The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Stewart Debunks GOP’s City Crime Narrative | Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Episode Date: June 18, 2024

Trump called the RNC host city of Milwaukee a horrible place and is now trying to pass the insult off as a concern about crime. Jon Stewart digs into the Right's fear-mongering obsession: crime in big cities. Republicans want you to believe that "lawless" Democrats are to blame, but when it comes to Democrat-run city crime, it turns out the guns are coming from red states. And Protestant minister, social activist, and Yale Divinity School professor Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II discusses his latest book, “White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.” Barber talks about the staggering statistics of poverty in America which have long been misrepresented, the need for politicians to pay attention to this huge portion of the population and mobilizing poor and low wage people of every race to vote, and leading the June 29th Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington D.C.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So nice to see you tonight. My name is John Stewart. We have an unbelievable show for you the Daily show. So nice to see you tonight. My name is John Stewart. We have an unbelievable show for you tonight. Next week, obviously, we're going to have the big debate show. But tonight, we're going to get a quick state of play on this incredibly consequential presidential election.

I guess the election has basically boiled down to each candidate accusing the other of having soup where there should be brain. There is plenty of fodder for the attacks, for instance, for President Biden. It is his habit of seemingly staring at what can only be considered ghosts or out-of-frame paratroopers, and then when he's pulled back into frame, somehow giving the impression someone has just quantum leaped into his body. Is that... No, don't look directly at the sun, sir, that would... Now, and as for Trump, basically it's Trump tripping over his own dick, anytime he tries to capitalize on Biden's age.

Like this weekend, Trump appeared at the herbal life of political conventions, Turning Point USA, where Trump articulated his case for having best, brainful neurons, smart. Joe Biden has no plan. He's got absolutely no plan. He doesn't even know what the word inflation means. Oh, you didn't. No! Oh, Joe Biden so dumb. He thinks inflation is a rise in the overall price level for goods and services in the economy, as measured by the consumer price index over time. Oh, shit!

Oh, that... No, that... No, that... It turns out that is what it is. I'm sorry, I'm being told that is what inflation is. But still, you tell him, Donate T. The case he's making to the American public is that he's the sharpest tool in the shed. See if you can find the flaw in his logic. Just one sentence later.

I don't think if you gave him a quiz, I think he should take a cognitive test like I did. I took a cognitive test and I aced. Doc Ronnie Johnson. Does everyone know Ronnie Johnson, Congressman from Texas? Ronnie Johnson? Rony Johnson! Acing that cognitive test is a great point.

If only his doctor was actually named Ronnie Johnson, and not actually named Ronnie Jackson. He got the guy's name wrong on his cognitive test. I don't even know what to say. Well, here's the problem. The sad thing is under Maga Law, his name is now Ronnie Johnson. This is the way. Those are what the only comments Trump seems to have is the way.

Those are the only comments Trump seems to have spit the bid on. Just weeks before he heads to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he called Milwaukee quote, a horrible city. Forcing liberals around the country to defend Milwaukee. A city they then had to pretend to have been to. Oh, Milwaukee's the finest city in, I want to say, Indiana. But don't worry, because Donald Trump cleared the whole thing up. Well, I think it was very clear what I meant.

I said we're very concerned with crime. I love Milwaukee. I have great friends in Milwaukee, but it's, as you know, the crime numbers are terrible, and we have to be very careful. Yes. Lots of criminals in Milwaukee. Are you talking about now, sir, or when you and your felonious friends come to town? The script it just says, John turns and makes dumb face. Anyway, that's what I did. Made a dumb face.

Anyway, it's a good save by former President Trump. The city's great. He loves Milwaukee. Anyway, it's a good save by former President Trump. The city's great. He loves Milwaukee. It's the dang Democrat-encouraged crime. It's one of the rights-favorate talking points, not just from Milwaukee, but for all democratic-run cities.

