>>> HELLO. THIS IS REVEREND DR. 
LIZ THEOHARIS  , THE CO-CHAIR, 
POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN .  MY 
COCHAIR, REVEREND DR. LIZ 
THEOHARIS   AND THOUSANDS OF 
OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY 
AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE WELCOME
YOU ONCE AGAIN TO THE NATIONAL 
MORAL MONDAY MARCH
. WE ARE REFUSING HIM TO GET A 
PASS INTO AND THE ANTICS AND THE
ACTING OUT OF DONALD TRUMP. WE 
ARE ALSO HERE WITH PEOPLE FROM 
KENTUCKY TO TELL US A STORY THAT
COHOST WITH US EVERY WEEK 
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT 
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT McCONNELL
IS NOT JUST THE SENATOR. HE IS 
THE MAJORITY LEADER, AND IN THAT
ROLE
, THERE ARE LIMITED POWERS WERE 
HE CAN HOLD UP LEGISLATION, AND 
HE DOES. HE CAN LITERALLY NOT 
THINGS OUT FROM BEING DISCUSSED.
AND, HE DOES.
HE CAN CALL HIMSELF, THE GRIM 
REAPER. AND, HE HAS. WE NEED TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CANNOT JUST 
CRITICIZE TRUMP WITHOUT 
CRITICIZING McCONNELL. YOU CAN 
TALK ABOUT WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE, 
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT 
McCONNELL HAS DONE. IF WE WERE 
IN THE RUSSELL BUILDING WE WOULD
BE SITTING IN HIS OFFICE AND 
THIS WOULD BE SEEN ALL OVER 
KENTUCKY. CAUSE OF COVID, WE ARE
DOING THIS IN OUR NEW WAY. THIS 
IS A TEACHING. YOU CAN JOIN AND 
ACT. THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE 
SCREEN AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO 
ACT. GO TO OUR SITE AND YOU WILL
SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
>> YOU JUST GO INTO THE BIT LINK
ADDRESS ON OUR SCREEN
. OR, GO TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU 
WILL SEE THE LINK. YOU CAN SIGN 
UP AND YOU WILL GET A CALL THAT 
CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO HIS 
OFFICE. HELP US SHUT HIM DOWN BY
CALLING, EVERYONE. 
>>
YES, YOU CAN ALSO GO TO POOR 
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN.ORG. 
>> DO THAT. IT IS RIGHT THERE ON
THE SCREEN. PLEASE SHUT IT DOWN 
AND LET THEM KNOW. IS HAVING AN 
IMPACT. IT IS ALL OVER THE 
SENATE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. 
EVEN SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT, MAYBE WE CAN 
BARGAIN. IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE EXPOSED. 
THEY LIKE TO HIDE UNDER THE 
UGLINESS OF OTHER PEOPLE. TODAY,
WE ARE FOCUSING ON McCONNELL AND
WHAT HE HAS DONE AND BEING SO 
AGGRESSIVE IN PUBLIC POLICY. 
AND, SOMETIMES JUST AN 
OBSTRUCTION. THAT HE IS NUMBER 
ONE WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLESOFT
ARE FACING EVICTION. WE HAVE 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRST HAND 
KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS A SOMBER 
MORAL MONDAY, BECAUSE THIS IS 
FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE. IT IS 
ALREADY HAPPENING. PEOPLE ARE 
BEING HURT AND KICKED OUT. THEY 
ARE FIGHTING BACK AND SAYING, 
THEY WILL NOT JUST GO AWAY.
HE IS MAKING EVERY ATTEMPT TO 
STOP OUR MOVEMENT. HE IS TRYING 
TO EMBOLDEN AND INTENSIFY OUR 
AGITATION. WE ARE AGITATED. THAT
IS AGITATION WITH LOVE AND 
JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. YOU 
ARE GIVEN A MORAL MONDAY MARCH 
ON McCONNELL.
CALL SOMEBODY, TWEET SOMEBODY, 
TEXT SOMEBODY. HOWEVER YOU CAN 
GET THEM ON THIS LINE AND LET 
SHUT DOWN EVERY LINE THAT HE HAS
ACROSS THE NATION. LET'S GO TO 
WORK AND GET PREPARED TO DO 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGHT FOR 
THIS DEMOCRACY. AS WE GO TO THE 
VIDEO, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL 
DATES COMING UP. WE HAVE SOME 
TRAININGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
YOU CAN BE TRAINED IN HOW TO 
MOBILIZE PEOPLE AND EDUCATE 
PEOPLE WHO VOTE. IT WILL BE IN 
THE CHAT. YOU CAN GO THERE TWICE
A WEEK. YOU CAN JOIN TO BE 
EMPOWERED. ON SEPTEMBER 14, WE 
ARE HAVING VOTING IS POWER 
UNLEASHED ON THE MALL SEPTEMBER 
14. VOTING IS POWER UNLEASHED. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAINING 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
IN VOTING EMPOWERMENT. WE WILL 
HAVE SOME OF THE BEST LEGAL 
FIRMS TO JOIN US IN FIGHTING 
AGAINST THIS INJUSTICE. YOU 
DON'T WANT TO MISS SEPTEMBER 14 
AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. 
YOU CAN PUT INTO THE CHAT ROOM 
AND YOU CAN GET THE AFFIRMATION.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS ALL
MITCH McCONNELL, THE GRIM 
REAPER. IT IS TIME TO TALK TO 
HIM AND ASK FOR CHANGE. IT IS 
TIME TO RATTLE HIS PHONE. HE 
CALLED HIMSELF THIS. I AM JUST 
SAYING WHAT HE SAID. IF ANYBODY 
GETS MAD, I DIDN'T CALL HIM 
THAT. BUT, HE DECIDED TO CALL 
HIMSELF THE GRIM REAPER.
I AM GOING TO CALL HIM BUT THE 
MAN SAID. HE SAYS HE IS THE GRIM
REAPER. LET'S TELL EVERYBODY 
THAT IS WHAT HE SAID. LET'S ROLL
THE VIDEO NOW AND WE WILL BE 
REMINDED ABOUT WHAT IT HAS BEEN 
CALLED. THE WAY IN WHICH PUBLIC 
POLICY AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN TAKEN OVER AND MISUSED IN 
THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID. IT HAS 
CAUSED PAIN IN SO MANY WAYS. 
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. 
>>>
AND NOW, I AM GOING TO GO TO A 
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT. 
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS PLATFORM. 
WE ARE NOT DEPICTED. THESE 
PATIENTS
ARE IN ALL TYPES OF SYSTEMS. 
THIS IS MASS MURDER.
WE HAVE BECOME THE SACRIFICIAL 
LAMBS. 
>> I AM SURE YOU HAVE SEEN THE 
NEWS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 
MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY. THEY ARE 
FORCING PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK. 
HOW INHUMANE AND VIOLENT IS 
THAT? 
>> THIS IS A PROCESSING PLANT
IN SOUTH DAKOTA. IT IS LINKED TO
NEARLY 900 CASES, MORE THAN HALF
OF THE STATES NEARLY 1700 CASES.
>> IN ALABAMA, THE PEOPLE WHO 
ARE DYING THE MOST FROM THIS 
CORONAVIRUS ARE BLACK. I AM SURE
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE 
DYING ARE THE POOR. 
>> FORGIVE ME IF MY JOB IS ON 
THE GROUND. U.S. WEEKLY JOBLESS 
CLAIMS, 6.6 MILLION VERSUS 3.9 
MILLION EXPECTED. 6.6 MILLION.
>> WE ARE IN A LENGTHY RECESSION
WITH MAJOR IMPACTS ON MEN AND 
WOMEN. 
>> THIS IS WHERE I AM AT. MANY 
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. 
THEIR JOBS ARE CONNECTED TO OUR 
HEALTHCARE. IT HAS ALSO EXPOSED 
THAT SOME LIVES ARE BEING DEEMED
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER 
LIVES. SOME LIVES ARE JUST 
DISPOSABLE? I THINK I WILL 
CONTINUE TO STAY CONNECTED TO 
WORKERS. BECAUSE, IT IS A MATTER
OF LIFE AND DEATH. 
>>
DO YOU SEE THAT? THAT IS WHY YOU
HAVE TO GET ONTO THESE FUNDS. A 
LOT OF THAT PAIN YOU SAW IS 
BECAUSE OF McCONNELL AND TRUMP 
AND THEIR WAY OF RESPONDING, 
WHICH IS MORE TO CORPORATIONS 
AND THEN COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO GET MORE
MONEY FOR THE WEALTHY, AND NOT 
FOCUSING ON THE SCIENCE TO GET 
PEOPLE HEALTHY. I THINK GOD FOR 
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. WE WILL LET HER TELL
YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT McCONNELL 
LIKE NOBODY ELSE CAN. WE NEED TO
BE DOING OUR MARCH HERE TO STAY 
ENGAGED WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
KENYA, WILL YOU TELL US WHY 
KENTUCKIANS ARE COHOSTING THIS 
MORAL MONDAY WITH US? 
>> MORNING, THIS IS TANYA FOGEL 
FROM LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.  WE 
NEED YOU TO GET ONTO THOSE 
PHONES AND TRY MITCH McCONNELL'S
OFFICE. THE GRIM REAPER? YES, WE
ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT 
ANYMORE. ON SEPTEMBER 21st, 
LISTEN KENTUCKY, CAN YOU SEE ME?
CAN YOU HEAR ME? ON 21 
SEPTEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO GO 
ACROSS KENTUCKY WITH CARAVANS.
HE HAS OFFICES IN LOUISVILLE, 
AND LEXINGTON. WE NEED EVERYBODY
TO COME OUT. WE WILL GIVE YOU 
MORE INFORMATION AS WE MOBILIZE 
AND ORGANIZE. BUT, WE NEED YOU. 
SEND HIM PACKING. AS A MATTER 
FACT,
SHUT DOWN HIS OFFICES. WE NEED 
YOU. EVERY KENTUCKIAN, WHITE, 
BLACK, RICH, POOR, WE NEED YOU 
TO GET ON BOARD. I AM BEGGING 
YOU. SEND HIM OUT OF OFFICE. GET
ON THE PHONES, TEXT, TWEET, DO 
ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO. HE IS 
NO GOOD FOR US. THANK YOU 
EVERYBODY. 
>> THANK YOU. I AND THINKING 
ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE WE 
ARE FIGHTING MORE FOR THAT.
