DAVID: A TOP HOUSE DEMOCRAT
DIRECTLY CALLING OUT THE
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF HIS OWN
PARTY OVER THE RISE IN ANTI-
SEMETIC RHETORIC AND HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE JERRY NADLER
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
TWEETED OUT THE GROWING AUNT
ANTI-SEMITISM AND OUR POLITICAL
DIALOGUE IS REPUGNANT, AND THE
CARTOON FORWARDED BY RASHIDA
TLAIB AND ILLHAM OMAR CAN SURELY
BE READ FOR ITS UNDERLYING
MESSAGE.
DO YOU SEE WHAT HE'S DOING
TRYING TO HIT ON BOTH SIDES OUR
NEXT GUEST SEES ALL THIS
CONTROVERSY AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER LACEY
LEE JOHNSON HOPING TO BEAT
CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR, GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE.
>> GLAD TO BE HERE.
DAVID: BIG QUESTION BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THE CURRENT
CONGRESSWOMAN IN THE NEWS SINCE
SHE'S TAKEN OFFICE . HOW ARE THE
PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT TAKING TO
THAT NEWS AS THEY FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT HER?
>> WELL OF COURSE YOU HAVE
THOSE DIE HARD LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
, THEY ARE GOING TO
BASICALLY SUPPORT HER IN
WHATEVER SHE DOES.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS
THAT WE'RE CALLING IT FOR WHAT
IT IS, ANTI-ISRAEL, SOCIALISTIC,
THOSE TYPE OF POLICIES, AND THEN
YOU HAVE THE SWING VOTERS AND I
THINK MOST OF THE SWING VOTERS
ARE GETTING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A
PERSON IN CONGRESS WHOSE DOING
THOSE TYPES.
DAVID: EVEN SOME OF WHOM VOTED
FOR HER IN THE LAST ELECTION.
>> EXACTLY.
I'M QUITE SURE THEY ARE BECAUSE
MINNESOTA IS A PRETTY DECENT
PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT
THEY ARE SEEING.
>> MY QUESTION, HI THIS IS ADAM
LASHINSKY WITH FORTUNE IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
MY QUESTION IS SIMILAR TO WHAT
DAVID WAS ASKING I ASSUME LIKE
MANY AMERICANS, I WASN'T
FAMILIAR WITH THE DYNAMICS OF
YOUR DISTRICT BEFORE THE
CONGRESSWOMAN WAS ELECTED.
COULD YOU GIVE US A QUICK
ANALYSIS OF WHO DID VOTE FOR HER
, HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO, WHAT
HER SUPPORT WAS IN THE LAST
ELECTION?
>> WELL HER SUPPORT ONCE AGAIN,
MINNESOTA IS A VERY HEAVILY
DEMOGRAPHICALLY LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 70% OF
SOMETHING JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD AND SO GIVEN THE ANTI-TRUMP
-TYPE OF CAMPAIGN THAT
THEY WERE IN, GIVEN THAT THEY
WERE MAKING PEOPLE AFRAID, AND
LYING ABOUT ELIMINATING PRE-
CONDITIONING THE HEALTH
INSURANCE, SHE GOT A VAST
MAJORITY OF THE VOTES.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 700,000
PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT.
I THINK ABOUT 80,000 I'VE SEEN
NUMBERS FROM 50,000 TO 80,000
BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, AND YOU'VE
GOT THE MINORITY POPULATION
WHERE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY
REMINDING THEM THAT REPUBLICANS
ARE RACISTS AND BIGOTS.
DAVID: ARE YOU A RACIST?
>> NO I'M NOT.
DAVID: BUT YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN.
>> I KNOW AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS I'M RUNNING BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE HARD TO USE THAT
STRATEGY ON ME.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO
TALK ABOUT ISSUES AND WHAT YOUR
SOLUTIONS ARE, BECAUSE ONE OF
THE PROBLEMS THAT'S HAPPENING,
THESE PROBLEMS GO ON FOR DECADES
AND DECADES BECAUSE THE DEMOCRAT
S FIGURED OUT A SIMPLE
FORMULA.
JUST BRING UP RACE, AND GET
PEOPLE TO VOTE AND SEXISM AND
YOU KNOW ALL OF THE OTHER
BUZZWORDS, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT ISSUES.
