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Transcripts For CSPAN Washington Journal 20161105

Those of the black community which leads us to the question for africanamerican viewers only are you planning to vote . Between the ages of 18 and 29 can call and you can reach us on social media and twitter. And though facebook at facebook. Com. Africanamerican voters are key acid the candidates and make their final stumps through the states. The washington were polled reports report ports that they are across the country making stops in states where theyll polled have narrowed. The frenzied of final days include celebrity appearances. Jayz had lined a get out the vote show with clinton in cleveland and Stevie Wonder played on her behalf in philadelphia and the endless ads airing in battleground states as both candidates make their pitches to voters, including those within the Africanamerican Community. A few more notes about that from a study with the joint center, some key findings about enthusiasm among black voters. Some of those findings say despite polarizing views a record low approval numbers for each candidate most voters say they intended to vote regardless of their race or ethnicity and all levels of education and income in every region of the country and an overwhelming majority of black men and women saw the 2016 race as a highstakes election. More black women at an black man said they believed the elections outcome would be very important compared to past elections. We are asking all reviewers, do you plan to vote in this election . We have pamela from maryland. Good morning, pamela. Are you planning to vote or have you voted already . Caller i voted last saturday. Host what was the key issue for you as you went to the polls . Caller the key issue is that you need to vote. I think of all of the ancestors and folks who are no longer here with us cool fox and died and bled fought and died and bled for the opportunity to vote and some never got the chance to do so. That is the main issue. The other issue is that we just do not need to have this divisiveness that the donald trump is espousing. Everybody needs to vote. Host you are calling that are 50 and over line, have you usually voted . Are you a usual voter . Caller i am a usual voter. I voted with during for obama when we all stood in line for i think at my polling place for six hours. I always vote. Host guest host michael is calling on our 3049 line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host do you plan to vote or have you voted already . Caller voted already. Host what was your key motivator . Caller it is all about when we are outside of the United States what brought us here is the american dream. How powerful america is and how its leadership and the safety and the liberty, that is why we came here for. We are so passionate coming care about the economy here about the economy and the country. We have to candidates. One is preaching about how bad america is. One is preaching about how great an inspirational the country is going to get better. As are going to fix it. That gives me hope. As are going to fix it. People from different countries, we have hope. They are going to fix it. Somebody said i am going to come in and fix it. The dream that brought you here is not a dad. Host where did you immigrate from . Caller ghana. So go ahead. Host go ahead and finish your thought. Caller back home, there is a saying that if you have your door open, your whole door is open and you go out and tell people there is no security, i am weak, you invite criminals to come to your home and robbing you. If you say hey, i have security. We are protected, no one comes to that house in tries to rob you. That is what the donald trump is preaching about how weak america is an talking about terrorism. He is inviting them. He is saying there is no army, it is not strong. That is so dangerous. I cannot believe why people are voting for him. I know people from africa and i seem to this election i am a first time voter, i know thousands of firsttime voters, november 8, the people will roll. Host lets take a look at what the donald trump said on the campaign trail in his pitch to africanamerican voters specifically. Donald trump you are living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth are unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . [applause] donald trump after the end of 4 years, i guarantee you that i will get over 95 of the africanamerican vote. I promise you. [applause] donald trump i will reduce, i will reduce for the intercede is i will produce for the intercities and the africanamericans. The africanamericans will not produce. All they have done is taken advantage of your vote. Once the election is over, they go back to their palaces in washington. They do nothing for you. Caller from new york. Do you plan to vote or have you already . Caller i plan to vote. From what i heard from donald trump. Do we have jobs . No. Do not tell us our votes do not work to our advantage. Democrats are playing a game. They know they need our vote to do the same thing. Death of black american president do anything for black america did the black America President do anything for black america . No. Theres no reason we should vote for democrats. What donald trump is trying to do saying we have to vote for Hillary Clinton but cut she is the one who will save us, it is in our childrens interest does not going to work. Host what is the top issue for you in making your decision who to vote for . Caller it is economy interest and our childrens interest and safety. Tell me what hillary has done except that this guy is a dangerous a man. Who is dangerous . She is dangerous. We do not know what is happening tomorrow. When it comes to National Security, i feel more donald trump than her. Host lets look at Hillary Clintons ad. Donald trump mocks the Africanamerican Community. Africanamericans are living in a hail. You walk down the street and get shot. Listen to how he talked to us. I have a great relationship with the blacksburg. Look at my africanamerican over here. President obama has been the most ignorant president in our history. Wallowed donald trump spent his career demeaning our community, Hillary Clinton has been fighting for us. We cannot get to where we need to be unless we move forward and stand up against prejudice and paranoia. I believe we are stronger together. It is almost time to vote in pennsylvania, find out where to vote. That is iwillvote. Com. Host that is a radio ad running in pennsylvania. Omar is calling from los angeles. Good morning, omar. Caller good morning. First of all, i wanted to say thank you for allowing me to get my call in. I have been trying for many months. Unfortunate forcefully, it my patience has paid off. In regard to the last caller, i have i happen to be a black american of panamanian dissent and it does not sit well with me how all of these guys say president obama is this and that. When an president is elected to the United States, he is not the president only of the blacks. He is the president of every body who lives in the country. I believe all of the good things that have started to happen for black people is a very positive. I think we should all move forward and make this country go forward rather than going backward. Host i take it you plan to vote in this election, what is the top issue for you . What does the issue that is driving the most . Caller they issue that is driving the me most when i go to the polls, i am looking for a person that has the knowledge of how to conduct themselves in how business is done. I do not want to elect someone who just figure that the speak about anybody and any race and domain people. That is totally unacceptable in this country. This is a country built on immigrants. Demean people. How do we look down at other people . This is not right. This is one nation under god. What happened to that . Host williams column from chicago. Good morning, william. William is calling from chicago. Do you plan on voting . Caller actually, i have already voted. Absentee ballot. Host what was driving what was your key issue . Caller two reasons. I first voted when kerry ran in 2000 fun 2004. It is personal and it is also and the issue of accountability. I vote for my maternal grandmother who lived in the delta during jim crow. I vote for her as well. On the issue of accountability, i do not believe donald trump is the person who needs to lead this country. When donald trump put all blacks in a box, saying we are poor and we need his white savior to liberate us i am a doctoral student. I am doing fine. Host are you are your friends, colleagues, family members, are they as motivated as you to vote . More of an urgency or less . Caller well my family has always voted. We have always been active in the voting process. Granted, it is a very important election, it is very common for us to vote. Our family has history in mississippi and louisiana. Host tony is calling from california on our millennial line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Host do you plan to vote or have you voted already . Caller i plan to vote, but i am confused. [indiscernible] a president has to behave in a way that trump is not. The fbi theres a price for everything in america. The fbi guy took a few millions of dollars about the email about hillary even though he did it before. I want to know if it is true. And if you take money from the fbi to do that, the fbi took money from him to do that . Host i do not have the information about that. You are in florida. According to the New York Times in florida that extended early voting what some voters waiting in line for hours, the africanamerican electorate that has gone to the polls has decreased since 2012 to 15 . Do you mothercare friends, family members, juicy less of the desire to vote this year than in the pat do you see less of a desire to vote than in the past . Caller [indiscernible] i want to vote. Donald trump only focuses on business. If he gets into the white house [indiscernible] host harrisburg, pennsylvania on our 50 and over line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Well, i am going to vote and i always do vote. I do not want a crook in the white house that thinks there is one set of rules for her and another for everyone else. And i am totally disgusted and i think the donald trump is by far the best candidate and he will help the black people instead of the democrats. Every time they get elected, a come in and get the vote and leave and nothing gets done. Actually, im voting for the future generations. I am not voting for myself. I am almost ready to retire. Host have you voted more republican for most of your life or is this a switch you are making . Caller i have been growing up as a democrat. Voted democrat no matter what that is how i was brought up. Host and this year, your motivated primarily to vote against Hillary Clinton or is there something about Donald Trumps message that true you . Caller we have the same of birth i am against her. Host in recent days, barack obama has stepped up his campaign on Hillary Clintons behalf. Will the same birthday, i am against her. We have the same birthday, i am against her. Host obama touted his administrations policies on Race Relations while continuing the fight against incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders. And Community Relations key to enhancing the lives of African Americans. Obama said while clinton what further build on the aims, donald trump would seek to undermine them. He said the good news is Hillary Clinton has signed up for all of these. Crystal is calling for philadelphia. Good morning, crystal. Caller good morning. Host have you voted or do you plan to vote . Caller i definitely plan on voting. It is imperative that we get out here and make our voices heard. I cannot vote for a nominee who just his temperament is beyond crazy. I have never heard any of the rhetoric i have heard before. 