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Cspans tv networks and cspan radio, plus a variety of compelling podcasts. Scan the qr code to download for free today or visit our website, cspan. Org cspannow. Cspan now ur front row seat to washington any time, anywhere. Booktv, every sunday on cspan2 features leading authors discussing their nonfiction books. Sunday,mm women who have committed violent acts as a means of protection. At 10 00 p. M. Eastern, dr. Elizabeth koman dr. Elizabeth comen looks at the history of Womens Health and how the bodies was shaped mostly by men. Watch booktv every sunday cspan2. Find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch any time on this week, 2024 campaign trail introduces you to two political influencers on the tiktok platform with large audiences on the left and right d from plano, texas, independent cornell west meeting with voters. First, a look at results fro nod wins in all super tuesday states except 1 vermont, which his rival nikki haley took. ■ white house. Uth carolina,arks from where she declined to endorse former President Trump, saying it was now his responsibility to appeal to those who voted for her. ■5■g good morning. Just over a year ago, i not i launch my campaign for president. When i began, i said th in my le of country pier last week, my mother, a firstgeneration immigrant, got to vote for her daughter for president. Filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we have received from all across our great country, but the time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no grets, and although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. Our naonaleb will eventually crush our economy. A smaller federal government is not only necessary for our freedom, it is necessary for our survival. The road to socialism is the road to ruin for america. Our congress dysfunctional and only getting worse. I will continue to promote all those values, as is the right of every american. I sought the honor of being your present, president , but in our great country, the bay citizens privilege enough in itself, and thats a privi looko enjoying. In all likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when our Party Convention meeram well. I wish anyone well who would be americas president. Our country is too precious to let our differences divide us. I have always been a conservative republican and always supported the republican nominee, but on this question, as she did on so many other rg said, never just follow the crowd. Always make up your own mind. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and i hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away, and our more people. Cause this is now his time for change. I end my campaign with the same words i began it from the book of joshua. I direct them to all americans, but especially to so many ofhe women angirls out there who put their faith in our campaign. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not begod will be with you wherever you go. In this campaign, i have seen our countrys greatness. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, america. God bless you. Nd hiss departure from the race prompted this statement from President Bidens Reelection Campaign ms. Hale. He said that unlike former president rp, hemed the haley of supporters. I w belear there is a place for them in my campaign. Nex t maralago estate in florida. They call it super tuesday for a reason. They tell me, the pundits, there has never been any one like this. This amazing night, an amazing day. It has been an incredible period of time in our countrys history. It has been set in so man be ing because we are going to do something that, frankly, nobody has been able to do for a long time. We have watched our country take a great beating over the st three years, and nobody thought anything like this would be possible. We would not have russia attacking ukraine. We would not have israel being attacked. Iran, as you know, was broke when i was rniid not have moneyr hamas. They did not have hezbollah. We had no inflation. Inflation is destroying the middle class,everything. A tragic thing happened during the election. It was aall of the problems thad today, i dont think you would have any of them. You would only have success, and that is what ultimately unifies this country and this party. We have a Great Republican Party want to have unity and we are going to have unity, and its going to happen very quickly. Our country was coming together. Our country was coming together, and now we have a very divided country. We have a country that is a political person uses weaponization against his opponent. It happens in other co third wod countries. In some ways, we are a third world country. We are a third world country with our bordersworld country a, and we have to stop that. We need a fair and repressed. The press has not been fair, nor as nor has it the nor has it been free, but maybe one day it will be. We have been beaten up pretty bad. Nobody has confidence now in the ■cpoli, d to get that confidence back. It is so important for the success of our country. So important. November 5 is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country. [cheers and applause] usa usa usa usa mr. Trump we are going to take it and we are going to make it like it should be respected. Right now, we are not respected. Right now our country is known as a joke. We he people coming into our country that just should not be here, but many and i say many a percentages are coming through the caravans, coming thh many different ways. Now we are finding again they are jumping through airplanes, but they are coming it. A lot of bad people. Our cities aredeath. Our states are dying, and, frankly, our country is dying, and we are going to make America Great aga, eater than ever before. Thank you very much. Have gd night. Former President Trump and his campaign also took control of the republican natial committee this week as allied michae whiteley, former general counsel for the rnc, took over as chair fromonimhead. Laura trump, the former esents daughterinlaw, took over as cochair of the organization. Next, some of mr. Watley and misses trumps remarks from the groups Spring Meeting in houston immediately following their election. I want to open this morning with several notes of gratitude. I want to thank members of the rnc for entrusting me with thise support and encouragement that i have received over the past couple of weeks as i havey talkd to the members of the committee. Knowing that i have the opportunity to work with and for all of you is both humbling and ■ii want to thank Ronna Mcdaniel for her grade envision is our chair great vision as our chair. She has been a friend and mentor, and im grateful for her leadership and service to the Republican Party and our candidates across the country. [applause] i would also like to thank my family. Sam, michael, george, and mary. Although they could not be with us here today, school still calls come they have been amazingly supportive and i could not even contemplate this journey without having them beside me. Finally, i would like to thank President Trump for his trust and support. There is no one who has been more focused on fighting for the american people, and■ i am grateful for the opportunity to work with him to win and help revitalize our great nation. But i just want to say again, thank yofong me in this position. I promised to work hard. I promise to do everything in my power. We need to make sure that nothing is lth on november 5, that we are not playing catch up, that we have the votes, that everyone feels like when theyat day, their vot, and thats what we are going to do. So i look forward, over the next 241 days, to working alongside each and every one of you. I also want to say thank you very quickly. I would be remiss if i did not think president donald j. Trump, right . Because, i will tell you, he called me about this position, me two months ago, would you ever consider doing this, i would have said, i dont really know. It was not something i never really thought about, but i also never realized we would be in this space in our country right now, but if this is where we will have to fight the most, this is where i want to be. I want to be in this fight alongside all of you. I am proud to do it. Im excited to be here. 241 days to victory, ladies and gentlemen. Lets make America Great again. Lets take back the senate and donald j. Trump back in that white house. Thk u guys. Thank you, its anonor. Mpaign trail this past week as well. Next, part of her visit to atlanta where she launched the campaigns women provide initiative. Dr. Biden its no accident that georgia is where we chose to launch women for biden 4 years ago, georgia, you put us in the white house. [cheers and applause] joe and i will never forget how gave, so we arefor us and ho grateful, and thats why i wanted to start heretop, so thar being here today because we are the first generation in half a century to give our daughters a country with fewer rights than we had. Right. Book bands, voting lawns, guns, Court Decisions that strip away our most basic freedoms, but circumstances is not destiny. 4 years ago, critics said that we could not win. But here in georgia, they told us that a democrat had not won in 30 years. Thats right but, georgia, you know what . You proved them wrong. [cs and you know what . Women are going to do it again. [cheers and applause] because we know what is at stake. I have been so proud of how joe has placed women at ther of his agenda, starting with his historic pick for Vice President , kamala harris. [cheers and applause] the first but not the last. President biden is defending reproductive rights, fighting for a national law that would restore roes protections. Yes, that means protecting ivs and access to contreption that means protecting ivf and access to contraception. And he has accomplished souch more, making child care more affordable, creating access to Maternal Health services, appointing Ketanji Brown jackson. [cheers and applause] and passing historic gun safety laws. My husband is the author of the violence against women act, and i saw him write that bill on yellow legal paper by hand, and he spent his entire career fting up women. But donald trump [crowdhe spent a lifetime tearis down and devaluing our existence. Yeah he mocks womens bodies, disrespects our accomplishments, and brags about assault. Now hes bragging about killing roe v. Wade. Just last night, he took credit again for enabling states like georgia to pass cruel abortion bands bans that are taking away the right of women to make their own health care decisions. How far will he go . When will he stop . You know the answer he wont. He wont. He said it himself lastht words. He is considering a National Abortion ban. Donald trump is to women and to our families. We simply cannot let him win. We cannot wake up on november 6 like we did in 2016,ead of us, thinking, oh, my god, what just re we going to do now . We must reelect joe biden and kamala harris. ■u[cheers and applause] line because it is we will decide our future because heres the thing about men like donald tthey underestimate our power because they dont understand it. [applause] they see how we lead through collaboration, by empowering others. Weakness, but we know that our community is our strength. They see our empathy and our compassion as