LAST WEEK WAS A DIFFICULT
WEEK FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF LACY
JOHNSON, THE REPUBLICAN WHO IS
TRYING TO UNSEAT CONGRESSWOMAN
ILHAN OMAR.
A 17-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS.
A SECOND WAS WOUNDED.
THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY.
BOTH POLICE AND THE CAMPAIGN,
THE POLICE IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE ELECTION.
ACCORDING TO FEDERAL RECORDS,
JOHNSON HAS RAISED $4 MILLION
IN A LONGSHOT EFFORT TO BEAT
ILHAN OMAR.
ILHAN OMAR HAS BEEN A RECENT
GUEST AND NOW WE ARE PLEASED TO
WELCOME LACY JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS HORRIBLE INCIDENT WAS
NOT RELATED TO THE CAMPAIGN, WE
WERE TALKING BEFORE THE SHOW
AND YOU FEEL IT IS EVIDENCE OF
SOMETHING TERRIBLE THAT HAS
BEEN GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT
FOR A LONG TIME AND IT HAS BEEN
HEIGHTENED THIS SUMMER.
YES.
WHEN YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT
ENCOURAGES LEARNING DOWN THE
THIRD PRECINCT STATION, WHEN
YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP TALKING
ABOUT DISARMING, DEFUNDING, DAY
MILITARIZING THE POLICE, WHEN
THEY DON'T TALK TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU HAVE
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BAILING
OUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN THIS VIOLENCE, WHEN
YOU DON'T HAVE RESPECT FOR THE
BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO WORKED ALL
THEIR LIVES TO BUILD BUSINESSES
AND THINGS, YOU MAKE DECISIONS
AND SAY THINGS WHICH ENCOURAGES
THIS.
I THINK IF WE HAD IN THE
BEGINNING, SENT THE MESSAGE
THAT LAW AND ORDER IS A
PRIORITY.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY.
WE WOULDN'T BE WITNESSING THESE
THINGS.
I LOVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS
WERE A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE
GOING ON.
THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, I
FIND FEW WHO SUPPORT THIS, AND
I KNOW A LOT ARE POINTING THE
FIGURE WE SHOULD BE POINTED AT
THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL
AND THAT INCLUDES ILHAN OMAR
THAT IS SAYING THINGS THAT
ENCOURAGES THIS.
WE SEE A DIRECT CONNECTION
BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND WHAT IS
GOING ON, AND WE CALL FOR
LEADERSHIP TO TAKE THE STEPS TO
BRING THIS UNDER CONTROL AND
CORRECTED.
IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, IT'S
ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND NOT
ABOUT VOTES.
IF WE LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, WE
WILL TAKE THE PROPER STEPS.
WE WENT TO PULL UP THE
PRESIDENT'S RECENT TWEET
ENDORSING YOU AT SEVERAL
RALLIES IN MINNESOTA.
HE HAS ENDORSED YOU, MINNESOTA
WE NEED LACY JOHNSON IN
WASHINGTON.
KEY HAS MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL
ENDORSEMENT.
THAT'S IN CAPITALS.
DOES THE PRESIDENT'S
ENDORSEMENT HURT OR HELP YOU
MORE IN THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY
BACKGROUND AS A COMPUTER
ENGINEER, BUILDING BUSINESSES,
YOU UNDERSTAND I HAVE WORKED
WITH EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT
YOUR PHILOSOPHY FOR YOUR
POLITICAL PARTY IS TO GET
THINGS DONE.
THE SECOND THING IS IF YOU
UNDERSTAND POLITICS, GOING BACK
TO THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS, WHAT
YOU UNDERSTAND COMPUTERS,
THEY'LL WORK THE SAME.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LABEL
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY
ARE.
THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT
POLITICS ALSO.
ANYTIME ANY PRESIDENT SUPPORT
YOU AND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO
DO AND HOW YOU WOULD TRY TO
HELP YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE
TRYING TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY,
IT'S A GOOD THING.
YOU DO HAVE A HANDICAP
BECAUSE IT DISTRICT IS A PLUS
26 DEMOCRATS.
26% START FOR DEMOCRATS.
YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU
FEEL IS THE FALSE STEREOTYPE OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THIS
MONOLITHIC SUPPORT FOR
DEMOCRATS.
THEY ARE ABOUT THEIR LIVES
AND SEEING PROBLEMS SOLVED.
ONE THING THEY DO KNOW, 40
YEARS OF DEMOCRATIC RULE HAS
NOT HELPED OUR COMMUNITY AND
VOTING STRICTLY DEMOCRAT.
THERE'S A MESSAGE TO GET TO
THEM AND LOOK AT CHANGING AND
LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF
DOING.
I HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION
WITH PEOPLE YESTERDAY WHO HAVE
CHANGED TO REPUBLICAN.
HOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A BETTER
QUESTION.
DOES HE HAVE IN YOUR VIEW A LOT
OF SUPPORT AMONGST PEOPLE OF
COLOR?
OH, YES.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNGER
PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO GET TO
KNOW WHAT HIS POLICIES ARE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA, HUNDRED PERCENT NEGATIVE
COVERAGE, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE.
AFTER THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION, HIS RATINGS WENT UP
9%.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY SAW THE
RECORD.
IT WAS UNFILTERED.
THEY SAW IT DIRECTLY.
WHENEVER PEOPLE LOOK AT POLICY
AND RESULTS IN THINGS LIKE THAT
AND WE CAN GET THAT THROUGH, HIS
SUPPORT GOES UP.
IT IS STILL A CHALLENGE.
IT IS STILL CLIMBING MOUNT
EVEREST.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, I
DON'T GO TO A POLITICIAN
LOOKING FOR LOVE AND RESPECT.
I GO LOOKING FOR RESULTS.
I GO LOOKING TO MAKE A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR
COMMUNITY AND THE LIVES OF OUR
FAMILY.
WENT TO GET PEOPLE TO LOOK AT
IT LIKE THAT, WHAT DO I GET IN
RETURN FOR MY VOTE?
MORE AND MORE ARE SUPPORTING
REPUBLICANS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING