Are unable to afford the care in that hospital. Louise brown and all of us stand for guaranteed highquality universal health care for every single american meeting their stories with our action and our commitment. And then in buford with queen ket who described the challenge they face in the low country every time that it rains, it floods. They are burying the brunt of Climate Change, not caused by god or mother nature, but you was a, our emissions, our inkhakis in the face of the facts. So when she tells us her story, let us meet that with our commitment to free ourselves from a dependence on fossil fuels, to embrace renewable
energy technology and keep this planet from warming so much that it is uninhabitable for the generations that follow. [ cheers ] and then right here in columbia, walking the grounds of the state house with the House Minority leader who tells me that if we cannot pull down the statue that honors ben tillman, a White Nationalist terrorist, then we should at least tell the full story of what he did to the people of his state and make sure that we elevate the stories of those on whose backs the wealth and the greatness and the success of this country was built in the first place. It is only when we tell everyones story that this country is going to live to its full potential. It is only by bringing everyone in that we defeat donald trump and bring this country together and achieve our true success as
a country. Thank you, South Carolina, for having us out. [ cheers ] thank you, South Carolina democrats. [ speaking spanish ] thank you, thank you. Good evening and welcome to a Special Edition of politicsnation live from columbia, South Carolina. Were here at the States Democratic Party convention where throughout the day nearly two dozen president ial candidates have and will continue to make their case in what is a crucial stop in this early voting state. As you can imagine,South Carolinas first in the south primary is critical for democratic hopefuls and winning will depend largely on the support from its black community. Later in the show ill talk one on one with former texas congressman beto orourke, new jersey senator cory booker, and former Vice President joe biden. But first, joining me now, House Majority whip and democratic congressman from South Carolina, jim clyburn. Thank you, congressman. Thank you so much, reverend, very field goal me. Nobody could run for president without coming through you, and one of the big things of the calendar every president ial Election Year is your fish frying. They were all there last night but they were all there theres save one who had to go back. But he came back this morning and one called in. So 22 of the 23 announced candidates were there. It was a great event. As you know, we started doing this as we do every year to say thank you to these people here who are on the floor. Right. The delegates that work hard to help us get elected. They cant afford to pay 150 bucks to go to the fundraiser thats always here, so we started doing this fish fry to give them an opportunity to have something to do, get to know each other, waiting on the convention to start as it started today. But about ten years ago, a lady said something to me that changed my attitude about the fish fry. She told me she would never miss another one, and i asked her why. She said, because it gave me this ordinary young lady from this rural county an opportunity
to advance the electric slide for the next president of the United States. And you know what she was talking about that happened back in 2007, i believe. And then i talked to people today, and one lady told me i just cannot get over being in the same setting with over 20 People Running for president of the United States and i could reach out and touch them as any ordinary person would. And thank you so much for that opportunity. You and a lot of people do not know with your exalted position in congress, but you started as a Civil Rights Activist here in South Carolina. Absolutely. And went through all of what that meant. So you lived it. You didnt study this in i was just did a commencement at voorhies, all im talking about in the middle of the state. Im not talking about the big city. Your legendary civil rights work speaks for itself, and then you went to congress and worked your
way up. Absolutely. You know, on monday im going to celebrate by 50th wedding anniversary. You know, i met Em La England in jail, march 1960 when we were demonstrating against segregation and the ability to vote. So i tell people all the time jokingly, sometimes jail works. It worked for me. But i got started i never got out of it. John lewis and i first met in october 1960 when we were both founded what is now known as snip. I went on, got married, raised a family, and went to work in politics started in 1970. But i tried to bring that experience into politics. I wont try to make politics
something that it aint. Ill try to say it to the people in my democratic caucus. Here is what people are experiencing in rural South Carolina. Voorhies is in bamburg county. You dont have to tell me, your cell phone didnt work. You have to get across South Carolina before it works. Trying to get rural broad band in the communities. Those are the issues that make South Carolina different in the primary because you still have those areas that need to be developed. They have a majority of primary voters that are black. This is not a place you can come by and give your regular speech. You have to deal with real people issues here. Absolutely, absolutely. And thats with these candidates have been doing. Cory booker has been to voorhies college. Beto orourke, you just heard him talk about Bamberg County and denmark college. Denmark tech had their choir
here for this whole Convention Last night and today. These young people who are really interested in politics, to have them be a part of this, give them a good experience in this business. You know, what i say to people, if you tell a person in rural South Carolina that you cannot have broad band because its profitable for us to bring it to your county, they arent going to have much faith in this system of capitalism. We got to make cassette capitalism compassionate. We got to make capitalism work. And i am a big capitalist. My mother was an outstanding businesswoman, i believe in it, but it has to work for everybody. If you got health care thats not accessible or affordable, education, accessible and affordable. Thats what makes the system work, making sure that the greatness of this country more