HE HAS SAID, I AM NOT GOING TO 
TAKE CARE OF TEACHERS OR THE 
FOLKS FACING ADDICTIONS. I AM 
NOT GOING TO CARE ABOUT 
HEALTHCARE OR ANYTHING ELSE 
UNTIL YOU PROMISE ME I WILL GIVE
ANOTHER QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS,
AND UNTIL YOU MAKE SURE THAT 
CORPORATIONS DIDN'T TREAT PEOPLE
RIGHT ARE PROTECTED FROM 
LIABILITY. THERE IS SOMETHING 
WRONG WITH THAT. THAT DIDN'T 
SOUND RIGHT. IT SEEMS LIKE MITCH
IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHO IS 
HIS FRIEND, THEN HE IS ABOUT THE
AVERAGE KENTUCKIAN. DO YOU SEE 
IT THAT WAY? 
>> I DO SEE IT THAT WAY. IT IS A
SHAME. WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE 
HERE IN KENTUCKY THAT NORMALLY 
HAVE GOOD, CLEAN WATER. WE DON'T
EVEN HAVE THAT NOW.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET CHROMEBOOKS 
FOR STUDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW WHO 
SUFFERS THE MOST. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, TANYA. WE LOVE THE FOLKS 
OUT THERE IN KENTUCKY. ON THE 
21st, THE CAUSE WILL ROLL. WE 
ARE GOING TO BE LIKE A 
REFRIGERATOR. WE ARE GOING TO 
TELL HIM. THEY ARE GOING TO KNOW
THE DEAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU, SIR. 
>>> MARIA WAS WORKING THREE JOBS
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SHE IS FACING EVICTION AFTER 
THREE MONTHS OF MISSING RENT IN 
THE MIDST OF COVID. SHE WILL 
SPEAK ABOUT THE REAL DEAL. SHE 
HAD DECIDED TO JOIN TO SPEAK UP 
AND SPEAK OUT. MARIE, WE WANT 
YOU TO TAKE SOME TIME AND TAKE 
THE FLOOR UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD 
WHY YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE NEED 
TO BE CHALLENGING MITCH 
McCONNELL. HE COULD PASS THAT 
DEAL IN BUT THE MORATORIUM BACK 
ON THE EVICTIONS. TALK TO US 
ABOUT SOME OF THIS. 
>> JUST LIKE YOU SAID, BEFORE 
ALL OF THIS I WORKED THREE JOBS.
THE DAY THE WORLD SHUT DOWN 
KILLED MY JOBS. THEY MADE ME 
SHUT DOWN.
SO, THEY PUT IN PLACE EVERYTHING
THEY WERE GOING TO DO TO HELP 
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALL OF 
THAT. WHICH, IT WAS GREAT BUT, 
IT TOOK DOWN ALMOST TWO MONTHS 
OF UNEMPLOYMENT. WITHIN TWO 
MONTHS YOU HAVE BILLS THAT ARE 
PILING AND PILING UP.
THEY WERE GOING TO CUT IT OFF. 
AND THEY ARE STILL BILLING. SO, 
THEY WILL BE TAKING ME TO COURT.
>> MAKE SURE THE WORLD 
UNDERSTANDS THIS. WHEN THEY TALK
ABOUT
THIS, THEY DON'T HAVE UTILITY 
FORGIVENESS. BUT, EVEN WITH THE 
MORATORIUM THE BUILD PILE UP. SO
YOU MIGHT GET MORATORIUM FOR 
APRIL AND MAY, THEN IN JUNE YOU 
OWE MARCH, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. 
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE DON'T 
UNDERSTAND. AND THAT IS BECAUSE 
OF McCONNELL. EVERYONE ELSE 
WANTED TO CONTINUE THE 
MORATORIUM AND NOT PAY IT BACK.
THAT MAKES YOU HAVE TO PAY FOUR 
MONTHS THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE IN 
THE FIRST PLACE. 
>> WENT THEY STARTED GETTING MY 
UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLING, AFTER TWO 
MONTHS I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.
I PUT A LITTLE BIT HERE AND A 
LITTLE BIT THERE. I STILL HAVE 
THREE KIDS THAT I HAVE TO TAKE 
CARE OF. SO, AS I DIVVIED UP THE
MONEY AND ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL,
BY THE TIME THE BUILD ROLLED 
BACK AROUND, I COULDN'T PAY 
ANYTHING BECAUSE, IT TOOK TWO 
MONTHS TO GET MY UNEMPLOYMENT. I
STILL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE 
ABOUT THE TWO MONTHS 
UNEMPLOYMENT THAT I DID NOT 
RECEIVE. YOU BETTER BELIEVE I 
RECEIVED
RETRO BILLS ON MY REFRIGERATOR 
FOR $700.
HAVE NEVER HAD AN ELECTRIC BILL 
FOR $700 IN MY LIFE. 
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, AND YOU 
KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO 
BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING 
$15 IN THE UNION. I WANT PEOPLE 
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SISTER 
WORKS THREE JOBS. SOMETIMES 
PEOPLE COME ON THESE LINES AND 
THEY DON'T THINK THEY ARE 
HEARING TRUTH. THIS SISTER IS 
WORKING THREE JOBS AND ANY ONE 
OF THOSE JOBS, DID THEY HAVE 
AUTOMATIC INSURANCE? 
>> NOPE.
>> SO PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND 
THEY DON'T HAVE AUTOMATIC 
INSURANCE. AND, NEITHER ONE OF 
THEM AUTOMATICALLY DIVIDE HER 
WITH WHAT IS NEEDED. SHE SAID, I
AM FIGHTING, COVID HAPPENS AND 
McCONNELL AND TRUMP DIDN'T 
HANDLE IT RIGHT. IT TAKES TWO 
MONTHS FOR MY UNEMPLOYMENT. AND,
WITHOUT HIM SENDING ADDITIONAL 
HELP, YOU ARE WAITING TO SEE 
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? 
>> FOR THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE 
BEEN LIVING OFF $300 EVERY TWO 
WEEKS WITH THREE CHILDREN. THAT 
DOESN'T EVEN COVER RENT. SO, IT 
MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT THE FUTURE
AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. 
BECAUSE, DON'T GET ME WRONG I 
HAD A GOOD JOB. BUT THEN, WHAT 
DO I DO WITH MY CHILDREN? 
BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE ENOUGH 
FOR MY 12-YEAR-OLD TO GO TO 
IN-PERSON SCHOOL. HOW DO I SEND 
THEM WHEN MY TWO AND 
THREE-YEAR-OLD CAN'T GO TO DAY 
CARE? ACTUALLY, I FOUND A JOB IN
DAY CARE FOR THREE DAYS. IN 
THOSE THREE DAYS, THE RELIEF 
TEACHER CAME IN FOR COVID 19. 
SO, DO I TAKE THAT CHANCE OF 
SENDING MY CHILDREN BACK?
BECAUSE, THIS ISN'T GOING 
ANYWHERE AND IT IS CLEARING UP. 
MY DAUGHTER IS THE BACK DOING 
HER SCHOOL WORK FROM HOME. WHAT 
DO I DO? 
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, BECAUSE 
YOUR STORY IS SO COMPELLING. 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN
CALL McCONNELL AND TELL THEM TO 
PASS THE BILL. PASS ADJUST BILL 
THAT HAS UNEMPLOYMENT AND HAS 
SICK LEAVE AND HAS WENT 
FORGIVENESS AND MORATORIUM. WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY
TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO 
COULD PICK UP THAT PHONE AND 
PUSH FROM AFAR? HOW BAD DO YOU 
WANT THEM TO GET ONTO THE PHONE?
>> WHAT I WOULD TELL PEOPLE OF 
KENTUCKY IS
TO THINK OF ALL THE SINGLE 
MOTHERS WHO ARE OUT THERE TRYING
TO MAKE IT. THIS DOESN'T EVEN 
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME. IT 
IS STRICTLY
ABOUT LITTLE BABIES THAT DEPEND 
ON ME. I NEED MITCH AND 
EVERYBODY
, NOT MITCH BUT EVERYBODY ELSE 
TO PICK UP THE PHONE TO MITCH. 
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF ME. THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE 
THE RESOURCES TO
COME. THANK GOD, I HAVE A 
SUPPORT TEAM THAT SUPPORTS ME. 
WITHOUT THEM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 
I WOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
HAVE THAT. WE NEED YOU TO PICK 
UP THAT PHONE AND CALL FOR 
PEOPLE LIKE ME
. THEY NEED STRENGTH.
WHEN THEY SEE BABIES IN THE 
STREET, THE FIRST THING THEY 
WILL DO IS TO CALL CHILD 
PROTECTION SERVICES, AND THEY 
WILL BE SNATCHING OUR BABIES 
FROM US. 
>> GET ON THESE FUNDS. THIS IS 
FACING BLACK MOTHERS, BROWN 
OTHERS, THERE ARE 140 MILLION 
POOR PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. IT 
INVOLVES MEN, WOMEN AND 
CHILDREN. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, 
DON'T QUIT. WE WILL FIGHT 
TOGETHER. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE 
IT AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT 
THROUGH THIS. WE ARE GOING TO 
PUSH AND CHANGE THIS COUNTRY. 
>> PLEASE, PICK THAT PHONE UP 
FOR THESE BABIES. PLEASE, I AM 
BEGGING. 
>> POOR PEOPLE CAMPAIGN.ORG IS 
WHERE YOU CAN GO. WE HAVE THIS 
ON THE SCREEN. LET'S GET THE 
PHONE CALLS GOING AND GET THE 
MESSAGES GOING ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY
INTO MITCH McCONNELL'S OFFICE 
DEMANDING A JUST AND FAIR AND 
EQUITABLE BILL RIGHT NOW TODAY. 
YOU ARE HURTING A LOT OF PEOPLE 
AND WE ARE GOING TO PUSH YOU 
OUT.
>>> WE HAVE A COALITION FIGHTING
EVICTIONS IN LEXINGTON. THEY ARE
GOING TO TELL US WHAT IS REALLY 
GOING ON. HE IS TRYING TO CHANGE
THE SUBJECT. HE IS TRYING TO 
MAKE IT ABOUT THE BATTLES IN THE
STREET. HE KNOWS PEOPLE HAVE 
INFILTRATED IT. THAT IS NOT THE 
PROTESTERS ARE DOING. HE IS 
PUTTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER AND
GET IT PASSED THE ISSUE WHERE 
THE REAL PROBLEMS ARE. THAT'S 
WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS IN THE 
STREET, BECAUSE IT TAKES AWAY. 
