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(car whooshes)

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(flag flapping)

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(people chattering)

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- [Malcolm] How are you
feeling? How you holding up?

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- [Woman] Good, how are you?

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- [Malcolm] Good. This is fun.

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Getting my cardio in, right?

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- [Woman] That's right. (chuckles)

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- [Malcolm] If nothing else.

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(both laughing)

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(water trickling)

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- [Man] You're doing all
right for yourself, Malcolm.

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- [Malcolm] Yeah, I think so.

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(man laughing)
Just all right. I'm just playin'.

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I'll keep him. I'll keep him, I think.

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I mean, I live for this this shit.

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- [Woman] You've got this.

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- This is easy.

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(audience chattering)

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- How do you evaluate the
strength of a campaign?

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How about polls?

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How about fundraising?

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How about the number of donors?

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All of the things that
our campaign is ahead in.

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- The people that we represent.

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The women who care about Roe v. Wade,

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everyone who cares
about the right to vote,

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anyone who earns less than $15 an hour,

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anyone who wants to
join a union who can't,

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they need us to win this Senate race.

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They need us to win.

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Not just make a great speech,
not be good on social media,

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but go out there and get the
votes that we need to win.

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You have a chance today

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to put fear into the heart
of Dr. Oz and David McCormick

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and that whole cast of characters,

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because they don't wanna
run against me again.

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Thank you.
(crowd applauding)

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- There have been some people,

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and let's have a candid conversation,

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who've said, "Well, Malcom's nice.

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Oh, he is great. He took
on those Republicans.

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But can a candidate like
Malcolm win in Pennsylvania?"

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First of all, the answer
is yes, but second of all,

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it's not really about me.

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The question we're really asking

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is can our values win in Pennsylvania?

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There's some people who think
we have to make a false choice

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between winning and
winning for our values,

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but those two things are inseparable.

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We will win because of our values.

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We aren't running from
anything. We are Democrats.

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We are running for something,

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and we will win for our values.

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We will win for working
people. We will win together.

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Let's make history for
working Pennsylvanians.

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I ask you for your vote.
(audience cheers and applauds)

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(gentle music)

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(crickets chirping)

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I really hate as like a, you know,

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elected person or a politician
just like being hyperbolic,

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because I think if you,
you know, are always at 10,

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there's nowhere else to go.

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Good morning!

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- [People] Good morning!

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- [Malcolm] But if Donald
Trump is not defeated,

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this could be our last election.

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(upbeat music)

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All the stuff the President
is saying, all the stuff,

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he's been encouraging
people to come to Philly

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to stop whatever bad things

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he thinks are gonna happen in Philly.

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- Bad things happen in
Philadelphia. Bad things.

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- [Malcolm] We don't know what
the fuck might happen, okay?

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Just be very, very cautious about that.

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And let's go win an election.
Let's go win an election!

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- [Crowd] Yes!

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- [Malcolm] Thank you guys.
I really appreciate it.

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You know my thought has always been

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that when you know what it's like

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to be marginalized and treated unfairly

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simply because of who you are,

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I think you make a better legislator.

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You know, not just being queer
or gay, but also being Black,

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also being from, you
know, a poor community.

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Like, and I'm always just trying
to ask myself the question

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of, you know,

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"whose voice are we missing
in this conversation?"

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(gentle upbeat music)

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Happy Birthday!

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- That's him.

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- [Woman] He never forgets!

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- The political system has
failed a lot of people.

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There are parts of my district

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where the median income is $9,700 a year.

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There's a certain resume that, you know,

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we've become accustomed to

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for folks who run for office, right?

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They went to this school,
went to that school.

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And from my perspective,
like enough with that shit.

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How about we let people
who are closest to the pain

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be closest to the power?

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- I'm certain
(Malcolm laughing)

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that I will be blessed with the victory.

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And they said if you pray for
it, and you don't work for it,

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you don't get it.

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Well, I done did all I could do.

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The only reason my knees ain't worn off

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'cause they're too old to get down there.

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I gotta stand up and pray.
Lift my hands up high.

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But I want y'all to know,
we've got the victory!

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(upbeat music)

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Victory!
(Malcolm laughing)

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I ain't got no shame in my game!

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♪ I’ve been working all day long ♪

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♪ In it to get through the night ♪

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♪ They keep on tellin’ me stay strong ♪

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- [Malcolm] Hi!

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- [People] Hey! Hey!

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- [Woman] MSNBC superstar!

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- [Malcolm] Oh, my gosh!

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(both laughing)

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♪ We gonna lose a little sleep
but if you hurry ♪

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- [Reporter] Two years ago,

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Malcolm Kenyatta became the
first openly gay person of color

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elected to the state house.

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- [Malcolm] I think that
dealing with deep poverty

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is the moral and economic
issue of our time.

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We're risking families in my district,

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and you might not care, but I
care about the people I serve.

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By the time this press conference is over,

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somebody will probably be shot!

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You can boo, but it's true!

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- Turn off his mic.

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♪ Alright ♪

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- [Reporter] A Pennsylvania
state representative

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is making a huge historic move.

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Malcolm Kenyatta officially
launched his campaign

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for U.S. Senate.

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- [Reporter] If elected,

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he would be one of the youngest members

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while also the first openly
LGTBQ person of color

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in the U.S. Senate.

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- There's only been 11 Black senators

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in history of this country.

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That's crazy!

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- [Biden] I wanna also recognize

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one of the rising stars in
our party, Malcolm Kenyatta.

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- [Reporter] Malcolm Kenyatta.

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- [Maddow] Malcolm Kenyatta.

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- [Obama] If you don't
think things have changed,

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having a brother as a state
legislature with that haircut,

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that's a change.

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- [Reporter] Lieutenant
Governor John Fetterman

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is also angling for
the working-class vote.

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- [Voter] A lot of people
outside of Philadelphia

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are not necessarily okay with who he is.

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That is an issue in a general election.

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- It feels like more of
an analytical argument.

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It's not about issues.

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- What is the undercurrent of that

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is there's never been a candidate like me.

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- [Crowd] Go!
(crowd cheering and clapping)

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Malcolm, Malcolm!

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Malcolm, Malcolm!
♪ We gotta move ♪

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♪ Alright ♪

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(song fades)

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(cars whooshing)

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[Interviewer] How would you describe North Philly
to someone who’s never been here before?

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- Urban, progressive.
It still got its issues.

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The same issues that is
going on in North Philly

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is going on all through this country.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident,

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that all men are created
equal," and all this.

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We're still striving for that.

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We're still striving for that.

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- It's hostile, right?

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We have a lot of gun violence.

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You know, a lot of gun violence.

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- The pandemic really accelerated things,

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and you're seeing this gun violence thing

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startin' to take over.

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- The city of Philadelphia is on pace

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to see the most homicides
ever in one year,

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mainly due to gun violence.

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More than 1,200 people
there have been shot

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and more than 320 of those victims died.

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- I've been out here since 1990.

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I've been fightin' the
same fight since 1990

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when my son and his best
friend was murdered.

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I shouldn't be coming here 30 years later

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saying the same thing.

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Enough is enough.

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I'm tired of these parents
losing their children.

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My son did not die in vain.
Their sons did not die in vain.

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(woman weeping)

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- [Malcolm] I know. He loved you so much.

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He loved you so much.

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[Woman] He was so sweet.

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He was just such a sweet boy.

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[Malcolm] You shouldn’t be having
to deal with this. I’m so sorry.

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[Malcolm] You shouldn’t be having
to deal with this. I’m so sorry.

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There are kids right over here playing,

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(chain rattling)

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and they're growing up every
day seeing a teddy bear,

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a balloon, candle, vigil on their blocks.

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No, five, six, seven-year-old

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should be hearing about a
murder every single day!

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We know what we need to do!

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The question is,

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when are we gonna get the
damn political will to do it?!

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You know, for so many
people, like your childhood,

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when you think about your childhood,

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you're thinking about one
house that you grew up in,

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and you fuckin' mark the wall or something

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with you gettin' older.

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Like, I didn't have that.

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(gentle music)

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I just remember coming home,

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and my mom's like packing
stuff up, and she's like,

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"Take these trash bags, and, you know,

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just fill 'em up with
your clothes and stuff,

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and we gotta go."

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That look of people
like, "What's happening?

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Like, why are you moving?"

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I'm just like, "I don't know.

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Like, we have to leave."

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It's really embarrassing,
and it's really traumatic.

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(gentle music continues)

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My dad was a social worker,

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and my mom was a home health aid.

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I lived six different places

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by the time I graduated high school.

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I buried both of my parents
by the time I was 27

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simply because they didn't
have good healthcare.

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I often talk about it like karaoke,

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like people who can really sing,

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I think are like often the
last to wanna sing at karaoke.

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They're like, "I haven't practiced.

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Like, I need more time."

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But people who have no
business singing, man,

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they're the first ones up there.

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"Sweet Caroline," whatever
it is, they're ready to go.

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I think that that's our government.

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But will we also, I think, lack,

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are a lot of people who
understand some of the things

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that I understand about
what happens in a real way

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when government's not working.

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I mean, I reject this idea that, you know,

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only straight white guys
can run this country.

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- You know, when he says he's
North Philly's biggest fan,

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he's true to that.

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Someone just came into our
office, and she was like,

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"I got this flyer saying, you know,

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I had to move out in 30 days.

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And Malcolm literally walked up there

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and knocked on the doors to
see who else had these flyers.

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And then he set up a meeting in the church

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between community legal services,

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and he was able to stop
this management company

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from putting these people out.

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It's all very natural to him.

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- When I was with the
former state representative,

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when he retired, I thought
I was gonna retire.

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But I can't afford to retire,
so when this young man,

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he just lifted my spirits.

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- He's the one who told
me to go to therapy.

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I never thought about therapy, you know.

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And I would tell anybody, "My
boss got me into therapy."

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I never looked at it as a issue.

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But he's seen that I don't
take things lightly sometimes.

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Not, you know, whatever, but-

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Well, you were dealing with so much gun violence.

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- Yeah, I was dealing with PTSD and a lot of issues.

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- We are representative of this district.

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It is a district where there
are a lot of immediate needs.

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- The more he get higher,

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the more he gonna do for us.

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(cars whooshing)

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- Pennsylvania, I think,

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is the most important
battleground state in the country.

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(intense suspense music)

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It is vital to control of the House,

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control of the Senate, and
control of the White House.

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- I mean, I think it's a state

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that really does have all the
elements that make up America.

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You have big cities like
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

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that are very diverse and
very liberal politically,

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culturally liberal.

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You have suburbs that are more moderate

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and can swing back and forth
between the two parties.

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And then you have really rural areas

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that have always been kind
of deeply conservative

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and remain deeply conservative.

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And then you have these
formerly industrial cities

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and formerly industrial areas

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that have lost a lot of their industry

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and lost a lot of their economic engines.

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And that have shifted
from at one point being

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kind of blue-collar labor union Democrats

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to more Republican-supporting areas

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of the country and the state.

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No one element of the state
dominates the politics.

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(gentle suspense music)

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- We always had governors of
different political parties.

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We always had the state legislature switch

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between political parties.

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I mean, Trump only won by
like less than 45,000 votes.

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And then, you know, when Biden won,

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I mean, he again only won by 80,000 votes.

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You know, this is just a state
that's constantly gonna be,

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at least for the foreseeable
future, up for grabs.

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- Pennsylvania's had 53 senators.

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They've all been white men.

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(gentle suspense music continues)

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- Pennsylvania is the
Democrat's best opportunity

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to pick up a Senate seat.

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- And I think that there's
an honest debate going on

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within the Democratic Party

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about what kind of
candidate is needed to win.

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- Representative Kenyatta,

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I would say his biggest
strength is his message

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and how he delivers his message.

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- [Johnathan] He's served in
a Republican-led legislature

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in Harrisburg.

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So that makes it difficult for
Democrats to get things done.

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And so a lot of what he does
is fighting against things

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that Republicans are trying to do.

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- Democracies die slowly.

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And I think that this
bill would be a fatal blow

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to our democracy.

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This, I guess we're calling it,

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"Committee on Election Integrity,"

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has no integrity, has none.

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But what it would do is allow
the folks on this committee

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that are actively up for
reelection to subpoena ballots,

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to subpoena election's officials,

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during an election of which
they are participants.

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Nothing about that screams of integrity.

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You should be ashamed.

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- [Man] Okay, now you're down-

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- I will ask Mr. Chairman-
- to personal-

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- I'll make a motion.

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You can make whatever points you want.

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You're not gonna shut me up.

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You’re out of order.

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- You are out of order, and
you've been out of order!

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- [Man] Hey, look-

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- [Malcolm] You've been out of order!

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- Representative Kenyatta-
- Allow the member-

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to speak -
- listen-

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- ease your concerns.
- if you don't get

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under control-
- Do not threaten him-

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with security.
- Then you're gonna have

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security come drag me out?
- Do not

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threaten him with security.

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- [Chairman] Well, then,

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get your member under control.
- He can speak.

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- [Malcolm] You're gonna have
security come drag me out,

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Mr. Chairman?

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- [Chairman] Get your
member under control.

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- Do not-
- Mr. Chairman-

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- speak that way.
- you're not gonna say

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get me under control.

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You need to get-

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- Are you gonna make a motion?
- your caucus under control.

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- No one is getting Malcolm
Kenyatta under control.

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- [Malcolm] I got into politics

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because even with all of
the problems that we see,

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I have a lot of faith in our
ability to make progress.

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And I think if I ever
completely lose faith in that,

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then like I'm not in the right job.

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(gentle music)

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- [Man 1] Is that a smooth ride?

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- [Man 2] Oh, it's smoother.

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- [Man 1] I need to
put this on Shitty Rigs

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- Okay, healthcare,
education, environment.

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- Covid crisis. Just say that.

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We shouldn't live in a place

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where you're working 40 hours
a week and still can't afford

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to keep the roof over your head

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or put food on your table.

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Or if you're working-
- What about if you believe

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like I believe that
nobody working full-time

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should live in poverty,
or something like that.

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- [Vanessa] Yep, that's perfect.

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- So if you believe like I believe

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that everybody should have access

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to high quality healthcare,
then join this campaign.

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If you believe like I believe

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that we ought to be raising wages

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and creating millions of good paying jobs

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in future industries,

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like clean energy, then
join this campaign.

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And if you believe like I believe

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that nobody should work for...

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(stumbles over words)

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Oh jeez-Louise!

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I'm gonna work for you,
Pennsylvania, and only you.

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My name is Malcolm Kenyatta

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and I'm running for the
United States Senate.

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(car whooshes)

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[Photographer]
Showing off the engagement ring, I love it!

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- Subtle.

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- [Photographer] Subtle. (chuckles)

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[Photographer]
You’re going to stand slightly behind him.

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- And rest your arms up.
- Thank you.

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I was gonna say

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can he stand behind me for once? (laughs)

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Just blend in. (laughs)

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(Photographer laughing)

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- Did I get it right?

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- [Photographer] Yeah, you
got it, you got it right.

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(relaxing music)

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(spray hissing)

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- You can easily curate
a perception of yourself

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over a weekend, but it
was really consistent,

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and it was kind of scary in some ways.

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'Cause I was just like,

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"Okay, like, either he's
a really good actor,

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or like, you know, he's
like actually the shit."

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And like, I was happy to
see that that's who he is.

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(relaxing music continues)

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I think it's a great position to be in,

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to be able to step through a door

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that you didn't know existed.

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Like, I never thought about this.

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Like, when I signed up to, you know,

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be his boyfriend, and now his
fiance, like I was just like,

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"I love this guy."

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And then as time has evolved,

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and he's grown into his path,
and I've grown into mine,

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like seeing like,

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"Wow," it's a familiar refrain.

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Do I feel added pressure,
and I'm just kind of like,

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that's just being Black and being gay.

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I wanna get to the point

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to where we don't have to
make demands on a system

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because we're actually
co-designing that system.

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(relaxing music continues)

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This is nice,

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but this is nice for like
an everyday type of thing.

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I mean, I guess I like
this one better now

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if I had to choose.

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What is it doing?

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- Look, it's just like sticking out,

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and it just look so stupid.

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- You clearly don't ever
wanna see your hair.

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You just want it all the way back.

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- I do wanna see it.

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I want it to be seen when
it's called upon to be seen.

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- Oh, okay.
(Malcolm clears throat)

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- This tie always feels like
somethin' good is happenin'.

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(relaxing music continues)

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(Malcolm sighs)

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- I'm joined now by
Democratic Pennsylvania State

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Representative Malcolm Kenyatta.

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I understand you also have a
little bit of an announcement

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that you wanna make, so I
wanna let you do that first.

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- So, Joy, always a
pleasure to be with you.

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America's really at a
crossroads right now.

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You know, America succeeds
because every generation steps up

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to protect and expand
the promise of America.

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A promise that has excluded for too long

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so many working families

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whose lives were tough prior to Covid.

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I'm announcing here tonight

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that I'll be a candidate
for the United States Senate

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to represent the great
commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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You know, the American
Federation of Teachers

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has already endorsed my campaign.

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The Working Families Party has
already endorsed my campaign.

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And we're gonna build a campaign

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that lifts up and centers working people

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with every single thing that we do.

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- [Joy] Is your husband ready for this?

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Is he giving you the A-okay?

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Or did you have to have a big argument

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about the campaign trail?

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- No, he's giving me the
A-okay. He's excited.

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Dr. Matt is ready to go.

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And I think Pennsylvania is ready to go.

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They can go right to
malcolmkenyatta.com, Joy,

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to get involved. (chuckles)

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She shouted me out!

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- Yes, she did.

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(all laughing)

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Can you bring me the computer?

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(bus whooshing)

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(rain pattering)

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(car whooshing)

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- I really wanna get all
of us on the same page

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with like sort of like
the story of Malcolm,

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and why he's in this, why
we're in this with him,

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and just really be very
centered and grounded

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in what we're trying to accomplish here.

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So, "Why you?,"

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I feel like I have a
very, very good sense of.

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You came up in a working poor

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Black family in Philadelphia.

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You did all of the right things,

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and it was still very difficult

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for your family to make ends meet.

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Healthcare wasn't inaccessible,
housing wasn't inaccessible.

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And that is not a story that exists

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for very many members
of the Senate at all.

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- Like, my story's
actually fucked up, right?

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Like, I mean, it's like not cool.

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It's actually super sad, right?

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And in many ways, I am an exception.

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In many ways. I'm not an exception.

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And so I don't wanna
rarify my story in a way

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where we're like, "Look
at what America can do.

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This is so great.

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You can have a horrible upbringing,
and it'll all work out."

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Like, "No-
- Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

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- my story's a cautionary tale

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of what happens when government
does not work for people,

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and it's actually like super fucked up.

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Like my story shouldn't have to be a story

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that we tell in America.

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(flags flapping)
(birds chirping)

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When people close their
eyes and say, "Senator,"

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a picture of me does not
come up in their head.

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And that's the problem, (chuckles) right?

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Like, that's the problem.

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Okay, all right, let 'em know
I'm gay, and I'm runnin'.

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(Malcolm laughing)
- How is this thing going?

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It's going really well.
- (indistinct)

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- No, no, no, no. No,
it's going really well.

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You know, right now it's just
like, "Who's gonna jump in

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and who's not gonna jump in?"

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And everybody, you know,

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a different person talking
about running every day.

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(gentle upbeat music)

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- [Reporter] Pennsylvania
Lieutenant Governor

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John Fetterman launching
a campaign for U.S. Senate.

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- And I've always believed
in a living, working wage.

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I've always believed that
healthcare is a fundamental right.

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I've always believed in
environmental justice.

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- So John Fetterman

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is the Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania.

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He was formerly a mayor
of Braddock, Pennsylvania,

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which is a small working-class community,

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out in western Pennsylvania.

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He is just this sort of
larger than life, literally,

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figure who has really built
a national brand for himself.

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- The worst days of my life.

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Because these are days that we lost people

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through senseless violence.

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- [Reporter] Today,
Braddock isn't perfect,

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but there are real signs
of progress and hope.

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- [Tamari] You also have
from western Pennsylvania,

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Congressman Conor Lamb.

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- [Reporter] A former
prosecutor, a Marine,

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.810
is seen much more as a moderate.

00:23:14.810 --> 00:23:17.729
- He won a district in 2018

00:23:17.729 --> 00:23:19.648
that had voted heavily for Trump.

00:23:19.648 --> 00:23:22.359
You know, he said he
was personally pro-life.

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:25.362
There was an ad of him shooting a gun.

00:23:25.362 --> 00:23:28.657
He is now for a $15 minimum wage.

00:23:28.657 --> 00:23:30.700
He's for ending the filibuster.

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:32.494
Comments in years past,

00:23:32.494 --> 00:23:35.789
he was a little unsure
or against those things.

00:23:35.789 --> 00:23:38.166
- You know, it's easy to talk about, like,

00:23:38.166 --> 00:23:39.835
"I wanna raise the minimum wage."

00:23:39.835 --> 00:23:41.503
It's different when you've
actually had to work

00:23:41.503 --> 00:23:44.214
a minimum wage job to survive.

00:23:44.214 --> 00:23:46.633
It's easy to like wave a gay pride flag.

00:23:46.633 --> 00:23:49.094
It's different when you're queer

00:23:49.094 --> 00:23:52.973
and have to deal with what it
means for people to, you know,

00:23:52.973 --> 00:23:55.350
treat you differently simply
because of who you are

00:23:55.350 --> 00:23:58.353
and like who you love
and how you identify.

00:23:58.353 --> 00:24:00.814
I don't think, frankly, it's good enough

00:24:00.814 --> 00:24:03.233
to just put up somebody who's an ally

00:24:03.233 --> 00:24:06.153
when we can have the
actual authentic article.

00:24:07.487 --> 00:24:10.240
(birds chirping)

00:24:12.033 --> 00:24:15.245
(car whooshing)

00:24:15.245 --> 00:24:19.875
- I did the census this
year, and in Braddock,

00:24:19.875 --> 00:24:24.880
there are 10 out of 12
houses are uninhabitable.

00:24:25.422 --> 00:24:30.427
Fetterman, he got all the
way to lieutenant governor

00:24:31.094 --> 00:24:33.180
from being the mayor of Braddock.

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:35.765
But see, he did the work, he did the work.

00:24:35.765 --> 00:24:38.435
He did the work, he got people together,

00:24:38.435 --> 00:24:40.729
he got people to vote for him.

00:24:40.729 --> 00:24:44.149
- How I put it is some
people have blind faith in people.

00:24:44.357 --> 00:24:46.526
Which I don’t think should exist

00:24:46.526 --> 00:24:48.904
because everybody should be open to criticism.

00:24:49.613 --> 00:24:51.531
I tell people to check me and criticize me.

00:24:52.115 --> 00:24:54.034
If I’m wrong, I’m wrong.

00:24:55.327 --> 00:24:58.038
My name is Chardae Jones.
I'm the mayor of Braddock.

00:24:58.038 --> 00:25:00.040
I'm the youngest mayor
in Braddock's history.

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:01.541
I was born and raised here.

00:25:01.541 --> 00:25:03.960
I absolutely love the people here.

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:06.129
I get a $100 a month to be the mayor.

00:25:07.297 --> 00:25:09.925
So I do have a full-time
job on top of being mayor.

00:25:09.925 --> 00:25:11.718
(Chardae chuckles)

00:25:11.718 --> 00:25:14.596
It's like having two full-time
jobs, but one full-time pay.

00:25:14.596 --> 00:25:16.515
Whachu doin’ way down here in Braddock?

00:25:17.098 --> 00:25:20.101
- [Malcolm] 'Cause I'm trying
to get every vote, man.

00:25:20.101 --> 00:25:22.354
- I did grow up when Fetterman was mayor.

00:25:22.354 --> 00:25:24.189
He put a spotlight on Braddock.

00:25:24.189 --> 00:25:26.525
He came to the community,
and he told the community,

00:25:26.525 --> 00:25:28.401
"We need this, we need
this, and we need that."

00:25:28.401 --> 00:25:30.695
And some of those things we did need,

00:25:30.695 --> 00:25:32.072
some of those things were just wants.

00:25:32.072 --> 00:25:34.658
He was a contributor to
the violence going down,

00:25:34.658 --> 00:25:36.618
I do appreciate that.

00:25:36.618 --> 00:25:39.079
But now that he's lieutenant
governor, I'm like,

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:41.206
so the spotlight is gone.

00:25:41.206 --> 00:25:44.251
And also, we still don't have resources.

00:25:44.251 --> 00:25:45.460
- [Malcolm] I'm like
walking up certain blocks,

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.294
and I'm like,

00:25:46.294 --> 00:25:49.130
This is fuckin' North Philly.
This is like North Philly.

00:25:49.130 --> 00:25:50.173
- We have a steel mill,

00:25:50.173 --> 00:25:53.510
and we have some of the
worst air in the country.

00:25:53.510 --> 00:25:56.304
And they wanted to
frack at the steel mill.

00:25:56.304 --> 00:25:58.431
At first, Fetterman was against
it, and then he was like,

00:25:58.431 --> 00:25:59.891
"Maybe I shouldn't be against it

00:25:59.891 --> 00:26:02.060
because it would bring some union jobs."

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:03.520
There's already the air quality,

00:26:03.520 --> 00:26:07.023
and you want to start going
into other natural resources.

00:26:07.023 --> 00:26:09.609
Kind of feels like we're
being taken advantage of.

00:26:09.609 --> 00:26:12.237
- Hey, everybody, Representative
Malcolm Kenyatta here

00:26:12.237 --> 00:26:14.823
with Mayor Chardae Jones of Braddock.

00:26:14.823 --> 00:26:17.534
- Why I decided to
endorse Malcolm Kenyatta

00:26:17.534 --> 00:26:20.453
for United States Senate
is because he asks,

00:26:20.453 --> 00:26:22.706
"Hey, what does Braddock need?"

00:26:22.706 --> 00:26:24.624
And a lot of politicians
don't come here and ask,

00:26:24.624 --> 00:26:25.458
"What do you need?"

00:26:25.458 --> 00:26:26.626
They tell you what you need.

00:26:26.626 --> 00:26:30.171
- I want things to be
fair, that's all I ask.

00:26:30.171 --> 00:26:31.631
Now, if you can't do that,

00:26:31.631 --> 00:26:32.924
then I'm not the only one,

00:26:32.924 --> 00:26:35.135
you're gonna have trouble with.

00:26:35.135 --> 00:26:40.140
- John is gonna be so pissed,
(chuckles) and he should be.

00:26:44.394 --> 00:26:49.399
I think it's pretty telling
when the mayor of the town

00:26:50.150 --> 00:26:53.445
that you live in won't even endorse you.

00:26:54.613 --> 00:26:59.618
We need to have more than
just white men running things.

00:26:59.743 --> 00:27:02.912
And it's like John probably
agrees that to an extent too.

00:27:02.912 --> 00:27:04.456
And he's running for the seat.

00:27:05.498 --> 00:27:07.000
I mean, it feels really
good to be a part of this.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.296
Malcolm could, you know, in
four years or in three years,

00:27:11.296 --> 00:27:15.258
you know, cast a vote
that changes, you know,

00:27:15.258 --> 00:27:16.968
the direction of the country.

00:27:16.968 --> 00:27:19.220
To be a part of that
would be really special.

00:27:20.472 --> 00:27:24.100
As Malcolm says, campaigns
don't run on good ideas.

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:25.644
You have to fundraise.

00:27:25.644 --> 00:27:29.564
This is what we've raised
here by credit card.

00:27:29.564 --> 00:27:32.567
Recent contribution, so two minutes ago,

00:27:32.567 --> 00:27:35.779
Lorraine from Collingdale,
PA gave 10 bucks.

00:27:36.946 --> 00:27:38.448
You know, as you're running
for a higher office,

00:27:38.448 --> 00:27:41.117
you're running against other
people that have money.

00:27:41.117 --> 00:27:43.203
This is one of the most
expensive media markets

00:27:43.203 --> 00:27:44.037
in the country,

00:27:44.037 --> 00:27:47.165
so you have to raise a lot
in Pennsylvania to win.

00:27:48.041 --> 00:27:49.459
- I've heard from a lot of people

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:52.420
who they say they love him.

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:54.047
They just say they don't think he can win.

00:27:54.047 --> 00:27:56.591
People tend to like giving their money

00:27:56.591 --> 00:27:59.135
to people who they think can win.

00:27:59.135 --> 00:28:02.639
- Pennsylvania's an expensive,
expensive state to run in.

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:04.099
We've got the Philadelphia media market,

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.225
Pittsburgh media market.

00:28:05.225 --> 00:28:06.351
It's not small enough

00:28:06.351 --> 00:28:09.604
that you can just kind of go
door to door and make a dent.

00:28:09.604 --> 00:28:12.691
(cell phone ringing)

00:28:13.775 --> 00:28:14.609
- [Vanessa] Hey.

00:28:14.609 --> 00:28:15.485
- Hey, good morning.

00:28:15.485 --> 00:28:17.445
So, oh, hold on, I don't
know where the fuck are we.

00:28:17.445 --> 00:28:18.279
Good afternoon. Is it afternoon?

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.614
- [Vanessa] Yes. (laughs)
- Okay.

00:28:21.616 --> 00:28:22.826
The cold calls, like again,

00:28:22.826 --> 00:28:24.869
they've been really fuckin' annoying.

00:28:24.869 --> 00:28:25.870
- They’re tedious.

00:28:26.204 --> 00:28:27.038
- Yeah, and it just like, we just...

00:28:27.038 --> 00:28:30.375
No, but just the contact
rate has been really low,

00:28:30.375 --> 00:28:31.835
which has been really frustrating.

00:28:32.877 --> 00:28:34.379
♪ Prod by Dru ♪

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.588
♪ Check me out, look ♪

00:28:36.214 --> 00:28:38.258
♪ The sum of our fears is
that we can be ♪

00:28:38.258 --> 00:28:39.634
(cell phone ringing)
♪ Powerful beyond measure ♪

00:28:39.634 --> 00:28:41.010
♪ And that’s hard to achieve ♪

00:28:41.010 --> 00:28:43.263
♪ Cuz when you add up
all the things that we see ♪

00:28:43.263 --> 00:28:45.181
♪ It’s not too farfetched
to accept what’s given ♪

00:28:45.181 --> 00:28:45.932
♪ Nah mean? ♪

00:28:45.932 --> 00:28:47.851
Representative Malcolm Kenyatta.

00:28:47.851 --> 00:28:51.229
I'm running for the U.S.
Senate here in Pennsylvania.

00:28:51.229 --> 00:28:53.189
And what is gonna be the most competitive

00:28:53.189 --> 00:28:56.651
and important Senate race
in the entire country.

00:28:56.651 --> 00:28:57.944
♪ Unfair advantage from the jump ♪

00:28:57.944 --> 00:28:58.778
♪ Ya’ll know the history ♪

00:28:58.778 --> 00:29:01.406
♪ Once you start to win
They start pulling out the penalties ♪

00:29:01.406 --> 00:29:02.115
♪ Damn! ♪

00:29:02.115 --> 00:29:03.366
And I would, you know,

00:29:03.366 --> 00:29:06.077
love to have your support
in this campaign, seriously.

00:29:06.077 --> 00:29:09.289
- [Woman] I'd rather not.
I'm very busy this month.

00:29:09.289 --> 00:29:11.040
- [Woman 2] I think you
have the wrong number.

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:11.958
- [Malcolm] Got it. Thanks.

00:29:11.958 --> 00:29:12.876
- [Robotic voice] Welcome to Verizon-

00:29:12.876 --> 00:29:14.711
(mouse clicks)
- Yeah, that felt like ...

00:29:14.711 --> 00:29:16.963
So he will not be able to
be helpful, which sucks.

00:29:16.963 --> 00:29:19.841
- When candidates come
from wealthy districts,

00:29:19.841 --> 00:29:22.427
that comes with an advantage,
which is that you've got,

00:29:22.427 --> 00:29:25.513
again, this kind of base
of potential donors, right?

00:29:25.513 --> 00:29:27.849
Malcolm Kenyatta represents

00:29:27.849 --> 00:29:32.061
one of the poorest state
house districts in the state.

00:29:32.061 --> 00:29:35.440
That absolutely is a disadvantage.

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:39.110
- It's absolutely like, by
the way, overcoming all odds.

00:29:39.110 --> 00:29:40.820
- Thank you for your pledge of $100.

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:42.947
That's awesome. Thank you so much.

00:29:42.947 --> 00:29:45.366
- Every dollar fuckin' counts.

00:29:45.366 --> 00:29:47.327
♪ Thoughts numbers was a plus
But it ain’t addin’ up ♪

00:29:47.327 --> 00:29:50.205
- Campaign finance is an
absolute positive joke.

00:29:50.205 --> 00:29:52.916
Oz and McCormick, I mean, come on,

00:29:52.916 --> 00:29:55.210
without their money, did they have a shot?

00:29:55.210 --> 00:29:56.377
- People don't wanna give us money

00:29:56.377 --> 00:29:57.796
because we don't have enough money.

00:29:57.796 --> 00:30:00.298
You legitimately fuckin' have
on chicken and eggs socks.

00:30:00.298 --> 00:30:01.132
- Yes.
(all laughing)

00:30:01.132 --> 00:30:02.592
- [Man] Nice.

00:30:02.592 --> 00:30:07.222
- Why would anyone think it was
fair? Fair, (laughs) I mean.

00:30:08.014 --> 00:30:10.558
♪ Star amongst stars
And I never studied astrology ♪

00:30:10.558 --> 00:30:12.560
♪ To beat the system in totality ♪

00:30:12.560 --> 00:30:14.854
♪ You gotta do the math ♪

00:30:14.854 --> 00:30:16.481
♪ I said you gotta do the math ♪

00:30:16.481 --> 00:30:17.524
- I'm fine, I'm good.
(smacks hands)

00:30:18.817 --> 00:30:20.902
- Our average donation, 33 bucks.

00:30:20.902 --> 00:30:21.611
And that's the way-

00:30:21.611 --> 00:30:23.279
- I’ll send you a little bit more than that.

00:30:23.404 --> 00:30:24.239
- Well, I'll take it.

00:30:24.239 --> 00:30:25.031
(all laughing)

00:30:25.031 --> 00:30:26.658
♪ I said you gotta do the math ♪

00:30:33.665 --> 00:30:36.417
(cars whooshing)

00:30:40.129 --> 00:30:43.132
(bike stand clacks)

00:30:45.593 --> 00:30:46.427
- [Jeweler] Pick out a box.

00:30:46.427 --> 00:30:47.345
That's gonna be hard,

00:30:47.345 --> 00:30:49.514
but very important.
- Okay.

00:30:51.349 --> 00:30:54.644
Oh! (chuckles)

00:30:54.644 --> 00:30:55.562
That's gorgeous.

00:30:55.562 --> 00:30:59.566
- [Jeweler] It's a ton
of gold. Feel the weight.

00:31:01.150 --> 00:31:02.443
- He won't be lose that.
- He's gonna know it's there.

00:31:02.443 --> 00:31:05.572
- Yeah, this is-
- We're not gonna lose this.

