FANTASTIC GOVERNOR. AND
AND BUT AS I SAID HE SHOULD DO IT AS
A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
>> WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NOW --
FOLKS ARE NOW BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR BLACKFACE IN
WAYS, FRANKLY, WE DIDN’T HAVE
THAT KIND OF -- THAT STRONG OF A
MORAL CODE, I WOULD ARGUE, IN
OUR POLITICS UNTIL RECENTLY.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
>> WELL, I THINK THIS COUNTRY
HASN’T DEALT WELL WITH THE
ISSUES OF RACE.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO’S A
RACIST WHO WE HAVE --
>> LET ME PAUSE YOU THERE.
YOU BELIEVE IN HIS HEART HE’S A
RACIST?
RACIST? >> WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IN
HIS HEART MEANS.
I KNOW HE BUILT HIS POLITICAL
CAREER KNOWING WHAT HE WAS DOING
ON QUESTIONING THE LEGITIMACY
AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I KNOW EARLY THERE’S BEEN ALL
KINDS OF NEWS REPORTS WHAT HE
DID EARLY IN HIS CAREER ON
HOUSING.
HOUSING. READ THE NEW JIM CROW BY
ALEXANDER AND THE DECADES OF
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION.
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. AND WE KNOW THE TRUMP FAMILY
INCLUDING THE NOW SITTING
PRESIDENT PLAYED TO THAT AND
DEEPENED THAT.
DEEPENED THAT. SO THESE ISSUES THAT THIS IS NOT
A RACIST CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS
ONLY A SYMPTOM AND ONLY A MORE
PUBLIC VIEWING AND OUTING, IF
YOU WILL, ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S
VIEWS ABOUT RACE.
I MEAN, THERE’S JUST NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T
TELL THE TRUTH FREQUENTLY.
WE KNOW HE LIES FREQUENTLY, AND
WE KNOW OF HIS RACIST COMMENTS
AND BACKGROUND.
AND BACKGROUND. THAT’S NOT EVEN COUNTING THE
POLICIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE CONSENT DECREES ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY INCLUDING IN
CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND. WE HAVE A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
THAT’S TURNED ITS BACK ON IT.
WE KNOW ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION.
MY JOB WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF
STATE WAS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OF
ALL RACES TO VOTE, ESPECIALLY
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY
YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND WE WORKED AT THAT.
WE NOW HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT
SUPPRESSES THE VOTE, AND WE KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA AND WE
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA.
>> ONE OF THE WAYS YOU’VE TALKED
ABOUT YOUR POTENTIAL CANDIDACY
FOR PRESIDENT WHILE YOU WERE IN
IOWA, YOU TALKED ABOUT TALKING
TO WORKING CLASS VOTERS THAT YOU
THOUGHT DEMOCRATS HAD BEEN
IGNORING.
IGNORING. THERE IS A RACIAL COMPONENT TO
THAT CONVERSATION AS FAR AS SOME
ARE CONCERNED, THAT THE WHITE
WORKING CLASS VOTE, IT’S A
CULTURAL REASON THAT EVEN THOUGH
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICIES, MAYBE
THEY AGREE WITH BUT THERE ARE
CULTURAL REASONS WHY THEY’RE NOT
COMFORTABLE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. HOW DO YOU BRIDGE THAT DIVIDE,
BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE RACE PLAYS
A ROLE IN THIS.
>> LISTEN TO WHAT WE’VE BEEN
SAYING WHETHER IT’S IN IOWA OR
I’M GOING TO SOUTH CAROLINA A
COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MY HOMETOWN
OF CLEVELAND WHERE CONNIE AND I
LIVED IN A RACIALLY MIXED
NEIGHBORHOOD, OF COURSE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WORK, I’M
TALKING ABOUT ALL WORKERS,
WHETHER YOU SWIPE A BADGE OR
PUNCH A CLOCK, WHETHER YOU’RE
WORKING ON SALARY, WORKING FOR
TIPS, WHETHER YOU SHOWER BEFORE
WORK OR AFTER WORK, WHETHER
YOU’RE RAISING KIDS.
AND ALWAYS RECOGNIZING WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE EVEN MORE
CHALLENGES IN THE WORKPLACE IN
TERMS OF WAGES, IN TERMS OF
BENEFITS, IN TERMS OF SCHEDULES
WHERE THEY ARRANGE CHILD CARE
AND THEIR EMPLOYER THEN CHANGES
THE HOURS THAT THEY’RE WORKING.
SO THE DIGNITY OF WORK IS
CLEARLY ALL WORKERS OF THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AND IF IT’S -- IT’S A PITCH TO
THE BROAD NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN
THIS COUNTRY THAT AREN’T TREATED
WELL, THAT DON’T -- THAT WORK
HARD EVERY DAY AND SIMPLY AREN’T
GETTING AHEAD.
GETTING AHEAD. IF YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY YOU’LL
FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT
WORK ACROSS ALL RACES, AND
THAT’S THE THEME OF MY CAMPAIGN.
