While I Breathe, I Hope
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What does it mean to be young, Black, and a Democrat in the American South? WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE follows South Carolina politician Bakari Sellers as he runs to become the first African American candidate elected statewide in over a century. The film begins by following Sellers as he makes his 2014 bid for Lieutenant Governor, through the Charleston Shootings, and during the removal of the Confederate flag in 2015. Through his experiences, this timely film offers audiences a window into the legacy of race in politics in the United States today.
Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) | Gisèle Tanasse, Librarian, University of California Berkeley
"The film is highly recommended for use in history, political science, civics and government, as well as ethnic studies and American studies courses. The flag removal portion in particular would prove a good addition for courses addressing monument removal. However, its greatest strength is as an engaging portrait of a politician and community organizer who, despite losses of life--stolen through racist violence--and losses in politics--at the hands of racist voters--persists to find success wherever he can, remaining true to his 'duty to continue,' for 'Dem Spiro, Spero.'"
Citation
Main credits
Harrold, Emily (film director)
Harrold, Emily (film producer)
Robertson, Diane (film producer)
Franklin, Lauren (film producer)
Vu, Xuan (film producer)
Vu, Xuan (editor of moving image work)
Other credits
Cinematography by Alexanger J. Hufschmid, Kyle I. Kelley, Kelly Creedon; music by Eric Andrew Kuhn.
Distributor subjects
African American Studies; American South; U.S. History; Civil Rights; Political Science; Democracy + Social Movements; Ethnic StudiesKeywords
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(melancholy music)
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-: Today is the 50th anniversary
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of the Orangeburg Massacre.
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I\'m giving the keynote speech.
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It\'s not one that I wanna give.
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It\'s not one I\'m looking forward to.
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If I can make it through
the first page and a half,
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we\'ll be good to go, it\'ll be
smooth sailing till the end.
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This is a bittersweet moment for me.
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It\'s bittersweet because...
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It\'s physically painful to
think about that night,
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so rife with potential.
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- : I have the privilege to
introduce today\'s speaker,
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attorney Bakari Sellers.
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He was one of the youngest
state representatives,
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and the youngest Black elected official
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in the United States.
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More than his accomplishments,
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he comes from a lineage of activism.
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His father played a crucial
role in where he is today.
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- : Even as a child, I saw the
scars and heard the story,
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again and again, reminded of the struggle
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and my place in it. My duty to continue
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the fight for those who cannot.
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50 years ago, on February 8th 1968,
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my father was wounded in
the Orangeburg Massacre
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on the campus of South
Carolina State College.
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Three students were killed
and 28 others were wounded
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in what became one of the bloodiest
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civil rights demonstrations
in South Carolina\'s history.
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Emcee: Everyone, please join
me in giving a warm welcome
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to our keynote speaker,
attorney Bakari T. Sellers.
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(audience applauding)
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- : Thank you so much.
- : You\'re welcome.
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- : You know, this is a
bittersweet moment for me.
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It\'s bittersweet because as proud as I am
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to stand here with you
and mark this milestone
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in our history, it\'s a painful reminder.
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And they tell us to let it go.
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Don\'t go back to that place,
and do not say their names.
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(Bakari sniffling)
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- : It\'s all right.
- : Shit.
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- : We love you, Bakari.
- : It\'s all right.
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(audience applauding)
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-: Even as a child, (sniffs)
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I saw the scars and heard
the story, again and again,
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reminded of the struggle
and my place in it,
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My duty to continue for those who cannot.
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You see, I know that pain, and so do you.
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We remember because we can\'t forget,
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because not enough has changed,
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all the way to the Mother Emanuel Nine
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throughout our state\'s bloody history.
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You see, our past is our present.
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And our history is alive with
us right here and right now.
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You see, they traded burning
crosses for tiki torches
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and pretend we\'re the
ones who are un-American.
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And so as long as conscience
lives within our soul,
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driving our moral hearts to beat,
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we must continue.
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We owe it not just to Samuel Hammond,
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Henry Smith, and Delano Middleton,
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not just to you, Dad...
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We owe it to ourselves.
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And we owe it to our children.
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Thank you, and God bless you all.
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(audience applauding)
(flourishing music)
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February 8th, 1968, is the
most important day of my life.
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Even though it happened some
20 years before I was born.
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There\'s no question that this
changed me fundamentally
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from the day of my birth forward.
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(gentle piano music)
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Reporter: South Carolina,
the first state to secede,
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which led to the Civil War.
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Woman: You people need to
take every Confederate flag
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you own and put it in your
yards, stick it on your car.
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Never, ever let them think
we\'re gonna give in.
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Reporter: In South
Carolina, people are poor
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and their school system even poorer.
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- : I won\'t stop until we
get a Republican House,
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a Republican Senate, and
a Republican Governor.
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Reporter: Bakari Sellers
made history in 2006
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at the age of 22, becoming
the youngest member
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of the South Carolina State Legislature.
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-: I am so proud to have the support
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of Representative Bakari Sellers.
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He\'s an up-and-comer not
just here in South Carolina,
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but around the country.
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Reporter: Now he hopes
to make more history.
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Reporter: State
Representative Bakari Sellers
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is hoping for the
Lieutenant Governor\'s seat.
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- : The Democrats are so rare,
we probably ought to find one
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and put him in a zoo.
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So the next generation will be able to see
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what one looks like.
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- : They say, \"You can\'t win
because you\'re Black.\"
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They said, \"You can\'t win
because you\'re a Democrat.\"
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And then they say, \"You can\'t win
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because you\'re a young, Black Democrat.\"
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I say, \"You know what, I
can\'t win unless I run.\"
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We must continue to embrace
the words of our state motto,
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\"Dum Spiro Spero: While I breathe, I hope.\"
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(tender music)
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Denmark, South Carolina is the
place that made me who I am.
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Three stoplights and a blinking light
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is how I usually refer to it.
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It\'s a small college town,
predominately Black town.
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I swear, you don\'t listen.
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Cleveland: I do listen.
- : No, you don\'t.
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Cleveland: I do listen.
- : You do not,
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you make up your own stuff, boy.
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- : It ain\'t like it used
to be, brother. (laughs)
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Bakari was quite a precocious, young man.
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Bakari: I was going to say precocious, too.
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(both laugh)
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Cleveland: He was always engaged
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in some kind of activity.
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He liked to be challenged.
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-: So this is my old room.
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My Cowboys.
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This was always in my room.
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My dad was a big fan of Nelson Mandela.
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And these are the types of
books we read growing up.
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Oh, my dad\'s autobiography.
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My tattoo of my dad on
my chest is this picture
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off the back of his book.
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My father\'s my hero.
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His story is one of fighting
for equal rights and justice.
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-: Kennerly and Robert Davis.
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- : I know Robert.
- : Carol Riley.
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Brings back old memories,
very, very negative memories.
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(gentle music)
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Bakari: February of 1968,
it still haunts my dad.
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Students at South Carolina State
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were protesting the last
vestige of discrimination,
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a whites-only bowling alley.
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-: This is where the police were.
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They were standing on the
side of the hill, like so.
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And so they were aimed like so,
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and firing on us from here.
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It was eight seconds, but it
sounded like an eternity.
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Bakari: My father was shot
that night in the shoulder.
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And he had to go to the hospital
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where he was eventually arrested.
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-: The state of South Carolina had to have
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some rack to hang this tragedy
on, and so I became that.
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- : I\'m a child of the
civil rights movement.
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I\'m a product of it.
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Everything I look at,
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I look at through a prism of that struggle.
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There\'s an image the people
have of this great state,
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which is not reflective
of who we really are.
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We haven\'t had an African-American
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elected statewide since 1876.
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And that represents a lot.
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How is everybody doing today?
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Woman: Fine. How are you?
- : All right. How y\'all doing?
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I\'m running for Lieutenant
Governor in South Carolina,
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and I\'m hopefully going to
change the face of the state.
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(bright music)
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(phone beeping)
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Automated Voice: Please record a message.
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(electronic beep)
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-: Hi, this is Bakari Sellers,
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your Democratic nominee
for Lieutenant Governor.
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This year we have a historic opportunity
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to bring real change to our state.
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But I can\'t do it without
your vote on November 4th.
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Paid for, oh, shit.
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I\'m almost there, too.
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Hi, this is Bakari Sellers,
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and I\'m your Democratic nominee
for Lieutenant Governor.
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Listen, I have a historic
opportunity this year
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to bring about real change to this state.
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But I can\'t do it without
your vote on November 4th.
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This message was paid for
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by Bakari Sellers for Lieutenant Governor.
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Automated Voice: Choose save, press three.
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-: This young man\'s father,
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because of the work that he\'s done
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we\'re happy to have an offspring
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that can carry on, Mr. Sellers.
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(audience applauding)
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(audience cheering)
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- : You know, I believe I have
the audacity to look at people
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and say that it\'s not about Black or white.