00:31:05.572 --> 00:31:08.491
- So, Malcolm proposed back in July,

00:31:08.491 --> 00:31:10.076
there was just a lot going on,

00:31:10.076 --> 00:31:13.121
and I felt like he's kind
of bogged down right now

00:31:13.121 --> 00:31:15.957
with a lot of stuff, and,
you know, needs some like,

00:31:15.957 --> 00:31:17.584
I feel like a little more balance

00:31:17.584 --> 00:31:19.419
in his personal life right now.

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:21.421
I'm calling it like a counterproposal.

00:31:21.421 --> 00:31:24.173
I think it'll be a nice surprise.

00:31:27.260 --> 00:31:29.512
You know it's our
anniversary tomorrow, right?

00:31:29.512 --> 00:31:31.598
- Yeah, the one that we
put on our little board.

00:31:31.598 --> 00:31:32.599
We don't know when it is.

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:35.351
- [Matt] Well, I love the
fact that we chose it.

00:31:35.351 --> 00:31:37.854
Just us making our own traditions.

00:31:37.854 --> 00:31:40.982
(box crunching)

00:31:40.982 --> 00:31:42.817
- [Matt] So I have a new tradition.

00:31:42.817 --> 00:31:45.028
- Oh! What's happening?!

00:31:47.822 --> 00:31:48.656
(Matt sighs)

00:31:48.656 --> 00:31:49.490
- [Matt] I'm not asking you to marry me

00:31:49.490 --> 00:31:50.742
'cause you already did that.

00:31:50.742 --> 00:31:51.659
- What's going on?

00:31:53.369 --> 00:31:55.496
- I'm counterproposing to you.

00:31:55.496 --> 00:31:57.832
- Oh!
- Because I want us

00:31:57.832 --> 00:31:59.083
to be each other's mirror.

00:31:59.083 --> 00:32:02.295
- Oh.
- And I'm asking you

00:32:02.295 --> 00:32:04.631
not to marry me, but to mirror me.

00:32:05.965 --> 00:32:07.091
- Oh.

00:32:07.091 --> 00:32:09.677
(gentle music)

00:32:13.264 --> 00:32:14.098
Oh.

00:32:16.267 --> 00:32:17.518
Oh.

00:32:17.518 --> 00:32:19.020
(Matt chuckles)

00:32:22.649 --> 00:32:24.442
- Oh.

00:32:29.822 --> 00:32:31.199
- [Matt] Are you surprised?

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:33.201
- Yes.

00:32:33.201 --> 00:32:35.119
What?!

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:37.038
- [Matt] After you.

00:32:37.038 --> 00:32:38.873
- [Malcolm] Oh my God!

00:32:39.999 --> 00:32:42.710
- [Matt] I got us date night gear.

00:32:44.212 --> 00:32:46.214
- [Malcolm] Oh my gosh.

00:32:49.175 --> 00:32:52.095
- To mirroring each other
in this life and the next.

00:32:52.095 --> 00:32:55.181
(glasses clink)
- Oh.

00:32:57.058 --> 00:32:59.018
- [Matt] All right, you hungry?

00:32:59.018 --> 00:32:59.894
- No.

00:32:59.894 --> 00:33:00.853
(Matt chuckles)

00:33:00.853 --> 00:33:02.230
I'm so taken aback.

00:33:02.230 --> 00:33:05.733
(gentle music continues)

00:33:09.612 --> 00:33:13.616
You know this process
is really frustrating

00:33:13.616 --> 00:33:15.702
because so much of it is grounded

00:33:15.702 --> 00:33:18.913
in people's preconceived notions

00:33:18.913 --> 00:33:20.873
about who is electable and who can win,

00:33:20.873 --> 00:33:24.252
and all of those things
aren't racially neutral.

00:33:24.252 --> 00:33:25.128
You know, I have people who are like,

00:33:25.128 --> 00:33:26.421
"Oh, I love everything
you're talking about,

00:33:26.421 --> 00:33:29.090
but you're not white, so you can't win."

00:33:29.090 --> 00:33:31.426
Everybody's obviously not that direct,

00:33:31.426 --> 00:33:32.927
but with the things that they say,

00:33:32.927 --> 00:33:35.596
when they talk about electability

00:33:35.596 --> 00:33:38.641
and the types of people
who voters will accept,

00:33:38.641 --> 00:33:41.144
that's ultimately what
they're talking about.

00:33:41.144 --> 00:33:46.149
And that is really
draining every single day

00:33:46.274 --> 00:33:50.236
to also have to confront racism.

00:33:50.236 --> 00:33:53.698
And like, you know, and not
racism from like Republicans.

00:33:53.698 --> 00:33:54.532
(Malcolm chuckles)

00:33:54.532 --> 00:33:56.367
Racism from people who are like, you know,

00:33:56.367 --> 00:33:57.577
who are Democrats.

00:33:57.577 --> 00:34:00.621
If we're gonna say,
even without saying it,

00:34:00.621 --> 00:34:03.166
that the only people we're
ever gonna elect statewide

00:34:03.166 --> 00:34:04.751
are gonna be white men.

00:34:04.751 --> 00:34:07.128
And maybe, we'll do a white woman someday,

00:34:07.128 --> 00:34:08.713
but we don't even really wanna do that.

00:34:08.713 --> 00:34:11.340
That's a racist ass paradigm.

00:34:12.550 --> 00:34:16.888
There is this non-serious coverage really

00:34:16.888 --> 00:34:20.099
that I think he really benefits from.

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:22.477
I don't get to go on national
TV and people ask me,

00:34:22.477 --> 00:34:24.854
"Malcolm, is it Wawa versus Sheetz?"

00:34:24.854 --> 00:34:26.481
- I'm sorry, they have the best hoagies

00:34:26.481 --> 00:34:28.316
in the state of Pennsylvania.

00:34:28.316 --> 00:34:29.400
I don't understand

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.234
how there's even-
- I've heard you say that.

00:34:30.234 --> 00:34:32.862
- a conversation about Wawa versus Sheetz.

00:34:32.862 --> 00:34:35.239
- One of my first interviews
after, they were like,

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:37.867
"Green New Deal, yes or no?
Medicare for all, yes or no?

00:34:37.867 --> 00:34:41.662
- $15 minimum wage, yes or
no? Abolish ice, yes or no?

00:34:41.662 --> 00:34:44.874
- He has this unusual
image for a politician.

00:34:44.874 --> 00:34:48.836
- He's this almost seven-foot bald guy

00:34:48.836 --> 00:34:52.799
who wears gym shorts and
Dickie's work shirts.

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:54.133
- Malcolm doesn't have the luxury

00:34:54.133 --> 00:34:56.094
of going on debate stages wearing hoodies.

00:34:56.094 --> 00:34:59.639
- "GQ" magazine described
you as an American style god.

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:01.974
- No, American taste god.

00:35:01.974 --> 00:35:03.893
That's righty, yeah.
- Taste god, sorry.

00:35:03.893 --> 00:35:05.853
- Who cares? (chuckles)
I mean, like who cares?

00:35:05.853 --> 00:35:07.730
That tells us negative zero things

00:35:07.730 --> 00:35:11.484
about the type of senator he would be.

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:18.366
(upbeat music)

00:35:26.541 --> 00:35:29.710
- [Matt] Being not the normal
candidate kind of frees you up

00:35:29.710 --> 00:35:32.380
to like try new things and experiment.

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.798
Like no one can tell you

00:35:33.798 --> 00:35:36.217
what will be the right or wrong thing.

00:35:40.346 --> 00:35:42.140
- Thank you all for joining us tonight

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:46.310
for one of Malcolm's first
in-person fundraisers.

00:35:46.310 --> 00:35:48.771
Very happy to see you all.

00:35:48.771 --> 00:35:50.940
If you have yet to donate

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:53.776
or would like to contribute
even more generously

00:35:53.776 --> 00:35:55.153
to support our campaign,

00:35:55.153 --> 00:36:00.158
you can visit newdaypa.us/philly,
or just see me,

00:36:00.491 --> 00:36:02.285
and I can take care of that for you.

00:36:02.285 --> 00:36:03.161
(Catherine chuckles)
(audience applauding)

00:36:03.161 --> 00:36:04.537
Twist my arm.

00:36:04.537 --> 00:36:06.581
- It's not good enough for us to decide

00:36:06.581 --> 00:36:08.749
between who is the least worst straight

00:36:08.749 --> 00:36:10.251
white male millionaire.

00:36:11.711 --> 00:36:15.089
We can actually, for the first time,

00:36:15.089 --> 00:36:19.260
elect an African American
statewide in Pennsylvania.

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:20.219
We can do that!

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:23.014
(audience cheering and applauding)

00:36:23.014 --> 00:36:27.101
We can actually, for the first
time in American history,

00:36:27.101 --> 00:36:30.271
elect an openly LGBTQ person of color

00:36:30.271 --> 00:36:31.314
to the United States Senate.

00:36:31.314 --> 00:36:32.148
We can do that.

00:36:32.148 --> 00:36:35.026
(audience applauding and cheering)

00:36:35.026 --> 00:36:36.402
- Let's make a little noise.

00:36:36.402 --> 00:36:37.987
You're part of a drag show now.

00:36:37.987 --> 00:36:38.821
(audience cheers and applauding)

00:36:38.821 --> 00:36:39.697
- All right, all right, here we go.

00:36:39.697 --> 00:36:43.284
Here she is.
(upbeat music)

00:37:08.184 --> 00:37:11.354
(gentle guitar music)

00:37:19.111 --> 00:37:21.739
- You know, there are a couple of things

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.573
and a couple of ways

00:37:22.573 --> 00:37:25.284
to look at the whole
question of reparations.

00:37:25.284 --> 00:37:28.788
One is clearly in terms of the politics

00:37:28.788 --> 00:37:31.040
and the economics of the thing

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:34.585
where we can look at the whole development

00:37:34.585 --> 00:37:36.963
of corporate capitalism in America.

00:37:36.963 --> 00:37:40.132
The capital that was
accumulated for that process,

00:37:40.132 --> 00:37:41.759
for that development, you know,

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:43.928
largely came through slavery.

00:37:43.928 --> 00:37:46.931
That America would not be the
wealthy country it is today

00:37:46.931 --> 00:37:50.226
if it were not for the
resources of Black people.

00:37:50.226 --> 00:37:51.852
- Malcolm's grandfather was

00:37:51.852 --> 00:37:55.481
a civil rights figure,
icon in Philadelphia.

00:37:55.481 --> 00:37:58.776
He actually ran for mayor of
Philadelphia in the 1970s.

00:37:58.776 --> 00:38:01.821
So in many ways, this
is in Malcolm's blood.

00:38:01.821 --> 00:38:04.782
- He had a kind of innate intelligence.

00:38:04.782 --> 00:38:09.203
He took the SATs and
scored a perfect 1600.

00:38:09.203 --> 00:38:10.997
- He would like have me
with him all the time.

00:38:10.997 --> 00:38:11.831
Like if he was around,

00:38:11.831 --> 00:38:14.041
like nobody else could have me or hold me,

00:38:14.041 --> 00:38:15.793
like he was hanging out with me.

00:38:15.793 --> 00:38:19.046
And, you know, he would
come over with his friends,

00:38:19.046 --> 00:38:20.464
and they're having these, you know,

00:38:20.464 --> 00:38:22.591
really intense conversation about politics

00:38:22.591 --> 00:38:24.010
and about the world.

00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:27.430
- We were chased out of
Mississippi by the FBI.

00:38:27.430 --> 00:38:29.432
He was one of the people

00:38:29.432 --> 00:38:31.600
who was considered a threat to America

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:34.020
just like Martin Luther King was.

00:38:34.020 --> 00:38:35.730
(gentle upbeat jazz music)

00:38:35.730 --> 00:38:39.525
I thought that the work that we had done

00:38:39.525 --> 00:38:42.945
would've put us as a group further along,

00:38:43.988 --> 00:38:48.993
that racism would not have
come back with such strength.

00:38:51.370 --> 00:38:56.375
My grandson, he has the
temperament, the internal strength,

00:38:57.293 --> 00:39:00.796
and the morality that will serve him well.

00:39:02.423 --> 00:39:04.925
You see, he is carrying on the struggle.

00:39:07.136 --> 00:39:11.682
Muhammad's words spread, but the results,

00:39:11.682 --> 00:39:15.061
in some way, is much bigger with Malcolm

00:39:15.061 --> 00:39:17.813
because he can get things done.

00:39:18.981 --> 00:39:20.149
- I've seen you before.

00:39:21.567 --> 00:39:25.821
Not sure where, maybe
it's a dream or vision,

00:39:27.073 --> 00:39:28.741
but I'm sure I've seen you before.

00:39:29.825 --> 00:39:31.202
Looked through history's pages,

00:39:31.202 --> 00:39:33.621
matched your faces to those faces.

00:39:33.621 --> 00:39:38.167
Recounted journeys marched
through shoes just like yours,

00:39:38.167 --> 00:39:40.461
and the soles are still intact.

00:39:41.587 --> 00:39:42.588
Skipping down a road

00:39:42.588 --> 00:39:44.590
of golden hues, minds as big as globes,

00:39:44.590 --> 00:39:45.841
hearts as pure as snow, your destiny

00:39:45.841 --> 00:39:48.761
painted on a mural in the back

00:39:48.761 --> 00:39:51.972
of some abandoned
building, feet painted on.

00:39:53.349 --> 00:39:55.684
You've been doubted before.

00:39:56.602 --> 00:39:59.146
I bet they told you you
wouldn't make it this far.

00:39:59.146 --> 00:40:01.107
But your mere presence is a rebellion

00:40:01.107 --> 00:40:02.775
to the lies they've been spewing.

00:40:03.734 --> 00:40:07.780
I've seen you before, maybe
in the highlights of my hopes.

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:09.657
I've seen you before.

00:40:09.657 --> 00:40:11.450
And I know that you're
called to greatness,

00:40:11.450 --> 00:40:14.954
so don't just be here,

00:40:16.414 --> 00:40:18.916
zigging and tagging from
point to point with no point.

00:40:18.916 --> 00:40:23.003
Don't just be here. Your
life deserves living.

00:40:23.003 --> 00:40:24.046
Your goals deserve reach.

00:40:24.046 --> 00:40:24.880
And take the reigns.

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:26.048
It may rain, but the rain won't be long

00:40:26.048 --> 00:40:27.883
if you trust yourself.

00:40:27.883 --> 00:40:31.011
Look beyond the hurdles.
Don't jump them, just run.

00:40:31.011 --> 00:40:33.514
Don't stop 'cause you're tired, just run.

00:40:33.514 --> 00:40:35.975
Don't quit 'cause it's hard, just run.

00:40:37.143 --> 00:40:40.938
Don't just be here.

00:40:40.938 --> 00:40:42.606
Stand up, be noticed.

00:40:42.606 --> 00:40:44.650
This is your destiny. Take hold of it.

00:40:44.650 --> 00:40:45.860
I've seen you before.

00:40:47.069 --> 00:40:48.946
And I know that your cold to greatness,

00:40:48.946 --> 00:40:50.948
I've seen you before.

00:40:51.907 --> 00:40:55.870
Write your name. Trust yourself.

00:40:55.870 --> 00:40:58.330
You are not a product of the
past or a slave to the future.

00:40:58.330 --> 00:41:00.291
Reinvent yourself.

00:41:00.291 --> 00:41:02.751
Live, laugh, cry, scream.

00:41:03.627 --> 00:41:07.506
But don't just be here,

00:41:08.757 --> 00:41:11.302
because I've already seen you succeed.

00:41:11.302 --> 00:41:12.386
Thank you.

00:41:12.386 --> 00:41:16.474
(audience cheering and clapping)

00:41:20.060 --> 00:41:25.024
(cars whooshing)
(birds chirping)

00:41:27.026 --> 00:41:28.903
- I think Fetterman's biggest weakness

00:41:28.903 --> 00:41:32.406
is what is his pitch to Black voters

00:41:32.406 --> 00:41:36.911
and his handling of this 2013 incident

00:41:36.911 --> 00:41:41.916
where he pulled a shotgun on a Black guy

00:41:42.291 --> 00:41:43.459
who was jogging down the street

00:41:43.459 --> 00:41:45.961
who he suspected of a nearby shooting.

00:41:45.961 --> 00:41:48.380
- The shotgun incident, yes.

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:51.258
as it's known, by shorthand.

00:41:51.258 --> 00:41:52.676
- It happened just down the road

00:41:52.676 --> 00:41:54.303
by Braddock Mayor Fetterman's home

00:41:54.303 --> 00:41:57.848
when he heard what he thought
was assault rifle gunfire.

00:41:57.848 --> 00:42:00.434
He chased a man that he
thought was responsible,

00:42:00.434 --> 00:42:03.854
then pulled a shotgun to confront
him until police arrived.

00:42:03.854 --> 00:42:06.315
Chris Miyares, the man
Fetterman confronted,

00:42:06.315 --> 00:42:08.108
turns out to be an innocent jogger

00:42:08.108 --> 00:42:10.152
who police say had no weapon.

00:42:10.152 --> 00:42:11.612
- There wasn't any assault rifle shots.

00:42:11.612 --> 00:42:13.405
It was bottle rockets behind the library.

00:42:13.405 --> 00:42:14.990
- [Bob Mayo] He says Fetterman

00:42:14.990 --> 00:42:17.243
- Followed me into North
Braddock and pulled a shotgun

00:42:17.243 --> 00:42:18.369
and aimed it at my chest.

00:42:18.369 --> 00:42:20.204
- [Bob Mayo] Did you
point the shotgun at him?

00:42:20.204 --> 00:42:21.038
- No I did not.

00:42:21.038 --> 00:42:22.331
I pointed it, you know,

00:42:22.331 --> 00:42:25.751
in away so that he would
see that I was armed,

00:42:25.751 --> 00:42:26.877
but I did not point it at him.

00:42:26.877 --> 00:42:29.088
In fact, I didn't even
have a round chambered

00:42:29.088 --> 00:42:31.423
or removed the safety at that point.