JIMMY RAMSEY AND R CROSBY ARE 
SAYING, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS
IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING, MITCH 
McCONNELL. THIS IS WHAT YOU AND 
TRUMP ARE NOT RESPONDING TO. 
>> I WILL START. IN LEXINGTON, 
WE SOUGHT AN EVICTION CRISIS 
COMING ALONG TIME AGO, BACK IN 
MAY 2020. WE STARTED WORKING 
WITH ABOUT 20 OTHER AGENCIES 
PUTTING TOGETHER WAYS WHERE 
PEOPLE COULD REACH OUT TO US WHO
ARE HAVING TROUBLE.
WE DID REALLY GOOD JOB OF 
FINDING PEOPLE IN NEED. THERE 
ARE ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE IN THE 
SYSTEM. ABOUT 44% OF THEM ARE 
BLACK
, WHICH IS ABOUT 14% OF THE 
POPULATION. THE AVERAGE
RENT IS AFFECTING HOUSEHOLDS 
WENT FOR ABOUT $750 PER MONTH. 
>> IF 44% IS BLACK, THAT ALSO 
MEANS THERE ARE 56% WHITE. I 
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT 
CONNECTION. BECAUSE, WE WANT 
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE 
GOVERNMENT'S HURTFUL TO BLACK 
PEOPLE. GO AHEAD. 
>> VETERANS ARE IN THERE AND 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO 
GET UNEMPLOYMENT. SENIORS, 
DISABLED, IT COVERS THE GAMBIT. 
WE DID A GOOD JOB OF FIGURING 
OUT THE NEED. WE JUST HAVEN'T 
FIGURED OUT TO DO WHAT IT. 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE HASN'T BEEN
THERE. ORIGINALLY, THE GOVERNOR 
ANNOUNCED THERE WAS AN EVICTION 
MORATORIUM. THE SUPREME COURT 
ORIGINALLY PUT IN A MORATORIUM, 
AS WELL. THEN, YOU HAD THE 
PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES SAY 
HE ISSUED
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD 
PROHIBIT EVICTIONS, SO PEOPLE 
WOULD FEEL PROTECTED. ALL OF A 
SUDDEN, LAST MONDAY THERE WERE 
53 PEOPLE SCHEDULED FOR A ONE 
HOUR EVICTION HEARING LAST 
MONDAY IN THE FAYETTE COUNTY 
DISTRICT COURT. PEOPLE HAD LESS 
THAN ONE MINUTE PIECE TO SAY WHY
THEY SHOULD STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
>> I WANT TO HEAR THIS AGAIN. SO
THE GOVERNOR ISSUED AN ORDER. 
THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED AN 
ORDER. TRUMP ISSUES IN ORDER. 
BUT, MITCH McCONNELL REFUSES TO 
PASS THE BILL. SO, IS THAT 
RIGHT? DID YOU SAY THEY HAD ONE 
MINUTE? 
>> YES, SIR.
LAST MONDAY, 53 PEOPLE WENT TO 
EVICTION COURT. 180 PEOPLE WERE 
SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK IN 
FAYETTE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. 
LET'S MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND 
THAT IS 180 FAMILIES. THEY WENT 
THROUGH COURT, THESE 53 FAMILIES
AND THEY ARE GETTING PUT OUT ON 
THE STREETS. WE SAY IT IS JUST A
DIFFERENT SYSTEM WE HAVE
THEN WE DO FOR HOMEOWNERS. IT 
TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS AS A 
HOMEOWNER TO LOSE YOUR HOME. 
WHEN YOU ARE A HOME RENTER, WE 
GIVE YOU A SET OF DAYS TO GET 
OUT OF YOUR HOME. WE TREAT IT 
VERY DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE DONE A
GOOD JOB OF, AGAIN
SEEING THE NEEDS. WE JUST 
HAVEN'T HAD ANY KIND OF 
RESPONSE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE 
TO EVEN COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE 
WHAT TO EXPECT. PEOPLE ARE 
CRYING AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY DON'T 
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WHEN THEY 
ARE CALLING US, I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT TO TELL THEM TO EXPECT. 
BECAUSE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND 
EITHER. 
>> HERE IN LEXINGTON, LET'S GET 
TOGETHER AND LET'S MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE DIRECTLY. THERE ARE 
PEOPLE SUFFERING.
WE HAVE 48 VOLUNTEERS AND THEY 
STARTED CONTACTING FOLKS WHO ARE
FACING EVICTION. CONTACTING 
FOLKS WHO WENT TO COURT AND WERE
EVICTED. WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE 
THEIR HOMES. EVICTIONS ARE GOING
ON RIGHT NOW. I DON'T CARE FOR 
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER OR THE 
SUPREME COURT, OR WHATEVER. THEY
ARE JUST GOING TO COURT. EVEN 
THOUGH THE SHERIFF IS NOT 
EVICTING FOLKS, OUR CONSTABLES 
ARE. GET THAT, I DON'T KNOW. WE 
HAVE A MOM WITH SEVEN KIDS WAS 
EVICTED. WE HAD A 72-YEAR-OLD 
WOMAN WITH HER 78-YEAR-OLD 
HUSBAND WHO WAS IN THE UK 
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DYING FROM 
COVID. AND, THE 72-YEAR-OLD 
WOMAN IS LOSING HER HOUSING, AS 
OF TOMORROW. EXCEPT WAIT, WE 
STOPPED IT. THIS GROUP
CARES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS OF THE 
GOVERNMENT, BUT WE HAVE CARE AND
COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. WE STARTED 
A SAVE YOUR HOME'S EFFORT, WHICH
IS ONLY BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVEN 
DAYS. BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND 
THE GOOD PEOPLE, WE CAN STOP 
THESE EVICTIONS. THAT IS RIGHT 
OUT OF THE ELEMENT. 
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. IF YOU 
HAD THIS LEGISLATION, AND THE 
CONGRESS WAS TO PASS 
UNEMPLOYMENT. AND, IF YOU HAD 
THIS LEGISLATION WITH THE 
CAPACITY TO PASS ANOTHER 
MORATORIUM AND FORGIVENESS, IT 
WOULDN'T JUST DEPEND ON 
INDIVIDUALS. WE WOULD BE DOING 
IT AS A COUNTRY. BECAUSE,
SOME SAY THE CHURCHES OUGHT TO 
TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY. THE 
CHURCH DIDN'T CAUSE THIS. THE 
CHURCH ISN'T THE ONE THAT DIDN'T
PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO 
COVID. THE CHURCH ISN'T THE ONE 
TO PROVIDE PPE. THE CHURCH ISN'T
THE ONE THAT ISN'T PAYING 
ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS. THE 
CHURCH ISN'T THE ONE TO MAKE 
SURE PEOPLE HAVE SICK LEAVE AND 
HEALTHCARE. IT IS AMAZING WHAT 
THE CHURCH SHOULD DO WHEN A 
CRISIS COMES. YOU CAN DO THIS 
WITH JUST EIGHT PEOPLE. WHAT IF 
YOU HAD ALL OF THAT MONEY? 
>> IF HE WOULD DO EMERGENCY 
FUNDING, THERE ARE MANY WAYS OUR
GOVERNMENT COULD BE RESPONDING 
TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING 
THEIR HOMES. WE ARE NOT TALKING 
ABOUT THE BIG BUSINESSES OR 
LITTLE BUSINESSES. WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT OUR BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS. 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHOSE
HUSBAND IS DYING OF COVID. 
MOTHER WITH SEVEN CHILDREN AND 
HAS NEVER HAD TO ASK FOR HELP, 
AND IS ABOUT TO BE ON THE 
STREET. LEXINGTON IS RESPONDING.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS, OUR STATE IS 
DOING THE BEST.
PEOPLE THINK THERE IS NO 
PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT 
SAID THERE IS NO EVICTIONS. THAT
IS NOT TRUE, I AM SORRY. WE HAVE
TO SORT IT OUT. 
>>
YOU DO KNOW THAT MITCH McCONNELL
HAS $35 BILLION
, AND HE IS HOLDING UP BECAUSE 
HE CAN'T GET THERE. YOU DO KNOW 
THAT HE LOST $250 BILLION MORE 
FOR TAXPAYERS. THIS IS WHY I 
THINK WE NEED TO GIVE HIM 
NOTICE. IT IS TOO MUCH POWER FOR
ONE PERSON. WE NEED TO RELOOK AT
SOME OF THE POWER WE GIVE TO THE
MAJORITY LEADER'S AND HOUSE FOLK
. BECAUSE, WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE 
McCONNELL TRUMP GET THAT POWER, 
THEY WILL USE IT TO HURT PEOPLE.
LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO RUSH 
YOU. WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT FOR 
FOLKS? THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE LINE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THEM 
ABOUT MITCH McCONNELL? 
>>
I WOULD SAY, THIS IS CRITICAL. 
THIS IS IMMORAL, AND WE HAVE TO 
STOP IT. WHICHEVER WAY, EVERY 
COMMUNITY DO THEIR OWN THING. 
BUT, WE HAVE TO STOP IT AND GET 
THE GOVERNMENT TO DO WHAT IS 
RIGHT. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
SHE DIDN'T SAY IT WAS REPUBLICAN
OR DEMOCRAT. SHE DIDN'T SAY 
WHETHER IT WAS LIBERAL. SHE SAID
WHAT IS RIGHT.
SHEET MEANS THE MORAL CENTER. 
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT TAKING CARE
OF THOSE WHO ARE THE LEAST OF 
THESE. SO, CALL THIS NUMBER. 
CALL MITCH McCONNELL RIGHT NOW 
AND TELL HIM WHAT HE CAN DO. 
LISTEN, IF HE WOULD JUST LET THE
BILL COME TO THE FLOOR, HE WILL 
NOT EVEN LET IT BE DEBATED 
BECAUSE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
DEBATED IT FROM THE BEGINNING 
ARE THE PEOPLE HE IS HOLDING 
DOWN. HE SAID I AM NOT EVEN 
GOING TO LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT. 
I AM NOT GOING TO LET IT GO TO 
THE FLOOR. WE HAVE TO PUSH HIM 
HARD AND MAKE THESE CALLS IN 
PERSON. WE CAN'T BE SILENT. HE 
IS HURTING OUR PEOPLE. IT HAS 
GONE ON TOO LONG AND WE HAVE TO 
STOP IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOK
, WE LOVE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD 
TO MOVING FORWARD AS WE FIGHT 
TOGETHER TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF
HISTORY. 
