trump, they're watching Fox News. Those Romney Republicans that are going to be crossing over, they're watching Fox News. The people who are Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney supporters who endorse Kamala Harris, they're watching Fox News. So if you can get one out of every thousand people to potentially consider switching over, that might be the margin in one of these swing states. And that shows the broadness and the strength of the Harris campaign, the Harris wall ticket, because Donald Trump.

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All right, folks, we are back. Elizabeth City State University. As I keep saying, North Carolina is going to be a crucial, crucial battleground state. And we're already seeing it. Millions of dollars are being poured into this state. Television, radio ads, folks on the ground. Early voting here starts tomorrow. And so we look forward to that.

Right now, we've got two guests here. Introduce yourself. Tell the folks who you are. Good evening. I am Keith Rivers, president of the Pasquotank County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. And we just want to say thank you, Roland, for being here in the rural part of Northeastern North Carolina. Appreciate it. Kirk Rivers. Mayor of the great part of Northeastern North Carolina. Appreciate it. Kirk Rivers.

Mayor of the great city of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Take a chance to know each other. Ever since I've been born. Gotcha. That's why I'm going to introduce y'all. I want y'all to introduce yourselves. Because everybody watching, they brothers. So it's like, let y'all know that.

So let's talk about this election um you mentioned uh rural parks and and the reality is when you look at uh when you look at georgia north carolina many of these states uh you you you often have folks who only go to western north carolina uh going to, much larger cities. But for folk who don't understand, explain to them how critical these large black counties are in East North Carolina. They are very, very critical in this election. One reason is our county and this area of Northeast North Carolina is very unique because we live in what I like to refer to as the media desert. The bulk of our media comes out of Virginia because we're so close to the Virginia line. We're 20 miles from the Virginia line. So persons that have satellite don't get North Carolina news.

Those that have cable, the media, the North Carolina news actually comes out of Wilmington so we are in a very unique situation because it's very hard to disseminate information, it's hard to carry that out and many times when persons are going to the polls earlier the students spoke about you know, what are the issues

when you ask them who's on the down ballot, a lot of times we don't get those. So you just being here is vital and is critical, because our students at this university have been under a continuous attack, an onslaught, if you want to call it, by the local—by many members who are of the extremists of the local Republican Party. And this has perpetuated itself even over the last four months. Earlier you talked about the voting site, which is the Kermadee White Center here, which is owned by Elizabeth City State University, but it's not on the internal campus.

And there was a push by the local Republican Party here to remove that site and to take it to the local board of elections. And this went on for over four months. And they filed numerous complaints. They were frivolous. They were fraudulent. How far away is the local board of elections office? We would have had two voting sites within 100 yards of each other or 200 yards because when they the state board agreed to have two early voting sites. Right. However, our election local election director resigned in the month of August, followed by the deputy director. So the same Republicans that were fighting against the Kermodean White Senate came back and in a unanimous vote after their resignation,

which looks like the rest of North Carolina, because since 2019, 60 percent of the election directors in this state have resigned. Many of them cited for intimidation and just constant. Now, here in Pasquotank County, our election director nor deputy gave any reason why they resigned. But we know that complaints have been filed. They filed complaints against us from 2020. They have continuously filed complaints about student voting. So we can see the handwriting on the wall. So we would have had two election sites within probably 150 yards of each other.

But yet when the director and the deputy director resigned, it was a unanimous vote. And the Republicans said, OK, well, let's go to the Kermodee White Center. And they've already started in talking about some of the things that they want are so unrealistic. The lighting on the building. They don't feel safe. Why don't you feel safe? See, Kirk, the reason that people need to understand what Keith is describing literally patterns Waller County in Texas where Prairie View is. Same thing. And it's the same thing, I mean, in Fort Worth, in Arlington, Texas, University of Texas in Arlington, which is a PWI.

But the Republican Tarrant County judge, he wanted to remove the early voting location off of the campus of UTA. You're talking about a university with 10,000, 20,000 students, and you go faculty, plus it's easily accessible for the public because of parking as well. I remember, I think it was 2012 or so, I can't remember the year. There was a clerk in Wisconsin who admitted to purposely moving an early voting location off a college campus because too many of the white college students were voting Democrat. And they moved it out to a place far away that had a small parking lot and because they wanted to frustrate people and so for people who don't understand and i've been covering what's been happening in this state going back to 2008 after obama uh i mean this state used to have low voter turnout but there was massive engagement maximum turnout in

2008 and republicans said oh hell no we can't have this. And in this state, black people specifically have been under attack by Republican leadership in the legislature, even when you're Republican governors, the boards of elections, ever since Obama won in 2008. That's right. And they continue to try to cause confusion. This is the city-state university. We're home of the mighty Vikings. And right here. What's the student size?

What's the population here? This year, they're on the rise. I think in the last, we were probably at about 1,800. Got it. But the key is. You said higher. What's the number? 2,000.

2,000. 2,200. There we go. 2,200. There we go. Don't leave out the other 472. When I was first elected, right out of graduating from Elizabeth City State University, from that point, I was elected to be city councilman. From that point right there, the Republican Party has been filing suit against ECSU, causing confusion and then wasting money.

Exactly. And then about six or seven years later, we had a student to actually run. And he was successful to take my spot. Well, what took place? Right after that, they've been constantly trying to keep students from voting here in Elizabeth City because of the fact that they were planning to have a Republican control, just like you talked about, because it's bigger than the city of Elizabeth City. But we have to make sure that we continue to let our students know that they are the power, that they are the strength, that if we get them to turn out and vote to exercise, to be a part

of this democratic process, then we begin to make a change. But as long as we stay divided, as long as we allow confusion, students, older people, they shy away from that. And that's something that I continue to applaud the NAACP because they're constantly fighting to make sure that our students know IDs, constantly bringing election officials out to the campus to have informative sessions on how to register, not to just be kicked out because you put the wrong box. But that's one of the things that I'm just so proud to make sure that I'm always on the campus visiting the students because I want them to know that they are very valuable to

the future of Elizabeth City and North Carolina and the entire presidential process. I'm going to have my panel ask some questions here after this here. But here's the thing, again, that people don't understand in this state. They were so dastardly, they split North Carolina A&T into two congressional districts. We used to have that. I can't think of any other place in the country where a university would sit in two congressional districts because Republicans in this state were afraid that North Carolina A&T, being the largest HBCU in the country, that if they voted as a voting bloc, they could literally determine that member of Congress.