WE JUST APPEAL TO YOUR EMOTION,
YOU VOTE FOR US AND THEN WE GO
AWAY FOR FOUR, FIVE YEARS UNTIL
THE NEXT ELECTION AND NOTHING
WILL CHANGE.
>> AND THEY'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF
TRACTION DOING THAT BY THE WAY.
I LOOK TO YOU MAKING THIS KIND
OF A CHALLENGE LIKE SOMEBODY
TRYING TO CHALLENGE AOC HERE BUT
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AT
LEAST IN YOUR CAMPAIGN VIDEO
SPEAKING OUT TO YOUR BASE AND
TRYING TO BE ELECTED YOU TALK
ABOUT VALUES.
YOU TALK ABOUT DILIGENCE.
YOU TALK ABOUT PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE PLATFORM AND HOW IT'S SO
ANTI WHAT ILLHAM OMAR IS
REPRESENTING.
>> ONCE AGAIN IT'S JUST A
FOCUSED PLATFORM AND SOLUTION-
FOCUSED AND I LOOK AT
IT LIKE THE ISSUES THAT I LOOK
AT IS FAMILY FIRST AND FOREMOST
AND ESPECIALLY IN A DISTRICT
THAT I LIVE IN, THE FAMILY HAS
BEEN JUST TORN APART AND WE
THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A
HANDLE ON THESE ISSUES FACING
THESE COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK
FAMILY.
THE OTHER THING IS EDUCATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EDUCATIONAL
RESULTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST
HORRIBLE.
THIS IS ACHIEVEMENT GAPS AND BY
THE WAY WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT ANY
OF THESE ISSUES WHETHER THEY'RE
AT THE STATE OR CITY LEVEL OR
DISTRICT LEVEL, DEMOCRATS ARE
NORMALLY IN CHARGE, AND I'VE
JUST COME TO THE CONCLUSION AS
LONGS AS THEY ARE IN CHARGE
THESE ISSUES EXIST AND WE NEED
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT SO
WE'VE GOT FAMILY, EDUCATION AND
ECONOMICS.
A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WANT
TO PLACE ON RACE OR WHATEVER AND
DISTRACT, HAVE RACE DISTRACT US
IS REALLY ECONOMIC ISSUES SO
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GOING
WITH, GET RID OF THE GOVERNMENT-
BASED PROGRAMS.
GET RID OR NOT GET RID OF BUT
PHASE THEM OUT AND FOCUS MORE ON
FOR-PROFIT TYPE OF BUSINESSES
AND WE SHOULD MENTION BY THE WAY
--
DAVID: YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN, AN
ENGINEER.
>> YEAH, AND IDEAL WITH DATA
AND LOGIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT
NOT SO MUCH WITH EMOTIONS AND I
THINK WE'LL SOLVE SOME OF THESE
PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM
FROM THE STANDPOINT AND THEN
IT'S ALSO WHAT I CALL A
SPIRITUAL COMPONENT AND IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY RELIGION.
IT'S MORE LIKE I'M A PART OF A
BIGGER WHOLE.
I'M A PART OF A FAMILY.
I'M A PART OF A COMMUNITY.
I'M A PART OF A STATE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME AND START
LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT
STANDPOINT, AND SO THOSE ARE THE
TYPE OF THINGS THAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AS FAR
AS ISSUES.
NOW ONCE AGAIN AS AN ENGINEER
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE
WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHEN
THEY LOOK AT SOLVING ISSUES IN
OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T LOOK
AT THE HUMAN CAPITAL.
THEY LOOK AT IT AS POOR VICTIMS
AND THEY PITY US.
NO WE'RE NOT POOR VICTIMS.
WE'VE GOT BILL GATES IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT STEVEN JOBS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU START
LOOKING AT US LIKE THAT, THEN
YOU COME UP WITH DIFFERENT
SOLUTIONS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, ALL
THEIR SOLUTION IS BASED ON THE
FACT THAT THEY THINK WE CAN'T DO
WHAT THEY DID.
DAVID: YOU'VE GOT A GREAT
MESSAGE.
LACEY LEE JOHNSON WE'VE GOT TO
LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE IT
TAKES A WHILE TO PUT OUT YOUR
PLATFORM THERE BUT IT'S A STRONG
ONE.
>> OH, YEAH.
DAVID: IT'S A VERY STRONG ONE.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING