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<v Speaker 1>Bill Cunning into Great America and welcome this Monday afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>the Tri State Bill A basking in the glory of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals from last night. They didn't look good, but

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<v Speaker 1>they won. Whenever you go on the road in the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL and win by double digits, no matter what happens,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good night. Bengals back outed on Sunday with

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<v Speaker 1>the Brownies, and we'll see what happens with their quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>situation Deshaun Watson, what he's going to start or not.

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<v Speaker 1>But for some reason, Moeger tells me that of the

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<v Speaker 1>last eight games with the Brownies, the Bengals have won two.

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<v Speaker 1>So somehow the Bengals find a way to lose. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll see what happens on Sunday. But until then,

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<v Speaker 1>the town hall meetings are going on. Commercials are like crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm told by the high Senate candidates that the the DNC,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly in the RNZ, is going to spend close to

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred million dollars in the race with shared brown

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred million dollars in Bernie Marino I said five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred million dollars for one Senate seat, basically lying in

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<v Speaker 1>the American people because lives work more than the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless, joining you and I now is Chris Smitherman.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a black man. He's being pandered to, he's being

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<v Speaker 1>catered to, he's in the barbershop, he's not voting the

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<v Speaker 1>right way, and the Democratic Party wants to know why.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Smitherman. Welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. Chris Smitherman,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing good? How are you doing? You know this

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<v Speaker 2>is not a new story bill that the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and President Lyndon Johnson kind of set it up,

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<v Speaker 2>has moved to this mentality that I'll just vote Democratic

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<v Speaker 2>and not have all of the information. So you know

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<v Speaker 2>this narrative that there is before you even ask me

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<v Speaker 2>the first question that there is this black person, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>who speaks for the black community or the African American

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<v Speaker 2>community is just a third. The African American community is

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<v Speaker 2>not monolithic. We are as diverse as any other community.

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<v Speaker 2>And leaders out here who believe that they can tell

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<v Speaker 2>African American men how to think, how to vote, what

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<v Speaker 2>their set of priorities should be as Americans are just misinformed.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is what you're seeing happen right now, in

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<v Speaker 2>this election.

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<v Speaker 1>And Chris, I think you're wrong, completely wrong, because white

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<v Speaker 1>men have white leaders. I can't identify who that is.

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<v Speaker 1>Hispanic men have Hispanic leaders. Who's that Asian individuals persons

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<v Speaker 1>have asianly, I'm sure they're out there. And so there's

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<v Speaker 1>one group in America that has to be told what

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<v Speaker 1>to do, and those are especially black men and black

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<v Speaker 1>women especially. And so when Barack Hussein Obama, the Black Messiah,

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<v Speaker 1>arises from his homes either in Martha's Vineyard, Washington, DC, Chicago,

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<v Speaker 1>or Hawaii, and the media acts as if, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>finally have the great Black Jesus among us. You better

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<v Speaker 1>know your role, shut your men house both the way

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<v Speaker 1>he tells you to vote, and that normally works. Done

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<v Speaker 1>it because I know we have a bunch of white leaders,

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<v Speaker 1>and I get subliminal messages all the time from white

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<v Speaker 1>leaders telling me what to do because I can't figure

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<v Speaker 1>it out myself. And so, as a black man, aren't

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<v Speaker 1>you going to tow the company line and do what

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<v Speaker 1>you're told, know your role and shut your mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama served our

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<v Speaker 2>country for eight years, but there isn't this person who

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<v Speaker 2>speaks for Black Americans. And so let me be clear

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<v Speaker 2>for you, Bill, what the issues are and what I think.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't speak for African Americans, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>speak for Black Americans. I speak for myself. I will

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<v Speaker 2>tell you kind of what I'm hearing. People are concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about the economy. Black men are concerned about their gas prices,

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<v Speaker 2>that their fuel, They're concerned about their rent, They're concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about food prices. Does this sound familiar. They're concerned about

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<v Speaker 2>the border because they're concerned about the safety of their daughters.