vulnerability, but we know that what gives us the clarity to fight we fight for what is right. They see they love for our children makes us soft, but we know that these are the lives that light a fire in our hearts, that makes us fierce and unafraid. Lmer was a surprise winner of the American Samoan democratic president ial caucus this super tuesday. While residents of American Samoa are not allow to vote in a president ial election as they are not considered citizens, members of theemocratic party are able to parpartys presiden. Mr. Palmer took 51 of the 91 ballots cast in the caucus, nettinge territorys six delegates to the summers Democratic National convention in chicago. While not a housold name, he is no stranger to cspan cameras. Hes one of the candidates we covered in december of the lesserknown Candidates Forum in new hampshire. Next, some of his appearance at the event. America needs an upgrade. Our country is entangled in too many foreign our congress is completely dysfunctional. Our borders are being overrun, and our leadership is geriatric. Its time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans, like the people at the table who are standing up and putting their hats in the ring. We need people understand new technologies and understand the 21stcentury while remaining committed to the values that are liberty, justice for all, the pursuit of happiness. I may unique candidate for submitting myself for public service. I have been working in the world of business and philanthropy and with colleges and universities for th■ last 25 years of my life. I worked at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. I have in a turnaround leader. I have invested in more than 20 entrepreneurs who have created more than 1000 jobs and 1 billion in market capitalization. We need someone who actually knows how to fix things and Bring Solutions to this country. Thats what i haveife. Ive constructed a platform based on three pillars i want to briefly■q explain to you. You have 20 seconds to do it. And i will do it in 20 seconds. The first is conscious capitalism. There is a way here in new england to reorganize our economy around b corporations instead of c corporations. We can invest in peoplrs them l for jobs in the 21st century, but it has to be something we do together. We are here today after a gunman killed three people and woundedweeks after right here iw hampshire, a Security Guard was shot and killed. Wh if at the federal level to prevent this kind of violence . This issue is why 90 of Young Americans are tuning out of our politics. This issue has occurred over and over and over in have not come p with a bipartisan plan to resolve it. I have a bipartisan plan to resolve it. Its called gun violence ■;reduction. It respects the Second Amendment and the right of people to bear arms, but it also focuses on violence. Those include things like gun training for new gun owners. Those include things like preventing semiotic weapons from being in the homes of people who have been convicted of domestic. Those involved red flag laws related to the Mental Health of individuals. This very calmly, and the reason why is because people get very inflamed over this issue, but there is a bipartisan, evidencebased way to solve this problem, and as president , i intend to solve it within the first year of my administration. Mr. Palmer, you represent an end to endless war, so we will start with you. Regarding the warga insisting upon an extended ceasefire in order to get all the american hostages out of israel, or should we defer to the military d politi leadership on how to go forward . I think that all life is precious and every life has value, so a ceasefire isg with regards to the israeligaza conflict. We need to do everything in our power to minimize the loss of life. Thishas been going on for decades as america keeps kicking the can down the road. We need to show true leadership here. The Hamas Terrorists who committed these atrocities must bet at the expense of the palestinian people. Both the israelis and the palestinians are living undecor. We can hold two thoughts in our head at the same time, and we need to focus on the loss of life. B threeterm my cret congressman dean phillips dropped his bid for the presidency this we. The New York Times and others reported that in doing so, he endorsed psint bidens reelection bid, which he had earlier criticized due to the president s super tuesday also marked a turning point in California Senate race as voters whittled down the field of candidates to justwo democratic candidate adam schiffepublican steve garvey. Not making the cut we democratic representative katie porter and barbara lee. Next, some of the victory speeches from congressman schiff and mr. Garvey they turned thein to the general election. It looks like we are going to the general, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] i seem to recall it was a little hazy, that within hours of the hy kicked me off the intelligence committee. [crowd booing] that was my reaction, too. The republicans censured me for Holding Donald trump accountable. [cheers and applause] i viewed it that way. Trump would attack me rally after rally, and i think all those things were basically what we would call wednesday. I also want to acknowledge again my great gratitude to all my wonderful supporters, and i want to acknowledge the right of our protesters, and i look forward to working with you all on our th to victory in november. Welcome to the california come back. [cheers and applause] ling tonight is what its like to hit a walkoff home run. Ki like san diego in 1984. Because the networks have called it. We are going on to the galelectt adam schiff. [cheers and applause] keep in mind, this is the first game of a doubleheader. So keep the evening of november 5 open. As we will celebrate again. As we celebrate tonight, i want you to know that we have not come this far to only go this far. When i stepped on the field for the dodgers and thei did not play for democrats or republicans or independents. I played for allans, and in allhe people. Colin allred, the democrati congressman representing a 32nd health House District on tuesday, House District in texas, also notched a win and now faces republican ted cruz. Next, a portion of congressman rom tuesday evening. Im a fourth generation texan. I was born and raised d my family is from brownsville, went to school in waco, i have served in congress now my sixth year, i cannot tell you how much it means to me to be your nominee to be the next senator from the great state of texas. [cheers and applause] awhile i will be the democratic nominee, i want every texan to know, if you are a democrat, an independent, or republican, that i want you to benvolved in this campaign, and i want to serve you in the United States senate. [applause] the truth is, the stakes really could not be any higher this election. Our freedoms are under attack. We do have a crisis at the border, that we have to respond to. Costs are still too high. We have had challenges before and we will have them again. The fundamental reason democracy works is people like leaders to represent them and their interests and try to fix things for them, not to look out for themselves. We have for texas. Its time to go in a different direction. [cheers and applause] our Public Servants should serve us, the themselves and special interests. And they are the and there are blic servants and theres ted cruz. [laughter] we all know who ted is. When i was in the nfl, we had a term forthem me guys. We dont have to be embarrassed by our senators. We can get a new one. Like i said, im about as texas as you get. There is one thing i know about us as texans we believe in freedom, and thats what this election will be all about, restoring our freedoms. As you all know, im a civil rights lawyer, so i have t■bta,s the measure of a leader is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience but where they stand in the most challenging moments. We know where ted cruz stands on those moments come. When 30 million texans are freezing in the dark, he dides to go to cancun. When over democracy was under attack, he is hiding in the supply closet after he was the one who whipped up the mob. Stands. I want you to know i will always stand with you. I will always put texas first. I will make sure that im keeping you in mind not my own political future for any nonsense like that. We have had enough of of me guy. Its time to back believing in the power of we. In this years senate races, this tim from arizon independent senator Kyrsten Sinema announced she would not race between Ruben Gallego and kari lake. Next, two interviews large followings. First, isaiah hernandez, environmental activist and progressive, and then a reporteo specializes in covering undercover stories through a conservative lens. Both have followings of hundreds of thousands on tiktok, instagram, youtube, and talked to cspan about their work in the Digital Space and how they carved out audiences in todays political environment. Isaiah hernandez,ou are mentioned in a Washington Post arcle with theea what tiktok activism says about democrats chances. What role are you playing on the platform . Contributing to Digital Media will be huge in the coming elections and is also where general citizens get their around 25 of people are actually learning about environmentrelated issues through social mediawith tradita accounting for Something Like 44 . I think younger adults n positions where they can ask direct questions and can be a conduit for the government. What topics are you talking about when it comes to this what do you want people to know about this upcoming election . When it comes to literacy, i think is its important for people to understand thes existing it is important for people to understand the existing issues that are important for the demograph heah care, womens rights, lgbt rights, climate as huge issues that are deeply concerning for them. One way i communicate that is talking about updated Climate Policies and routes our government is taking, if that is through pausing of the new extended permits for the lng project that was announced by the Biden Harris Administration or if thats looking at the how policies passed by congress are progressing, and i think it helps capture a sto that systemic change or policy change does not happen within a day. It happens throughout thertant t young people are able to grapple with that information. How are fossil fuels funding the war on ukraine . Lets talk about it. I wantwar is not happening becaf fossil fuels, but it is being funded by them. Russia is what is called a petro economy runs almost entirely on oil and gas. In fact, russia has been supplying more oil than saudi arabia and more than 1 ■ . 