The latest campaign 2020 initiative. And Oakland University Political Science professor will talk about michigan is a key battleground state in november. Good morning. Its friday, september 20 fifth. We begin with your reaction to President Trumps remarks this week about a peaceful transfer of power. Supporting the biden harris ticket dial in at 202 7488000. If youre supporting the president and Vice President pence, bite dial in at 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate, 202 7488002. ,lso text us with your comments first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or join the conversation on twitter and facebook. Call,we wait for your heres a question and answer from the president on a peaceful transfer of power from wednesday evening. Inits win, lose, or draw this election, will you commit today for a peaceful transferral of power after the election. There has been rioting in many cities across this country, and your socalled red and blue states. Will you commit
Battleground states, looking at the key states that could play a crucial role in this years election. We turn our attention to the state of michigan, and we begin with Detroit Free Press washington correspondent Todd Spangler. Where do things stand right now in the state of michigan . s leadlooks like riding in michigan is still pretty solid looks like bidens lead in michigan is still pretty solid. The last one had him at eight points up. Looks like he is doing well. Not as big a lead as it was a month or so ago. Host why has he lost that edge . Guest frankly, as we get closer to the election, we always expected a tightening of the race. During the summer, the height of the black lives matter protests and some of the actions being taken by the administration, that number balloons, at one point as high as 16. We expected it to come down. Considering an election the four years ago trump won michigan by. 2 , eight is still a pretty big number. We expect it to come back down and narrow eve
Not just to make the point. Over the last several weeks americans have marched, protested and demanded justice for george floyd but not just for george floyd, for Breonna Taylor and other individuals while in police custody. While the Energy Behind the movement isnt new, the problem is created is also not new. We know the racial injustices that have existed for generations and originated during the countrys founding have created a whole range of problems that have continued to persist in our society and everything from education to health care to housing and while i hope and expect we will have ongoing discussions about the most effective way to rule out these inequalities to provide equal justice which is our nations mantra in desperation, one of the most important places to begin is the Police Departments. Across america, we have about 18,000. The practices that make it make sense for the Houston Police department for example. To make them more transparent and accountable and better
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