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Concerned Clergy Podcast September 30, 2026 · Concerned Clergy Podcast

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  SPEAKER_0: The following program is paid for by the Concerned Clergy.
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  SPEAKER_0: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the hosts and guests
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  SPEAKER_0: The Concerned Clergy invites you to their weekly town hall meeting on Praise AM 1310, 95.1 FM.
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  SPEAKER_1: Well, praise the Lord, everyone, and good evening.
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  SPEAKER_1: We want to remind you that you can catch the replay.
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  SPEAKER_1: And the replay is the Concerned Clergy Substack,
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  SPEAKER_1: which replays on tomorrow on the Progressive Indiana Network.
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  SPEAKER_1: So we invite you,
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  SPEAKER_1: if you're not able to catch our program in its entirety,
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  SPEAKER_1: you can always go back to either Facebook page or Substack,
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  SPEAKER_1: and once again, YouTube as well.
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  SPEAKER_1: I want to say good evening to our president.
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  SPEAKER_1: How are you, Pastor Green?
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  SPEAKER_2: I'm doing well.
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  SPEAKER_2: Good to be with you on this last Wednesday, the end of September.
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  SPEAKER_2: October is here.
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  SPEAKER_2: Three more months and this year is over.
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  SPEAKER_1: Mr. President, can you go ahead and open us up in prayer?
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  SPEAKER_1: We're going to start talking about where we are here at the last of September.
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  SPEAKER_1: But please go ahead and bless us with the prayer.
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  SPEAKER_2: Eternal God, our Father, we come before you as humble as we are.
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  SPEAKER_2: We thank you for allowing us to see this day.
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  SPEAKER_2: Thank you, Lord God, for bringing us through this month and the third quarter of 2026.
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  SPEAKER_2: And we continue to pray for our national leaders, our state leaders, our local leaders as well.
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  SPEAKER_2: We pray for our communities as a whole.
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  SPEAKER_2: We pray, Lord God, that your peace will prevail where people are sowing a lot of confusion.
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  SPEAKER_2: In Jesus' name, amen.
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  SPEAKER_1: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_1: Thank you, Mr. President.
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  SPEAKER_1: And if you're listening and you would like to be part of the conversation,
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  SPEAKER_1: you can call in to the radio station.
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  SPEAKER_1: And that phone number is 317-480-1310.
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  SPEAKER_1: Once again, 317-480-1310 is the phone number.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can call into the studio and our engineer is there waiting your phone calls.
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  SPEAKER_1: Or you can also comment on our Facebook page, The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can do that also.
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  SPEAKER_1: Well, here we are at the end of September,
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  SPEAKER_1: Mr. President, and Monday is the last day for voter registration here in Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_1: And Tuesday will be the first day for early voting.
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  SPEAKER_1: We're getting down to crunch time.
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  SPEAKER_1: Folks, really...
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  SPEAKER_1: I'm not sure a lot of folks can take the chance of even waiting till election day
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  SPEAKER_1: to vote or even try to do it by mail-in voting,
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  SPEAKER_1: but they have to have a strategy, whatever that is.
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  SPEAKER_2: Everybody needs a plan.
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  SPEAKER_2: We don't know what's going to happen between now and the election day,
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  SPEAKER_2: but so we need to have a clear, connected, intentional plan to vote.
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  SPEAKER_2: We are not wait to the last minute if you don't have to,
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  SPEAKER_2: unless you know you're going to be able to get out rain,
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  SPEAKER_2: snow or shine on Election Day.
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  SPEAKER_2: But then you want to be committed to doing that because everybody needs a plan.
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  SPEAKER_1: And let's keep in mind, let's be real as we keep in mind that our voter rights are under attack.
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  SPEAKER_1: I mean, There has been so much,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: if we can just reflect on what's happened here over President Trump's second term.
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  SPEAKER_1: I mean, the Supreme Court has pretty much gutted,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: protection and civil right protection for voters when it comes to gerrymandering
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  SPEAKER_1: that or, you know, especially taking the vote.
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  SPEAKER_1: Rights from African-Americans and other minority groups.
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  SPEAKER_1: They've been able to chop them up.
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  SPEAKER_1: There's threats of what may happen on Election Day.
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  SPEAKER_1: We have executive orders that say we want the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_1: Postal Service to go through our mail and determine who gets mail-in ballots.
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  SPEAKER_1: There's so much that we have to be concerned about right now.
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  SPEAKER_1: That's why it's very important that folks have a plan and not wait till
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  SPEAKER_1: the last minute, but be determined to be part of the process.
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  SPEAKER_2: You have to be.
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  SPEAKER_2: I mean,
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  SPEAKER_2: one of the things I just heard last week is it's a real good possibility that
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  SPEAKER_2: a president's going to declare martial law and related to elections in the month
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  SPEAKER_2: of October here, about halfway through.
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  SPEAKER_2: And so all those things will impact one's ability And in terms of just
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  SPEAKER_2: the whole process,
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  SPEAKER_2: and given that the Supreme Court has been extremely leaning his direction in some
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  SPEAKER_2: of these ways, one has to operate as though you don't know what's going to happen.
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  SPEAKER_1: Well, I think one thing we can be assured of,
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  SPEAKER_1: and Brother Jarelli and you're right, is taking us back in time.
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  SPEAKER_1: Modern day slavery is what he put in our Facebook chat.
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  SPEAKER_1: And for a lot of folks, that's what they feel.
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  SPEAKER_1: They feel like we're going back in time,
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  SPEAKER_1: not just civil rights era in the 60s, but even further back.
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  SPEAKER_1: In which our freedoms are being under attack as well.
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  SPEAKER_1: And part of that freedom is just being able to vote.
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  SPEAKER_1: Right now, it's important that folks double check their voter status.
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  SPEAKER_1: You're voting here in Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_1: Make sure you go to the Indiana Voters Portal.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can do that.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can check your registration, Mr. President.
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  SPEAKER_1: Once again, you can do this.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can make changes.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can update your voter registration.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can register all the way up to noon on Monday.
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  SPEAKER_2: And those things need to be taken care of.
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  SPEAKER_2: Don't take them for granted.
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  SPEAKER_2: Wait until Election Day.
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  SPEAKER_2: Busting at somebody probably won't change your ability to go vote.
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  SPEAKER_2: Got every I,
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  SPEAKER_2: cross every T right now,
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  SPEAKER_2: all the way through the election process because our voting rights,
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  SPEAKER_2: our democracy is at stake as we go and head for the first November of this year.
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  SPEAKER_2: It is critical that we go vote because our democracy,
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  SPEAKER_2: that's not just some word somebody spouting, it is truly under attack.
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  SPEAKER_2: We see it under attack here, especially in Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_2: Our voting numbers, our Secretary of State already gave it to the federal government.
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  SPEAKER_2: So we are under a major serious attack and we need to function like it.
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  SPEAKER_2: We need to go vote and clearly send a message.
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  SPEAKER_1: Mr. President,
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  SPEAKER_1: I'm going to bring up for us If you're watching on Facebook or you happen
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  SPEAKER_1: to be looking at our substack, here is how you can check your voter status.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can just go to the indiana.gov voter portal.
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  SPEAKER_1: And it tells us,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: right at the top there here in Indiana,
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  SPEAKER_1: we have just almost,
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  SPEAKER_1: I'll say,
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  SPEAKER_1: a little bit under 5 million voters,
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  SPEAKER_1: 4,756,000 pretty much is how many voters we have here in the state.
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  SPEAKER_1: It's there where you can go ahead and register.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can also check your voting status.
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  SPEAKER_1: You can vote by mail and you can also find your voting locations.
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  SPEAKER_1: What also is good about the site is you can actually go.
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  SPEAKER_1: And once again, if you're with us on Facebook, I'm showing a ballot for my particular precinct.
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  SPEAKER_1: But you can go on and you can see who the candidates are that are
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  SPEAKER_1: in your particular district or precinct, which is how they define it.
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  SPEAKER_1: And there's going to be some key races that we need to understand who's running
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  SPEAKER_1: and what they stand for.
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  SPEAKER_1: The main one, Mr. President, is right there at the top, the Secretary of State race.
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  SPEAKER_1: We got four folks.
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  SPEAKER_1: And for me, it's kind of a toss up.
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  SPEAKER_2: You think the race is going to be really close, Reverend Alexander?
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  SPEAKER_1: I think when you're looking at the fact that you have Greg Ballard,
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  SPEAKER_1: Max Engling and Beau Bayh, I think it can be very surprising who comes out of that.
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  SPEAKER_2: Well, I think that certainly Greg Ballard will have an impact on the race.
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  SPEAKER_2: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_2: That his being in the race is not consequential to somebody in terms of outcome.
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  SPEAKER_2: I would encourage everybody to kind of make it a plan to vote.
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  SPEAKER_2: Make sure you go and understand who you're voting for.
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  SPEAKER_2: Because,
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  SPEAKER_2: you know,
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  SPEAKER_2: one of the things that has shifted in terms of politics is now
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  SPEAKER_2: the commercials you see on TV.
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  SPEAKER_2: Nobody identifies themselves with a party.
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  SPEAKER_2: So you don't even know where these people are coming from.
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  SPEAKER_2: Because this is,
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  SPEAKER_2: when you say television, man, it's almost become television, Reverend Alexander.
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  SPEAKER_2: Unless you go look this stuff up and really vet the candidate, can they even...
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  SPEAKER_2: Some of the stuff they're saying is not within their purview or job,
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  SPEAKER_2: you know,
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  SPEAKER_2: because the Secretary of State is not going to impact taxes, tax increases.
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  SPEAKER_2: They're not the governor.
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  SPEAKER_2: You know,
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  SPEAKER_2: so you need to vet all these candidates and understand who is where and what,
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  SPEAKER_2: you know, what party they're with, what they stand for, et cetera.
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  SPEAKER_2: Because you can't get there off a television commercial now or a radio commercial.
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  SPEAKER_2: I'm sure you'll be hearing a little bit closer to the election because they don't say that.
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  SPEAKER_2: They just here's my name and everybody's great and saying what they think voters want to hear.
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  SPEAKER_2: And we need to be clear about where they're coming from and who their allegiance really is to.
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  SPEAKER_2: For everybody that's running.
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  SPEAKER_1: And that's going to be a challenge for a lot of folks.
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  SPEAKER_1: I mean, historically, a lot of folks didn't really vet candidates.
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  SPEAKER_1: They would either just vote straight ticket,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: one way or the other or go with,
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  SPEAKER_1: I've seen,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: this person sign every day I go to work or,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: they seem,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: to have the,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know, nicest smile, but they're not really looking at What they're standing for.
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  SPEAKER_1: They're not going to their websites.
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  SPEAKER_1: They're not looking at some of the interviews or debates or any of that.
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  SPEAKER_1: Those are things that you need to be, I'll say, critically attentive to.
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  SPEAKER_2: Yeah, I mean,
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  SPEAKER_2: because it really,
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  SPEAKER_2: you know,
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  SPEAKER_2: if we go to vote and then vote the wrong person in,
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  SPEAKER_2: then that will not help with our democracy.
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  SPEAKER_2: We have to understand that.
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  SPEAKER_2: Who is going to be protecting voting rights?
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  SPEAKER_2: Who's going to be standing up for the people, standing up for our communities, etc.
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  SPEAKER_2: ?
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  SPEAKER_2: That's critical.
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  SPEAKER_2: And you won't know that necessarily based on just a TV commercial
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  SPEAKER_2: because everybody's going to say that.
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  SPEAKER_2: And then you've got some in some cases, well, the party ain't even for that.
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  SPEAKER_2: So they ain't really going to do that because the party ain't even going that direction.
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  SPEAKER_2: So you got to make sure you understand where you are, who you're voting for, etc.
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  SPEAKER_2: Who's like-minded with you?
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  SPEAKER_2: Who is going to be beneficial to you in terms of standing up for things
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  SPEAKER_2: that would help benefit your family and know
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  SPEAKER_2: that is this even something they can do?
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  SPEAKER_2: I mean, the Secretary of State does not decide gas prices, for example.
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  SPEAKER_2: For example, so the things within that purview of that, what can they do?
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  SPEAKER_2: What are they saying?
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  SPEAKER_2: That's what really is the matter.
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  SPEAKER_2: You know, it can't just be, I've seen this sign.
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  SPEAKER_2: I like it because of its colors and that type of stuff.
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  SPEAKER_2: We've got to get past that written magazine because this is critical right now.
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  SPEAKER_2: And, you know, some of these people, you know, they got a lot of money.
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  SPEAKER_2: So, Commercials and signs, etc.
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  SPEAKER_2: They will have plenty of them because they have plenty of money.
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  SPEAKER_2: And so you don't want to make the decision on that because,
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  SPEAKER_2: you know,
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  SPEAKER_2: there's billionaires behind some of these movements and things
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  SPEAKER_2: that are clearly happening right now, whether it's the AI discussion, etc.
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  SPEAKER_2: It's all driven by people with major money.
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  SPEAKER_2: And that's how we end up in certain situations.
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  SPEAKER_2: Those people want certain people in place.
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  SPEAKER_2: If you think about this,
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  SPEAKER_2: like the Secretary of State's race,
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  SPEAKER_2: why it's so critical, you think about it this way.
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  SPEAKER_2: The president is running in 2028.
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  SPEAKER_2: He wants secretaries of state to line up on him.
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  SPEAKER_2: As he did with Georgia,
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  SPEAKER_2: when he said, hey,
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  SPEAKER_2: go find me some votes, that Secretary of State person is the one he's talking to.
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  SPEAKER_2: Go find me some votes.
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  SPEAKER_2: He will want it to turn out a certain way.
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  SPEAKER_2: So therefore,
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  SPEAKER_2: the Republican Party President Trump in particular will care about who is
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  SPEAKER_2: the secretary state of Indiana and all down the line.
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  SPEAKER_2: We as voters must say, now, is that what we want?
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  SPEAKER_2: A president, they can make a phone call and say, you know, find me these votes.
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  SPEAKER_2: Or do we want somebody who's going to say,
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  SPEAKER_2: here's where the Hoosiers are and here's what our democracy is.
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  SPEAKER_2: And I'm not going to go find you.
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  SPEAKER_2: You know, 600 votes or a thousand votes or whatever because it's unethical and it's immoral.
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  SPEAKER_2: So those are types of things we really need to be addressing.
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  SPEAKER_2: And understand it is a while it doesn't may not sound to some as a key race.
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  SPEAKER_2: This is a very key race.
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  SPEAKER_2: It's a very important race because the president cares about who is the secretary
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  SPEAKER_2: of state in all of these states because that's the election piece.