They could determine the mayor of that town. And that's really what we're talking about here, Keith. We're talking about and this is why I keep saying to black folks, if we understand of maximizing our voting power, if you're talking about in in this city, a block of eight,200 students plus staff, faculty, and then other folks. You're talking about a massive voting block. And that's the thing that they're scared of. But if we maximize our power, we could be sweeping elections. Yes. And this is not just unique to this election.

Students at Elizabeth City State some years back were even subpoenaed. You imagine you send your child to college. They go out and vote. And then somebody walks in and hands them subpoenas. The sheriff's department walks in and hands issue subpoenas, and the students then have to go in front of a hearing. And that just didn't happen once, twice. It has happened three times. And that's that type of intimidation that is taking place in northeastern North Carolina that really mirrors what's going on. It's just exemplified here because many times that media desert that we live in,

it's not covered. It's not talked about. And when you're in small and rural areas, because we don't have a lot of the resource, because we don't have numerous social justice organizations, it is very easy to target individuals. But, you know, there's a saying, maybe nonpartisan, but I'm political as hell. And we're going to protect these students. We're going to protect them as they go to the polls. We're going to protect their rights. We're going to be there for them. And that is so important because when I do talk to the students,

I let them know that it was young people in the 60s. You know, when they look now and they see Dr. King, they think about him as an older gentleman. But Dr. King was 25. When we look at Selma and we look at Bloody Sunday, that was John Lewis under the age of 21. That was the young people that made the difference. And this is what they have to know, that they make the difference, and it is their right. If they want to vote, they're going to vote. They're going to be protected. The Pasquotank branch of the NAACP, along with many other persons in this community, the state NAACP, we're going to ensure that when they go to those polls, that they're going to be safe, they're going to be protected, and that they're going to cast their vote for whomever they so

choose. But they have to know. And that's why, again, Roland, we're just so excited that you chose to be here so that these issues can come to forefront. You know, we were here when Andrew Brown Jr. was murdered, and a young man was shot in the back of the head, and the deputies went back to work here in Pasquotank County. But we took that pain, and I want our students to know and everybody to know, we took that pain and turned it into political power power because at the very next local election my brother became the mayor five out of the eight seats on city council were black people okay and it's always not necessarily about color but it's about people with like interests right but we took that that pain and turned it into political power and Kirk that's the thing that that I'm

always it earlier I said it's math and when you talk about politics if you got an eight member city council you need five votes right you got a nine member school board you need five votes if you got a seven member County Commission you need four votes and and it's important for any student, any middle-aged person, any senior citizen to understand that it's a numbers game. If you look at many of these places where you have 35, 40, 45 percent African-American in some places, 50, 60, we could literally be running the table. So when people talk about, about well our issues are not being

addressed well if you don't vote it's a guarantee they won't be addressed and then we can control and it doesn't listen i was in montgomery alabama uh and that was a white woman who was hardcore about making sure kids in that predominantly black city uh were being educated uh during covid i was at alabama state a couple of weeks ago and she was there and she thanked people for bringing her on the show and so bottom line is there are white folks subconscious, there are Latino folks subconscious, Asian folks subconscious.

It's not about race, it's about like interest but if we if we let folks sit on the couches, then you literally can't change anything in the city, in the county, in the state, in the country. It's about the numbers. And other people recognize, but sometimes we're last to recognize that if we come together, if the students come together, 2,200, we have about 3,300 on the city election for a mayor out of over 20,000 residents.

They didn't take two years. So you're saying in the city election, some 3,300 folks cast ballots? Voted for mayor. Voted for mayor? Voted for mayor. So this campus could literally. Literally. Change. Pick the mayor every two years or four years?

Every two years. Every two years. Every two years. Even down to our representative for the House. State House. State House. I believe Howard Hunter lost on his last election by I think about 1,200 votes. 2,200 changes the election cycle, takes one. But we don't, because they're so after, going after causing confusion, that a lot of times we don't have the opportunity

to tell the story and let our students, let the persons who sit on the couch know that they are very important. And that's what the i think that's what i tell my brother that's their game all the time keep causing confusion that way we don't have opportunity to educate and once you tell people and empower them through educating telling them what's going on now they get motivated now they're trying to learn and once you get when you had these students up here i was just listening to some of them talk. And I was becoming energized because it's great to hear students talk. A lot of times the older people only once talk.

But when you hear students, then they begin to understand that they control the power, that they can dictate what takes place in the state of North Carolina, in Elizabeth City. That's power. That's power. That's power that we have to tap. And North Carolina has a, we're the largest, have the most four-year historically black colleges in our state than any other state. If the students come together and decide and push an agenda, everyone, they would be able to get their agenda. ECSU could have multiple buildings, more funding if the students come together. But they have the power, and that's why we're glad that you were able to come here, come to the campus of Elizabeth City State University,

because Elizabeth City, as the mayor, the one thing that I let everyone know, we are proud to say we are the home of the mighty Vikings. We are recognizing. I love to come out and talk to our students. I try to bring multiple people out because they are the economic source that's in our city. They are the voting base in our city. We need Elizabeth City State University. And I'm a mayor that has no problem with saying that because I want the students to know that they are a valuable asset right here.