>>> YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED TO
VOTE. YOU CAN'T GO ABOUT 
CHANGING THE POLITICAL SYSTEM 
AND SIT HOME. WHEN MOSES FACED 
THE RED SEA OF OPPOSITION, HE 
SAID WHAT IS IN YOUR HAND?
WHAT IS IN OUR HAND IS THE 
ABILITY TO VOTE. WE CAN'T LET 
ANYBODY STOP US. ON SEPTEMBER 14
WE ARE HAVING A BIG TRAINING. IT
WILL TALK ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT 
THE VOTE AND TO PARTICIPATE. 
WHAT YOU CAN DO BEYOND JUST MAIL
IN. YOU NEED TO SIGN OR VOTE IN 
PERSON ON ELECTION DAY. WE ARE 
TRAINING PEOPLE ON HOW TO DO IT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME 
POWERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT 
THAT GOING FORWARD. IT IS ON 
SEPTEMBER 14. RIGHT NOW, I WANT 
TO SHOW A QUICK VIDEO. 90 
SECONDS. BECAUSE, IT DRILLS DOWN
EVEN BEYOND WHAT JIMMY AND 
BROTHER ART HAVE SHOWED US. BOB,
WILL YOU HOOK IT UP? 
>> THE HOUSING CRISIS IS JUST 
BEGINNING TO UNFOLD AS FEDERAL 
AND STATE MORATORIUMS ON 
EVICTIONS HAVE BEGUN TO EXPIRE. 
THIS IS NEW ORLEANS. THIS IS 
KANSAS. WE KNOW THAT ALMOST ONE 
THIRD OF PEOPLE FAILED TO PAY 
THEIR RENT OR A MORTGAGE IN JUNE
. A RECORD HIGH,
AND THAT AN INDEPENDENT STUDY BY
THE COVID 19 DEFENSE PROJECT, 
WHO ARE ECONOMISTS AND LAWYERS 
ESTIMATE THAT BETWEEN 19 AND 23 
MILLION RENTERS ARE LIKELY TO BE
EVICTED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
A RECENT UPDATE THAT STARTED 
WITH THE SAME STUDY EXTENDED 
THIS TO THE END OF 2020. AND, 
THE NEW ESTIMATE IS BETWEEN 28 
AND 39 MILLION, ALMOST 40 
MILLION TENANTS ARE AT RISK OF 
EVICTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT IS NOT INCLUDING 
HOMEOWNERS, WHO COULD FAIL TO 
PAY THEIR MORTGAGE AND WILL BE 
IN EVICTION PROCEEDINGS, WHICH 
ALSO NUMBER AT LEAST IN THE 
MILLIONS. UNLESS THERE IS 
RADICAL AND DRAMATIC ACTION, WE 
ARE GOING TO SEE A WAVE OF 
HOMELESSNESS THAT WE HAVE 
LITERALLY NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 
>> DID YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU 
HEAR THAT? THIS IS WHY WE CANNOT
TURN AROUND OR LET TRUMP OR 
MITCH McCONNELL CHANGE THE 
SUBJECT. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON 
WHAT IS HAPPENING. IN THE MIDST 
OF COVID AND IN THE WEALTHIEST 
NATION IN THE WORLD, THE 
GOVERNMENT AND McCONNELL AND 
TRUMP WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE 
BURDEN OF EVICTIONS. WE HAVE TO 
STOP THIS. I AM GOING TO ASK OUR
CHAIR
FOR HER TO SPEAK. SHE WILL 
INTRODUCE
KENIA TORRES-ALCOCER FROM 
CALIFORNIA.  AND SIERRA RAMIREZ 
FROM THE D.C. TENANT UNION. THEY
ARE ENGAGED IN RENT STRIKES. 
THEY ARE NOT DOING THE RENT 
STRIKES AND SAYING, DON'T PASS 
THE BILL. McCONNELL WILL PASS 
THE BILL. BECAUSE, WE GAVE 3 
TRILLION
DOLLARS TO CORPORATIONS UPFRONT.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
THE CORPORATIONS GOT PAID 
UPFRONT. 83% OF ALL THE MONEY 
THE FIRST BILL WENT TO 
CORPORATIONS AND BANKS. THAT IS 
WHAT THE DEAL WAS. SO, THEY ARE 
ORGANIZING RENT STRIKES, SO 
PEOPLE CAN DEAL WITH IT AND THAT
WEIGHT. AS WE PUSH FOR THE FIGHT
FOR THE GOVERNMENT. THE 
GOVERNMENT IS NOT SOME SPACE OUT
THERE. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. WE ARE
THE GOVERNMENT. WE, THE PEOPLE. 
IT DIDN'T SAY, WE, THE 
CORPORATION. WE NEED TO 
INTRODUCE TWO SISTERS AND LET 
THEM COME ON. AND WE HAVE SOME 
SPECIAL FOLK WE WILL BRING ON 
FROM THE NATIONAL UNION OF THE 
HOMELESS. AND THEN,  MARK 
RUFFALO WHO IS A TREMENDOUS 
ACTIVIST WILL JOIN US  AS A 
CLOSEOUT. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH REVEREND. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS
MORAL MONDAY. I WANT TO START 
WITH A BIBLICAL QUOTE. THIS ONE 
IS FROM THE PROPHET, MICAH. HE 
SAYS, DUE TO THOSE WHO PLOT EVIL
, WHO GO TO BED DREAMING OF 
INJUSTICE
. AS SOON AS IT IS MORNING, THEY
ARE OFF FULL OF ENERGY DOING 
WHAT THEY PLANNED. THEY COULDN'T
GRAB IT. THEY BRING NEIGHBORS 
AND THEIR FAMILIES, SO SEEKING 
ONLY FOR WHAT THEY CAN GET OUT 
OF THEM. BUT GOD HAS HAD ENOUGH
SO, WE NEED A VOLUNTEER TO BE 
FLOODING MITCH McCONNELL'S PHONE
LINES. WE NEED TO BE SHUTTING 
DOWN SOME OF THESE PHONE LINES 
WITH A MESSAGE WE NEED A FULL 
RELIEF PACKAGE AND WE NEED AN 
END TO THESE EVICTIONS AND AN 
END TO PEOPLE HAVING TO HAVE NO 
RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE 
ISSUES THEY ARE FACING RIGHT 
NOW. INDEED, MITCH McCONNELL WE 
HAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR YOU. DID 
YOU HEAR MICAH? HE SAID, GOD HAS
HAD ENOUGH. OUR MESSAGE TO YOU, 
MITCH McCONNELL IS TO STOP YOUR 
MEANNESS. STOP LEANING ON THE 
BACKS OF THE POOR AND THE 
CHILDREN, ON THE UNINSURED AND 
THE HOMELESS. ON THE EVICTED, 
AND THE MISERY YOU ARE CAUSING. 
PUT IN AND TO THE EVICTIONS AND 
JOB LOSS IN LEGISLATING 
INJUSTICE THAT YOU HAVE SPREAD. 
BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAILED TO PASS 
A JUST RELIEF PACKAGE, THERE ARE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, 
FAMILIES AT RISK OF EVICTION AND
HOMELESSNESS. PEOPLE
ARE LEFT WITH INADEQUATE FOOD 
AND RESOURCES TO CARE FOR THEIR 
FAMILIES. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
ARE DYING NEEDLESS DEATHS FROM A
VIRUS THAT MANY COUNTRIES HAVE 
ALREADY CONTROLLED. BUT, WE KNOW
THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE 
GATHERED FOR THIS MORAL MONDAY, 
THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT 
WAY. THIS NATION HAS THE 
RESOURCES TO AND HOMELESSNESS. 
BUT INSTEAD, YOU USE
YOUR POWER TO BULLY. THE SENATE 
COULD SUSPEND RENT PAYMENTS AND 
EVICTIONS. IT COULD EXTEND 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND RAISE 
WAGES. IT COULD EXPAND 
HEALTHCARE AND ESTABLISH A JOBS 
PROGRAM THAT DOES MORE HOUSING 
AND INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT INSTEAD,
MITCH McCONNELL AND THE SENATE 
SEE PEOPLE ONLY FOR WHAT YOU CAN
GET OUT OF THEM. THE CAMPAIGN 
INCLUDES BOLD AND VISIONARY 
POLICIES IN OUR PLATFORM. 
INCLUDING, AROUND HOUSING. WE 
DEMAND THAT McCONNELL, THE 
SENATE AND THIS NATION ACTUALLY 
MOBILIZE RESOURCES AND CAPACITY 
TO TURN VACANT UNITS INTO 
AFFORDABLE PUBLIC HOUSING. TO 
DETECT AND EXPAND HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE, AND WE ASSURE THE 
COSTS OF HOUSING ARE WITHIN 
INCOME ABILITIES OF EVERY 
HOUSEHOLD. IN FACT, STOP RENT 
PAYMENTS RIGHT NOW AS LONG AS 
THIS CRISIS IS GOING ON.
IN THIS COUNTRY, WE NEED TO 
IMPOSE PENALTIES ON WALL STREET 
AND REAL ESTATE CORPORATIONS AND
OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE 
PROFITING OFF OF POVERTY. TODAY,
IT CONTINUES SINCE 2007.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE NEED TO 
CANCEL THE RENT AND THE 
MORTGAGES UNTIL THIS SOCIETY 
RECOVERS FROM THESE MULTIPLE 
PANDEMICS. I, PERSONALLY HAVE 
BEEN HOMELESS IN MY LIFE. IT IS 
NOT SOMETHING ANYONE SHOULD HAVE
TO GO THROUGH. THAT IS WHY 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
ARE LOOKING AT THIS CAMPAIGN
AND HAVE A NATIONAL CALL FOR 
REVIVAL COMING TOGETHER AND 
FIGHTING McCONNELL'S OFFICE WITH
CALLS, ORGANIZING AND 
REGISTERING AND EDUCATING PEOPLE
FOR A MOVEMENT THAT WILL VOTE IN
NOVEMBER AND KEEP ORGANIZING OUR
POWER. WE NEED EVERYONE HERE TO 
FLOOD MITCH McCONNELL'S OFFICE 
WITH CALLS. WE HAVE ALREADY SHUT
DOWN SOME OFFICES. LET'S SHUT 
DOWN SOME MORE. IT IS, INDEED MY
HONOR TO INTRODUCE KENIA 
TORRES-ALCOCER,  FROM CALIFORNIA
IN ENCINO'S. AND SIERRA RAMIREZ 
WHO ARE ORGANIZING POWERFUL RENT
STRIKES AND DEMANDING THIS 
NATION TAKE CARE OF ITS PEOPLE. 