20 years ago, my mother used to try to get me to sit down and watch the debates and oliver that. I was not interested. I do not care. Debates and listen. Ive been working the past year or, i have had nothing but time but to analyze these candidates. Although hillary has her faults with the fbi and all of that, i still believe she is the better candidate. Host let me ask you about this. The argument that donald trump and republicans make that democrats have taken the africanamerican vote for granted . Caller i would not say that. I have not been working in the past year. I am not as destined to as he would destitute as he would put out the africanamericans are. I am still doing well. It is nonsense to me. I do not see him doing anything more for africanamerican people. The way he even speaks about us is horrifying. It is horrible. Host larry is calling from detroit, michigan, where Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday. Good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. It is interesting that the vote has come down to africanamericans, other individuals who have been most deprived by government and all of this resources. It has come down to us. The establishment has been unable to stop donald trump. The fact that this man is even in the race. The fact that they Hillary Clinton continues to not to be to go unchecked. It is very interesting that to those individuals who are most a product, most deprived, most underrepresented, it has come down to us now to make that deciding vote. I am wondering if they will get enough. After this critical point, not having the amount of people register in order to vote and did then going to those different states where you have voter disenfranchisement depression all over the country. We have not cap would those top tackled those types of issues and the candidates have not addressed at those pretty host a little bit from Hillary Clintons speech yesterday. Michigan live, Hillary Clinton focus on criticizing Donald Trumps records and comments against women and various minority groups and she focus on africanamericans arguing trump s view is limited to crime and poverty and does not know the strength of black churches and activism. Clinton says if he does not respect of americans now, how can we expect him to serve all americans in the future. Do you think this match it will encourage more black people in michigan to vote . Caller i really dont. I do not think either one of the candidates have properly addressed the issues that are facing africanamericans all over this country. I do not believe they have been held accountable to do so and to the media has forced their hand. I do not think black leadership has forced our interests or the black agenda on either candidate. What we have, we have to choose between the lesser of 2 easels. I have not made up my mind on who i will vote. I am not favoring the main candidates. Host in other headlines a judge ruled a restraining order against the Trump Campaign over voter harassment. A report that says a judge in cleveland issued a temporary restraining order against Donald Trumps campaign and the gop political operative preventing them from harassing or intimidating ohio voters. The u. S. District judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Democratic party that anyone who engages in intimidation or harassment and side or near ohio polling places would face contempt of court charges. The lawsuit claimed that the ohio gop, the Truck Campaign operative roger stone and his Political Action committee were conspiring to suppress minorities in urban areas from casting ballots on tuesday. Talking to africanamerican viewers today, asking are you planning on voting . Those in the millennial under 29 can. Can call 202 7488000. Order 202 7488001. Or 202 7488002. Good morning ron. Caller good morning. Host have you voted or do you plan on voting . Caller i plan on voting. Host who do you support . Caller i support donald trump. I support donald trump because when he had his speech and said what in the hell do you have to lose, i had any pins in it. My ap epiphany. My epiphany was at that blacks have voted for the democrats since 1965 and they never do anything for us. Obama, the clintons, go to the black church, hold hands we shall overcome, nothing gets done until 4 years later and they say the same thing. My biggest problem is, my biggest mistake in life was supporting obama in 2008. Thats the biggest regret because obama did absolutely nothing for the black community. Host what was it that you hoped the president would have done that he did not do . Caller i hope he wouldve addressed the prison complex the private prisons, the way the blacks are being incarcerated over minor crimes area the way white photos get away with it. Black folks will suffer the brunt. The way white folks get away with. There are two justices in the United States of america there is White Justice and black justice. White folks get away with it like of the white boys who raped the girl and get one year, one day in jail. Black folks rate allegedly rate of girl rape, allegedly rape a girl and get 25 years. Obama has been a fraud. He cares nothing about black folks. He is a charlatan. I hope black people will wake up and see democrats do nothing for black folks. Nothing at all but to go to the church every 4 years and say, we shall overcome and do nothing for us. Host left at a look at another Hillary Clinton ad featuring president obama and outreach to africanamericans. The progress we have made is at stake in this election. My name of may not be on the ballot but our progress is on the ballot. Tolerance is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Justice is on the ballot. Good schools are on the ballot. Mass incarceration is on the ballot right now. Theres only one candidate who will advance those things and theres another whole is whose defining principle is opposition to all that we have done. There is no such thing as a vote because it matters, it all of that ares. After we achieved a record turnout, i will consider a personal insult, an insult to my looks the if this community to my legacy if this community lets down its guard. You what to give me a good sendoff go vote. Host james is on the line from brooklyn, new

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