ISRAELIS RELATIONS OFF ON
EXACTLY THE WRONG FOOT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THIS MORNING WE REPORTED ON
MORE OF THE PICKS THAT
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN HAS MADE
TO SERVE IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.
JOINING US NOW WHO WAS ALREADY
COCHOSEN
CHOSEN TO SEVEN, SEDCEDRIC RICHM
OF LOUISIANA.
HE HELD HIS SEAT SINCE 2011 AND
WILL DEPART TO JOIN
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN’S
WHITE HOUSE AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO
THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.
AND IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON
THE SHOW.
WHAT WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST
CHALLENGE ON DAY ONE?
>> WELL, LOOK, WE HAVE A
ENORMOUS CHALLENGE THAT FACE US
AND THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING HURT
HEALTHWISE FROM THIS PANDEMIC
AND ECONOMICALLY.
THAT’S GOING TO BE THE FOCUS OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THE FOCUS OF MY OFFICE IS GOING
TO REACH OUT TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE COALITIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE JUST DON’T HAVE THEM OUT
THERE FOR OUTPUT, BUT SEEK THEIR
INPUT, TOO, AS WE GOVERN AND
LEAD THIS COUNTRY.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS SAID HE WANTS
TO BE THE PRESIDENT FOR PEOPLE
WHO DIDN’T VOTE FOR HIM AS WELL.
ERRIN HAINES HAS THE NEXT
QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, CONGRESSMAN,
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW
ROLE.
LISTEN, I ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE IS ON THE TRANSITION AND
DIVERSITY.
OBVIOUSLY, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN
HAS SAID THAT DIVERSITY IS GOING
TO BE A PRIORITY FOR HIM.
BUT THERE ARE BLACK AND BROWN
LEADERS WHO ARE CONTINUING TO
VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SEATS
AT THE TABLE AND REALLY KIND OF
HAVE DECISION-MAKING ROLES.
I WONDER WHAT YOU SAY TO THOSE
CONCERNS.
SECOND, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
IDENTIFIED FOUR CRISES FACING
THE COUNTRY AS HE PREPARES TO
TAKE OFFICE, NAMELY, COVID, THE
CLIMATE, THE ECONOMY, AND RACIAL
INEQUALITY.
AND I THINK THAT WHILE WE HAVE
SEEN HIM TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS
HIS PLANS FOR THE FIRST THREE OF
THOSE, I AM WONDERING HOW HE
PLANS TO ADDRESS RACE AND RACISM
FROM A GOVERNING STABBED POINT
TO SHOW THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY
FOR HIM IN THE SAME WAY HE HAS
FOR THE OTHER THREE GIVEN THE
RAN A CAMPAIGN FOR THE BATTLE OF
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> TO THE LAST QUESTION, IF YOU
LOOK AT SOME OF HIS PICKS,
DIRECTLY TYING TO ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY IN THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS BREAKING
DOWN SYSTEMATIC RACISM, CLOSING
THE WEALTH GAP, AS YOU LOOK AT
THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TREASURY,
THE DIVERSITY OF HIS PICKS.
THERE ARE THREE AFRICAN AMERICAN
WOMEN IN THE CABINET AND WE HAVE
ONLY PICKED A COUPLE OF CABINET
SECRETARIES AND THAT’S ALREADY A
RECORD.
I WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING I
SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN WHEN PEOPLE
ASKED THIS QUESTION.
JUDGE US WHEN IT’S OVER ABOUT
HOW WE LOOKED, ABOUT HOW DIVERSE
THE CAMPAIGN WAS, AND IT WAS
VERY DIVERSE.
AND THIS CABINET IS GOING TO BE
THE EXACT SAME WAY.
YOU DON’T RELEASE ALL THE
CABINET PICKS AT ONCE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I
THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO EXACT
WILL I WHAT HE SAID AND HAVE A
DIVERSE CABINET, ONE THAT IS
HISTORIC.
AND SO WE WILL SEE.
BUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ARE
DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO.
HISPANIC FRIENDS ARE DOING WHAT
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND PUSH
US AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO AND GOVERN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DONNY DEUTSCHE HAS THE NEXT
QUESTION.
>> PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN IS
GOING TO HAVE THE TASK THAT NO
OTHER PRESIDENT HAD, BASICALLY
DEALING WITH AN EX-PRESIDENT WHO
IS CONTINUING TO BE A VOICE OF
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 MILLION
PEOPLE.
BIDEN’S BEEN IGNORING.
GOING FORWARD, ANY ADVICE FOR
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT?
>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK HE SHOULD
KEEP DOING WHAT HE IS DOING.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DONALD
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN IS VERY
CLEAR.
DONALD TRUMP CARES ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
JOE BIDEN CARES ABOUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND I THINK HE IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO PUT THEM FIRST.
HE IS GOING TO ASK US TO MASK UP
FOR 100 DAYS SO WE CAN GET OUR