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<v Speaker 2>Meaning President former President Barack Obama has two beautiful daughters

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<v Speaker 2>who are protected every day by the Secret Service. That

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<v Speaker 2>is not true for most African American families out here,

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<v Speaker 2>where their children have to get up every day, go

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<v Speaker 2>to a bus stop, and some of them are worried

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<v Speaker 2>about gunshots in their community. They don't have the Secret

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<v Speaker 2>Service flanking them every day. That's part of the disconnect

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm sharing with you. The everyday African American man

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<v Speaker 2>who's in a barbershop or who's running their own business,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's a technology company, whether it's a construction company,

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<v Speaker 2>they're worried about the same things that you're worried about

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<v Speaker 2>brother and so this notion to wake up and say,

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<v Speaker 2>I now have to vote for somebody based on the

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<v Speaker 2>pigmentation of their skin, and you want me to throw

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<v Speaker 2>out all of my economic concerns. I'm trying to wake

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<v Speaker 2>up every day. I want to make sure I can

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<v Speaker 2>feed my wife. I want to make sure that I

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<v Speaker 2>can feed my children. Those are the issues that bread

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<v Speaker 2>and butter, issues that African American men are thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>at the highest level, at the highest intellectual level. And

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<v Speaker 2>we don't appreciate anybody trying to take us into this.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got to vote for somebody based on the pigment

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<v Speaker 2>of their skin. It is more of the content of

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<v Speaker 2>their character. And I want to understand what the public

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<v Speaker 2>policies are of all the candidates that are running. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what brothers are really talking about. Brothers who are getting

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<v Speaker 2>up every day, going to work, who are paying their bills.

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<v Speaker 2>This notion that brothers aren't handling their business. Members of

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<v Speaker 2>Alpha Phi Alpha, which I'm a member of. Alpha Fai Alpha,

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<v Speaker 2>are ladies of akas or Delta Stigma. Theydes Beta are

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<v Speaker 2>those African American men and women who are attending historically

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<v Speaker 2>black colleges and universities. By the way, just as a fact,

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<v Speaker 2>it makes people uncomfortable. It was former President Trump that

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<v Speaker 2>ultimately made funding to historically black colleges and universities permanent.

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<v Speaker 3>Keep that walk, President Clinton, keep that question.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't President Barack Obama. It was former President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>who did that for historically black college university.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't say that. Don't say that, please, That's a good

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<v Speaker 3>thing on the Trump side. You can't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>When I'm watching the last week or two of Kamala Harris.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole point of her campaign, Chris Mitherman is a

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<v Speaker 1>new way forward. Let's take the best and make it better,

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to stay together. That's the whole part.

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<v Speaker 1>So the last several interviews she's given she has said, basically,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't think of one thing I do differently the

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<v Speaker 1>past four years. So when she comes off that interview

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<v Speaker 1>with Whoopi Goldberg, who's a clown at the view, and

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<v Speaker 1>her senior campaign staff says, can we go into this rip,

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<v Speaker 1>can we talk with you for a moment, Madam Weisman.

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<v Speaker 1>They go in the room, according to Axios, and they

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<v Speaker 1>said to her, what in the hell are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>The whole point of this campaign is a new way forward,

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<v Speaker 1>a new path How can you say you wouldn't do

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<v Speaker 1>anything different when we're spending a billion dollars telling people

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<v Speaker 1>that we have a new way forward, and you're saying

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing we can do differently.

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<v Speaker 3>How in the hell does that work?

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<v Speaker 1>And so she mumbles around and says, well, I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I just wasn't thinking at the moment. Then two more

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<v Speaker 1>interviews in the next two days she says exactly the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing with cold Bear drinking the beer. Otherwise, she says, basically,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't do anything different. So they spend a billion

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<v Speaker 1>dollars telling this is a new path forward, and the

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<v Speaker 1>messenger the candidate can't think on her feet and say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna take the best to make it better with

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden, with the batado bada ding bata bang, you

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<v Speaker 1>vote for me, we're gonna do any brand new bada doo.

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<v Speaker 3>Butta doo bada bang.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all a new path forward, it's a new way forward,

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<v Speaker 1>and says she comes off the Colbert interview and according

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<v Speaker 1>to Axios, well now, madam Vice President, what the hell

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<v Speaker 1>are you doing? We just told you not to say that.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything's fine because seventy percent of American people and eighty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of Black folks, things aren't very good. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>you keep saying things aren't are pretty good when they're not?

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<v Speaker 1>And why do you say on these interviews that there's

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<v Speaker 1>nothing I would have done differently when we have a

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<v Speaker 1>new path forward and said, well, I'm sorry about that,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll do better the next time. That's the candidate they

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<v Speaker 1>put out who didn't get one percent of the vote

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty nineteen, who isn't available for interviews like with

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<v Speaker 1>Time magazine.

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<v Speaker 3>How in the hell is not going to work?

