(upbeat music) - Hello, and thanks for joining the Walt weekly podcast. My name is Walter Latham, Sr. And I'm here with Sergeant Ernest J. Robinson. Thank you for being here, Ernest. And I'm also here with our co-host, Ms. Bridget Stokes. Thank you Bridget. Today, we want to talk about with the team, with the Walt weekly team here, about what's going on in politics. There's a lot going on. You know, we try to refrain from stepping into politics because we're basically, the Walt weekly is basically a political. So we don't recommend any party, whether it be Republican or Democrat. But I think there's an exceptional situation, somewhat unique and historic. And the fact that this election is going to be a pivotal moment in our history as a democracy, our so-called democracy. So with that said, we want to talk about Kamala Harris, her rise to the forefront. And she's even leading Trump by a couple points, which doesn't mean anything right now. And we want to talk about some other things such as the war in Gaza and Ukraine and how it impacts. Our people, our folks, our black community. How does it impact us? All right, so with that said, I'm gonna turn it over to Sergeant Robinson, Ernest. - Yeah, talk to me, talk to me. - Each week goes by, there's always something very, very much interesting that is happening with, you know, being apolitical in this particular scenario, talking about both Kamala and Donald Trump. But as you alluded to, the race that Kamala took in and stepping into the space of the presumptive nominee, and now officially the nominee for the Democratic Party. A lot of people have kind of taking exception to that because it wasn't precedent, the way that it occurred and when it happened. But I think that overall that, you know, it happened the way it needed to happen. And I think in contrast, like I've had a lot of debates with people over the past couple of weeks, especially the past two weeks about, well, you know, it compromised democracy or, you know, she did this or she did that. And at the end of the day, my thing is, okay, well, what's the other person doing? And how is that gonna actually work out to be better for the entire country? So yeah, kind of, let me know where you wanna start at. Like I said, there's a lot of meat on this bone. - Already started. - Yeah. - He got it. - I'm saying like, where we wanna, the kind of kind of tackle this brisket here. So speaking. - Well, I tell you what, like you said, there's so many ways to cut up this turkey, right? So I tell you what, let's slice off with the convention, the Democratic Convention and Kamala, to take it on the mantle. - Yeah, so one, the convention was, I think, very different, amazing. I think in many cases, the number of speakers, powerful speakers that were there, I think traditionally, a lot of the new up-and-coming rising stars of a political party are typically featured during the conventions. So being able to hear Governor Westmore, Senate candidate also Brooks, also from Maryland, Little John, like it was jam-packed full of, there's a lot of enthusiasm. There was a lot of excitement. Think that coverage, while I think like Governor Walz, VP Harris spoke very pointedly about the issues that they're going to be tackling about their level of excitement, about stepping into this particular role. I think they did a good job of contrasting, comparing and contrasting their styles and ideally what America's going to look like under a basically continuation of the current administration, but the changes that's going to happen under a Harris administration. And so I think all in all, I think the convention was good. What do you think? - Yeah, Bob, what do you think? - You're brilliant. - I agree 100%. I saw, I watched it every night, every night, and I grew up watching these conventions and they were boring back in the day. I agree 100% it was exciting. It was informative and it captured, I felt like personally it captured the young folks, the young voters. I always say the ones that's been bolding for years, we're going to come out and vote. But the main target to me was some of the younger ones and they think, from what I've seen on social media and checking TikTok and all these social medias, the young people was on it. I mean, they were enjoying it, they were into the speakers and that's the important part is how the messenger carried the message. The message, so I thought the way they did it to target our younger people was excellent myself. Of course, you know, the other side's going to be negative, but that's to it. It'd be expected and some certain news broadcasts or the other side of the party, I put it that way. But I would say the speakers would, I mean, you could take away things that they said and that's important being able to take away the message and it sticks with you. So I agree 100%. - Yeah, I do too. I think it was somewhat of a coup the way they put it off though, because old man Joe, Uncle Joe, and he was just kind, man. There's just no way you could roll back time. There's no way. And he did an honorable thing of stepping down or passing the torch on to a vice president and Harris. I think that was great. Now, my question is do you anticipate, I know there will be some situations where in, there's going to be some negative news generated on vice president Harris, it has to be. But the way I look at that is that Trump has essentially, put up a barrier for any type of rumors he did this. And look at all the things that he has done. I mean, if she could just let it roll off her shoulder because he said a president as a liar, a cheater. I mean, the guy is a thief. Now I'll say that now, he said thing. I mean, I'm from New York, not from New York, I'm from North Carolina, but I didn't have been in New York 50 years. So I know the type of person he is, okay? And people in New York know the type of person he is, except out here in Long Island where I live, they still, you know, behind the times, but I can understand that, you know, I've been out here a long time, 32 years, a matter of fact. All right, there's nothing they can bring up on Harris. If she, I mean, I'm quite sure they will come out of the woodwork with something they found on her. But all she had to do was say, nope, wasn't me. That's it. That's what Trump does. All right, now I didn't say that. Even though you got on camera for a month ago, saying it. All right, so I'm not worried about that, okay? And I think she's been vetted well enough to be BP. So she definitely can be a president of the United States. And she's a good example for my granddaughter's y'all and my great granddaughter y'all. So it's all good for me. All right, so with that said, come on. All right, talk to me. I wanted to add that I do see how the younger generations don't quite do it the way Michelle Obama said, you know, like we go, when they go low, we go high. I'm seeing where this year they are swinging and whatever they meet them at their whatever point they want to meet them. If they want to meet them to the bottom, that's the way I'm seeing the Democratic Party and all those young folks that are creators, they are really out there fighting back with words. They need to meet them. That's right, they need them in the playground if necessary, behind the word power. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. I think that's what we wanted to see a little way of throwing back and say even the Michelle Obama, she had a little fire tonight. She spoke, you know, she was throwing some punches and she won't go in high either. So I see a different agenda, definitely. And I think that it's important that we do address the elephants in the room and without any reservations. But I think it's still important of how we actually do it because at the end of the day, we still want to be the examples of how to being able to engage in civil discourse, how we want to be able to address problems that have been done and to end up being able to correct them. And then to your point, Walter, about the things that may be said about a VP Harris, I don't think that one, I don't think that's going to, there's not too much when you're in a glass house that's already been cracked up that you can be throwing so many different stones. To your point, yes, not just a liar, just into the public, but a liar to his children, to his wife, cheated on his wife, cheated, you know, fraudulent, you know, documentation. He is the only president to be a convicted felon who's currently running for president. So it's the only past president who's been convicted. He's the only candidate who's ever been a, at least a 34-count felon running for presidency. There is, I mean, again, when I engage in these conversations, I don't think he's even a citizen that should even be running for office. And I think that speaks more to how this jointed, the Republican Party is currently and how, in some particular ways, how we, as a society, have been complicit to even allow for this to even take place and happen. Absolutely, that's that I don't understand. I mean, how and another thing, all right? I'm going to track back first, I want to say, there were like 500 signatures on a document supporting Vice President Harris from Republican, George Bush Republicans, all right? And they said the reason they're doing that, because it's bigger than Vice President Harris, it's bigger than the election, all right? It's our so-called democracy, that's at stake. So, I mean, I agree with that, you know, you got a guy that wants to, you know, seek revenge and throw everybody out, you know, throw immigrants out of the country. They want, I mean, and he said they need him. Last year, he said it last year. He said, well, I'll just be, you know, just one day, you know, on the first day, but that's kind of been his goal. Again, a lot of these things go back to the 2016 election. We didn't even go back to even President Obama's election. I mean, the President Obama's election, I mean, that's where we're out the Tea Party. I mean, all of these things have been stepping stones that I think, again, for many people who are getting involved in politics now, don't necessarily remember-- - Yeah, you proposed that. - Hello? - But hopefully it'll come out, Eddie, I mean, you thought it. Yeah, go ahead. - Is that me? Is that me? - Yeah, you've, yeah, you've proposed. - Okay. - I couldn't hear you go in there. - Yeah. - What I was saying was that the Tea Party came after President Obama was elected, all right? And a lot of people who get involved in politics now and people who are becoming more aware of people who are starting to vote now, they don't remember that. - That's true. - Right? And then so, you had these factions that would take place within the Republican Party, where you guys, again, you had the Tea Party, you had the-- what got the name of the caucus that the Republican Party had started, but again, a lot of that stemmed around that. Then you had overt obstructions of President Obama from nominating justices and passing legislation and, you know, just overtly allowing this to happen. But again, the people both sides are whole society, right? We have a say in who we elect to office, and we never held people accountable for what they said and what they did. And this is kind of snowballed into Trump, Bran in 2011, specifically just to go against President Obama, President Obama wins and, you know, we don't vote in the 13, don't vote in 14, we didn't vote in 15, and the numbers that we needed to. And all the people who are elected now today benefited from that. And then in 2016, don't show up to vote. Then you have a Donald Trump. But I also do believe that, you know, if there are powers that be, that didn't dissuade Joe Biden from running in 2016, then we wouldn't even be having this conversation right now. No, you wouldn't. So, yeah, there's a lot that plays into it. Yeah, I don't want to get too deep into it. But yeah, there's a lot played into what it is now, and I think we can't correct that kind of moving forward. Well, it's a connected to the fact that we are, I mean, our right to vote is, is it better than amendment to the Constitution? We actually don't have that right because they've been really over the years, trying to pass a law where they could actually put on the Constitution, where we could vote without the amendment, because of a law. Is that, I guess, I'm explaining it right. No, no, it's accurate. So, yeah, so voting right. Because the John Lewis Act, for example. Right, the John Lewis Act would be the one that would actually make it a law. So, right now, we have the civil rights, not the Voting Rights Act of 1964, and then you had the 13th and the 14th Amendment. Right, so you had those, again, like you said, those are all amendments. Much of the flux of the Voting Rights Act actually got gutted back in 2015. So during, and I think it's a Voting Rights Act in 1965. So, my apologies to that, but it's 1965. So, during the anniversary, the 50-year anniversary of that anniversary for the Civil Rights Act, I mean, the Voting Rights Act, excuse me, they gutted a large section of that. However, it's still, I don't see how that still would play a part in disqualifying her to run president. This may be one of those trying a October surprise, because there's always something that happens in October, where it's like, "Oh, my gosh, this particular candidate, blah, blah, blah." I don't see that, I don't see that sticking. I don't see that. That's what I'm thinking about. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking about. That's what I was alluding to. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe if they think it, it could get to the Supreme Court. One, I wouldn't even see the Supreme Court even being able to prioritize that enough or to even stick. Well, I think we're going to be even turning for them to even percent. Because there are too many other things that's going to come before the Supreme Court, which would be the other indictment that Trump currently has right now. So, there's not even enough time for the Supreme Day. They would have to contend with that, much less trying to contend with whether or not if VP Harris is "eligible" to run. See, it's more than eligible to run. That's not even a question. Okay. Now, I have a question for you guys, right? In the news, when they introduce, they say, are they talking about Trump? They say, some of them, President Trump, some of them say former President Trump. But nobody says 34 felony counts, convict Trump. Now, that should be part of his introduction, because he is a convict. Is that because it was a black man, D.A., that indicted him? Were the same thing applied to a black man with two felony counts? Would he be walking around running politics? That's my question. Why don't the mainstream media add, convicted felon, 34 counts? Well, because, one, Trump has already said that the media has been weaponized against political opponents. So, I don't think so. Whatever the other two stations are that have been on, or right-wing support, they're not going to say, convicted felon, Donald Trump, takes the stage tonight. They're not going to say that. So, if MSNBC, CNN, ABC, news, CBS News, every time they get on, that they're saying the convicted felon, what Trump will then sit there and to suggest is that that's election interference, because they are utilizing or weaponizing words to being able to sway the vote of the American people now. It's a fact, it's a fact, it's a fact. I agree with you. Your question was, why don't they say it, right? That would be the reason why they're not going to say it. And every now and then, there may be an analyst that would mention it, but it's not going to be the headline news, even though that it very well should be. A lot of people are just, I mean, let me do this, let me do this. Let me do a sound bite for them. I'll do a sound bite for them, right? Okay. Form a president and 34 felony conviction convict, Donald Trump is having a rally in Pennsylvania. How's that? I'm torn in it. Have no words. I wouldn't tune in. Yeah, that's what we're doing. Let me introduce him, you know. I'll introduce him, 34 counts. But anyway, you know, a little lemme brevity, you know, in this conversation, you know, we don't take things overly serious and we want to joke where we can, but this is a very, very serious matter. You know, I want to jog guys input into that. And it seems that everything is back on track. The market's doing good. Trump can't take credit for that. He definitely can't take credit for that. All right. Our state of the economy is good. And if you're born a job and you're crying and you can't do it, that's called you're not educated or you're not trained to take the job. So don't become blaming, don't be blaming Joe Biden. President Biden, you can't blame him for that. If