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  SPEAKER_2: That's the person controlling the election piece.
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  SPEAKER_2: That's the person in For the 2028 election who might be deciding who's getting
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  SPEAKER_2: a vote and who's not.
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  SPEAKER_2: And so he is paying attention and which means the top of that party is paying attention.
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  SPEAKER_2: And therefore, you see money invested and everything else going on.
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  SPEAKER_2: And it'll probably be a bloodbath between now and that first Tuesday in November.
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  SPEAKER_2: And that's why.
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  SPEAKER_1: Well, we certainly need to understand that the Secretary of State has a huge role
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  SPEAKER_1: when it comes to voting, as you just outlined.
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  SPEAKER_1: And certifying the elections because that's something,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: another piece of what they tried to do in the past,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: to have fake electors, if you will, and those that certify the local elections.
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  SPEAKER_1: So there's a lot of that in play because you really want someone.
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  SPEAKER_1: That's independent and is not going to be sold out,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: to a party and accept,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know,
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  SPEAKER_1: someone saying you're going to do our bidding for us and make sure
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  SPEAKER_1: that we can sway this election one way or another.
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  SPEAKER_1: Because what else is on the table?
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  SPEAKER_1: Seizing machines.
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  SPEAKER_1: That was on the table for the previous Trump administration,
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  SPEAKER_1: was seizing machines right after the election.
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  SPEAKER_1: Right now, they've already done it, this administration in Georgia.
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  SPEAKER_1: What's going to stop them now from saying,
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  SPEAKER_1: we're not going to wait until the ballots are counted?
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  SPEAKER_1: What's going to stop them from going in and just taking them and saying,
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  SPEAKER_1: we're halting the process.
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  SPEAKER_1: You're not counting any more mail-in ballots.
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  SPEAKER_1: We've got the Republican League.
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  SPEAKER_1: We're shutting it down right now.
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  SPEAKER_1: That's a possibility.
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  SPEAKER_2: That is a possibility, Reverend Alexander.
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  SPEAKER_2: That's why we have to be intentional.
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  SPEAKER_2: That's why we have to have a plan.
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  SPEAKER_2: We have to go vote.
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  SPEAKER_2: We've got to be on purpose and may have to advocate for your vote to be counted
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  SPEAKER_2: when this is all over.
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  SPEAKER_1: Well, and they've already,
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  SPEAKER_1: last week,
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  SPEAKER_1: Todd Blanche already said that he was going to plan to have ICE agents
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  SPEAKER_1: at polling locations.
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  SPEAKER_2: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_1: So guess what?
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  SPEAKER_1: If they're there,
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  SPEAKER_1: you know, everybody's really concerned about they're there to stop people to vote.
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  SPEAKER_1: Well, they are.
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  SPEAKER_1: They're there to do that.
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  SPEAKER_1: They're there to intimidate.
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  SPEAKER_1: But guess what?
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  SPEAKER_1: They're also there.
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  SPEAKER_1: They can get an order, say, hey, go take the machines out right now.
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  SPEAKER_1: 601, Pike Township.
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  SPEAKER_2: Oh, without a doubt.
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  SPEAKER_2: And they know the fear of intimidation.
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  SPEAKER_2: I mean, one of the keys for ultimately,
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  SPEAKER_2: especially Indiana, is turnout, in particular, Marion County.
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  SPEAKER_2: You know, turnout has been abysmal.
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  SPEAKER_2: If somebody's going to win a statewide race, they're going to have to win Marion County.
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  SPEAKER_2: You know, 60-65% of Marion County voters have to vote in order for that to take place.
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  SPEAKER_2: And if you have ICE agents and other people,
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  SPEAKER_2: how many people will say, I ain't fooling with that.
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  SPEAKER_2: I ain't going up, because all they see is law enforcement.
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  SPEAKER_2: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_2: It's not that they see necessarily as ICE.
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  SPEAKER_2: They just see law enforcement.
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  SPEAKER_2: And they will be like,
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  SPEAKER_2: especially in the minority community, say, I'm not going up there fooling with that.
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  SPEAKER_2: And those people,
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  SPEAKER_2: people saying something to me and this, that,
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  SPEAKER_2: and the other,
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  SPEAKER_2: they will not They will be less or more hesitant to not engage in the process,
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  SPEAKER_2: which then hurts turnout.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_2: And if turnout doesn't happen, then we're impacted in the election.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_2: Because in a statewide race, you need turnout.
• 19:04
  SPEAKER_2: You need Hoosiers to show up to vote.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_2: And particularly in Marion County, our numbers have been woefully low.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_2: And you just can't win.
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, I've heard numerous candidates.
• 19:17
  SPEAKER_2: Well, I went visiting 92 counties.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_2: That's great.
• 19:20
  SPEAKER_2: You visited 92 counties.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_2: But in the end,
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_2: if you're winning a statewide race,
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_2: you better make sure that there's turnout in Marion County.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_2: And it's a significant number because you're not going
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_2: to overcome all those rural counties that are heavily Republican.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_2: And a lot of them border, you know, they border Marion County.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_2: Hendricks County is extremely Republican.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_2: Let's see how
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_1: they vote.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_2: They're going to go vote, right?
• 19:49
  SPEAKER_2: And a lot of them are going to go vote.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_2: And so if we don't have significant numbers turn out to vote, we end up short.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_2: And there's a lot of people.
• 20:01
  SPEAKER_2: Tiffany Stoner was a Democrat who ran for state rep a couple years ago and lost
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_2: about a few hundred votes.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_2: Turnout.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_2: If she had gotten turnout, she would have been state rep.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_2: It's not getting the turnout.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_2: In a lot of cases,
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_2: especially Democrats,
• 20:21
  SPEAKER_2: they say, well, they ain't going to win no way, so I ain't worried about going.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_2: And they live in Hendricks County or wherever,
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_2: but they see all these signs around their neighbors,
• 20:31
  SPEAKER_2: everybody's a Republican,
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_2: so they feel like, well,
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_2: my one little vote ain't going to matter,
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_2: but you need all those little votes when you start getting into running
• 20:40
  SPEAKER_2: against Republican incumbents, et cetera.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_2: We're going to need numbers.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_2: We need turnout, and it's going to be interesting to see what that looks like November the 3rd.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_2: What is turnout?
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_2: The core people who vote, they're going to vote.
• 20:56
  SPEAKER_2: I believe many of them, many of us will vote early.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_2: We'll have it done.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_2: We certainly definitely have a plan.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_2: The question is people who have not typically voted or haven't voted consistently,
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_2: are they coming out?
• 21:11
  SPEAKER_2: It's not a presidential election.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_2: But are they showing up in 2026 to go vote?
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_2: That's the magical question.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_2: I think they're frustrated about gas prices and food prices and a number of things.
• 21:25
  SPEAKER_2: I don't think they believe we should be in a war over in Iraq.
• 21:30
  SPEAKER_2: But for Iran, will they go vote?
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_2: That's the question.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_1: Well, that's certainly what we want to encourage you to do.
• 21:43
  SPEAKER_1: To go vote.
• 21:46
  SPEAKER_1: We're going to take our first break of the hour.
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_1: When we come back, we invite you to be part of the conversation.
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_1: And you can call into the radio station at numbers 317-480-1310.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_1: You're listening to the Concerned Clergy Radio Show
• 21:58
  SPEAKER_1: on Praise AM 1310 95.1 FM Indies Inspiration Station.
