THE ONE WE WILL CHECK AND A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
ALECIA HAS MORE.
>> Alicia: LET’S BRING IN TOM
BEVAN, REAL CLEAR POLITICS
COFOUNDER AND EDITOR.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
A >> Alicia: LET’S TALK ABOUT
OHIO A LITTLE BIT.
LET’S TALK ABOUT CLEVELAND.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT A
PETITION RIGHT NOW TO REPLACE A
STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
WITH THE STATUE OF CHEF BOYARDEE
WHOM MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE
WAS A REAL PERSON.
I CAN PUT UP ON THE SCREEN WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS, AND
THE REASON BEHIND THIS ON THE
PETITION.
CHEF BOYARDEE HAS BEEN A GO TO
AN EXPENSIVE MEAL FOR POOR
FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS.
DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC OF
2020, STORES ROUTINELY SOLD OUT
OF MANY CHEF BOYARDEE PRODUCTS
DUE TO HIGH DEMAND.
HE TRULY CREATED A FAST AND EASY
MEAL ANYONE CAN ENJOY.
CHEF BOYARDEE HAS A MUCH BETTER
ROLE MODEL.
LET’S GO NOW TO COLUMBUS, OHIO,
WHERE 25,000 SIGNATURES HAVE HAD
A PETITION THERE TO CHANGE THE
NAME OF THE CITY AFTER AN IDEA
BY FAMOUS CHEF AND TV HOST GUY
FUREY TO FLAVOR TOWN.
LET ME READ FOR THAT.
FOR ONE IT HONORS CENTRAL OHIO’S
PROUD HERITAGE AS A CULINARY
CROSSROADS AND ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST TEST MARKETS
NATION’S LARGEST TEST MARKETS
FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY.
THAT WOULD BE SUPERIOR TO ITS
CURRENT NOMENCLATURE.
HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FLAVOR
TOWN.
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT SOCIAL
JUSTICE ANYMORE? >> EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT SHOWS THE LINK TO WHAT
WE’VE GONE, AND NOW OBVIOUSLY
RIPPING DOWN STATUES.
I’M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS
HELPING.
THAT’S LIKE OHIO AND SOME OF
THESE MIDWESTERN STATES, AND THE
SORT OF PLAYS INTO THE SORT OF
OVERREACH. >> Alicia: THIS STARTED OUT
>> Alicia: THIS STARTED OUT
WITH SOMETHING COMPLETELY
NEEDED.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO RENAME THE
CAPITAL CITY.
IT WAS ALREADY ENOUGH I THINK
THAT THEY TOOK DOWN THE
MONUMENTS OF CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS THE OTHER DAY. IN THE CAPITAL CITY, AND AGAIN,
IN THE CAPITAL CITY, AND AGAIN,
I’M NOT SURE WHERE THIS ENDS UP.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG NOW
OVERWRITING ISSUES AND IT’S WELL
BEYOND POLICE REFORM.
AND WHETHER YOU THINK IT’S A
RACIST OPPRESSIVE SOCIETY THAT
NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY TORN DOWN
AND REBUILT FROM SCRATCH.
THAT’S THE LANDSCAPE, THE
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW JUST FOUR MONTHS
RIGHT NOW JUST FOUR MONTHS
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
>> Alicia: THEY ARE STRUGGLING
WITH SUBURBAN WHITE VOTERS.
I WANT TO PUT UP A HEADLINE HERE
BY MARC THIESSEN AND HE NEEDS
THEM TO WIN.
HE GOES ON TO WRITE, MANY
AMERICANS WHO DON’T APPROVE OF
TRUMP KNOW IT’S IN THEIR
SELF-INTEREST TO REELECTION THEM
BUT TRUMP HAS TO GIVE THOSE
VOTERS PERMISSION TO VOTE IN
THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST.
MEANWHILE, BIDEN IS GIVEN THOSE
VOTERS PERMISSION TO DEFECT.
THEY PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
SOCIALIST PARTY.
THAT’S HEALTH CARE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT
DATE YOU ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE
LIKE MY PIECE AND WHO’S BEEN A
GREAT DEFENDER OF THE PRESIDENT?
>> EVEN THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN, HE DECIDES HE’S
TRAILING ANYWHERE FROM 3-7
POINTS AGAIN FOR MONTHS BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
THEY ARE WANTING HIM TO I THINK
CHANGES RHETORIC A LITTLE BIT,
SOFTEN IT A LITTLE BIT TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT MARK SAID WHICH IS
STILL STAND FOR LAW AND ORDER
AND STILL STAND FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY BUT WITHOUT USING SOME OF
THE RHETORIC THAT TURNS FOLKS
OFF.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN WANTS TO MAKE THIS NOT
JUST A REFERENDUM ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT A CHOICE
BETWEEN TRUMP AND BIDEN AND TO
HANG ALL THE RADICAL ELEMENTS OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT WE
SIMPLY OUT HERE OVER THE COUNTRY
THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND EVEN IF
BIDEN TRIES TO PRESENT HIMSELF
AS A MODERATE SAKE, IF YOU ARE
VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN YOU ARE
VOTING FOR FOR ALL OF THAT AS
WELL AND THAT’S THE CASE THAT
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WANTS TO
PRESENT TO VOTERS.
>> Alicia: AND WE HAVE TO
REMIND EVERYONE, WE ARE STILL