GOT IT MADE.
EVERYBODY DESERVES A SHOT AT
PROSPERITY.
>> JOINING US NOW, THE PRESIDENT
OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.
ALPHONSO DAVID.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WONDER IF YOU CAN JUST,
FIRST OF ALL, TALK ABOUT THE
CONTRASTS THAT WE’RE SEEING
BETWEEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES,
THE CONTRAST IN TERMS OF HOW
THEY’RE RUNNING THEIR CAMPAIGNS,
AND, ALSO, THE CONTRAST JUST IN
TERMS OF THE SENSE OF CONFIDENCE
THAT THEY ARE EMOTING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THEN WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE
DEBATE TONIGHT FOR THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES?
>> WELL, MIKA, THANK YOU, FIRST,
FOR HAVING ME.
I THINK WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS A
STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
DONALD TRUMP, THAT ONLY CARES
ABOUT HIMSELF, AND JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS THAT ARE ACTUALLY
FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE
AFTER EXAMPLE WHERE WE’RE SEEING
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACK
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, ATTACK
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITIES
SPECIFICALLY, AND JUST THIS WEEK
ALONE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE’VE
SEEN, TRANSGENDER VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST 31
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE KILLED IN
THIS COUNTRY, VIOLENCE THAT HAS
BEEN SPURRED BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
WE ALSO HAVE SEEN A WAR AGAINST
MARRIAGE EQUALITY BY TWO
JUSTICES FROM THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT, AND LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE
SUFFERING FROM COVID.
SO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN CREATING A CLIMATE WHERE
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND
LGBTQ COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY
ARE BEING THE TARGET, AND THEN
YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER END OF THE
SPECTRUM, AND -- JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS ARE ACTUALLY
FOCUSED ON PEOPLE.
THEY’RE FOCUSED ON MIKING SURE
THAT ALL OF US ARE ACTUALLY
REPRESENTED, AND THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT BEEN
DOING THAT.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN
THIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS
MAKING SURE THAT KAMALA HARRIS
IS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE RECORD,
THE RECORD OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THE TRUMP/PENCE
ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT THE
HARRIS/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
GOING TO DO.
WE HAVE ONE OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE,
LGBTQ PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.
17% OF LGBTQ PEOPLE ELASTIC
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE NOR LIKELY NO
HAVE A PAY CUT IN THIS COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, AND THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING
THE OTHER WAY.
THEY’RE FOCUSED ON THEIR
INDIVIDUAL POLICIES, THEY’RE NOT
FOCUSED ON PEOPLE AND THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE STAKES
IN THIS ELECTION.
MIKA, I THINK EARLIER TODAY
FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THE JUSTICES ISSUING THIS
OPINION.
WHICH EFFECTIVELY SAYS, IT’S AN
ATTACK ON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF
SAME-SEX COUPLES ALL OVER THIS
COUNTRY.
THERE ARE HURNS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE MARRIED, AND NOW
WE HAVE AN OPINION THAT SAYS,
WELL, WE’RE QUESTIONING WHETHER
OR NOT MARRIAGE EQUALITY SHOULD
CONTINUE BEING THE LAW OF THE
LAND.
THIS ELECTION IS THE ELECTION OF
OUR LIVES, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE ARE COLOR ARE PROTECTED.
>> SO YOU TWEETED, I HAVE NO
DOUBT AMY CONEY BARRETT WOULD
JOIN COMS, ALITA AND OTHERS TO
CHIP AWAY AT LGBTQ RIGHTS,
VOTING RIGHTS.
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, AND HEALTH
CARE RIGHTS.
SHE GAVE US -- A ROAD MAP IN HER
WRITINGS.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ROAD
MAP?
>> SURE.
SO AMY CONEY BARRETT HAS SAID THAT SHE AGREES WITH THE
THAT SHE AGREES WITH THE
DISSENTERS, ALIED TOE ANDTO AND
A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO MARRY,
AND THAT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
INCLUDES SAME-SEX COUPLES.
CONEY BARRETT THAT HAS CALLED
INTO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE
PROTECTED UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION.
CONEY BARRETT HAS TAKEN THE
POSITION THAT RELIGIOUS
LIBERTIES OR RELIGIOUS
EXEMPTIONS, I SHOULD SAY, SHOULD
EFFECTIVELY SUPERSEDE INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS.
THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR US.
RELIGION HAS BEEN USED TO
JUSTIFY COLONIZATION, USED AS A
TOOL TO SUPPORT SLAVERY.
RIG USED AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL, TO BAN
INTERRACIAL MAKES.
WE HAVE BE CAROL INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS ARE NOT GOING TO SUFFER
AT THE HANDS OF A NEWLY
CONSTITUTED U.S. SUPREME COURT,
AND AMY CONEY BARRETT TOLD US IN
HER WRITINGS AS A LAW SCHOOL
PROFESSOR AS WELL AS, AS A
JUDGE, THAT SHE HAS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT,
AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS
THAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
COULD BE STRUCK DOWN WITH AMY
CONEY BARRETT ON THE COURT.
SO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,
LGBTQ COMMUNITIES, OUR LIVES ARE
AT STAKE AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO
OPPOSE THIS NOMINATION AND ALSO
HAVE TO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE PRO-EQUALITY CANDIDATES IN
OFFICE WHO WILL REPRESENT ALL OF
US, NOT JUST SOME OF US, BUT ALL
OF US IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT