WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.200 We must go ham. 00:00:02.200 --> 00:00:04.700 Ham on behalf of the American people. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:11.700 Nina Turner knows how to work a crowd. 00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.000 She's a former Cleveland City council member and Ohio State 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.000 Senator and on the 2020, presidential campaign Trail. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.600 Turner stump for Senator, Bernie Sanders, energizing his supporters 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:22.400 before he spoke. 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:27.200 Now, Turner is continuing the causes of racial Justice medicare-for-all, 00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:30.600 canceling student debt, and raising the minimum wage as she runs 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:33.700 for US Congress in Ohio, if she wins the special election 00:00:33.700 --> 00:00:36.600 for the seat, Turner will head to Washington as a champion 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:40.100 of progressive causes your biggest lesson from The Bernie 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:47.500 campaign Trail and the progressives have done that. 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:50.600 I mean, we see more Progressive than ever being elected across 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.100 the country and across levels of government. 00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:57.500 And even in cases, where progressives were running and they 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:03.700 did not necessarily win the seat, we changed how politicians, 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:05.400 especially on the Democratic side. 00:01:06.300 --> 00:01:11.500 Had to talk about issues medicare-for-all would not still be being 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:13.900 debated. If it was not for that Progressive Movement, 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:19.700 cancelling student death legalizing marijuana named, it is because of 00:01:19.700 --> 00:01:22.400 the Progressive Movement that we're having real, 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.500 robust debate about the type of country. 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:29.300 We want to be about the type of country that we should be. 00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:32.500 So encouraged Progressive Freedom, Fighters to keep on pushing. 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:34.500 We are changing things. 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:36.400 How did you come up with the phrase? 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:37.300 I love somebody. 00:01:37.300 --> 00:01:43.900 Hello. Somebody was born on the campaign and we got a real talk about 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:45.900 a scare, but when I got that call, 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:49.100 the senator had a heart attack and we were not sure whether 00:01:49.100 --> 00:01:50.700 or not we were going to be able to keep on going. 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:53.900 But Senator Sanders is something else, as we can see. 00:01:53.900 --> 00:01:59.100 So our first rally was in Queens, 00:01:59.100 --> 00:02:03.800 New York, I have the distinct pleasure as usual to get out there 00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:06.100 and do what I do best which is the people rage. 00:02:06.300 --> 00:02:09.400 I think it was almost 30,000 people out there, 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:10.900 it was just a sight to behold, 00:02:10.900 --> 00:02:13.400 as I was behaving with the crowd, 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.400 you know, I am a daughter of the black church and there is we 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:20.100 have what is called the call-and-response when the preacher 00:02:20.100 --> 00:02:22.200 said something, you got to talk back, 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:25.800 you don't just sit there that concept is also within Jazz, 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:32.200 and I just noticed in the Sea of Faces out here and I wanted 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:32.600 them to know. 00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:34.000 I like, I see you. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:38.800 I said hello, somebody. 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:44.300 Just came out of nowhere, just I think from my soul, 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:47.900 into my into my into my heart and then into my head and out 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:50.100 my mouth and I found myself a hello, 00:02:50.100 --> 00:02:52.400 somebody, cuz everybody still buy young. 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.200 Looking out there to see a beautiful versus faces saying, 00:02:57.200 --> 00:03:02.600 hello, somebody will ever be as United in left-wing stances 00:03:02.600 --> 00:03:04.900 as Republicans are in right-wing ones. 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:09.000 Is there a look at the things that people really care about? 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.100 Now again is special because of the pandemic, 00:03:11.100 --> 00:03:14.600 it is Healthcare, it is increasing the minimum wage to $15 an 00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:16.800 hour, cancel student, debt. 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:19.600 When I started this journey with Senator Sanders in the latter part 00:03:19.600 --> 00:03:27.800 of 2015 are crazy about this subject. 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:32.500 Those issues are what anime people's lives. 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:36.900 Every single day to just as the Republicans are determined 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:39.400 to wreak havoc Express. 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:45.000 Those on the federal level Democratic party because we asked 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.200 the American people to give us the presidency check, 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:49.300 give us the Senate by William. 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:52.900 Georgia check. Help us keep the majority in the House of Representatives 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:54.200 check so we got check. 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:57.100 Check and check now, we must go ham. 00:03:58.200 --> 00:04:00.700 Ham on behalf of the American people. 00:04:00.700 --> 00:04:04.200 That's it. Medicare-for-all increasing the minimum wage cancel, 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:08.600 Super Dad. Have you always been able to express your authentic 00:04:08.600 --> 00:04:13.400 self and politics know, now that came over time, 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:18.200 because there are these barriers that are put up for politicians. 00:04:18.200 --> 00:04:21.000 And I would say, women, and especially black women, 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.200 two-tone ourselves down, not to be our true selves. 00:04:24.200 --> 00:04:28.400 And so. Yes, I have had two overtime and Brace that I think 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:34.500 that Embrace has certainly come with more age and more confidence 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:37.800 in oneself. Just get to a point in your life where you just 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:39.600 not for the foolishness, it's a journey. 