LEMON DROP | Donald Trump Is Desperate!
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How did Senator Warnock react to the personal attack and safety concerns raised at the start?
So I was getting ready to tape with the honorable Raphael Warnock, the Senator from Georgia, and he caught me with my dog. Cuz you know, Senator, I had not seen my dogs for a while because they tried to kill me. Lock me up in many ways. You're a huge dog person too, right?
I love dogs. I grew up with dogs. And I have to tell you, seeing you with yours warms my heart because I often say that I walked a beagle named Alvin into the United States Senate. It's one of my most popular ads during both of my elections. Every time they tried to turn me into something that I'm not. I just kept walking. I kept walking with Alvin and I walked him all the way into the U.S. Senate.
Yeah.
Well, this is best friend.
It is. I'm so glad. I'm so glad that you're a dog person. And, you know, this is this is real life. These are the things like, you know, when someone tries to take your freedom, you think about those things. I was thinking about, you know, I can't wait to get home, home to play with my dogs and to love on them. And now I'm here and that's exactly what I'm doing. So thank you so much. Can we talk about that for a moment? When you first heard about what happened, what was your reaction, sir?
Well, I was deeply concerned, and first of all, how are you doing? Because I was thinking about you. You know, Don, before I got into this work, I was a pastor, and I still am. I still serve my church. How are you doing, if I might ask?
I'm doing okay. People have asked me about that, and I say, you know, I don't know. I don't know if it's adrenaline. You know, I tell people I'm a soldier because I came from a long line of, as James Baldwin said, a long line of... What's the thing? Sorry, I just lost my train of thought. A peasant stock, a long line of peasant stock who dug dams and built bridges in the teeth of the most terrifying odds to attain an unassailable dignity. And so I come from enslaved people who have gone through a lot and a lot of the shoulders I stand on. So I stand on that. But this is still these are still serious issues. charges. These are criminal charges, as you know, they're federal charges. So I just worry about the people who are in charge, who could be in charge of my freedom in the Justice Department.
And they are not good people. They're not constitution following people. They're not law abiding people in my judgment. And I don't believe they're God fearing people. So that's my concern right now.
Well, I pray for your continued strength and grace to you as you come to terms with all that has happened. But I'm praying even harder for our country. Journalism is the fourth estate. We've got three co-equal branches of government. And as someone who serves in public life, journalists ask you questions, and sometimes they can get a little under your skin, but that comes with the territory. And what we have seen from the Trump-Vance regime consistently is an assault on journalists, who are the ones who are helping us to see what's happening, not only in Minneapolis, but all across the country. I think all Americans should be deeply concerned.
Yes. And look, I thank you for your support. Why do you think that is? Have they ever read the Bill of Rights? Why are they so concerned about someone, about journalists just documenting the truth?
Well, you know, truth and light is an antiseptic. And what we're seeing in this moment is not only journalists, we're seeing ordinary citizens on the streets documenting what's happening. Think for a moment what would happen if we didn't have the video from what happened to Renee Good. the video of what happened to Alex Preddy. Because we heard the story, they immediately turned Alex Preddy into some kind of domestic terrorist. They said that he was brandishing a firearm. Well, he did have a firearm on him that he was licensed to carry. And we all saw the video. The only thing he brandished was a camera phone. And so clearly they feel much more threatened by the camera than they did about almost anything else.
And so this is deeply concerning. But if we didn't have that video, they would be telling a very, very different story.
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