mr. smith: thank you, mr. nixon.hat completes the opening statements, and now the candidates will answer questions or comment upon one another's answers to questions by correspondence of the networks. the correspondence. nbc.am sander, >> i'm charles warren, mutual news. >> i am steward opens, cbs news. mr. smith the first question to : senator kennedy from mr. fleming. mr. fleming: senator, the vice president in his campaign has said that you were naive and at times immature. he has raised the question of leadership. on this issue, why do you think people should vote for you rather than the vice president? mr. kennedy: well, the vice president and i came to the congress together in 1946. we boast -- both served in the labor committee. i have been there now for fourteen years, the same period of time that he has, so that our experience in government is comparable. secondly, i think the question is what are the programs that we advocate? i come out of the democratic party, which in this century has produced woodrow wi

mr. smith: senator kennedy. mr. kennedy: well, now let's look at these bills that the vice president suggests were too extreme. one was a bill for $1.25 an hour for anyone who works in a store or company that has a $1 million a year business. i don't think that's extreme at all; and yet nearly two-thirds to three-fourths of the republicans in the house of representatives voted against that proposal. secondly was the federal aid to education bill. it -- it was a very uh -- because of the defeat of teacher salaries, it was not a bill that uh -- met in my opinion the need. the fact of the matter is it was a bill that was less than you recommended, mr. nixon, this morning in your proposal. it was not an extreme bill and yet we could not get one republican to join, at least i think four of the eight democrats voted to send it to the floor of the house -- not one republican -- and they joined with those democrats who were opposed to it. i don't say the democrats are united in their support of the program. but i do say a m

mr. smith: thank you. i am andrew smith, director of the federal trade commission's bureau of consumer protection. my written statement represents the views. not necessarily the views of the commission or individual commissioners. i am pleased to appear before you today to discuss protecting americans from covid-19 scams. despite the disruption, the bureau has managed to be productive, particularly with respect to scams taking advantage of covid-19 fear and confusion. many are outlined in my written testimony, but what is truly remarkable is how the entire bureau has visited to the occasion and made a major contribution against covid scams. each of our eight divisions and eight regional offices is pulling its weight, while also keeping up with project loads and cases. our marketing practice division is taking on robo calls. businessous opportunities. our privacy division is focused on contact tracing and issues around since learning. our enforcement division is taking on fulfillment scams that promise ppe t

mr. smith, historically the f.t.c. has not used its section 5 authority related to those unfair acts or practices to take enforcement actions related to price gouging. if congress were to legislate to address price gouging, would you have recommendations for this subcommittee as to what that should look like? >> you're right. there have been supply shocks and the commission has been asked could the unfairens authority fix the prices and the commission has been reluctant to use its unfairness authority in that way. i would note that at least 35 other states have authority as well similar to our unfairness authority but have seen fit to enact price gouging statutes including kansas general smith talked about that and the state of connecticut and a lot of other states. so we think that a special law would be helpful here and with respect to that, to that law, what we have and we worked with some of your offices on this, what we would recommend is that the crisis to which the statute applies, be cl

the first is mr smith goes to washington, frank capra's 1939 masterpiece starring jimmy stewart as a room. i was in that room! got to get something on paper. then there's all the president's men, the true story of how intrepid washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein, played by robert redford and dustin hoffman, uncovered the watergate scandal which led to richard nixon becoming the first—ever us president to resign from office. besides being exceedingly well crafted, each film delivers the same promise of hope to a different generation of americans reeling from trauma. mr smith goes to washington came at the end of the great depression, a decade of poverty and disillusionment in the american system. while all the president's men was a response to a profound loss of faith in american institutions, following both watergate and the vietnam war. the films succeed because they engage with our darker impulses, but still provide uplifting conclusions. right now, political tensions in the us are boiling over, which makes these films more relevant than ever. political films

