Veterans of those wars. And at 9 00 a. M. , National Museum of American History director on womens suffrage and the 19th amendments centennial. Host morning. Its wednesday, february 19, 2020. The democratic primary candidates will debate in las vegas and they will be joined for the first time on stage by former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg. President trump is offering alternative viewing in the form of a Keep America Great Campaign rally in arizona. Campaign 2020a question to begin the washington journal today. With the nevada caucuses this weekend and the South Carolina primary 10 days away, we want to know what you think the role of voters of colors will be this election cycle. Phone lines, black voters 202 7488000. Hispanic voters 202 7488001. All others 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on wj. Al media at cspan you can also send us a text message this morning. Include your name and where youre from. As can start calling in now we take you to this story from the Washington Post. The president ial contest turns to africanamerican and latino voters. For some candidates thats a problem. Just as more voters of color are posed poised to assert their say in the primary, joe biden who has been popular among latinos enters his phase as a weakened candidate. Have spotty records with weaknesses as they seek to appeal to a powerful and skeptical electorate. Thats from the Washington Post on monday. This is joe biden on primary night in New Hampshire. Joe biden left that day to head to South Carolina and he talked about the role of voters of color in campaign 2020. In anare moving especially important phase we haventuntil now heard from the africanamerican community. And the Fastest Growing segment of society the latino community. I want you to think of a number. 99. 9 . Thats the percentage of africanamerican voters who have not yet had a chance to vote in america. One more number. 99. 8. Thats the chance number of latino voters who have not had the chance to vote. Tell them, we are just getting started. Our votes count, too. Times you cant be the democratic nominee and you cant win a general election as a democrat unless you have overwhelming support from black and brown voters. Its a natural fact. Its true. Wonthose democrats who against incumbents from jimmy carter to a guy named clinton to a guy named obama my good friend, guess what, they had overwhelming africanamerican support. Without it nobody has ever won. Host joe biden last week in South Carolina. Tonight he will be in las vegas along with the other president ial primary candidates. As they make their pitch took minority voters, President Trump stepping up his own pitch to black voters and that pitch and economic one. This is President Trump from an event in charlotte, North Carolina earlier this month touting his records among minority groups. Its something hes been doing repeatedly. It is something he did in the state of the union address. Heres vivian in fredericksburg, virginia. Black motor. Voter. Caller good morning. Black people are not stupid. Weve got a few thats off the rails, but they are not stupid. , hes lucky that obama got the economy where it is. Because we would be back where we were in 2008 because he didnt do anything but cut regulations and look whats happening. Every time you turn around theres a recall on food. Gas is up over two dollars. Our medicine is higher. Becauseannot retire they have messed with their retirement. I hope the few black people that are stupid, they stay stupid and the rest of us use our head because trump and nothing but a crime boss. Host who are you supporting . Caller his daughter is making millions on our dime. Host who are you supporting in the democratic primary . Caller anybody but Bernie Sanders his followers are just as cultish as trumps. Look at them. And i cant believe democrats are so stupid that they think they are going to get the free stuff. Youravent got free stuff whole life and you think its going to happen now . Host vincent out of tulsa, oklahoma. Maybe the south can do it again and put Bernie Sanders back in. What do you think bernie be on thepeal should campaign trail . Caller hes minority, hes jewish, and hes going to treat you fair. Host what do you expect to hear from him tonight . Caller hes leading. Hes going to win. Host daniel is here in washington, d. C. Good morning. Caller i dont see the issues as ethnicities at all. Allowingolicies like people to dump pesticides and hundreds of thousands of streams dumping pesticides in hundreds of thousands of streams. Doesnt matter if its behind it africanamericans house or a caucasians house. Dumping pesticides. Putting pesticides back on the market that have already been found carcinogenic. Developing half the protected wetlands. Marshes that protect our shores are not athletic ethnic groups. Host why is this the Biggest Issue for you . Caller offshore oil and drilling. Hes removing the safety features from the deepwater horizon blowout where hundreds of gallons of oil were dumped into the gulf. Host President Trump has been stepping up his pitch to minority voters. This is him from an event in charlotte, North Carolina touting his economic numbers among the africanamerican community. Africanamerican unemployment , hispanic unemployment. Asian american unemployment have all reached the lowest levels in the history of our country. I say it because very importantly, africanamerican youth unemployment has reached its lowest level ever recorded. Africanamerican poverty has plummeted to the lowest rate ever recorded. The best numbers weve ever had. Remember i used to say, what do you have to lose . Reading off economic numbers. The worst crime numbers. Worst housing ownership numbers. Worst education. Or 10k there were nine major factors. Africanamerican. I said, youve been with the democrats for a hundred years. 