Well, you also need it because this university is a major economic generator in this city as well. Robert, I'm going to go to you, Robert, because when Moral Mondays was taking place here, being led by Reverend William Barber and others, what was very interesting about that is I never forget I spoke a couple of years later. It was Reverend Barber's last NAACP state conference dinner. And there were a group of three or four white women. And they said, I bet you never thought you would meet four white women as founders of the NAACP chapter. And they talked about founding this chapter in in the mountains of North Carolina because through Moral Mondays there were white folks who said they're talking about the same

stuff that I'm being impacted by and so what you saw was what began as a largely black Moral Monday movement begin to totally change that's that's what I'm talking about how when you focus on those issues, how North Carolina literally can change as opposed to being a red state. You're absolutely correct. And I think that when we look at the expansion of the map that Kamala Harris has exhibited since she got into this race, and then you can't ignore, you know, Mark Robinson is there. He is an entity on the Republican side. And for our Christian conservative voters who might be watching, I want you to think to yourself the fact that Mark Robinson will probably still get 40 percent of the vote

in North Carolina, despite saying he's a black Nazi. He will still get 40 percent of the vote. So for our guests, I would like to ask, what are you hearing in response to kind of this extreme MAGA agenda? And for people who are still undecided, have you talked to them about what Project 2025 is going to do to affirmative action? Have you talked about what it's going to do to HBCU funding? What are people saying when you talk about the agenda of the other side? I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. Across the country, cops called this taser

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It also drifts down to governor's level, to the mayor's level. We can look back when we had the governor here, McCrory. One of the first things he did was put all law enforcement under the Secretary of Public Safety, which is right in line with what went on with Project 25. So we want our young people and the people in the community, we try to ensure that we educate that this is also about the down ballot and that this is not just related at the presidential level. This is not just, Project 25 is just not about Donald Trump.

It is about a continuous attack on voters, young voters. It's, again, it's that distraction that keeps us from being able to come together to know our own power, the power that we possess. Quickly, I did an op-ed a little while ago when the election director resigned. And, you know, it's difficult already to attract persons, quality persons in positions in the city, such as your county managers and your city managers, your superintendents. A lot of people don't want to come to an area that is chaotic. So it is very important that whites speak up against whites. That's one thing that we have a problem with in our area. You know, when it seems that the only time

something goes wrong in the local area, it's always the blacks at the forefront. But yet, I can't remember the last time that a white person was held accountable by white people. And I mean, it may be a lot of liberals and things differently, but here, at the end of the day, it still becomes white and black. And we catch a lot of havoc, but, you know, I have to speak truth to power. That's all I know. And if we would come together and hold people accountable, regardless of their color, they're white and they're not doing their job. Or Republican or Democrat. Or Democrat, but hold them accountable. I can look at when with all the financial things that were going on in Elizabeth City.

As soon as my brother got elected, along with the entire council, all of a sudden these issues come up. These issues about the audits, these issues about the LGC, which is now over. The audits have been late for probably six, seven years before then when there was a white city manager. But see, all of a sudden it didn't happen. There was a town in Tennessee. Same thing happened there where the same issues came up. So but again, look, those are things that that we know what's going what's going to happen when African-Americans take over. That's also still why you have to maximize power.

Rebecca, your question. Yes, so I've done campaign work in North Carolina. And one of the things that I remember is a lot of the foreign interference, specifically targeting disinformation and misinformation, targeted towards Black folks and especially Black registered voters. Well, it's happening again this year. So can you all talk about some of the messaging that you've been using on the ground to talk to skeptical people who are skeptical about turning out to vote this year?

Well, we definitely, the thing about it is it's so much confusion it's so much negativity that it turns people off and that's where we have to let people know that you still have to go to vote just early when i was listening to uh roland when he talked about we have a young lady running for a state superintendent. She said nationally, kill or pay-per-view and let's kill Obama. Now, how can you be the Secretary of Education? When you're talking to our young people and you're telling people that

we can pay, let's execute Democratic leaders in the North Carolina. That's because confusion to the Republican Party is what they're looking for. And we have to make sure that we choose in this election right here. We have to let people know there's two paths. Either you can go with the path that is not about confusion, but let's talk issues, or you can continue to go with confusion. And one thing I've found out since being mayor, if we talk to the issues directly, people will get behind you because that's what we have to stay on track.

We have to make sure that we continue to talk about attack on women's body. We have to make it simple and plain about Project 25. We have to make sure that we continue to educate the people at the ground level that it is just not about the presidency, but it's down ballot. And we have to always make sure that people who are capable of understanding, bring plain talk is what I like to say. Let's talk plain to the people who we are asking to go out and vote. And a lot of times we just don't go. We just automatically assume that everyone's going to vote Republican or everyone's going to vote.

But we have to make sure that we talk about the issues. We have to talk about the attack on women's rights. We have to make sure that we talk about how they're trying to disenfranchise, how they're continuing to try to devalue our students and their vote. But we have to make sure that we educate and keep talking about the issues and stop talking about all this confusion and stop letting them bring scare tactics into our community. All right, then. Jade, which question?

Okay, and my question is going to be, do you think particularly for the NAACP, there's an issue with mobilizing voters there or people coming on board, for instance, the churches, the nonprofit organizations, students, colleges? Do you think there's a bigger issue right there that's internal that can seep out into this election or any other federal election? And if so, what are you all working on to help with that mobilization and to close that boundary, that gap? NAACP North Carolina. What's happened?

Well, there's a lot of layers. One, there has been a push for phone banking, door-to-door canvassing. You know, here in Pasquotank County, we've done over 10,000 phone calls. We are knocking on doors. We also have a van. We call it Souls to the Polls, where we are offering rides to the polls. And again— Now, is that every day? Doing early voting. They call 252-421-1090, and they make their appointments—

All right, slow it down. Repeat again. 252-421-1090 and they text, make their appointment. We will pick them up. We will take them to the polls. But again, it goes back to this media desert. The more we can disseminate...

First of all, what are your local media outlets? Where are you getting your information from? We have the Daily Advance, which is our local newspaper. Gotcha. And the TV stations actually come out of Virginia. I got it. Any black radio? We have WGAI. That is a local AM radio station of course the university's uh shaking his head like no it ain't it and the key is because once again people don't want to talk about it because they're afraid of confusion they're afraid of their sponsors being cut they don't want to talk about the real issues right and speak truth to power so are there any local digital outlets are there any uh are there any citizen journalists any any anything online nope

okay we're that and that's the reason why we continue to be looking for information you know because and that's the reason why my brother said we're so excited that you were here is there a radio station on the campus yes yes there's a radio station but that's why we're so excited that you were here. Is there a radio station on the campus? Yes. There's a radio station. But that's why we're so excited because, once again, people are being politically correct by not talking the truth or skirting certain issues, don't want to say what's going on because they feel it's a backlash. Well, that's one of the reasons why for us. I mean, look, our fan base, since we launched the show six years ago, we had 31,000 of our fans contribute to our show in excess of $2.5 million. And the reality is when you are dependent upon other sources, that's how you're going to control it.