• 22:07
  SPEAKER_1: Well, welcome back to the program.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_1: If you would like to be part of the program, you can call in to the radio station.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_1: And their phone number is 317-480-1310.
• 22:17
  SPEAKER_1: Or you can also comment on our Facebook page.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_1: And that's the Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_1: We're just trying to encourage you to vote on tonight and trying to make sure
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_1: that you have the tools and the resources to make sure that you are registered and
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_1: If you need to make changes to your voter registration, how you can do that.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_1: And that's by going to the voter portal on the indiana.gov website.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_1: So we've been talking about that on tonight.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_1: Once again, you can call in 317-480-1310.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_1: We've got some comments rolling on our Facebook page there.
• 23:02
  SPEAKER_1: Pete Hegseth.
• 23:03
  SPEAKER_1: He's talking about having Elon Musk involved in the midterms.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_1: That is a fact.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_1: They are utilizing, they're going to use him once again.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_1: If you notice,
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_1: he was at the big powwow that they had yesterday,
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_1: I think it was,
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_1: Mr. President, when they brought in all the techs, CEOs and everyone.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_1: He was right there with them.
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_1: However, that being said, I agree.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_1: Races are Extremely close in some places you would not expect.
• 23:36
  SPEAKER_1: Mr. President, here's where we're at.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_2: Yeah.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_2: Elon Musk put in $100 million for the primary.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_2: He's given candidates across the country.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_2: He committed $100 million to help people, Republicans, to be victorious in the primaries.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_2: So that's not your change.
• 23:58
  SPEAKER_2: So you know that With $100 million, you can do a lot of mailings and other things.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_2: So you know that in these states,
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_2: Florida, Texas,
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_2: Georgia, man,
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_2: there's going to be a lot of commercials everywhere,
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_2: et cetera, because they're going to throw money behind that stuff.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_2: And that's why it's important that we think about the Secretary of State's race from
• 24:22
  SPEAKER_2: a holistic picture,
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_2: knowing, okay,
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_2: if the president wants these positions,
• 24:27
  SPEAKER_2: That's where he might send some money to an individual to help them get across
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_2: the finish line.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_2: So when you've got one person,
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_2: in this case,
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_2: Elon Musk,
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_2: who has already committed $100 million,
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_2: there's a lot of money floating around in elections when you're on that side of
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_2: the fence.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_1: So you also have an opportunity if you go to the Indiana voter portal,
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_1: you'll see there that you'll be voting and this is everyone will be voting for
• 25:00
  SPEAKER_1: a secretary of state.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_1: You're a state comptroller,
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_1: you're a treasurer,
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_1: and then you'll have your U.S.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_1: representative in your area, as well as, such as up here, District 29.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_1: District 29 could be a very interesting race, Mr. President.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_1: I know that's one area that you got a candidate, seems to have good backing in John Ruckelshaus.
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_1: Has a lot of money, at least it seems like.
• 25:35
  SPEAKER_1: And we're seeing is he's got some huge signs already.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_1: Where are we seeing on the road?
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_1: I'm not sure how long they're going to stay there.
• 25:43
  SPEAKER_1: I would think they're legal, in my opinion, but they're out there.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_2: I'm serious.
• 25:49
  SPEAKER_2: Well, you have to go by probably the sign laws.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_2: You know,
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_2: unfortunately,
• 25:55
  SPEAKER_2: during this season, a lot of times people turn their heads to those regulations.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_2: But yes, I think that certainly that's another race that will be very close.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_2: And it'll come down to turnout.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_2: Again, it'll come down to turnout because, you know, Ruckelshaus is the Republican.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_2: Christina Moorhead is the Democrat.
• 26:16
  SPEAKER_2: And, you know, it's going to come down to turn out.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_2: And how many people, you know, Pike and Wayne Township didn't make up the district.
• 26:27
  SPEAKER_2: Carmel's there in Zionsville.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_2: You know, what kind of Democrats turn out in Zionsville?
• 26:32
  SPEAKER_2: Do they come out or do they say, well, you know, this is a predominantly Republican area.
• 26:36
  SPEAKER_2: I ain't going to fool with it, even though I
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_1: am a Democrat.
• 26:39
  SPEAKER_2: You know, I'll give some money to it, but necessarily don't go vote.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_2: So it's all that stuff that's a part of it.
• 26:46
  SPEAKER_2: You hope that we get across the finish line if there's a blue way.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_2: I would say this reminds me,
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_2: if we see a blue way,
• 26:53
  SPEAKER_2: you know,
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_2: in other areas of the country and don't see it here,
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_2: we ought to ask some very difficult questions.
• 27:01
  SPEAKER_2: So the day after this election,
• 27:03
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, I want to have some very similar, that Wednesday we have a show.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_2: We got to have some very, very frank discussions.
• 27:11
  SPEAKER_2: Based on outcome.
• 27:12
  SPEAKER_2: Hopefully we're cheerleading and happy about what happened.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_2: We saw and feel like some change is going to come.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_2: We still have a fight,
• 27:19
  SPEAKER_2: don't get me wrong,
• 27:20
  SPEAKER_2: because,
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_2: you know,
• 27:21
  SPEAKER_2: our Speaker of the House is talking about perhaps not swearing in people, but,
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_2: you know, given all the talk and buzz around a blue wave, what does that look like?
• 27:33
  SPEAKER_2: And how do we get there?
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_2: And if it does happen, is it in Indiana?
• 27:40
  SPEAKER_2: Part of my concern is you see
• 27:45
  SPEAKER_2: the president's going to certain states,
• 27:48
  SPEAKER_2: Alabama,
• 27:49
  SPEAKER_2: Arkansas,
• 27:49
  SPEAKER_2: where he's normally won,
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_2: doesn't have any issues,
• 27:53
  SPEAKER_2: but now he does have an issue because there's some Democrats
• 27:57
  SPEAKER_2: in there that's running.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_2: Well, Indiana ain't on the visit list.
• 28:00
  SPEAKER_2: So does that mean it's on lock for the Republicans to win again?
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_2: And he doesn't feel concerned.
• 28:08
  SPEAKER_2: What does that message mean?
• 28:10
  SPEAKER_2: Because it does mean he's concerned about Arkansas.
• 28:14
  SPEAKER_2: He's concerned about Oklahoma.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_2: He's concerned about Alabama.
• 28:17
  SPEAKER_2: So that's on the list to go visit,
• 28:19
  SPEAKER_2: which are typical Republican strongholds, places he's won 30 or 40 percent.
• 28:24
  SPEAKER_2: But we don't see Indiana on that list.
• 28:28
  SPEAKER_1: Is he really concerned or is he just want to go somewhere he's liked?
• 28:33
  SPEAKER_1: I mean, is he just stroking his own ego?
• 28:36
  SPEAKER_2: Well, I know that a lot of the races there are close, though.
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_2: There's Democrats in those places who have significant traction.
• 28:46
  SPEAKER_2: They just had their convention in Texas.
• 28:49
  SPEAKER_2: So, you know, he's trying to, but it's a close race, as Imhotep and other people shared.
• 28:55
  SPEAKER_2: Because if there is a blue wave,
• 28:58
  SPEAKER_2: there will be some of those traditional,
• 29:01
  SPEAKER_2: quote-unquote,
• 29:01
  SPEAKER_2: Republican states that Donald Trump won, there will be significant losses.
• 29:06
  SPEAKER_2: If we don't have that, that's not a blue wave.
• 29:08
  SPEAKER_2: A blue wave is, oh,
• 29:10
  SPEAKER_2: we get people who won,
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_2: Democrats who won in Texas and in Florida and, you know, Georgia.
• 29:16
  SPEAKER_2: They won.
• 29:18
  SPEAKER_2: That's a blue wave.
• 29:20
  SPEAKER_2: And will Indiana be part of that blue wave where there are a number of people running?
• 29:26
  SPEAKER_2: You know, we have a Democrat in all these races, but do we get them across the finish line?
• 29:32
  SPEAKER_2: It's not enough to get them.
• 29:34
  SPEAKER_2: Okay, we got somebody on the ballot.
• 29:36
  SPEAKER_2: But can we get some victories in that?
• 29:39
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, J.D.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_2: Ford is at a contentious race with Victoria Spartz.
• 29:45
  SPEAKER_2: Are the Republicans going to come in here and back Victoria Spartz?
• 29:49
  SPEAKER_2: Is J.D.
• 29:50
  SPEAKER_2: Ford going to pull off the upset?
• 29:53
  SPEAKER_2: If there's a blue wave, he's winning.
• 29:55
  SPEAKER_2: If there's a blue wave, Christina's winning.
• 29:59
  SPEAKER_2: Moorhead.
• 30:00
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, if there's a blue wave,
• 30:01
  SPEAKER_2: then Kerry Forestal, On the northeast side is going to win if there's a blue wave.
• 30:09
  SPEAKER_2: Now, if we don't have that blue wave,
• 30:11
  SPEAKER_2: I believe we ought to have some very serious conversations if a blue wave happens
• 30:15
  SPEAKER_2: in other places.
• 30:16
  SPEAKER_2: Like what made that successful?
• 30:19
  SPEAKER_2: It's not a finger point exercise,
• 30:21
  SPEAKER_2: but it's why were we able to do it in some states and not in others?
• 30:27
  SPEAKER_2: And when we look at that,
• 30:28
  SPEAKER_2: is Indiana up here leading the way towards there's going to be a blue wave?
• 30:33
  SPEAKER_2: We just, you know, based on some data, hopefully not just hoping for it, wishing for it.
• 30:39
  SPEAKER_2: And there's plans in place.
• 30:41
  SPEAKER_2: We've been executing a plan.
• 30:44
  SPEAKER_2: Or, you know, what happens here?
• 30:47
  SPEAKER_2: If there ever was a chance, anytime there ought to be a blue wave, it ought to be right now.
• 30:51
  SPEAKER_2: Because if you've got gas prices where they are,
• 30:55
  SPEAKER_2: you've got an unpopular war going on,
• 30:57
  SPEAKER_2: you've got grocery prices up, Childcare prices are up in limited, even access.
• 31:05
  SPEAKER_2: People are looking at referendums to pay more.
• 31:09
  SPEAKER_2: If you can't get it now, when would you get it?
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_2: Because this is it, Reverend Alexander.
• 31:17
  SPEAKER_2: If you can't get it right here, I don't know when you can get it.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_2: Well, it just shows where you're at.
• 31:22
  SPEAKER_1: It just shows where you're at as a people.
• 31:25
  SPEAKER_1: I certainly agree with that.
• 31:26
  SPEAKER_1: But I don't think Indiana is going to be leading that blue wave.
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_1: But we got to go to our last commercial break.
• 31:34
  SPEAKER_1: Hopefully they're part of it.
• 31:35
  SPEAKER_1: I just don't see Indiana leading.
• 31:38
  SPEAKER_1: And if you'd like to be part of the conversation, you can call in.
• 31:41
  SPEAKER_1: That number is 317-480-1310.
• 31:44
  SPEAKER_1: We have a Imhotep holding.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_1: We'll pick a Imhotep up when we come back from our break.
• 31:49
  SPEAKER_1: Once again, you can also call in 317-480-1310.
• 31:52
  SPEAKER_1: You're listening to the Concerned Clergy Radio Show on Praise AM 1310,
• 31:58
  SPEAKER_1: 95.1 FM Indies, Inspiration Station.
• 32:05
  SPEAKER_1: Welcome back.
• 32:06
  SPEAKER_1: We've been talking about voting,
• 32:08
  SPEAKER_1: making sure that you're registered and you know where you can vote.
• 32:12
  SPEAKER_1: Understanding that we are getting ready to early vote.
• 32:19
  SPEAKER_1: That's this coming Tuesday.
• 32:21
  SPEAKER_1: Once again, this coming Tuesday, you will be able to early vote.
• 32:25
  SPEAKER_1: Well, where can you early vote?
• 32:27
  SPEAKER_1: You can early vote at the city county council, or excuse me, the city county building.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_1: That's beginning Tuesday.
• 32:33
  SPEAKER_1: And that will be open Tuesday through Friday, eight to five.
• 32:38
  SPEAKER_1: And then after that,
• 32:40
  SPEAKER_1: the following two weeks at the city county building,
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_1: Monday through Friday, eight to five.
• 32:48
  SPEAKER_1: The 24th,
• 32:49
  SPEAKER_1: you'll have some other satellite locations that we'll be opening and there's going
• 32:54
  SPEAKER_1: to be an effort in which we can gather people together in which they can march to
• 33:02
  SPEAKER_1: the polls on that Saturday, October the 24th.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_1: We'll be sharing more information about that.
• 33:07
  SPEAKER_1: But if you'd like to be part of the conversation, once again, call in 317-480-1310.
• 33:12
  SPEAKER_1: We have a Imhotep that's been holding.
• 33:14
  SPEAKER_1: Let's go ahead and bring him in.
• 33:15
  SPEAKER_1: Imhotep, good evening.
• 33:19
  SPEAKER_3: Good evening, gentlemen.
• 33:21
  SPEAKER_3: Thank you for taking my call.
• 33:26
  SPEAKER_3: When I read the article in the New York Times about what Hegseth said earlier
• 33:31
  SPEAKER_3: about having only Elon Musk for us that may have a little age on us like all
• 33:37
  SPEAKER_3: of us do.
• 33:39
  SPEAKER_3: He also said he's going to have Newt Gingrich involved.
• 33:43
  SPEAKER_3: I'm like, oh, he brought out caricature from the past.
• 33:47
  SPEAKER_3: Newt Gingrich,
• 33:48
  SPEAKER_3: the author of the Republican Revolution
• 33:52
  SPEAKER_3: in 1994,
• 33:53
  SPEAKER_3: Bill Clinton's time,
• 33:55
  SPEAKER_3: which was
• 33:57
  SPEAKER_3: nothing.
• 33:57
  SPEAKER_3: They didn't do anything.
• 33:58
  SPEAKER_3: You know, they throw the crime bill.
• 34:02
  SPEAKER_3: Bill Clinton always gets the lion's share of the hate from the crime bill.
• 34:07
  SPEAKER_3: And I was writing papers in my political science class at that time.
• 34:11
  SPEAKER_3: I was a senior.
• 34:14
  SPEAKER_3: And one of the political science classes.
• 34:15
  SPEAKER_3: And honestly,
• 34:16
  SPEAKER_3: I think if I remember it totally correctly,
• 34:18
  SPEAKER_3: because I had it in my head,
• 34:21
  SPEAKER_3: I think it was 138 Republicans in the House and 143 Democrats in the House.