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<v Speaker 1>And the answer is the media coverage and the machine

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<v Speaker 1>has got to pull you over the finish line because

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<v Speaker 1>you can't do it. Can you smell what I'm cooking?

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<v Speaker 1>And I think there's a question in there, would you

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<v Speaker 1>please answer it?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, look, African American men. Back to the public policy.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I'm not speaking for everywhere, not monolithic, but

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<v Speaker 2>those that I speak to in my circle. You know

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm a financial planner. I have access to people

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<v Speaker 2>who have resources. They're talking and those who don't. They're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about public school education. How can I get my

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<v Speaker 2>child to get a good education because it's still the

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<v Speaker 2>number one way into the middle class. And so any

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<v Speaker 2>candidate out there who's not talking about that is going

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<v Speaker 2>to have a problem. He acts, and most of these

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<v Speaker 2>candidates act like we don't we as African American men,

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<v Speaker 2>can't see what happened with FEMA, as if we don't

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<v Speaker 2>have families that are in North Carolina or in Georgia,

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<v Speaker 2>are in Florida who just lost their house, who just

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<v Speaker 2>lost their loved one. And FEMA has been on the sidelines,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, instead of pushing over a billion dollars

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<v Speaker 2>for illegal people who are coming over the border. And

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<v Speaker 2>we can see that you're prioritizing everybody else but Americans.

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<v Speaker 2>We see that you're putting people up in hotels in

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<v Speaker 2>New York, or in Atlanta, or in Chicago, and you

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that that impacts us as African American men.

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<v Speaker 2>And so that's what they're missing. They're not understanding that

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<v Speaker 2>African American men and black men, I want to be

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<v Speaker 2>clear here, are very sophisticated. We understand what's happening around us,

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<v Speaker 2>and you just can't walk in and say, hey, brother,

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<v Speaker 2>do what I tell you to do. Those days are over, Bill,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's the frustration the Democratic plantation is breaking down,

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<v Speaker 2>and people are looking for answers because they're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>pay their rent. Brother, they're trying to buy food, they're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to put gas in their car, and they just

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<v Speaker 2>want to candidate that will prioritize what they care about

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<v Speaker 2>all this other crap that they're talking about. For example,

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<v Speaker 2>they want to push abortion, abortion, abortion right. Well, that

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<v Speaker 2>might work in some campaigns, but when people are hurting

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<v Speaker 2>the way they're hurting, like they're saying in North Carolina,

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<v Speaker 2>I just lost everything. I lost my dog, my house,

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<v Speaker 2>all my belongings in Georgia and in Florida, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>only going to give me seven hundred and fifty dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can see that you're sending money to Lebanon,

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<v Speaker 2>saying you want to shore up what's happening in Lebanon,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can't or what's happening right here in America.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm letting you know, Bill, that's the problem with the

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<v Speaker 2>comment of hey, brother, I need you to get lined

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<v Speaker 2>up and follow me on the pigmentation and not the

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<v Speaker 2>public policy.

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<v Speaker 3>We began with this idea.

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<v Speaker 1>Seemingly every every racial group in America doesn't need a leader.

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<v Speaker 1>If I ask Tony Benner, who's the white leader, who's

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<v Speaker 1>the big dog, who's coming out of the pound, who's barking,

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<v Speaker 1>who's snarly, who's nasty? And I'm thinking, well, white leaders,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we have one. If I speak to

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<v Speaker 1>my Hispanic friends, I said, who's your who's your big

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<v Speaker 1>brown leader? That is that that is unpaid? Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have one. If you talk to Asians, well I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>They talked to black folks. The media tells you who

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<v Speaker 1>let the dog out, and that is Barack Hussein Obama

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<v Speaker 1>is telling you, and he's talking that language, that lingo

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<v Speaker 1>from the street. Obama's from the street with his homes

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<v Speaker 1>in Hawaii on the ocean. He's telling black I'm back.

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<v Speaker 1>The big dog is out. They thought that would be

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<v Speaker 1>a bump about a week ago. It didn't happen. And

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't happen because Black folks have figured out the

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<v Speaker 1>plan put together by LBJ keeps them in slavery instead

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<v Speaker 1>of freedom. And right now, if you've got to send

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<v Speaker 1>to the Dayton public schools or the CPS, because more

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<v Speaker 1>than half the kids can't read, don't understand English, they

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<v Speaker 1>can't compute mathematically, they're not ready for school. Given the choice,

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<v Speaker 1>most black folks would not send their kids to CPS.