And so for me, being able to own it, control it, not sitting here worrying about that. Something that needs to be said has to be said. And again, I think that's really important. Last question, Jade asked a question about in terms of the canvassing and things along those lines. Are you getting resources from the national organization? Are they funding efforts in North Carolina

on the ground? Yes, but that comes at the state level. And then, of course, the information, the training. We partner with a lot of— Is the state sending y'all money? The state conference and the NAACP? I'm just making sure y'all getting some money. No, where we are, what we do, we partner with a lot of social justice organizations here,

such as Black Voters Matter. Is the state conference or NAACP sending y'all some money? We get resources from the state conference. I just want to know. If I need to call Derrick Johnson, I call and say, say, bro, put a check. I ain't got a problem calling. I'm letting you know. I ain't going to call

nobody. We get resources. Okay, I'll check it. And the push again is that dissemination of information. For example, like my brother said, Morrow, who's running for state superintendent. There are so many people that had no idea about those comments that were released on CNN when they said, hey, put the execution of Obama. She will pay for it.

On paper. She got her day. And we actually went to we actually went to the Republican meeting when they advertised that she was coming. I was asked to leave. Damn, I would have showed up. But we kept enough people there to hear. And, you know, people need to know this. When somebody is talking about, you know, executing the governor, Roy Cooper, executing Biden, you know, and how can you?

And now you're saying that you're going to be the state superintendent. Of all education. Of all of education. And you're illiterate. And so. I ain't got a problem. Hey, listen, listen, I ain't got a problem. And some things y'all can't say, I ain't got a problem saying it. Hell, she was I ain't got a problem. There's some things y'all can't say.

I ain't got a problem saying it. Hell, she was sitting right here. I said it too. You illiterate. So first of all, let me thank both of y'all. I appreciate it. We're glad to be here. And again, we're going to keep, you know, our whole point is simple.

That is, we know there are issues that even mainstream media is not going to cover, which is why we do this every single day with my show and the other shows on the Black Star Network, so we appreciate it. Thanks a bunch. Folks, we come back. We're going to talk about crucial judicial rulings. I just got an email from the head of the Atlanta and the Georgia branch of the NAACP. We'll tell you about a judge's ruling when it comes to voting there as well

when we come back right here. Roland Martin unfiltered right here on the Black Star Network, live on the campus of Elizabeth City State University. Back in a moment. Here's a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems. Oh, she had a big crowd. Oh, the crowd. This weird obsession with crowd sizes.

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And to hear episodes one week early and ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. showcase the sense of love that I never had before. I mean, he's not only my parent, like, he's like my best friend. At the end of the day, it's all been worth it. I wouldn't change a thing about our lives. Learn about adopting a teen from foster care. Visit AdoptUSKids.org to learn more. Brought to you by AdoptUSKids, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Ad Council. Let's go. All right, folks, welcome back to Elizabeth City State University. Today in Nebraska, the state Supreme Court made a huge ruling impacting formerly incarcerated folks. They ruled that the state's top election official had no authority to declare a state law that restored the voting rights of those convicted of a felony to be unconstitutional. In July, the Secretary of State of Nebraska ordered county election officials to reject the voter registration of those with felony convictions,

citing an opinion issued by the state attorney general. Now, the ACLU sued. They actually won today. And, Rebecca, some 7,000 people formerly incarcerated have the right to vote. This was one of those just amazingly idiotic decisions because you literally had the legislature pass a law and the Secretary of State decided unilaterally that it was unconstitutional

and the AG backed it up. I've never heard of a secretary of state and an attorney general determining a law passed by the legislature to be unconstitutional. That ain't their damn job. Look, y'all know I'm from Nebraska, and you see why I fight so hard about voting rights. It's because dealing with idiotic people

who think that they get to tell the state legislative branch that they can't create rules. But instead, it's going to be an administrative branch making the rules in Nebraska. So if you talk to so many people from back home today, if you read the ruling, it's extremely scathing. Like Secretary of State and the attorney General was clearly out of bounds there. So now there's going to be additional 7,000 plus people who are eligible to vote. And do remember in Nebraska, Nebraska actually splits its electoral college vote. And so in the Congressional District 2, which is largely the Omaha-Douglas County area, you're going to see real impact

with what happens at the top of the ticket. Not only is the vice president in a very competitive race against Trump, but also we see that there's two U.S. Senate races that are on the ballot. We see there's an independent against the incumbent Republican. We see that race is tightened up. And then we see a Democrat against the other incumbent Republican. And we see that that race is pretty interesting with Preston Love, who is a Black man and actually I believe ran one of Jesse Jackson's campaigns in the 80s. So that said, keep your eye on Nebraska. This is going to have an impact on what happens with that Electoral College vote coming out of Omaha.

A way federal court ordered the state and the Secretary of State to cease a recently implemented program to remove voters from the voting rolls between now and November 5th in the northern district of Alabama could further order the state to issue guidance to all counties in Alabama to immediately restore deactivated voters unless those voters requested removal or are subject to removal for other reasons. The Secretary of State's voter list maintenance program announced in August violated Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 by conducting a program intending to remove voters within 90 days of a federal election systematically. Jay, the reason this, I think, is huge because, again, in Alabama and recently in Virginia, they started doing this. And you had Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin whining and complaining in Virginia. They started doing this, and you had Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin whining and complaining about it.

Even the orange man, when he was at the Bloomberg Economics Forum, was complaining about this. But the law is the law. You cannot start removing voters inside of 90 days of an election. And so my deal is, what the hell were y'all waiting on? You could have done it with 150, 120 days. No, they purposely waited until that point. You absolutely are. You're absolutely right. They could have done that. And also, I admire the court, Alabama, with the DOJ for asking for an injunction, because what an

injunction legally is, is a court order issued to prevent a party from taking action that can cause irreparable harm. Here, that irreparable harm would be the systematic voter purge attempt program that they're trying to rename as another program. So I think that was absolutely the correct move to make. The DOJ had every right to be concerned because what Alabama originally was considering is individuals, right, private individuals who were suing for their rights. However, they failed to consider the United States as a whole and the state of Alabama and oversee that part of it.

