AINSLEY: THE PANDEMIC IS TAKING
AINSLEY: THE PANDEMIC IS TAKING
A DEVASTATING TOLL ON BLACK
OWNED BUSINESSES.
41% HAVE 3ER789LY CLOSED DUE TO
COVID-19.
COMPARE THAT TO 17% OF
WHITE-OWNED BUSINESSES.
IT’S A PROBLEM OUR NEXT GUEST, A
NAVY VETERAN IS WELL AWARE OF AS
HE TAKES ON A NEW MISSION TO
SERVE IN CONGRESS AND HE IS
LOOKING TO UNSEAT THE DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS FOR
CALIFORNIA’S 43RD CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
THAT NAVY VETERAN AND G.O.P.
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IS JOE
COLLINS AND HE JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, JOE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> WE DID ASK MAXINE TO JOIN US
TOO AND WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK
FROM HER.
WE WANTED YOUR REACTION TO THIS.
SO MANY BLACK BUSINESSES HAVE
CLOSED BECAUSE OF COVID
PERMANENTLY.
>> YES.
YEAH.
THIS IS TRUE.
IT’S BECAUSE OF LEADERS LIKE OUR
SO-CALLED LEADERS LIKE MAXINE
WATERS.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN YOU
ARE A BLACK LEADER IN A BLACK
COMMUNITY, YOUR PRIME
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN YOUR
DISTRICT HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO SURVIVE DURING TIMES
LIKE COVID-19.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAS NOT
BEEN THE CASE.
WE HAVE TONS OF BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESSES HERE IN LOS ANGELES
THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF BENEFITS,
NOT FROM THE STATE, NOT FROM THE
CITY, OR FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
AND PART OF THE REASON IS OR THE
MAJORITY OF THE REASON IS
BECAUSE OF MAXINE WATERS.
AINSLEY: WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AS
A REPUBLICAN FIRST OF ALL, AND
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE
VOTERS OUT THERE IN YOUR
DISTRICT THAT COULD GO TO THE
POLLS AND VOTE FOR YOU?
>> WELL, THE REASON WHY I AM A
REPUBLICAN IS BECAUSE WHENEVER I
JOINED THE NAVY BACK IN 2004, MY
MENTORS AND MY LEADERS IN THE
MILITARY SAID THAT YOU PICK YOUR
PARTY BASED ON THE VALUES THAT
ALIGN WITH YOU WHEN YOU VOTE FOR
PEOPLE BASED ON THE VALUES THAT
ALIGN WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND YOU
TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO OFFER, SUCH AS THE, YOU KNOW,
THE FIGHT FOR TO END SLAVERY OR
THE FIGHT TO REMOVE BIG
GOVERNMENT FROM INTRUSION OF
YOUR LIFE, THE FIGHT FOR, YOU
KNOW, TO KEEP YOUR GUN RIGHTS
AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE, YOU
KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT
RESONATE WITH ME.
ESPECIALLY A NAVY VETERAN.
THE REASON I’M RUNNING AGAINST
MAXINE WATERS BECAUSE I AM GREW
UP IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
COMING BACK HOME AFTER 13 AND A
HALF YEARS OF SERVICE, SEEING
THINGS CONSIDERABLY WORSE,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOMELESS
PANDEMIC, THE LACK OF QUALITY
JOBS, OUR EDUCATION BEGINNING
AMONG DEAD LAST IN THE COUNTRY,
THE PRIME ISSUE HERE IS THE
PERSON WHO HOOTS MOST INFLUENCE
AND THAT PERSON IS MAXINE
WATERS.
SO ME BEING A RESIDENT OF SOUTH
LOS ANGELES, I THINK THAT, YOU
SNOW, WE AS YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO
STEP UP AND START LEADERSHIP ROL
START REMOVING AGED POLITICIANS
FROM OFFICE TO START MOVE
FORWARD PRODUCTIVELY.
AINSLEY: SHE HAS A LOT OF NAME
RECOGNITION AFTER SHE WAS
SCREAMING IMPEACH THIS
PRESIDENT.
YOU RAISED $3.1 MILLION.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
>> WELL, WE HAVE BEEN VERY
BLESSED TO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
SUPPORTERS FROM ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY IN
CALIFORNIA IN OUR DISTRICT.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MAXINE WATERS
GONE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, SHE HAS LOST
A LOT OF TRUST ESPECIALLY WITH
IMPEACH 45.
LOOK AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHE
HAS HAD OVER THE YEARS AND IT’S
BEEN VERY, VERY FEW.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO GET
THE PRESIDENT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, AND SHE ABSOLUTELY FAILED
ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL.
AINSLEY: JOE, SORRY TO CUT YOU
OFF.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST.
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
WE DID REACH OUT TO YOUR