00:42:31.423 --> 00:42:33.050
- I mean, there's a mayor with a shotgun

00:42:33.050 --> 00:42:34.218
and six other cops surrounded me,

00:42:34.218 --> 00:42:35.386
what else could I do but this?

00:42:35.386 --> 00:42:36.595
- I believe I did the right thing,

00:42:36.595 --> 00:42:39.056
but I may have broken the
law during the course of it.

00:42:39.056 --> 00:42:42.017
And, you know, I'm certainly
not above the law if I did.

00:42:42.017 --> 00:42:44.353
But what I did, I did in a split second

00:42:44.353 --> 00:42:47.314
and out of concern as
a father and a mayor.

00:42:47.314 --> 00:42:49.149
- He's trying to make it like it's okay.

00:42:49.149 --> 00:42:50.901
He's trying to justify what he did.

00:42:51.819 --> 00:42:54.196
I mean, you're the mayor of
Braddock in North Braddock

00:42:54.196 --> 00:42:55.030
with a shotgun.

00:42:55.030 --> 00:42:56.657
- You know, as of now,

00:42:56.657 --> 00:42:59.910
it does not appear to be
hurting him politically.

00:42:59.910 --> 00:43:02.580
(gentle music)

00:43:12.214 --> 00:43:15.217
(people chattering)

00:43:16.093 --> 00:43:19.346
(gentle pensive music)

00:43:35.988 --> 00:43:39.158
(footsteps crunching)

00:43:42.411 --> 00:43:43.996
- Thanks to everybody from Halle Berry

00:43:43.996 --> 00:43:45.164
and everybody else, and Denzel,

00:43:45.164 --> 00:43:46.874
everybody that gave me money.

00:43:46.874 --> 00:43:50.044
Never in my 62 years would I dream

00:43:50.044 --> 00:43:52.463
that there would be a Black man,

00:43:54.006 --> 00:43:56.550
I get emotionally thinking about it,

00:43:56.550 --> 00:43:58.761
that has the possibility to run.

00:43:59.803 --> 00:44:02.640
You are honest. You are smart.

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:05.267
You care. You really,
really, really do care.

00:44:05.267 --> 00:44:08.270
You come from the same
streets that I come from.

00:44:08.270 --> 00:44:10.648
You are a statistic. You
should have been dead.

00:44:10.648 --> 00:44:13.651
I'm so honored to be
in your presence, Sir.

00:44:14.693 --> 00:44:16.362
How did you meet Lee? I’m curious.

00:44:16.987 --> 00:44:18.614
- So, how did Lee and I meet?

00:44:18.614 --> 00:44:19.865
So, Lee and I met-

00:44:19.865 --> 00:44:22.493
We have a good mutual friend Bruce Cohen.

00:44:22.493 --> 00:44:24.203
And Bruce was like, "I'm
gonna introduce you to Lee."

00:44:24.203 --> 00:44:26.121
And I was like, "Okay."

00:44:26.872 --> 00:44:28.332
- People are tired.

00:44:28.332 --> 00:44:30.542
We’re tired of bullshit.

00:44:30.542 --> 00:44:34.046
We’re tired of being told
the same thing

00:44:34.046 --> 00:44:36.507
and really not having any-

00:44:36.507 --> 00:44:40.386
It’s a shame that we really
don’t have any Black people.

00:44:40.386 --> 00:44:41.804
We don’t have any representation.

00:44:43.013 --> 00:44:48.060
He is very instrumental in me coming to
this decision to live in my truth.

00:44:49.520 --> 00:44:52.731
I was so undercover and DL
when I first met him.

00:44:53.816 --> 00:44:54.900
That's so amazing.

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:57.403
And I'm listening to
Malcolm, like try not to cry.

00:44:57.403 --> 00:44:58.946
Like, "I wanna be you."

00:44:58.946 --> 00:45:01.365
I wanna be out, I wanna
be proud, I wanna be free.

00:45:01.365 --> 00:45:02.866
I wanna work in politics.

00:45:02.866 --> 00:45:04.535
And the more and more I talk to him

00:45:04.535 --> 00:45:07.121
and just watched him
journey through, you know,

00:45:07.121 --> 00:45:09.581
loss and success, and just being him.

00:45:09.581 --> 00:45:12.918
I was like, "He is me. I can do that.

00:45:12.918 --> 00:45:16.505
Let me get out of this closet
(chuckles ) and be free."

00:45:16.505 --> 00:45:17.631
(water trickling)

00:45:17.631 --> 00:45:21.677
- People don't want him to emphasize it

00:45:21.677 --> 00:45:23.262
as the reason he should win,

00:45:23.262 --> 00:45:24.972
like him being Black and gay.

00:45:24.972 --> 00:45:27.808
Like it could be totally the reason

00:45:27.808 --> 00:45:29.101
why someone votes for him.

00:45:29.101 --> 00:45:31.729
Why do we assume it's the opposite?

00:45:33.814 --> 00:45:36.191
Unfortunately, a lot of us are trained

00:45:36.191 --> 00:45:37.860
out of being courageous

00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:42.448
and are trained to see
bravery as like a weakness.

00:45:44.032 --> 00:45:46.827
[Man offscreen] I don’t know why you’re
trying to film that shit and betray us.

00:45:46.827 --> 00:45:49.788
That’s some bullshit.
Not everybody else is with that bullshit.

00:45:49.788 --> 00:45:50.831
[Malcolm] Oh, with us being gay?

00:45:50.831 --> 00:45:51.707
[Man offscreen] Film that.

00:45:51.915 --> 00:45:53.083
- That's okay.

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:55.294
That's okay.

00:45:55.294 --> 00:45:58.130
- We get a call from someone,
he never left his name,

00:45:58.130 --> 00:46:00.299
he said, "We don't want those type of men

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:01.717
in office and stuff.

00:46:01.717 --> 00:46:03.135
He used an expletive word
(woman laughing)

00:46:03.135 --> 00:46:05.721
that I'm not sure I'm
able to say right now,

00:46:05.721 --> 00:46:07.765
the F word, faggot.

00:46:07.765 --> 00:46:09.975
Yeah, he said he don't want
no faggots in the office

00:46:09.975 --> 00:46:10.809
and everything.

00:46:10.809 --> 00:46:12.311
But I was shocked, sittin' here shocked,

00:46:12.311 --> 00:46:14.229
the Carol was like, "Hang up, hang up."

00:46:14.229 --> 00:46:15.314
- [Malcolm] This weekend
we had to deal with,

00:46:15.314 --> 00:46:17.483
you know, a death threat,

00:46:17.483 --> 00:46:19.193
and the police are investigating that now.

00:46:19.193 --> 00:46:21.737
Like I didn't anticipate
that type of stuff.

00:46:21.737 --> 00:46:24.198
- Because you don't have that precedent,

00:46:24.198 --> 00:46:28.368
the metrics for how to predict
it, like they don't exist.

00:46:28.368 --> 00:46:32.289
And so you have folks who
need that and want that,

00:46:32.289 --> 00:46:33.123
and they don't have it,

00:46:33.123 --> 00:46:35.918
and so they don't know
how to write about it.

00:46:35.918 --> 00:46:37.878
So much labor, emotional labor,

00:46:37.878 --> 00:46:41.381
going into putting people at ease

00:46:41.381 --> 00:46:44.301
rather than actually allowing us to enjoy

00:46:44.301 --> 00:46:46.762
that this is like, could
be an exciting change.

00:46:46.762 --> 00:46:49.681
Like, and the change we've been needing.

00:46:51.391 --> 00:46:53.977
(gentle music)

00:46:57.898 --> 00:46:59.650
- [Crowd] SEIU, SEIU!

00:47:01.068 --> 00:47:01.985
SEIU, SEIU!

00:47:04.655 --> 00:47:07.991
- SEIU, I think, gives more
money to democratic campaigns

00:47:07.991 --> 00:47:10.035
than any other union in the country.

00:47:10.035 --> 00:47:13.038
Ups and downs, 'cause
that is how campaigns go.

00:47:13.038 --> 00:47:17.626
But, you know, getting SEIU's
endorsement is huge for us.

00:47:17.626 --> 00:47:18.836
Huge for us.

00:47:18.836 --> 00:47:19.753
- In this state,

00:47:19.753 --> 00:47:21.880
people talk a lot about
working-class people.

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:24.550
Most working-class people in
America didn't get laid off

00:47:24.550 --> 00:47:27.427
from a steel mill in 1992.

00:47:27.427 --> 00:47:29.346
Most have been working for poverty wages

00:47:29.346 --> 00:47:32.266
in the service sector since the 80s

00:47:32.266 --> 00:47:33.100
We endorse Malcolm

00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:35.185
because we believe
Malcolm is the candidate

00:47:35.185 --> 00:47:39.064
who has the best platform,
the longest history,

00:47:39.064 --> 00:47:40.148
the strongest message.

00:47:40.148 --> 00:47:42.276
We believe we'll win this primary,

00:47:42.276 --> 00:47:44.111
and we will fight with you until we do.

00:47:44.111 --> 00:47:45.279
Thank you so much, brother.

00:47:45.279 --> 00:47:49.491
(audience cheering and applauding)

00:47:49.491 --> 00:47:50.367
- When we fight-

00:47:50.367 --> 00:47:51.201
- [Crowd] We win!

00:47:51.201 --> 00:47:52.035
- When we fight-

00:47:52.035 --> 00:47:52.870
- [Crowd] We win!

00:47:52.870 --> 00:47:53.704
- [Malcolm] When we fight-

00:47:53.704 --> 00:47:54.538
- [Crowd] We win!

00:47:54.538 --> 00:47:56.582
- There are a lot of people

00:47:56.582 --> 00:47:59.626
who have counted this campaign out,

00:47:59.626 --> 00:48:02.588
but I just wanna say to
everybody who is watching,

00:48:02.588 --> 00:48:04.339
if you have ever felt count out,

00:48:05.674 --> 00:48:07.551
if you have ever felt ignored,

00:48:08.635 --> 00:48:12.472
if you have ever felt like
politics doesn't serve you,

00:48:12.472 --> 00:48:14.600
this is your campaign!

00:48:14.600 --> 00:48:16.768
(crowd cheering and applauding)

00:48:16.768 --> 00:48:18.770
This is not a race

00:48:18.770 --> 00:48:20.731
just between two white
guys from Pittsburgh.

00:48:20.731 --> 00:48:21.481
- [Man offscreen] Right!

00:48:21.481 --> 00:48:22.316
When we vote...

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- [Crowd] We win!

00:48:23.108 --> 00:48:24.067
When we vote...

00:48:24.192 --> 00:48:24.902
- [Crowd] We win!

00:48:24.902 --> 00:48:26.278
When we vote...

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- [Crowd] We win!

00:48:30.616 --> 00:48:31.450
- [Reporter] Why should you be

00:48:31.450 --> 00:48:32.910
Pennsylvania's next senator?

00:48:32.910 --> 00:48:35.495
(upbeat music)

00:48:35.495 --> 00:48:37.205
- I have the experience of
doing the job, you know,

00:48:37.205 --> 00:48:38.415
by serving in the House

00:48:38.415 --> 00:48:41.001
I have worked on all the important bills

00:48:41.001 --> 00:48:42.461
and voted for all the important bills

00:48:42.461 --> 00:48:44.630
that we need our next senator to vote for.

00:48:44.630 --> 00:48:45.589
But the other thing that I bring

00:48:45.589 --> 00:48:46.840
is I can win tough elections.

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:49.217
I've done it three times
in my races for the House.

00:48:49.217 --> 00:48:51.094
I've picked up a lot of
votes in tough territory.

00:48:51.094 --> 00:48:52.304
and Pennsylvania's a big state

00:48:52.304 --> 00:48:53.472
where you need to be able to do that.

00:48:53.472 --> 00:48:56.850
- Conor Lamb is kind of
out of central casting

00:48:56.850 --> 00:48:59.019
for who Democrats handpicked

00:48:59.019 --> 00:49:01.521
to be Senate nominees in the past, right?

00:49:01.521 --> 00:49:05.901
He is kind of like the young Biden.

00:49:05.901 --> 00:49:08.445
And Biden just won Pennsylvania, you know?

00:49:08.445 --> 00:49:11.990
He's gotten lots of
endorsements across the state.

00:49:11.990 --> 00:49:15.994
The Philadelphia Democratic
Party did not endorse

00:49:15.994 --> 00:49:19.790
its own State Representative
Malcolm Kenyatta for Senate,

00:49:19.790 --> 00:49:22.000
it endorsed Conor Lamb,

00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:23.502
which obviously turned heads

00:49:23.502 --> 00:49:26.421
because Malcolm is from North Philly.

00:49:26.421 --> 00:49:29.883
He's very active in the
party, and, you know,

00:49:29.883 --> 00:49:32.427
this is his hometown
County Party, City Party.

00:49:32.427 --> 00:49:36.056
- As progressive of a
city as Philadelphia is,

00:49:36.056 --> 00:49:40.978
the party is still kind of old school.

00:49:42.646 --> 00:49:45.941
It's a noticeable kind of
snub that the Philly party

00:49:45.941 --> 00:49:49.403
as in gettin' behind the guy
who's gonna have Philadelphia

00:49:49.403 --> 00:49:51.655
next to his name on the ballot.

00:49:51.655 --> 00:49:54.825
- [Bob Brady] You guys had
lunch, you get cheesesteaks?

00:49:54.825 --> 00:49:55.659
You're from Philly.

00:49:55.659 --> 00:49:56.493
- [Crew] We live here, yeah.

00:49:56.493 --> 00:49:57.536
- [Bob Brady] Oh yeah, I
don't gotta tell you then,

00:49:57.536 --> 00:49:59.538
you're from Philly, you know
where the cheesesteaks are.

00:49:59.538 --> 00:50:01.248
- [Crew] What's your
favorite cheesesteak spot?

00:50:01.248 --> 00:50:02.082
- They're all good.

00:50:02.082 --> 00:50:04.001
I never met a cheesesteak
or a pizza I didn't like.

00:50:04.001 --> 00:50:06.294
Can't you tell? (laughs)

00:50:06.294 --> 00:50:09.297
Politics in Philadelphia is for adults,

00:50:09.297 --> 00:50:11.591
and you need to be an adult to apply.

00:50:11.591 --> 00:50:13.301
And we have our primaries,

00:50:13.301 --> 00:50:16.638
and I equate our primaries
as a family squabble.

00:50:16.638 --> 00:50:18.557
There was hardly any
support for Fetterman.

00:50:18.557 --> 00:50:21.018
There was some support
for Malcolm, all right?

00:50:21.018 --> 00:50:23.562
But everybody believed and thought

00:50:23.562 --> 00:50:26.523
that Conor Lamb would be
the best person to win

00:50:26.523 --> 00:50:27.649
against the Republican.

00:50:27.649 --> 00:50:30.610
He ran three times in a Republican area,

00:50:30.610 --> 00:50:32.487
and he won three times.

00:50:32.487 --> 00:50:35.574
[Interviewer] Do you think a Black, gay candidate
could win Pennsylvania statewide?

00:50:35.574 --> 00:50:39.036
- Sure I do, absolutely I
do. I think we're past that.

00:50:39.036 --> 00:50:41.204
Again, I told you, white
mayor, Black mayor,

00:50:41.204 --> 00:50:43.081
white mayor, Black mayor, white mayor.

00:50:44.332 --> 00:50:46.334
We are colorblind, without question.

00:50:46.334 --> 00:50:48.795
I certainly don't want him to go away.

00:50:48.795 --> 00:50:51.256
The horizons are wide open for him.

00:50:51.256 --> 00:50:53.425
He's doing a great job
under duress right now.

00:50:53.425 --> 00:50:56.178
You know, havin' an uphill
battle with this money issue,

00:50:56.178 --> 00:50:57.554
you know, and it's tough.

00:50:57.554 --> 00:50:59.973
- Do you think the monetary struggle -

00:50:59.973 --> 00:51:03.101
do you think that has anything
to do with him being Black?

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:07.064
- No. No, I don't think so.

00:51:07.064 --> 00:51:11.568
I hate to think that because
he's an African American

00:51:11.568 --> 00:51:13.028
that's the reason why people
aren't investing in him.

00:51:13.028 --> 00:51:16.573
Great story, great candidate, great man.

00:51:16.573 --> 00:51:17.407
(desk thuds)

00:51:17.407 --> 00:51:18.992
Hopefully, wish him luck.

00:51:20.535 --> 00:51:24.039
(people chattering)

00:51:24.039 --> 00:51:28.168
- This basic idea that
you can have one good job,

00:51:28.168 --> 00:51:30.295
that that job can be backed up by a union,

00:51:31.213 --> 00:51:34.007
that your kid can go to a good school,

00:51:34.007 --> 00:51:36.551
that if you get sick,
you can go to the doctor

00:51:36.551 --> 00:51:38.428
and actually fill the
prescription when you leave,

00:51:38.428 --> 00:51:41.890
and that you can retire
with a level of dignity.

00:51:41.890 --> 00:51:44.893
We aren't running from
anything. We are Democrats.

00:51:44.893 --> 00:51:46.228
We are running for something,

00:51:46.228 --> 00:51:47.896
and we will win for our values.

00:51:47.896 --> 00:51:50.899
We will win for working
people. We will win together.

00:51:50.899 --> 00:51:53.360
Let's make history for
working Pennsylvanians,

00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:54.945
I ask you for your vote.

00:51:54.945 --> 00:51:58.990
(audience cheering and clapping)

00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:04.246
- You did it.
(Malcolm sniffling)

00:52:04.246 --> 00:52:05.163
You did it.

00:52:06.164 --> 00:52:10.001
All the calls, the letters.

00:52:10.001 --> 00:52:11.628
- [Vanessa] You wanna take
a walk around the corner?

00:52:11.628 --> 00:52:12.462
- No.

00:52:12.462 --> 00:52:13.588
- [Woman] You want water?

00:52:13.588 --> 00:52:16.508
(Malcolm sighs)

00:52:16.508 --> 00:52:19.177
- We just never even had
somebody like me even try,

00:52:20.178 --> 00:52:21.429
and, um...

00:52:22.597 --> 00:52:23.682
that means a lot.

00:52:23.682 --> 00:52:25.100
That means a lot.

00:52:26.393 --> 00:52:28.478
That was the bomb dot com.

00:52:28.478 --> 00:52:32.023
I had tears in my eyes
the whole time.

00:52:32.983 --> 00:52:33.525
- Thank you.

00:52:33.525 --> 00:52:37.154
I want you so bad in that seat.

00:52:37.154 --> 00:52:38.405
So bad.

00:52:39.614 --> 00:52:41.658
- [Malcolm] Thank you.

00:52:41.658 --> 00:52:42.492
Thank you.

00:52:43.201 --> 00:52:49.541
We just work against so many damn things
as Black people in this damn country.

00:52:50.292 --> 00:52:52.127
- We do every day.

00:52:55.046 --> 00:52:57.632
You got my vote, man.
You got my vote.

00:52:57.757 --> 00:52:59.176
- Thank you.

00:53:02.137 --> 00:53:04.306
You’re the right person for the job.

00:53:04.514 --> 00:53:05.515
- Thank you.

00:53:05.891 --> 00:53:08.101
- I’m sorry I’m crying.

00:53:08.310 --> 00:53:09.561
- No. Thank you.

00:53:09.644 --> 00:53:12.147
Thank you for putting yourself out there.

00:53:12.147 --> 00:53:14.983
Because you gotta put yourself
out there to do this.

00:53:14.983 --> 00:53:17.110
This isn’t just -

00:53:17.110 --> 00:53:18.904
this is not easy.

00:53:18.904 --> 00:53:19.654
- Yeah.

00:53:19.654 --> 00:53:20.780
So thank you.

00:53:20.780 --> 00:53:22.574
Thank you for doing this.

00:53:22.574 --> 00:53:26.453
Thanks for taking the hits for the rest of us!

00:53:26.453 --> 00:53:27.787
- Well, I appreciate you.

00:53:33.251 --> 00:53:36.755
You know what, for me, I think
the authenticity piece of it

00:53:36.755 --> 00:53:39.382
is probably grounded in me coming out.

00:53:40.759 --> 00:53:44.930
And I think that once you are
not authentic to yourself,

00:53:46.723 --> 00:53:51.728
it is a snowball that you'll never stop.

00:53:52.270 --> 00:53:54.731
Just because you're the
first to do something,

00:53:54.731 --> 00:53:55.941
I think a part of like

00:53:55.941 --> 00:53:57.734
why I like try to flip that on its head

00:53:57.734 --> 00:53:59.903
is because undergirding that is this idea

00:53:59.903 --> 00:54:01.863
that you don't belong there

00:54:01.863 --> 00:54:04.950
because nobody like you
has been there before.

00:54:04.950 --> 00:54:07.285
When in fact, when you do something

00:54:07.285 --> 00:54:11.623
that nobody who shares your
distinctions has done before,

00:54:11.623 --> 00:54:13.250
you belong there more than the people

00:54:13.250 --> 00:54:15.710
who very easily are always welcomed.

00:54:15.710 --> 00:54:18.880
I'm bringing something
valuable into this space

00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:20.674
that wasn't there before.

00:54:20.674 --> 00:54:24.094
And like, motherfuckers
are lucky I brought it.

00:54:24.094 --> 00:54:29.099
- I really look up to my
people, like Black queer men.

00:54:30.308 --> 00:54:32.852
I mean, I look up to my people.

00:54:32.852 --> 00:54:34.896
And you've done so much,

00:54:34.896 --> 00:54:37.357
I don't think you understand,
like personally, for me,

00:54:37.357 --> 00:54:41.236
because there's not many
of us that are up there

00:54:41.236 --> 00:54:43.446
like in any successful position.

00:54:43.446 --> 00:54:46.032
Like, I'm not saying there's
not any, but there's not many.

00:54:46.032 --> 00:54:48.368
- You know, bravery is so contagious.

00:54:48.368 --> 00:54:51.579
You know, and there are
people who might not be gay,

00:54:51.579 --> 00:54:54.499
might not wanna dance, or
whatever, but I really do hope

00:54:54.499 --> 00:54:58.003
that you get the sense

00:54:58.003 --> 00:54:59.713
(gentle dramatic music)

00:54:59.713 --> 00:55:02.674
and understand like how powerful

00:55:02.674 --> 00:55:07.679
you just being who the
fuck you are is to people.

00:55:10.056 --> 00:55:14.394
There will be all these people
who I know you will inspire,

00:55:14.394 --> 00:55:17.814
some of whom you'll meet, some
of whom you'll never meet,

00:55:17.814 --> 00:55:20.734
and it becomes this real ripple effect

00:55:20.734 --> 00:55:22.736
of one person popping up, standing up,

00:55:22.736 --> 00:55:24.612
and then another person
popping up, standing up.

00:55:24.612 --> 00:55:26.364
And so, I'm really proud of you.

00:55:26.364 --> 00:55:29.117
(relaxing music)

00:55:29.993 --> 00:55:33.788
In a world this vast,

00:55:35.415 --> 00:55:37.000
somehow we found each other.

00:55:38.335 --> 00:55:39.878
Matt, you are my greatest gift.

00:55:41.254 --> 00:55:44.966
I promise to never forget
the magic of that first kiss

00:55:48.762 --> 00:55:53.391
and how instantly it told
me that this was right

00:55:54.225 --> 00:55:56.019
and that this was real.

00:55:56.019 --> 00:55:59.731
I promise to love you, to truly listen,

00:55:59.731 --> 00:56:01.941
to be focused on the journey.

00:56:03.568 --> 00:56:06.071
You mean more to me than
I'll ever be able to say.

00:56:07.697 --> 00:56:11.826
And so I just promised to
show you every single day

00:56:13.787 --> 00:56:16.164
we are our ancestors' wildest dreams

00:56:17.624 --> 00:56:19.667
from Instagram to forever, baby.

00:56:19.667 --> 00:56:23.046
(guest laughing)

00:56:23.046 --> 00:56:28.009
- To Malcolm, my other 100%, my co-pilot,

00:56:29.260 --> 00:56:31.596
my fellow alchemist in Black boy joy.

00:56:32.597 --> 00:56:34.432
I vowed to remind you,

00:56:34.432 --> 00:56:37.519
North Philly's finest, of your true north,

00:56:38.520 --> 00:56:39.979
your inner cosmos,

00:56:39.979 --> 00:56:42.482
especially when struggle
arrives like a spaceship.

00:56:44.275 --> 00:56:46.069
I've vow to steward your last name

00:56:46.069 --> 00:56:48.822
as our peculiar inheritance.

00:56:48.822 --> 00:56:53.535
Kenyatta, an emancipated
wonder yet to be fully defined.

00:56:54.536 --> 00:56:59.541
Kenyatta, our chosen name
uttered in front of chosen family

00:56:59.749 --> 00:57:00.959
in our chosen city.

00:57:02.669 --> 00:57:05.713
I vow to be a place where
your fragility can flourish,

00:57:06.589 --> 00:57:09.551
where your spirit can rest. (sniffles)

00:57:09.551 --> 00:57:12.011
I vow to be the reason
you're a happy warrior

00:57:12.011 --> 00:57:14.722
and why your heroism requires no war.

00:57:16.307 --> 00:57:17.434
I vow to keep vowing

00:57:17.434 --> 00:57:19.310
until these values and promises

00:57:19.310 --> 00:57:21.855
become instinctual incantations,

00:57:21.855 --> 00:57:25.567
until our ashes become extinct
and all that remains in this

00:57:25.567 --> 00:57:28.611
is the magic we defined in this world,

00:57:28.611 --> 00:57:32.615
in this life together, until then.

00:57:32.615 --> 00:57:35.368
(relaxing music continues)

00:57:35.368 --> 00:57:38.746
- So, the jumping of
the broom is a tradition

00:57:38.746 --> 00:57:42.417
that emerged in a time and in a place

00:57:42.417 --> 00:57:47.130
where Black love was just as real,

00:57:47.130 --> 00:57:50.592
but not as acknowledged in
the state of Pennsylvania

00:57:50.592 --> 00:57:52.093
and in the United States.

00:57:53.261 --> 00:57:55.472
There was a more recent time

00:57:55.472 --> 00:57:57.682
when your love was not acknowledged.

00:57:58.516 --> 00:58:03.229
It was just as real. We
invite you to jump the broom.

00:58:03.229 --> 00:58:05.273
One, two, three, jump!

00:58:05.273 --> 00:58:07.692
(feet thump)

00:58:07.692 --> 00:58:08.526
For the very first time,

00:58:08.526 --> 00:58:11.946
I would like to present
to you the Kenyattas.

00:58:11.946 --> 00:58:15.617
(guest cheering and applauding)

00:58:15.617 --> 00:58:18.119
(cars beeping)

00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:20.121
(cars whooshing)
(people cheering)

00:58:21.414 --> 00:58:24.542
Congratulations! I’m voting for you!

00:58:25.293 --> 00:58:28.421
- Here's to Mr. and Mr. Kenyatta!

00:58:28.421 --> 00:58:32.342
(people cheering and clapping)

00:58:33.176 --> 00:58:34.761
- Yes!
- That's it!

00:58:34.761 --> 00:58:35.595
- Yes!
- Whoo!

00:58:35.595 --> 00:58:38.181
We got married!
- Mr. and Dr. Kenyatta.

00:58:38.181 --> 00:58:41.768
- Mr. and Dr. Kenyatta!
- Sorry, let me clarify.

00:58:41.768 --> 00:58:44.812
- Well, the Honorable and Dr. Kenyatta!

00:58:48.316 --> 00:58:52.195
- If we're gonna do
titles we gonna do 'em!

00:58:58.868 --> 00:59:00.078
- But is there gonna be an empty podium?

00:59:00.078 --> 00:59:01.287
- Yes.
- Yes, there is

00:59:01.287 --> 00:59:02.288
an empty podium.
- There is.

00:59:02.288 --> 00:59:04.165
(all chuckling)

00:59:04.165 --> 00:59:06.626
- There is. They said
they're not moving yet.

00:59:06.626 --> 00:59:07.502
- Good.

00:59:07.502 --> 00:59:08.336
- We had always thought

00:59:08.336 --> 00:59:10.672
that he would probably wanna
duck out of these things.

00:59:10.672 --> 00:59:12.090
I think he's trying to run out the clock.

00:59:12.090 --> 00:59:13.216
He's the front-runner, you know,

00:59:13.216 --> 00:59:15.009
and he's got all the money in the world.

00:59:15.009 --> 00:59:19.556
And my sense is that he's trying
to limit the opportunities

00:59:19.556 --> 00:59:21.891
for Malcolm or Conor
Lamb, for that matter,

00:59:21.891 --> 00:59:24.102
to close the gap.

00:59:24.102 --> 00:59:25.645
- [Anna] Electability.

00:59:25.645 --> 00:59:27.772
I do think it is actually
relevant to primary voters

00:59:27.772 --> 00:59:29.274
in a way that I think
it wasn't in the past.

00:59:29.274 --> 00:59:31.025
There are other reasons why
someone would be unelectable.

00:59:31.025 --> 00:59:33.444
Like if they pull a shotgun
on an unarmed Black jogger,

00:59:33.444 --> 00:59:34.279
for example.

00:59:34.279 --> 00:59:35.113
- For example.
- Right.

00:59:35.113 --> 00:59:36.990
- Might be a reason why
somebody's not electable.

00:59:36.990 --> 00:59:38.032
- Right, right, right.
(Anna chuckles)

00:59:38.032 --> 00:59:38.950
So, as opposed to like,

00:59:38.950 --> 00:59:40.326
he's never beaten a Republican before.

00:59:40.326 --> 00:59:42.453
- Yeah. There he is.
- Hello, everybody,

00:59:42.453 --> 00:59:44.247
sorry to make you wait.

00:59:44.247 --> 00:59:45.373
I'll be on time on Sunday.

00:59:45.373 --> 00:59:47.917
(all laughing)

00:59:47.917 --> 00:59:48.835
How are you?

00:59:48.835 --> 00:59:50.795
- He is exceptionally talented.

00:59:50.795 --> 00:59:54.048
I mean, I think he is probably
one of the Democratic party's

00:59:54.048 --> 00:59:56.384
best communicators today.

00:59:56.384 --> 00:59:59.637
- The Lamb campaign is focused
on going after Fetterman

00:59:59.637 --> 01:00:02.098
on the jogger incident.

01:00:02.098 --> 01:00:04.559
You know, not only was it
a terrible thing he did,

01:00:04.559 --> 01:00:06.144
but then it also raises questions.

01:00:06.144 --> 01:00:08.688
How is he gonna excite
and generate enthusiasm

01:00:08.688 --> 01:00:09.522
with voters?
- But I don't think

01:00:09.522 --> 01:00:13.568
we should be making those
kinds of process arguments.

01:00:13.568 --> 01:00:14.402
I think it speaks,

01:00:14.402 --> 01:00:16.821
we should talk about electability
in terms of his character.

01:00:16.821 --> 01:00:19.324
All of it's kind of this smoke and mirrors

01:00:19.324 --> 01:00:20.325
about who he really is.

01:00:20.325 --> 01:00:22.785
And so I just think that
that is a very revealing,

01:00:22.785 --> 01:00:24.245
it's very revealing about who he is.

01:00:24.245 --> 01:00:28.583
- It's obvious that the systems
in place today do not favor,

01:00:28.583 --> 01:00:32.253
you know, a young, queer,
person of color like Malcolm

01:00:32.253 --> 01:00:35.131
to be the nominee and the eventual winner

01:00:35.131 --> 01:00:36.090
for a U.S. Senate race.

01:00:36.090 --> 01:00:37.759
- There's a different bar, you know,

01:00:37.759 --> 01:00:41.054
and I think Malcolm
has to do things better

01:00:41.054 --> 01:00:42.221
than everyone else.

01:00:52.774 --> 01:00:55.693
(elevator bell chimes)

01:00:56.778 --> 01:00:58.154
(heels clacking)

01:00:58.154 --> 01:01:01.491
- We all make choices in
life. And John made a choice.

01:01:01.491 --> 01:01:04.160
He made a choice to point a shotgun

01:01:04.160 --> 01:01:07.705
at the chest of an unarmed Black man

01:01:07.705 --> 01:01:10.792
and then say afterward
that he would do it again.

01:01:10.792 --> 01:01:12.251
And he skipped the debate today

01:01:12.251 --> 01:01:15.505
because he doesn't think
he has to answer for it.

01:01:15.505 --> 01:01:17.298
Given everything that's
gone on in this country.

01:01:17.298 --> 01:01:19.175
that is fatal to his campaign.

01:01:20.051 --> 01:01:23.262
- So, I had a professor, I
missed her class one day.

01:01:23.262 --> 01:01:24.347
and she said, "Malcolm,

01:01:24.347 --> 01:01:26.724
70% of your grade is gonna be showing up."

01:01:28.643 --> 01:01:30.687
(audience laughing)

01:01:30.687 --> 01:01:32.397
Now, he would've failed Kimmika's class,

01:01:32.397 --> 01:01:33.439
the lieutenant governor.

01:01:33.439 --> 01:01:34.857
(audience applauding)

01:01:34.857 --> 01:01:39.862
And if John can't show up
to talk to other Democrats,

01:01:40.405 --> 01:01:41.989
who the hell really believes

01:01:41.989 --> 01:01:44.158
that John is gonna be able to show up

01:01:44.158 --> 01:01:47.954
and stand up and fight for
our values in Washington?

01:01:47.954 --> 01:01:50.039
Now, I know our rules today say

01:01:50.039 --> 01:01:52.458
that when you invoke somebody's
name, they get 30 seconds.

01:01:52.458 --> 01:01:54.502
I'd like to give John his, and
don't worry, I'll keep time.

01:01:54.502 --> 01:01:57.088
(audience laughing)

01:01:57.088 --> 01:01:57.922
- [Woman] Thank you.

01:01:57.922 --> 01:01:58.756
Thank you you so much,
Representative Kenyatta.

01:01:58.756 --> 01:02:00.174
- [Man] Thank you,
Representative Kenyatta.

01:02:00.174 --> 01:02:02.677
(gentle music)

01:02:02.677 --> 01:02:04.554
(people chattering)

01:02:04.554 --> 01:02:05.388
- [Photographer] Where
do you wanna to stop?

01:02:05.388 --> 01:02:08.224
Just right in front of the camera?

01:02:09.517 --> 01:02:11.269
- I don't have to tell you the polls show

01:02:11.269 --> 01:02:12.812
that John Fetterman's ahead.

01:02:12.812 --> 01:02:14.397
- [Malcolm] Well, he's run three times.

01:02:14.397 --> 01:02:17.817
- Yeah, and also he's raising
a lot of money in this race.

01:02:17.817 --> 01:02:19.736
So is Conor Lamb too.

01:02:19.736 --> 01:02:22.488
Why has it been harder for
you to get traction so far?

01:02:22.488 --> 01:02:23.698
- I think the bigger question

01:02:23.698 --> 01:02:25.825
is not if I've gained traction,

01:02:25.825 --> 01:02:27.577
the question is why is a campaign

01:02:27.577 --> 01:02:31.330
who has been able to
garner this type of support

01:02:31.330 --> 01:02:33.166
and has somebody who's running,

01:02:33.166 --> 01:02:37.420
who's actually intimately
connected to all of the issues,

01:02:37.420 --> 01:02:39.839
why hasn't that been a campaign
that has been focused on

01:02:39.839 --> 01:02:41.716
as much as these other two?

01:02:41.716 --> 01:02:43.509
- You looking forward to
the debate on Thursday?

01:02:43.509 --> 01:02:45.762
- You know, well, maybe this will be,

01:02:45.762 --> 01:02:47.305
I guess, did he say he's coming?

01:02:47.305 --> 01:02:48.139
- He's coming.

01:02:48.139 --> 01:02:48.973
- He's coming.

01:02:48.973 --> 01:02:49.807
All right. (chuckles)
- Yeah,

01:02:49.807 --> 01:02:51.225
so you'll have the opportunity
to talk to him there.

01:02:52.101 --> 01:02:53.728
- So, let me just be crystal clear

01:02:53.728 --> 01:02:56.063
'cause it's very rare
we get John at an event.

01:02:56.063 --> 01:02:59.525
And so I'll say it directly
to the lieutenant governor,

01:02:59.525 --> 01:03:02.403
for somebody who has cut an image

01:03:02.403 --> 01:03:04.489
as an incredibly tough guy,

01:03:04.489 --> 01:03:08.326
you're so afraid of two
little words, "I'm sorry."

01:03:08.326 --> 01:03:13.331
You did take a 20-gauge shotgun,
get in your pickup truck,

01:03:13.831 --> 01:03:18.169
travel into another town
and brandish that weapon

01:03:18.169 --> 01:03:21.172
at the chest of an unarmed Black jogger.

01:03:21.172 --> 01:03:23.925
You did that. It was
not okay what John did.

01:03:23.925 --> 01:03:25.218
And John, I hope tonight

01:03:25.218 --> 01:03:28.554
you would say those two
simple words, "I'm sorry."

01:03:28.554 --> 01:03:29.388
- That never happened.

01:03:29.388 --> 01:03:32.350
I never pointed the
weapon at the individual.

01:03:32.350 --> 01:03:35.394
And, you know, everyone in Braddock knows,

01:03:35.394 --> 01:03:37.188
and not only does everyone in Braddock

01:03:37.188 --> 01:03:39.065
know what happened in 2013,
(bell dinging)

01:03:39.065 --> 01:03:40.191
we know what this is about

01:03:40.191 --> 01:03:41.317
here on the stage.
- Mr. Kenyatta,

01:03:41.317 --> 01:03:43.402
I'm gonna give you 15 seconds.

01:03:43.402 --> 01:03:45.738
- John, we get it, you
have a Black friend.

01:03:45.738 --> 01:03:48.866
The question is, did you
point a 20-gauge shotgun

01:03:48.866 --> 01:03:50.451
at the chest of a Black man?

01:03:50.451 --> 01:03:51.536
And you have an opportunity

01:03:51.536 --> 01:03:54.288
with all of Pennsylvania
watching to say, "I'm sorry."

01:03:54.288 --> 01:03:56.207
Are you gonna say "I'm sorry" today, John?

01:03:56.207 --> 01:03:57.041
- That never happened.

01:03:57.041 --> 01:03:57.917
- So you're not gonna say "I'm sorry."

01:03:57.917 --> 01:03:58.876
- That never happened.

01:03:58.876 --> 01:04:01.379
- So you still refuse to
say "I'm sorry" to this day?

01:04:01.379 --> 01:04:02.463
- I'm the only Democrat
(bell dinging)

01:04:02.463 --> 01:04:03.297
that successfully

01:04:03.297 --> 01:04:04.423
confronted gunfire assault.
- You're the only Democrat

01:04:04.423 --> 01:04:05.508
who used a shotgun

01:04:05.508 --> 01:04:06.843
to chase down an unarmed Black jogger.

01:04:06.843 --> 01:04:08.427
- [Man] Gentleman, thank you.

01:04:08.427 --> 01:04:09.470
- Hey, everybody.

01:04:09.470 --> 01:04:10.388
- [Reporters] Hi!

01:04:10.388 --> 01:04:11.889
- What's going on?

01:04:11.931 --> 01:04:15.685
[Reporter]
What do you think explains Fetterman’s
consistent lead in the polls up until now?

01:04:16.185 --> 01:04:18.396
- Well, he's run for
office a bunch of times.

01:04:18.396 --> 01:04:19.897
Just name recognition?
Is that all it is?

01:04:19.897 --> 01:04:21.315
- Yeah, he's run for
office a bunch of times.

01:04:21.315 --> 01:04:22.775
And I think that, you know,

01:04:22.775 --> 01:04:24.902
there are a lot of people who
got to hear from me tonight

01:04:24.902 --> 01:04:28.281
who may have never heard of me before.

01:04:28.281 --> 01:04:30.449
And I do think that, you know,

01:04:30.449 --> 01:04:32.952
it has been a mistake
for folks in the press,

01:04:32.952 --> 01:04:33.870
all of you,

01:04:33.870 --> 01:04:35.496
to just cover this race
(reporters laugh)

01:04:35.496 --> 01:04:39.500
as a race between, you know,
two white guys from Pittsburgh.

01:04:39.500 --> 01:04:41.252
Julian had a piece today I didn't like

01:04:41.252 --> 01:04:44.714
that only had John and
Conor in the picture.

01:04:44.714 --> 01:04:46.340
[Reporter]
In the headline. Not me.

01:04:46.340 --> 01:04:47.091
- I know, I know.

01:04:47.091 --> 01:04:48.467
You were in the lede.

01:04:48.467 --> 01:04:49.969
- I know. I was, I was.

01:04:49.969 --> 01:04:52.889
He's like, "I don't get
to write everything."

01:04:52.889 --> 01:04:54.932
But the reality is the
race has never been that.

01:04:54.932 --> 01:04:57.310
And I think that today
we got an opportunity

01:04:57.310 --> 01:05:00.062
for people to hear that
they have multiple options.

01:05:00.062 --> 01:05:02.440
And I hope that people
choose me, obviously.

01:05:02.440 --> 01:05:04.775
Well, thank you, everybody. Get home safe.

01:05:04.775 --> 01:05:05.860
Oh, what did they say?

01:05:07.028 --> 01:05:07.862
For Conor?

01:05:09.113 --> 01:05:10.781
- [Malcolm] Really?!

01:05:11.449 --> 01:05:12.867
It’s clear who they’re for.

01:05:13.034 --> 01:05:15.202
- [Matt] Yeah, they've not-

01:05:16.162 --> 01:05:17.914
These individuals actually
aren't pundits, though.

01:05:17.914 --> 01:05:19.707
These are democratic -

01:05:19.707 --> 01:05:21.208
- [Malcolm] Oh, well
Todd Eagen is for Conor.

01:05:21.208 --> 01:05:23.210
- Exactly. He's for Conor.

01:05:23.210 --> 01:05:24.462
You know, these are already people

01:05:24.462 --> 01:05:26.505
who have made up their
minds before this debate,

01:05:26.505 --> 01:05:28.633
so obviously, they are
spinning it against you.

01:05:28.633 --> 01:05:29.634
They're glossing over you.

01:05:29.634 --> 01:05:32.219
(gentle music)

01:05:33.846 --> 01:05:35.681
- Hey. Hi, how are you doing ladies?

01:05:35.681 --> 01:05:36.724
- We're good. How are you?

01:05:36.724 --> 01:05:38.309
- All right, everything well?

01:05:38.309 --> 01:05:39.185
- Yes, ma'am.
- Yep.

01:05:39.185 --> 01:05:42.104
- Okay. All is well here, too.

01:05:42.104 --> 01:05:44.815
- I decided on Malcolm because
he's really progressive,

01:05:44.815 --> 01:05:47.777
and I'm really for progressive politics.

01:05:47.777 --> 01:05:49.195
- I decided to go with Conor Lamb

01:05:49.195 --> 01:05:51.322
because I'm familiar with him and know him

01:05:51.322 --> 01:05:53.449
and have grown to trust him.

01:05:53.449 --> 01:05:57.828
- I have decided to endorse
him back, John Fetterman.

01:05:57.828 --> 01:06:01.624
And he helped me because
I was in a darkened state

01:06:01.624 --> 01:06:06.587
in my life at the time when
John Fetterman came here.

01:06:06.587 --> 01:06:09.966
I think he really cares about the Blacks,

01:06:09.966 --> 01:06:12.426
about the Black population.

01:06:12.426 --> 01:06:14.095
- I want you to have a brain.

01:06:14.095 --> 01:06:15.763
I want you to have compassion.

01:06:15.763 --> 01:06:17.098
What are the needs of the people?

01:06:17.098 --> 01:06:19.850
Are their needs being met
and can you meet them?

01:06:19.850 --> 01:06:21.394
That's what's important to me.

01:06:21.394 --> 01:06:23.062
Stature is not important,

01:06:23.062 --> 01:06:26.148
and I definitely don't get into
people's sexual orientation.

01:06:26.148 --> 01:06:27.233
That's not my business.

01:06:27.233 --> 01:06:29.860
Unless we're in the bed
together, I could care less.

01:06:29.860 --> 01:06:31.362
- [Woman] That's true,
and I agree with you.

01:06:31.362 --> 01:06:34.615
- That's just my opinion. And
I get lost in all of that.

01:06:34.615 --> 01:06:36.742
It makes no sense to me

01:06:36.742 --> 01:06:40.788
that I need to know your sexual
orientation as a politician.

01:06:40.788 --> 01:06:44.125
It's not my business
unless you gonna have sex

01:06:44.125 --> 01:06:48.379
while you hittin' the gavel or
writing a bill on the place.

01:06:48.379 --> 01:06:50.131
Grow up. Grow up.

01:06:50.131 --> 01:06:53.634
What can the person bring to the office?

01:06:53.634 --> 01:06:56.053
- I think that John is different enough

01:06:56.053 --> 01:06:58.264
for a lot of people in Pennsylvania,

01:06:58.264 --> 01:06:59.390
but he still looks like you,

01:06:59.390 --> 01:07:01.767
and someone that you can
see walking down the street,

01:07:01.767 --> 01:07:02.935
that's someone I wanna support.

01:07:02.935 --> 01:07:06.689
That's someone that they
are looking at and saying,

01:07:06.689 --> 01:07:08.357
"I can get a little edgy."

01:07:08.357 --> 01:07:12.236
Wouldn't we love to have a
Black man as our senator?

01:07:12.236 --> 01:07:15.322
Wouldn't we love that? But
a lot of people wouldn't.

01:07:15.322 --> 01:07:16.157
A lot of people-
- A lot of people.

01:07:16.157 --> 01:07:17.742
- in Pennsylvania wouldn't.
- aren't there yet.

01:07:25.082 --> 01:07:27.293
- [Man] Okay, check, one, two.

01:07:27.293 --> 01:07:28.753
Check one, two.

01:07:28.753 --> 01:07:30.504
- Raise your hand if you support

01:07:30.504 --> 01:07:32.506
eliminating the Senate filibuster.

01:07:33.758 --> 01:07:35.676
All four, okay.

01:07:35.676 --> 01:07:38.763
Expanding the number of justices
on the U.S. Supreme Court.

01:07:39.680 --> 01:07:43.017
- The Democratic Party
does not rig the rules

01:07:43.017 --> 01:07:45.269
just simply because we
do not like the outcome.

01:07:45.269 --> 01:07:47.396
- Yeah, I mean, I just think
this whole question is a trap.

01:07:47.396 --> 01:07:49.231
One of the things I'm
trying to convey here

01:07:49.231 --> 01:07:51.817
is I've spent four years
knocking on the doors of,

01:07:51.817 --> 01:07:53.861
answering questions of at town halls,

01:07:53.861 --> 01:07:56.238
the exact type of people
that are gonna determine

01:07:56.238 --> 01:07:58.407
whether we are successful
or fail this year.

01:07:58.407 --> 01:07:59.784
Never had a single one of them

01:07:59.784 --> 01:08:01.702
in tens of thousands of conversations

01:08:01.702 --> 01:08:03.579
ask me to add a justice
to the Supreme Court.

01:08:03.579 --> 01:08:05.081
- This idea that we're Democrats,

01:08:05.081 --> 01:08:06.624
we don't try to change anything,

01:08:06.624 --> 01:08:08.667
I mean, that does not make a lot of sense.

01:08:08.667 --> 01:08:09.627
I'm running for U.S. Senate

01:08:09.627 --> 01:08:11.128
because there's a lot of
stuff we have to change,

01:08:11.128 --> 01:08:13.255
and that's what we should do as Democrats.

01:08:13.255 --> 01:08:14.090
- In recent months,

01:08:14.090 --> 01:08:17.426
culture wars over LGBTQ
rights have intensified

01:08:17.426 --> 01:08:20.304
and laws targeting transgender
rights have been introduced

01:08:20.304 --> 01:08:22.139
in state houses around the country.

01:08:22.139 --> 01:08:24.809
What is your message
to LGBTQ Pennsylvanians

01:08:24.809 --> 01:08:27.645
frustrated with a politically
charged atmosphere

01:08:27.645 --> 01:08:30.064
that makes any immediate
movement on federal legislation,

01:08:30.064 --> 01:08:32.566
such as the Equality Act, seem unlikely?

01:08:32.566 --> 01:08:34.110
- So, for folks who are at home

01:08:34.110 --> 01:08:35.903
who can't see the full auditorium,

01:08:35.903 --> 01:08:40.908
right to my left over there
is, is my husband Dr. Matt.

01:08:41.033 --> 01:08:43.702
And when I'm your next
United States Senator,

01:08:43.702 --> 01:08:45.955
for the first time in American history,

01:08:45.955 --> 01:08:49.542
we're gonna have an openly
gay man in the U.S. Senate

01:08:49.542 --> 01:08:54.547
who is gonna bring my entire
life and family and perspective

01:08:55.131 --> 01:08:59.426
to a body that is in desperate
need of that perspective.

01:08:59.426 --> 01:09:02.763
And it was heartbreaking
to watch the hearings

01:09:02.763 --> 01:09:05.516
for soon-to-be Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson

01:09:05.516 --> 01:09:07.726
and hearing senators openly opine

01:09:07.726 --> 01:09:10.855
about whether or not same-sex
marriage is settled law.

01:09:10.855 --> 01:09:13.315
- Time. Again, I wanna
thank all four candidates.

01:09:13.315 --> 01:09:15.234
Thank you very much for your time tonight.

01:09:15.234 --> 01:09:18.404
(audience applauding)

01:09:25.536 --> 01:09:27.163
[Dr. Matt] Thank you for mentioning me, finally!

01:09:28.205 --> 01:09:30.833
- The history of this
moment is not lost on me.

01:09:31.709 --> 01:09:34.420
That I do have my husband
at a Senate debate,

01:09:34.420 --> 01:09:37.381
I mean, I ain’t been
happenin’, man. (laughs)

01:09:37.381 --> 01:09:40.718
- I mean, all this whole
campaign, like, you know,

01:09:40.718 --> 01:09:43.554
I just feel like questioning

01:09:43.554 --> 01:09:47.474
whether like me being next
to him as an asset or not,

01:09:47.474 --> 01:09:49.768
or if I should like be
in the shadow, or like,

01:09:49.768 --> 01:09:52.313
I don't know how to act
'cause there isn't any model.

01:09:52.313 --> 01:09:53.772
Like there isn't anybody telling me,

01:09:53.772 --> 01:09:55.608
"Oh yeah, do that, be that way."

01:09:55.608 --> 01:09:58.027
And like if you're a
straight person or whatever,

01:09:58.027 --> 01:10:00.487
like there are plenty of
roles that people can give.

01:10:00.487 --> 01:10:02.573
You may not like it, but at
least, they're there, you know?

01:10:02.573 --> 01:10:03.908
And like I don't have that.

01:10:03.908 --> 01:10:06.410
And so, I just thought
like it was, you know,

01:10:06.410 --> 01:10:07.912
an honor to feel like an asset.

01:10:07.912 --> 01:10:11.248
In that moment for him to
like put a real face and name

01:10:11.248 --> 01:10:14.210
to that general category
of like a queer person,

01:10:14.210 --> 01:10:17.004
like, "We're here," so.

01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:23.719
- The other candidates
don't even disagree.

01:10:23.719 --> 01:10:27.097
Like they think that he, you
know, is the best debater.

01:10:27.097 --> 01:10:30.267
They think he's the best
speaker in the race, right?

01:10:30.267 --> 01:10:34.855
- I mean, people like break out
into tears at his rallies.

01:10:34.855 --> 01:10:39.109
You're not seeing that with
Conor Lamb or John Fetterman.

01:10:39.109 --> 01:10:41.195
- You know, when people like
Mastriano or Trump

01:10:41.195 --> 01:10:42.988
or DeSantis or whatever, when they run,

01:10:42.988 --> 01:10:46.450
and they take these really
ridiculous, you know, positions,

01:10:46.450 --> 01:10:50.871
we often have a conversation
about the fervor of their base.

01:10:50.871 --> 01:10:52.414
We never talk about that

01:10:52.414 --> 01:10:54.959
in the context of candidates like me,

01:10:54.959 --> 01:10:59.922
the people that we inspire and
the bases that we engage.

01:11:00.047 --> 01:11:02.716
- I actually, I leave here
thinking he's more electable

01:11:02.716 --> 01:11:04.260
than when I came here.

01:11:04.260 --> 01:11:06.053
- Electability, you know,

01:11:06.053 --> 01:11:08.722
in the eyes of many female candidates

01:11:08.722 --> 01:11:12.268
and candidates of color
has become a loaded word.

01:11:12.268 --> 01:11:16.230
Oftentimes, they'll argue
it's just kind of a code word

01:11:16.230 --> 01:11:19.733
for a white male candidate who's moderate.

01:11:19.733 --> 01:11:22.069
- I feel like the entire campaign,

01:11:22.069 --> 01:11:25.990
I've dealt with coverage of
the race that never just said,

01:11:25.990 --> 01:11:26.907
"Malcolm did great."

01:11:26.907 --> 01:11:28.909
Like, "Wow, people should look at that."

01:11:28.909 --> 01:11:30.744
It was always with a qualifier.

01:11:31.620 --> 01:11:34.123
Even when they wrote
that I won the debate,

01:11:34.123 --> 01:11:36.125
they wrote it in a way of,

01:11:36.125 --> 01:11:39.586
"Well, Malcolm will be a nice
surrogate for whoever wins."

01:11:39.586 --> 01:11:41.338
- Fetterman knows that he's leading,

01:11:41.338 --> 01:11:42.798
and I think it shows
there in his performance.

01:11:42.798 --> 01:11:44.758
He didn't seem like he wanted to be there

01:11:44.758 --> 01:11:47.094
walking around all across
the stage during the debate,

01:11:47.094 --> 01:11:47.928
suit untucked,

01:11:47.928 --> 01:11:49.847
he doesn't need this debate to win.

01:11:49.847 --> 01:11:52.349
- You know, and I've had folks
say to me like, you know,

01:11:52.349 --> 01:11:54.643
"Well, my editor doesn't
think you can win,

01:11:54.643 --> 01:11:55.519
and so, you know,

01:11:55.519 --> 01:11:57.021
they'll let me write
something nice about you

01:11:57.021 --> 01:11:57.938
after the election's over.

01:11:57.938 --> 01:12:00.107
And it's just like.

01:12:00.107 --> 01:12:03.068
- I'll get angry emails from
people when I write about him.

01:12:03.068 --> 01:12:05.571
Like, you know, "This guy
doesn't have a chance."

01:12:05.571 --> 01:12:07.740
I think part of that is that they see

01:12:07.740 --> 01:12:09.116
that he is building excitement,

01:12:09.116 --> 01:12:11.994
and there's like someone
who has $200,000 in the bank

01:12:11.994 --> 01:12:13.454
and who's running for Senate

01:12:13.454 --> 01:12:16.790
should not be doing as well as he is.

01:12:16.790 --> 01:12:18.709
Now, some of those people
work for other campaigns,

01:12:18.709 --> 01:12:20.127
but anyway,

01:12:20.127 --> 01:12:23.630
What he is kind of up
against is really interesting

01:12:23.630 --> 01:12:25.174
and is telling us something

01:12:25.174 --> 01:12:29.970
about how the electability
argument can be so challenging

01:12:29.970 --> 01:12:31.180
to candidates like him.

01:12:32.139 --> 01:12:35.392
- Like what I'm doing is much easier

01:12:35.392 --> 01:12:38.020
than parents who can't
figure out childcare

01:12:38.020 --> 01:12:40.773
or who have multiple jobs,

01:12:40.773 --> 01:12:43.734
who have health issues that
they can't get addressed

01:12:43.734 --> 01:12:45.652
because they don't have good care.

01:12:45.652 --> 01:12:47.863
Everything I have to
do is easier than that.

01:12:48.739 --> 01:12:50.324
But it doesn't mean it's not hard,

01:12:50.324 --> 01:12:53.035
and it doesn't mean it's not frustrating.

01:12:53.035 --> 01:12:55.621
You know, when felt those
moments, it's like, "Okay wait,"

01:12:55.621 --> 01:13:00.042
like, "What's going on?"

01:13:00.042 --> 01:13:01.251
Why am I,

01:13:01.251 --> 01:13:03.837
(gentle music)

01:13:08.592 --> 01:13:09.927
you know, why am I feeling like this?

01:13:09.927 --> 01:13:12.679
Why am I still still doing this?

01:13:15.599 --> 01:13:16.975
You know, and then you talk to somebody

01:13:16.975 --> 01:13:18.102
that reminds you why.

01:13:19.311 --> 01:13:22.398
(graphics whooshing)

01:13:24.650 --> 01:13:27.486
- From day one when he got to be elected,

01:13:27.486 --> 01:13:29.029
he said, "I'll be back."

01:13:29.029 --> 01:13:31.782
But, you know, they all say
that, "Oh I'll be back."

01:13:31.782 --> 01:13:35.202
But they don't come back either
for two years or four years

01:13:35.202 --> 01:13:36.745
to say "I'm back."

01:13:36.745 --> 01:13:41.458
But this young man has
been back, back, back.

01:13:41.458 --> 01:13:43.085
Sometimes I think he's walking backwards,

01:13:43.085 --> 01:13:44.128
he's back so much.

01:13:44.128 --> 01:13:47.047
He's a man of his word. And
to God be the glory for that.

01:13:47.047 --> 01:13:50.217
(gentle upbeat music)

01:13:52.136 --> 01:13:53.595
- [Man] Good afternoon!

01:13:53.595 --> 01:13:54.805
- [Crowd] Good afternoon!

01:13:54.805 --> 01:13:55.973
- [Man] Good afternoon, everyone!

01:13:55.973 --> 01:13:57.683
- [Crowd] Good afternoon!

01:13:57.683 --> 01:14:00.018
- [Man] What a great day to
come out and knock on doors

01:14:00.018 --> 01:14:01.854
for our brother Kenyatta!

01:14:01.854 --> 01:14:04.982
(crowd cheering)

01:14:04.982 --> 01:14:07.276
- [Malcolm] People who want
the status quo to remain

01:14:07.276 --> 01:14:10.404
get real nervous when they
see one person step up.

01:14:11.280 --> 01:14:12.823
Because when one person steps up,

01:14:12.823 --> 01:14:15.200
it gets the other person who
was thinking about stepping up

01:14:15.200 --> 01:14:16.827
say "Maybe, I'll step up too."

01:14:16.827 --> 01:14:20.164
- He's about the labor man.
He's about to working man.

01:14:20.164 --> 01:14:24.751
- I played her Malcolm
speech in the state house

01:14:24.751 --> 01:14:28.255
about LGBTQ rights, and it touched her.

01:14:28.255 --> 01:14:29.465
It spoke to her.

01:14:29.465 --> 01:14:31.008
- Well, having a Black queer man

01:14:31.008 --> 01:14:32.968
like really makes a difference.

01:14:32.968 --> 01:14:35.721
- The fact that he's Black
shouldn't matter to anyone else.

01:14:35.721 --> 01:14:37.055
I say that's bullshit.

01:14:37.055 --> 01:14:39.141
- It's not about who
lives the closest to you.

01:14:39.141 --> 01:14:41.059
It's not about who
you've known the longest.

01:14:41.059 --> 01:14:42.811
It's who's gonna fight
for you the hardest.

01:14:42.811 --> 01:14:44.605
- Yeah,, I was leaning toward Fetterman.

01:14:44.605 --> 01:14:46.732
Now I'm more looking at Kenyatta.

01:14:46.732 --> 01:14:48.859
"A chip off the Obama block,"

01:14:48.859 --> 01:14:52.237
said your wife Jennifer here. (laughs)

01:14:52.237 --> 01:14:53.447
- I'm knocking on doors
in your neighborhood

01:14:53.447 --> 01:14:54.615
'cause I want you to vote for me. We.

01:14:54.615 --> 01:14:56.658
I just don’t want to tell you,
“yeah, I’ll vote for you”,

01:14:56.658 --> 01:14:57.451
then don’t do it.

01:14:57.451 --> 01:14:58.702
Then I’ll feel bad about it.

01:14:58.702 --> 01:14:59.036
Then I'll feel bad about it.

01:15:00.204 --> 01:15:05.042
- This is how we win. This is how we win.

01:15:05.042 --> 01:15:07.377
This is how we win!
- We win!

01:15:07.377 --> 01:15:09.546
♪ I thought I told y’all ♪

01:15:09.546 --> 01:15:10.797
♪ We back ♪

01:15:10.797 --> 01:15:12.925
♪ We ain’t goin’ nowhere ♪

01:15:13.550 --> 01:15:16.053
♪ I’m pullin’ up if there’s smoke ♪

01:15:16.053 --> 01:15:19.056
♪ I’ll be standing right here
when it all clears ♪

01:15:19.973 --> 01:15:23.352
♪ I swear it’s been a minute
Yeah, it’s been a hard grind ♪

01:15:23.352 --> 01:15:26.438
♪ But we ain’t done yet, baby
Now it’s our time ♪

01:15:26.438 --> 01:15:28.607
♪ I thought I told y’all ♪

01:15:28.607 --> 01:15:29.858
♪ We back ♪

01:15:29.858 --> 01:15:31.985
♪ We ain’t goin’ nowhere ♪

01:15:32.110 --> 01:15:33.862
- You have 100 people,

01:15:33.862 --> 01:15:36.240
so many of them born on third base,

01:15:36.240 --> 01:15:37.866
think they hit a home run,

01:15:37.866 --> 01:15:39.785
and don't actually know
what the hell is going on

01:15:39.785 --> 01:15:41.286
in real people's lives.

01:15:41.286 --> 01:15:43.956
Don’t you have competition with Mr. Fetterman?

01:15:44.039 --> 01:15:45.374
- [Malcolm] I do, but that's okay.

01:15:45.374 --> 01:15:47.000
We got a lot of people
around here voting for me.

01:15:47.000 --> 01:15:48.252
He’s smooth.

01:15:48.502 --> 01:15:50.045
- [Malcolm] Well, I'm smoother.

01:15:50.045 --> 01:15:52.089
Fetterman don’t have to do what you do.

01:15:52.089 --> 01:15:53.257
She likes all three.

01:15:53.257 --> 01:15:55.342
- I know, but you can like all three,

01:15:55.342 --> 01:15:56.426
but just vote for me.

01:15:56.552 --> 01:16:00.055
Five years, no bodies dropping
in his neighborhood, man.

01:16:00.847 --> 01:16:02.057
Fetterman did that shit.

01:16:03.684 --> 01:16:04.810
- [Malcolm] And I have rejected

01:16:04.810 --> 01:16:06.353
from the day of this campaign

01:16:06.353 --> 01:16:07.521
that if you're from a small town,

01:16:07.521 --> 01:16:08.689
well, of course, you're a racist.

01:16:08.689 --> 01:16:09.773
How offensive is that?

01:16:09.773 --> 01:16:13.652
One thing I know about Jesus

01:16:13.652 --> 01:16:15.487
is that he won't tell
you to do some stuff,

01:16:15.487 --> 01:16:16.613
and you don't know how it's gonna happen.

01:16:16.613 --> 01:16:17.614
- Yeah.
- Right.

01:16:17.614 --> 01:16:19.825
♪ I thought I told y’all ♪

01:16:19.825 --> 01:16:23.412
- [Malcolm] If you wanna dance,
you can't dance. (laughs)

01:16:23.912 --> 01:16:25.914
♪ I’m pullin’ up if there’s smoke ♪

01:16:25.914 --> 01:16:27.374
Democracy. And Dunkin’.

01:16:27.374 --> 01:16:29.418
(woman laughing)

01:16:29.418 --> 01:16:30.752
I'm gonna be in there fightin' with you.

01:16:30.752 --> 01:16:32.588
Well you in the hood, so I
gotta go with you now.

01:16:32.588 --> 01:16:33.130
- Well, you in the hood,
so I gotta go with you now.

01:16:33.130 --> 01:16:34.464
- Always, man.
- Come on, oh, yes!

01:16:34.464 --> 01:16:34.923
- [Malcolm] Always, man.

01:16:34.923 --> 01:16:36.133
You have my vote.

01:16:36.133 --> 01:16:36.174
- You have my vote.

01:16:36.174 --> 01:16:37.926
- [Malcolm] Thank you.

01:16:37.926 --> 01:16:38.927
(people clapping and cheering)

01:16:38.927 --> 01:16:40.679
- [Crowd] Malcolm! Malcolm!

01:16:40.679 --> 01:16:42.681
Malcolm! Malcolm!

01:16:42.681 --> 01:16:44.725
Malcolm! Malcolm!

01:16:44.725 --> 01:16:47.894
(gentle upbeat music)

01:17:03.493 --> 01:17:04.328
- Thank you.

01:17:04.328 --> 01:17:05.996
- [Waitress] Enjoy now.

01:17:05.996 --> 01:17:08.332
(glasses clink)

01:17:08.332 --> 01:17:14.004
- Okay, so you wanna do
a little bit of trivia?

01:17:14.004 --> 01:17:16.006
What's your favorite thing about yourself?

01:17:16.006 --> 01:17:16.840
- About myself?

01:17:20.010 --> 01:17:22.137
I think my resilience,
like I'm a bounce back.

01:17:22.137 --> 01:17:24.222
I'm a bounce back person.

01:17:27.392 --> 01:17:28.352
- Fluidity.

01:17:29.853 --> 01:17:34.858
I feel like I'm able to
walk into multiple spaces

01:17:35.442 --> 01:17:37.736
or rooms and still fit.

01:17:38.904 --> 01:17:40.530
- [Woman] I'm in love with you.

01:17:40.530 --> 01:17:41.823
Oh, by the way, I'm in
love with both of you.

01:17:41.823 --> 01:17:42.658
- [Malcolm] Thank you.

01:17:42.658 --> 01:17:43.575
- I am.

01:17:43.575 --> 01:17:46.995
And you have to, absolutely
have to get the nomination.

01:17:46.995 --> 01:17:48.538
Congratulations on your wedding too.

01:17:48.538 --> 01:17:49.539
- Thank you. Appreciate it.

01:17:49.539 --> 01:17:51.416
- In our county to county
series this morning,

01:17:51.416 --> 01:17:52.584
we're heading to Pennsylvania.

01:17:52.584 --> 01:17:54.169
Primary elections are tomorrow.

01:17:54.169 --> 01:17:56.922
We've got some bombshell
health news for learning.

01:17:56.922 --> 01:17:58.799
The Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman,

01:17:58.799 --> 01:17:59.925
who's the presumed front-runner,

01:17:59.925 --> 01:18:02.344
is recovering from a stroke and is quote,

01:18:02.344 --> 01:18:05.055
"Taking a minute from the campaign trail."

01:18:05.055 --> 01:18:07.349
How is this news changing the race?

01:18:07.349 --> 01:18:09.017
- Understanding the lieutenant governor

01:18:09.017 --> 01:18:11.561
is still in the hospital
at this hour here.

01:18:11.561 --> 01:18:13.730
He was off the campaign
trail for two days.

01:18:13.730 --> 01:18:16.233
And the question is, what
ultimately happens tomorrow?

01:18:16.233 --> 01:18:17.609
- You know, my mom had a stroke

01:18:17.609 --> 01:18:20.654
and never fully recovered from it,

01:18:20.654 --> 01:18:24.408
and I'll never just
forget how scary that was.

01:18:24.408 --> 01:18:26.868
(door thuds)

01:18:26.868 --> 01:18:30.205
You know, all the politics
and bullshit aside, you know,

01:18:30.205 --> 01:18:33.083
I really hope he gets better
as quickly as possible.

01:18:33.083 --> 01:18:36.753
(upbeat suspenseful music)

01:18:38.922 --> 01:18:41.425
- [Man] Good morning, Malcolm Kenyatta.

01:18:41.425 --> 01:18:42.259
Good to see you.

01:18:43.343 --> 01:18:45.178
How has the turnout been so far?

01:18:45.220 --> 01:18:46.763
It’s slow.

01:18:47.347 --> 01:18:48.432
- I'm gonna go get some signs.

01:18:48.432 --> 01:18:50.475
We should put a sign there.

01:18:50.475 --> 01:18:51.768
We should put a sign there.

01:18:51.768 --> 01:18:53.729
Yep, put a sign there.

01:18:53.729 --> 01:18:56.356
Button number three. I hope
you consider voting for me.

01:18:56.356 --> 01:18:57.899
It feels like so much of
this has been text and TV,

01:18:57.899 --> 01:18:59.985
and we've just been, you
know, knocking on doors

01:18:59.985 --> 01:19:01.111
'cause that's what we've done.

01:19:01.111 --> 01:19:02.028
I appreciate that.

01:19:02.028 --> 01:19:04.614
- I voted for you. You are
the candidate for this.

01:19:04.614 --> 01:19:05.449
- Thank you.

01:19:05.449 --> 01:19:06.283
- And this is your seat.

01:19:06.283 --> 01:19:08.160
And by any means, I'll
push that button for you.

01:19:08.160 --> 01:19:09.494
(gentle suspenseful music)

01:19:09.494 --> 01:19:10.662
Get ready for the wolves!

01:19:10.829 --> 01:19:11.663
- [Malcolm] I'm ready, man.

01:19:11.663 --> 01:19:13.165
- All right.

01:19:13.165 --> 01:19:15.417
- Wolves, snakes, whatever
else they got there,

01:19:15.417 --> 01:19:16.668
we're ready.

01:19:16.668 --> 01:19:19.296
Every day you'll hear Mitch
McConnell pissed off at me.

01:19:19.296 --> 01:19:20.130
Okay?
- Very good.

01:19:20.130 --> 01:19:21.673
- That's good. That's how
you know I'm doing well.

01:19:21.673 --> 01:19:24.259
If he's not pissed, I'm not
doing a good enough job.

01:19:24.259 --> 01:19:26.845
I've not seen one volunteer
so far for John Fetterman.

01:19:26.845 --> 01:19:29.306
Does Fetterman have a real ground game

01:19:29.306 --> 01:19:31.099
out in Allegheny County that you can see?

01:19:31.099 --> 01:19:32.350
Not in my district.

01:19:32.350 --> 01:19:35.228
(upbeat suspenseful music)

01:19:35.228 --> 01:19:36.772
Don’t tell me about John Fetterman’s lead.

01:19:36.772 --> 01:19:38.273
What the hell that got
to do with Black people?

01:19:38.440 --> 01:19:39.483
(all laughing)

01:19:39.483 --> 01:19:41.693
He thinks he’s got it locked.

01:19:42.027 --> 01:19:43.403
- Babe, the press is at the polling site.

01:19:43.403 --> 01:19:45.405
We need to leave right now.

01:19:45.405 --> 01:19:47.449
- [Matt] Defining moment.

01:19:47.449 --> 01:19:48.283
- [Malcolm] Now when you go in,

01:19:48.283 --> 01:19:50.285
I want you to vote for me, okay?

01:19:50.285 --> 01:19:51.119
- [Matt] I have to think about it.

01:19:51.119 --> 01:19:52.204
(both laughing)

01:19:52.204 --> 01:19:53.205
- Well, this is democracy.

01:19:53.205 --> 01:19:54.706
We're gonna do it. Here we go.

01:19:55.916 --> 01:19:59.252
Thinking about, of
course, my parents today.

01:19:59.252 --> 01:20:00.712
I know they're looking down from heaven.

01:20:00.712 --> 01:20:02.255
Would they imagine that their son

01:20:02.255 --> 01:20:04.883
is a candidate for the U.S. Senate?

01:20:06.092 --> 01:20:07.719
- Yay! I just voted!

01:20:07.719 --> 01:20:10.514
And I was very excited
to vote for Malcolm.

01:20:10.514 --> 01:20:12.933
- Excuse me, are you voting
in the democratic primary?

01:20:12.933 --> 01:20:14.267
Tough crowd up here in MontCo.

01:20:14.267 --> 01:20:16.394
(upbeat suspenseful music)

01:20:16.394 --> 01:20:17.646
- Who do I think wins Philly? Conor Lamb.

01:20:17.646 --> 01:20:20.398
'Cause we're supporting him.
I think Conor wins Philly.

01:20:21.441 --> 01:20:22.776
- [Reporter] Lieutenant
Governor John Fetterman

01:20:22.776 --> 01:20:24.319
will now undergo surgery

01:20:24.319 --> 01:20:27.364
to receive a pacemaker
with a defibrillator.

01:20:27.364 --> 01:20:29.741
I feel like it’s anybody’s game right now.

01:20:31.785 --> 01:20:34.538
(cars whooshing)

01:20:42.087 --> 01:20:43.213
(people chattering)

01:20:43.213 --> 01:20:46.049
(hands smacking)

01:20:51.680 --> 01:20:52.514
- Hello.

01:20:52.514 --> 01:20:53.390
- [Man] So, you're here?

01:20:53.390 --> 01:20:54.349
- [Woman] How are you?

01:20:54.349 --> 01:20:55.934
- I'm doing wonderful.

01:20:55.934 --> 01:20:57.394
- Up a little closer.
- It's good to see you

01:20:57.394 --> 01:20:58.728
off of Zoom.

01:20:58.728 --> 01:21:01.356
I've not looked at like
any results of any kind,

01:21:02.274 --> 01:21:03.692
so don't tell me.

01:21:15.453 --> 01:21:16.580
(Malcolm humming)

01:21:16.580 --> 01:21:19.583
(people chattering)

01:21:23.503 --> 01:21:25.672
- Don't get too crazy
here 'cause this is it.

01:21:25.672 --> 01:21:27.591
- Oh, okay.
- So just come on up to the...

01:21:27.591 --> 01:21:29.593
Let me it a focus on there.

01:21:29.593 --> 01:21:30.427
Is it too loud or is it too low?

01:21:36.308 --> 01:21:38.768
The AP called it for Fetterman.

01:21:38.768 --> 01:21:40.186
- Did they?

01:21:40.186 --> 01:21:41.104
What's the-

01:21:42.022 --> 01:21:43.023
Current numbers?

01:21:43.023 --> 01:21:43.857
- Yeah.

01:21:43.857 --> 01:21:44.816
- I dunno. I don't have them.

01:21:44.816 --> 01:21:48.194
54-55%, 30%, 10%.

01:21:48.486 --> 01:21:49.321
- 30 is Conor?

01:21:50.238 --> 01:21:51.364
Yeah.

01:21:52.949 --> 01:21:54.534
- Hey, Bobby, sorry to bother you.

01:21:54.534 --> 01:21:56.536
Hey, just wanted if you could

01:21:56.536 --> 01:21:59.080
just talk to the representative
here for one second.

01:22:00.248 --> 01:22:01.082
- Hey, Bobby.

01:22:03.418 --> 01:22:04.252
Good.

01:22:04.252 --> 01:22:05.086
I wanted to, you know,

01:22:05.086 --> 01:22:06.546
obviously, call and say congratulations.

01:22:06.546 --> 01:22:10.133
I'll talk to John when
he's feeling up to it,

01:22:10.133 --> 01:22:12.469
and, you know, whatever I can do

01:22:12.469 --> 01:22:15.305
to help make sure he's the
next senator, I'm gonna do it.

01:22:15.305 --> 01:22:16.348
All right, thanks, Bob.

01:22:16.348 --> 01:22:18.808
Congratulations. All right, bye-bye.

01:22:18.808 --> 01:22:21.770
(people chattering)

01:22:31.738 --> 01:22:33.698
[Malcolm] You heard they
called it for John, right?

01:22:33.698 --> 01:22:34.240
[Dr. Matt] No.

01:22:34.240 --> 01:22:34.908
[Malcolm] Yeah, they did.

01:22:36.242 --> 01:22:37.369
And Conor’s in second.

01:22:40.789 --> 01:22:43.083
All right, go because
we're about to start.

01:22:43.083 --> 01:22:44.542
Okay, guys, we're about
to start right now.

01:22:44.542 --> 01:22:46.378
- [Man] All right, guys, so quickly.

01:22:52.759 --> 01:22:54.177
First of all, first and foremost,

01:22:54.177 --> 01:22:55.762
I'm just gonna say thank you

01:22:55.762 --> 01:22:59.265
to everybody who poured
so much into this campaign

01:22:59.265 --> 01:23:02.894
and helped a poor Black
gay kid from North Philly

01:23:02.894 --> 01:23:06.773
become the first openly
gay person of color

01:23:06.773 --> 01:23:09.359
to even be on a ballot for U.S. Senate.

01:23:09.359 --> 01:23:11.611
And so, you know, we
made incredible history,

01:23:11.611 --> 01:23:15.198
and we did it with not the
resources that my opponents had,

01:23:15.198 --> 01:23:16.408
we knew that there was a tough climb,

01:23:16.408 --> 01:23:18.952
that we had a tough hill
that we had to climb,

01:23:18.952 --> 01:23:20.996
but we climbed because
we know what's at stake.

01:23:20.996 --> 01:23:22.956
But we know that in John Fetterman,

01:23:22.956 --> 01:23:26.459
we're gonna have a nominee
that is heads and shoulders

01:23:26.459 --> 01:23:30.380
above whatever full-time
resident of fanasy island

01:23:30.380 --> 01:23:32.298
they have on the other side.

01:23:32.298 --> 01:23:34.467
And if anybody knows Malcolm Kenyatta,

01:23:34.467 --> 01:23:36.928
I'm gonna be out there
doing everything we can

01:23:36.928 --> 01:23:39.222
to make sure we preserve democracy

01:23:39.222 --> 01:23:41.725
and don't allow it to die on our watch.

01:23:41.725 --> 01:23:42.600
I won't let it happen.

01:23:42.600 --> 01:23:44.436
And I don't think any of us will.

01:23:44.436 --> 01:23:47.731
Neither will John Fetterman,
who is our nominee.

01:23:47.731 --> 01:23:49.190
Thank you.

01:23:50.692 --> 01:23:51.568
I appreciate it.

01:23:53.361 --> 01:23:55.947
(all clapping)

01:24:04.414 --> 01:24:06.833
(soft music)

01:24:13.673 --> 01:24:16.259
(Malcolm crying)

01:24:16.259 --> 01:24:18.011
[Dr. Matt] You ran through the tape.

01:24:19.888 --> 01:24:22.640
(Malcolm sniffs)

01:24:24.434 --> 01:24:26.186
I’m so proud of you.

01:24:40.533 --> 01:24:41.659
It's not bullshit,

01:24:41.659 --> 01:24:45.955
obviously, I still feel
I was the best nominee.

01:24:45.955 --> 01:24:48.625
It's tough to feel defeated

01:24:48.625 --> 01:24:52.587
when I don't feel like everybody knew me,

01:24:52.587 --> 01:24:56.841
everybody knew John, and
then they chose John over me.

01:24:56.841 --> 01:25:01.638
In fact, most Pennsylvanians
have never heard of me.

01:25:01.638 --> 01:25:05.600
I punched above my weight every day.

01:25:05.600 --> 01:25:07.560
- So, please, give a warm welcome

01:25:08.394 --> 01:25:10.355
to Representative Malcolm Kenyatta.

01:25:10.355 --> 01:25:14.192
(crowd cheering and clapping)

01:25:17.445 --> 01:25:19.739
- What I know this requires

01:25:19.739 --> 01:25:23.243
more than anything else is bravery.

01:25:25.662 --> 01:25:30.667
And the thing about bravery
is bravery is contagious.

01:25:31.793 --> 01:25:33.086
- [Man] That's right, yeah.

01:25:33.086 --> 01:25:35.797
- And each time one of us stands up,

01:25:37.090 --> 01:25:41.219
It inspires another person
to stand up as well.

01:25:41.219 --> 01:25:45.098
- I don't think this proves
that people are so racist

01:25:45.098 --> 01:25:47.725
or so homophobic that they
would never be for me.

01:25:47.725 --> 01:25:50.478
I think it actually proves
the opposite, right?

01:25:50.478 --> 01:25:55.483
That in the face of subtle,
and sometimes, overt messaging,

01:25:56.401 --> 01:25:59.571
a lot of people are like,
"Fuck that, I don't buy that.

01:25:59.571 --> 01:26:01.948
Like I'm not gonna do that."

01:26:01.948 --> 01:26:06.119
Each one of us adds
pressure to a status quo

01:26:06.119 --> 01:26:08.121
that will one day fall.

01:26:08.121 --> 01:26:09.873
It is going to fall.

01:26:09.873 --> 01:26:13.668
It is going to break because we break it

01:26:13.668 --> 01:26:18.673
to every person who comes from a community

01:26:19.924 --> 01:26:24.762
where you are told that you
were limited by who you are,

01:26:25.847 --> 01:26:28.850
folks who come from
neighborhoods like mine,

01:26:28.850 --> 01:26:32.395
where you feel limited
by what your parents

01:26:32.395 --> 01:26:34.063
and your family has or doesn't,

01:26:36.107 --> 01:26:40.904
folks who simply by virtue of
existing in their true self

01:26:41.905 --> 01:26:46.576
are gonna face naysayers every
time you rise up and say,

01:26:46.576 --> 01:26:48.786
"I think I should be the person to leave,"

01:26:50.205 --> 01:26:52.081
I wanna say this to you:

01:26:53.124 --> 01:26:56.878
"Do not wait your turn."

01:26:56.878 --> 01:27:00.215
(crowd applauding)
Do not wait your turn.

01:27:00.215 --> 01:27:03.801
Do not buy into the noise of the cynics.

01:27:03.801 --> 01:27:05.386
The time for turns is over.

01:27:06.846 --> 01:27:11.309
We are in a crisis, and
we need our best fighters.

01:27:11.309 --> 01:27:12.227
And our best fighters

01:27:12.227 --> 01:27:13.853
are gonna always come from the margins.

01:27:13.853 --> 01:27:14.771
- That's right.

01:27:14.771 --> 01:27:16.648
- Our best fighters are gonna always come

01:27:16.648 --> 01:27:18.483
from the people who know what it means

01:27:18.483 --> 01:27:20.902
to be left out and left behind.

01:27:21.986 --> 01:27:23.571
Run for office.

01:27:24.614 --> 01:27:26.699
Run for office.

01:27:27.659 --> 01:27:29.452
Let's preserve this democracy,

01:27:29.452 --> 01:27:30.995
and let's change this
country for the better.

01:27:30.995 --> 01:27:32.121
God bless you all. Thank you.

01:27:32.121 --> 01:27:36.125
(crowd cheering and applauding)

01:27:44.092 --> 01:27:47.011
(Matt sighs)

01:27:47.011 --> 01:27:49.597
(ice clinking)

01:27:53.393 --> 01:27:55.728
- "Thelma and Louise."

01:27:55.728 --> 01:27:58.439
(both laughing)

01:27:58.439 --> 01:27:59.274
They just like, whoo!

01:27:59.274 --> 01:28:00.984
Driving off the cliff.

01:28:00.984 --> 01:28:01.859
(Matt laughs)

01:28:01.859 --> 01:28:03.027
But what's on the other side?

01:28:03.027 --> 01:28:04.404
Hopefully, not the ground.

01:28:05.488 --> 01:28:06.281
But they never tell...

01:28:06.281 --> 01:28:07.115
You know,

01:28:07.115 --> 01:28:07.949
they never show that.
- They never say,

01:28:07.949 --> 01:28:08.783
which I love.

01:28:08.783 --> 01:28:09.617
I love that about it.

01:28:10.576 --> 01:28:13.371
It's like, just trust it. (chuckles)

01:28:13.371 --> 01:28:16.916
It'll be better than what
whatever the hell was behind there

01:28:16.916 --> 01:28:18.543
that you drove away from.

01:28:18.543 --> 01:28:20.628
(Matt sighs)

01:28:20.628 --> 01:28:21.462
- Mm-hmm.

01:28:21.462 --> 01:28:22.880
(soulful music)

01:28:22.880 --> 01:28:25.258
♪ We don’t run away ♪

01:28:25.717 --> 01:28:28.803
♪ We stand runnin’ in faith ♪

01:28:29.762 --> 01:28:33.266
♪ That’s all we know ♪

01:28:34.225 --> 01:28:37.687
♪ Ain’t no trouble that last always ♪

01:28:37.854 --> 01:28:41.065
♪ We laugh in danger’s face ♪

01:28:41.274 --> 01:28:45.653
♪ Tell me what’s fear to a child
of the most high? ♪

01:28:46.279 --> 01:28:49.699
♪ I was taught to rise above the storm ♪

01:28:49.699 --> 01:28:51.784
North Philly, what's up?!

01:28:54.037 --> 01:28:57.665
You being here today for
John Fetterman matters.

01:28:58.833 --> 01:29:02.003
You voting for John Fetterman matters.

01:29:02.003 --> 01:29:03.796
And so it is my great honor,

01:29:03.796 --> 01:29:07.091
my great privilege to introduce

01:29:07.091 --> 01:29:09.260
our next United States Senator

01:29:09.260 --> 01:29:12.680
from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, John Fetterman!

01:29:12.680 --> 01:29:14.807
(audience applauding)
♪ The only thing to fear ♪

01:29:14.807 --> 01:29:20.480
♪ Is fear itself ♪

01:29:20.813 --> 01:29:24.984
♪ Forget everything and rise ♪

01:29:25.860 --> 01:29:28.071
- There was not one type of candidate

01:29:28.071 --> 01:29:30.365
who could have won this race.

01:29:30.365 --> 01:29:34.619
Electability is a crutch. It's a myth.

01:29:34.619 --> 01:29:38.998
We saw a historic rainbow
wave of LGBTQ folks

01:29:38.998 --> 01:29:42.418
being elected to governor,
going to Congress.

01:29:42.418 --> 01:29:44.962
- I stand before you tonight,

01:29:44.962 --> 01:29:48.466
proud to be the first woman
and the first gay person

01:29:48.466 --> 01:29:50.551
ever elected governor of Massachusetts.

01:29:50.551 --> 01:29:51.386
(audience cheering)

01:29:51.386 --> 01:29:52.220
- [Reporter] It all comes

01:29:52.220 --> 01:29:56.599
as anti-LGBTQ legislation
remains on the rise in states.

01:29:56.599 --> 01:29:59.352
- We will make sure that
parents can send their kids

01:29:59.352 --> 01:30:04.357
to school to get an education,
not an indoctrination.

01:30:04.607 --> 01:30:06.067
- We need to get to a place

01:30:06.067 --> 01:30:11.030
where we view our distinctions
as our superpowers

01:30:11.781 --> 01:30:14.075
and not as distractions.

01:30:19.497 --> 01:30:22.291
♪ Don’t let ‘em take away
your pride ♪

01:30:22.291 --> 01:30:24.585
♪ Don’t you let ‘em change
the way you are ♪

01:30:24.585 --> 01:30:26.838
♪ On the inside ♪

01:30:28.256 --> 01:30:32.093
♪ Don’t you let it make ‘em
dim your light ♪

01:30:32.802 --> 01:30:34.303
♪ Let it shine ♪

01:30:34.303 --> 01:30:37.223
♪ Til it blinds your enemies ♪

01:30:38.182 --> 01:30:40.309
♪ The only thing to fear ♪

01:30:40.309 --> 01:30:45.982
♪ Is fear itself ♪

01:30:46.691 --> 01:30:50.862
♪ Forget everything and rise ♪

01:30:51.487 --> 01:30:54.031
♪ Rise ♪

01:30:54.490 --> 01:30:57.493
♪ Rise ♪

01:30:59.328 --> 01:31:03.499
♪ Forget everything and rise ♪

01:31:04.125 --> 01:31:06.669
♪ Rise ♪

01:31:07.128 --> 01:31:10.131
♪ Rise ♪

01:31:11.841 --> 01:31:15.595
♪ Pack up that baggage
It won’t be long ♪

01:31:15.595 --> 01:31:17.472
♪ Carry on ♪

01:31:17.972 --> 01:31:21.851
♪ Carry on ♪

01:31:22.852 --> 01:31:27.773
♪ You’ve got the spirit
of a fighter ♪

01:31:28.357 --> 01:31:32.904
♪ In your soul
Act like you know ♪