So I think that this injunction, I hope that is an indefinite injunction, and it was absolutely the right move to make. Gerald Griggs, who runs the NAACP there, posted this shortly a few moments ago. A second Georgia judge has enjoined the Georgia State Election Board issuing a final order today. The judge rule, the proposed rules are not in line with the Georgia election code. The Georgia NAACP was one of the intervening plaintiffs in this case. Here you had these nutcase MAGA folks who decided that, oh, let's actually do hand counting of ballots in Georgia.

You even had Georgia election officials, Republicans, saying, that's just dumb. We can't sit here and count ballots by hand. It goes to show you what happened after the last election when Steve Bannon, who's sitting behind the federal prison right now for contempt of court, when they said we're going to take over school boards, the election boards. This is what they wanted to do by taking over the election boards. They wanted to control the elections and hear the court saying, uh-uh, ain't going to happen in Georgia? Absolutely. You know, Gerald Grist is a outstanding job over there at the NAACP.

But that's why I don't understand why Democrats let Republicans take this term lawfare, because what we're seeing in all of these cases is lawfare for Republicans on the institution of the right to vote. This is what voter suppression looks like in 2024. It's no longer Bull Connor standing outside with dogs and hoses. It's no longer troops being needed to send people in and out. These battles are happening in courtrooms and in state houses around the country. And what we are seeing, as Reverend Jetson has said for decades, that voter suppression is about skimming. All you have to do is get one out of every 100 people, let's say, to step out of line or to not be able to vote. And when you expand that out, that turns into 1,000, into 10,000, to 100,000, to a million people who are thereby disenfranchised. And when you do these schemes, state by state, district by district, just trying to skim off those small numbers of votes, that's how you end up with a phone call where a former president is saying, please find me 11,280 votes in order to swing an election. So we have to be cognizant of what

they're working on, and we have to redouble our efforts, understanding that the Trump Supreme Court is going to fight tooth and nail to maintain voter suppression. But also for people who ask this question on what exactly has the Biden-Harris administration done for Black people, this is what it means to have a Department of Justice and a Civil Rights Division that is willing to fight for its community, as opposed to Jeff Sessions or Bill Barr, where they can actually take the municipalities to court and win back the right to vote for individuals. Folks, now we ready? Okay, cool. All right, y'all. Again, one of the groups that have been on the ground, not just here in North Carolina,

but all across the country is Black Voters Matter. We've, of course, had LaTosha Brown, Cliff Albright on our show on many occasions. Syene Jasmine is sitting with us right now. Glad to see you here, man. So what's happening? Tell us what y'all doing in the Tar Heel State tar hill state oh man we're doing a lot um thanks once again for allowing this opportunity um shout out to everybody here um viking pride viking pride viking pride um i'm an aggie but i should look that was a little weak there now i'm just saying that was you shouted it out and like three people woke up you know what that's. So why don't you do that again?

Because, I mean, I don't want everybody to hit me like, yeah, Viking pride, Viking pride, Viking pride. That's what y'all sounded like. I'm just saying. So you want to do that again? Let's do it again. Y'all ready? Viking pride.

Viking pride. Viking pride. Viking pride. Viking pride. Viking pride. All right. Well, I'm so glad y'all did better the second time. Because, woo. Go ahead.

We got to be excited because tomorrow we're going to actually have an early voting march right here on this campus starting at 3 p.m. 3 p.m. So we'll be here. We will be here. Wish we could be here for that. We're going to be in Rocky Mount. Why don't y'all do this here? Why don't y'all actually shoot some of the video and then send it to us

so we can run it. Because we're at Rocky Mount tomorrow. I'll read the church later. Then we're at Fayetteville State on Friday. But go ahead. Yeah, absolutely. So tomorrow's early voting. Are y'all excited? Who plans on voting tomorrow? Everybody's hands

should be up. I know I plan on voting tomorrow. I live in Pitt County, Greenville, North Carolina. Shout out to Congressman Don Davis over there. He used to represent our area, but unfortunately, because of gerrymandering, he's no longer in our... Hold on, he here? He ain't seen no text or nothing saying, hey, I'm sitting in the audience. You know you're going to be sitting your ass up here when he get done. I'm just letting you know.

Don't be trying to sneak in here. He ain't, I mean, didn't you just say hey, I'm here. Okay, yeah, we know you're here now. Go ahead. Yeah, so we've been doing a lot of work with partners across the state. I'm concerned primarily with the eastern

region, and that's a really big region. But folks from Martin County to Pasquotank County to Pascotay County to Pitt County, Washington County, Terrell County, we've been all over these counties. When you say it's big, how many people are talking about it?

How many black voters? How many total voters are talking about it? Probably about, I would say, at least about 800,000 at least 800,000 i could be wrong the congress the congressman is here so he can first of all a congressional first of all one congressional district is 700,000 okay yeah okay so but but but the reason i'm asking that because the point is when you look at numbers again i keep going back to this is a margins election uh biden harris wins georgia by less than 12,000, Arizona by 10,000. And even

you look at 2016, Trump won Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan by only 77,000 votes. That's pretty low. That's actually, I was- That's combined. Yeah. Three states, 77,000 votes. And North Carolina was a state that he won by his lowest margin of victory. Yep. I lost here in 2020 by 2.5 points. Right. And so we have,

I think we can beat Georgia here in North Carolina as well. We actually have the numbers to potentially turn out. We have to just turn out. And that's why the work our partners do on the ground is so important. So what's the weakness in North Carolina? Is it, and I'm not picking on anybody, but

is it not targeting rural North Carolina? Is it, and I'm not picking on anybody, but is it not targeting rural North Carolina? Is that where, in terms of where your issues are? We don't have Atlanta. But we have Atlantas in the state. We have Charlotte. We have Raleigh. We have Chapel Hill.

