I MEAN, REALLY, REALLY CATHOLIC,
LIKE SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
>> Martha: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
HORRIBLE THING TO BE.
MEGAN EDWARDS JOINS ME, SISTER
OF AMY CONEY BARRETT, MEGAN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Martha: I CAN’T IMAGINE,
WHEN YOU’RE THINKING OF YOUR
SISTER, WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR
BODY -- I’M PICTURING IT WOULD
BE LIKE A BOLT GOING THROUGH ME
OF SOMEONE SAID ABOUT THIS MY
SISTER.
HEARD HIS PRAISE, BLANK KNOTS
AND THEN SHE IS CATHOLIC,
CATHOLIC, CATHOLIC, AS IF IT WAS
A SWEARWORD.
>> I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED
TO THEIR OPINIONS.
BUT I THINK WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO KNOW IS THAT YES, AMY
IS A PERSON OF FAITH.
SHE PRAYS EVERY DAY.
SHE AND HER FAMILY GO TO CHURCH
TOGETHER, BUT I THINK IT’S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE
ALL ACROSS AMERICA ALSO ARE
PEOPLE OF FAITH AND ALSO GO TO
CHURCH AND TO ME, I THINK THIS
IS A NONISSUE.
SHE’S BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT SHE
WILL BE ABLE TO DO HER JOB AND
WILL APPLY THE CONSTITUTION HOW
IT IS AND NOT IMPART HER OWN
OPINIONS IN HER OWN BELIEFS.
>> Martha: YEAH.
THERE’S ANOTHER PERSON WHO
BASICALLY SAID THAT THE FACT
THAT SHE ADOPTED TWO CHILDREN
FROM HAITI, AND WE ALL HAD A
GREAT EXPERIENCE OF SEEING HER
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND THE ROSE
GARDEN THE OTHER DAY ON TV, AND
THIS PROFESSOR AT BOSTON
UNIVERSITY SAID WHITE COLONIZERS
ADOPTED BLACK CHILDREN.
THE CIVILIZED THESE "SAVAGE
CHILDREN" IN THE "SUPERIOR WAYS"
OF WHITE PEOPLE WHILE USING THEM
AS PROPS IN THEIR LIFELONG
PICTURES OF DENIAL WHILE CUTTING
THESE BIOLOGICAL PARENTS OF THE
CHILDREN OUT OF THE DASH KNOWING
YOUR SISTER AND KNOWING HER
FAMILY AND YOUR NIECE AND
NEPHEW, WHO WERE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE THE OTHER DAY, WHAT
DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THAT?
>> I THINK IF PEOPLE KNEW AMY
AND KNEW THE SISTER THAT I KNOW,
THEY WOULD JUST SEE LOVE.
HER FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO HER.
SHE -- HER WORK LIFE, HER HOME
LIFE, EVERYTHING, IT SO THAT HER
CHILDREN KNOW THAT THEY ARE
IMPORTANT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN HER
HUSBAND GAVE A SPEECH, I’M
PRETTY SURE THE QUOTE SAID
AMY -- NO ONE CAN OUT-LOVE AMY,
AND THAT IS WHAT SHE DOES WITH
HER FAMILY.
SHE WAKES UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING TO GET HER WORK DONE SO
THAT SHE CAN BAKE A CAKE FOR HER
CHILDREN ’US BIRTHDAY, AND I’M A
TALK ABOUT ANY LITTLE CAKE, I
MEAN HER KIDS HAVE REQUESTED --
>> Martha: YOUR MAKING OF HER
FEEL REALLY --
>> YES.
HOURS SCOURING.
>> Martha: ACROSS AMERICA ARE
LIKE OH, MY GOSH, GOOD FOR HER.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE
TWO CHILDREN, YOUR NIECE AND
NEPHEW?
AND WHAT -- WHAT -- WATT BROUGHT
AMY AND HER HUSBAND TO ADOPT
THOSE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN?
>> I HONESTLY HAVE TO SAY THAT
TO KNOW HER FAMILY IS TO JUST
LOVE EVERYONE.
I THINK THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT
ANY OF -- EXCEPT IN THEIR OWN
PERSONALITIES AND THEY EACH HAVE
THEIR OWN SPECIAL PLACE IN THE
FAMILY.