That those cities are crime-infested shiholes, where life is miserable and everyone hates everybody. But people who live in these cities know that this rhetoric is only kind of true. Now, and when people who don't live in these cities say it, it's very annoying. By the way, it does turn out the crime is actually down. The FBI reporting the nation's violent crime rate has dropped dramatically this year. Overall violent crime down 15% from last year. Murders down 26% by every national metric, crime is down.

Solid trend. Crime is down. It's all a misunderstanding. But now that the FBI numbers are out, I'm sure that the right-wing media will adjust accordingly. Quality of life is not captured in any of the FBI numbers. And if you live in a blue city, walk outside and use your eyes. You should use your fucking eyes.

Do you even see over your shoulder they were doing double donuts in a parking lot? That's like the Cirque de Solé of automobiles. That's that crime. That's art. Oh, but I'm sorry you were down playing the crime the Cirque de Solay of automobiles. That's that crime, that's art. Oh, but I'm sorry, you were downplaying the crime statistics? Now they say there's no crime wave. But do you feel safe? It doesn't feel that way. It certainly doesn't feel that way for the average American today.

Democrats will say, well, but crime is down. It's not how people feel. Yeah, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the right, as the Wright always famously says, feelings don't care about your facts. Feeck your facts. Isn't that the slogan on the right? Now, you know, very interesting. It does bring up a good point, though. If crime is down so much, why do people, especially on the right, feel like it's up?

Oh. The crime graphic is, hmm, I hadn't really calculated slope in a while, but it seems like the x-axis is moving into the nodes blades while the y-axis is moving into the nodes bleeds while the Y-axis is being tied down and sodomized. I'm sure that... Sure that's just a one-off and not your network's entire programming. Another day, another stream of brazen, violent crimes. The havoc being wreaked upon America.

Undoubtedly coming to a town or sitting near you. Blatent and outrageous crimes occurring on a daily basis, coast to coast. You're seeing that in Chicago, in New York, you know, these Democrat-run cities. There's so much crime in the city. I can't comprehend how people live there. New York is now this dystopian hell?

You're just figuring that out now? You big pus? Oh, I'm sorry. Is Times Square Elmo too scary for you? Is Times Square Elmo too scary for you? Because Times Square Elmo, he comes at you? Are you scared at Times Square Elmo because he punches back? Unlike all the other Elmo's who let you tickle them with no consequences? Yeah, New York's a dystopian hellhole. That and the bagels and pizza, is why we move here.

But of course... Of course, there is one particular type of crime that conservatives seem especially scared about. Mark, why do I keep seeing people pushing other people onto the train tracks? Not that. That's not a crime. That's okay. I get that. So the pushing under the train tracks. That's just a misunderstanding. Here's what's happening. So we do have people in the subways who are there to try to help other passengers onto the train. But sometimes the train isn't there yet. It's not malevolent. It's just early. But I was actually talking about another type of crime.

People are getting shot in the face every single day. You can literally get shot anywhere in the city. We have people getting shot in the subway. People are getting shot out on the street. Go out for a loaf of bread, you end up getting shot. Yeah, you did shot. New Yorkers haven't had a sandwich in 12 years! Just an egg palm, loosen the hands. First of all, I'm surprised Trump is scared of guns at all,

considering he thinks they sound like this. We had our beautiful marine standing there. Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing. You know, in the old days, Bing, Bong. I would pay good money to hear Trump describe the opening scene of saving Private Ryan. Bing Bing, Bing. I would pay good money to hear Trump describe the opening scene of saving Private Ryan. Bing, Bing, Bing, and the Nazis are Bang, Bang, Bang, bang. Nobody can get bread.

Bong-bong, bing-bing. Bing-bing. But the point is, if you leave your house in New York, you will be shot dead. To all of our audience members, I'm glad you chose to have your last moments with us. Sadly, I must bid you a melancholy. A Bing Bing Bing. Sadly, I must bid you a melancholy.

A Bing Bing Bing. Now all of this, by the way, is not to say that gun crime does not exist. Of course it does! And some cities are worse than others. But here's the thing. And I say this with all due respect. The balls of these right-wing mother-fitters. Talking about how there's too much gun crime and chaos in our

Democratic cities when Republicans are the ones who've enabled the flood of illegal weaponry into our cities in the first place. That's right. So don't get your little panties in a bunch. There's something you want to know. 93% of the illegal guns used in crimes in New York City aren't from here. They, like theater majors, have come here to make a name for themselves. The guns come from states like Florida and Georgia and South Carolina where the gun laws are lax. And trust me, Florida's not sending us their best guns.

They're bringing guns for drugs and crime and rapists, and some, I assume, are good guns. And try as we might to put up some border controls to stem this invasion, this flood of literally undocumented weapons, Republicans fight every attempt to bring some kind of order and even pass laws to increase the chaos. Look at all the laws and things that they've done. In 2005, they passed a law that effectively protects gun dealers and the gun manufacturers for being out liable for where their guns end up. They also try and make sure that terrorists and felons can still get guns. And just recently they made sure that they can turn those guns into machine guns with bump

stocks. They make it impossible to study the effects of guns. They fight fucking everything. You want to know how cynical it is? You remember this guy? This guy, Congressman Andrew Clyde from Georgia. He loves they they l loves th, he loves th, he loves to to to to to to to to th, he to to to to? You remember this guy? This guy. Congressman Andrew Clyde from Georgia. He loves to go on TV and talk about crime in Democratic cities.

Republicans have always been the party of law and order. And what you have seen is the massive increases in crime have been primarily at Democrat-run cities. Yeah, it turns out while he was complaining about the uptick in gun crimes in New York City. He himself was fighting added scrutiny on gun stores. Like the two that he owns, that have been implicated in over 25 gun crimes since 2020. Why would they do this? There must be a reason, right? Because the right always tells us there's no coincidences.

Right? Isn't that what we're told all the right always tells us there's no coincidences. Right? Isn't that what we're told all the time? It's almost as though Republicans must have a secret plan for this funded by their billionaires to flood our cities with illegal undocumented guns, pouring them over our state borders in the hopes of killing off reliable Democratic voters. The great displacement theory. That is obviously what's happening. And no honest person would think otherwise. So there's only one real solution.

Unfortunately for the borders of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, we have to what's tomorrow. Bing-Bong, when we come back, Reverend William J. Barber will be joining me on the show. Don't go away. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday, we're going to be talking about. All the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me.

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He is a Protestant minister, social activist Yale Divinity School Professor, whose latest book is called White Poverty. How exposing myths about race and class can reconstruct American democracy. Please welcome to the show, Reverend Dr. William Barber. Sir. A pleasure, a pleasure. A pleasure. A pleasure. A pleasure. A pleasure. A pleasure. the show Reverend Dr. William Barber sir. A pleasure. A pleasure. The booties call White Poverty. I'm holding it up.

I don't know what you can say. You sir are famously not white. Well, why write white poverty? Well, actually I come from Caucasian, Black, and Tuscaroan descendant. Oh, wow. So, and my people are free people in eastern North Carolina. A lot of those communities. And so in some ways, this book is me.

And so to deny any part of my reality would be to deny myself. But here's the problem I'm concerned about. The way we measure poverty in this country is not only a lie, but I can say on this show, it's a damn lie. Sir, you can do more than that if you want. Oh, okay, okay. Okay. We got plenty more room.

You got plenty of room. I only use the ones that are approved by the Bible. Okay. So, but we say, we use the official poverty measure says that poverty, if you make above $1 the poverty, the poverty, the poverty, the poverty, the poverty, the poverty, the poverty, the poverty, the the poverty, the the thi, the the thi, the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the thi, thi, the thi, thi, thi, to be, to be, to be, to be, to, to, to, th. th. I, 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 th..... I I, the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. tho. the. the. I, the official poverty measure says that poverty if you make above $13,000 a year you're not poor. If you make above about $13,000 a year you're not poor you're kind of in the lower lower middle class. When was the last time they adjusted? Well it's been since the 60s really in some ways and so what happens with that is we marginalize poverty and then we racialize it whenever we have a brief discussion about poverty because we very seldom have it in the news in political arenas, we put up a black woman on welfare which racializes and demeans black people but then it dismisses tens of millions of white poor people.