Greenville, arguably. So we don't have that one hub, essentially, yet. Not yet. It's coming, though. Every day, people are moving here to the state. In fact, right here, I'm sure, too. Or is the problem here, and this is the sense that I've gotten in the conversations that I've had with so many different people, that the problem is when folk come into this state,

whether you're talking about presidential candidates, whether you're talking about the DNC, whether you're talking about even grassroots groups, they split the state in half. And most of the time, money resources go into Western because they're looking at numbers. But the thing that I keep saying, because I'm born and raised in Texas, and it's the same way. You have 254 counties in Texas. You cannot win if you only focus on your large blue counties. The reason Republicans win in Texas is because they run up huge margins in those smaller

counties all across the state. And so it seems as if the problem here is that there's so much energy focused on western North Carolina, and you don't have much attention on eastern North Carolina. Well, I can't speak for the parties, but I can speak for Black Voters Matter. And I can say that investment has been made. I'm sure one of these students here, a lot of these students have a Black Voters Matter hoodie, a T-shirt. Raise your hand if you have a hoodie, a T-shirt. So we've been here on the ground these last four years.

So I know we've been here in these very rural parts in Windsor, North Carolina. In fact, we had our last one of our last bus tours. We went to a place called Lewiston Woodsville and that population is only about 200 something people. But we went there purposely because folks work at Purdue. Right. And so we know that many people may not live in the actual area, but people from Purdue will be coming by the bus. And so we actually try to really go deep into those counties in the parts nobody wants to go to. Oh, y'all also pulling precinct data. What I mean by that is, I have conversations with people all the time.

I was in Cincinnati a few weeks ago, and there's a brother, he's an alpha, and he was talking about their get out to vote stuff, and he was describing what they're doing, and I literally said, that shit ain't gonna work oh and he was he was like he was like damn bro i said no seriously i said he was talking about well we're going to game signing people up sure i said why are you not going to the board of elections and targeting the 1520 largest black precincts.

Then pulling that data and then looking at the 2022 midterms, the 2020 presidential election, and see how many people are registered in that precinct and how many actually voted. I said, so if you see 700 people registered in that precinct, but only 150 voted, I said said that's who you should be targeting i said you're going to places where people likely already registered as opposed to doing target because when you have finite people and finite resources you must be more for more

concentrated sure and he said it never occurred he said we didn't realize that data is public i'm like it is and i think that for me for a lot of folks out there, they're spending time with these get out to vote efforts, but it's not targeted and concentrated. Sure. Well, we have a data department. So we try to be, we do our best to be as data driven as possible. I can't say we get it perfectly right each time, but we certainly do our best. I know, for example, in Pitt County, where I'm from, we are specifically targeting areas where we know voter participation has been low. Right. And so that's what we're on the ground right now doing that work. Tomorrow, for example, on our first day of early voting.

So make sure you come out, North Carolina. We will be going out to areas where we know turnout has been historically low. But also people have moved to Roland. A lot of people have moved because of the pandemic, because of the high cost of housing. Right. And so sometimes sometimes the data may not always necessarily reflect what's actually happened right then and there. So we hope that our efforts, as well as what I call hotspot canvassing, which is going to areas where we know folks will be at, will be gathering together, we hope those efforts will help with getting the turnout. All right, then. Well, look, keep up the good work, and I'll tell Cliff and Natasha you're handling your business.

Thank you. Appreciate that. Maybe they'll give you a raise. Man, I hope so. All right. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks a bunch. I'll give you a raise. Man, I hope so. All right. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks a bunch.

I'm going to go to a break. When we come back, I'm going to talk to Congressman Don Davis. Yeah, you coming up here since you slid in here. We'll chat with the Congressman next right here on Roller Martin Unfiltered on the Black Star Network.

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We need a leader with a real plan to fix the border, and that's Kamala Harris. I'm Kamala Harris, and I approve this message. What's up, everybody? It's your girl Latasha from the A. And you're watching Roland mart unfiltered on the black star network we're here at lisbon city state university uh glad to be here uh of course uh north north carolina early voting begins tomorrow in this state. This is a critical, critical state.

Recent polling data came out just today showing Vice President Kamala Harris up two points here in North Carolina. They are doing lots of work in this particular state. She was here at East Carolina University on Sunday in Greenville. I was there. I interviewed her. And this is a state that they see that they can actually win. Joining us right now, one of three African-American members of Congress from North Carolina, Congressman Don Davis. Glad to have you here.

So let's just talk about what I was talking about earlier with the brotherhood of Black Voters Matter and some other places. I mean, again, when you look at this state, you've got the black vote in North Carolina, eastern North Carolina, but so much attention is always focused on the West. The reality is, there's a lot of black votes in eastern part of this state. Roland, let me say first, you look great in the Elizabeth City t-shirt there. Well, here's the deal. Here's the deal. I only, and I have a standard rule, I

only wear HBCU gear on my show places where I've been to. Alright. So, if I'm correct, if I'm correct now, this is the 59th HBCU out of the 107 I've actually been to. So, this is the 59th, so.

Well, you look great. The rest of them, they invited me, I don't wear them. And Elizabeth City State University is the 59th. Well, you look great. If they invited me, I don't win. And Elizabeth City State University is the North Carolina's first congressional district, and I'm proud of that. I'm proud. But let me, before I get into your question, I want to share something because we're talking about voting, engagement, empowerment. I remember at the North Carolina General Assembly, and you came, when there was a bill being rolled out in appropriations, and there was language about closing the university. And if you remember, within about a 24-hour window,

about 10,000 signatures came in to us. Now, you're talking about empowerment when people care about something and they engage. Well, guess what? We are here today because the people engaged. And I still remember to this day. Oh, yeah. No, I remember. I remember. You were getting the word out then, and the people spoke loudly, and it gave us all the ammunition as I was in the state senate to go in and make the tough arguments. And as a result, we're here today. I want to give a big shout out to the mayor, my friend Kirk, and to Dr. Edmonds, who's leading us right now. But to your point, when we look at North Carolina, here's the deal.

Oh, that's the band. I know the audio problem. I was like, what's going on? That's the band. The band's heading home. They're jamming out. When you look at North Carolina, here's the deal. Candidates running statewide, they want to win Wake County. Go to Durham, Orange, heading over to Guilford, Winston, over in Forsyth, down to Mecklenburg. You have Buncombe sitting out in the far west. But you cannot win this state without eastern North Carolina. If you look at the history, even of our gubernatorial elections, many of the governors, Democratic governors in particular, have come from eastern North Carolina. The challenge with eastern North Carolina is eastern North Carolina is so rural. And the answer to the question is about 748,000 or so in the congressional district.

You're talking over 304,000 African-Americans, about 30, the BVAP, the black voting age population, 39 percent. That's in the new sliced up map because G.K. Butterfield, who I replaced, some say, you're in the Butterfield seat. And I say, do you realize this? He's been retired for about a year and a half, and this is the fourth different map that we've been on. Wow. Fourth. So North Carolina has not been estranged to redrawing maps and going to court. Matter of fact, the the court dates been set for

next year of 2025 on this exact boundary again but see this but this is why i keep explaining to people when we say why voting matters because that was a point a few years ago where democrats could have had a six to one majority on the supreme court and then you had the election sherry beasley loses about 401 votes then it was four three then the next election and now it's not right now it's five two you had republicans trying to target justice anita earls because she gave an interview talking about diversity uh and so when we're talking about the court we saw what happened in wisconsin uh when uh when when the democratic won there and put the four three they that's that's how they targeted political gerrymandering, ballot drop boxes back. And so when you use your voting power and then you control the Supreme Court, now when laws are passed, they can shut them down or they can ratify them as well.

So all these elections matter. That's right. I'm going to use an analogy of sports because we're in football season and so forth right now. The judges are like the referees. I mean, they're making the calls, the interpretations. So that's so essential. And when we look at democracy overall and when we go to the polls to cast our votes, our votes matter. And often, unfortunately, sometimes we don't pay attention to the judges. And that's why it is so important for us to pay attention to judges at every single level. And I want to be clear, I've been supportive and I've shared my support. I was glad to see our vice president in East North Carolina, Eastern North Carolina

at East Carolina University. But we're going to take that vice off of vice president and make her president. And back to the point, there could be a couple of appointments sitting behind us. So I'm going to say this. It's good to see you here, but I really have been on a mission. And I think all of us, the eyes across the country, all kind of eyes are looking at what's going to happen in North Carolina.

And when you really then peel back the onion, a lot's going to depend on what happens in eastern North Carolina. Which is why, so I'll throw this here. I was there Sunday, depend on what happens in eastern north carolina so which which is why so i'll throw this here i i was there sunday and i really do believe uh that uh and i haven't i haven't seen it at one of these campuses and i know homecoming uh with with a lot of the schools uh but i believe between now and november then november 5th uh the vice president's campaign needs to do one of those rallies on an HBCU campus. It needs to be either this campus or Fayetteville State.

And so you're going to push them to do that? We're going to keep pushing. Okay. You heard the music, the band leaving. We've been beating the drum on this. Okay. And they responded. They came to Eastern North Carolina, East Carolina University university but i hear loud and clear hbcu oh absolutely

last question and i'm of course all these political people i hate a lot of political talk in dc but republicans i'm gonna throw your curve here republicans are floating in dc that if they control the house you're're going to flip to their side. They literally are circulating that in D.C. Well, this is the first I've heard of that. But I want to be very clear that I'm a registered Democrat. I've been a part of this party. And we're working hard every single day for the people of eastern North Carolina.

And I really try to follow and listen to my constituents. This district, as I've shared before, I mean, it's changed. And it continues to get sliced up and sliced up. But what that means to me is I still need to listen to constituents and figure out what's important to them. So often in eastern North Carolina, if you're east of I-95, northeast, you feel left out often of the process. Got it.

And for me, it's been so important to be a strong voice, to tell the stories. But, you know, I will be very clear and plain spoken, and that is I am about fighting for constituents, and that's what I've done. Well, there was a couple of black Republicans, they were at some meetings in D.C., and I was like, I said, well, next time I see them, I'm going to ask. I said, I don't do

y'all rumors. I said, so I don't do rumors. I ask folk direct. So I told both of the brothers, I was like, yeah, I'm going to ask. This is the first i've heard of it i'm gonna let you know the sub republicans are trying to float out there but again but that but that's also electoral politics how they try to play games as well when it uh when it comes to the vote because when people don't realize every house seat is up every two

years that's so uh so you on the ballot in November. That's right. That's right. And at the end of the day, Rowling, you know this. You understand this. I mean, we're not going to agree all the time on every single issue. But there are core things that we are going to agree on and we're going to work through. I mean, right now, Project 2025, are you serious? We want to abolish the Department of Education?

Are you kidding me? You want to get rid of Head Start? Are you serious that you want to limit and restrict public housing? I mean, come on. North Carolina, all the attention you've been talking about, western part of the state. Now, we've had our fair share of natural disasters in the east. So it's a surprise in the west. They want to get rid of the National Weather Service. Now, that's dumb.

To privatize it. I mean, because they don't believe that climate change is real. Well, there was a story that I saw. It was done a couple of years ago of a number of people who moved to Asheville. They said to, because they were afraid of climate change, they said, hey, it's not going to impact us here. And it did. So the reality is climate change can impact you wherever you are in this country. But let me share this with you, Roland. So we fought for over a decade in the North Carolina General Assembly to expand Medicaid. I went to D.C. thinking it was going to be done before I left.

Went to D.C., became a member, a co-chair of the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus in D.C. because there's still many southern states that haven't expanded. So we went to work, continued fighting, fighting, fighting, and we finally expanded it. Here's where I'm heading. In eastern North Carolina alone, with that expansion is the opportunity as it builds up for 95,000 eastern North Carolinians to have access to care. And when you build it up, another 3,000 jobs, we are the sickest in the state. We have the most health care disparities in the state. We have the greatest educational needs in the state, the gap that exists, and our economy is sluggish. When that going to North Carolina catches a cold, Eastern North Carolina is in ICU.