the first is mr smith goes to washington, frank capra's 1939 masterpiece starring jimmy stewart as a the senator was one of the congressman in the room. i was in that room! got to get something on paper. then there's all the president's men, the true story of how intrepid washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein, played by robert redford and dustin hoffman, uncovered the watergate scandal which led to richard nixon becoming the first—ever us president to resign from office. besides being exceedingly well crafted, each film delivers the same promise of hope to a different generation of americans reeling from trauma. mr smith goes to washington came at the end of the great depression, a decade of poverty and disillusionment in the american system. while all the president's men was a response to a profound loss of faith in american institutions, following both watergate and the vietnam war. the films succeed because they engage with our darker impulses, but still provide uplifting conclusions. right now, political tensions in the us are boiling over, which makes these fi

mr. smith: we have heard numbers $6 billion to $8 billion. that is a tremendous value for the company. hats off to the team there that has helped build tender and moved on to building bumble. we understand subscriber numbers in the 100 million range. i think it is a testament to the fact that the team has built something that is focused on women. it has built a tremendous and sticky subscriber base. i am not using dating apps at all, but the reality in this environment is that electronic connections are taking the place during the pandemic of physical connections. and even though dates look presumably a lot different in this environment than they did six months to 12 months ago, i think it is more about making those connections with people that you are not able to be with in the current environment. dating sites like this that allow for those connections are really replacing the traditional conductivity that we have as him beings. therefore, bumble is riding the wave of that. a building the con

mr. smith: i thank mr. mccaul for his leadership and for his strong statement today. i would like to thank mr. mcgovern, the chairman of both the china commission as well as the lantoost commission and i serve with him as co-chair on the lantoost and ranking member on the china commission and the principal republican co-sponsor on this bill. we have been teaming up for years on this issue. and our chairman for his work. ,t a 2018 congressional hearing one accounted her ordeal of torture, sexual abuse and detention at one of the massive internment camps. she pleaded with god to end her life. they restrained to her a table and increased the electrical curpts going through her body and mocked her pleff in god. he was tortured of being an ethnic uyghur in china. there are thousands of stories to be told like this. nightmareish accounts of his genocide. this is x's genocide. this includes the mass internment of millions. 1.8 million victims in concentration camps. children ripped from the warm embra

rice for five minutes, mr. smith asked to go last in the questioning. in rice, you're recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman i appreciate you holding this hearing. think we have it backwards, though. we didn't have a single hearing on the heroes act and perhaps of we had had one we could have worked through some of these issues and be a lot farther down the path toward helping the american people rather than pelosi and her leadership drafting the bill so that we had no input and no regular order. i agree with all of the witnesses we need to provide more assistance to families and children and people in need particularly. i apples am really concern but getting businesses re-opened. the healthy workplace tax credit i drafted that was adopted in the senate bill would provide tax credits for businesses to make the their locations search. he we at and expect workers to go back to work if they dean feel they're treated in a reasonably safe manner that would be terribly important to be included. but the bottom line here is that the heroes act contains a m

mr. klein smith facing criminal indictment. >> i only know what i've read in the public record. >> you're the director of the fbi. you didn't know that your agency had information from the cia verifying what mr. page told you, that these contacts had a basis in fact because he was working with the cia, did you know that mr. klein smith doctored the email for it to read that there was no association between page and the cia, that he changed that there was to there was not. how do you feel about that? >> i know nothing about mr. klein smith other than what i've read in the -- >> how do you feel in general about an fbi lawyer doctoring information exculpatory to somebody being surveilled. >> anything during the course of the investigation -- >> but you didn't know about that. all right. when the application was submitted, what effort had been made to verify the dossier in october? >> i don't know specifically. i know that counterintelligence division was working to see how much of it they could rule in and rule out. >> how much time do they spend ruling in and ruling out regarding the dossie

>> we will go to the ranking member mr. smith. >> thank you, mr.chairman i want to thank all of w our witnesses, obviously i'm frustrated with china with the timing of such a hearing but it certainly does not produce what you have to say but i'm grateful that you have to shareur your experiences into here your entrepreneurial story, it is amazing and part of the frustration that i have we had such a great economy with my team and i think factually so before covid hit, it is been devastating, make no mistake, i'd be curious to your prospective pre, would you say we had a strong economy going? >> i would say we were covered from the wildfires, that was a huge huge fight and in 2020 and 2019 was amazing, 2020 looked like it was going to be good especially in catering with the amount of opportunities that were coming in events and celebrations and i think this could've been a record year had it not been with more employees to be able to hire as well. >> for the blind goat, it is hard to say because we are fairly new and only been open for a year but ye

mr. smith: good evening. television and radio stations of the united states and their affiliated stations are proud to provide facilities for a discussion of issues in the current political campaign by the two major candidates for the presidency. the candidates need no introduction. the republican candidate, vice president richard m. nixon, and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. according to rules set by the candidates themselves, each man shall make an opening statement of approxi