3 natul gas. That is why is it such a big deal that President Biden Just Announced that the United States is cutting russian oil exports. This is a huge win. It also means gas prices will keep going up in the short term, which is why biden has decided that the real key to Energy Independence is transitiong hu have . Collectively, i have around 200,000. One around 50,000 on tiktok and 120,000 and instagram. Are you telling people who to vote for . Yeah, i think when it comes to our 2024 democratic election, i think the huge emphasis right now is to get the information on which candidates are out there, and i think its important to understand i think that we dont really portray a political figure as perfect, but rather looking at existing policies that are being pushed and looking uture policies that can be pushed. I think a lot of Younger Generations today have a lot of, critical questions for our administration, and i think it is really up to us to not so much give them a perfect picture but give them a realistic view of where our democracy is at, and i think allowing for that realistic storytelling to happen , i think that allows people to understand the nuance of ry today. There was a tiktok for biden n cycle. Were you part of that group . Id say no. What i was part of, though, was ation reduction act where a few climate creators were invited to talk about this huge climate legislative policy that was being implemented, and i think for me, it was really strong to see commitments from the u. S. Government to actually push something climate related since i know that information is often delayed to see which Climate Policies are being pushed. Has committed to acknowledging the severity of the Climate Crisis is a huge step forward to helping move that needle. Have you decided who you are vo in 2024 . Yeah, i think i have decided who i want to vote for, although him not being my primarye, i think i will be standing to support joe biden, although i do have my critiques and huge criticisms around the decisions and the things he think that mys matter, and i think that for a lot of people who may be afraid to vote this election cycle, i think its recognizing the ways in which our president does have a large influence on our policies but also our local elections, and i■n think ensurig that local elections are also communicated from the ground up and making sure a lot of people can connect with local policies, so that allows them to understand that these local changes end up becoming large, systemic changes. I for a lot of young people to feel disinvest it from voting this year, probably upcoming decisions happeningho]■ the bidenharris administration, but i also think its valid for us to be realistic today. We are unhappy with the choice, but we will vote, and i think they need to hear that. You are not perfect, but we will vote for you. Where are you critical of this administration . Uncritical with the Biden Administration because they do not want to declare a Climate Emergency. Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me, mr. President will you guys be declaring a Climate Emergency . People are dying and you continue to approve fossil fuel projects. You always say you want to disturb things. Can we do it properly . This is a government. Can we act civilly here . You refer to the Climate Crisis as an emergency bu act tr the National Emergencies act and declare a Climate Emergency to allow key authorities to take action everwarming planet we are facing today. We have already made bold Climate Action by implementing the inflation reduction act. For americans to have clean energy jobs, and we are working together with other governments to have a sustainable future. Youno us. We young people are the ones who will be facing the highest ranks in the Climate Crisis. If you dont declare a Climate Emergency, we are going to be all in trouble. Do young people know even how to debate these days . We have to come together as one. G the president s time when we are trying to fight for a Better Future . Dont they know theres better ways to protest . I disagree with you. I have to agree with the youth climate activist that was escorted out. Many young people are the ones who are going to bear the future crisis. When you look at our party, many of them have received a large amount■ of funding from fossil fuel industries. For decades, strategists have been saying the Climate Crisis will get worse, and it will cost the American Economy billionof demand action, isnt this the place that they should be . I get that there are different ways to talk policies, but we dont have time, and the people in power right now like biden and other need to step up and to take action despite the controversial beliefs of different people around the world. I cant believe you are saying that. Screaming and chanting is not going to create change. Enough. Theres a time and place for everything and we will continue to Work Together to declare a Climate Emergency. At a meeting. For those voters that care about the climate, that issue is at the top of their list. Do you think the Biden Administration gets their vote again in 2024 . If so, why . What has he done that environmentalists like . I think within the environmental community, its a split between half yes and have no. For environmentalists, we tried to really incde an intersectional view of how we are advocating for the future safety, for humanity, all livelihoods. I think when it comes to ensuring the future climate legislation, i think the major concern is the leasing of new gas and oil permits are even use of that a lot of climate voters want to make sure that thats not going to happen in the future. I think with the lng project, it was not that all the projects being built are halted. Adjustment that the new permits temporarily halted until Environmental Testing can be done. In my view, we are developing a climate economy where we see the development of time in a car that is happening, but i think that needs to be accelerated at a faster rate, knowing theany ad of finding a good, paying job, especially workingclass or middleclass americans that are currently struggling with the current recession that we have been going through. Young voters on t■ntok o care about the environment, what is your prediction on the enthusiasm level for a second term for joe biden . I t with young people, we kind of are like