accessible and affordable for. Everyone congressman, its an honor to have you on politicsnation here. Thank you very much. Thank you so much for digifying our presence here today. Were going to take a break. Thank you, congressman clyburn. Much more from South CarolinaDemocratic Party convention here in columbia, including interviews with beto orourke, senator cory booker, and former Vice President joe biden. Be right back. When i got my dna results, it opened up so many doors. Its a lifelong adventure finding all of these new connections all the time. New features. Greater details. Richer stories. Get your dna kit today at ancestry. Com. Ohone day youll tell yourse grandkids about it. And theyll say, grandpa just tell us about humpty dumpty. And youll say, he broke his pelvis or whatever, now back to my creamy heinz mayonnaise. Heinz mayonnaise, unforgettably creamy. Welcome back to politicsnation. Were live from the capital of South Carolina. Today the state is holding its Democratic Party convention. Joining me now is democratic president ial candidate and former texas congressman beto orourke. First of all, thank you for being with us. Thank you. Thanks for having me. You have been here most of the day and you came in different. You came down the aisle, you didnt take the stage. Right. You and stood among the people in the box and you talked passionately. And i think that thats the beto orourke that the country is beginning to see, a kind of difference but authenticity. Weve been all over the state going to communities big and small, hold town hall meetings, and listening to people. Very often in almost every
instance, youre not on a stage, elevated, or kept part. Youre with the people you want to serve, listening to them. Today i want to be with the people here in this Convention Hall and reflect back all the stories that have been shared with me along the way. Struggles that people are going through, but also their aspirations and the way were going to overcome this together. So South Carolinas been very inspiring to me and i wanted to reflect some of that back at the convention. You told stories of different people and Different Things that are represented around the state and you didnt bite your tongue about calling people that had been racist or that had been backwards and exploitative, and you told the stories of cities around South Carolina. Absolutely. I was talking about being here in columbia, on the State House Grounds seeing a monument to Ben Pill Tillman who was a white
nationalist terrorist with the blood of many africanamericans on his hands. Yet hes a venerated position. Why dont we talk about people like Robert Smalls who command diedre a confederate ship, ran His Americans to safety and came back and served as a congressman not just during reconstruction but after reconstruction, almost uniquely amongst africanamerican legislators. So i want to make sure everyones story is included in our National Story and we tell the full story of america. Its the only way you right the injustices people have experienced, and its the only way you get on the right course on the big challenges we face, health care, more inclusive economy, or confronting Climate Change before its too late. When you talk about tillman and others that have the ugly racist background and the original sin of slavery here in this country, how do you respond to Vice President bidens statement that many of called on
him to apologize for . I dont know that i fully understand his statement, to somehow explain the impasse weve seen or the gross discrimination that Many Americans have experienced thats resulted in the largest Prison Population on the face of the planet, one that is disproportionately compromised of people of color. Thats not a function of lack of civility or bipartisanship. Thats racism thats still systemat systemic today in 2019. Obviously the Vice President doesnt understand that or has to explain better what he meant by that remark. For my part i want to make sure those whove been locked out or locked up in this democracy have a voice, have a vote, can participate not just in our elections, but in our economy. Its only then that this countrys going to hit its full stride, going to be firing on
all cylinders and really reach its potential and its promise. The president received a Call Last Night from Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking him to delay, if not stop, this whole sending out i. C. E. To go after illegal immigrants. This hits home to you. You talked about it here today about el paso, six kids dying in custody or under the supervision well, custody of immigration authorities. How do you react to the twoweek delay . Is it a good sign . Is it nothing . How do you feel . I think this is another example of the president s successful attempts to distract us from whats really happening under his watch you mentioned the six children whose lives have been lost in our care, in custody, but there are kids right now who are sleeping on concrete floors in a Border Patrol station in clint, texas, just outside of el paso, covered
in their basically tinfoil blankets in their own soiled clothes that havent been changed, Kids Taking Care of kids, more kids are going to you ever and ultimately die as a result unless we stand up to this administration and force him to change this policy. This will forever stain our conscience. This is our moment of truth. We have to be focused on what hes actually doing to our fellow human beings. So i want to elevated their stories and make sure theyre on our conscious so we can still do something about it while we can. The debates are less than a week ago. You are on the first night. How do you distinguish yourself without being divisive in because youve been very straightforward. You have not in my judgment tried to in any way dilute your wordings and your passion. How do you do that on the stage
that distinguishes you without appearing divisive . I think this election and our campaign is about the future. We cant return to sometime before trump because things werent working for everybody in this country back then. In fact, in some cases, they were going in the wrong direction despite the heroic effort of President Obama whos been the best president of my lifetime. But some of the structural inequality and racism, for example, or the fact that africanamerican women today are paid 61 cents on the dollar that a white man makes in this country today. You cant fix that by going backwards. You cant pit people against each other in order to accomplish this. This highly divided country kept further by this president must be brought together by the next president. Thats what i want to do. And thats why this campaign is about bringing people in and together and making sure our democracy works for everyone. I want to talk about that on the debate stage this coming week
and invite people in to join this campaign and this movement. Its only a movement that will be able to defeat trump in 20. You have said to me we talked in atlanta a little that you had gone to a certain point, seemed to have leveled off, now seems like theres a resurgence. It feels that way. Any groove that we have is based on these amazing supporters and volunteers, folks who are out there right now knocking on doors or hosting phone banks or popup offices in their home. This campaign that hasnt taken a dime from a single pac or corporation or Special Interest or lobbyist is driven by people, and they are the energy that youre seeing that i hope im reflecting back right now. Im grateful to be running this campaign with them. All right, well, thank you, president ial hopeful beto
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