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nature of the work requires working in accordance with railroad schedules, so this was goodbye, mrs. smithl next week. as the city awakens, the railroad terminal comes to life. here is where most postal transportation men have to report for work. at the transfer office to the railroad station was where cappy smith had the appointment to meet phil davis. this is the place where rpo crews assemble before going off to the cars where they pick up notices. phil arrived first and was looking around as cappy showed up. cappy liked the boy right off, thought he would make the grade because he showed interest. the old-timer put the newcomer at ease by showing him the ropes, explained the order book for special orders and general notices. after checking the rpo schedule, they went to the wall map where cappy traced the geography of the trip they were about to take. from the questions phil asked, it was clear he was right. their next stop was a blackboard where u.s. mail cars were listed. together, they read the track location and number of their car. after cappy explained the board, they headed for

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>>caller: mr. smith. how are you doing? i am calling about donald trim one - - trump got out of the service by lying also trying to keep you out of the service because you are not allowed and then you say democrats say you can not. then you got republicans saying i used to be a democrat. so how can you get this country back on track if we keep going that way? it seems like nobody wants to talk about to get together the democrats beeline be he lies all the time so when you are in the military and how were you treated? >> when i was in the military and i came out to a couple of people as i was a soldier people were cool. it's funny that trumps says he's trying to keep you out of the military. i don't know if that is true because he's not trying to keep bisexuals and gays and lesbians at all. that is not true. so in terms of you are right on one thing. politicians will say whatever i focus on what people have done not what they say on twitter, the media trying to get people worked up but what has actually been done. i'm not he

i will continue to work with ranking member mr. smith. in his staff to ensure the right of all members are respected in this new virtual format. and so before i turn today's important topic i want to remind members of a few procedurals to help you navigate this platform. first, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. members are responsible for amusing themselves when they seek recognition. but when recognize for over five minutes segment. and second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. if you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. and finally we have several members are waiting on to the subcommittee for today's hearing. given the large number, i will recognize members in order the represents a balanced ratio beginning with members on the subcommittee. understand the mr. smith does not wish to be the first republican member to ask questions. thank all of you for your continued patience as we navigate

maybe mr. smith can talk about what were his prospects about winning the 1948 campaign against roosevelt. >> now the 1948 campaign against truman -- i think the 1944 campaign i am not sure he ever really expected to win. i think he expected to win four years later. again, as we talked a little bit earlier, he was not a complacent figure sitting unquestionably on his lead that you might think from some of the textbook accounts. he was very confident of the fact that public opinion was a dynamic thing. he sensed a slippage in the last few days of the campaign. i think he felt he was almost trapped. he had a strategy that brought him this far. there was no reason to believe it would not carry him across the finish line first. >> american samoa thomas e. dooley, jr. told us tonight, his father turned the page and moved on. he goes on to still play a role in party politics. what is it? what is the influence? >> imagine being an older statesmen and 1946. -- in 46. that is something. he remains governor of

during your force where it would be near mushed up mr smith wish to seeing it live. and i brought support spirits i believe was emotional 6 put him in 13 year old. keeping it secret from security gods and other inmates who in exchange for tobacco helped him catch test mice he wrote down his theory and passed it to the outside world through the night a year or more you and his brother binyamin cut it in they managed to convince the greatest soviet scientists to sign a joint letter to stalin saying that the country needed a viral the gist of his caliber out of prison and the difficulty is of the 2nd world war. suggested the new c.a.p new mind. and humanity. in the bay. you may end. up there. at the border. that doesn't work stalin ordered the professor's release and went home but he was all alone his family had been captured by the nazis he kept finding his wife's possessions and his children's toys but he had no idea if they were alive was a good mood there as the words you can they spin or events they need to throw looks at them go away. and instead of saying we're g

