WHITE SUPREME SIS AND DISCRIMINATORY COMMENTS TOWARDS
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. THE ISSUE OF RACE IS A CENTRAL
TOPIC.
TOPIC. MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG IS FACING
BACKLASH OF THE FATAL SHOOTING
OF A BLACK MAN BY A WHITE
OFFICER IN HIS CITY.
MOST OF THE ANGER IS AIMED
TOWARDS PETE BUTTIGIEG.
>> WE ARE HERE FIRST AND FOR
MOST BECAUSE THE CITY IS HURTING
AND THE CITY IS IN PAIN.
SOMEONE AMONG OUR NUMBER DIED AT
THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PERSON IN
THE SET.
THE SET. >> I AM NOT MAD ABOUT ME
PERSONALLY.
PERSONALLY. IT IS THE FACT THAT THE
COMMUNITY REACHED OUT AND THEY
KEEP ON BELGINGGGING FOR US TO R
OUT AND WE REACHED OUT TO THEM
AND THEY SAID NO.
GET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RACIST
OFF THE STREETS.
REORGANIZE YOUR DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY FRIDAY.
IS THIS RESPECTFUL THAT I WAKE
UP EVERYDAY SCARED?
IS THIS RESPECTFUL THAT I HAVE
THREE BOYS THAT I HAVE TO TEACH
TODAY WHAT TO DO?
>> BUTTIGIEG IS NOT THE ONLY
CONTENDER FACEING EXTRA CREDITEI
>> IT HURTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
BOY.
BOY. >> IT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT HURTS -- THAT’S NOT THE BIDEN
I GOT TO KNOW.
DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?
>> I DO FULLY UNDERSTAND.
THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID, THEY DID
NOT REPORT THE WHOLE DEAL.
THE CONTEXT IS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. >> JOINING ME NOW IS OUR
TREMAINE LEE AND HEIDI, HEIDI
GOT NEW REPORT ON BERNIE SANDERS
THAT WE’LL GET TO IN JUST A
MOMENT.
MOMENT. TREMAINE, LET’S START WITH PETE
BUTTIGIEG, REPORTERS ASKED HIM
WHY HE HELD THAT TOWN HALL.
LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.
>> I JUST THINK IT IS MY JOB.
I DON’T KNOW -- IF IT IS SMART
OR NOT.
OR NOT. I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS STRATEGIC
OR NOT.
OR NOT. BUT, IT IS MY CITY.
>> SEEMS A LITTLE SHAKEN BY THE
WHOLE THING.
WHOLE THING. HE SAID THE SHOOTING HAS BROKEN
HIS HEART.
HIS HEART. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THAT
HAS GONE HERE?
>> I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS
DOWN AT THE SOUTH BAY ALL
MORNING.
MORNING. A FEW THINGS ARE CLEAR.
THEY WANT TO BE HEARD.
THAT TOWN HALLOVER OVER FLOWN WI
EMOTION.
EMOTION. ON THE FLIP SIDE, CITY
COUNCILWOMAN, SHE SEES THIS AS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG TO MATURE IN THIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BLACK
COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY WITH THE
NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION.
HE STUMBLED ALONG THE WAY BUT
HE’S GROWING AND MAYBE THIS IS A
REAL OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENCE.
>> IT IS GOING TO COME UP IN THE
DEBATE AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING
ABOUT PETE BUTTIGIEG, HE’S GOT A
DAY JOB.
DAY JOB. HE’S THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
AMERICA AND THAT HAS COME ALONG
WITH HIS INTENTIONS AND WE ARE
WATCHING THEM PLAY OUT IN
REALTIME.
REALTIME. DOES THIS ADD TO WHAT HE’S GOT
TO DO WITH THE DEBATE TO
SUCCEED?
SUCCEED? >> HE’S PROVEN TO BE A
ARTICULATE AND SMART GUY.
WHEN GOUGHYOU GO BACK HOME AND G
THE STREETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
ANGRY OF THE SHOOTING OF ANOTHER
BLACK MAN.
BLACK MAN. IT IS NICE TO GO OUT AND
ARTICULATE YOUR PLANS.
WHEN YOU GO BACK HOME, THEY WANT
TO SEE ACTION.
IT IS A TOUGHER POINT ON THE
DEBATE STAGE.
DEBATE STAGE. >> I THOUGHT WHAT RAVENELL SAID
TO JOE BIDEN IS INTERESTING.
THAT’S NOT THE JOE THAT I KNOW.
HOW HE WOULD USE THE TERM "BOY."
BOY THAT’S NOT A TERM THAT’S
OFFENSIVE TO MOST PEOPLE BUT IN
THE CONTEXT UTTERED BY A
SEGREGATION SENATOR, THAT WOULD
HAVE A PARTICULAR MEANING TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN
GENERAL.
GENERAL. >> YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORIC
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING VIDEOS OF
JOE BIDEN AND SOME OF IT IS
KIDNEY OF DISTURBING.
