The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Elon Musk Proposes To Buy Twitter For The Original Offer Price | Cori Bush

Episode Date: October 5, 2022

Iranian women protest their country's brutal regime, Trevor highlights GOP Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, and Congresswoman Cori Bush discusses her book "The Forerunner."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Take a seat, everybody. Take a seat. We've got a really jam-packed show. Allegators are moving into your house. Ukraine is now at war with Elon Musk and Republicans don't care about being Republicans anymore. Plus our guest tonight is a US Congresswoman from St. Louis. Corey Bush is going to be joining us on the show everybody. So let's do this people. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right before we get into the big stories. let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world, starting off in Asia. This morning, North Korea once again fired a missile over the north coast of Japan into the

Pacific Ocean, a provocation that they lasted five years ago. And if you're wondering why it was so much time in between launches, well, that's how long it took North Korea to pull the giant rubber band back once again. In Labor News, the FAA has officially announced that flight attendants must now get an extra hour of mandatory rest between flights, which is great. Yeah. This is fantastic. They deserve that hour and they also deserve someone who will wake them up from their sleep every 30 minutes to ask them if they'd like a drink. Anything else? Oh and some big celebrity news from the world of Scooby-Doo. After 53 years, the character, Velma, has officially

come out of the closet as a lesbian. Yeah. And I'm sure right now that someone is like, as a conservative, can I just say I am outraged? Whatever happened to the wholesome family show about a drug addict who got so high, he thinks his dog is talking to him. No, but for real, this is a great move for representation. Although, it will make things a little awkward for the villains at the end of every episode. Oh, and I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you, weird kids. I mean, not, not Velma, you're cool. I'm an ally.

I'm just saying that, like, a bunch of kids who spend their time solving crimes, that's weird. I'm not saying it's weird that you like women. You live your truth, girlfriend. Ha ha ha. By the way, can I say, oh boy, when are those cops getting here? Oh, this is awkward. All right. Let's move on. To some of the biggest stories of the day.

Starting off with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, officials say that nearly half a million people in Florida are still without power, and repairing damage to homes and businesses could cost up to 75 billion dollars. And because this is Florida, there's one more effect of hurricanes you might not have thought of. Floridians returning to their homes after Hurricane Ian are facing a new danger. Alligators. A reminder of what people can't see in the waters. In addition to down power lines after hurricanes or tropical storms, wildlife, like alligators

and snakes can wash into communities. Literally right now, there's an alligator right in front of us, so you really have to keep waiting to get in there. This is about as good a reason why as you should not go in the water. We do not know everything that is in there right now, but we know that that is a problem here. Yeah, that is definitely a problem, okay? Flood waters are bringing alligators and water snakes into people's neighborhoods. I mean, I've heard of gentrification, but this shit isn't the next level, you know?

And of course, this was always bound to happen. Remember, alligators live in water. If your place is filled with water, you can expect alligators, too. It's sort of like if you fill your house with beer, oh, don't be surprised when Brett Kavanaugh shows up. I still like beer. I still like tha tha tha th say one nice thing about living in America is that if something like this happens to you, everyone sends condolences and offers help. Yeah, because back home in Africa, if you say crocodiles and snakes are being washed into

your house, everyone will be like, what did you do that Jesus is sending you these creatures, huh? The devil is in your life, you need to pray, huh? What did you do? I didn't do anything. You did something. But let's move on to the latest news out of Iran. It has been over two weeks since the Iranian people took to the streets protesting the death of Masa Amini, who died in police custody after being arrested for not covering her hair properly, they claimed. Now, despite the Iranian government's attempts to shut the protesters down, the people in the streets are still growing in numbers. This morning, concern over renewed clashes in Iran's universities, after two weeks of

unrest and deadly protests sweeping across the country. On Monday, Iran's top technology university was shuddered following an hours-long standoff between students and the police that turned the prestigious institution into the latest flashpoint. And it's not just college campuses, resistance in high schools too. Young Iranian girls removing their hijab while chanting from their schools. A stunning act of defiance and another sign of young women leading the way in these historic protests. Addressing the latest violence for the first time, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