eh in the senseis not my first choice, either, but i do think that realistically, it seems as if we are repeating 2020 again where its like, we will see progress. I know we will see a lot of things, but i do think that 2024 is unique because i believe a chunk of voters who supported him, even though they did not like him, are actually on the fenceow. I would say that from 2020, 20 24, im kind of in the position where its like its not who i want to vote for, but i will vote for him, and that just represents that im willing to have more conversations with the bidenhais administrn for them to improve, but i think the messaging around the campaign right now is very focused on to defeat trump more than solutions for america that allow us to reimagine or redesign this democracy rather than trying to push out mist this doomist narrative of if that candidate wins, we are in trouble. I dont think gen z loves that narrative. What role would you say yings in this Campaign Election . Im not really out here are necessarily attempting to influence the electio. Its really not my job. My goal right now is to inform anybody voters, nonvoters, literally anybody that will watch, the impor are not gettint in major news outlets. My platform focuses on stories you would not get when you turn on mainstream cable news, and we know that played a large role under reported stories in the 2020 election. While im not necessarily out here with the intent to impact 2020 election, im reporting on stories that do not get covered and that is still important. What with the New York Post does quote post story about Hunter Bidens laptop, there are a lot of people in georgia that would not have cast their vote for joe biden had they what was going on with hunter biden. The fact that it was centered on twitter, tiktok, etc. , its important to talk about those ings have a full scope of who they are voting for. What platforms are you on, and who is your audience . Imn all different types of platforms. I do tiktok, instagram, twitter x, whatever you call it. D in hearing stories they dont get watching cable news. Men believetoen in footage wearing body armor and crossing the southern border into texas just unimpeded. Where are the guncontrol activists now . Its not ok for average american citizens to have their second america their Second Amendment right, but the cartel comes in, coming over, welcome to t cmassachusetts is barring a catholic couple from fostering children because their faith is lgbtqia plus kids they mayo foster. A new report on an investigation into the biden familys influence peddling, and they have uncovered over 20 million in payments from foreign sourcer business associates. , mike , with a gender fluid influence or to market girls close to little girls. Disney partnered with tiktok influe altman, a man who identifies as gender fluid, to market little girls attire on social media. The American Academy of pediat is the largest Pediatric Association in the nation, announced it will begin a review of its current gender affirming care model. If you are hopeful that we will see change. My demographic is primarily the ages of 18 to 25. I think that is important because those are people who are turning away from traditional cable news. They are not watching 60yearold voters are watching. Its important they are still getting the same clear information from a journalist, but also they like to be entertained. Journalism fun and interesting to people so they are entertained, not squirreling away because we know the attentionow is what . Six seconds . I myself have trouble with that asl. What stories are you reporting on that you believe are not being reported on in Mainstream Media . I talk about a lot of things. Of the most difficult things to talk about honestly or earnestly is the issue of transgender, not necessarilyxovw talking about peoples godgiven choices to make, that a decision about how they would like to identify, but how it is being thrust on people via government institutions. I also think its really important to talk about youth transition or scum of the importance of things they have gone through. It really does not about in mai, so i tried to highlight a lot of those stories in my reporting as well. How would you describe your politicallp philosophy . Unconservative, definitely right of center, but im conservative, definitely right ofindependents in that i dont vote for just one party. I have democrat, republican, and independent in all the different states i have lived in. I definitely lead lean towards the right, but i vote on up to those principles i will vote for them, but there is no one one party that perfectly encapsulates my ideology. It is really campaign by campaign. What issues are you focusing on . Have you endorsed a candidate, and what issues are you focusing on for election cycle . I dont endorse candidates. Thats really not my job. My role is to be a journalist, and im happy to be open about the fact that i have a bias. Eileen a certain way. I think that is important for all journalists to do, but i dont necessarily route for one individual candidate or necessarily against one individual candidate. I represent peoples opinions on policy issues, so i might come across to the maybe protrump or antibiden, but thats not my intention. My intention is to be very clear that i agree with trumpspolici. I agree with do i agree with the way he delivers it . Not necessarily. Si may agree with the way biden delivers it but not necessarily has policies. It is a difficult, tricky thing to get done in, seconds when yoe attempting to get a lot of information out in a short period of time. Are you talking about the constraints of the platforms that you are using . Course you want to