>> YOU GOT IT. ,,,,,
>> BOSHEL BURNS %
JOINING US. %
IT WAS AN EASY %
WIN BACK IN %
2016. %
YOU’VE BEEN %
TALKING TO VOTERS THERE. %
VOTERS THERE. %
WHAT ARE THEY
TELLING YOU? %
>> HEY, ALISON,
TRUMP WON BEAVER
BY MORE THAN 19 %
POINTS BACK IN %
2016. %
THERE’S BEEN A %
LOT OF %
SPECULATION %
ABOUT WHETHER %
VOTERS WOULD %
CHANGE THEIR %
MIND ABOUT THE %
PRESIDENT %
BECAUSE OF HIS %
HANDLING OF THE %
PANDEMIC. %
I WAS HAVING
THOSE %
CONVERSATIONS, %
AND MOST PEOPLE %
I %
TALKED TO WERE %
ACTUALLY PRETTY %
HAPPY WITH THE %
PRESIDENT. %
THEY WERE MORE %
FRUSTRATED WITH %
THEIR DEMOCRATIC %
GOVERNOR KEEPING %
BUSINESSES SHUT %
DOWN TOO LONG. %
NOW THE %
CONVERSATION HAS %
SHIFTED. %
IT’S NOT BECAUSE
OF COVID. %
IT’S BECAUSE OF %
RACE. %
THIS WAS A %
COMMUNITY THAT’S
MORE THAN 90%
WHITE, %
ONLY 6% BLACK. %
BUT THIS %
CONVERSATION AND %
THE MOVEMENT %
AROUND RACIAL %
EQUALITY THAT %
WE’VE BEEN %
COVERING IN
PLACES LIKE NEW %
YORK, LOUISIANA,
CHICAGO, THAT’S
ALSO HAPPENING
HERE. %
THOSE %
CONVERSATIONS %
ARE BEING HAD %
YOU CAN THEY’RE %
IMPACTING PEOPLE %
POLITICALLY. %
I WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO
A MARRIED %
COUPLE. %
AND THEY %
IDENTIFY AS
CONSERVATIVE %
REPUBLICANS. %
A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, THEIR
DAUGHTER ADOPTED %
TWO %
AFRICAN AMERICAN %
CHILDREN. %
WHEN THEY SAW %
THE GEORGE FLOYD %
VIDEO, THEY WERE
HIT
HARD. %
THEY LISTENED TO %
DONALD TRUMP’S %
RHETORIC IN A
DIFFERENT LIGHT. %
WHAT IS YOUR %
PERSPECTIVE ON
HOW THE
PRESIDENT HAS %
HANDLED THESE
PROTESTS AND
THIS UPRISING IN
AMERICA %
NOW? %
. %
>> I THINK I %
WOULD LIKE TO
SEE HIM BE MORE
COMPASSIONATE,
MORE %
UNDERSTANDING, %
MORE WILLING TO %
HAVE A %
DISCUSSION. %
>> DO YOU THINK %
HE’S HURTING HIS %
CAMPAIGN WITH %
HIS %
TONE ON RACE
RIGHT NOW? %
>> I DO, YEAH. %
I THINK THAT %
COULD CHANGE IF %
HE WOULD BE A %
LITTLE %
BIT MORE VOCAL %
OR AT LEAST TRY %
TO SHOW SOME %
UNDERSTANDING. %
>> DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE %
GOING TO DO IN %
NOVEMBER
YET? %
>> NO. %
I WAS SURE THAT %
I WAS GOING TO
VOTE FOR HIM %
AGAIN, %
BUT NOW I’M %
RETHINKING IT. %
>> THE PEOPLE %
I’VE BEEN
TALKING TO, IT’S %
NOT LIKE
THEY WOKE UP %
WITH BLUE FEVER, %
AND ARE NOW BIG %
JOE
BIDEN FANS. %
BUT THEY ARE %
ASKING %
THEMSELVES SOME %
NEW QUESTIONS
AND NEGOTIATEING
THE PRIORITIES %
THAT ARE TAKING %
THEM %
INTO DIFFERENT %
DIRECTIONS. %
JOHN SAID HE’S
MORE OPEN-MINDED %
TO A POTENTIAL %
VOTE %
FOR JOE BIDEN %
THAN MAYBE HE %
WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN THE %
PAST. %
. HE SAYS RIGHT %
NOW, THE BIGGEST %
CONCERN IS %
CHARACTER, %
NOT SO MUCH THE
PARTY LINE, %
ALISON. %
>> THERE IS
UNITY IN THE
WEEKEND AS WELL. %
WHAT WAS THAT %
LIKE? %
>> Reporter:
THIS MOVEMENT IS %
HAPPENING. %
INTERESTINGLY, %
IT WAS NOT %
CALLED A BLACK %
LIVES
MATTER MARCH. %
IT WAS A UNITY %
MARCH. %
THEY’RE TRYING %
TO BRING MORE %
PEOPLE TO THE
TABLE. %
BECAUSE FRANKLY, %
FOR A LOT OF %
PEOPLE IN THIS %
COMMUNITY, THIS %
IS A NEW
CONVERSATION. %
THIS ANALYSIS OF RACIAL %
RACIAL %
RELATIONS.
THEY WERE THERE %
FOR RACIAL %
EQUALITY. %
THEY SIGNED A %
PLEDGE, THINGS %