AS FOR HER REASONS FOR ADOPTING,
I THINK THAT’S UP TO HER.
FAMILY IS A FAMILY NO MATTER
WHO’S IN IT AND WHO MAKES IT UP
AND SHE NEEDS TO BE THE ONE TO
EXPLAIN WHAT SHE FEELS IS
IMPORTANT IN HER FAMILY.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT ALL OF MY
NIECES ANDND NEPHEWS, NOT ONLY
AMY’S BUT ALL OF THE OTHERS ALSO
ARE ALL PART OF OUR FAMILY AND
OUR FAMILY IS -- ONE, IT’S HUGE.
IT IS, IT’S BIG, IT’S LOUD.
BUT IT’S FULL OF LOVE.
>> Martha: YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT COMES UP IS THE
FAMILY’S AFFILIATION WITH THE
GROUP NOTED PEOPLE OF PRAISE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE SEEN THIS "NEWSWEEK"
ARTICLE THAT SAID THAT PEOPLE OF
PRAISE WAS WHAT THE HANDMAID’S
TALE WAS BASED ON, AND THEN AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE THEY
PUT AN ASTERISK, WHICH THAT
ACTUALLY NO, THIS IS NOT THE
GROUP THAT THIS BOOK AND MOVIE
WERE BASED ON, IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ENOUGH TO TAKE THAT PIECE
COMPLETE WITH OUT THEIR WEBSITE,
BUT IT WASN’T.
I’D LOVE TO HEAR IN YOUR OWN
WORDS GROWING UP AFFILIATED WITH
THIS ORGANIZATION, WHAT’S IT
LIKE?
WHAT DID THEY DO, WHAT DID THEY
STAND FOR?
>> IT’S A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
COME TOGETHER TO PRAY, TO
SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND TO LOVE
ONE ANOTHER.
THEY HAVE BACKYARD BARBECUES.
HERE IN NEW ORLEANS THEY
MIGHT’VE HAD A CRAWFISH BOIL.
ACTUALLY THINK I REMEMBER A PIG
ROAST AT ONE TIME ALSO.
BUT THEY JUST ARE THERE TO BE
WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TO SUPPORT
EACH OTHER THROUGH THE DIFFICULT
LIFE EVENTS, LOSS OF A JOB,
DEATH IN THE FAMILY, ILLNESS,
AND ALSO TO SHARE IN THE JOYFUL
THINGS, THE BIRTH OF A BABY, AND
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THERE HAVE
BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES, EVEN AS AN
ADULT, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE
PEOPLE OF PRAISE, WHO I WILL
CALL MY FRIENDS, EVEN, HAVE BEEN
AT MY SIDE DURING JOYFUL MOMENTS
IN MY LIFE AND ALSO DIFFICULT
TIMES.
I THINK HIS OR JUST REGULAR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGULAR JOBS
JUST LIKE YOU, JUST LIKE ME, WHO
JUST WANT TO HAVE A DEEPER
FAITH.
THEY ARE JUST MY FRIENDS, THEY
ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE
ELSE IN AMERICA.
>> Martha: HOW DO YOU FEEL,
AND HOW DOES AMY FEEL SORT OF
KNOWING -- HOW DO YOU FEEL IS A
SISTER I GUESS IS THE MOST FAIR
QUESTION, KNOWING THAT SHE IS
GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IN
RECENT HISTORY BE SO BRUTAL, HOW
DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL AS HER
SISTER?
>> PROTECTIVE, OF COURSE.
BUT I THINK IF ANYBODY CAN
HANDLE IT WITH POISE AND GRACE,
IT’S AMY.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON OF
STRENGTH AND LOVE AND POISE AND
I THINK FOR HER TO HAVE THE
COCOURAGE TO PUT HERSELF OUT THE
IN FRONT OF THE COUNTRY, FRANKLY
THE WORLD, AND HAVE FOR HER OWN
BELIEFS EXAMINED AND CRITICIZED,
I ADMIRE HER.
THERE’S JUST NO BETTER PERSON
FOR THE JOB.
>> Martha: MEGAN EDWARDS,
THANK YOU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE