The Charlie Kirk Show - September 02, 2020


A Personal Defense of Donald Trump with Herschel Walker


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Heisman Trophy winner Herschelle Walker joins Charlie Kirk on The Charlie Kirk Show to discuss his speech on behalf of President Donald Trump, and why he decided to speak about him in public for the first time in 37 years.

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00:00:08.000 Hey, everybody.
00:00:08.000 Today on the Charlie Kirk Show, we are joined by the Heisman Trophy winning legend, Herschel Walker.
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00:00:51.000 Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
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00:01:24.000 Hey, everybody.
00:01:25.000 Welcome to this episode of the Charlie Kirk Show.
00:01:27.000 I am just so thrilled, and we are honored to be joined today by Herschel Walker, Heisman Trophy winner and national championship for the University of Georgia Bulldogs and someone that I really look up to.
00:01:38.000 Herschel, welcome to the Charlie Kirk Show.
00:01:40.000 Hey, thank you for having me on.
00:01:42.000 It's terrific.
00:01:43.000 So you gave an amazing speech last week on behalf of your friend and my friend, President Donald Trump.
00:01:50.000 Tell us about that experience and tell us about some of the response you have received since you gave that terrific speech.
00:01:57.000 Well, it was interesting because a lot of people don't know President Trump.
00:02:02.000 And, you know, he always told me I could call him Donald.
00:02:04.000 So I would say Donald, and I didn't mean any disrespect in my speech or even now, but he's always told me I could call him Donald.
00:02:12.000 And, you know, President Trump and I met 37 years ago.
00:02:17.000 And we met as he owned the first professional football team I played on, but that wasn't the meeting.
00:02:24.000 The meeting was we met as friends where I was at his home.
00:02:28.000 He was at my home.
00:02:29.000 We went to dinner.
00:02:29.000 I was at his office.
00:02:31.000 He came and he talked to me.
00:02:33.000 Literally Donald and Little Ivanka.
00:02:36.000 You know, I did a lot with them.
00:02:38.000 And so I got to know him as a person, not just as an owner.
00:02:42.000 And he became a friend.
00:02:44.000 And what was so unique about this situation here is, you know, being known Donald Trump for 37 years, not one time has he asked Herschel Walker to speak for him.
00:02:54.000 Not one time did he ever ask if I go on and say something about racism or go on and say something about who he was.
00:03:02.000 And this was something I decided that I wanted to do.
00:03:05.000 And the reason I wanted to do it, I wanted people to know the type of man he was.
00:03:09.000 I think it was unfair that people don't know the truth.
00:03:12.000 You know, I've heard so many crazy things, and I said it in my speech that I was appalled and I was sort of angered by what people have called him, the names and different things, because I've seen a lot of people in the African American community.
00:03:26.000 When I was there with President Trump, that was his friends.
00:03:30.000 And I never seen him do anything wrong to them.
00:03:33.000 And yet now they've come out and called him all types of names.
00:03:35.000 And I think it's not right.
00:03:37.000 And because there's a vote coming up in November, I want the people and not just African America, but I want the people to know the truth.
00:03:46.000 I don't want them to go into this voting booth knowing lies.
00:03:49.000 I want them to know the truth.
00:03:50.000 And I decided I wanted to say something about this president here because I probably have known him longer than anyone that had been speaking about him.
00:03:58.000 So I thought that it would be only the fair thing for me to do is go on to and do something for him and speak the truth.
00:04:06.000 And you've known the president for 37 years.
00:04:10.000 You spoke wonderfully.
00:04:12.000 I find it funny because all these people who are saying these mean names against the president have never known him, let alone known him for many decades like you have in many different capacities in a capacity of business and sports and other realms.
00:04:24.000 Can you talk about some of the response you received?
00:04:26.000 I read an article that said you lost friends over that speech.
00:04:29.000 Is that true?
00:04:30.000 Well, what's funny about that, I may have lost one or two friends, but if a friend disagrees with you because of your opinion, he's not a friend to begin with.
00:04:40.000 But I have gained tons of people that I didn't know.
00:04:44.000 And I have friends that, you know, they may disagree with me, but they still give me, they still have faith in me because they know me.
00:04:52.000 They know the type of person I am.
00:04:53.000 And one thing about it is I will speak truth.
00:04:56.000 And all my people who are true friends know that Herschel Walker's going to speak truth.
00:05:01.000 I'm not going to go up and try to lie to someone and tell them about someone that's not the truth.
00:05:06.000 You know, I love being an African-American person.
00:05:09.000 I love being a black man.
00:05:10.000 I love being a black man and American.
00:05:13.000 And right now, I think this racism thing has been played by the Democrat just to separate people.
00:05:19.000 And they're blaming it on the president.
00:05:21.000 Well, I don't think it's right.
00:05:22.000 I want all people to wake up.
00:05:24.000 I want them to educate themselves and realize that what's being played on them is like they're selling us down a rabbit hole.
00:05:31.000 And I said, guys, I want to speak out because I love America.
00:05:35.000 We're the United States of America.
00:05:36.000 Why I can't be known as just a man rather than a man of color?
00:05:41.000 Why can't just be a man?
00:05:43.000 And, you know, today, the Democratic people want me to be known as a colored man or be known as an African-American living in America.
00:05:50.000 No, I'm an American.
00:05:51.000 That's what I am.
00:05:52.000 And that's when you start separating people by that.
00:05:55.000 We fought a long ways to get to just be known as a man.
00:05:58.000 Now they want to separate us and blame the president.
00:06:01.000 Well, I want them to know this president here is not into color.
00:06:06.000 This president here, you know, that's no doubt.
00:06:08.000 You throw a punch at him, he's going to punch right back.
00:06:10.000 And I guarantee everyone else is going to do that exact same thing.
00:06:13.000 But one thing I know about this president here, he loved the United States of America.
00:06:18.000 And who should love it more than the president of the United States of America?
00:06:21.000 One thing here, I know he's going to protect every American citizen in the United States of America.
00:06:26.000 And that's what he should do.
00:06:28.000 And I know he's a fighter.
00:06:29.000 He's a fighter, and he's going to work.
00:06:31.000 He's going to work his tail off because I've been side by side with him.
00:06:34.000 And he's someone I have in a foxhole with me.
00:06:38.000 And I'm not here to try to tell someone that Vice President Biden is not a good man.
00:06:43.000 I don't know the type of man he is, but I do know he's been in office for 47 years.
00:06:49.000 And what has he done for any African-American?
00:06:52.000 And I said, look it up.
00:06:53.000 Don't take it from Herschel Walker.
00:06:55.000 Do your own research.
00:06:56.000 You look it up and see what he's done for African American.
00:06:58.000 And not only as you're looking it up, I said, look up what the Democratic Party has done for African American people in the last couple of years.
00:07:07.000 You know, I look at the young lady, Kim, from Baltimore.
00:07:12.000 I said, was that not a compelling story that she told?
00:07:15.000 And I said, guys, you have to look at that.
00:07:17.000 People don't like facts.
00:07:18.000 That's the reason I love you so much, Charlie.
00:07:21.000 You give people facts.
00:07:22.000 People don't like it.
00:07:23.000 But you give them facts.
00:07:24.000 And I'm like, how can you disagree with facts?
00:07:27.000 You know, that's what Biden always says, science, science, science.
00:07:30.000 And what's so interesting about that, you give them facts, which is the truth.
00:07:36.000 But when he says science, does he not know that there's other scientists that disagree with his scientists?
00:07:42.000 So that doesn't mean that he's right.
00:07:43.000 So quit using science as your excuse not getting out to see people.
00:07:47.000 Quit using science as saying the reason you're going to do something.
00:07:50.000 What you need to do is use facts like you do.
00:07:53.000 That's what people got to go by.
00:07:54.000 Amen.
00:07:55.000 Thank you for saying that.
00:07:57.000 And when you have fact-driven arguments and logical thinking, then you're actually able to improve your society, not turn people against each other.
00:08:05.000 I want to talk, Herschel, for a second here about the college and NFL football lockdowns.
00:08:10.000 I'm a huge college football fan.
00:08:12.000 I said right before this interview, I think you are the best college football player in the history of the sport.
00:08:17.000 Heisman Trophy winner, most dominant, so incredible to watch.
00:08:20.000 I'm so upset at how college football has just caved to all of the highly politicized demands from individuals to shut down everything in society, specifically the Big Ten and the Pac-12.
00:08:36.000 And I'll say one thing about this, Herschel.
00:08:37.000 So the Big Ten says, we're not going to play maybe until Thanksgiving or until next year.
00:08:42.000 Well, what do they think their players are going to do in the month of September of October?
00:08:46.000 Do you think they're more or less incentivized to try and protect themselves from getting the virus?
00:08:51.000 With no football, they'll go to the big parties.
00:08:53.000 They'll probably go to the super spreader events, and they'll probably have more likelihood to get the virus, which is the opposite of their intention.
00:08:59.000 Can you talk about the shutdowns of college football and a little bit of the NFL?
00:09:04.000 The NFL is not as much locked down, but please, what are your thoughts on this?
00:09:08.000 You obviously have a lot of credibility in this subject.
00:09:11.000 Well, it is extremely, extremely sad to me that I see the college has shut this down.
00:09:18.000 The reason why is those players are in a controlled environment.
00:09:22.000 They're under some of the best doctors in the world at these different universities.
00:09:26.000 They're tested maybe twice a week.
00:09:28.000 They're looked after like in a prima donna in the country, in the world.
00:09:35.000 And yet they're shutting it down.
00:09:37.000 Whereas if they do not have school, where are they at?
00:09:39.000 They're back home.
00:09:40.000 That's right.
00:09:42.000 You're talking about catching the virus.
00:09:44.000 Would you not like being able to catch the virus under a controlled environment with great, great doctors or at home where they have no help at all?
00:09:52.000 And then they talk about what could happen.
00:09:55.000 Well, concussion has become a big, big issue.
00:09:58.000 That's right.
00:09:58.000 Well, yet they still play football.
00:10:00.000 We don't know the after effect of concussion.
00:10:02.000 They still play football.
00:10:04.000 And they talk about this virus because what it does to your heart, where they've been studying the heart of athlete for a long, long time.
00:10:11.000 And they still don't understand it.
00:10:12.000 But we're still playing football.
00:10:14.000 So when this came about, I said, guys, this is being politicized that people are talking about this virus.
00:10:22.000 And I said, and they also separating the people because if you look at it in professional sports, let's go to the professional sports.
00:10:28.000 I said, what is interesting is I heard a coach, well, I can call his name, Coach Carroll, CL Seahawk, go into this thing about, you know, America was built on slavery and the white man don't understand and all this.
00:10:44.000 And, you know, you got to kneel and all this stuff here.
00:10:46.000 And I'm like, what about some of your players that may not want to do this?
00:10:50.000 What about them having their own way of thinking?
00:10:52.000 But yet you now put the pressure on them that they have to go about what the system is telling them or now they're going to be kicked out or they're going to be looked down bad on them.
00:11:02.000 And I said, that's what is sad.
00:11:04.000 And now you're seeing them put different things, BLM on their jersey, putting the names of different victims on their jerseys.
00:11:11.000 And I said, wait a minute, guys.
00:11:13.000 You're putting people on your jersey that broke the law.
00:11:17.000 I'm not saying no one should be killed, but I'm saying, wait a minute, they broke the law.
00:11:21.000 Well, when you wanted to put a police officer, I mean, the Cowboys wanted to put a police officer that was killed in the line of duty, the NFL said no.
00:11:28.000 Well, now it's okay to put someone that broke the law.
00:11:31.000 And I'm going to say this.
00:11:33.000 I was stopped in Atlanta.
00:11:36.000 I was stopped in Atlanta.
00:11:37.000 Herschel Walker.
00:11:38.000 Herschel Walker, who, you know, I think some people know me.
00:11:41.000 I was stopped in Atlanta.
00:11:43.000 And it was at night.
00:11:45.000 Two cops stopped me.
00:11:47.000 And they came up to me and they wanted my license.
00:11:49.000 They started giving me the third degree.
00:11:52.000 They wanted to search the car.
00:11:53.000 And I said, no, sir.
00:11:54.000 I said, no, you can't search the car.
00:11:55.000 Said, hey, we can bring the dogs in.
00:11:58.000 So you can bring who you want in.
00:12:00.000 You're still not going to search the car.
00:12:01.000 This is Herschel Walker that never drank before in my life.
00:12:04.000 I never had a drug before in my life.
00:12:05.000 But I said, no, I know my rights.
00:12:07.000 You're not going to search the car.
00:12:08.000 And I will give you my license.
00:12:10.000 I'll give you my insurance. 0.98
00:12:11.000 And then they said, but now, and I do say this: if I had jumped out of the car and started fighting with them and took off running, they deserved to shoot me.
00:12:20.000 But because I was respectful, and I said, Yes, sir. 0.75
00:12:23.000 No, sir.
00:12:24.000 This is my license.
00:12:25.000 This is what I am.
00:12:26.000 I was looked at as a person because I'm a big man.
00:12:29.000 I was looked on as a person that said, you know what, I'm going to be respectful.
00:12:33.000 I'm going to do what I'm asked to do.
00:12:35.000 And I'm saying, so cooperate with the police.
00:12:38.000 It's so everyone can go home safe.
00:12:41.000 But I see the Democratic Party now is playing up to this, stirring the people up, and they're blaming their president when the president said, let's stop the violence altogether.
00:12:50.000 But yet, I don't see the Democratic Party talking about the black on black crime. 0.92
00:12:55.000 The black on black crime is really, really bad. 0.80
00:12:58.000 I don't see them talking about these young kids that have been killed, which is absolutely terrible. 0.62
00:13:02.000 Kids are sleeping in their beds, kids that are doing absolutely nothing, the innocent kids.
00:13:07.000 I don't see them talking about the police officers that are killed.
00:13:10.000 I don't see them talking.
00:13:10.000 And I said, so quit trying to pretend like you really care.
00:13:15.000 If you really care, Vice President Biden, you were here for 47 years.
00:13:20.000 If you really care, Senator Harris, remember you were AG.
00:13:26.000 Why didn't you do something at that time?
00:13:27.000 Remember, you're a senator.
00:13:28.000 Why didn't you bring a law or want to meet with Senator Scott when he talked about reform if you really care?
00:13:35.000 So don't try to put these covers over my eyes like I don't see what's going on.
00:13:40.000 And that's what I tell the American people.
00:13:41.000 I'm not saying that I'm right, but what I'm saying is you got to do what's right.
00:13:47.000 And what's right is to let people know the truth.
00:13:49.000 Amen.
00:13:50.000 Well, and Pete Carroll came out and said specifically that white people do not have a clue or don't know enough about racism in America, basically giving a lecture.
00:14:00.000 And so the NFL is planning massive social justice exercises, kneeling during the national anthem.
00:14:06.000 What is your opinion on the kneeling during the national anthem, the disrespect towards our flag and first responders?
00:14:12.000 How are we supposed to, what is your take on this?
00:14:15.000 Well, you know, first of all, they're saying they're kneeling because it's their freedom of speech annealing.
00:14:23.000 And I said, no, no, no, no.
00:14:26.000 When you kneel on a national anthem, we're the United States of America. 0.84
00:14:30.000 And there's no black national anthem.
00:14:33.000 There's United States national anthem. 0.64
00:14:36.000 There's no, and I said, for the people to take this stance.
00:14:42.000 And I said, it is separating people. 0.80
00:14:45.000 Why do we have to separate color?
00:14:47.000 That is racism right there. 1.00
00:14:48.000 We're going to separate the cause of the African American. 0.99
00:14:52.000 Well, I know we don't have many Asian Americans playing football, but what about their rights?
00:14:57.000 Should we let them have a national anthem as well?
00:15:00.000 Should we start kneeling on their rights too? 0.92
00:15:02.000 Oh, well, now, if you're white and you have a white national anthem, that means you're racist.
00:15:06.000 Oh, well, now, what about the Italian? 0.68
00:15:08.000 What about this? 0.98
00:15:09.000 I said, guys, let's not separate you because you're black. 0.98
00:15:13.000 There are problems going on. 0.82
00:15:14.000 And I think for coaches to say that white people don't understand, I said, you're totally wrong.
00:15:19.000 White people do understand.
00:15:21.000 You know, Italian people understand.
00:15:23.000 Spanish people understand.
00:15:24.000 Asian people understand. 1.00
00:15:25.000 Do not limit people, but them not understanding. 1.00
00:15:28.000 Quit separating as the people of color are the ones that are victimized by everyone all the time.
00:15:35.000 There's other people that are victimized as well.
00:15:37.000 We haven't talked about the Latino people that are killed by the police.
00:15:41.000 There's many of them that are killed by the police. 0.84
00:15:44.000 But yet, we have, we put, we policize the African American that is killed. 0.78
00:15:50.000 The problem we have, how many African Americans are killed by the police rather than African Americans that's killed by African Americans? 0.89
00:15:57.000 Why are they not talking about that?