THE COZY NATURE OF WORKING WITH
SEGREGATION WHO EXPLICITLY
CONDONE VIOLENCE.
CONDONE VIOLENCE. AMERICAN CITIZENS AND BLACK
FOLKS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
THAT’S THE BIGGER BACKDROP.
IT IS NOT JUST THE BOY.
I THINK THERE IS A GENERATIONAL
DIVIDE HERE WHERE FOLKS KNOW
FULL WELL THAT YOU HAVE TO
MANEUVER, FOR YOUNGER GROUPS OF
VOTERS, NO, NOUR TYOU ARE NOT GO
PASS BECAUSE YOU ARE GOOD OLD
WORKING CLASS JOE.
IT IS NOT THE BOY COMMENT.
THAT’S PROBLEMATIC FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> HEIDI, VERY THINGS THAT ARE
COMING BACK BECAUSE OF A NEW
AUDIENCE
AUDIENCE AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. BERNIE SANDERS HAS NOT COME
UNDER SCRUTINY AS OTHER KANDS
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. >> YOUR REVIEW SHOWS SOMETHING
OF A SURPRISE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, ALI.
WE SAW HOW THIS PLAYED OUT FOR
HILLARY CLINTON IN THE LAST
ELECTION WHERE THIS ISSUE ALONE
WAS REALLY USED TO TARGET YOUNG
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS IN
PARTICULAR TO DEPRESS THEIR
ENTHUSIASM FOR HER TO DEPRESS
THEIR SUPPORT.
THEIR SUPPORT. WE ARE SEEING THAT ALSO JOE
BIDEN CHAMPIONING OF IT IS A
MAJOR LIABILITY POTENTIALLY FOR
HIM AS WE GO INTO THE DEBATE
SEASON.
SEASON. BERNIE SANDERS VOTED FOR IT.
I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY HAS HE
KIND OF DUBBED THIS CONTROVERSY
AND THIS CONTROVERSY WHEN HE WAS
STANDING UNDER THE DEBATE WITH
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016.
HIS PUBLIC STATEMENTS TODAY ARE
REALLY THAT HE ONLY SUPPORTED IT
BECAUSE IT HAD THE ASSAULT
WEAPON BANNED AND THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN’S ACT ATTACHED TO
IT.
IT. I DID GO BACK TO 1994 AND LOOK
INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD,
THIS IS JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE
PARTY AT THE TIME, ALLEY,I, MANY
DEMOCRATS INCLUDING THOSE IN THE
BALANCED AND HE SUPPORTED MANY
OF THESE THINGS.
I SAW A COVERAGE BACK IN
BURLINGTON OF HIM SUPPORTING THE
HIRING OF MORE COSTS AND
IMPRISON FUNDING.
IMPRISON FUNDING. HE SAW THIS AS A GOOD COMPROMISE
A A TIME
A A TIME AS THE NATION WAS FACING A BIG
CRACK AND COCAINE EPIDEMIC.
HE FOUGHT AGAINST THE BILL AND
SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THOSE WATER
DOWN.
DOWN. THERE ARE OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO
ARE TAKING IT ON THE CHIN
BECAUSE TODAY THE STANDARD IS
MUCH DIFFERENT.
MUCH DIFFERENT. TODAY WE HAVE HINDSIGHT.
WE SEE THAT THIS IS CONSIDERED
TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT
CREATED A MASS INCARCERATION
EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC. PEOPLE WHO CAST 30 YEARS WORTH
OF VOTE.
OF VOTE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO GO BACK AND
LOOK AT THE CONTEST IN WHICH
THESE VOTES WERE FORECAST.
BERNIE WAS SUPPORTED OF THIS ON
BALANCE, SUPPORTED OF THE CRIME
SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THIS.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING.
>> THE POINT THAT HEIDI MAKES
HERE, 25 YEARS AGO AND CONTEXT
IS RELEVANT.
IS RELEVANT. IF YOU ARE A VOTING AGE OF 25
YEARS AGO, YOU MAY UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAWAIIEIDI JUST SAID.
THEY DID NOT LIVE THROUGH SOME
OF THESE THINGS THAT LED TO THE
REACTION THAT WE GOT EVEN
THROUGH DEMOCRATS.
THROUGH DEMOCRATS. HOW DO THEY SQUARE THIS?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT 1993.
WE GOT THE HIGHEST HOMICIDE
RATES EVER RECORDING.
A CITY BY CITY, PEOPLE WERE
REALLY CONCERNED AND BLACK AND
WHITES AND DEMOCRATS.
WHEN YOU HEARD JOE BIDEN ON THE
SENATE FLOOR SAYING I DON’T CARE
HOW THEY GOT THERE OR THEY GOT
THE GUN OFRSS OR THE DRUGS, LOCK
UP.
UP. WE UNDERSTAND NOW AND SOME
PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THEN --
>> AND HAVE A MORE WHOLE ISISTIC