October 20, 2025 • 13 mins
In political news, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined the show — offering candid commentary on party dynamics, leadership pressures, and the road ahead for Democrats as they navigate a turbulent midterm environment.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh baby, ain't no why you're done took a shower
that fast? Nobody you didn't.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
That's why it's dry.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
You know what?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Part of me really want to let you stay stinking
because I'm tired to argue with you because if you
like it, okay, fine, that soap is dry. Ain't no
way you walking past me smelling like two mechanics. Come here,
let me smell it back of your neck. Don't your
booty be itching? You won't go nowhere when me smelling
like that. You're doing all this talking, but you still
musty go take a shower for real? Oh no, see this,
(00:25):
I know you didn't take no good shower because the
flow not. We see when you take showers the flow
be soaking with it's dry. Where's all the steam on
the mirror. I know what the problem is, though, the
problem is they gonna make tussy no more.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This is water.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You probably didn't use none of this digital know.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
You didn't know you didn't. Every day you just want
to be stinking.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
You just you wanta be stinking.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Hold it he chess man half wooman. Yes, gayy wanna
help you to the tea.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
It's garantetion alright y'all mind the morning show, It is
about that time in the colu of the day World Up, Gary, Good.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Morning, Riggie, Good morning America, Good Morning New York's another fabulous,
beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And here's what's happening in celebrity news, y'all.
Speaker 5 (01:10):
Kim Kardashian, y'all, when a daughter really loves and feels
passionate for her mother, y'all's being reported that Kim Kardashian
says her beautiful daughter not y'all believe y'all that she's
still very sad over Kanye West is split and she
wants her I'm gonna move on and find a new
boyfriend now. In the Reason Call Her Daddy podcast, and
if Kim revealed y'all that her oldest daughter, Nord has
(01:32):
been nudging her, y'all to move on romantically now. Courting
to Kim, Nort accused her of pretending y'all to be okay,
adding that she said, quote, I think you go upstairs
by me and cry at night. Now, Kim said, Nord,
continue y'all with you need to have a boyfriend now. Mom,
You've got to get remarried. You're getting too old. Now,
as reported, Kim and Kanye welcome for chilling Honey before
(01:54):
splitting back in twenty twenty one and finalize their divorce
on the following years.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Now.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
In the same interview, him address y'all the often circulated
narrative that she prevents Kanye Honey from seeing their children.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Now, She's strongly be.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Jected that and said, I've never denied Honey. It's not
a kidnapping, it's a divorce, and she emphasized that the
kids under seek Kanye whenever he asked no. She also knows,
y'all that she balances the openness with protecting them when
the situation feels unhealthy, y'all. And my thing is, y'all
can help me out because y'all know this woman's child,
(02:27):
y'all whose child want their mama to move on and
get another man over there dead? I've never heard nothing
like that before, but that's what Kim is saying. But
do y'all think Kim could find another black man because
all the good black men she had them are there
anymore left? Does anybody know? Can Can y'all help me?
Because I don't think that any more good black men
left for Kim?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Half out well, but you say want you to go black.
They never go back back, though, Brad.
Speaker 6 (02:50):
True cause she went to Pete Davison, so well.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Yeah, she did go to people, but I don't know
that didn't last on she realized he wasn't black. I guess,
so you know what you know about that?
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Do it?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Don't do it, don't do it. I don't. I'm sorry,
I'm freezing.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
You know how she feels about it.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
She's gonna say, taste the biscuit.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I thought, yeah, lord, but it's very interesting though. I mean,
I just really feel I mean, I don't know. I
don't think I would want my mama to If my
mom and daddy was the divorce, I would not want
to have nobody else.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I don't care how old she is. She needs to
just stay there, ain't right?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
I mean, yeah, yeah, people deserve And what if somebody
wanted to come and take your mama out on, take
her to the little casino on the weekend and enjoy
her and make her feel good.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
You dad been there almost ten years.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
You don't want your mama to sit at home and
like she needs some love and some life.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
She's still living, she's still human.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Yeah, but I mean just get with your friends and
just go mamma, go to little things at the church
and stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Just people the church. People want to walk around them
all the whole hands with somebody and she yeah, love
somebody love. Yeah, yeah, I don't know. You want to
get in the back to I deserve?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah you don't want yeah, yeah, No, I'm sorry. I
just young, just sent up there doing the tease. Somebody
got your mama turned upside dang, I.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Got you want to get pushed through that mattress? Heym
eighty two years old?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Right, I don't know, she might find them heels in
the air.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Yea wait, the damn me, fellow woman, she's still a woman,
but she's eighty two years old.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Who have set twenty two years old? The right they do?
Sitting up box? Don't jump?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Now?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
God what bread with the back of I ain't hair
mesh now like wow in the back of my hair
mess now the bucks got yeah, get yeah, go back
to brother.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
I wish the hell I would anyway. It's a Queen
for free story, y'all. Honey, in honor the time joined
the Fantastic Boys. Baby, we're gonna be selling the seventh seeds.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Honey, it's gonna be seven season.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
It's gonna be a couple of seasons, but we're gonna
be selling those seven season honey on the boat. It's
gonna be fabtabulous because there's gonna be honey married Mary Tys.
I can't wait to talk to Tyree's honey, to see, honey,
what he really did with those dogs, Honey, he kepful, honey, game.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Like family. And you know Neil is gonna be.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
On the boat as well, because you know Neil, he's
gonna be there with all his four or five women.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Hunt.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
I'm gonna se how that works out. And a lot
of people can't wait. You better leave them, damn tramp
and aDNA Howell. Baby, she's gonna have a T shirt
in her pantings. All baby, we're gonna see chiad. But
it's gonna be a fabulous sell y'all. So I can't wait, j'
You know what the colure of today on the boat
is gonna be Aquinata.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Y'all remember her.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
On the High you said Aquanada and on the Lord
you're gonna say beautiful blue yard.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
That's gonna be the colure for it to day, y'all.
So honey, to beautiful got y'all give it up a
Gary with Did you see that post? People are trunk?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Here's what they Smiley morning show.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Y'all the morning.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Sure, he's the man making history and it's the first
black lawmaker to ever lead a major party in Congress. Y'all,
please welcome House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferson.
Speaker 7 (06:30):
Good morning, Good morning with you, Hey, thank.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
You man, Thank you so much for coming on, especially
doing these trying times.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
A lot of stuff going on. Let's jump right into it.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
The United States is currently in the middle of a
government shutdown and with the House notably out of session.
When is your assistant of how this is impacting everyday
Americans and what leverage does the House Democratic leadership have
in this moment.
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Well, thanks again for having me on. And this is
a Trump Republican shutdown. Unfortunately, they made the decision that
they would rather shut the government down than provide healthcare
to working class Americans, everyday Americans, black and brown Americans,
and people who are struggling all throughout the country. You know,
our view as Democrats from the very beginning in the
(07:16):
House and the Senate is that we want to find
a bipartisan path to enacting a spending agreement that funds
the government, but we want to make sure that that
spending agreement actually makes life better for the American people,
improves the quality of life of the American people, as
opposed to hurting the American people. And Republicans have just
(07:37):
refused to sit down and even have a conversation because
what we've seen from the very beginning of this presidency
is a my way or the highway approach. And so
now the government has been shut down, We've got hundreds
of thousands of hard working federal employees, many from our community,
who have either been furloughed or being forced to work
(07:58):
without pay. Know that a lot of folks are already
struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. You know. Airport safety,
of course, is a concern. Food safety is a concern.
The administration of benefits like Social Security and Medicare and
veterans benefits are all concerns in terms of this government shutdown.
(08:19):
If Republicans decide to continue.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
It, yeah, it's insane.