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<v Speaker 1>They send their kid to a private school somewhere or

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<v Speaker 1>to some monassory school. And so folks are figuring out

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<v Speaker 1>in large numbers that the lives of the left have

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<v Speaker 1>been told for more than half a century, and.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't work.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think more and more black folks think like you,

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<v Speaker 1>or more and more black folks think like Whoopi Goldberg.

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<v Speaker 2>I think. First, let me say to you that, as

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I respect the accomplishment of President Barack Obama, period,

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<v Speaker 2>just like I respect the accomplishments of Eli Munk or

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<v Speaker 2>are Tim Cook, or Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. There

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<v Speaker 2>are people that have made tremendous contributions to our society. However,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't mean that you become the spokesperson for an

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<v Speaker 2>entire race of people. That's what you and I are

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<v Speaker 2>talking about, and I'm sharing with you that many times

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<v Speaker 2>I have more in common with my apple lating brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and sisters than I do to people who have wealth

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<v Speaker 2>and who can buy a twelve million dollar crib or

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<v Speaker 2>lived somewhere in Hawaii, as you're describing, meaning the economics

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<v Speaker 2>of things matter, and so what I'm trying to articulate

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<v Speaker 2>to our community, it is okay for us to be

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<v Speaker 2>free thinkers. It's okay for us to vote for a

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<v Speaker 2>variety of keenicts. It's okay for us to vote for Democrats, Republicans, independence, libertarians.

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<v Speaker 2>It's okay. That's where we're headed in our world. And

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<v Speaker 2>what Barack Obama, President Barack Obama is seeing right now, Bill,

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<v Speaker 2>the polls aren't looking good. That African American men are

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<v Speaker 2>questioning their existence financially, and they're saying, there has to

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<v Speaker 2>be a better way for my family. I cannot afford

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<v Speaker 2>to pay six dollars for diesel. I drive a truck

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<v Speaker 2>out here, just like my white brother drives a truck,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's cost to me a thousand dollars to fill

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<v Speaker 2>it up. I've got to get a break here, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking for the candidate that can provide that public policy.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the interview tomorrow that we talked about, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that that might be a first step. If

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<v Speaker 2>she's probed on what she's going to do the Democrat all.

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<v Speaker 2>All these things are important, brothers, but there isn't a

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<v Speaker 2>person who speaks for African American people. I don't care

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<v Speaker 2>if you African American or white. Are you're listening to

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<v Speaker 2>our interviews. I don't think anybody can walk away from

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying. Say what Smithlman said isn't true. There

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<v Speaker 2>isn't a spokesperson for African Americans. And we have the

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<v Speaker 2>right to vote for whoever we want to vote for now.

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<v Speaker 1>Like Joe Biden said a few years ago in twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, if you don't vote for me, you ain't black.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking away your color. I'm taking away your pigmentation.

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<v Speaker 1>Know your role, shut your mouth. Vote Democratic. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>take care of you. You've seen the results out the

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<v Speaker 1>past fifty years. And I would say the Planned PARENTO

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<v Speaker 1>always puts their facilities in the Black community. The number

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<v Speaker 1>one race killed healthy babies inside the bodies of healthy

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<v Speaker 1>mothers are in the Black community. It's called abortion. Black

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<v Speaker 1>babies constitute about fifty percent of the deaths inside the womb,

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<v Speaker 1>and the white babies are about twelve percent. Most are

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<v Speaker 1>persons of color that are killed in the womb. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's a sacrament according to the Democrat Party or Christopher,

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<v Speaker 1>I got to run.

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<v Speaker 3>But we'll see what happens down the road.

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<v Speaker 1>But you gotta know, you gotta tell Eric Kurdy and

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<v Speaker 1>Lincoln b Ware and Box Miller you're black and you

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<v Speaker 3>If you don't vote for Kamala Harris, you ain't willing.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you. Let me give you this good news.

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<v Speaker 2>My son Christopher had his first child yesterday. I'm a grandfather. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so proud of him. Who went on October the thirteenth,

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<v Speaker 2>Christopher Edward Charles Smitherman the third And if people want

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<v Speaker 2>it on x at vote Smitherman. So thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>allowing me to do those two things. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to highlight that positive part of my own life

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<v Speaker 2>that I became a grandfather yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>You're getting old, no question about that, but know your role.

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<v Speaker 1>Shut your mouth. You don't vote for Democrats, you ain't black.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what color you are, but you ain't black.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Smitherman, thank you for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Chris, Thank you brother. Let's continue with more

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