IF I DO RUN FOR PRESIDENT,
CERTAINLY THE THEME OF THE
DIGNITY OF WORK.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU SAID SOMETHING
ELSE TO YAHOO NEWS EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
WEEK. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
RECENT RE-ELECTION IN OHIO.
YOU SAID THERE ARE 88 COUNTIES
IN OHIO.
IN OHIO. I WON 16 OF THEM AND I WON THE
STATE BY SEVEN POINTS.
BUT IN MANY OF THOSE OTHER 72
COUNTIES WE GOT EMAS COLLATED.
THEY WEREN’T EVEN CLOSE.
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY EMASCULATED
THERE, AND WHAT IS THE DIVIDE?
>> THAT MAY NOT BE THE EXACT
RIGHT WORD.
RIGHT WORD. MAYBE MASSACRED, MAYBE BLOWN
AWAY.
AWAY. WHAT DID PRESIDENT OBAMA SAY
AFTER THE ELECTIONS HE HAD A
GOOD WORD HOW WE DIDN’T DO WELL
IN SOME STATES.
ONE OF THE REASONS IN IOWA WE
STARTED IN 15 BELOW ZERO
WEATHER, AND WENT TO MASON CITY
AND WENT TO SMALLER TOWNS
BECAUSE WALL STREET OVERLOOKS
THE BY-PASSES OF THOSE TOWNS AND
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
JUST IGNORES THOSE TOWNS.
THOSE TOWNS ARE OFTEN RACIALLY
MIXED.
MIXED. THIS ISN’T A DIVERSE METRO AREA
VERSUS A WHITE RURAL AREA.
THESE ARE SMALL TOWNS THAT ARE
HURT FROM GLOBALIZATION, HURT
FROM A TAX POLICY, AND THE
PRESIDENT’S TAX LAW YOU SHUTDOWN
PRODUCTION WHERE WE WERE THIS
WEEK AND HAD A GREAT TURN OUT.
YOU SHUTDOWN PRODUCTION IN
DUBUQUE AND MOVE OVERSEAS, YOU
GET A 15% IN TAXES.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE ISSUES THAT COULD DIVIDE
DEMOCRATS A BIT.
ONE OF THE IS THE ISSUE OF
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE.
AND YOU’VE GOT SOME CALLING FOR
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
YOU’VE GOT MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WHO
ALMOST SEEMS TO SHARE A LITTLE
BIT OF YOUR FRUSTRATION WHEN IT
COMES TO OVERPROMISING.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG SAID IN RESPONDING TO
A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE IDEAS.
>> I’M A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF
LISTENING TO THINGS THAT ARE PIE
IN THE SKY THAT WE’RE NEVER
GOING TO PASS, NEVER GOING TO
AFFORD.
AFFORD. I THINK IT’S DISINGENUOUS TO
PROMOTE THOSE THINGS.
>> YOU SEEM TO SAY YOU’RE ASKED
ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL, AND
WHILE YOU SAID KIND THINGS ABOUT
IT, YOU SEEM TO EXPRESS A
SIMILAR FRUSTRATION.
SIMILAR FRUSTRATION. WE TALK ABOUT IT, TALK ABOUT IT,
MAKE NO PROGRESS.
THAT’S A MISTAKE.
HOW DO YOU CAMPAIGN ON
INCREMENTISM WHEN SOME VOTERS
WANT SOME BIG BOLD CHANGE THAT
PROBABLY IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW
THROUGH?
THROUGH? >> NOBODY ACCUSED ME IN MY
CAREER OF BEING AN INCREMENTIST,
I ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR BOLD CHANGE.
I LIVE IN A STATE WHERE TRUMP’S
PROMISES OF BRINGING BACK JOBS
AND REINDUSTRIALIZATION HAS
CLEARLY FALLEN.
CLEARLY FALLEN. I KNOW A LOT ABOUT A PRESIDENT
OVERPROMISING AND BREAKING THOSE
PROMISES AND SELLING OUT AND
BETRAYING WORKERS.
BETRAYING WORKERS. BUT LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION
THIS WAY.
THIS WAY. ONE CAME UP TO ME IN DUBUQUE AND
HER HUSBAND HAD DIED OF CANCER,
SHE IS VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO HER HEALTH CARE NOW.
SO I WANT TO EXPAND MEDICARE.
I’M FOR UNIVERSITYALAL COVERAGE.
I DID FOR YEARS PAY MY OWN
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. IF WE MOVE -- I HAVE HELPED
SENATOR WHITEHOUSE OF RHODE
ISLAND.
ISLAND. I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE QUICKLY.
I WANT TO PASS MEDICARE AT 55 OR
EVEN 50 SO SHE CAN GET COVERAGE
AND HER LIFE CAN IMPROVE AND SHE
CAN HAVE THAT ANXIETY ALAID SO
SHE CAN HAVE A BETTER LIFE WITH
HER KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.
THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO SEE DONE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SENATOR BROWN,
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO LEAVE IT
THERE.