AND, DO BETTER. THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE ARE HERE UNIFIED ON THIS 
MONDAY. ALL 30 MEMBERS ARE ON 
THIS STRIKE, BECAUSE THEY ARE 
USING COLLECTIVE POWER WITH 
THEIR LANDLORDS. BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO PAY RENT. HERE IN OUR STATE, 
WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST 
EXPENSIVE RENTS IN THE NATION. 
ALLOT PART-TIME MEMBERS ARE 
PAYING 75% TO 95% OF THEIR 
INCOME TO RENT. 
>> PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE MISSED 
THAT. HARD TO HEAR.
>> 75% TO 95% OF THEIR INCOME 
GOES TO RENT. THAT IS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS
WE ARE DOING IS SAYING, ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH.
SOME OF THE CHOICES THEY ARE 
MAKING ARE UNTENABLE. FOOD NOT 
RENT. MEDICINE NOT RENT.
PAYING RENT MEANS NOT GETTING 
FOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN. PAYING 
RENT MEANS, FOR MYSELF WHO ARE 
DIABETIC NOT HAVING MONEY FOR 
INSULIN. THESE ARE THE REASONS 
WE ARE SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO PAY RENT. WE ARE JUST A 
DEMOCRATIC STATE. WE HAVE 
POLITICIANS THAT ARE DEMOCRATS 
THAT ARE SAYING, OTHER STATES 
ARE DOING MUCH WORSE. WHAT WE 
ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, IT IS GOOD.
THEY ARE TELLING US THAT BY 
TOMORROW WHICH IS A 25%
OF THE RENT IN ORDER TO NOT GET 
EVICTED. THIS IS THE KIND OF 
LEGISLATION THAT THIS IS COSTING
RIGHT NOW. THAT MEANS I OWE 
$6000. BY TOMORROW, I NEED TO 
PAY $1200 FOR ME NOT TO GET 
EVICTED. AND IF I GET INTO A 
PAYMENT PLAN TO MAKE SURE I 
DON'T GET EVICTED, THEY SAY WE 
CAN'T AFFORD THAT. THERE IS NO 
WAY ANYBODY CAN PAY $6000 
UPFRONT, PLUS THE NEXT MONTH'S 
RENT AND NEXT MONTHS RENT AND 
NEXT MONTH'S RENT. WE NEED RENT 
AND MORTGAGE FORGIVENESS. WE 
CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY IT. WE ARE 
NOT GOING TO WORK. WE ARE NOT 
GETTING BENEFITS FROM OUR 
EMPLOYERS. WE ARE NOT EVEN 
GETTING SICK LEAVE WHEN WE GET 
SICK. HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO 
PAY THIS RENT? WE ARE SAYING, 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE KNOW THAT 
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SOUTH, 
EVENTUALLY COMES TO CALIFORNIA. 
>> BECAUSE MITCH McCONNELL IS 
THE MAJORITY LEADER IS YOUR 
SENATOR, BECAUSE HE IS NOT FROM 
KENTUCKY. WHAT HE IS HOLDING UP,
WE WANT RENT FORGIVENESS. BUT, 
IF YOU GET A MORATORIUM TODAY, 
IT WOULD STOP THIS CRAZINESS. IT
IS NOT EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT 
IT WOULD STOP THAT. SO, IT IS 
IMPORTANT AND THAT IS WHY WE 
WANTED YOU TO COME ON FROM 
CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE, PEOPLE 
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT 
JUST A SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY. HE
IS THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER. 
THAT MEANS, HE CAN HOLD UP 
EVERYTHING. 
>> EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM 
HIS MOUTH OR HIS OFFICE IS 
AFFECTING CALIFORNIA. THAT IS 
WHY WE ARE ON THIS PHONE CALL. 
WE ARE LEARNING THAT WHEREVER 
THE SOUTH GOES, THE NATION GOES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH ARE FIGHTING
BACK, AND WE WANT TO DO THE SAME
IN CALIFORNIA. 
>>
WE HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW TO PAY 
50% OF OUR BACKPAY.
AND THEN BY THE NEXT MONTH, THE 
OTHER 50% ON TOP OF THAT MONTH'S
RENT. 
>> SO, YOU HAVE THE ARREARS
, AND YOU ARE TALKING FROM 
CALIFORNIA TO KENTUCKY.
WAY BACK IN THE 60s WHEN PEOPLE 
FIGURED OUT THAT
PEOPLE WERE NOT VOTING, AND TO 
THE DETRIMENT OF THE STATE 
PEOPLE CAME AND HELPED PEOPLE 
VOTE.
I AM NOT TELLING YOU WHO TO VOTE
FOR. I AM JUST TELLING YOU THAT 
FOLKS MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT 
WAYS THEY CAN GO TO VOTE.
WE WANT TO HELP ORGANIZE 
EVERYBODY, SO THEY CAN VOTE. 
JUST TELL THEM TO VOTE FOR WHAT 
IS RIGHT. I AM GOING TO SUGGEST,
AND I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT 
BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT WHAT WE 
CAN DO IS MEDIA INPUTS. 
EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT IN 
KENTUCKY, YOU CAN VOTE FOR 
KENTUCKY. WE NEED TO JAM THESE 
PHONES WITH PHONE CALLS. YOU 
NEED TO BE TELLING EVERYBODY YOU
KNOW, THIS TIME YOU CANNOT SIT 
OUT.
WE ARE GOING TO TELL ANYBODY WHO
TO VOTE FOR. BUT, WE ARE GOING 
TO TELL YOU WHAT YOUR POWER IS.
IF JUST 20% MORE OF THE PEOPLE 
WERE TO VOTE, AND IF THEY DIDN'T
VOTE THE LAST TIME
, THEY CAN DECIDE WHO IS IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND WHO IS THE 
SENATE AND GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS.
THAT IS JUST THE FACT. DO WITH 
IT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO WITH
IT. MY JOB IS TO LET YOU KNOW 
THE POWER YOU HAVE WHEN YOU 
VOTE. WE HAVE A SHORT FRAME AND 
WE HAVE TO CUT OFF AT ABOUT 
4:30. SIERRA, ARE YOU ON FOR 
D.C.? 
>> YES, I AM HERE. 
>> TALK TO US. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I 
JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW 
EXCITED I AM THAT JUST YESTERDAY
, THE TENANTS WE HEARD FROM, THE
D.C. TENANTS AND OTHER 
ORGANIZATIONS WE HEARD FROM WERE
ABLE TO PROVIDE DEMAND TO 
MANAGEMENT. THE NUMBER ONE 
DEMAND WAS THE CANCELLATION OF 
RENT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
RACIAL EQUITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 
AND A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT 
HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THIS 
BUILDING FOR DECADES, REALLY. I 
WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND BACKUP 
EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE HAS 
SAID. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PROVIDE
THEIR SUPPORT. WE NEED TO USE 
OUR VOTING POWER IN A REALLY 
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE 
EVICTION PROTECTIONS IN D.C. 
RIGHT NOW AND IN DECEMBER. SO,
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL 
THROW A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE OUT OF
THIS BUILDING. WE ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUT OUR 
TRUST TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH 
OTHER WITH MUTUAL AID AND LEARN 
A THING ABOUT UNIONISM AND SHARE
OUR EXPERIENCES WITH EACH OTHER.
SO, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR IT WE
WILL BE READY TO DO WHAT WE NEED
TO DO TO PROTECT EACH OTHER TO 
FURTHER THAT NETWORK AGAINST 
MANAGEMENT OR U.S. MARSHALS, OR 
WHAT HAVE YOU. IT DOESN'T HAVE 
TO BE THAT HARD. WITH EVERYBODY 
SUPPORT, WE CAN GET THIS TYPE OF
REGISTRATION PAST. IT WOULD BE A
VERY DIFFERENT
STORY FOR US. AS IT IS, WE HAVE 
PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE FOR 
THIS. I HAVEN'T BEEN PAID SINCE 
MAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR 
JOBS OVERNIGHT.
AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN 
D.C. THAT ARE DOING RENT 
STRIKES. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 
NOTHING. THEY ARE PUTTING 
EVERYTHING ON THE LINE THAT WE 
CAN. WE HAVE A LOT OF SOLIDARITY
HERE. BUT, THE SITE COULD REALLY
BE TRANSFORMED IF WE HAD SOME 
SUPPORT. 
>> LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU 
ON THE PHONE IN FRONT OF 
EVERYBODY. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL 
WHAT I SEND OUT. WE THOUGHT 
ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE 
GOT 100 PEOPLE TO DO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, CLERGY AND PEOPLE TO
LITERALLY MARCH ON McCONNELL'S 
OFFICE, RIGHT? WITH MEDIA INTO 
AND LISTENING TO OUR DEMANDS.
YOU DON'T READ YOUR CONSTITUTION
. WE WOULD MAKE A SPECTACLE OF 
IT. LET'S TALK, BECAUSE IT MIGHT
BE OCTOBER
WHEN THE HOMELESS AT THE TENANTS
UNION CAN BE ON THE LINE. WE CAN
GRAB SOME FOLKS AND ORGANIZE. IF
WE HAVE 200 PEOPLE SIX FEET 
APART TAKING THE MIDDLE OF THE 
STREET DOWN INDEPENDENCE AND WE 
GO TO AT A TIME OR ONE LINE AT A
TIME INTO McCONNELL'S OFFICE AND
DRAMATIZE THE SHAMEFUL SITUATION
, IT MIGHT BE THAT WE CONSIDER 
THAT
AS HE DRIVES AROUND HIS OFFICE 
IN KENTUCKY. THAT WOULD BE 
SOMETHING ELSE. I WILL MAKE A 
COMMITMENT TO YOU, THAT WE WILL 
FIND A WAY TO ACT PUBLICLY 
BEFORE NOVEMBER. WE CANNOT, WE 
HAVE TO MASK UP AND PUT ON 
GLOVES OR ANYTHING WE HAVE TO 
DO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO OUT 
AND KILL OURSELVES. BUT, SOME OF
THESE ESTABLISHMENTS YOU HAVE TO
OUTLIVE. SO,
YOU DON'T LET THEM HURT 
YOURSELF. BUT, YOU WILL FIGURE 
OUT WAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HURT 
YOURSELF, BUT YOU CAN PUT THE 
FOCUS ON THEM. LET'S TALK AGAIN.
LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE MAY 
GET SOME PEOPLE, SOME STARS AND 
ARTISANS AND OTHER FOLK. WE CAN 
DO THIS IN A VERY WAY THAT WOULD
BE IMPRESSIVE. THIS EMBOLDENS 
OUR AGITATION. 
>>> YOU NEED TO HEAR WHAT IS 
GOING ON. YOU NEED TO CALL 
PEOPLE, CALL McCONNELL AND GET 
ON THE LINE. TELL SOMEBODY THAT 
THIS IS REAL
AND IT IS NOT REALITY TV. THIS 
IS THE REAL THING. THIS IS WHAT 
IS REALLY HAPPENING. THE REAL 
FEEL THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS ABOUT 
THEIR MEDICINE AND THEIR HOUSING
AND LOSING THAT AND LOSING THEIR
JOBS AND NOT HAVING 
UNEMPLOYMENT. WE HAVE FEARS THAT
DO NOT HAVE TO EXIST. WHEN YOU 
GET FOLKS TALKING, LISTEN WE 
GAVE THE CORPORATIONS 
EVERYTHING. WHAT ONE THING DO 
YOU WANT? WE SAY YOU GAVE THE 
CORPORATIONS 3 TRILLION THINGS. 
HOW DARE YOU ASK FOR ONE THING 
WE WANT? THE MONEY IS THERE. THE
RESOURCES ARE THERE. WE HAVE TO 
HAVE MORE DEMANDS. WE DO NOT 
NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE SHOVE US 
INTO THE SHADOWS. WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO BE QUIET. ROB, GIVE ME 
AN UPDATE BEFORE I GO TO CRYSTAL
AND MARK RUFFALO . WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITH THE PHONE LINES? 
>> LET ME CHECK REAL QUICK. I 
KNOW WE ARE DEFINITELY OUT OF 
D.C. AND GOING ACROSS KENTUCKY 
WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
CALLS, SO FAR. WE DEFINITELY 
NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT LINK 
AND KEEP CALLING TO MAKE SURE. 
HE IS HOME IN KENTUCKY, RIGHT 
NOW. WE NEED TO CALL THERE. 
>> CRYSTAL SANCHEZ AND MARK 
RUFFALO  FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 
>> I SEE HIM. HE IS HERE FROM 
MASSACHUSETTS. CAN THE TWO OF 
YOU COME ON? 
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
YOU CAN TAKE
THREE AND HALF MINUTES APIECE, 
THEN WE WILL BRING MARK ON. TALK
TO US. CRYSTAL? 
>>
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL SANCHEZ AND I
AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
NATIONAL UNION OF THE HOMELESS. 
I AM PRESIDENT OF THE SACRAMENT 
CHAPTER OF THE UNION OF 
HOMELESS. I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK
YOU TO CALL MAJORITY LEADER, 
MITCH McCONNELL. I AM GOING TO 
START OFF WITH A STATEMENT, OUR 
IN-HOUSE NEIGHBORS ARE NOT THE 
PROBLEM. INEQUALITY, SYSTEMIC 
RACISM, CRIMINALIZATION
, DELAYS AND LACK OF ETHICS AND 
MORAL COMPASS IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE THE PROBLEM. HERE IN 
SACRAMENTO, THE CAPITAL OF 
CALIFORNIA WE HOLD THE LARGEST 
ECONOMY IN THE U.S. THE U.S. 
HOLDS THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. 
ACROSS THE NATION
, THE PEOPLE LIVE IN SEVERE 
POVERTY. HERE IN SACRAMENTO, WE 
HAVE 11,000 AND HAS UNHOUSED 
NEIGHBOR ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. 
7000 ARE CHILDREN. MASS 
EVICTIONS ARE ON THE HORIZON. WE
ARE WAITING TO SEE THE 
DISPLACEMENT OF 38,000 PEOPLE. 
HERE, IN SACRAMENTO ACCORDING TO
THE HUD GUIDELINES WE ARE AT 
63,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE 
HOUSING. THE AVERAGE RENT HAS 
SKYROCKETED TO 1375 FOR MINIMUM 
APARTMENT. MOST SSI
RECIPIENTS ONLY RECEIVED $988. 
THIS ALL
DISPLACES PEOPLE ONTO THE 
STREET. ONCE YOU ARE DISPLACED, 
YOU ARE DISPLACED TERMINALLY. 
THE MAJORITY OF THE CARE'S 
FUNDING WENT TO
CORPORATIONS. THAT LEAVES, THE 
PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR $31 MILLION
AND CRUMBS. WE NEED TO CONTINUE 
THE NATIONAL UNION OF THE 
HOMELESS LEGACY. NO MORE PEOPLE 
LEFT IN THE STREETS. HOUSING 
NOW, NOT HOMELESS AND HELP US. 
WE ARE MADE UP OF ADVOCATES WHO 
HAVE ORGANIZED A FIGHT PUBLICLY 
FOR HOUSING, DIGNITY AND HUMAN 
RIGHTS. WE ALSO FIGHT STATEWIDE,
SERVING OVER 1400 MILLS WEEKLY. 
WHEN COVID HIT, WE WEREN'T 
PREPARED. WE DIDN'T HAVE ZERO 
FUNDING FOR HELP FROM THE CITY
COUNTY, THE STATE. IT IS ALL 
COMMUNITY BASED DONATIONS. WE 
JUMPED INTO ACTION WITH THE 
COMMUNITY ASKING FOR WATER JETS 
SO PEOPLE COULD WASH THEIR 
HANDS, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO 
ACCESS TO WATER OR RESTROOMS. 
ACCESS TO THE LIMITED THINGS 
THEY DID HAVE PRIOR WAS 
LIBRARIES AND TO STARBUCKS AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT. WHEN WE 
SHELTERED IN PLACE THAT MADE A 
LOT OF AND SIX ABILITY TO THE 
HOMELESS. ON TOP OF WHAT WE ARE 
DEALING WITH COVID AND FIGHTING 
FOR FUNDING IN THESE SCRAPS, WE 
ARE ALSO DEALING WITH MASSIVE
, MAJOR FIRES RIGHT NOW. ABOUT 
357 OF THEM IN CALIFORNIA. THIS 
AFFECTS OUR UNHOUSED, BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO 
PROVIDE ITS PEOPLE. WE DON'T 
HAVE MASKS TO PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE
TO BE SAFE FROM THE FIRE. OR, 
FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS BUSINESSES 
THAT ARE SHELTERING IN PLACE.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT PRIMARILY
WE HAD RESTAURANTS IN GROUPS 
WORKING TOGETHER BEFORE COVID. 
THE MAJORITY OF THESE WERE 
SENIORS, AT RISK FOLKS THAT WERE
COMING OUT AND SERVING FOOD AND 
MAKING SURE THE UNHOUSED WERE 
TAKEN CARE OF. WHEN COVID HIT, 
THESE GROUPS SEPARATED. WE 
CREATED WHAT IS OUR OWN 
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE PUT TOGETHER 
A MEDICAL ENCAMPMENT TEAM WITH 
CALIFORNIA NORTH STATE 
UNIVERSITY AND MED STUDENTS. 
THEY BECAME OUR TRIAGING POINT 
OF CONTACT FOR THE UNHOUSED. THE
ONLY WAY FOR THE UNHOUSED
--
>>--WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
>> KRISTI, YOU ARE FREEZING UP. 
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TURN YOUR 
VIDEO OFF AND MAYBE COME BACK TO
WRAP UP. 
>> PABLO, ARE YOU ON? 
>>
FIRST OFF, I AM HUMBLED TO BE ON
THIS CALL. IT IS A THING OF 
ENDEARMENT. I CAME INTO THIS 
WORK FROM STREET HOMELESSNESS 
HERE IN BOSTON. I CAN TELL YOU 
THAT
, WE ARE ALL FACING A LOT OF 
CHALLENGES IN EVERY DIFFERENT 
DEMOGRAPHIC. WE NEED TO, OF 
COURSE FROM NATIONAL STANDPOINT 
PRESSURE AND PUT THE THUMB ON 
PEOPLE LIKE MITCH McCONNELL. NO 
DOUBT ABOUT IT. I ALSO WANT TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT ON THE LEVEL OF 
TRYING TO STAY ORGANIZED UNDER 
MY SEAT. A BRIEF STORY FROM A 
HOMELESS STANDPOINT, I AM 
GRATEFULLY HOUSED NOW. BUT, FROM
A HOMELESS STANDPOINT
I TRY TO STAY OUT IN THE 
COMMUNITY. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS
THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE. THEY 
WERE HOMELESS 7-8 YEARS AGO, AND
THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE. WE ARE
CLOSING IN ON A 1000 BED 
FACILITY ON BOSTON HARBOR.
WHEN I GOT INTO THIS WORK SEVEN 
YEARS AGO, THIS WILL BE BUILDING
NUMBER SEVEN THAT IS ENCLOSED. I
COULD TALK FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT
IT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 
SHUTDOWN, EVERYBODY WAS INSIDE 
EXCEPT THE HOMELESS. THEY WERE 
STILL OUT THERE. ON THE SUBWAY, 
TO MY NORMAL PATH I WOULD SEE 
NOTHING BUT HOMELESS PEOPLE. YOU
COULD SEE THAT THIS IS THE 
INVISIBLE CRISIS, THE HOMELESS 
COMMUNITY. HOMELESSNESS IS THE 
VERY BOTTOM IF YOU HAVE EVER 
BEEN THERE. WE ARE GOING TO SEE
THE ABUSE THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU 
ARE AT THE BOTTOM. WE ARE GOING 
TO SEE, UNFORTUNATELY A TIDAL 
WAVE OF HOMELESSNESS AS THESE 
EVICTION MORATORIUMS, OFF IN THE
GENERAL ECONOMY
GOES DOWN. THERE IS NOT GOING TO
BE RECOVERY FOR A LONG TIME. WE 
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BAND 
TOGETHER. FROM A STANDPOINT OF 
BEING AT THE BOTTOM, PLEASE 
REMEMBER THAT THERE IS ALREADY A
BASE FOR THIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE, 
UNFORTUNATELY ARE GOING TO SEE 
IT WHO ARE NOT READY FOR IT AND 
ARE NOT USED TO IT. WE, AS AN 
ACTIVIST COMMUNITY HAVE TO 
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT BOTTOM AND 
BE READY TO BRACE PEOPLE. AND, 
ALSO BUILT A BOTTOM MOVEMENT, 
WHICH IS THIS CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE 
14-16 MAJOR CITIES, BALTIMORE, 
PHILADELPHIA, AND MANY IN 
CALIFORNIA, UPSTATE NEW YORK, 
WASHINGTON STATE, AND LOTS OF 
PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS TO
BRING TO LIGHT THE HOMELESS 
ISIS. AND, COME TOGETHER IN A 
UNION LIKE MODEL. 
