that these districts are protected districts under the existing voting rights, even though it s been challenged, that case law still exists. we have the right to exist as the 18th district, the 9th district and the 30th district by court law, federal court law that has not been overturned so don t give up, but yet don t follow the despots. listen to voices that are out in the streets, protesting with me, women, men, boys and girls, and of course our people, our members of the community of color. and so, that is the new texas. we still exist. but we have been overcome by the loud voices, and of course the wrong voices. please view these as the wrong voices and i might say, nicole, my district is on the chopping block because i have not been silenced. i ve not been silenced during the pandemic, when we were slow to react, when our state continued to be a hot spot, because our governor refused to have masks, did not want to mandate vaccines, didn t want schools to do anything to help
women resonated. you know, our successes are not heralded. our failures are often splashed across the front pages of the paper. i told my officers if you want a friend, get a dog. you have to have the inner strengths to get in the streets every day among the men and women of the 18th district. it was a tremendous experience. i wanted to tell the world about it. we ve seen mayors across the country call for defunding the police or at least curbing their authority in one way or another. a year later much has changed. many mayors in larger cities are saying we need more funding for the police. we need reform, but we also need more funding because of the crime wave that s happened over the past year. what do these officers on the frontline of the 18th and yes, i will say the frontline. if that s offending somebody, go to the 18th for a night or two, and then you come back and you be offended while you re sipping
actually police organizations supported. very fascinating choice for tim scott to make. joining us now, senior intelligence officer. he s out with the new piece entitled philly s police of the 18th district. there is a rampant proliferation of guns, daily homicides. america has pockets of staggering decay. the nature of which it can only be understood if you see them up close and personal.