Speaker 8 (08:23):
I just want to thank you for, you know, just
standing up and really holding the other side of the
aisle accountable. But let me ask you, how is it
that we can give Argentina. We have the money, we
have the funds to give Argentina billions of dollars, but
we can't help Americans with basic health insurance.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
How does the other aisle not see that?
Speaker 7 (08:45):
Yeah, that is a complete and total outraise. I'm so
thankful that you raised that issue. So what the American people,
what our community needs to understand, is that the Trump
administration has been running a massive pay to play scheme
from the very beginning of his presidency. And this is
just another example where they're going to bail out Argentina.
(09:06):
Have found have found twenty billion dollars to bail out
this right wing want to be dictator in Argentina who's
a friend of Donald Trump. And some of the financiers
connected to the administration in Argentina that are going to
benefit from the bailout are also close former associates to
the Trump Treasury secretary. Yet the Republicans don't seem to
(09:30):
have any interest in spending a dime to extend the
Affordable Care Act tax credits, which provide health insurance that's
affordable for tens of millions of Americans. And because those
tax credits are about to expire. We know people right
now as we speak, are receiving notices indicating that their premiums,
their copes, and deductibles are about the skyrocket. In some cases,
(09:53):
people are going to be forced to pay thousands of
dollars more per year for the health insurance a affordable
Some people are going to be facing medical bankruptcy. Other
people are going to go without a doctor. And yet
the Trump administration to date has been unwilling to extend
affordable care and tax pass. We've said, that's unacceptable, and
we're not going to support any partisan Republican spending bill
(10:16):
that continues to gut the healthcare of the American people
when we should be supporting the healthcare of the American people.
Speaker 6 (10:23):
Right right, Oh my goodness, that is so unacceptable. Some
form of government officials are warning that democracy is being
tested in America right now.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Do you agree?
Speaker 6 (10:33):
And what do you think it'll take to bring back
trust in the system.
Speaker 7 (10:37):
Well, I certainly agree that democracy is being tested and
distrusting the system exists for a lot of reasons. One,
I think the system has largely for decades now not
been there to provide the type of support for everyday
Americans and working class Americans and people certainly hard working
taxpayers in our community, that when you work hard and
(10:59):
play the rules, at the end of the day, you
should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself
and for your family, or as I sometimes have said,
lived a good life. And that means good paying job,
good housing, good health care, good education for your children,
and a good retirement. And that's shouldn't be too difficult
(11:20):
to achieve in this country, the wealthiest country in the
history of the world. But far too many folks are
working hard and they're played by the rules, but they
can barely get by, let alone get ahead. So we
need to make sure that as a country, and those
of us who have the ability to work in government,
(11:40):
that we're actually improving the quality of life of the
American people as opposed to what we're seeing from this administration,
which is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires,
and for the billionaires. Now at the same period of time,
you're absolutely correct that the rule of law and democracy
is under assault. We see Donald Trump and his administration,
(12:00):
particularly the sick offense in the Department of Justice. Is
the Department of Injustice under this administration go after people
like my friend and a great public servant, Attorney General
Tis James, We of course are going to stand strongly
behind us. He's a brilliant, patriotic, hard working, principled and
(12:22):
ethical public servant. The charges against her will not survive.
They have no basis in reality. But all of these
things that we're seeing definitely are designed to erode the
foundations of our democracy. I got to serve with the
great John Lewis, and he would always say to us
that you know, when you see injustice, when you see wrongdoing,
(12:43):
you've got to just be prepared to show up and
stand up and speak up for what you know is right.
Get into necessary trouble or good trouble, as he would
often say. And you know, I think we're going to
work hard to do our part in the Congress. We're
going to push back a greatly against the administration and
the extremism that they're unleashing on the American people, people
(13:05):
in our community, in the courts. But ultimately, in a democracy,
it's important for the people to rise up and make
sure that their voices are heard in a peaceful but
firm way.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Say that again, my brother, yess Indidia
Oh baby, ain't no why you're done took a shower
that fast? Nobody you didn't.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
That's why it's dry.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
You know what?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Part of me really want to let you stay stinking
because I'm tired to argue with you because if you
like it, okay, fine, that soap is dry. Ain't no
way you walking past me smelling like two mechanics. Come here,
let me smell it back of your neck. Don't your
booty be itching? You won't go nowhere when me smelling
like that. You're doing all this talking, but you still
musty go take a shower for real? Oh no, see this,
(00:25):
I know you didn't take no good shower because the
flow not. We see when you take showers the flow
be soaking with it's dry. Where's all the steam on
the mirror. I know what the problem is, though, the
problem is they gonna make tussy no more.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This is water.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You probably didn't use none of this digital know.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
You didn't know you didn't. Every day you just want
to be stinking.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
You just you wanta be stinking.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Hold it he chess man half wooman. Yes, gayy wanna
help you to the tea.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
It's garantetion alright y'all mind the morning show, It is
about that time in the colu of the day World Up, Gary, Good.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Morning, Riggie, Good morning America, Good Morning New York's another fabulous,
beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
And here's what's happening in celebrity news, y'all.
Speaker 5 (01:10):
Kim Kardashian, y'all, when a daughter really loves and feels
passionate for her mother, y'all's being reported that Kim Kardashian
says her beautiful daughter not y'all believe y'all that she's
still very sad over Kanye West is split and she
wants her I'm gonna move on and find a new
boyfriend now. In the Reason Call Her Daddy podcast, and
if Kim revealed y'all that her oldest daughter, Nord has
(01:32):
been nudging her, y'all to move on romantically now. Courting
to Kim, Nort accused her of pretending y'all to be okay,
adding that she said, quote, I think you go upstairs
by me and cry at night. Now, Kim said, Nord,
continue y'all with you need to have a boyfriend now. Mom,
You've got to get remarried. You're getting too old. Now,
as reported, Kim and Kanye welcome for chilling Honey before
(01:54):
splitting back in twenty twenty one and finalize their divorce
on the following years.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Now.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
In the same interview, him address y'all the often circulated
narrative that she prevents Kanye Honey from seeing their children.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Now, She's strongly be.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Jected that and said, I've never denied Honey. It's not
a kidnapping, it's a divorce, and she emphasized that the
kids under seek Kanye whenever he asked no. She also knows,
y'all that she balances the openness with protecting them when
the situation feels unhealthy, y'all. And my thing is, y'all
can help me out because y'all know this woman's child,
(02:27):
y'all whose child want their mama to move on and
get another man over there dead? I've never heard nothing
like that before, but that's what Kim is saying. But
do y'all think Kim could find another black man because
all the good black men she had them are there
anymore left? Does anybody know? Can Can y'all help me?
Because I don't think that any more good black men
left for Kim?
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Half out well, but you say want you to go black.
They never go back back, though, Brad.
Speaker 6 (02:50):
True cause she went to Pete Davison, so well.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Yeah, she did go to people, but I don't know
that didn't last on she realized he wasn't black. I guess,
so you know what you know about that?
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Do it?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Don't do it, don't do it. I don't. I'm sorry,
I'm freezing.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
You know how she feels about it.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
She's gonna say, taste the biscuit.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I thought, yeah, lord, but it's very interesting though. I mean,
I just really feel I mean, I don't know. I
don't think I would want my mama to If my
mom and daddy was the divorce, I would not want
to have nobody else.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I don't care how old she is. She needs to
just stay there, ain't right?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
I mean, yeah, yeah, people deserve And what if somebody
wanted to come and take your mama out on, take
her to the little casino on the weekend and enjoy
her and make her feel good.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
You dad been there almost ten years.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
You don't want your mama to sit at home and
like she needs some love and some life.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
She's still living, she's still human.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Yeah, but I mean just get with your friends and
just go mamma, go to little things at the church
and stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Just people the church. People want to walk around them
all the whole hands with somebody and she yeah, love
somebody love. Yeah, yeah, I don't know. You want to
get in the back to I deserve?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah you don't want yeah, yeah, No, I'm sorry. I
just young, just sent up there doing the tease. Somebody
got your mama turned upside dang, I.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Got you want to get pushed through that mattress? Heym
eighty two years old?
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Right, I don't know, she might find them heels in
the air.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Yea wait, the damn me, fellow woman, she's still a woman,
but she's eighty two years old.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Who have set twenty two years old? The right they do?
Sitting up box? Don't jump?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Now?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
God what bread with the back of I ain't hair
mesh now like wow in the back of my hair
mess now the bucks got yeah, get yeah, go back
to brother.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
I wish the hell I would anyway. It's a Queen
for free story, y'all. Honey, in honor the time joined
the Fantastic Boys. Baby, we're gonna be selling the seventh seeds.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Honey, it's gonna be seven season.
Speaker 5 (05:14):
It's gonna be a couple of seasons, but we're gonna
be selling those seven season honey on the boat. It's
gonna be fabtabulous because there's gonna be honey married Mary Tys.
I can't wait to talk to Tyree's honey, to see, honey,
what he really did with those dogs, Honey, he kepful, honey, game.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Like family. And you know Neil is gonna be.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
On the boat as well, because you know Neil, he's
gonna be there with all his four or five women.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Hunt.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
I'm gonna se how that works out. And a lot
of people can't wait. You better leave them, damn tramp
and aDNA Howell. Baby, she's gonna have a T shirt
in her pantings. All baby, we're gonna see chiad. But
it's gonna be a fabulous sell y'all. So I can't wait, j'
You know what the colure of today on the boat
is gonna be Aquinata.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Y'all remember her.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
On the High you said Aquanada and on the Lord
you're gonna say beautiful blue yard.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
That's gonna be the colure for it to day, y'all.
So honey, to beautiful got y'all give it up a
Gary with Did you see that post? People are trunk?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Here's what they Smiley morning show.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Y'all the morning.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Sure, he's the man making history and it's the first
black lawmaker to ever lead a major party in Congress. Y'all,
please welcome House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferson.
Speaker 7 (06:30):
Good morning, Good morning with you, Hey, thank.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
You man, Thank you so much for coming on, especially
doing these trying times.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
A lot of stuff going on. Let's jump right into it.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
The United States is currently in the middle of a
government shutdown and with the House notably out of session.
When is your assistant of how this is impacting everyday
Americans and what leverage does the House Democratic leadership have
in this moment.
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Well, thanks again for having me on. And this is
a Trump Republican shutdown. Unfortunately, they made the decision that
they would rather shut the government down than provide healthcare
to working class Americans, everyday Americans, black and brown Americans,
and people who are struggling all throughout the country. You know,
our view as Democrats from the very beginning in the
(07:16):
House and the Senate is that we want to find
a bipartisan path to enacting a spending agreement that funds
the government, but we want to make sure that that
spending agreement actually makes life better for the American people,
improves the quality of life of the American people, as
opposed to hurting the American people. And Republicans have just
(07:37):
refused to sit down and even have a conversation because
what we've seen from the very beginning of this presidency
is a my way or the highway approach. And so
now the government has been shut down, We've got hundreds
of thousands of hard working federal employees, many from our community,
who have either been furloughed or being forced to work
(07:58):
without pay. Know that a lot of folks are already
struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. You know. Airport safety,
of course, is a concern. Food safety is a concern.
The administration of benefits like Social Security and Medicare and
veterans benefits are all concerns in terms of this government shutdown.
(08:19):
If Republicans decide to continue.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
It, yeah, it's insane.
Speaker 8 (08:23):
I just want to thank you for, you know, just
standing up and really holding the other side of the
aisle accountable. But let me ask you, how is it
that we can give Argentina. We have the money, we
have the funds to give Argentina billions of dollars, but
we can't help Americans with basic health insurance.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
How does the other aisle not see that?
Speaker 7 (08:45):
Yeah, that is a complete and total outraise. I'm so
thankful that you raised that issue. So what the American people,
what our community needs to understand, is that the Trump
administration has been running a massive pay to play scheme
from the very beginning of his presidency. And this is
just another example where they're going to bail out Argentina.
(09:06):
Have found have found twenty billion dollars to bail out
this right wing want to be dictator in Argentina who's
a friend of Donald Trump. And some of the financiers
connected to the administration in Argentina that are going to
benefit from the bailout are also close former associates to
the Trump Treasury secretary. Yet the Republicans don't seem to
(09:30):
have any interest in spending a dime to extend the
Affordable Care Act tax credits, which provide health insurance that's
affordable for tens of millions of Americans. And because those
tax credits are about to expire. We know people right
now as we speak, are receiving notices indicating that their premiums,
their copes, and deductibles are about the skyrocket. In some cases,
(09:53):
people are going to be forced to pay thousands of
dollars more per year for the health insurance a affordable
Some people are going to be facing medical bankruptcy. Other
people are going to go without a doctor. And yet
the Trump administration to date has been unwilling to extend
affordable care and tax pass. We've said, that's unacceptable, and
we're not going to support any partisan Republican spending bill
(10:16):
that continues to gut the healthcare of the American people
when we should be supporting the healthcare of the American people.
Speaker 6 (10:23):
Right right, Oh my goodness, that is so unacceptable. Some
form of government officials are warning that democracy is being
tested in America right now.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Do you agree?
Speaker 6 (10:33):
And what do you think it'll take to bring back
trust in the system.
Speaker 7 (10:37):
Well, I certainly agree that democracy is being tested and
distrusting the system exists for a lot of reasons. One,
I think the system has largely for decades now not
been there to provide the type of support for everyday
Americans and working class Americans and people certainly hard working
taxpayers in our community, that when you work hard and
(10:59):
play the rules, at the end of the day, you
should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself
and for your family, or as I sometimes have said,
lived a good life. And that means good paying job,
good housing, good health care, good education for your children,
and a good retirement. And that's shouldn't be too difficult
(11:20):
to achieve in this country, the wealthiest country in the
history of the world. But far too many folks are
working hard and they're played by the rules, but they
can barely get by, let alone get ahead. So we
need to make sure that as a country, and those
of us who have the ability to work in government,
(11:40):
that we're actually improving the quality of life of the
American people as opposed to what we're seeing from this administration,
which is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires,
and for the billionaires. Now at the same period of time,
you're absolutely correct that the rule of law and democracy
is under assault. We see Donald Trump and his administration,
(12:00):
particularly the sick offense in the Department of Justice. Is
the Department of Injustice under this administration go after people
like my friend and a great public servant, Attorney General
Tis James, We of course are going to stand strongly
behind us. He's a brilliant, patriotic, hard working, principled and
(12:22):
ethical public servant. The charges against her will not survive.
They have no basis in reality. But all of these
things that we're seeing definitely are designed to erode the
foundations of our democracy. I got to serve with the
great John Lewis, and he would always say to us
that you know, when you see injustice, when you see wrongdoing,
(12:43):
you've got to just be prepared to show up and
stand up and speak up for what you know is right.
Get into necessary trouble or good trouble, as he would
often say. And you know, I think we're going to
work hard to do our part in the Congress. We're
going to push back a greatly against the administration and
the extremism that they're unleashing on the American people, people
(13:05):
in our community, in the courts. But ultimately, in a democracy,
it's important for the people to rise up and make
sure that their voices are heard in a peaceful but
firm way.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Say that again, my brother, yess Indidia
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