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>>> A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS ♪
>>> A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS
IS RISING UP.
WE’VE LIVED THE INSECURITY AND
THE INDIGNITY OF AN EVICTION
NOTICE.
>> WE HAVE LIVED THAT FEELING OF
HELPLESSNESS WHEN SOMEONE YOU
LOVE IS VERY SICK.
>> BUT JOE KNOWS WE CAN NEVER
LET HARD TIMES TURN US AGAINST
EACH OTHER.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT LEADERSHIP
MEANS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
ALL OF YOU.
>> ALL OF US.
>> LAST NIGHT’S SPEAKERS
DETAILED AN OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
I’M JOINED BY THREE OF THOSE
SPEAKERS, MALCOLM KENATA, MAURY
AND SAM PARK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I’M GOING TO GO DOWN THE MIDDLE,
LADIES FIRST.
MAURY, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU
THINK THE VISION THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHAT VISION
SHOULD THEY BE EMBRACING?
WE SAW A LOT OF VARIETY LAST
NIGHT, ALL THE WAY FROM A COLIN
POWELL, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW SOME
OLD SCHOOL PEOPLE LIKE BILL
CLINTON.
WE KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN IS ALSO
VERY OLD SCHOOL, BUT THEN HE’S
GOT THIS BRAND NEW, SHINY VP.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU ALSO
HAD ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ AND
STACEY ABRAMS.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE
THE MESSAGE AND VISION TO THE
YOUNGER PEOPLE?
>> I THINK THE MESSAGE AND
VISION FOR THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IS
THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE.
FOLKS HIKE JOHN KASICH CAN COME
AND SPEAK AT OUR CONVENTION.
YOU ALSO SAW A KEYNOTE ADDRESS
WITH MYSELF AND 16 OTHERS FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO REPRESENT
A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP,
WHO ARE LEADING ON BOLD ISSUES
IN OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE
REPLACING THE LED PIPES IN
MICHIGAN, AND FIGHTING FOR
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN GEORGIA.
AND OF COURSE, MY GOOD FRIEND
MALCOLM, IS DOING GREAT WORK TO
MAKE SURE HIS CONSTITUENTS ARE
GETTING THE UNEMPLOYMENT THEY
NEED, AS WELL.
>> MALCOLM, YOU’VE BEEN CALLED
UP.
THE THING, IS I THINK THERE’S A
MEDIA PERCEPTION THAT TRIES TO
SEPARATE YOUNGER AND MORE
PROGRESSIVE VOTERS FROM THE
PARTY AT LARGE, AND THE POSITION
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ WAS
GIVEN IN THE LINEUP.
PEOPLE THAT DON’T KNOW
CONVENTIONS DON’T UNDERSTAND
THAT SOMEBODY NOMINATES THE
SECOND PLACE PERSON.
SHE WASN’T DOING SOME CRAZY
THINK NOMINATING BERNIE SANDERS,
LIKE HER LITERAL JOB WAS TO
PLACE HIS NAME IN NOMINATION,
BECAUSE IT’S A COURTESY THAT’S
GIVEN TO THE PERSON WHO FINISHES
SECOND.
SO THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME FOR
EVERYBODY WHO FREAKED OUT.
I THINK THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE MEDIA TO GO ALONG THE
WRONG PATH AND TRY TO SAY, WELL,
THE PARTY IS SPLIT.
DO YOU THINK THE -- DO YOU SEE
THE PARTY AS BEING SPLIT?
>> SO, LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT
PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.
BEATING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE
FLOOR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED
TO DO.
YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF WHAT
AMERICA SAYS ABOUT ITSELF WAS
WRITTEN RIGHT HERE IN
PHILADELPHIA, IN A HOT SUMMER A
LOT LIKE THIS ONE.
BUT WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS TO
GET RID OF THE DESTRUCTIVE,
DIVISIVE
DIVISIVE PRESIDENT THAT WE HAVE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND REPLACE
HIM WITH SOMEBODY LIKE JOE BIDEN
THAT HAS CLEAR PLANS ABOUT WHAT
HE WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH AND ALSO
IS THE TYPE OF PERSON AND THE
TYPE OF LEADER THAT KNOWS HOW TO
LEAD AS WELL AS LISTEN.