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.100 If it's a process to getting that kind of compliments 00:04:42.100 --> 00:04:47.800 to be more times than not authentically who you are in the public 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.200 space. If you have the ability to replace Hail to the Chief 00:04:51.200 --> 00:04:54.700 with any song you wanted, what would it be said of Hell in the 00:04:54.700 --> 00:04:57.700 chief and put the chief on the sign in to get them assigned. 00:04:58.200 --> 00:04:59.000 Walking through the door. 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.000 So I would replace him to the chief with mr. 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.800 President by LL Cool J. 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:13.800 LL that we should create a president should be doing from your 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:17.100 immigration. The healthcare me that song was really a very much 00:05:17.100 --> 00:05:17.800 ahead of his time. 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.300 How has America changed? 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:23.600 And how has it changed since the police killing of George? 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:29.600 Floyd the movement for black lives has forced some policy 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.900 changes all over this country laws have been changed, 00:05:32.900 --> 00:05:34.600 you know? And not, that's a beautiful thing, 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.600 they didn't just change them because people with power woke 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.600 up and said, you know what, I need to fix that. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.300 It was changed because of the bubbling up of the grass, 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:44.700 roots of the masses of the activist class, 00:05:44.700 --> 00:05:50.200 getting out there and making the demands on the other hand, 00:05:50.200 --> 00:05:54.900 we still have a very long way to go a far too many black 00:05:54.900 --> 00:05:57.600 men in black, women are still being gun down unarmed. 00:05:58.100 --> 00:06:00.100 Going around the edges with some of these policies. 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:01.400 We just got to come straight at it. 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:04.500 You have to analyze the system of beliefs and admit that it was 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:06.800 never designed to protect and serve the black community. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.700 It was designed to surveil to Halt, 00:06:09.700 --> 00:06:15.800 our people in the, in the black community and that has to change 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.200 the George. Floyd murder reminded me. 00:06:19.200 --> 00:06:24.500 When I was watching this police officer just pure hatred in his 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:25.800 eyes, at least from my perspective. 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:30.200 Continue to put his knee on George Floyd neck, 00:06:30.200 --> 00:06:33.500 reminded me of lynching, you know. 00:06:33.500 --> 00:06:37.500 White people used to gather and bring the kids and take pictures. 00:06:37.500 --> 00:06:40.200 You got the receipts, the twenty-first-century 00:06:40.200 --> 00:06:45.200 version of that is what this police officer did George Floyd. 00:06:45.200 --> 00:06:51.200 It is a reminder that black lies are still seen in this country 00:06:51.200 --> 00:06:54.500 is somehow less than it is reflected in policing, 00:06:54.500 --> 00:07:00.100 and is also reflected in our politics is reflect An education 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:01.700 is a reflected in the wealth Gap. 00:07:01.700 --> 00:07:05.400 You need to fix this and every single system will Medicare 00:07:05.400 --> 00:07:09.000 for all ever be a reality in the United States and why isn't 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.300 it now, I believe that medicare-for-all will absolutely 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:15.100 be a reality in the United States of America. 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:18.700 You know, the original concept of Medicare was supposed 00:07:18.700 --> 00:07:22.100 to be Medicare for all the politics got in the way. 00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:24.200 And so, we're bumping up against, oh, 00:07:24.200 --> 00:07:25.700 Spain, by politics. 00:07:25.700 --> 00:07:30.700 If this surance industry in particular, who control members 00:07:30.700 --> 00:07:32.800 of Congress, I call them owner donors, 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.000 the owner donors are in control and that's the reason why we don't 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:37.500 have it at the moment. 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:42.700 But there's an Awakening about this, the 21st century Awakening 00:07:42.700 --> 00:07:45.200 about this and we are going to get it, 00:07:45.200 --> 00:07:47.400 not going to happen because the politician got an epiphany 00:07:47.400 --> 00:07:50.300 or two, it is going to happen because the American people 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:53.700 are making it the man when you have about eighty seven million 00:07:53.700 --> 00:07:56.800 people preco uninsured or underinsured. 00:07:58.100 --> 00:08:02.800 Cisco beat that number has jumped almost 100 million people 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:03.500 in this pandemic. 00:08:03.500 --> 00:08:06.200 Insane to have Healthcare number. 00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:10.700 One commodified number to Connected to one's job because 00:08:10.700 --> 00:08:12.400 anything can happen at any given moment. 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:16.100 That is beyond our individual control. 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:20.900 So why not join other industrialized nations being the hegemon 00:08:20.900 --> 00:08:24.700 nation that we are and make sure that Universal Health Care 00:08:24.700 --> 00:08:26.900 has had by all in the United States of America. 00:08:26.900 --> 00:08:30.500 If you could have an hour with the Senators who voted against 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:34.400 the $15 minimum wage, what would you tell them and where we take 00:08:34.400 --> 00:08:37.700 them? I would ask them to walk a mile in the shoes of people 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:41.200 who are among the Working, Poor, the term Working Poor should 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:45.100 not go together, but it is a concept and it is real in the 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:49.300 United States of America and because they themselves derive 00:08:49.300 --> 00:08:53.200 their money there income, their Healthcare from tax dollars 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:57.700 of the people and then at the same time to be as Brazen, 00:08:57.700 --> 00:09:01.100 and Heartless cuz it would have been bad before the pandemic 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:06.800 but especially especially heartless during the pandemic 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:13.600 to deny a $15, an hour, minimum wage increase which is the floor. 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:15.400 It is already too compromised position. 00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:18.200 It is not the ceiling. 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:21.900 What if you miss the most during the pandemic and what are you 00:09:21.900 --> 00:09:33.200 excited to get back to the hugs and handshakes some science 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.700 behind the next one report that I read that talk about, 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:39.300 if you get five, hugs a day, 00:09:39.300 --> 00:09:42.700 you're off to a great start but it's just something about that 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:45.300 Embrace. That gives you a certain type of energy and I missed 00:09:45.300 --> 00:09:48.500 a energy but I got a list of people that I want a hug.