• 34:29
  SPEAKER_3: And I think it was a total of
• 34:34
  SPEAKER_3: 89 senators in the Senate voted for that bill.
• 34:37
  SPEAKER_3: But yeah, Bill Clinton gets it.
• 34:39
  SPEAKER_3: And New Gingrich, he voted for it.
• 34:41
  SPEAKER_3: I don't know how to get away with it all the time.
• 34:43
  SPEAKER_3: Anyway, I watched a George Carlin video earlier.
• 34:48
  SPEAKER_3: I love George Carlin.
• 34:49
  SPEAKER_3: He's not with us anymore.
• 34:50
  SPEAKER_3: But his words live on.
• 34:52
  SPEAKER_3: And he talked about,
• 34:52
  SPEAKER_3: this is what Pastor Green's talking about with those rural counties and the ones
• 34:57
  SPEAKER_3: that normally vote red.
• 34:59
  SPEAKER_3: And they never seem to vote for their interests.
• 35:01
  SPEAKER_3: And George Carlin was talking about how he just does not understand how
• 35:05
  SPEAKER_3: the working class,
• 35:06
  SPEAKER_3: the people,
• 35:07
  SPEAKER_3: the working class or middle class,
• 35:09
  SPEAKER_3: or definitely salaries that are back at $500,000 or less, or even $250,000 or less.
• 35:17
  SPEAKER_3: Continually vote for billionaires and millionaires who do not care about you.
• 35:21
  SPEAKER_3: They don't care.
• 35:23
  SPEAKER_3: That's what he kept saying.
• 35:24
  SPEAKER_3: They don't care.
• 35:25
  SPEAKER_3: They don't care.
• 35:26
  SPEAKER_3: They don't care.
• 35:27
  SPEAKER_3: They don't care.
• 35:27
  SPEAKER_3: I don't know.
• 35:29
  SPEAKER_1: We know a lot of it is racism.
• 35:31
  SPEAKER_1: We know a
• 35:31
  SPEAKER_3: lot of it,
• 35:31
  SPEAKER_3: like James Baldwin said,
• 35:32
  SPEAKER_3: is the fact that it's not about what the people they vote for can do for them.
• 35:37
  SPEAKER_3: It's about the pain they can inflict on everyone else.
• 35:41
  SPEAKER_3: That's just the most schizophrenic, pathological cycle.
• 35:46
  SPEAKER_3: It's a sociopathic, psychopathic thinking you can have.
• 35:49
  SPEAKER_3: And that's what we have with them.
• 35:51
  SPEAKER_3: It wasn't our fault in 2016.
• 35:53
  SPEAKER_3: You know, black people get beat up on that.
• 35:57
  SPEAKER_3: And I had to, I mean, I debated with Tina Cosmo about that after that, and James Patterson.
• 36:01
  SPEAKER_3: You know,
• 36:01
  SPEAKER_3: first of all,
• 36:02
  SPEAKER_3: of the number of eligible voters that you have that are black,
• 36:05
  SPEAKER_3: you know, you don't get 100%.
• 36:07
  SPEAKER_3: So you get 70, 80%.
• 36:09
  SPEAKER_3: You still need,
• 36:10
  SPEAKER_3: you still have the majority of people,
• 36:12
  SPEAKER_3: it's the majority of rulers, white people in this country.
• 36:15
  SPEAKER_3: So like James Baldwin said, we want these things to really change.
• 36:20
  SPEAKER_3: Look at the Obama here.
• 36:21
  SPEAKER_3: White people helped usher that in because they helped vote Obama in.
• 36:26
  SPEAKER_3: And for some sort of reason,
• 36:28
  SPEAKER_3: they've gotten turned by Fox News to realize,
• 36:32
  SPEAKER_3: what about the things that matter for you?
• 36:34
  SPEAKER_3: There's no dose check.
• 36:36
  SPEAKER_3: There's been no tariff check.
• 36:38
  SPEAKER_3: This $5,000 lie,
• 36:40
  SPEAKER_3: he pushed it again the other day,
• 36:41
  SPEAKER_3: Pastor Green, you're right, he pushed it again the other day.
• 36:43
  SPEAKER_3: Well, if you help us keep the House in the Senate, I'm going to make sure we get the $5,000.
• 36:48
  SPEAKER_3: You have the House in the Senate in the presidency now.
• 36:51
  SPEAKER_3: Laura Ingram asked him two weeks ago,
• 36:52
  SPEAKER_3: you have the House in the Senate now, why come you can't get the checks out now?
• 36:56
  SPEAKER_3: Well, the Democrats won't do it.
• 36:59
  SPEAKER_3: It's always something.
• 37:00
  SPEAKER_3: And so my statement, my statement is to the Caucasian, the white,
• 37:09
  SPEAKER_3: You are George Carlin.
• 37:11
  SPEAKER_3: He is white.
• 37:13
  SPEAKER_3: George Carlin said you keep voting for people who do not care about you.
• 37:20
  SPEAKER_3: Former President Obama said a rising tide floats all boats.
• 37:25
  SPEAKER_3: Why are you so worried about the pain that ICE is doing for immigrants or
• 37:30
  SPEAKER_3: the anti-DEI or all the now we got college loans being canceled?
• 37:35
  SPEAKER_3: For all these, uh,
• 37:37
  SPEAKER_3: sociology, art, and, and,
• 37:39
  SPEAKER_3: and cosmetology and all kinds of other programs
• 37:41
  SPEAKER_3: that help people become self-sufficient in life.
• 37:44
  SPEAKER_3: Why are you all so hardened on that instead of understanding that you need to worry
• 37:50
  SPEAKER_3: about or vote for the people who are going to make sure we all are progressive?
• 37:55
  SPEAKER_1: All right.
• 37:55
  SPEAKER_1: Hey, I appreciate
• 37:57
  SPEAKER_3: each other up as black people.
• 37:58
  SPEAKER_3: And thank you.
• 37:58
  SPEAKER_3: Thank you for taking my call.
• 37:59
  SPEAKER_1: Thank you.
• 38:00
  SPEAKER_1: We got Joyce on the line.
• 38:01
  SPEAKER_1: Let's go ahead and bring Joyce in.
• 38:04
  SPEAKER_4: Well, um, Imhotep threw me off when he talked about the cosmos.
• 38:11
  SPEAKER_1: Joyce?
• 38:17
  SPEAKER_1: Joyce, are you there?
• 38:19
  SPEAKER_1: I think we lost Joyce.
• 38:21
  SPEAKER_1: Imhotep said quite a bit there, Mr. President.
• 38:24
  SPEAKER_1: You want to respond?
• 38:26
  SPEAKER_2: Well, Imhotep just brought up the great point of there are people who vote
• 38:30
  SPEAKER_2: against Their interests.
• 38:33
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, just so many men have ICE issues,
• 38:37
  SPEAKER_2: but because they're doing that,
• 38:41
  SPEAKER_2: you know,
• 38:41
  SPEAKER_2: even though they're losing their Medicaid,
• 38:43
  SPEAKER_2: Medicare,
• 38:44
  SPEAKER_2: even though the hospital was closing,
• 38:47
  SPEAKER_2: even though they got to drive 100 miles to get quality health care,
• 38:51
  SPEAKER_2: they will go and vote for pro-ICE stuff because in their minds,
• 38:56
  SPEAKER_2: it's hurting some Latino or Haitian or some minority or somewhere.
