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Donkey Of The Day Goes To Those Refusing To Vote Because They Don’t Think Their Vote Matters · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: This is America.
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  Speaker 2: There is no question that there are problems in this
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  Speaker 2: country between police and community.
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  Speaker 1: You are a donkey. The latest on that police killing
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  Speaker 1: of a black man. Now to new developments in the
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  Speaker 1: deadly spa shooting rampage. It was a really bad day
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  Speaker 1: for him and this is what he did. And so
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  Speaker 1: we are in a state of emergency.
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  Speaker 2: White supremacist violence is and always has been the number
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  Speaker 2: one threat to our society.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm also very proud that my wife is white.
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  Speaker 1: The Breakfast Club, bitches. All right, Charlene, please tell me,
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  Speaker 1: why was I your donkey of the day?
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  Speaker 2: Well, donkey of the day for Tuesday, November 3rd, Election Day,
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  Speaker 2: goes to everybody out there who is still holding on
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  Speaker 2: to the idea that your vote doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: OK, and you have zero plans to vote today. All right.
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  Speaker 2: If you have zero plans to vote today, I'm talking
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  Speaker 2: to you. OK, now I want to be clear. This
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  Speaker 2: isn't geared towards the people who can't vote. OK, this
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  Speaker 2: isn't about people who face real obstacles getting to the polls.
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about this belief that elections don't affect your life.
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  Speaker 2: So there's no reason to pay attention.
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  Speaker 1: Let me repeat again. Today is Election Day in America.
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  Speaker 2: And whether you're a Democrat, Republican, independent, progressive, conservative, or
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  Speaker 2: somebody who doesn't trust either party, there's something we all
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  Speaker 2: need to understand. In the words of the good sister
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  Speaker 2: Nina Turner, you may not do politics, but politics will
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  Speaker 2: do you. OK, I also like to say you may
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  Speaker 2: not be interested in politics, but politics is absolutely interested
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  Speaker 2: in you. Politics is interested in your paycheck. OK, it's
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  Speaker 2: interested in your rent. It's interested in your health care.
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  Speaker 2: It's interested in your children's education. It's interested in your
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  Speaker 2: property taxes. It's interested in your reproductive rights, your neighborhood, your.
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  Speaker 1: Business, all that.
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  Speaker 2: OK, politics determines who writes the laws, who enforces the
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  Speaker 2: laws and who gets to decide how your tax dollars
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  Speaker 2: are spent, by the way. I'm all for taxing the billionaires,
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  Speaker 2: I'm all for taxing the wealthy, but we need proper
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  Speaker 2: legislation in place to make sure those tax dollars go
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  Speaker 2: to where they need to go to.
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  Speaker 1: But guess what? That's all politics. And here's what I
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  Speaker 1: don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: We live in a country where people complain about the
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  Speaker 2: government every single day. You know I do. Everybody's frustrated
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  Speaker 2: about something. The economy, the health care, the immigration, the housing,
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  Speaker 2: the education system, the criminal justice system. But somehow, we
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  Speaker 2: still have people who believe elections have absolutely nothing to
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  Speaker 2: do with any of those things. That's nuts to me. OK,
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  Speaker 2: explain to me how y'all have come to that conclusion.
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  Speaker 2: Inquiring minds would like to know. Now, I completely overstand
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  Speaker 2: why people are frustrated. OK, because these politicians be lying. OK,
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  Speaker 2: these politicians be making promises they don't keep.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Political parties take communities, especially black communities, for granted. And
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  Speaker 2: sometimes it feels like no matter who's in office, ordinary
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  Speaker 2: people are still struggling. Those are legitimate complaints. But here's
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  Speaker 2: the question. If you don't trust the people in power.
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  Speaker 2: Why would you want.
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  Speaker 1: Less influence over who gets that power? OK, think about
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  Speaker 1: that for a second. OK, if you.
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  Speaker 2: Believe the system is broken, then what part of sitting
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  Speaker 2: out an election helps.
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  Speaker 1: You to fix that system?