00:15:59.000 Do they not care about the African American that killed African Americans? 1.00
00:16:02.000 Is that okay? 0.91
00:16:03.000 And I said, so it's a lot more than just that.
00:16:05.000 And what I asked people to do, which the NFL don't want to do it, I asked, I said, guys, why don't we get together?
00:16:13.000 Why don't we get together and become the change rather than just talking about the change?
00:16:17.000 You're kneeling, but what are you kneeling for?
00:16:20.000 Are you thinking you're kneeling because you're going to change something by kneeling?
00:16:23.000 Why are you not putting some action behind what you do?
00:16:27.000 Now they do all these PSAs on racism.
00:16:32.000 What is that going to do but stir up more racism?
00:16:34.000 What is it going to do?
00:16:36.000 Why don't you come to Congress?
00:16:37.000 Like we're a country that have laws.
00:16:40.000 We're a country that have a justice system.
00:16:42.000 Why don't we go to Congress as a group?
00:16:45.000 And I guarantee you with the amount of money that they're putting into this different, like BLM.
00:16:50.000 I see them giving money to BLM and I said, well, it's so interesting.
00:16:53.000 All you're doing now is you're planning to, you're just, I'm going to give them a little money, then I feel better.
00:17:00.000 So like you're putting money in the collection plate at church for all your sins.
00:17:04.000 You think God is going to forgive you now because you just paid a lot of money.
00:17:08.000 Well, have they even tried to chase and see where that money goes?
00:17:11.000 Have they even did research?
00:17:12.000 Where did they do with that money that they just gave?
00:17:14.000 $300, $400, $500 million to BLM?
00:17:17.000 Have they said, oh, where did that money go?
00:17:19.000 Well, it doesn't really matter.
00:17:20.000 And I said, that's what you need to do.
00:17:22.000 If you're going to be responsible, you got to be responsible and caring for what's happening in this country.
00:17:28.000 So can you talk more about BLM and the rise of this movement?
00:17:32.000 Because a lot of people have capitulated to this.
00:17:35.000 It is on the floor of the National Basketball Association.
00:17:38.000 On their website, they say they want to destroy the Western nuclear family.
00:17:42.000 They want to defund the police, abolish prisons.
00:17:45.000 What are we supposed to make of this?
00:17:46.000 And is it okay to speak out against BLM Incorporated, the organization?
00:17:51.000 But that's what was so interesting is, you know, when all this started a couple of years ago, I didn't understand a lot.
00:18:00.000 And so I started educating myself.
00:18:02.000 Where the first thing I did, I went on the website of BLM.
00:18:05.000 Then I went on to the donation.
00:18:07.000 And then I went where I saw down there where all money goes to Act Blue.
00:18:13.000 That's right.
00:18:13.000 Which is the Democratic Party.
00:18:15.000 And I'm like, how in the world could you see changes when you're only giving to one side?
00:18:20.000 You're only helping one side.
00:18:21.000 You're not even giving to both sides.
00:18:22.000 And then what you stood for.
00:18:25.000 And now my thing is the NFL, not the NBA, do they understand that if you're only giving to one side, you're only supporting one side.
00:18:33.000 And not only that, they states themselves that they're trying to destroy the nuclear family.
00:18:39.000 Have they read that?
00:18:40.000 Do they understand that?
00:18:41.000 Or do they go along with it?
00:18:43.000 That's a major thing.
00:18:44.000 Are they going along with what BLM stands for?
00:18:46.000 If you're going to give them that amount of money and their support, or are you going along with it?
00:18:51.000 And I think the American people need to know that.
00:18:53.000 And if you're going to go along with that, I think that's going to hurt.
00:18:57.000 I think that's going to hurt.
00:18:58.000 And I see that NBA players, all them wearing the BLM.
00:19:01.000 And I said, that is fine.
00:19:03.000 If you want to do that, because you're in America, you have the right to do that.
00:19:07.000 Because you're in America, you do have those rights to do and believe what you want to.
00:19:11.000 But also, the people got the right to believe and do what they want to against you.
00:19:16.000 But as long as you don't injure anyone, as long as you don't hurt anyone, and the other night when I was in Washington leaving the convention, I saw a lot of BLM signs of people trying to hurt other people.
00:19:29.000 Well, I totally disagree with that.
00:19:31.000 I totally disagree with it.
00:19:32.000 And one of the major things I disagree with is when I saw a BLM sign being held up and I saw them burning the Holy Bible, the United States flag, and a cross.
