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00:00Madam Vice President, I want to move to Springfield, Ohio and what's happening there.
00:04We've seen school closures, parents worried about their kids leaving the home because
00:09of racist conspiracy theories that I won't repeat here, but they have been repeated by
00:15leaders on the Republican side, President Trump, Vice President, excuse me, former President
00:21Trump and Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance.
00:25From your perspective, is this just a case of irredeemable racism that can't be mitigated
00:31by any rational action, or is this a situation in which a federal response could help this
00:37community heal?
00:38There's a question of resources and, um, I'll let you finish and then I'll speak.
00:48It's a crying shame.
00:51I mean, my heart breaks for this community.
00:55You know, there were, um, children, elementary school children who, it was, it was school
01:04photo day.
01:07You remember what that's like, going to school on picture day, who are dressed up in their
01:15best, got all ready, knew what they were going to wear the night before, and had to be evacuated.
01:23Children, children, um, a whole community put in fear.
01:34And I'll say a couple of things about it.
01:35Um, one, you know, I learned a long time ago in my career, having a background as a prosecutor.
01:45When you have these positions, when you have that kind of microphone in front of you, you
01:50really ought to understand at a very deep level how much your words have meaning.
01:56I learned at a very young stage in my career that the meaning of my words could impact
02:04whether somebody was free or in prison.
02:11As Attorney General, I was of California, fifth largest economy in the world.
02:18I was acutely aware that my words could move markets.
02:25When you are bestowed with a microphone that is that big, there is a profound responsibility
02:34that comes with that, that is an extension of what should not be lost in this moment,
02:41this concept of the public trust.
02:45To then understand what the public trust means, it means that you have been invested with
02:52trust to be responsible in the way you use your words, much less how you conduct yourself.
03:00And especially when you have been, and then seek to be again, President of the United
03:07States of America.
03:12And so I go back to, it's a crying shame, literally.
03:16What's happening to those families, those children in that community, not to mention
03:23what is happening in terms of, look, you say you care about law enforcement, law enforcement
03:29resources being put into this because of these serious threats that are being issued
03:37against a community that is living a productive good life before this happened.
03:45And spewing lies that are grounded in tropes that are age old.
03:53And look, I said it not very far from here the other day at the debate.
03:59This is not new.
04:02This is not new in terms of these tropes.
04:05This is not new in terms of where it's coming from.
04:10And you know, whether it is refusing to rent to people, rent to black families, whether
04:17it is taking out a full page ad in the New York Times against five innocent black and
04:25Latino teenagers, the Central Park Five, calling for their execution, whether it is referring
04:33to the first black president of the United States with a lie, birth their lies.
04:41And look, the American people deserve and I do believe want better than this.
04:48I do believe that.
04:50I know, I know the vast majority of us as Americans know we have so much more in common
04:56than what separates us.
04:58I know that.
05:00I know that regardless of someone's background, their race, their gender, their geographic
05:06location, I know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening to that community in
05:12Springfield, Ohio.
05:15And it's got to stop.
05:17And we've got to say that you cannot be entrusted with standing behind the seal of the president
05:24of the United States of America, engaging in that hateful rhetoric that, as usual, is
05:36designed to divide us as a country, is designed to have people pointing fingers at each other.
05:46It's designed to do that.