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  Speaker 2: OK, and if you believe both political parties are failing you,
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  Speaker 2: that's a reason to demand better candidates. It's a reason
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  Speaker 2: to demand better policies and better accountability. But it's not
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  Speaker 2: a reason. To stop paying attention and not participate. OK,
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  Speaker 2: have we not realized probably more than ever at any
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  Speaker 2: point in history that elections have consequences? OK, we're watching
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  Speaker 2: decisions being made in Washington and state capitals.
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  Speaker 1: That affect millions of Americans.
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  Speaker 2: And today, Americans are choosing members of Congress, governors, and
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  Speaker 2: other elected officials who will have a say in those decisions.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not about to sit here and BS people, though, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Voting is not magic, all right? Voting doesn't guarantee that
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  Speaker 2: your candidate will win today. It doesn't guarantee that politicians
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  Speaker 2: will keep their promises when elected. And it damn sure
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  Speaker 2: doesn't mean your responsibility ends when you leave the voting booth.
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  Speaker 2: Democracy requires more than showing up once every two or
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  Speaker 2: four years. It requires paying attention at all times. It
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  Speaker 2: requires organizing. You have to hold your elected officials accountable
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes replace them when they don't do the job.
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  Speaker 2: But as I always tell people, if you don't have
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  Speaker 2: any other ideas... Shut the F up and go vote. OK,
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  Speaker 2: your vote is one of the tools available to you to.
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  Speaker 1: Make some change.
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  Speaker 2: And personally, I can't voluntarily throw that tool away while
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  Speaker 2: complaining that I have no power. OK, you don't have
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  Speaker 2: to love a politician to understand the importance of choosing
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  Speaker 2: who has authority over your life.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to worship a political party. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to defend every decision your preferred candidate makes. Matter
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  Speaker 1: of fact, you shouldn't.
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  Speaker 2: OK, everyone should be challenged at all times because politicians
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  Speaker 2: work for the people.
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  Speaker 1: The people don't work for politicians.
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  Speaker 2: And the minute we forget that, we've already lost sight
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  Speaker 2: of what democracy is supposed to be. OK, all I'm
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  Speaker 2: simply saying is if you're frustrated with this country, I understand.
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  Speaker 2: If you're disappointed in the political system, I understand that, too.
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  Speaker 2: But don't confuse being disappointed in democracy with being powerless
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  Speaker 2: within it.
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  Speaker 1: OK, you have a vote. And that vote is your power.
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  Speaker 2: And even when that vote doesn't produce the outcome you wanted,
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  Speaker 2: it still deserves to be casted. So today, don't let
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  Speaker 2: anybody tell you that you have to be loyal to
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  Speaker 2: a party, a politician, or a political personality. Be loyal
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  Speaker 2: to your principles. Be loyal to your community. Be loyal
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  Speaker 2: to the future you want to see because the government
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  Speaker 2: is going to make decisions that affect your life whether
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  Speaker 2: you participate in the election or not. The question is...
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  Speaker 2: whether you're going to have a say in choosing the
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  Speaker 2: people who make those decisions.
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  Speaker 1: So please give.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone who's just, you know, sitting around refusing to participate
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  Speaker 2: in the election today.
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  Speaker 1: The biggest. I am going to do my civic duty.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. All right. Soon as I leave. Yeah. Listen,
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  Speaker 1: he's not like little Richard. Little Dick. Shoes as I
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  Speaker 1: leave here. All right, little dick. Stupid, yo. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for that donkey dick. Shut up. You see what I'm saying? Liar.
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  Speaker 1: All right, little dick. Like, shut up.
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  Speaker 2: Anyway, speaking of bottoms, Keisha Lance Bottoms is going to
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  Speaker 2: be joining us next. She's running for governor of Georgia, okay?
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  Speaker 2: And she's zooming in just to say what's up.
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  Speaker 1: That's right. And, you know, encourage y'all to get to
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  Speaker 1: the polls. That's right. We're going to talk to her next.
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  Speaker 2: Don't move.
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  Speaker 1: It's the Breakfast Club.
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