>> POLE, RADICAL IS RIGHTEOUS. 
>> THERE YOU GO. 
>> I AM GOING TO JUMP IN AND A 
SECOND. GO AHEAD AND FINISH. 
>>
I JUST WANT TO MENTION WILLIE 
BAPTISTE. HE IS ALWAYS SAYING 
THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU ORGANIZE 
TO TAKE. SO, WE ALSO NEED TO 
FIND MORE SOLUTIONS. THERE IS A 
LOT OF PUBLIC NEED AND A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO DO 
SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK. LOOK FOR 
WAYS TO GET HOUSING. THERE ARE 
SOLUTIONS OUT THERE. REMEMBER, 
THIS IS GOING TO GET BAD. WE 
JUST HAVE TO COME TOGETHER. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. I AM GLAD YOU 
MENTIONED THAT ABOUT ORGANIZING 
UNDER YOUR FEET. WE DON'T HAVE 
TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE LOCAL. IT 
IS CRITICAL WHEN SOMEBODY IS SO 
MEAN AND HAS CREATED SO MUCH 
MISERY, ONE PERSON.
THEY HAVE TAKEN THE THINGS THAT 
WOULD EVEN ALLOW PEOPLE TO KEEP 
ORGANIZING LOCALLY
AND WOULD HAVE SOME BREATHING 
ROOM. WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ON 
AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THE OTHER 
ON. THAT IS WHY IT IS SO 
CRITICAL RIGHT NOW THAT AMERICA 
SEES THE BOTTOM. PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN THERE. SOME PEOPLE TALK 
ABOUT HAVING BEEN THERE AND 
OTHERS DON'T. YOU JUST MENTIONED
PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN REALIZE 
THEY ARE GOING THERE. WE HAVE TO
EXPOSE THE STORY. THAT IS WHY I 
AM GLAD YOU TELL IT. SOMETIMES, 
PEOPLE TRY TO SAY I MADE IT. 
SOMETIMES, PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR 
THE RAWNESS. A LOT OF FOLKS 
CANNOT MAKE IT AND HAVE BEEN 
HERDED AND DEVASTATED. AND, 
RIGHT NOW AND WE CHALLENGE 
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, BUT I
WILL EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE 
CHALLENGE A PERSON WHO WILL NOT 
EVEN ALLOW SOMETHING TO BE 
DISCUSSED. HERE IS THE THING 
ABOUT MITCH McCONNELL. BY NOT 
EVEN ALLOWING IT TO GET ONTO THE
FLOOR, YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE 
AMENDMENTS. SOMEBODY WANTED TO 
AMEND IT AND OPEN UP 2500 
HOUSES. YOU CAN EVEN PUT A 
WRITER ON THE BILL IF IT IS NOT 
ON THE FLOOR. WITH COVID, WE 
MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE UP OUR HOMES 
IN THE CAPITAL AND STAY THERE 
FOR A WHILE BITE MITCH 
McCONNELL'S OFFICE. THAT IS FOR 
A LATER DATE. RIGHT NOW, IF IT 
GETS TOO BAD WE MIGHT STILL HAVE
TO DO IT. IN THE MIDST OF COVID,
AND RIGHT NOW TOMORROW THIS MAN 
COULD EASE THE PAIN A LITTLE 
BIT. OF COURSE, WE WON'T GET UP 
AND SHOUT AND SAY HE IS JESUS, 
BECAUSE HE WILL JUST BE DOING 
WHAT HE OUGHT TO DO. RIGHT NOW, 
HE IS LITERALLY HOLDING UP
PROGRESS. HE WANTS CORPORATIONS 
TO NOT BE PROTECTED FROM 
LIABILITY. HE WANTS $35 BILLION 
PLAN. THAT IS SINFUL AND 
UNGODLY. IT IS WRONG. THAT IS 
WHY WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER 
ACROSS THIS NATION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, CRYSTAL AND BROTHER PABLO.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE BROTHERS. WE 
HAVE SOME REAL FIGHTING TO DO. 
DON'T YOU ALL THINK THIS 
ELECTION IS THE END OF OUR 
BATTLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIGHT
NOW AND FIGHT THE ELECTION AND 
AFTER THE ELECTION, WHOEVER 
WINS. IT IS TIME TO TURN THE 
STUFF AROUND. MARK RUFFALO,  ARE
YOU ON?
HE IS OUR BROTHER AND HE IS WITH
US TODAY.
YOU ALL KNOW HIM AS ACTIVE, I 
KNOW HIM AS AN ACTIVIST AND HE 
BRINGS THE FIRE AND POWER. ROB, 
WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE EVICTIONS 
TO TALK ABOUT LATER. ROB, TALK 
TO US TODAY AS TO WHY YOU SENT 
OUT TO OVER 6 MILLION PEOPLE 
TELLING THEM WE NEED TO BE ABOUT
JAMMING McCONNELL AND CALLING 
FOR THIS JUST AND COMPASSIONATE 
AND EQUITABLE BILL. 
>> FIRST OF ALL, I AM IN THE 
ANCESTRAL LANDS AND AMONGST THE 
NATIVE PEOPLES IN NEW YORK. I AM
HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU 
PEOPLE. AS A YOUNG ACTOR, I 
EXPERIENCED INSECURITY. I WAS 
POOR AND COULD BARELY PAY $200 A
MONTH RENT. AT ONE POINT, I HAD 
TO LIVE IN MY CAR BETWEEN PLACES
TO STAY. THIS IS AT A TIME IN 
AMERICA WHEN WE WERE PROSPEROUS,
IN THE 90s. NOW, WE ARE LOOKING 
AT THE GREATEST, MOST
DEVASTATING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, 
WHICH HAS LED TO THE BIGGEST 
ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE HISTORY 
OF OUR COUNTRY. AND, WE HAVE ONE
MAN, MITCH McCONNELL WHO 
JOKINGLY CALLS HIMSELF THE GRIM 
REAPER AS A REJOINDER
TO HIS ABJECT IRRESPONSIBLE WAY 
OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS 
THIS COUNTRY HAS, BY JUST 
REFUSING TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE 
ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING TODAY.
NOW, WE HAVE 20 MILLION PEOPLE 
THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE TURNED ON 
THE STREETS. I DON'T THINK 
PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT 
THAT MEANS. THAT MEANS, THE 
HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE 
RIGHT NOW ARE NOTHING COMPARED 
TO THE WALL OF HUMAN SUFFERING 
THAT IS COMING OUR WAY. WHAT 
DOES THAT MEAN? WHERE DO WE GO 
FROM THERE? HOW DO WE EVER 
RECOVER? WHERE DO WE GET HOMES 
FOR THESE PEOPLE AFTER THEY ARE 
TURNED OUT? WE ARE SITTING ON 
TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS. WE HAVE THE REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE WILLING TO EXPLODE OUR 
DEFICIT. THEY ARE WILLING TO DO 
IT, NOT TO HELP US, ANY OF US 
BUT TO PAY HUGE CORPORATIONS 
BAILOUTS, WHICH IS FINE. OKAY, 
YOU DO THAT WITH THE IDEA THAT 
IT TRICKLES DOWN AND TAKES CARE 
OF THE REST OF US. BUT, IT NEVER
DOES AND IT NEVER HAS. SO, HERE 
WE ARE. WE ARE FACING UNTOLD 
SUFFERING THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS 
NEVER KNOWN BEFORE. AND, MITCH 
McCONNELL
, ONE MAN IS STANDING IN THE WAY
OF US EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT. 
EVEN BRINGING IT TO THE FLOOR TO
SPEAK ABOUT IT AND HEAR THE 
PEOPLE'S NEEDS,
AND TO HAVE OUR OTHER SENATORS, 
BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS, 
SHAME ON YOU. FOR NOT ADDRESSING
THIS ISSUE AND FOR NOT FIGHTING 
EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHY ARE WE NOT
HEARING FROM OUR LEADERSHIP? WHY
ARE WE NOT HEARING FROM OUR 
CANDIDATES ABOUT 20 MILLION 
PEOPLE ABOUT TO BE TURNED OUT ON
THE STREETS? WE NEED TO MAKE 
THIS AN NATIONAL ISSUE. WE NEED 
TO MAKE IT A PRESIDENTIAL ISSUE.
YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING GOD'S WORK.
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE WITH YOU 
HERE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, I
AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT OF 
BEEN SO BLESSED IN THIS COUNTRY.
I AM, LIKE MY BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS HAVE BEEN BLESSED THE 
SAME WAY TO COME OUT AND SPEAK 
IN THE SAME WAY. AND TO SHED 
SOME LIGHT ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS
IS WHO WE ARE AS A NATION. THIS 
IS OUR VALUES. THE REASON THAT 
WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE HALF 
AMERICANS NOT VOTING, IS BECAUSE
WE DON'T
TAKE CARE OF THEM. THE 
REPUBLICANS AND THE CAMERA CUTS 
DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM. AND, WE 
DON'T EVEN TALK TO THEM. GET ON 
THE PHONE AND GIVE THIS GUY 
HELP. I WANT TO BELIEVE THERE IS
SOMETHING
DECENT IN PEOPLE. SOMEWHERE, 
MITCH McCONNELL MUST LOVE 
SOMEBODY. HE MUST HAVE A HEART 
IN HIS BODY AND CARE ABOUT 
SOMEBODY. SO, I AM APPEALING TO 
THAT PART OF YOU, MITCH 
McCONNELL THAT HAS SOME SENSE OF
DECENCY OR LOVE IN YOU. TO HAVE 
A LITTLE COMPASSION FOR SO MANY 
PEOPLE SUFFERING. YOU CALL 
YOURSELVES CHRISTIANS. WE KNOW 
CHRISTIANS BY THEIR ACTS. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. 
>> WHERE IS YOUR HEART? WHERE 
ARE WE GOING? WHO ARE WE, 
AMERICA? THIS IS HAPPENING 
BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE FROM OUR 
LEADERSHIP. AND NOW, THE PEOPLE 
ARE PAYING AND YOU WON'T EVEN 
HELP THEM? YOU WANT TO BUY A 
FIGHTER JET? THAT IS OBSCENE. 