You write this 66 million. Of the 135 million poor and low wage people in this country, 60% of black people are poor and low well, that's 26 million, 30% of white, but that's 66 million, 40 million more. Right. This book says we need to face all of our poor and recognize that we have something what Desmond, there's an author out of Princeton, called poverty by America, not the poverty in America, but the particular kind of poverty by America that's unnecessary and abolishable because it makes no sense in the richest nation in the world.

We have over 135 million poor and low wage people, over 41% of our population and over 50% of our children and it's unnecessary. So white poverty says we're not playing the game anymore. Let's not look at this through the prism of race. Let's look at it through class and do you think that that division was a purposeful one? I think so and and to expand race you have to deal with race in America but what you cannot allow someone to do for something this serious, where 295,000 people are dying a year from poverty and low wage? How many?

295,800 people a day. Are dying? Are dying? From what they would consider poverty? Poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in a country. Higher than respiratory disease. It even impacts respiratory disease because if you're low wage and you're living in an area, chances are the pollution and the toxins, probably higher where you live.

All of those things. Right. And so here we have something that's a fourth leading cause of death, 800 people a day. When seven people died from vaping, it was a congressional hearing. Right. Imagine if 800 politicians were dying a day. Oh, I have. I have. Well, I can't do that. But my point is how everybody would be just up and out? Or 800 middle class people, 800 we're talking about 100,000 people.

That's clearly epidemic. Right, you just talked about crime. That's a frime. That's a a form of and when especially when it's unnecessary it does not have an entrenched it seems in in a lot of communities it just it's a cloud that never lifts well the thing about it is John it's in every community see that's the point we're making in the book whether it's Appalachia where I met women in the West Virginia to thi to sell taco. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. That's the. That's the. That's the. That's the. That's the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. that's th. that's th. th. that's th. th. th. th. that's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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. I met women in West Virginia who have to sell tacos on Tuesday, so they have a community fund to help women deal with their monthly issues, or whether it's out in eastern Kentucky, where I met black and white coal miners who watched

the mines be taken over by multinational companies that move the union rights out of it or whether it's in the delta. It's everywhere. There's not a county in this country now where a person making $725. That's what the minimum wage is. Federal minimum wage is $7.25. It's been like that for 14 years, John. It hasn't been raised for 14 years.

When they try and raise it to even 15, I mean, the fight is everywhere you go, there's a huge fight about trying to bring it to 15 and it's going to kill all the jobs as well. Which is a lie. You know, three, three Nobel Peace Prize economists said it wouldn't kill jobs. the fact that it would actually expand jobs. But here's the thing. We had 15 in a union proposed in 2020. Eight Democrats and every Republican stood against 55 million people. 55 million people who make, 52 million people who make less than a living wage of $15 out. Now here's the thing, in 63, the March on Washington,

waived $2, which indexed with inflation would be over $15 today. Really. Yeah. And people forget the March on Washington 63 was titled for jobs and justice. It wasn't just about black civil rights. It was about a broad inclusive just field democracy. Right. And so here we are in this reality and people are hurting everywhere. There's not a county where you can work a minimum wage job and before the basic two-bedroom apartment. And waiters and waitresses on minimum wage.

Not a county in the country. Not a county in the country. You couldn't. If you had a minimum wage job, there's not a county in this country where you could afford it. Not a federal, no, you know, I think in the country there's a sense of it's an entitlement mentality. That's why there's a certain character flaw that keeps you there. These are people that are working. Yeah, the entitlement is and then the politicians that keep raising their wages and giving corporations tax breaks, but they won't help the working people.

That's the entitlement. Please? So, so, and we we we we we we we we we're the. And we're talking about during COVID. COVID did not exacerbate poverty, it exposed it. And what we did a study called the Death during COVID, and we found that whether you were in a poor county in West Virginia or poor county in the Delta, poor people died at the rate three to five times higher during COVID because of their poverty, not because of their the germto five times higher during COVID because of their poverty not because the the germ somehow discriminated but we did access to good health care well 350,000 people died during COVID so far one study said from the lack of health care and and if you don't face this

John that this is the point of the book we have to face this we have to to thate to look at it. We had 15 presidential debates in the last election. 40% of the adult population in poverty, 800 people dying a day, not one debate was focused on it. We've not had an over-offish discussion. Why don't politicians value what is an incredibly large population in many different, I'm sure, in swing states? So why don't they, do poor people need better lobbyists? What is it that can be done to get a politician to listen?

Well I think that what we're saying now is we just had a study, I asked it to be done as a part of our movement waking the sleeping giant and this is what we found out that all of these numbers also tell us that poor and low-wage people now represent 30% of the electorate in the country. 30% and for over 40% in states where the margin of victory was less than 3% and it's Texas where it's less than 5%. So what we're saying to poor and low wage people of every race, it's time to mobilize your vote. There's not a state where 20% of poor and low wage voters

that didn't vote, 57 million voted, 30 million didn't in the last election. But if 20% that didn't vote moved, they could change every election. and in most states states state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state state the the the state the the the 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 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 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 to to to to their the the the the the the they could change every election. And in most states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, it's less than 4%. So what we're doing is organizing a massive movement. In fact, on June 29th in Washington, D.C., there's going to be a massive poor people, low-wage workers assembly, and Marlmarch on D.C. and to the polls, saying that poor and low wage people have to find themselves white, black, brown, Asian native and unite around attacking what we call five interlocking injustice, systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, denial of health care, the war economy and the false modernist, religious nationalism. Wow. And John, you know, in our agenda we're

saying to Carlton, if you want these votes, bring them in at the top level. President Biden, bring a group of poor, low-wage folk and religious leaders to the White House. Do people even listen to them? Do they even hear them? What has the response been when you reach out to our political class? What's the response been? Well, because we've been lied to so so so so much to so much to so much to our political class, what's the response been? Well, because we've been lied to so much, you know,

at first they said, well, it's not that big, and then we prove that it's actually 135, 104, man. And then they don't expect that people are going to organize. You know, in a democracy, you have to engage in agitation, legislation, litigation, and voter participation. So what we're saying to poor and low wage folks, let's use this power. And so we're having this gathering before the conventions, we're going to touch 15 million poor and low wage voters with the facts on where people stay in a nonpartisan, where they stand on the issues and say let's mobilize.

And we, because that's the true swing vote. So Linda Lake, who's a major poster says. the, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let's, let's, let's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the stand on the issues and say let's mobilize. And we, because that's the true swing vote. So Linda Lake, who's a major poster, says the truest, most powerful, biggest swing vote right now is poor and low wage people. And you know, John, folk often asked me, and you and I have talked about this. Does our current society require things be like this, This was the real crux of the issue. And what this book says is, well, it's kind of like putting your hand in an electric socket that's connected, it requires that you get shocked because you put your finger there. You don't have to do it. But if you keep doing things the way you are doing it, you're going to get shocked.

So if you keep paying less than a living wage, if you keep denying people health care, if you keep giving greedy, wealthy, wealthy, folks, two trillion dollar tax cuts, but you won't even spend the money to fully fund public education, if we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep having the level of poverty that we're having. And we don't have to do it. that. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It, it. It, it, it, it, it, it, it, I it, I 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 to to to to to to tho, tho, tho, the the the the to to the the to the to 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 way, the way, the way, the way, the way, the way the way, the way, the way, the way, the way, thi. thr-s, thr-s, thr-s, tooooooooooooooooooo, toea, too, to keep to keep to keep the way. Wea, we don't have to do it. It is actually, I believe, criminal, a form of policy violence to continue down the road. And doesn't it weaken the system as a whole? You know, you could almost make the case that if the system is requiring a permanent, entrenched underclass, then it makes itself ripe for instability? And I'm wondering, is there a way to change the mindset.