112 to be exact. But for over 100 years and they treat you badly and they only come around two months before the election and then right after the election they say byebye, we will see you in two years or four years. They want your vote and then the day after the election they want you gone. Thats the democrats. President trump making news yesterday on a different topic on his pardons and clemency grants that he made. Of the the front page Washington Post showing the 11 individuals rented clemency by the president yesterday. Noting the names on the list including rod blagojevich, former new York City Police commissioner. He commuted the sentences of seven convicted whitecollar in cases spanning decades alongside four women whose cases were not as wellknown. Served eightwomen years of the 35 year sentence for her role as a minority owner of a Healthcare Company engaged in a scheme to defraud the federal government. Herher one commuted sentence. She served nearly 14 years of an 18 year sentence for allowing her apartment to be used to distribute drugs in prisons. Morning. Ur calls this our topic is the role of voters of color in campaign 2020. Lack voters 202 7488000 hispanic voters 202 7488001. All others 202 7488002. Camilla,s next out of georgia. Good morning. Start tearingyou down one of the highest and most respectable persons that made president. When you are destroying his character and when you see a person that disrespect his character, i dont have no respect for donald trump. Policy,t not like his but you have to like his civility and moral character as a husband and for other blacks to reach that type of plateau in our life. Now donald trump is doing is bringing it back to Jefferson Davis days where he was president of the white south. Host with your interest in civility and moral character, who personifies that in the democratic primary . Is that where youre going to find your candidate . Caller every one of them. You would want your son or daughter to emulate instead of donald trump. With thisto be real here. Face reality. Thing became an emulation of our children and society to respect one another. Host dayton, ohio. Your next. You are next. Caller im for Bernie Sanders. The establishment really doesnt want him. Im for universal health care for all and schooling for preschool all the way through college. Its an investment in the community. Im understanding that a lot of people dont understand taxes. We pay for everything. We the people. Know the not constitution. Im really surprised. This ideaow where comes from or who is promoting this. We are just going to give health. Are to Little People we are going to go over the cliff of health care for all people. Whats wrong with that . Is our money. Taxpayer money. Thats what im getting at. Where does the idea come from that do my people understand states the whole united taxpayers pay the money. Host a few of your comments via text message and twitter. This is roseanne in san diego. Im looking to black and hispanic voters to save carolina, 2020in vote is what kenneth says. Charles in South San Francisco says the role of the 2020 elections is to vote like your future depends on it. This from glenn on twitter. Voters of color like myself will only impact the dnc president ial nomination. I have no intention of participating in the general sanders. Unless bernie importance ofthe minority voters in 2020. In order to win in november we will have to have strong latino from the community, Asian Community and native american community. We cannot take these communities for granted anymore and my campaign is successfully working to earn their support every single day. Sanders inwas Bernie Las Vegas from over the weekend. Where the latest on National Polling stands. This latest poll finding Bernie Sanders has sole possession of the lead in the democratic candidatesh four essentially tied for second place. Mr. Sanders at 27 among the democratic primary candidates. Michael bloomberg at 14 . Elizabeth at 14 . Pete buttigieg stacked up there. Klobuchar atnd amy 7 . Of the stories today focusing on Amy Klobuchar and her momentum coming out of the New Hampshire primary. Noting that she struggles to connect with africanamerican voters and black activists say she has made little effort. Asked a former democratic official for a list of like churches. Black churches. Activist posted that if she wants black votes she has to talk to black people. About the role of voters of color in 2020. We have a phone line for black voters 202 7488000. 202 7488001 202 7488001 hispanic voters. All others 202 7488002. Caller good morning. Just wanted to chime in on the sure thatmake everybody out there votes and remembers what trump said about african countries and what biden iraq andart the war in make sure that you understand the policies that are being espoused by Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. Amy klobuchar probably, i dont think shes going to make it. Dont accept too easily the that people try to categorize you by because thats kind of like defeating the purpose. We are not here in this country to live up to anybody elses standards but our own. Host are Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg your candidates in this race . Caller im a realist and i think they are probably the ones pretty much ahead in this horserace. Host what are the policies they espouse that appeal to you . Everybody is quick to care forhe free health all. Freehat its going to give stuff to everybody like the one caller said. Not going to have to pay these high insurance rates. Your taxes may go up a little but you have to weigh that with the drop in insurance rates that you are going to have to pay. A short phone call isnt enough to describe it unless you have a prepared speech. I dont have a prepared speech. You have to dig into what they are saying. Buttigieg, you have to dig into his past. Im not saying one is better than the other but i do have a those two buten thats not important. Whats important is for people to do their homework. Host this chart from the Pew Research Center takes a look at the latino share of the u. S. Mostorate through the recent president ial elections and the midterms as well. In 2016 the latino share of the 11. 9 . Ectorate was projected to be 13. 3 of the electorate. That compares to the latino share of the u. S. Electorate the 2000t 7. 4 in president ial elections. One more chart from the Pew Research Center. At the top look states for latino eligible voters. New mexico has the highest percentage followed by california at early percent. Texas at 30 percent. Arizona at 24 . Reminder of the schedule coming up for the democratic primary. Placevada caucuses taking this saturday. Then we are off and running towards super tuesday the following tuesday. Sharon and indiana. You are next. Good morning. Goesr i hope everybody out and votes because i want to get rid of trump as much as everybody else does. Up to the better wake fact about Bernie Sanders. Because the republicans are all voting for him. Thats why hes taking such a big surge in the polls. Lets be realistic. Hows he going to pay for all that stuff . And he has to change the senate to do anything. Unless they get rid of mitch mcconnell, they are dead in the water. Host in the New Hampshire primaries, republicans are not allowed to vote in the democratic primary. Those unaffiliated voters in New Hampshire were allowed to pick which primary they wanted to participate in. Carolina primary is an open primary. There are stories about republicans planning to participate. Caller yes there is. Because i heard hugh hewitt say it on tv. And you can see where he took a big surge in the polls. Because they want to run against bernie and i dont think he can win. Indiana. Ts sharon in , kansas, goodcity morning. Caller i think that you are trying to divide us again by role of voters of color. Of this is going to divide us even more and the black voters and the hispanic voters are great and they are great people but they are misinformed about Bernie Sanders. He will lose 40 states if he runs against President Trump. Bloomberg is going to buy the nomination. Bernie is going to fold again and i hope bernies voters will have enough sense to vote for President Trump this time. Thank you. Host this is maria on the line for black voters. Not voting anymore. Ive never seen a good economy. Im 50 years old. My mother is 82. Really i dont care who gets it. I dont see much change at all. Im just not going to vote in america. They are not right. Host when was the last time you didnt vote . Caller the last time i voted was for Stacey Abrams as governor. President i voted for was president obama and i wouldnt vote for him if he was running again. None of them are right. Theres too much people suffering. I cant deal with america. I tried. Im done. Host what is someone who feels like you to do . We tried. We got into the system working hard and getting stressed out. Ive never seen a good economy. Never ever. Im done. Will here in washington, d. C. On the line for black voters. Caller good morning. I just want to say as a person ,f color here in the district keep them accountable to their track record. I cant forget how many times empty promises are coming. I definitely think its an opportunity weve had in this country. Incarceration rates are going up and i think all the president ial. Andidates host were you listening to the caller before you . Caller yes i was. I know aheartened but lot of people that are in the same situation. I feel very fortunate to come from a family of educated individuals. For the average joe things arent going very well. High poverty rates, high incarceration rates, joblessness. I think when you talk about the strong economies we really must think about how that affects certain communities who are disadvantaged. I definitely see some of these talking points all the candidates having the same empty promises weve had since the late 80s. Host for somebody like that caller who said im done, what gives you hope to keep participating in the system . Caller i have hope because i want children. Grandparentser and being part of the Civil Rights Movement and i think we need to get back to basics. The strongest thing to do is pool our numbers because we know how all the groups are doing. I think we as black people have theto the point strongest signal Community Voice in my community is the church. Everything else but the average person. Those are my thoughts. Voters 202 7488000. Hispanic voters 202 7488001. Ll others 202 7488002 just a reminder of the massive amount of states that are voting on super tuesday on march 3. Alabama, american samoa, arkansas, california, colorado. North carolina, oklahoma, tennessee, texas, utah, vermont and virginia. About 13 days up from now. Carmen is next from alexandria, virginia. Caller good morning. I think that its really important for people of color to vote. I think as hispanic voters we of actions ondful previous candidates that the current candidates have had in their previous political histories particularly towards people of color. I know that on the democratic ballot Pete Buttigieg is being hoisted up but his actions as people haves black been te