THAT IS OBSCENE. SO, CALL MITCH 
McCONNELL AND GIVE HIM HELL. 
CALL YOUR SENATORS. 
MITCH McCONNELL IS THE GUY. I 
HATE TO SAY IT, THERE IS ONE MAN
IN THE NATION THAT IS HOLDING UP
THIS KIND OF RELIEF FOR PEOPLE. 
AND, IT IS MITCH McCONNELL. HE 
WON'T EVEN LET US TALK ABOUT IT.
IT IS OBSCENE. 
>> IT IS, MARK. AND, WHEN YOU 
JUST SAID, IT REMINDED ME OF THE
SCRIPTURE. WHEN I SAY STUFF LIKE
THIS, YOU ARE NOT BEING CIVIL 
ENOUGH. I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT 
THE SCRIPTURES. THE SCRIPTURES 
TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE HEART,
LIKE THE HOMELESS.
YOUR PEOPLE HAVE BECOME LIKE 
WOLVES DEVOURING THE PEOPLE. IF 
WE GO ALONG WITH IT, THEY ARE 
THE SAME. I WANT TO SAY, YOU 
HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING. I 
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN 
DO IS COME BACK TO THIS ON NEXT 
MONDAY. LET'S TALK IN BETWEEN 
TIMES AND GET OTHER FOLKS LIKE 
YOU TO COME ON AND STAND WITH 
THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SO WE
CAN ELEVATE THIS ISSUE. MAYBE, 
WE CAN CREATE A LINK WHERE WE 
HAVE
1 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WILL SEND 
SOMETHING TO BOTH CANDIDATES 
NATIONALLY AND SAY, YOU HAVE GOT
TO MAKE THIS PART OF THE 
NATIONAL CONVERSATION, THE 
NATIONAL DEBATE.
YOU CANNOT GO THROUGH A CAMPAIGN
AND NOT SAVE THE POOR AND 
HOMELESS AND PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON 
THIS STUFF. I WAS THINKING, SOME
PEOPLE WOULD SAY 3-5 MILLION.
OKAY, WE ARE 450 MILLION PEOPLE 
IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS MORE 
THAN 10%. A MERE 10% OF PEOPLE 
WHO ARE HOMELESS, RIGHT? IN THE 
WEALTHIEST NATION IN THE WORLD. 
THIS IS THE MOST DAMNABLE THING,
I THINK THE TOP 1% IN THIS 
COUNTRY HAS MADE
OVER $750 BILLION. AND THEY 
INVEST IT IN OUR OWN 
STOCKMARKET. I AM GOING TO SAY, 
MARK LET'S KEEP PUSHING ALL OF 
THOSE
UP THERE. IS GOING TO BE THE 
REJECTED WHO WILL LEAD THIS.
WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE PLACES 
THESE PEOPLE COME FROM, BUT WE 
CAN COME TOGETHER. I WAS IN 
WASHINGTON AND SOME PEOPLE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT THIS. A LOT OF 
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS. FIRST OF
ALL, BECAUSE WE DOMESTICATE AND 
CORPORATIZED. IN ANOTHER SPEECH,
HE SAID THIS. I FEEL LIKE THIS 
IS WHERE WE ARE. THIS
IS THE NIGHT BEFORE DR. KING WAS
KILLED. HE SAID, LET ME SAY, AS 
I MOVED TO MY CONCLUSION, THAT 
WE HAVE TO GIVE OURSELVES TO THE
STRUGGLE UNTIL THE END. 
UNDERSTAND
THAT WHEN HE SAID THAT, HE HAD 
ALREADY SENT IN HIS SERMON FOR 
THAT SUNDAY, WHICH WOULD 
NORMALLY BE, AMERICA MAY JUST GO
TO
HELL. THAT WAS GOING TO BE HIS 
SERMON ON SUNDAY. IF YOU DON'T 
CHANGE, AMERICA  JUST GO TO 
HELL. THAT NIGHT, HE SAID, WE 
MUST KILL OURSELVES  IN THE 
STRUGGLE UNTIL THE END. THESE 
ARE THE WORDS I LIVE WITH AND I 
OFTEN REPEAT THEM 50 TIMES A 
WEEK. NOTHING WOULD BE MORE 
TRAGIC THAN FOR US TO STOP AT 
THIS POINT. WE HAVE GOT TO SEE 
THIS THROUGH. WE EITHER GO UP 
TOGETHER OR WE GO DOWN TOGETHER.
SO, WHEREVER YOU ARE REPEAT THIS
AFFIRMATION. NOTHING WOULD BE 
MORE TRAGIC, THEN FOR US TO TURN
BACK AND STOP AT THIS POINT. 
WE'VE GOT TO SEE 
IT THROUGH. BECAUSE,
EITHER WE GO UP TOGETHER OR WE 
GO DOWN TOGETHER. MARK, I REFUSE
TO GO DOWN. AND, I THINK IT IS 
TIME FOR US TO BE TRANSFORMED. 
WE NEED TO GET ALL OF THAT SO, 
ENERGY AND POWER AND WHATEVER IT
IS. WE NEED SOME GRACE AND SOME 
GOD HELP. IT IS 
TIME FOR US TO BE FULLY 
TRANSFORMED. WE HAVE TO TAKE ON 
THIS
MONSTER OF ANY QUALITY. IF WE DO
IT, I KNOW WE CAN WIN. BUT, WE 
HAVE TO FIGHT. IT WILL BE HARD, 
BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT. WE HAVE NO
OTHER OPTION.
NATIONAL MORAL MONDAYS, POOR 
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN FOCUSING ON 
MITCH McCONNELL. WE ARE DOING 
THIS THE OLD STYLE. WE WANT TO 
CALL HIM AND JAM ALL OF THE 
LINES. WHEN COVID IS NOT THERE, 
WE ARE GOING TO DO
WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO PUSH. MARK TOLD US 
TODAY, WE HAVE TO PUSH EVEN 
OTHER CANDIDATES. UNLESS WE JAM 
McCONNELL FOR WHAT HE IS NOT 
DOING, WE HAVE TO PUSH PEOPLE 
FOR WHAT THEY ARE NOT SEEING. 
JOINT IS NEXT MONDAY, BECAUSE WE
HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU. 
ONE THING YOU CAN ALWAYS KNOW,
WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. MARK, 
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO CLOSE US 
WITH? 
>> KEEP CALLING. KEEP CALLING. 
KEEP CALLING. THEY'RE CLOSING 
DOWN THEIR LINES. KEEP CALLING. 
>>
WHAT IS ALL OF THIS GOING ON? 
WHY ARE THEY CALLING? WHAT IS 
GOING ON? HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING
ON. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON AND 
KEEP ON. ANYBODY THAT YOU CAN 
SEND THIS TO, SEND THEM THE 
INFORMATION. TELL THEM WE ARE 
MAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
CALLS. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE HAD
CLOSE TO 1 MILLION PEOPLE THAT 
COME ON MORAL MONDAY.
TODAY, I THINK WE WILL ACTUALLY 
HAVE 1 MILLION ON ONE MORAL 
MONDAY. LET'S DO THIS SHOW. WE 
HAVE MORE POWER THAN WE REALIZE.
LET'S DO IT. 
>>
OH, YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I WANT TO PUT EVERYBODY ON 
GALLERY TO CELEBRATE YOU. WE 
KNOW WE ARE DOING A LOT OF HARD 
WORK AND IT CAN GET HARD AND 
HEAVY SOMETIMES, WITH THE LOSSES
WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
AND CELEBRATE YOU. COURAGE IS 
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU
TO PRACTICE EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU AND 
SAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE THANK
GOD FOR YOU. 
>> DID YOU GET THE VIDEO FOR THE
END? 
>> YES, WE ARE GOING TO DEDICATE
THIS TO YOU. 
>> THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY. 
WE HAVE TO GET GOING FOR SUCH A 
TIME AS THIS. THANK YOU FOR 
EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING.
>> YOU ARE GOOD. THANK YOU 
EVERYBODY FOR JOINING. NEXT WEEK
IS LABOR DAY, AND WE ARE GOING 
TO HONOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND 
FOLLOW THEIR LEAD. SO, WE WON'T 
BE ON NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A
VIDEO FOR US ON LABOR AND 
MOVEMENT NEXT WEEK AT THIS TIME.
AND, THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE HAVE 
OUR MASSIVE TEACH IN AND 
TRAINING ON SEPTEMBER 14 AT 7:00
P.M. EASTERN. YOU WANT TO COME 
OUT FOR THAT. WE ARE TRYING TO 
GET EVERYONE TO COME ON, 
ESPECIALLY AS
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE 
ASKING, WHAT CAN WE DO? THE 
FIRST PLACE TO GO IS SEPTEMBER 
14 AT 7:00 P.M. AND WE WILL HAVE
AT TEACH IN FROM SOME AMAZING 
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS AND TELL 
YOU HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH 
DEFENDING THIS DEMOCRACY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF POWER AND WE 
KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW HOW TO 
JUMP IN. THAT WILL BE A GREAT 
WAY TO DO THAT. WE WILL BE BACK 
ON THE 21st THE CARAVAN OF LOVE 
TO SENATOR McCONNELL'S OFFICE. 
WE WILL REACH BOTH OF HIS 
OFFICES IN KENTUCKY. WE WILL 
HAVE A SOLIDARITY MARCH IN D.C. 
ON THE 21st. PLEASE SHARE THIS 
WITH EVERYBODY IN THE WEEKS TO 
COME AND KEEP GOING TO CALL 
MITCH McCONNELL ALL WEEK.
CALL HIM ONCE A DAY, IF YOU 
WANT. I KNOW HIS MAILBOX IS FULL
AND A COUPLE OF PLACES. WE WILL 
KEEP MOVING THE TARGET AROUND SO
WE CAN GET SOME OPEN MAILBOXES. 
WE WILL CLOSE OUT WITH SOME 
MUSIC. THE VERY END, YOU WILL 
SEE SOME PICTURES FROM SIERRA'S 
MARCH THIS PAST WEEK IN D.C.. 
>> SUNDAY NIGHT, DON'T FORGET. 
>> WE WILL PUT THAT OUT. WE WILL
HAVE BUILT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 
SUNDAY NIGHT. KEEP A LOOKOUT ON 
FACEBOOK. ALL RIGHT, ARE WE 
GOOD? LET'S ROLL OUT WITH THE 
MUSIC FROM LOS ANGELES, IF I'M 
NOT MISTAKEN. 
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