• 39:02
  SPEAKER_2: Minimize their own pain that they're experiencing and not vote in their own best interest.
• 39:07
  SPEAKER_2: That's happening and appears to happen consistently across the poor states
• 39:16
  SPEAKER_2: and poor areas of the state.
• 39:18
  SPEAKER_2: So those people either don't vote or vote against their own interests.
• 39:24
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, even the no vote is the help to keep the status quo.
• 39:29
  SPEAKER_2: So that's what the Elon Musk, the billionaires count on.
• 39:34
  SPEAKER_2: And it makes it very, very challenging.
• 39:37
  SPEAKER_2: And the reason we got to get out of the vote is if you have somebody who is
• 39:41
  SPEAKER_2: for Medicare and is for keeping hospitals open,
• 39:45
  SPEAKER_2: et cetera,
• 39:46
  SPEAKER_2: and quality health care, then they got to have people who understand this go vote.
• 39:53
  SPEAKER_2: Because if we stay home,
• 39:54
  SPEAKER_2: you can't win with that message because the people out in the rural areas are going
• 39:59
  SPEAKER_2: to, for the most part, vote against their best interests.
• 40:03
  SPEAKER_2: When Obama won, Hamilton County switched and went with Obama.
• 40:10
  SPEAKER_2: But, you know, he still didn't win way out here in the rural areas.
• 40:14
  SPEAKER_2: But there was enough white people in some of these areas.
• 40:18
  SPEAKER_2: And it's because some of them were suffering too.
• 40:21
  SPEAKER_2: And they said, hey,
• 40:21
  SPEAKER_2: I'm coming over here on this side of the fence because things are in
• 40:24
  SPEAKER_2: a very poor way.
• 40:26
  SPEAKER_2: And we're in a very poor way this time.
• 40:28
  SPEAKER_2: And it's going to be really interesting to see,
• 40:30
  SPEAKER_2: do they believe, oh, we're just going to give them another chance?
• 40:35
  SPEAKER_2: Or are they going to say we're going to make a switch?
• 40:38
  SPEAKER_2: Because racism is a piece of this.
• 40:40
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, some people like all that trauma.
• 40:44
  SPEAKER_2: Mr. President.
• 40:44
  SPEAKER_2: Yes.
• 40:45
  SPEAKER_2: Yes.
• 40:46
  SPEAKER_1: We shouldn't have to get to where we were because a critical piece
• 40:53
  SPEAKER_1: for President Obama is we were in the worst shape that we've been in the country
• 40:59
  SPEAKER_1: for decades.
• 41:02
  SPEAKER_1: And that's the only way it's like you can get people to change their minds.
• 41:06
  SPEAKER_1: People, let's not get all the way to where you hear,
• 41:10
  SPEAKER_1: here's a phrase,
• 41:11
  SPEAKER_1: where you're rock bottom before you decide that you're going to get back up.
• 41:16
  SPEAKER_1: Read the writing on the wall.
• 41:18
  SPEAKER_1: I mean, don't wait until it's too late.
• 41:21
  SPEAKER_1: Joyce is back.
• 41:22
  SPEAKER_1: Let's go ahead and bring her in, Mr. President.
• 41:24
  SPEAKER_1: Joyce, are you there?
• 41:26
  SPEAKER_4: Yes, I am.
• 41:28
  SPEAKER_4: And as far as the voting,
• 41:31
  SPEAKER_4: I thought, If you could go down to the city county, can y'all hear me?
• 41:35
  SPEAKER_4: Go to the city county building on Sunday.
• 41:37
  SPEAKER_4: I think that would be a good drive.
• 41:39
  SPEAKER_4: Back in the day, the churches would take a group.
• 41:44
  SPEAKER_4: You know, we don't need to wait until the last minute because stuff happens.
• 41:48
  SPEAKER_4: So we need to get that early voting drive going full force, all hands down.
• 41:54
  SPEAKER_4: Okay?
• 41:55
  SPEAKER_4: That's just one theory.
• 41:57
  SPEAKER_4: And then the bus company, they offer...
• 42:01
  SPEAKER_4: Free rides to all veterans.
• 42:03
  SPEAKER_4: So with gas prices being as high as they are,
• 42:07
  SPEAKER_4: I would say we all should take full advantage of that.
• 42:11
  SPEAKER_4: Seniors ride half price.
• 42:14
  SPEAKER_4: You know, utilize that bus system because then they pick up the cost.
• 42:20
  SPEAKER_4: There are so many avenues.
• 42:22
  SPEAKER_4: You can have car parties that you can convert to, go down to the pole and vote.
• 42:28
  SPEAKER_4: You can have I don't know what other kind of games people like.
• 42:33
  SPEAKER_4: The electric shuffle, I don't know.
• 42:35
  SPEAKER_4: But we can motivate our community.
• 42:39
  SPEAKER_1: We all got to motivate somebody, Joyce.
• 42:42
  SPEAKER_1: And you're right.
• 42:44
  SPEAKER_4: It ain't even about race and color.
• 42:47
  SPEAKER_4: Just go utilize that right while you got it.
• 42:50
  SPEAKER_4: That part right there.
• 42:52
  SPEAKER_4: Oh, God.
• 42:52
  SPEAKER_1: Make sure all those you influence, make sure they go vote.
• 42:56
  SPEAKER_1: And you mentioned voting on Sundays.
• 42:58
  SPEAKER_1: The city county building will be open after that.
• 43:03
  SPEAKER_1: After the 24th.
• 43:05
  SPEAKER_1: After the 24th.
• 43:06
  SPEAKER_1: Yes.
• 43:07
  SPEAKER_1: Then you can vote on Sunday there.
• 43:09
  SPEAKER_1: And you will see.
• 43:10
  SPEAKER_4: Is that one day or do we get four weeks of Sunday?
• 43:13
  SPEAKER_4: You'll actually get two Sundays.
• 43:14
  SPEAKER_2: I mean, you know, we get one Sunday in October.
• 43:17
  SPEAKER_1: You'll get two Sundays.
• 43:20
  SPEAKER_2: Can I add a reminder?
• 43:21
  SPEAKER_2: Go right ahead.
• 43:23
  SPEAKER_2: There's a Souls to the Post thing that's being sponsored by Live Free Indiana for
• 43:28
  SPEAKER_2: that October 25th.
• 43:31
  SPEAKER_2: And then there is a Souls to the Post on November 1st.
• 43:35
  SPEAKER_2: The first,
• 43:35
  SPEAKER_2: that'll be the Sunday before the election that I think the Democrat Party is engaged
• 43:40
  SPEAKER_2: in.
• 43:41
  SPEAKER_2: So there are a couple of Souls to the Polls events already scheduled
• 43:45
  SPEAKER_2: on those two Sundays for downtown.
• 43:49
  SPEAKER_2: There is, as you noted, a march to the polls on October the 24th.
• 43:56
  SPEAKER_2: It's by the Hoosiers Voting Alliance,
• 44:00
  SPEAKER_2: which is a collaboration of a number of social justice advocacy organizations,
• 44:09
  SPEAKER_2: such as the Concerned Clergy, Indivisible, Mad Voters, Women...
• 44:16
  SPEAKER_2: League of Women Voters,
• 44:17
  SPEAKER_2: and that's not the exhaustive list,
• 44:19
  SPEAKER_2: but about 10 different organizations, common causes in here.
• 44:23
  SPEAKER_2: So that's going on on Saturday the 24th.