00:19:43.000 I said, do the basketball team stand for that?
00:19:46.000 Are they standing behind that? 0.73
00:19:47.000 Because that means you're standing for BLM.
00:19:50.000 And I said, I just totally, totally, totally disagree with it.
00:19:54.000 And I guarantee you, the majority of Americans, because we are good people here in the United States of America, do not believe in something like that.
00:20:03.000 That's really well said.
00:20:05.000 So, Herschel, I'm curious.
00:20:06.000 The president has gone above and beyond to convince black voters to give him another four years.
00:20:13.000 I thought the convention was phenomenal.
00:20:15.000 You did a great job.
00:20:16.000 Jeron, Alice Johnson, and so many others made a convincing case that the president cares for all Americans.
00:20:24.000 Do you, in fact, some polling shows that President Trump's approval rating in the black community went up nine points after last week?
00:20:32.000 Do you see this happening?
00:20:33.000 Do you think that it would be a good thing if the black community was more, let's say, split-ticketed in their voting, voted less Democrat all the time and actually gave Republicans a chance?
00:20:45.000 And do you think the president has an opportunity to expand his base of support in the black community?
00:20:51.000 I think the president got a very good chance at expanding his base.
00:20:54.000 And the reason why, I think people are starting to wake up.
00:20:57.000 I think they're starting to wake up.
00:20:58.000 And, you know, when you start looking at the Democratic Party, the only reason they started caring about the violence in these cities is when a news company said, hey, we're losing in the polls.
00:21:09.000 That's right.
00:21:09.000 That was the only reason they decided to speak out that there's violence in the city.
00:21:14.000 Otherwise, they were okay with whatever was going on.
00:21:16.000 And then when they decided to speak out, they blame the president when he's the one that's trying to stop the violence in the city.
00:21:23.000 And I said, guys, one thing that's interesting, this president has had an open hand this whole time to welcome African Americans into the White House, to welcome professional athletes into the White House to listen to their problem.
00:21:39.000 But every time he's had an open hand, they've almost slapped it. 0.71
00:21:42.000 And I said, how in the world can you ask a president of the United States of America who welcomes you into his home to change things?
00:21:51.000 And you continue to say no.
00:21:53.000 And yet, you have a, and I hate to go back to Biden.
00:21:57.000 I said, he's been in office for 47 years. 0.82
00:22:00.000 He also was under a vice president, under an African-American president, and yet they still did nothing. 0.81
00:22:08.000 Yet still nothing was done. 0.84
00:22:10.000 And that's why I asked the question, including Obama eight years, and let's go 20 years before that.
00:22:18.000 What have the Democratic Party done for African Americans in this country?
00:22:24.000 And I said, people, look at that.
00:22:26.000 Look at that and see what they've done.
00:22:28.000 And then take the time out to look at to see what this president has done.
00:22:32.000 And when you see what he's done, the first thing they say is, oh, yeah, but Obama was going to do that.
00:22:38.000 Yeah, you're right.
00:22:38.000 He was going to.
00:22:39.000 But he had eight years to do it, and he didn't do it.
00:22:42.000 And I'm not telling people, guys, this guy is going to say the right thing.
00:22:46.000 I'm not going to say he's going to tweet the right thing.
00:22:48.000 I'm not going to say this, but what he's going to do would be the right thing.
00:22:52.000 And that's what I said counts.
00:22:54.000 Not what he says, not what he tweets, but what he does.
00:22:57.000 And it first step back, record funding the historical black college universities before the shutdown, the lowest ever black unemployment, black poverty rate, the lowest ever before the shutdown, wages going up, black business startups going up, opportunity zones, all of these things the president was able to talk about. 0.68
00:23:16.000 And you said it great.
00:23:17.000 President Obama had eight years and he might have had it on his to-do list to do it, but he didn't do it.
00:23:23.000 And so I think that's a really convincing argument to be able to say is that, look, the president, despite all of the media propaganda against him, went out of his way to actually deliver results for a community that didn't vote for him.
00:23:36.000 Can you talk about that, Herschel?
00:23:37.000 How the president actually delivered more for the black community despite the black community not originally supporting him?
00:23:44.000 Well, that's what's so interesting.
00:23:47.000 And the first thing you want to say is, how many people, how many, I said, how many people that has been running for office has done almost everything they said that they were going to do.
