Ex-MSNBC Host Tiffany Cross: ‘It Is Time for America to Bend to the Changing Demographic ... We All Know What Happens to Things that Don’t Bend’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BLACKWELL: “There was a moment yesterday, former President Trump went into and I listened to the most recent episode and that‘s why I‘m bringing this to you. He went into a barbershop in The Bronx and I know you have a concern about the media when they go into find black men going only to a barbershop, the breadth of our community and views. Let me play a bit of the moment and then I want to hear more your thoughts on that.”

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Trump: “You guys are the same as me. It‘s the same stuff we were born the same way I grew up in queens and all of that, I mean, you know, it‘s I had a great father at a father was a great guy. He was tough, but good, big heart, big, big heart and it was a construction guy, pretty much really let‘s say guy. And I learned a lot from amused, great, but I know you people so well without knowing you, I know you so well, when I walked in here, I said this is home territory.”

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BLACKWELL: “I know you people so well, what — what did you hear there? And I do want to hear your thoughts about when the media when we go out and we say, we want to talk to black people off in the assignment is go to the, go to the barber shop go to the soul food restaurant, and you‘ll get black thoughts and black views. What‘s your thought about what you heard and that approach?”

CROSS: “Well, first of all, Victor, you‘ve been to the barbershop and you know, good and well, Donald Trump has not see us for our humanity at all. One of our friends, angeles and I had a group chat and one of our friends affected this morning that Donald Trump is worried about his freedom. Vice president Harris is worried about yours. He has no interest in our humanity at all, but I want to be clear. I took completely understand and respect the sanctity of space safe spaces for black people, and certainly barbershops. And here along my challenge to the media is the same way that white voters have cute little colloquial nicknames. We say things like soccer moms and nascar dad. So too can names be applied to black voters when you want to talk to black people, it is not, it should not just be barbershops, beauty salons but there‘s hbcu campuses, hqs, howard university‘s homecoming is this weekend. This is the vice president‘s alma mater. Certainly, folks, there of all walks of life are also feel economic backgrounds has something to contribute. Then they‘re also spaces for black voters. Yes, churches count as well. But so often you see people going diners in the middle of nowhere when they call flyover states, well, there are places like Detroit that‘s in a quote-unquote flyover state. There‘s Cleveland, Ohio. That‘s an a flyover state so there are different spaces. I would challenge the media to explore and afford us the same depth and nuance that you have when you give to white voters. And I just want to piggyback on what Angela said when it comes to this broad coalition of voters so, somehow, so many racism is bipartisan, don‘t get me wrong. None of us are mouthpieces for the Democratic Party. We‘ve always voted for harm reduction, but there are so many pockets it‘s a voters, the Asian-American demographic is the fastest growing demographic in this country. Latino voters for the first time have eclipsed black voters when it comes to eligible voters not registered voters. So there‘s a broad coalition of voters and really what this fight is about that some people would rather see this country burned to the ground before they see somebody who looks like us running and we just refuse it is time for America to bend to the changing