CULTURAL REVOLUTION, A
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT AMERICA.
>> SO THAT’S ABOUT THE WAY THAT
WENT.
THE FIRST NIGHT OF THIS
REPUBLICAN EVENT COMES AS THE
NATION IS ONCE AGAIN CONFRONTED
WITH ISSUES OF RACE AND
POLICING.
OFFICERS IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN,
SHOT 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB BLAKE IN
THE BACK MULTIPLE TIMES.
SEVEN SHOTS CAN BE HEARD,
POINT-BLANK RANGE, ON SUNDAY IN
FRONT OF HIS CHILDREN.
WITNESSES SAID BLAKE HAD BEEN
TRYING TO BREAK UP AN ARGUMENT.
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON
VIDEO. WE WANT TO WARN YOU IT’S
WE WANT TO WARN YOU IT’S DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
[ SOUND OF GUNFIRE ]
>> WOW.
>> BLAKE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN
SERIOUS CONDITION IN WISCONSIN
TONIGHT, AND TONIGHT PROTESTS
HAVE BROKEN OUT ONCE AGAIN IN
KENOSHA.
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE NOW ON
ADMINISTRATION THAT MAKES THAT
ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE.
>> BRITTANY, JACOB BLAKE, I WAS
THINKING ABOUT YOU TODAY KNOWING
THERE WAS A GROOD CHANCE YOU
WOULD BE ON WITH US TONIGHT.
THE VIDEO IS UNBELIEVABLE TO
WATCH, AND YET IN MANY WAYS IT
SHOULDN’T BE.
BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT, I WANT TO
PLAY THIS FOR YOU, SOME HELPFUL
BEHINDS FROM NIKKI HALEY TONIGHT
ON WHICH BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> THE BLACK COP WHO’S HAVE BEEN
SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY, THEY
MATTER.
THE BLACK SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WHO HAVE WATCHED THEIR LIFE’S
WORK GO UP IN FLAMES, THEY
MATTER.
THE BLACK KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN
GUNNED DOWN ON THE PLAYGROUND,
THEIR LIVES MATTER TOO.
>> BRITTANY, I’M PRETTY SURE
JACOB BLAKE’S LIFE MATTERS, AND
I’M PRETTY SURE A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE REACTED IN DISBELIEF THAT
THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN DURING
THIS PERIOD.
>> YOU KNOW, IF NIKKI HALEY
REALLY BELIEVED THAT ALL THOSE
BLACK LIVES MATTER, THEN SHE
WOULDN’T BE A PART OF A PARTY
THAT CONTINUES TO STAND IN THE
WAY OF GUN CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO SEE
THIS HYPOCRISY COME FROM THE GOP
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
AND TONIGHT IT WAS ON FULL AND
PROUD DISPLAY.
THIS THING WAS LIKE A WILLIE
HORTON AD ON STEROIDS QUITE
FRANKLY, AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY
CLEAR.
DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING A CLEAR
PLAY FOR BLACK VOTERS.
HE KNOWS HE’S NOT GOING TO WIN
THE MAJORITY OF US OR EVEN A
PLURALITY, BUT WHAT HE CAN DO IS
ATTEMPT TO PEEL OFF A FEW
PERCENTAGE POINTS OF BLACK
VOTERS IN ESSENTIAL STATES AND
DO WHAT WE NOW KNOW HE WAS VERY
EXCITED ABOUT GIVEN THAT LEAKED
AUDIO COMING OUT OF AN EARLY
MEETING WHEN HIS ADMINISTRATION
BEGAN IN 2016, THAT HE WAS VERY
EXCITED THAT A LOT OF THESE
MISINFORMATION AND
DISINFORMATION PLOYS HAD WORKED
IN CERTAIN SPACES.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY
CLEAR AND NOT ALLOW SOMEBODY
LIKE NIKKI HALEY OR DONALD TRUMP
TO MISREPRESENT WHAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING TO BLACK AMERICANS
UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION.
EARLIER TODAY AT THE RNC, DONALD
TRUMP SAID THAT HE WAS THE BEST
PRESIDENT FOR BLACK AMERICANS
SINCE LINCOLN.
HE WOULD OF COURSE TOUT THOSE
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FOR
BLACK PEOPLE BEFORE COVID-19,
BUT WHAT HE WON’T TELL YOU IS
THAT BOTH THE WAGE GAP AND THE
WEALTH GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND
WHITE AMERICANS IS GROWING, NOT
SHRINKING UNDER HIS PRESIDENCY.
HE’S ROLLED BACK THE HEALTH CARE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
THAT WE NEED.
HIS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOES
NOT INVESTIGATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS
CLAIMS IN THE WAYS THAT IT NEEDS
TO.
THIS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
WHICH HE HAS FULL CONTROL OVER,
DOES NOT INVESTIGATE THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO
KILL BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE
WANTONLY AS JAMES BLAKE ALMOST
HAD DONE TO HIM YESTERDAY IN
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
HE HAS FAILED TO MEET THE MOMENT
OF A PANDEMIC THAT IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY KILLING BLACK
PEOPLE, AND HE’S DONE ALL OF
THIS WHILE EMBOLDENING THE WHITE
SUPREMACISTS WHO THREATEN OUR
LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