00:23:58.000 Most everyone run for office don't do anything they say they're going to do.
00:24:01.000 This president has done it.
00:24:03.000 And not only did he do it, he did it for African-American people, not just for African-American.
00:24:09.000 He did it for people because he thought it was right.
00:24:11.000 No one told him to do it.
00:24:13.000 People came to see him.
00:24:14.000 They told him what was going on and he fixed it.
00:24:17.000 And I said, that's what's so interesting about it. 0.71
00:24:19.000 And that's why I spoke out for him because he never asked his black friend to speak for him.
00:24:25.000 He never asked his black friend to speak for him.
00:24:27.000 A black friend that he's known 37 years that I'm welcoming into this house anytime.
00:24:32.000 And I'm welcome to call him anytime.
00:24:34.000 His kids come to see me anytime.
00:24:37.000 I'll go see his kids anytime.
00:24:38.000 He didn't ask me to speak for him.
00:24:41.000 This is something I wanted to do.
00:24:43.000 And what's interesting that I want everyone in America to know, this man here doesn't care if you're a janitor.
00:24:50.000 He doesn't care if you're a street sweeper. 0.90
00:24:52.000 He doesn't care if you're a garbage collector.
00:24:54.000 He's going to treat you the same way he'll treat anyone else. 0.96
00:24:58.000 And that's the way he's always been since I've known him.
00:25:01.000 You know, and then I said, is he tough?
00:25:03.000 He's very tough because he's strict.
00:25:05.000 And I hate to tell you, I'm tough because I believe in law and order.
00:25:08.000 The United States of America was built on law and order.
00:25:12.000 And that's what we got to get back to.
00:25:13.000 Like it or not, that's the reason we're the best country in the world because we have law and order.
00:25:18.000 We don't have a law system that put in place that just the government has a law system.
00:25:23.000 And I said, that seemed to be what the Democratic Party want right now.
00:25:26.000 And that's what they're getting almost right now.
00:25:28.000 What they've done now is they got the country right now scared to death to do anything.
00:25:33.000 Right now, they're stopping the schools.
00:25:35.000 You can't go to school.
00:25:36.000 Right now, they're stopping everything.
00:25:38.000 They're closing down everyone's business.
00:25:40.000 They even closing down the church, but it's okay to okay to protest.
00:25:44.000 You can protest.
00:25:45.000 And for the Democratic Party, you can ride as well until somebody told them they're losing in the poll.
00:25:51.000 Now riding is bad, maybe. 0.98
00:25:53.000 And it's okay for black on black crime, but don't the police get involved with it, even though that is so low that police kill African Americans. 0.98
00:26:00.000 There's more black on black crimes than there were police killing African Americans. 0.98
00:26:04.000 They don't really care about all those fights. 0.98
00:26:05.000 And I said, guys, that's what I want people to know.
00:26:08.000 This president here is making the change that we were looking for, giving us better jobs, giving us things that we can do.
00:26:16.000 And I said, look at what's going on. 0.99
00:26:19.000 I asked the question, how many Amazons have they built in these poor neighborhoods?
00:26:24.000 You know, Amazon now springing up everywhere in all these great places, giving all these great jobs.
00:26:30.000 Have you ever thought of them building a great place in Chicago somewhere where a lot of African Americans could go to work? 1.00
00:26:36.000 They don't do that, do they? 0.95
00:26:37.000 And I said, but yet they may give a lot of money to BLM.
00:26:40.000 They may give a lot of money there.
00:26:42.000 And I said, that's what people need to think about.
00:26:44.000 Hey, guys, people need to think about this.
00:26:46.000 And I said, that's what you got to think about.
00:26:48.000 Herschel, that's such a great point.
00:26:50.000 And what's amazing is that the president was called all these awful names, was insulted by a lot of black leadership in the inner cities.
00:27:00.000 And yet the president said, I am the president of all Americans.
00:27:03.000 And he did what he did not have to do, which was deliver results for black America.
00:27:09.000 And yet, as you said, Amazon is giving all this money to BLM, but are they actually putting in their factories or their distribution warehouses in black communities?
00:27:18.000 They're not.
00:27:19.000 They're not delivering those results at all whatsoever.
00:27:22.000 So, Herschel, in closing here, can you tell us how people can stay in touch with you?
00:27:26.000 And also, can you just give some general advice to young men out there?
00:27:31.000 I think you're a great role model for young men.
