Panorama 2020 E44
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00:00America is in turmoil.
00:05What's your IQ? What's your IQ? What's your IQ?
00:10A country dangerously torn.
00:12When I go shopping, I carry a 9mm with me because I wear a Trump mask and a Trump shirt.
00:18And I'm afraid some **** is going to come up and smack me behind the back of the head.
00:22Joe Biden has been elected president.
00:27You know your lies are lies. You know your lies are lies.
00:34But Donald Trump and his supporters won't concede.
00:38Prove it. Prove that you won. You want that? You want it that badly?
00:42Then prove that you won at fair and square. Prove it.
00:48There's so much suspicion and fear.
00:51This is a war. This is a war on people.
00:57How can Joe Biden unite America?
01:00In a democracy, we should have a free and fair exchange of ideas.
01:04Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
01:21My gun is a Ruger. I got it as a Christmas present so that I can take a defense class.
01:34It's the day before the U.S. election.
01:37And retired schoolteacher Meg Slouch is taking gun classes.
01:42Always stays in a safe direction. Never sway.
01:45As soon as I retired, I said I wanted to make sure that I was well prepared
01:49and make sure we could protect ourselves in the event of a home invasion.
01:52It's just a scary world right now, so I just want to be able to make sure that I can protect my family.
01:59Meg's terrified about what will happen to America if Trump loses.
02:06I can't always put my finger on it, but it's just feeling like sometimes teetering on an abyss,
02:11that if it doesn't go the way that I hope it would, things would change, and not for the better.
02:16Ooh, I got a head shot. Another neck shot.
02:24This is Pennsylvania, a painfully divided state at the center of the election storm.
02:30We've been here for the last fortnight to try to understand what's happening to America.
02:37So this is from President Trump.
02:39It is. It says, this is the newspaper article that we were interviewed for in the Washington Times.
02:45And it says, Rich and Meg, thank you, we will win. Donald J. Trump.
02:50Right, and the article basically profiles you as saying that Biden threatens your way of life, right?
02:56That's correct.
02:58Meg wants an America with no illegal immigration, no abortion, and law and order.
03:05I have already not one, but two bottles of bubbly waiting to celebrate.
03:15Not if, but when Trump wins. Plenty to celebrate.
03:23I'm not saying he's a perfect man. Yeah, it's his color orange face or tan or whatever he calls it.
03:29Ridiculous. Is his hair ridiculous? Some days, yes.
03:31But I love the fact that he says something and he stands by it and he means it and he does what he says.
03:35Can you talk to your friends and family about politics?
03:39Nope. I didn't even tell them I was doing this.
03:47Doing what?
03:48This interview.
03:49This interview. Because how do you think they would react?
03:53They don't care.
03:57They don't care what I believe. It's not what they believe.
04:12This guy right here with the Trump sign, he actually is our election official at our polling location.
04:21I'm not putting one on his door.
04:26Naomi Winch in Lehigh County lives just 20 minutes away.
04:31She sees the president as a dangerous authoritarian.
04:35As election day approaches, she has one goal, ousting Trump.
04:40I don't want to wake up on Wednesday and find out and feel like I didn't do everything I could.
04:47So I am doing this for everyone, particularly my kids.
04:57But it's a tough neighbourhood to be a Democrat.
05:02My neighbours down the street whistle to me like I'm a dog.
05:05We have another neighbour, he rides on his bicycle with his son going,
05:11He rides on his bicycle with his son going,
05:17And it's just like, what's going on guys? This isn't cool.
05:28One day in September, Naomi and her children were in the garden when there was an explosion.
05:34A large firework was over our heads, like enough for me to touch them.
05:42And it was huge, it was scary, it was loud.
05:47And we just were screaming because it was not something we would ever expect.
05:56And I immediately called 911. My husband went out and walked towards the man.
06:03And he mockingly said, Black Lives Matter, dude.
06:20If we don't win this, I think I'm just going to be shattered.
06:26This is a war. This is a war on people and how we live our lives and our rights.
06:45Down the road is a neighbour who doesn't like anything Naomi stands for.
06:49Meet Kevin Goode. To him, Trump is a working man's hero.
06:55He's just so dead on about everything. All our jobs were sent overseas.
07:01Billy Joel said it first. Living in Allentown, everything went to s***.
07:07Closing all the factories down. And they did.
07:20Here's my Trump shrine. Build a wall. Definitely got to get that done.
07:28Your wages have been so stagnant all these years.