expressed support to the security forces and condemn the riots on Monday, calling them a bitter incident and accusing the United States and Israel, Iran's arch adversaries of orchestrating the disturbances. Okay, first off, come on, man. You can't blame the US and Israel for everything. You can't. He's like, oh, this is because of the U.S. and Israel. No, this is Iranians protesting what the Iranian government is doing to them. It's not about America or Israel. I bet this dude comes this this this this thi thi thir thir thir thuuu thu thu thu thu thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus their thus thus their thus their their their their their their their their their their their their thi their is their is their is their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thiiiii. thi. thi. thi. thii. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioli. thiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. their government is doing to them. All right, it's not about America or Israel. I bet this dude comes out of the bathroom at a party like,

looks like Israel clogged up your toilet. Oh, oh, oh. And secondly, can I just say how every single day I'm continuously impressed by the bravery and the tenacity of the women and the girls in Iran. This is so impressive to see? Because, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, they, they, they, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, this, this, this, thi, this, thi, thi, this is this is this thi, thi, this thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, this is this is thi, thi thi thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, thi, thi thi, thi acity of the women and the girls in Iran. This is so impressive to see. Because remember, remember, they are risking their lives protesting a brutal regime, which I know for a fact I wouldn't have the guts to do. I won't lie.

Yeah, like once, my mom thought it was a Friday when it was actually a Saturday, and I was so scared to incur her wrath that I just went to school. Yeah, I just hung out alone for the whole day. Somehow I still got bullied. Turns out the biggest bullies lie within. Anyway, let's move on to some breaking news about Elon Musk. The man who will save the world or blow it up by accident could go either way. Every day it seems like the mad genius is in the news for something else.

And over the weekend, he introduced his vision for the future. A humanoid robot called Optimus, which he says will allow for a future where there is no poverty, which I assume means when the robots kill us all, no one will be poor. Then yesterday, the Musk made more news when he got in a beef with the President of Ukraine after Musk posted a Twitter poll asking whether Russia should be allowed to annex parts of their neighboring country. And people, not only is this insensitive, a Twitter poll, it's not the place to be deciding the future of a country.

That basically has the same legitimacy as those fortune-teller things you used to do in middle school, you know? He's like, like, like, like, th says, like, th says, th says, th says, th says, th says, th says, th says, th says, th says, th says, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiol-iol-iol-iol-iol-i, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thii, thiii, thiiiiiiii, thiiii, thii, those fortune teller things you used to do in middle school, you know? He's like, this says you live in Hawaii and get married to Becky and then invade the Donbass region. It's not a thing, Elon, but if you thought that was big, this morning, Elon Musk made $40 billion worth of news. A dramatic new twist in the Elon Musk Twitter saga. After months of trying to back out, a new report says Musk is now going through with the deal after all. Musk is now reportedly proposing to buy Twitter for the original offer price. Womburg News reports Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter.

He says he'll buy at the original offer price of $54-20 a share. Musk has been trying trying trying trying trying trying trying trying trying trying trying trying try try tha to tha tha tha to tha tha to tha thi thi th letter to Twitter. He says he'll buy at the original offer price of 5420 a share. Musk has been trying to back out of the deal first signed in April. Okay, I don't know what the hell is happening here, but apparently the Twitter deal is now back on. Yeah. I mean, I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Elon Musk is notorious for not pulling out of a deal. He stays in there, his consistent. And you know, one thing about this story, it just shows you how being a billionaire is so wild, you know, they go back and forth on buying a giant company the way most people move ultra mini boots back in and out of their Amazon cart. They're like, are they ugly? Are they chic? Oh, I change my mind every day.

Although on the other hand, this may be the most relatable thing that Elon has ever done, huh? Everyone does this. They try and leave Twitter with a big announcement just to come crawling back. All right, that's it for the headlines. dance expert. Michael Costa everybody. What is happening in the market today?

I am crushing it. I am crushing it as hard as my heart felt crushed when I learned that Velma is a lesbian? I mean, I thought I always had something with that cartoon. You know, Trevor, you know, man to man, you ever fall for a cartoon? I mean, sometimes I look at the Ninja Turtles and I think, damn, you know? If they just weren't teenagers, but... So hot, speaking hot, I got a hot tip for you, all right? So pay attention in the end, I got a hot tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, t a hot tip for you. All right, so pay attention in the end, I got a hot tip. Now, Trevor, behind me, this is Twitter's stock chart today after it was announced that Elon Musk

agreed to buy it, okay? Now, before we get to that, just a second, that story about the alligators? Inflating people's homes. I mean, can you even imagine that when they walk in there doing that stupid little alligator walk, you know? But you gotta understand, why is this happening? Why are alligators getting in our homes? Well, it's simple. Economics, okay?

Alligators are teaching us how the American housing market functions. Alligators live in swamps. Why? Because they can't afford houses, okay? Not with these interest rates, okay? But then market conditions change are hurricane strikes. What does that bring? Liquidity, okay? There's liquid everywhere. This is why I'm an expert. Alligators now can ride that liquidity right into a four bedroom house. This is why that's happening. Okay, anyways, Twitter. Twitter's stock is going through the roof because Elon Musk has to buy it.

And that's the best case scenario for a business when a person has to buy the product, right? Flowers on Valentine's Day, turkey on Thanksgiving, insulin on Halloween. These are must have items. Okay, right here, this is the important fact, right, huge jump in value. Now I thought it was because they finally added a delete button, but my publicist tells me that's been there for years. Wish I would have known that, okay?

But look, this is great financial news for all of us. One, no big costly trial, Trevor. Two, the sale of Twitter is essentially over. And three, now Elon can finally focus on the next big thing, perfecting his cutting-edge robot. You all saw this, right? I mean, look, everyone made fun of Elon because you needed four people to help this robot walk. Four people to help a robot walk. But this is why Elon Musk is a genius.

You're all worried about robots taking our jobs? If Elon makes them, robots are going to add jobs, right? Four people for every robot. Robot needs to go potty. We're all going to get paid. Now, I promised you a hot tip, right? Okay, don't fall in love with a lesbian cartoon. It'll only break your heart.

Back to you, Trevor. Michael Costa, everybody. You're going to be taking a look at the abortion scandal that is rocking the Republican Party, so don't go away. Welcome back to the Daily Show. Ever since Donald Trump took over, the Republican Party has been falling further and further away from everything they stood for. They used to be about fiscal responsibility, conservative values and overthrowing the occasional Mideast country.

But after Trump, Republicans have realized that they now have two choices. They can either stick to their values or they can win with Trump, but they can't have both. And as the midterms gear up, we're seeing the choice that the Republicans have made in the types of candidates that the party is putting up. You know, people like Marjorie Taylor Green, who believes that Jewish space, there's that J. Jewish space lasers start wildfires. There's people like Doug Mastriano who was at the Capitol on January 6th. There's even Dr. Oz who's running in a state he didn't even live in and who we just found out did laboratory experiments that reportedly killed hundreds of dogs.

Which is not a great look. There's literally a Disney villain who did that, right? Like what's next? We're gonna find out Dr. Oz botched the surgery that killed the grandma and cocoa? Huh? But this is the Republican Party now. Yeah, this is the same party that was once led by Paul Ryan. Do you remember that guy? Small government, bipartisan immigration, I respect the troops, remember him? If he got caught in the same room as the new people, thapapapapapapapapapapapapape, thoom, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tho, tho, thi, thi, thro, thro, thro thro threate. thro. threats, threaten, threats, threaten, tho, threaten, tho, tho, th's what they'd do. But one of the most glaring examples of how Republicans have completely bent the knee

to Trump is with Georgia's candidate for Senate, Herschel Walker. So, let's take a look at Walker in our latest edition of Fringe Watching. Unlike most of the mega republicans who are infecting the party, Herschel Walker actually has a long history with Trump. Back in the 1980s, he played football for Donald Trump's USFL team until the whole league collapsed, which of course it did. I mean, if Trump is a part of anything, it will collapse. Yeah, I bet if Donald Trump goes to heaven, in six weeks, God will be at the porn shop, like, I don't understand. Hi, what happened? It was so successful. How much will you give me for the Pearl League?