Because the mindset in America is there is a moucher class. These poor people are mouchers and they're taking resources for me. I work hard. They get, poor people get health care, they get food, they get whatever they need. I don't get it. Is there a way to change the mentality to view things not as entitlements, but investments? And maybe to get labor, not to be viewed as shareholders, that corporations have to view labor not as a means to and ends, but as shareholders in that and cannot change the dynamic? It can. But one of the first things that we believe we have to do, and we talk about moral fusion organizing. It is.. And, and they need need, and they need, and they need, and they need, and they need, and they need, and they need, and they need, and they need, they need, they need, and they need, and they need, and they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need the need the need they need their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need, they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need they need to need to need to to ne, to get to to get ned. thea, and thea, and their their their their the, but one of the first things that we believe we have to do, and we talk about moral fusion organizing, is first of all, we should be examining every policy, not by the color

of a president's hair or how many porn stars he touched, or how he, or what's the gate of his walk. Does the policy you propose, do they line up with establishing justice? Do they line up with providing for the common defense and promoting the general welfare? Do they line up with our deepest moral religious values? Secondly, we must expose the level of death that's happening because this is not benign. Thirdly, we must make sure that folks see it all, that it's not one group of people. We've been lied to so much about this is an anomaly, this is just a small group. We cannot allow this to be marginalized anymore. And then we must have massive organization of poor and low-wage people of every place,

every geographic and every race. And in doing that, we can put poverty and low-wages at the center of our political discourse. And then, yes, we have to show them. Isn't that America First? Isn't that making America great again? Like, if you hollow out a country, how can you expect it to be strong? Wouldn't that be the absolute acme of strengthening a country from the bottom up as opposed to the top down? You would think it would be, but if you've got people that people that are that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that that the their, that's, their, their, their, their, tho, to, tho, their, the, to, to, 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, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to, their, to, to, to, to, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the bottom up as opposed to the top down. You would think it would be, but if you've got people that are still living when they first wrote the Constitution and said even poor white men that didn't own jobs or they didn't own land couldn't vote, if you have people with that kind of mentality, that this should be an exclusive democracy there than an inclusive. But listen, the numbers tell us though, they're more of us. The thing is you can't th the th. the numbers th. th. th. the numbers the numbers th. th. th. th. the numbers th. the numbers the numbers th. the numbers the numbers the numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers. The numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the numbers, the, they're more of us. The thing is you can't be lazy in a democracy. You've

got to fight like heaven. You're... I mean, you... I mean, you... I mean, you... I mean, you... And what we're trying to show people, the numbers are there. Right.

Listen, Wisconsin, margin of victory're trying to show people, the numbers are there. Listen, Wisconsin, marginal victory, 20,000 vote, number of low-wage voters didn't vote over a million. Didn't vote. Michigan, 10,000 votes, the number poor, low-wage vote, a million. Pennsylvania, 40,000 votes determined the president. Number poor low-wage voted, about 2 million. North Carolina, 160,000 over a million.. 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20,000, 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 v,000,000 v.000 v.000 votes,000 v.000 v.000 votes, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20,000 votes determined the president. Number poor low-wage voted, about 2 million. North Carolina, 160,000 over a million. So it's not a big lift.

And the number one reason, though, we did a study called Waking the Sleeping Giant, their poor and low-wage people didn't vote. Nobody talks to them. Politicians don't go in those communities. I've gone in communities and people literally cry and say, Reverend Barber, nobody comes back here. So what I say to them is, we're back here now, but let's mobilize to make sure they never forget you again. That they

never forget you ever again. White Poverty, available now. Reverend Barber, will be leading the Poor People's Campaigns March on Washington, June 29th. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday, we're going to be talking about.

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