07:32Because they're letting all these immigrants in and they're taking my job.
07:36And I don't like it.
07:49There's not much crime here. But Kevin doesn't feel safe.
07:55I don't want people vandalising my car because I have a Trump sign in my yard.
08:01I don't want to be hassled.
08:04When I go shopping, I carry a 9mm with me.
08:08Because I wear a Trump mask and a Trump shirt.
08:11And I'm afraid some s*** is going to come up and smack me behind the back of the head.
08:15I really am.
08:20I'm scared. Yeah, I'm scared.
08:24My brother-in-law just called me. He says, what do you think is going to happen after the election?
08:28I said, I think all hell's going to break loose.
08:37Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris, is coming to Kevin and Naomi's area to make a speech.
08:44Local Trump supporters have come out to protest.
08:59So there's a lot of yelling and screaming with the Trump supporters in this town,
09:05making themselves far more vocal than the Biden supporters.
09:08A lot of vitriol. People are yelling, Kamala, super spreader.
09:13There is no white supremacy here. Do not listen to this lady.
09:17She does not know what she's talking about.
09:19They don't like the media either.
09:22They don't like your type here.
09:24You're going to put fake news on here, I'm going to tell you your f***ing story.
09:39They're not telling the truth. It's ridiculous. It doesn't save a life.
09:43It didn't stop the spread. All they did was lock us down and destroy our economy.
09:46It's bullshit is what it is.
09:50Go lock yourself back down. Go ahead, do it.
09:54Do you think a mask is a political statement?
09:57Yeah, Dutch Springs, I hope you know you just lost your mind down Dutch Springs.
10:01USA! USA! USA! USA!
10:16Spread love. We're here to spread love.
10:31Holy s***. Oh, it's only 3% in. Who cares?
10:45Election night starts badly for Naomi.
10:48What's at stake here for you?
10:50The livelihood of so many. Like literally people's basic fundamental needs.
10:59Rights.
11:02It's terrifying.
11:04It's now.
11:18Naomi's taking down her signs because she's worried about what's coming next.
11:23We've been having a lot of issues with our neighbors and they yelled at my son.
11:28Earlier today when he was holding up his Biden sign in his treehouse, out of all things.
11:34Finn was pretty upset about it.
11:45Nearby, Meg and her husband are feeling optimistic.
11:50Trump wins Florida. They called it.
11:52Really?
11:54Yeah.
11:55That's it?
11:57That's it for Florida.
12:00Well, how does that make you feel Meg?
12:02Great. 51 to 47. That's great.
12:09And there's so much that still has yet to come in. It's going to be a very long night.
12:14So, there's still a lot that has to come in.
12:21What is it?
12:23Trump won Ohio?
12:24Yes.
12:26Okay. Thanks for the news. Where are you?
12:33I thought you said you were going to bed.
12:36I'm working on it.
12:38So, Florida and Ohio.
12:40Yep. Very promising.
12:42Right. You must be getting excited.
12:45I am.
12:47Alright. Good night. Try to go to sleep now.
12:50Just talking to Meg and Naomi tonight, you really get a sense of how divided America is.
12:57There is so much suspicion, mistrust and fear on both sides that it's really tearing the country apart.
13:12Meg and many Trump supporters are living with a deep fear.
13:20But the chaos and protests in the big cities is coming to their streets if Biden wins.
13:31It's what the Trump campaign has been telling them for months.
13:43This is Pittsburgh, one of the biggest cities in Pennsylvania.
13:50Anger does run deep here.
13:53Jaziri X is a rapper and Black Lives activist.
13:57His message, Black Pittsburgh, is broken.
14:07Jaziri says the protests won't end until America deals with racism.
14:12Jaziri says the protests won't end until America deals with racism.
14:17To be united, we must face the truth of who we are.
14:21We must face the ugly history of the United States of America and what it is in order for us to really move forward collectively together.
14:29This is why we talk about race and white supremacy.
14:33Can we be united? Yeah. It's going to take a minute.
14:37You know what I'm saying? It's going to take a while.
14:42It's now three days after the election.
14:45President Trump's already claimed victory.
14:49But Joe Biden is clearly winning.
14:52So they're saying now Biden's ahead by 12,000.
14:54Really? In Pennsylvania?
14:56Yeah, in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania.
14:58You know, to hear that Pennsylvania's going to go to Biden and Harris, because the work that we put in really started that weekend, it's crazy.
15:07The urban black vote is critical for Joe Biden.
15:12And here, it's fix our communities or else.