have videos where you can ramble on for an hour i do live streams that last an hour but thosely as many stra 32nd video 30second video where i literally say a news story and promote a company. Those videos get millions of of clicks. I do a report on the nuances and balances in politics and those seem to get no traction. Its interesting that you need to make things superquick superquick and concise, and its not necessarily the platform that i want to use. Its the way people consumews. Sounds like the process for putting yourselves together, your process, how do you go about producing what you are acrosshs so fun. Honestly, its a blast. I started just taking my cell phone and literally sitting there and editing it on the tiktok platform. Thats how it started, and now im sitting here in a studio. The process really is finding stories that i have rarely heard. Reading mainstream news soues to ensure the story im giving my followers has not necessarily been reported on by mainstream news outlets. I reading the news, figuring out what is being talked about, what is not being talked about, more importantly, and kind of put together a whole organization for the day of what i would like to do with those stories, how i commentate on them, record it. I do all the editing myself, and i posted on social platforms, and people look forward to it. It is something they are excited to get in their inbox every day. Last, and look at our coverage from plano, texas, independent president ial candidate cornell west was meeting with voters. We human beings, we are a wretched species too often. Much of our history is a history of organized greed and institutionalized hatred, and routinized indifference to the suffering of vulnerable people, going back to the beginning. And■9 possibility, this potential. If we so choose, as wretched people, to be wonderful, to be visionary, be committed to love, be committed to, the possibility of interruptions, ds of the history of greed and hatred and domination and occupation and subjugation and liquidation. Thats what we are here tonight to tal■k about. How do we become more fortified against all forms of organized greed, institutional hatred, and routinized indifference . 2024 was a very litmus test of n overwhelming moment of barbaritw. The fundamental criteria of what it means to have some morality and spirituality, not just in america but in the world, and if you are silent on that, shame on you. Shame on you. When we look around, not generan though the Younger Generation is playing a very important part the way you look around of who is urging men and women to straighten their backs up, not in the name of hatred and re love and justice, that we stand with our palestinian brothers and sisters in gaza how come . And we believe a palestinian baby has exactly the same value or significance as any baby in the world, no matter what color, no matter what gender, if its texas, gaza, sudan, ethiopia, eritrea, guatemala, across the board. [applause] yes, yes indeed. I see my dear brother david oh, just wait. Give it up for my dearand his m. We go back 35 years. I was blessed to write books with him. We got so many memories together. Magnificent spiritual renaissae, magnificent political awakening with jewish voices of peace, and if not now. A wave of jewish brothers doing what . Deciding to choose integrity and decency and courage. Of what your religious identity is. No, not at all. Just like it was never a question of skin treatment patients for black people. T resistance. I support resilience, but that resistance and that resilience has to have ayou dont kill innr babies. I dontif you are going to figh, find fight a war against combatants. Oh, brother west, you are so old school. Thats right. I am old school. Icj■u wilfigh but most importantly, i will always stand in solidarity with those whoopp. It takes a variety of forms. Sometimes its violence, sometimes its nonviolence. Absolutely, but there has to be a morality even among the oppressed. There has to be a spirituality ev of the oppressed. As we engage in our discourse, that lets not in any y simply become mimics of the gangsters who would use military force against innocent folks day in and day and then the cowards in the white house, in the united nations, and in congress. A lot of people are asking, you run for president and you call the president a war criminal. [laughter] that i dont hate biden. Pray for his family. Cyou have to take responsibility for your actions. You tell iran they are fully responsible for providing arms to other nations, then you are fully responsible for providing arms;v for genocide ad ethnic cleansing and supporting apartheid and acting as if its the morality . Wheres the spirituality . Folks ought to be full of righteous, but that righteous indignation cannot simply be symbolic. We have to be willing not just to speak truth to power, not just to the relatively powerless, speak the truth to ourselves. Is very its fun to be here. Its a blessing to be here with you all. Im blessed to be here, i tell you that. Im blessed to be here. Thank you, thank you, thank you. [indiscernible] quotes we are going to finish up. Do you remme . Yes, sister mona. Let me go finish rightclick. Lets get him a photo of you two together . Then im going to sneak in. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for that amazing work. God bless you. Anybody who can take on sean hannity. I have followed you for. I thank you, thank you. Weupport you for the fourth world community, and i like the way you call everybody brother and sister. I salute you, my dear sister. All right. A reminder, this program and all of cspans 2024 coverage can be found onlinecspan. Org c. ■v9 dr. Elizabeth coleman, welcome