RIOTING LOOTING AND VANDALISM.
CHARLES: WELL THE FIRST NIGHT
SPEAKERS AT RNC PAINTING A
PICTURE OF DISARRAY AND
DESTRUCTION IF JOE BIDEN WERE TO
BECOME PRESIDENT.
THE MESSAGE RESONATING WITH
VOTERS FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY
AMID A SPIKE IN CRIME AMID BIG
CITIES.
MARYLAND CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
KIM KLACIK JOINS ME.
THIS IS ONE OF YOUR ESSENTIAL
THEMES SINCE YOU DECIDED TO RUN
FOR OFFICE AND IT’S A MESSAGE
REALLY DRIVEN HOME WITH THAT
EXTRAORDINARY VIDEO THAT DEBUTED
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
LET’S GO BACK AGAIN TO WHAT MADE
YOU WANT TO RUN IN TERMS OF
JUST, THE EROSION OF GREAT
AMERICAN CITY, BALTIMORE AND
NOW, WE’RE SEEING OTHER CITIES
FACING THE SAME ISSUES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, FIRST
OF ALL, CHARLES, I APPRECIATE
IT.
IN MANY CITIES, IT IS NOT UNIQUE
TO BALTIMORE LIKE YOU’RE SAYING,
WE SEE A LACK OF LAW AND ORDER,
NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, A
LOT OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE COME
FROM THE SURVIVAL COURSE SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE ON WITHIN THESE
COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, BALTIMORE CITY WE HAVE
CRIME, VIOLENCE.
THE HOMICIDE RATE IS 10 TIMES
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE POVERTY RATE IS 20%.
WE HAVE A BAD EDUCATION SYSTEM.
SO YOU KNOW, WITH MY PLATFORM I
TALK ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE WHICH A
LOT OF PARENTS IN THE WEST
BALTIMORE AREA, WHICH YOU SEE IN
MY VIDEOS ARE FOR.
WE TALK ABOUT LAW AND ORDER.
THAT IS WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT
FOR ME TO ADD IN THAT CAMPAIGN
AD THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND JUST DO NOT
SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
WE ARE DOWN POLICE OFFICERS
RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY.
WE PROBABLY NEED MORE FUNDING
BECAUSE WE NEED TO RECRUIT MORE
AND TRAIN MORE.
I SAY, IT IS, THE LEFT IF THEY
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY
POLICE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED
TODAY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO NEED
MORE FUNDING TO BETTER TRAIN
THEM.
SO TO ME, THESE PROGRESSIVE
POLICIES THAT WE SEEM TO BE
TAKING CONTROL OF THE LEFT’S
NARRATIVE, MAKES NO SENSE AT
ALL, HOPEFULLY WITH MY RUN I CAN
BRING SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
CHARLES: RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU
KNOW, TO YOUR POINT WITH THE
TRAINING, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ARRESTING AND DETAINING
I THINK THAT IS WHERE THERE IS A
REAL SERIOUS ISSUE AND THEN OF
COURSE, THE AFTERMATH OF THESE
THINGS.
IT IS SO INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU
DO POINT TO THE DEMOCRATS.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT
AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING
THESE BIG CITIES FOR DECADES.
I WANT TO RUN A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT WITH THE AUDIENCE, THEN
COME BACK TO YOU.
>> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROLLED
THIS PART OF BALTIMORE CITY FOR
OVER 50 YEARS.
THEY HAVE RUN THIS BEAUTIFUL
PLACE RIGHT INTO THE GROUND.
ABANDONED BUILDINGS, LIQUOR
STORES ON EVERY CORNER, DRUG
ADDICTS, GUNS ON THE STREET,
THAT IS THE NORM IN MANY
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SADLY THE SAME CYCLE OF DECAY
EXISTS IN MANY DEMOCRAT RUN
CITIES.
THE DEMOCRATS STILL ASSUME BLACK
PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR THEM.
CHARLES: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE CYCLE BECAUSE WE’RE SEEING
CITIES COME BACK FROM THE BRINK
THAT HAVE BEEN DOING VERY WELL.
THEY SLOWLY FADE.
GOOD EXAMPLE, IN NEW YORK CITY,
ONE DAY IN JULY, 50 WINDOWS ON
ONE LINE OF TRAINS WERE SMASHED.
THEN A WEEK LATER, 60 WINDOWS
WERE SMASHED, RIGHT?
THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS, THE CYCLE
BEGINS.
HOW DO YOU INTERVENE?
YOUR PLATFORM, TALK ABOUT SCHOOL
CHOICE AND OTHER THINGS.
HOW ELSE CAN WE INTERVENE TO
MAKE SURE CITIES DON’T CRUMBLE?
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE PROVERBIAL
SNOWBALL BOULDER AND CAN HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
PEOPLE THAT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
BALTIMORE CITY, YOU KNOW THAT
THE CITY WAS ONCE A
MANUFACTURING POWERHOUSE, RIGHT?
SO I TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE HAD TO RELY ON OTHER
COUNTRIES FOR PPE DURING THE
CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN.
WE CAN BRING SO MUCH MORE,
ESPECIALLY THAT BILLION DOLLAR
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY IN
THROUGH THE BALTIMORE PORT,
CONSIDERING WE HAVE THE SECOND
LARGEST PORT IN THE COUNTRY AND
IT IS UNDERUTILIZED.
WE SEE CONNECTICUT THEY USE
THEIR VERY WELL.
THEY HAVE SUBMARINES.
THEY ARE DOING WIND ENERGY.
THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BUT
UNFORTUNATELY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
PEOPLE IN OFFICE DON’T DO
ANYTHING.
THEY DON’T MAKE IT ANY BETTER
FOR PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
CHARLES: RIGHT.
>> MANY FEDERAL FUNDS COME INTO
THE AREA IN 2015 AFTER THE
RIOTS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND ELIJAH
CUMMINGS SECURED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR THE PENN NORTH
CORRIDOR BUT YOU WOULDN’T KNOW
THAT BY LOOKING AT MY CAMPAIGN
AD.
THAT IS WHERE I WAS.
I WAS IN THE PENN NORTH CORRIDOR
IN 2020.
SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT THAT
WE CAN DO.
JUST A MATTER OF SOMEONE WANTING
TO DO IT.
WE’VE BEEN UNDER ONE PARTY RULE
FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND THAT HAS
DEVASTATED THE CITY.
CHARLES: YEAH.
INTEREST IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
KIM, YOU’RE CERTAINLY BECOMING A
SUPERSTAR.
I PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON, BLEW
UP AND FORGOT ABOUT ME.
HOPE YOU DON’T DO THE SAME THING
[LAUGHTER]
>> I WILL NEVER DO THAT.
NEVER.
CHARLES: GOOD LUCK WITH
EVERYTHING.
YOU’RE DOING A GREAT JOB.