But since then, the two men have stayed in the same mental league and it's not hard to see why. You see, just like Trump, Walker believes the election was stolen. Just like Trump, he believes that January 6 wasn't Trump's true. And he's th. th. th. th interesting ideas on how to cure COVID. Herschel Walker raved about what he calls a dry mist that can kill COVID in an interview in 2020. Do you know right now I have something that can bring you into a building that would clean you from COVID as you walk through this dry mist? As you walk walk through the door, it would kill any cover on your body. EPA approved. When you leave, it will kill the buyers as you leave this product. Do you know, they don't want to talk about that?

Yeah, I wonder why they don't want to talk about that. Walk through a dry mist? It sounds to me like Herschel Walker accidentally walked through a car wash. They've got a secret COVID machines, they'll spray you clean, dry you off, and then a guy comes out vaccines your butt, but they don't want to talk about that. No, don't get me wrong. Anyone can say something silly. Anyone can make a dumb mistake. But what makes Herschel Walker special is that just like Trump, he seems proud to be ignorant.

A headscratcher from Georgia's Republican Senate nominee, Herschel Walker, downplaying expectations ahead of his debate with Senator Raffio Warnock, telling reporters, I'm not that smart. Republican Herschel Walker declaring that there are 52 states in America. He's written in his given interviews about playing Russian roulette with a gun. Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is making headlines after his comments about evolution. Now think about this, because at one time, science said man came from apes. Did it not? If that is true, why are they still apes? Yeah. If there's humans, then why are there still apes?

If there's an iPhone, how come my grandma still has a landline? Checkmate Charles, Darwin! How does that happen? I will say, it is refreshing to see a politician just straight up say, I'm not that smart. I like that. You don't usually see politicians acknowledging their flaws, like, that, th th th thue thue Like you never heard Bill Clinton go, look the truth is I just love getting hair.

It's one of my top three hobbies for sure. It's just the kind of thing I'm doing what's man I'm afraid. Oh, and just like Trump boasts about being the world's best golfer, Herschel Walker is a master at reimagining his own success. Before and during his campaign, Walker has lied repeatedly. He falsely claimed to have graduated a top percentile from the University of Georgia. He's exaggerated claims about the success of his businesses. Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker misstated his income on federal documents by more than $3 million. Walker has reportedly overstated his role with the for-profit group,

accused of taking advantage of military veterans. In a 2017 speech, Walker said this, I work with the Cobb County Police Department, and I have been in criminal justice all my life. Then two years later, while giving a speech to soldiers, he said, I spent time at Quantico at the FBI training school. Y'all didn't know I was an agent? They didn't know, because he wasn't. And according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution,

the Cobb County Police Department said they have no record of any involvement with Walker. God damn. Hershey Walker basically lied about every aspect of his life. He probably shows up at the airport gate, like, as a first responder, a military veteran and a baby under two years old, I get to board this plane first. Also on the pilot, wee. Now, one of the main reasons Republicans love Herschel Walker is because as a black man, he's never afraid to tell black man what they're doing wrong.

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the Daily Beast discovered that Walker actually has two more additional children he has never publicly acknowledged. Yeah, that's right. Not one, but three secret children. How do you even keep that many kids secret? I mean, some point you got to confuse their names. It's like, I love you Susan, I mean Claire, I mean Frank, I mean Susan, you are Susan and I love you. And look, here's the thing, understand this, it doesn't matter to me how many kids you have or with how many people. I think in America there's too vilifying other men for doing the same thing that you do. You're vilifying them. You're calling them out.

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There is a new twist in the pivotal Senate race in Georgia. The website The Daily Beast is reporting Republican candidate Herschel Walker paid for a woman he was dating to get an abortion in 2009. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker says he is pro-life and supports a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions. But new reporting from the Daily Beast claims he encouraged a woman he was dating in 2009 to get an abortion and help pay for it. The woman whose identity was not published provided the Daily Beast with a receipt for the procedure, a get-well card and an image of a 700-dollar check allegedly signed by Walker.

Wow. An anti-abortion Republican court paying for his girlfriend's abortion? That is a bombshell. Especially because he left behind so much proof. I mean, this woman says that she has a receipt, a check, and a get-well card that he signed. The only way there could be more of a paper trail is if he bought a souvenir t-shirt from the abortion clinic's gift shop.

And now, believe it or not, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Herschel Walker. He has multiple allegations of domestic abuse against him, including from his ex-wife. His own son, who is a prominent conservative conservative, has said most of the stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories stories. thiiiiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, is thi, is thi, is th, is th, is th, is th, is th, is th, is th, is th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and a thi, and a thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th son, who is a prominent conservative, has said most of the stories are true, and Herschel Walker himself said that sometimes he couldn't control his own brain. But despite all of this, he still has the full support of the Republican Party, including a top aide to Mitch McConnell, who just today said, it's full speed ahead in Georgia. Yeah, because clearly McConnell's like, look, it's not my baby daddy, what do I care? Ma. And so you see, as the midterm elections approach, day after day, we're seeing that Donald

Trump has completely transformed what being a conservative means. Because less than a decade ago, a candidate this hypocritical, this flawed, and this off-the-rails, would not have had the support of the party. But because now winning is more important than any principle or any value that these politicians once held, they're willing to go full speed ahead, even if it means going full speed into a brick wall. All right, stay tuned because when we come back, Congresswoman Corey Bush is going to be joining me on the game show. My guest tonight is the first black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. She's here to talk about her new memoir, The Forerunner,

a story of pain and perseverance in America. Please welcome Congresswoman Corey Bush. Congresswoman Corey Bush. Congress with McCormacky Bush, welcome to the show. Thank you. This is a really interesting time to speak to you because the last time we spoke was virtually, that was over Zoom, right? And you had been in Congress for a few weeks it feels like. Yeah, something like that. And now you've been there for two years.

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Also, there are great people doing great things that have lived experience. And lived experience should count for something, and oftentimes in Congress it has. Mm-hmm. I feel like you're the perfect person to speak to that. You know, we spoke in a little bit about your journey and your book goes so much deeper into your life. When we spoke last time, I had an understanding, a slight one of the journey you had been through.

After reading the book, though, I realized there is so much more that defines who you've gone through and who you've, you know's what's sort of shaped who you've gone on to become. You know you talk in the book about suffering through sexual assaults, you talk in the book about suffering through domestic abuse, you talk about coming back time and time again dusting yourself off working through your trauma and and building yourself back stronger. Tell me what that has done for how you see your role as a lawmaker in America. Yeah, it keeps, so that pain stays before me. I still remember what that pain was like to be hungry, to go for days without eating, just

making sure my children ate. I remember what it was like to close my eyes and hope my kids, my kids didn't freeze to death in the car, you know, while we were sleeping in the car unhoused. I remember what it was like to be brutalized by the police back in Ferguson in 2014. I remember what it was like to go through those sexual assaults and not have any type of help, not have any crime victim support helping me. I remember what it was like to not get justice. And so because I still I physically can feel the the the the the the the the the thuuuuuusesesesesesese th th th th th th thu thu, thu, thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus like thus. I was like thus. I was like th. I was like th. I was like thus. I was like thus. I was like thus. I was like thus. I was like th. I was like th. I was like th. I was like th. I was like th. I was like th. I was like th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I was like to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to theea. I was like thea. I was like to not get justice. And so because I still physically can feel the pain and I remember what it was like I have to push that you know that much harder because somebody else is going through it right now and you know for me to just feel like well I'm in Congress you know we can do all of these incremental changes and you know I'll wait my turn you know no but there is somebody that's hurting the way that I you know... to. to. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. the. th. th. the th. th. th. th. the th. the th. the the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. I'm. I'm. I'm the. no but there's somebody that's hurting the way that I you know had to struggle and hurt for so long when I was