AND THAT’S WHY I THINK HE’S BEEN
ABLE TO UNITE THE AFTER
ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE
PRIMARIES IN A LONG TIME.
AND I THINK THAT’S THE TYPE OF
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO
BE AS WELL.
>> LET ME GET YOU INTO THIS,
TOO.
THIS IS WHAT AMERICA -- THIS IS
THE NEW AMERICA, RIGHT?
IT IS AN AMERICA THAT ISDY DYIVE
IN EVERY WAY.
IT’S WELCOME AND MAKING OUR
COUNTRY STRONGER.
YOU ARE KOREAN-AMERICAN, SAM.
WE HAVE SEEN AS PART OF DONALD
TRUMP’S MESSAGING A VERY
ANTI-ASIAN.
I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE
KOREAN-AMERICAN THAT TAKE IST
PERSONALLY.
HE HAS MADE THAT A CORNERSTONE
OF EVEN HOW HE TALKS ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS.
IS THIS ACTIVATING PEOPLE MORE
INTO POLITICS OR DISCOURAGING
THEM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT’S ANOTHER INDICATION
OF WHY WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED,
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POWER TO
HOLD TRUMP AND OTHER REPUBLICANS
WHO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO SPOUT
THESE ANTI-ASIAN, HARMFUL
STATEMENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
WE, THE PEOPLE, HAVE THE POWER.
AND I THINK THIS NOVEMBER WE’RE
UNITED IN OUR DESIRE TO GIVE
FOLKS LIKE BIDEN AND OTHER
DEMOCRATS ELECTED TO DO JUST
THAT.
>> I’M GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE
BIT OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ,
AGAIN DOING THE THINGS SHE WAS
TASKED TO DO, PEOPLE.
HERE IS THE PART OF HER SPEECH.
>> A MASS PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT
WORKING TO ESTABLISH HUMAN
RIGHTS, INCLUDING GUARANTEED
HEALTH CARE, HIGHER EDUCATION,
LIVING WAGES AND LABOR RIGHTS
FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
A MOVEMENT STRIVING TO RECOGNIZE
AND REPAIR THE WOUNDS OF RACIAL
INJUSTICE, COLONIZATION, MA
SAGNY AND HOMO PHOBIA.
HOW DOES THAT GET DONE?
BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WORK TAKES
PLACE IN THE STATES, NOT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
HOW DO YOU PRAGMATICALLY DO
THOSE THINGS?
>> I’LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW HERE
IN MICHIGAN WE ARE ABSOLUTELY
DEEPLY FOCUSSED ON FLIPPING THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
YOU HAD OUR AMAZING GOVERNOR ON
EARLIER ON YOUR SHOW AND WE
ADORE HER IN MY CAUCUS FOR SURE,
AND WE NEED TO GIVE HER A
MAJORITY TO WORK WITH.
OF COURSE OUR CAUCUS IS
REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSITY OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
YOU HAVE FOLKS BORN AND BRED IN
THE LABOR MARKET AND FOLKS
BRAND-NEW TO POLITICS WHO SEE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AT THEIR
CORNERSTONE ISSUE.
THIS IS A BIG TENT PARTY.
SO IN MICHIGAN WE’RE FOCUSSED ON
FLIPPING THE LEGISLATURE.
>> SAM, YOU ARE IN A TOUGH
STATE.
GEORGIA IS DIFFICULT FOR A LOT
OF REASONS.
YOU DON’T HAVE A COOPERATIVE
SECRETARY OF STATE OR STATE
GOVERNMENT.
SO HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE KIND OF
CHANGES IN A STATE WHERE YOU ARE
GETTING THAT KIND OF FIGHT?
>> I THINK STACEY ABRAMS
DEMONSTRATED IT PERFECTLY, WHICH
WAS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE BY GETTING
THEM REGISTERED TO VOTE AND
FIGHTING FOR FREE AND FAIR
ELECTIONS.
DESPITE OUR DIVERSITY, WE’RE
UNITED FOR A DESIRE FOR PROGRESS
TO ENSURE JUSTICE AND LIBERTY
FOR ALL.
I THINK ALL OF US CAN FIND A