15:18We have a list of demands and a list of things that we want done in our community.
15:23They don't have a choice because black people are the ones that did that this time.
15:27We have spoken that we want to change.
15:29So it's inevitable.
15:31Things are going to change by force.
15:33Things are going to change by force or by peacefulness.
15:38But either way, the people are in the streets and they're not going back in the house.
15:44But what if people here take to the streets and the far right fights back?
15:51The U.S. government says white supremacists are already the most deadly extremist threat in America today.
15:58We know Pittsburgh specifically, inside the city and outside the city, that this is a hotbed for militia.
16:07We know they're here. Yes.
16:10And we know that they're armed.
16:13Will they do violence? We don't know that.
16:17But we have to plan as if they might.
16:22I'm scared. I'm nervous.
16:24I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen.
16:40In Lehigh, tempers are flaring because President Trump and his supporters are crying foul.
16:47They're stealing this election from us. Are we mad? Yes, we're angry.
16:51We're very angry.
16:52Because this is not the way it's supposed to work.
16:55And you see who the Democrats vote as speaker, then you'll know if they meant anything.
17:01How about the 500,000 votes in Philadelphia that they're counting?
17:05People are voting from 1850, born in 1850, and they're still alive.
17:10Come on.
17:12Where's your proof?
17:14Go down to Philadelphia to see the proof.
17:17There's no evidence the vote was fraudulent.
17:19But millions of Americans are listening to Trump and think the election's being stolen.
17:26You don't even know the truth and you know your lies are lies.
17:30You know your lies are lies. You know your lies are lies.
17:33You know your lies are lies. You are an idiot.
17:36Joe Biden wants unity. But how?
17:40You are such a stupid fool to believe that. You know you don't believe it.
17:45You know that's just your mantra.
17:46You know that corruption in this courthouse and every courthouse is controlled by the Democrats.
17:50Because you're part of it and you know it.
17:52It's evil. It's evil to you. Isn't it evil to you?
17:55No, that's the good one. That's the one.
17:57I'm stunned. I'm just stunned.
17:59I imagine you think that we're going to come together as a nation,
18:03that everything's going to be, you know, flowers and roses,
18:06and everything's going to be wonderful.
18:08I imagine you believe that.
18:10We haven't been like that since the 60s.
18:12It's not going to be flowers and roses.
18:14It's going to be a lot of hard work.
18:16And we're going to come together as a nation and do that work.
18:21The First Amendment does not exist really to protect the speaker.
18:26It exists to protect the listener.
18:29Because in a democracy, we should have a free and fair exchange of ideas.
18:34Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
18:37Although some talk is of less quality than others.
18:45The next day, I'm in Pennsylvania's other big city, Philadelphia.
18:53This place is pivotal to the outcome of the election.
19:04I'm on the streets when finally the results are called.
19:07The results are called.
19:13The Trump presidency is over.
19:18The news has just broken that Joe Biden is going to be America's next president.
19:24And the streets have literally come alive with spontaneous honking, dancing and euphoria.
19:38Later that day, celebrations turned to jeering and insulting the losers.
19:46This the ugliness of a nation in which each side now demonizes the other.
20:00This is the two Americas right here.
20:03Joe Biden supporters on this side, euphoric in the belief that this is the start of a new day and new America.
20:11And on the other side of this pen that the police have put up, Donald Trump supporters.
20:17This scene, this moment is their nightmare.
20:24We stand for free and fair elections. We will have that in due time.
20:28What's your IQ? What's your IQ? What's your IQ? What's your IQ?
20:44Back in Lehigh, Naomi thinks it's all over.
20:48I'm thrilled. It was the longest election night in history, though.
20:52Please let us not go through that again.
20:57Her neighbor, Kevin's mood, not pretty.
21:02I'm so off right now because something's going on, man.
21:06This ain't right.
21:08This election has been stolen by them crooked Democrats.
21:12I'm not going to go out and go postal and start shooting things up.
21:16I think other people might, though.
21:18I'm too old for that crap.
21:21I can't fight anymore.
21:27We'll see what happens.
21:30But I'm not, Trump ain't going down without a fight, that's for sure.
21:34Over the last four years here, anger and fear have grown.
21:39Both sides see the other as dangerous.
21:44A third of Americans now think violence may be a way to solve political problems.
21:49But it's not.
21:51It's not.
21:53It's not.
21:55It's not.
21:57It's not.
21:59It's not.
22:00Violence may be a way to solve political problems.
22:05Some have long been preparing for a fight.
22:13Ok, milliseconds matter.
22:16I'm going to load a magazine.
22:17Condition one.
22:26This is Devil Dog, a former U.S. Marine.
22:31You see my placements are pretty much in the center.
22:34There are a couple of wingmen out there.
22:40He believes the country during the selection period is a powder keg.
22:47I believe that flashpoint on both sides is equally there now.
22:51There's a lot of tension there and the hate is absolutely,
22:56I don't want to say disgusting,
22:58but it's upsetting.
23:00There is just as much on the right as there is the left.
23:03We're at each other's throats and we are escalating each other.
23:11Devil Dog helps run an armed group called Homeland Shield.
23:21This group has pledged to defend the U.S. Constitution.
23:29There are around 180 armed groups scattered across America.
23:35Some are racist and promote violence.
23:39But this group emphatically says they're not racist
23:42and they're here to protect the community.
23:50All right, relax, let them hang.
23:53Can you show us the T-shirt?
23:55What do you like about him? What does he mean to you?
23:59He's one of the few presidents who's done what he's told us
24:02he was going to do when we elected him.
24:05One of the few that I've ever seen.
24:08They say they will not initiate violence.
24:12But if the elections bring trouble,
24:14they will fight to protect their people.
24:17I mean, like, right now, Philly is a tinderbox.
24:21So, you know, I don't want to throw gasoline on a fire,
24:25but if you're hunkered down in your house
24:27and the mob's throwing molotovs at you,
24:31you're going to have to defend yourself or your family,
24:33your wife, your kids, daughters, whatever.
24:36You're going to have to defend yourself.
24:39You're going to have to defend yourself.
24:42You're going to have to defend yourself or your family,
24:44your wife, your kids, daughters, whatever.
24:53I mean, all of this makes it really clear
24:56that the people here are being trained
24:59to be careful about when they use violence,
25:02but when they use it, to use it lethally
25:06and not to hold back.
25:07And it's quite chilling to, you know, watch people
25:11basically training for warfare
25:14right here in the middle of America.
25:17I don't foresee myself ever being the first one to bring violence.
25:21And you can see, you know, when I arrive, I arrive violently.
25:24I'm only coming if that's already there.
25:26If I'm coming, I'm coming like four men.
25:28Would you consider yourself to be a dangerous man?
25:31Absolutely.
25:32So what I want you to do is just move.
25:34Move.
25:36Forward.
25:38Devil Dog's group is purely defensive.
25:44But there are extremists elsewhere
25:47threatening violence and killings
25:49if Trump is not the next president.
25:59This weekend, President Trump dug in further.
26:04Thousands gathered near the White House to support them.
26:16Our voice has been stolen.
26:18We want them to do a re-canvas and a recount of the votes
26:23and find out who was voting and who wasn't.
26:26We just want it to be fair.
26:28We're not the party of hate.
26:29We're the party of love and inclusion.
26:31I think Trump should fight till the end
26:33and I think he's going to.
26:34He's fought for us from the beginning and he's not going to stop.
26:41After four years of divisive politics,
26:44Trump has created a massive political movement.
26:51So dedicated that he, the president of the world's leading democracy,
26:56can refuse to accept the vote.
26:59And his supporters still follow him.
27:04We're going to stand up.
27:10Even Meg, the retired schoolteacher,
27:12is losing faith in American democracy.
27:17Prove it. Prove that you won.
27:19You want that? You want it that badly?
27:21Then prove that you won it fair and square.
27:23Prove it.
27:25That's what is making so many Americans angry,
27:29that voted for Trump and believed in the democratic process
27:33and the fairness of it all.
27:35That's where people are hurting right now.
27:38Everybody has a right to their own opinion,
27:40but at this point, I'm not ready to have that healthy debate
27:43with my democratic friends or family members.
27:51I'm hopeful that I don't get yelled at
27:53and my kids don't get yelled at anymore.
27:55I'm not hopeful that we'll be having barbecues together.
28:01But I think people need to grieve.
28:03They're lost right now.
28:04And it's OK to feel this way right now.
28:08It's OK to be upset right now.
28:19Joe Biden says he wants to heal America's wounds.
28:23But how many Trump supporters are even listening?
28:28I'm really disgusted right now. I really am.
28:30I want to cut this short.
28:32I got a lot of crap to do here.
28:35OK? No offense.
28:37I like you guys coming around, but I'm just not in the mood right now.
28:41OK?
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