wondering who helps who speaks to my issues who's gonna help me there's somebody saying that right now and I'm in a position to do something and so why am I in the position if I'm not willing to push and put everything on the line to save lives. It's not easy because you work in an environment where everything is so slow. It's not easy because you work in an environment where everything is so slow. Oftentimes when you talk to lawmakers and when you talk to Congress people who've been doing it for a long time, they do have a certain apathy towards how long something takes. There's a lot of exchanging of, you know, favors and deals.

There's a lot of, this is how the machine works. Are you able to get through to some of your older companions and your work colleagues now? Are you able to express to them the urgency behind some of the initiatives that you're trying to move forward? You know, having the conversations, yes. And many of them come to me, you know, it took a while for some of them to see like, okay, this is why she pushes so hard, or this is why she keeps driving these same issues.

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No one wishes to discuss the messy around the truth. Why did you choose to share it like that? And were you afraid that some would say, oh, you know, Corey, why are you giving them ammunition on us? Why are you giving people the little crack in the door to talk about the messy side of the topic of abortion? Yeah, I really toil with that. I wanted to take it out of the book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book book.

to take it out of the book at one point. And, you know, I did want to, I did think about like the attacks or how my words could be weaponized, you know, against abortion clinics and providers. But there is, you know, I can't overlook what I went through because it's not just my story. It's the story, especially some of that, it's the story of so many black and brown women that have gone. And pre the the the the the their th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th, I th, I th, I th, I have thi thi, I have thi, I have thi, I have have have have have have have have had threaten, I that, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thinks, I thinks, I thinks, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I th.. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I, I, I, I that, I that, I that, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, you, I'm, you know, I'm, that, that, I'm, that, that, that, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm the story, especially some of that, it's the story of so many black and brown women that have gone and pregnant people who have had abortions or sought out those,

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a conversation with people where you propose solutions to issues in the long term without making it feel like you're completely neglecting the short term? You know, we have to remember that there were people who spoke out against slavery, the abolishment of slavery. Did that make, were they right? Or were they just going along with the status quo? Is it about the easy thing or the right thing? And for me it's about the right thing. that people look at it as being anti-police. I'm not anti-police, not in any way. I want police to do police work. I don't want police to be therapist.

I don't want police to be mental health providers. I don't want police killing black folks, disproportionately in this country and with impunity. I want folk to be safe in my community. And because I have the power of the pen and the power of purse purse purse purse purse purse purse purse It's up to me to do something about it. I, myself being a victim of police violence, but witnessing other families go through this, sitting with those families, hearing those stories, I'm a Ferguson protester. I remember 400 days of protests and protests after that. My purpose is to change what we allow,

change what public safety is. It should be actual safety for all, not for some, it should be for all. And if me being, me being criticized and attacked and being isolated is what has to happen, to bring that about, to help the conversation continue to move, that's fine, because it can save a life. If I save one life, then it was worth it because somebody. It, it. It, it. It, it, it, it, it. It, it, it, it, it, it. It, it, it, it, it. It th, it. It th, it, it. It th th th th th th th th th th th th thi, it thi, it should thi, it should thi, it should to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the their their it should their it should their it should their it should their it should their it should their it should their, it is is th is th, it is th. It is th, it is th. It is th. It is th. It is the th. It is the the the the to be thi. It's to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be thi. It's the conversation continue to move, that's fine because it can save a life. If I save one life, then it was worth it because somebody died because we didn't push

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