• 44:27
  SPEAKER_2: So there are a number of events that are scheduled.
• 44:31
  SPEAKER_2: I agree with Joyce.
• 44:32
  SPEAKER_2: You got to take advantage of it.
• 44:34
  SPEAKER_2: It's Indigo and getting to vote.
• 44:37
  SPEAKER_2: It's all hands on deck.
• 44:38
  SPEAKER_2: It's everybody, like you mentioned, Reverend Alexander.
• 44:41
  SPEAKER_2: You can influence if you can get Pookie and Ray ready to go with you.
• 44:44
  SPEAKER_2: Nobody go vote by yourself.
• 44:46
  SPEAKER_2: It's that type of turnout we're going to need.
• 44:49
  SPEAKER_2: That's the only way you see, quote unquote, a blue wave in Indiana.
• 44:57
  SPEAKER_2: And Marion County is very key to that.
• 45:02
  SPEAKER_2: Because it's hard to make up if you don't get the volume in Marion County.
• 45:08
  SPEAKER_1: And so once again, on that particular day, that March 24th, it'll be in all the townships.
• 45:15
  SPEAKER_1: So you can participate, you know, pretty much all across the city.
• 45:19
  SPEAKER_1: That's a great way to bring people together.
• 45:25
  SPEAKER_1: Joy still there?
• 45:27
  SPEAKER_1: All right, Mr. President, I think, you know, here we are a few days left.
• 45:35
  SPEAKER_1: There's a lot of
• 45:38
  SPEAKER_1: Unknowns,
• 45:39
  SPEAKER_1: you can even say shenanigans,
• 45:43
  SPEAKER_1: but whatever that is,
• 45:46
  SPEAKER_1: the most important thing is to have a plan to vote,
• 45:49
  SPEAKER_1: to be dedicated to making sure I'm going to get my ballot cast and understanding
• 45:58
  SPEAKER_1: that there's definitely some barriers that are intentionally being set
• 46:03
  SPEAKER_1: and you've got to plan for those barriers.
• 46:06
  SPEAKER_2: And we've got to be And tell people,
• 46:09
  SPEAKER_2: I know a lot of people are going to say, my vote don't matter.
• 46:12
  SPEAKER_2: This is what we got to demonstrate, that your vote matters.
• 46:15
  SPEAKER_2: We got to have volume that shows that people are watching.
• 46:19
  SPEAKER_2: That's going to fuel the next election in 27 and the one in 28.
• 46:26
  SPEAKER_2: Because they're going to be looking to see,
• 46:27
  SPEAKER_2: if you go through all this and you're not concerned enough to vote,
• 46:31
  SPEAKER_2: That's going to be a huge message to candidates that are going to be running.
• 46:35
  SPEAKER_2: So we need to send a message to anybody running for future stuff.
• 46:40
  SPEAKER_2: Oh, we are awake.
• 46:41
  SPEAKER_2: We just woke up.
• 46:42
  SPEAKER_2: Naptown was asleep, but we woke up.
• 46:45
  SPEAKER_2: And now we're like, we are engaged in this and we're paying attention.
• 46:50
  SPEAKER_2: We have to send that message.
• 46:52
  SPEAKER_2: Now, Reverend Alexander, you're not as optimistic, but...
• 46:57
  SPEAKER_2: Because we're at the end of the show.
• 46:58
  SPEAKER_2: I guess I won't get to hear your reasons for your pessimism in terms of us leading a blue wave.
• 47:05
  SPEAKER_2: But we kind of need that here in Marion County and in Indiana, in my opinion.
• 47:12
  SPEAKER_1: It'd be so nice, Mr. President.
• 47:15
  SPEAKER_1: I just don't see it happening.
• 47:17
  SPEAKER_2: It would be.
• 47:18
  SPEAKER_1: You know what?
• 47:20
  SPEAKER_1: And it's kind of funny because I think it was a Imhotep that said earlier here,
• 47:25
  SPEAKER_1: you know, we're looking at Florida, Texas and Georgia.
• 47:29
  SPEAKER_1: And just think about all the things they did, especially in Texas, just to try to get numbers.
• 47:36
  SPEAKER_1: And here they are where they are.
• 47:39
  SPEAKER_1: And to me, that in itself, to me, is something they should be applauded for.
• 47:46
  SPEAKER_1: And the same thing in Georgia.
• 47:47
  SPEAKER_1: I mean, I think a lot of it and I'll close with this.
• 47:52
  SPEAKER_1: My reasoning becomes, you know, real simple.
• 47:55
  SPEAKER_1: I don't think we have the cohesiveness, togetherness.
• 48:00
  SPEAKER_1: I don't think we have the leadership in the party,
• 48:03
  SPEAKER_1: the organization in the party that can bring the party together in order
• 48:08
  SPEAKER_1: to get something like that accomplished.
• 48:11
  SPEAKER_1: I think we're too caught up in some of the labels rather than being,
• 48:16
  SPEAKER_1: you know,
• 48:17
  SPEAKER_1: really focused on what we need to do so that We can at least get,
• 48:22
  SPEAKER_1: not just get rid of this administration,
• 48:24
  SPEAKER_1: but get back to the work of the government for the people.
• 48:28
  SPEAKER_1: So that's where we are.
• 48:30
  SPEAKER_2: And you make some valid points.
• 48:31
  SPEAKER_2: So it's going to be interesting to see how this works out.
• 48:35
  SPEAKER_2: Because I will say in these other states, it appears they have better organizations.
• 48:43
  SPEAKER_2: Therefore, you get better results.
• 48:46
  SPEAKER_2: Like for Georgia, it goes back to Stacey Abrams and the work that she did.
• 48:50
  SPEAKER_2: So you've seen some things.
• 48:51
  SPEAKER_2: They've got a track record there to pull some of this stuff off.
• 48:55
  SPEAKER_2: They've worked hard in Texas.
• 48:57
  SPEAKER_2: They've worked hard in Florida.
• 48:58
  SPEAKER_2: And they appear to be better organized than we are.
• 49:04
  SPEAKER_2: When we have a number, like I mentioned a few events just earlier, but they're siloed.
• 49:10
  SPEAKER_2: There's no overarching strategy where somebody said, hey, you go do this, you go do this.
• 49:16
  SPEAKER_2: Now we're going to be stepping on one another's toes.
• 49:19
  SPEAKER_2: And I don't know what that means.
• 49:20
  SPEAKER_2: Does that generate more voters?
• 49:22
  SPEAKER_2: I don't know.
• 49:24
  SPEAKER_1: Well, it'll be more, I think, animosity.
• 49:27
  SPEAKER_1: They're still reeling from what happened in May in the primaries.
• 49:32
  SPEAKER_1: Well, we got to stop right there.
• 49:34
  SPEAKER_1: That's the end of our conversation, but we got to make change.
• 49:38
  SPEAKER_1: We got to do better, people.
• 49:39
  SPEAKER_1: But whatever it is, make sure you have a plan to vote.
• 49:43
  SPEAKER_1: Understanding early voting starts next week,
• 49:47
  SPEAKER_1: and there'll be a lot of opportunity for you to be able to participate.
• 49:53
  SPEAKER_1: So we hope everyone enjoyed the program.
• 49:55
  SPEAKER_1: We thank all of you for being with us, and we'll see you all next week.
• 49:59
  SPEAKER_1: Be blessed.
• 50:01
  SPEAKER_2: Take care everybody.