you're not qualified and you think everybody taking your jobs, and I do want to talk about black jobs before we go today. All right. We haven't talked about black jobs. I want to know, Ernest, you're seeing your manager. You got any black jobs in the office? The bedroom affairs. That was a black job. Every job is a black job. You got it, right? It was a black job. Yeah, it was a black job. I mean, yeah, it was a black job. Oh, the black jobs are the landscaper, the house cleaner. Those are jobs you're talking about Trump. Black jobs are the black job you mean? You got nobody to clean up your hotel. That's the jobs. You know, I mean, you got a bunch of immigrants in there. You ain't got no black folks in there anyway. So don't lie. All right. Those are immigrants that are working for you, just like they own at Mar-a-Lago. Those people that were moving those boxes, they were immigrants. They weren't Americans. So if you get rid of all the immigrants, we're going to do the job for you. Oh, bye. All right. Yeah, well, who do the job? All right. I like Michelle Obama, quote it. Donald Trump, that black job you're talking about, just might be the job you're seeking yourself. So, right. Yeah, so. You're trying to tell Kamala, she's an immigrant. She's trying to say, oh, she's not black. She's Asian. She's Asian. She's this. And personally, you know, I really have a problem with so many African-American women. I mean, that comes on to telling her that she's not black. Well, she's not one of us, she's not black. I got a problem with that. And I said, I really wish they would learn their history so they could understand whether they said that's come from and how we have spread it out over the Nathan's. And where some of a lot of people on the slave ships was dropped off, a lot was dropped off in different places before they got to America or they escaped. There's so much history out there. Before they saw a claim of who's not African, who's not black, and who's not there. Hey, old folks used to say, if you got a little drop in then you're black. Well, even the Constitution says that, even the Constitution says that. Exactly. Exactly. And another thing, too, is the only difference between us and West Indians or Brazilian black people is that the boat stopped here first and it went on down south. That's the only difference, folks. All right, we're all brothers and sisters. So with that nonsense, that's only, like I said, you know, one of the key strategies and earnings to know this will is you divide and conquer. You divide and conquer. That's the most effective offense that you have, all right? And that's what they've been leveraging on us for more than 400 years. Yeah, the division has been well-seated. I mean, we can go, you know, whale back in the day, turn the century, paper back test in order to get into certain organizations that, you know, would have, you know, those things. We would have people who would say that, Dr. King wasn't black during that time. I mean, like in the season, the '60s, everybody wasn't supporting Malcolm X and the nation events on. They weren't supporting Dr. King. They weren't black enough. I mean, and especially when they changed. And every person that ran for office or tried to, you know, so it's been something that's happening more. I think it's, I think because there's so much history to understand and people to learn that it may be slightly more offensive now because it's like, okay, well, you should definitely know better, right? And especially if we're looking at somebody who's, you know, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70 years of age, brother and sister, you should definitely really know better. And then to say something that's ignorant to suggest somebody is not black now, if you're going to chastise somebody because you felt like they weren't down enough or they weren't this enough or they didn't say or they weren't black the way that you were. Then again, you still got to correct yourself about what it is you're actually saying and be honest about that. Like you just feel like they're not black enough, you. Didn't they say they're not black enough for you? Don't say they're not black because at the end of the day, they still are. There you go, there you go. I do want to end soon, but the old guys heard about what's going on in the UK with these extreme right wingers attacking minority people. I have heard about that. And again, a lot of this stuff is kind of, you know, merging into one thing where they're seeing how basically like Nazism and right wingers here in the United States. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That, you know, right wingers are treating, you know, you know, African-American people of color in this particular area, in this country, and they're repeating that there. Because again, for a long period of time, the United States has touted ourselves as the moral compass for the world. Even though during any of those particular times, we were committing some of the most egregious acts against humankind, even though, again, we swore up and down that we are doing the best in the country and in the world. You know, it's been, you know, decades, centuries, really, where, you know, we've had like the paperback tests to get in certain organizations that we've had, you know, constantly comparing ourselves being who's blacker than this. You know, we, you know, they didn't accept Dr. King. He wasn't black enough. They didn't say my ferments. He wasn't black enough at that certain times. Thank you for joining the World Weekly. 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