WILL NOT RUN FOR REELECTION.
THOM TILLIS WON BY LESS THAN 1%.
NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC STATE
SENATOR JEFF JACKSON HAS JUMPED
INTO THE PRIMARY.
THIS IS PART OF HOW HE
INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO VOTERS.
>> A TRUE 100 COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
AN EFFORT TO REACH EVERY COUNTY
TO CUT THROUGH THE NOISE AND
HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT OUR
STATE NEEDS.
THAT MEANS WE WILL BE ON THE
ROAD A LOT.
>> YAY!
>> LET ME CHECK ON THAT.
>> AT LEAST HIS SON IS EXCITED
ABOUT IT.
JEFF JACKSON JOINS ME NOW.
THERE’S ONE OTHER DEMOCRAT IN
THE RACE SO FAR.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HER
CAMPAIGN.
WE HOPE TO HAVE HER ON THE SHOW
SOON AS WELL.
SENATOR JACKSON, WE WILL START
WITH YOU.
I’M SURE YOU WERE OVERJOYED TO
SEE GEORGIA SEND TWO DEMOCRATS
TO THE SENATE.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE WORK BEING
DONE BY BLACK WOMEN IN THE
SOUTH.
DEMOCRATS MODELLING THEIR WORK
AFTER STACEY ABRAMS PULLED OFF
THERE IN GEORGIA.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW TO
CONVINCE BLACK VOTERS
SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU ARE THE
GUY WHO CAN WIN?
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF BLACK VOTERS
AND BLACK ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH
CAROLINA WHO HAVE BEEN DOING
GREATING OR NIEDZING ING
CAROLINA WHO HAVE BEEN DOING
GREATING OR NIEDZING ING ORING
CAROLINA WHO HAVE BEEN DOING
GREATING OR NIEDZING ING OR
GREATING OR NIEDZING ING ORGANIZ
TIME.
THEY HAVEN’T HAD A CAMPAIGN
WILLING TO MAKE THE SAME
INVESTMENT WE SAW FROM STATYE Y
ABRAMS IN THAT ORGANIZING.
THE DAY AFTER GEORGIA, I READ
HER PLAYBOOK.
ONE IS, DON’T JUST USE
ORGANIZING TO GET OUT THE VOTE
IN THE LAST 60 DAYS.
USE IT TO EXPAND THE ELECTORATE.
STARTING SOONER.
THAT’S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
SHE TALKS ABOUT A MULTI-ETHNIC
COALITION THAT YOU CAN BUILD BY
GOING EVERYWHERE AND LISTENING
TO EVERYONE.
ADVERTISE ON BLACK RADIO AND
ADVERTISE ON COUNTRY RADIO.
WE HAVE ADOPTED A 100 COUNTY
STRATEGY.
WE ARE GOING TO EVERY COUNTY IN
THE STATE.
WE WILL SHOW THE STATE SOMETHING
IT HASN’T SEEN BEFORE.
WE WILL GIVE LOCAL ORGANIZING
GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING
FOR A LONG TIME A REAL SHOT IN
THE ARM, A REAL BOOST, REAL
COORDINATION TO FLIP THIS SEAT.
>> WE HAVE TALKED STRATEGY.
LET’S TALK POLICY.
I WANT YOUR THOUGHTS ON ISSUES
THAT DEMOCRATS ARE WEIGHING
RIGHT NOW IN THE U.S. SENATE.
ISSUES YOU WOULD HAVE TO WEIGH
AS A SENATOR.
WE WILL TRY TO DO THESE AS YES
OR NO TO GET IN AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE.
$15 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE, DO YOU
SUPPORT IT?
>> YES.
>> DO YOU SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATS’
SWEEPING IMMIGRATION BILL, THE
U.S. CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 2021 AS
IT HAS BEEN NAMED?
>> YES.
>> SHOULD WE GET RID OF THE
FILIBUSTER?
>> I’M FILIBUSTER SKEPTICAL AT
BEST.
>> FILLIBUSTER SKEPTICAL.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IN ANY MANNER REMOTELY
RESEMBLING HOW WE USED IT TO
GRIND EVERYTHING TO A HALT, THAT
THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE AN
OPTION.
>> THAT EXPLAINS FILIBUSTER
SKEPTICAL.
YOU SAID YOU DECIDED NOT TO RUN
IN THE LAST CYCLE AFTER MEETING
WITH NOW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
CHUCK SCHUMER.
HE TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THAT SCHUMER WANTED YOU TO SPEND
ALL HOURS, QUOTE, IN A
WINDOWLESS BASEMENT RAISING
CAMPAIGN MONEY TO DEFEAT THOM
TILLIS.
THIS TIME AROUND, AT LEAST AS OF
LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE, YOU SAID
YOU HAD NOT SPOKEN TO SENATOR
SCHUMER ABOUT 2022.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HIM SINCE?
>> NO, I HAVEN’T.
I DID GIVE HIS GROUP A HEADS UP
WE WERE RUNNING.
WE WERE GOING TO BE RUNNING OUR
WAY.
I THINK THAT OUR STATE DESERVES
A TRUE 100 COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
IT DOESN’T DESERVE A CAMPAIGN
BASED ON ARTIFICE.
>> JEFF JACKSON RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
IT’S A RACE WE WILL FOLLOW.