And here's where I'm heading with Project 2025. You're talking about getting rid of the Affordable Care Act. You're talking about the state of North Carolina being in ICU, and if that's the case, we don't have a chance. Well, I tell them, you can't tell me you pro-life and you don't want folks to have health care. That's all I'm saying. Thomas, we appreciate it. All right.

Thanks a lot. All right, then. You kind of sneak in there, but I got you in there. I want to go to Camille Winbush. Hold up. Hold up. You're still hooked up there, so take the microphone off there. Camille Winbush is National Director of the Campaigns and Fuel Programs, Lawless Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Camille, glad to have you here. I still got my panel here. Camille, explain to folks about 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Early voting starts here tomorrow. It's already starting in Georgia. It's already been happening in Virginia. And you're seeing the efforts to stop folks from voting. That's what y'all are focused on, right? Absolutely. So 866-OUR-VOTE is the election

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But they've been doing all kinds of ridiculous stuff for the last several years, and yet they got busted big time on that one. Absolutely. We want to make sure that voters in this election know that there's a lot of maybe misinformation out there that maybe just folks who are deliberately scheming to deprive them of their right to vote. And so it's really great to be able to have a trusted messenger. We are a nonpartisan hotline. We've been doing this day in, day out for the last 20 years. And so we have trained legal folks who are able to walk them through every step of the laws and, you know, the laws are constantly changing. So it's helpful for

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Thank you. Rebecca, with early voting starting in this state tomorrow again, I can't say it enough that this state, this state, and I'll be very clear, this state could very well put Vice President Kamala Harris over the top. She wins North Carolina. That changes the game when having to win one of that so-called blue wall of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, when it comes to electoral college votes? I'm from North Carolina tonight. I need to shout out North Carolina Black Alliance, because all the incredible work they're doing across the state,

especially with their Raising the Bar program, which is doing extensive work with HBCU students on all of the institutions across the state, making sure that HBCUs are working in concert as they're increasing their civic education and civic engagement on campus. One thing to note is that some of our students with North Carolina Black Alliance was able to secure an early voting location, a polling site on their campus at North Carolina A&T. A&T is 19,000 students. And so earlier in the broadcast, Roland, you talked about how the congressional district was split, how A&T was split across two congressional districts. But it also happened in the state house races as well. Both, I believe, the state house and the state senate side, North Carolina A&T was split into

multiple parts. So I say all this is that North Carolina has a real opportunity to actually get out, show up, and vote. And it's so important that people do this, especially when we know that the scheme in North Carolina, the state legislature was very clear. They were caught on audio. They were caught on tape when they said that they were surgically trying to remove as many Black voters off of the rolls to split up and dilute Black political power by breaking up communities as redistricting was occurring in North Carolina. And to the congressman's point, he's still going to be impacted by this constant redrawing of political districts in North Carolina. So I say all this, I try to tell voters, especially those who are skeptical, I'm not going to tell you the vote because people bled and died literally for your right to vote.

I'm encouraging you to vote because there are people who are actively trying to stop you from voting. If there isn't any other reason, it's because someone doesn't want you to vote. That's why you should turn out to vote in North Carolina. Elections are about math. I said earlier, elections are about math. And here's the math, again, to understand this election here. When I look at the numbers, Wisconsin, 10 electoral college votes. Michigan, 15 electoral college votes. Pennsylvania, 19 electoral college votes. North Carolina, 16.

And so we talk about what's happening with Muslim vote in Michigan. The reality is this here. If Vice President Harris loses Michigan and wins North Carolina, there's still a pathway to victory. And so that's why this is important. There are more Electoral College votes here in North Carolina than in Michigan and Wisconsin. Can Robert hear me? Yeah, I hear you, Darrell.

Sorry, I hear you now, Roland. Look, you're absolutely correct. I think this also shows the shift in voting demographics away from the Rust Belt, away from those traditionally Democratic base from the Kennedys and the 60s, et cetera, to the Sun Belt, where we're seeing, because of this mass migration, kind of the reverse of the Great Migration, people moving from the North to Atlanta, to Nashville, to Charlotte, to Asheville, all across the South, we're seeing a shift in the way that these races are run. And if we have a presidential election where Kamala Harris is able to win North Carolina, able to win Georgia, able to win Nevada, able to win Arizona, then that says to the party going forward that we have to cater to the needs of those areas. So when we talk about what has to happen educationally

throughout the South, the transportation-wise throughout the South, it means we have to start delivering these states for progressive candidates who actually believe in the values of those areas and actually believe in investing in such a way that will help us be able to develop and catch up with many other parts of the country. Look, the squeaky wheel is going to get the grease, and the way that we squeak the loudest is by making sure we turn out and vote. Vote. Jade, we've said this over and over and over again. We've said it over and over again, that if Democrats are paying attention, you cannot simply focus on large cities. You can't win Georgia unless you're talking to Albany, Savannah,

Jonesboro, Statesboro, Athens, Augusta, those places. Same thing here in North Carolina. And so there has to be a strategy, a rule strategy. Yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris released her rule economic plan to specifically speak to these areas. That's exactly what should be happening. Yes, Roland, I think that you're ingenious for going to these HBCUs, particularly in North Carolina, because I've spoken at Fayetteville State before, and I really do hope that they take that opportunity because that is a rural area. However, it is a very powerful area. It could actually decide a lot of things in her favor. Those are areas that don't, you know, they're not visited often when you talk about

people running for office or political figures or that time of the year. So I do think these HBCUs, these universities in North Carolina and other states, I think that is going to be a big shift when parties are looking at potential voters to vote in their favor. All right, Jade, Robert, and Rebecca, I certainly appreciate it.

Thank you so very much. Let me thank all the folks who are panelists on today's show as well. It'd be also of sure appreciation to Elizabeth City State University for being on this campus. I've had a great time. My first time visiting this campus. I'm glad to be here. We were here covering the shooting three years ago in Elizabeth City, but the first time on the campus. And so I'm certainly glad to be here. Folks, don't forget tomorrow, tomorrow we are going to be in Rocky rocky mount y'all should have the graphic there

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