with that i would like to recognize the ranging member mr. smith of nebraska for the purposes of an opening statement. you're recognized. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i would like to express my frustration. i am frustrated we are having another hearing under the au pes sus of the select subcommittee while important information we will hear, i think it's important to note that a majority of what we will hear from our witnesses today will have almost nothing to do with what is in our subcommittee's jurisdiction. i'm frustrated even though we're holding this as a subcommittee hearing so many democrats are weighing in to come talk about their political priorities, issues that aren't in our jurisdiction. perhaps we could have a constructed full committee hearing on topics within the full committee's jurisdiction like discussing tax measures such as the employee retention credit, economic relief payments and other issues like the impact against unemployment benefits on workers and employers. i most frustrated by the primary reason we are here. the democra

. >> mr. smith, how are you doing? i'm calling -- donald trump got out of the service by lying because he didn't want to go and got administration trying to get you out of the service and you sit here and say democrats saying you cannot, republicans are doing the same thing and then you have republicans calling in saying i used to be a democrat and i changed. the democrats and then republicans and changed. how can we get the country back on track if we keep going that way toward each other? seems like nobody wants to sit and talk about, look, let's get together because donald trump is going to do whatever he can to win. we all know that and when he lie like he do and you sit here and talk about democrats be lying but this man be lying all of the time, but y'all overlook that, and i just want to know, when you went to the military, how did -- did they know you were gay and if they did, how were you treated? >> well, so when i was in the military, i served in don't ask, don't tell. actually i came out to a couple of peop

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mrs. hyde-smith: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on help be discharged from further consideration of s. 3072 and that the senate proceed in its immediate consideration. i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: reserving the right too object, the f.d.a. approved mifeprex years ago. restrictions on it like those that are in this bill are not based on evidence or patients' best interest. this bill is not about science or health care or what's best for women across the nation. it is about ideology and republicans wanting to do every single thing they can to chip away at a safe, legal abortion. not on my watch. this is far from the only republican effort to ignore the science and medical professionals and

in announcing his death, the school district said, "if you've ever crossed paths with mr. smithet a stranger." tyler amberge was a father and youth hockey coach in north texas who died of the coronavirus in august. august 29th. he was just 29 years old. his wife said he was so much more than a victim of the virus. >> he was a great guy and loving husband and a loving father. i just want him to be remembered for more than just a person that -- more than just a person that passed away from covid. we miss you. it's totally not the same without you. we miss your "let's do this" look, the sound of your laugh cry screams, and how you make every day here the best day ever. we can't wait to get you back so we've added temp checks, face coverings, social distancing and extra sanitizing to get the good times going again. we're finally back... and can't wait until you are too. buy now and get two days free at the parks. restrictions apply. >>> there is an idea you find in certain conservative circles, ones that the president listens to, that i think the president has heard. the government

to meet that demand, from both those that are prioritised and also members of the public, mr and mrs smithmptoms, and want to get tested because they need to get back to work or get back or to normal life. the prime minister has been interviewed for today's sun newspaper in which he talks about his plan to save christmas, which includes people obeying the rule of six which is in place in england but also says in the interview he has never been in favour of what he calls a sneak culture when it comes to reporting people breaking the rules. is this a mixed and confusing message? i think what the prime minister is trying to do is send what he hopes is a clear message at least, that people need to follow the rules in place now to avoid stricter restrictions coming into place in the nearfuture, and he's looking ahead to christmas when families will want to gather in larger numbers than usual, saying the only way to make sure the country can enjoy christmas is to be tough now, so if we can grip it and stop the search and arrest the spike and stop the second hunt —— comp of the dromedary, as he p

it's okay, mr. smith goes to washington. one of the most popular and controversial political reforms was a set of methods to bring voting to the people. and that was a set of erats again, which predominated in the west and still do. the initiative referendum. i'm sure we have people from california and maybe someone from colorado. anyone want to take a stab at what the initial referendum and recall are? yes. >> so, recalling is to the get the elected official out of office. something is -- [ inaudible ] >> teachers would be so ploease. that's exactly right. i'm glad you're from colorado, which is an example of this model. the initiative is you run around and get ballots from x many v e voters. you get it on the next ballot. the public votes r for it, up or down. this is a classic democracy. he let the voters decide. they pitch it back to the people to give it a yay or nay. same thing. pretty direct. right? we call election only some states have this. right? it's the able toy recall an elected official. in rare cases, you can

he went on to become a member of congress, it's a very mr. smith goes to washington story.e of the most popular and controversial breast of political reforms with a set of methods to bring voting to the people. and that was a set of efforts again which part dominated in the west and still do. the initiative, referendum and recall. i'm sure we have people from california here and i think maybe someone from colorado. anyone want to take a stab with the initiative recurrent met from undermine recall is? yes. >> recalling (inaudible) (inaudible) (inaudible) you've got it, we are colorado high school government teachers would be so pleased. it is exactly right and i'm glad you're from colorado which is an exemplar of this model the good ballot signatures from ex many voters the public vote for it, up or down. this is a classic direct democracy you don't see the authority of passing a new law to the legislature, you literally let the voters decide's referendum is legislature passes a law it is unpopular or they're nervous about it, they pitch it back to the people to yay or nay.

mr. cline smith doctored the information coming over to say mr. page was not with the cia. why was that important? if the court would have known these contacts had no legitimate purpose, there would have been no basis for the warrant. how would you like in your case for the government to alter a document that was exculpatory to you? and that's what happened, and that's a criminal act that's going to continue to be prosecuted i hope. but during the court between october and june of -- october of 2016 and june of 2017 the dossier that was central and essential to getting the warrant had so many holes shot through it that it became almost a joke. the point is without the russian steele dossier there would have no-no warrant. it wasn't until the dossier appears on the scene that they were able to go and get a warrant. the dossier was prepared by a man named christopher steele who was hired by fusion gps that was being paid by the democratic party and the clinton campaign to do opposition research against candidate trump. he had a subsource -- we didn't know until now -- it was

mr. smith and superb supporting staff that reflects your leadership. we just thank you for your hard work in a very bipartisan way. your professionalism, your decrency, and frankly -- decency, and frankly the honorable way you discharged your duties for 25 years. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i think the gentleman from oklahoma would agree with me that we both learn more about the parliamentarian's office than we ever knew was possible as we engaged in trying to get a replacement for mr. wickam. our admiration for the staff there has only increased. i just want to say one final thing here. normally under normal circumstance this is chamber would be filled with members, which i think we would all have preferred in in order to give you a proper sendoff. obviously outside events have made that impossible. we want you to know that everybody in this chamber appreciates your incredible work. i ask everybody

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mrs. hyde-smith: as the former commissioner of agriculture in mississippi, this is so vital and so important. in mississippi, agriculture is the number one industry. one in every four jobs is related to agriculture, so this is very vital for my state. with the end of the fiscal year fast approaching, we must act to ensure important agriculture and conservation programs administered by the department of agriculture do not come to a screeching halt on october 1. the 2018 farm bill which was supported by 87 members of the senate authorized important safety net programs to protect producers against sharp price and revenue declines, provide short-term loans and interim financing to help producers meet farm bill flow needs, assist dairy producers affected by low milk prices and high feed costs, compensate landowners for taking fragile land out of production and implementing conservation improvements to help the environment, and assist producers when natural disasters destroy feed for livestock, c

mrs. smith. >> yes, president yee. thank you. i want to respond specifically to your and supervisor peskin's points. the planning department's presentation makes apellant's point. it happens after project approval. and d.b.i. only relies on the developer's documentation and doesn't conduct any original technical investigation when there's an exemption. with the ceqa document, the planning department would have to verify the structural integrity of the project and report back to you and the public. that's the -- that's the difference between an exemption and a ceqa document. frankly ms. dwyer admitted that the most important project documents have not even yet developed. you're asked to find no possibility of an environmental impact. and, you know, the truth, as we sit here today, the only project specific evidence in this record is from dr. carp and the downslope neighbors. dr. carp has provided substantial evidence of a potential landslide impact, which shows there is a reasonable possibility of an environmental impact and the p

