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seems to be describing, is this a communications issue for the biden administration, or something else? >> it's far more than that. i love jim clyburn, respect him immensely. but this is far more than a campaign of misinformation or disinformation. let's just call it again what it is. black folk did not just save joe biden's campaign in a very real way. black folks saved this democracy. on more than one occasion, we have been called upon as black people to save this democracy from itself. we've done it in every war, in the civil war, in world war i, world war ii, black soldiers having to sit on the back of the train behind nazi war criminals coming out. and yet we put ourselves, our lives on the line to save this democracy. so black women in particular in south carolina, again, didn't just save this campaign, they stepped up to save this democracy. here is the question with all respect to congressman clyburn, who i love dearly. what is the return on investment? we continue to be called upon
fellow citizens and certainly people of color that we allow folk to misbehave in courtrooms this way. none of the rest of us could ever get away with that. and for the judge to simply say to the lawyers "control your client," it's hard to imagine that the rest of us would be treated in that way. >> i mean, all this happening while he is arguing that he is being treated unfairly, when you point out pretty much no one else would be able to get away with that. do you think, though, ultimately that this fraud case will have an impact on the myth of donald trump? i mean the idea that he is this businessman who of great fame of "the apprentice," of "the art of the deal," this case goes right at the heart of that. do you think that part of it will get to voters this time around? >> not so much. i think this is a circus. it's theater. the theater of the absurd. he is playing to a particular audience. he needs to win this republican nomination. and once he is back in the arena, anything can happen. we all recall that we went to
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answered for a lot of people. yes, this has been a collective generational failure, yes, this has been a collective generationalfailure, lots yes, this has been a collective generational failure, lots of people let down— generational failure, lots of people let down for a lot of time. the breadth — let down for a lot of time. the breadth of— let down for a lot of time. the breadth of questions and the breadth of people _ breadth of questions and the breadth of people facing questions is really quite _ of people facing questions is really quite something. there are labour folk who— quite something. there are labour folk who were back in government way back when _ folk who were back in government way back when going through their records — back when going through their records to work out their involvement and also liberal democrats from the coalition years and conservatives. this being an election— and conservatives. this being an election year means the lotus questions are for party leaders who have had _ questions are for party leaders who have had some sort of role in the past _ have had some sort of role in the past connected to this. we have seen questions _ past connected to this. we have seen questions for lib dem leader ed davey— questions for lib dem leader ed davey who was more than —— one of more _ davey who was more than —— one of more than _ davey who was more than —— one of more than a — davey who was more than —— one of more than a dozen post office ministers _ more than a dozen post office ministers in this period. some have pondered _ ministers in this period. some have pondered labour leader keir starmer's role as director of public prosecutions for england and wales. the vast _ prosecutions for england and wales. the vast majority of prosecutions were _ the vast majority of prosecutions were private prosecutions but some were private prosecutions but some were looked at by the crown
players and football players and says the people who went to a really expensive boarding schools. that's why that group of wall street people think that joe biden is super liberal because their son ain't chad and is patagonia best, isn't automatically getting into princeton and gets to be an 80s class. that's why they feel that way. >> probably still get in though. probably. >> hold on. you know, i want to get any to weigh in. >> about? >> all of this. >> i'm sitting here. >> i played lacrosse. >> i'm trying to render it in a way that makes sense because the stakes are high. there are folk that you are talking about who are just simply greedy. they don't give a damn about anything but their bottom line. >> tax cuts. >> they watch environments that they can make the money that they want to make. they think when donald trump walked into whatever it was, mar-a-lago, saying i made you a lot of money, that was clear. which is the best environment for me to make all the money i want? >> so did joe biden. donald trump loves to talk about the stark market. you know who could talk about the stock market? joe biden. >> it seems to me that at the heart of this thing is this culture war. they stand -- >> highbrow conversation about
of the black church, you think about those overturned kettle pots, the hush harbors where people had to worship outside the view of the slave master. it's in those spaces where a certain sense of the self could be imagined, a certain understanding of the self apart from the conditions and brutality of slavery could be constructed. of course in this space, the solemnity of it, the power of grace, in this space it makes sense that young folk would engage in prophetic speech. it's actually consistent with it. but unlike the other side that wants folk to get beat up and thrown out of the jail, this particular moment gives space for it, understand the motivation for it and try to address the contradictions at the heart of the critique as best as one can. >> how important to talk about at one time people's need to have a sense of self could only
want to get into the particulars. i want to honor the conversation, the privacy of the conversation. i know what i felt. what i feel is this is a time of choosing. this is a moment in which the nation has to in some ways -- what's the phrase he used. we have to confront the old ghost in new garments. we have to confront the old ghost in new garments. that really requires in so many ways understanding that this american experiment stands on the precipice, on the edge. and we have to understand why. i think telling that story forcefully, understanding that genuine justice, genuine equality, genuine democracy is not a zero-sum game. that's the president's language. it's not a zero-sum game. jose, he has to confront the contention, the contradictions, the conflict. those were young people who protested. you saw those folk, those five students who jumped up, the five young folk. there are deep divisions. trying to hold the nation to account to its promise and its
recruited from four colleges, under ivy league universities. and they didn't have any dei initiatives. and they love to hire lacrosse players and football players, and sons of people that went to really expensive boarding schools. and yet, that is what this group of wall street people think that joe biden is super liberal, because their son named chad in a patagonia vest isn't automatically getting into princeton and gets to be an eddie's class. that's why they feel that way. class that's why they feel that way. >> they can probably still get in the. >> >> reporter: i want a.d. i got it. >> to weigh in hold on, i want eddie to weigh. what i'm trying in. >> about? >> all of this! to -- >> i'm trying to render it in a way that makes sense because the stakes are high. i played lacrosse in a patagonia vest. >> i'm trying to render it in a way that actually makes sense because the stakes are high. there are folk that you are talking about who are simply greedy. they do not give a dam about anything but the bottom line and they want an environment so
initiative. they love to hire lacrosse players and football players and says the people who went to a really expensive boarding schools. that's why that group of wall street people think that joe biden is super liberal because their son ain't chad and i patagonia best, isn't automatically getting into princeton and gets to be an 80s class. that's why they feel that way. >> probably still get in though. probably. >> hold on. you know, i want to get any to weigh in. >> about? >> all of this. >> i'm sitting here. >> i played lacrosse. >> i'm trying to render it in a way that makes sense because the stakes are high. there are folk that you are talking about who are just simply greedy. they don't give it to have about anything but their bottom line. >> tax cuts. >> they watch environments that they can make the money that they want to make. they think when donald trump walked into whatever it was, mar-a-lago, saying i made you a lot of money, that was clear. which is the best environment
they were ivy league universities. they didn't have any dei initiative. they love to hire lacrosse players and football players and says the people who went to a really expensive boarding schools. that's why that group of wall street people think that joe biden is super liberal because their son ain't chad and i patagonia best, isn't automatically getting into princeton and gets to be an 80s class. that's why they feel that way. >> probably still get in though. probably. >> hold on. you know, i want to get any to weigh in. >> about? >> all of this. >> i'm sitting here. >> i played lacrosse. >> i'm trying to render it in a way that makes sense because the stakes are high. there are folk that you are talking about who are just simply greedy. they don't give it to have about anything but their bottom line. >> tax cuts. >> they watch environments that they can make the money that they want to make. they think when donald trump walked into whatever it was, mar-a-lago, saying i made you a lot of money, that was clear. which is the best