00:27:34.000 Young men, I think, need to step up and be leaders in our society right now.
00:27:39.000 I've heard some of your speeches.
00:27:40.000 They're phenomenal.
00:27:41.000 Can you just talk about that from a leadership development standpoint?
00:27:45.000 Yes, you know, to all the African-American young men and women out there, I want to tell you, we're powerful beyond, and we have more power than you can ever think.
00:27:53.000 And I love being an African-American man, but I want to tell you that as we go into the next generation, we must realize that we are people that can make changes.
00:28:03.000 But the way we make changes is not through protesting.
00:28:06.000 The way we make changes is through our actions or going to Washington, going getting an education.
00:28:11.000 Education is so important.
00:28:13.000 And we're being responsible. 1.00
00:28:15.000 And I want to apologize to the African-American community because I know the fatherless home is a major, major problem. 1.00
00:28:23.000 And Herschel Walker, who was born in Wrightsville, Georgia, I took care of a lot of people in my hometown. 1.00
00:28:29.000 I took care of a lot of the places around where I grew up.
00:28:32.000 I was being like a father to some of those kids that may have had father.
00:28:36.000 But because the Lord Jesus Christ blessed me to be an athlete, I should have gone into the cities of Chicago.
00:28:42.000 I should have told a lot of my young African-American brothers there and my kids that, guys, hold on, get your education.
00:28:49.000 It's going to be okay.
00:28:50.000 Get your education.
00:28:51.000 It's going to be all right.
00:28:52.000 Hey, respect the police.
00:28:54.000 Go home safe.
00:28:55.000 Get home.
00:28:56.000 Get home to your families. 0.91
00:28:57.000 And remember that, remember, you can leave the wife, but don't leave your child.
00:29:02.000 You give them those old things that I was brought up on from my father because I was blessed to have a mom and a dad.
00:29:08.000 And I'm saying some kids are not.
00:29:10.000 And I can, and Charlie, I want to say this.
00:29:12.000 And I want to say this to all kids, not just the African-American kid.
00:29:17.000 This is major for them, but to all kids, because there are problems in the United States of America that just not stemming from African-American.
00:29:24.000 But I want everyone to know that we all are Americans, that we got to fight for America.
00:29:31.000 We need to vote for the right person, not just on the federal side, but on the local side as well.
00:29:37.000 Because you see the local officials that are not doing their job.
00:29:40.000 They're not being a leader.
00:29:42.000 And if they're not going to be a leader, get rid of them.
00:29:44.000 We got to get them out of office.
00:29:45.000 You got to put people in that care and going to do their job.
00:29:48.000 And that's another major thing I think they got to do.
00:29:51.000 Well, that's well said, Herschel.
00:29:52.000 And did you say that you never have drank before in your life?
00:29:56.000 I don't know if I misheard that or not.
00:29:58.000 No, I never tasted beer, never had a drink, never had a drug.
00:30:02.000 I've been blessed.
00:30:03.000 You know, my mom is a minister, and I didn't grow up with alcohol.
00:30:08.000 I didn't grow up, and I never try to impress people.
00:30:11.000 You know, I grew up with a speech impediment.
00:30:13.000 I was overweight.
00:30:14.000 Kids used to put me down.
00:30:15.000 They made fun of me and they laughed at me so many times.
00:30:18.000 But I got to know who I was.
00:30:20.000 And I love myself.
00:30:21.000 And that's why I tell all African American kids to love yourself.
00:30:25.000 Do not let what's going on right now make you a victim because you have power beyond means.
00:30:31.000 And do not let them make you a victim right now and make it like you're not worthy.
00:30:36.000 Because I'm telling you, you're very worthy.
00:30:38.000 And I'm going to defend you to the best of my ability because I know every life matters.
00:30:45.000 Not just African American, but Americans.
00:30:47.000 And that's who you are.
00:30:48.000 You're not just a black African American.
00:30:50.000 You are an American.
00:30:51.000 And that's what I'm going to get people to know.
00:30:54.000 Well, God bless you, Herschel.
00:30:55.000 Thank you for all that you do for our country and that wonderful message.
00:30:58.000 And your speech was terrific and very inspiring.
00:31:01.000 And thank you so much for your courage and for your bravery.
00:31:04.000 Hey, thank you.
00:31:05.000 Thanks, Herschel.
00:31:06.000 Talk to you soon.
00:31:09.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
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