. >> nicely done, mr. smith the rapper? interest rated their new hit single -- celebrated their new hit single by giving $250,000 to fans in need. they announced the plan on social media. they said this -- tell us your story if you feel like sharing. so bieber and chance the rapper collaborated on the song "holy." the message behind the video -- be kind to strangers because you don't know their struggles. some fans even offered to send in their own money to help those experiencing hardship. they set up a fund, guys, of $250,000. you share the story and they -- so far, more money's being handed out, of course. one story stands out, $500 to somebody hit with hurricane laura. and i love these kind of stories when you see like the woman that you told us about, chance and justin, who are reaching out to help others during this time. the hash tag by the way, if you want to play, #jbchanceholy. i like this very much. >> so many people struggling. >> exactly right. >> that's great. >>> all right. shifting gears here. we

i think fines should take into consideration all of the factors. >> that is time. >> thank you, mr. smith. your time is up. thank you for your comments. >> we will now hear from miss boller. >> speaker: i've been following all this commentary and i want to suggest that trees being living beings, though they are not really honored as such, but they are in themselves and considering it that way, i feel like putting a price value on killing them, we call it removing and replacing, but you're killing the tree. it's not only a loss to the tree but it's a loss to our environment as has been pointed out. so i want to suggest at some method of controlling their safety, some other method than paying money. a moratorium would be desirable thing to have in the city. >> thank you. >> are there any other public commenters? can you raise your hand if you would like to speak in public comment? i don't see any other hands raised and we'll give it one more moment. you can send a message in the chat. >> there's somebody in the attendee's box. >> i believe that's somebody from public works and they're not r

yeah, good to me ♪ harry smith joins us for the latest chapter in our series "mr. smith goes to."farm aid boosted the morale of the country's struggling farmers and gave many of them a voice. >> of course there would be no farm aid without willie nelson this morning harry is talking with the music legend about his inspiration and why it still matters. harry, morning >> reporter: boy, does it ever th still matter somewhere in a dusty bin, there's a picture of me covering farm aid 2 in texas in 1986. okay willie nelson was leading the charge back then and thank goodness he's still leading the charge right now the farm crisis of the 1980s was a cruel and bitter season of loss >> sometimes we feel like we've been used. >> reporter: farm after family farm faced foreclosure an american way of life was dying. >> the governor of the nation's farm credit system warned today it could collapse within two years dragging the rest of the economy with it unless the government provides cash for a bailout. >> reporter: 1985. ♪ whiskey river willie nelson was appearing at the illinois state fair. h

mr. smith? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for calling this hearing. would like to just ask maybe jamie fly or any of the others who might want to respond, back in 2014 on really trumped up politically charged that tore t. give great testimony on her behalf. i introduced a bit,s and it listed people like her on politically trumped up charges. she pointed out how corrupt and for that she was harshly punished. fast forward to right now many of us have spoken out repeatedly for decades who was dubbed for years as the last dictator of europe. for a while there, it looked like he was getting traction for europe and himself. the recent crackouts and the gross mistreatment of the opposition it calling out for democrats where are we on assist acert buy jan, and is there plans to ratchet up the effort we know that r.t. is running the media, not that the once that they replaced were any better, but truly a one monopoly. >> so, again, in order to pierce th that. >> thank you for -- and it goes out -- the ten your, we were kicked out countries from could deebia wa

let's bring in mr. smith it's my understanding you were able to hear a portion of breonna taylor's attorney along with the family members around him. what was your response to what just heard him and the chanting of release the transcripts and enough is enough, america. >> i think what happened to breonna taylor is tragic and tugs at the heart strings of all americans who died in the way she did. we have advocated for police reform to create higher standards for police departments. if the president is elected for another four years we'll insure we will get national reform over the finish line. it is tragic what happened. >> sandra: i want to quickly get reaction to you from what we heard from charles barkley last night. i understand we'll hear from the president in a moment. first listen to this. >> who are black people supposed to call ghost busters? we need police reform. white people, rich white people are always going to have cops. we need to stop the defund or abolish the cops crap. >> he is obviously we