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If you ain\'t got health
insurance and you\'re white,
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and you ain\'t got health
insurance and you\'re Black,
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you know what, you\'re gonna get sick
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and it\'s going to bankrupt your family.
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It\'s the same problem.
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I can\'t tell you what\'s going on in China,
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I ain\'t never been there.
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But I can tell you what\'s going on
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in South Carolina right
there in Bamberg County.
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Let\'s say you break your toe.
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You know you gotta go 30 or 45 minutes
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to the nearest hospital?
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Because the hospital
sign in Bamberg County,
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you know what it says?
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\"In case of emergency dial 911,\"
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\'cause it closed in 2012.
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And what are we doing about it?
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Absolutely nothing.
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People have to die because
of their zip code.
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They can\'t get the care they need
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because we won\'t expand Medicaid.
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These are very simple things we can do
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if we change the leadership.
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(audience applauding)
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(bright music)
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I just want to be a change agent.
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And politics is the way that I\'m able
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to change people\'s lives.
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What grades are y\'all in?
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-: First.
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-: First?
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I attempt to change people\'s lives
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for the better every single day.
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How you doing, Mr. J?
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You doing good? Good to see you.
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All right now.
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But it\'s hard.
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We used to break into this gym every Sunday
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and play basketball.
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Every Sunday, full court.
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My dad is 70-something,
my aunt is 70-something,
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and both of them played basketball
in this exact same gym.
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That\'s how old it is, when
they were in high school.
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This had a lot of basketball on it,
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a lot everything on it,
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it creaks and moves.
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- : Well, y\'all getting a
new roof finally, huh?
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Man: Yeah.
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- : You\'ve been working
on that thing forever.
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See, our cafeteria roof was right there.
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And it literally, the
whole thing collapsed.
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The most amazing part about it collapsing
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was that it didn\'t make headline
news, because it\'s typical.
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(children chattering)
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This is our pre-K classroom right here.
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And they have to go to
school in these trailers.
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A lot of times when it rains,
if you look at down here,
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the rain comes all the way up and fills it.
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So sometimes the kids have
to walk through the mud
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and the young people in my
community, that\'s where they...
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This is where they get their start,
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they get their start here.
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And, you know, we make sure
that we label our signs good.
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We have an entire corridor
in which the schools
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look just like this.
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This isn\'t the only one.
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I\'m gonna cut you, I\'m sorry. Hey!
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I think about this school all the time.
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And this is the beginning.
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This is the epicenter of
what we want to change.
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Kids shouldn\'t be punished
because of their zip code.
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They\'re going. It\'s tiring.
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We\'re almost there. 22 days.
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Woman: So when is the debate?
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-: The 27th.
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- : On ETV?
- : On ETV.
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It was supposed to be Thursday.
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This is my seat, my desk, right here.
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And the \"Sellers\" on it.
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I\'m actually going to take
my plaque off when I leave.
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This is how we vote.
Yea, Nay, Page, Speaker.
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We have one of the more beautiful capitals
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in the entire world.
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It\'s gorgeous, and I love this place.
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(gentle music)
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I first announced my campaign
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for the House of Representatives,
September 18th of 2005.
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There was not many people who
thought I was going to win.
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-: Bakari said, \"I\'m going to run
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for the House of Representatives.\"
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I said, \"I thought you
were going to law school.\"
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He said, \"I am. I\'m going to do both.\"
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- : I always joke and say, \"My
mom said she\'d vote for me,
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my dad said he\'d think about it.\"
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My father is always real
in his assessments.
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-: The person who held the position
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had been in office longer than
Bakari was actually born.
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So I said, \"Well, that\'s
going to be interesting.\"
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-: Bakari knocked on doors in the rain,
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with mud up to his calf,
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but he did not miss a day.
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-: We had a great turnout in the rain.
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So I was just ecstatic and we won.
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- : What do you think convinced
them to give someone
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of youth and inexperience
a chance to legislate?
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- : We had a vision and
we took it door to door.
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I became the youngest state legislator,
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and youngest black elected
official in the country.
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-: House will come to order,
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Representative Sellers is recognized.
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- : Being in the House and being
a young, Black Democrat,
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you understand that it\'s
going to be a challenge.
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Let me preface my comments by saying that-
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(woman speaking indistinctly)
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Bakari: Because you\'re in the Deep South.
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Speaker: House will come to order,
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let\'s try to give Mr.
Sellers your attention.
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We\'ve got a lot to do today.
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Bakari: I mean, I\'m a
Democrat in South Carolina.
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So my job is a definition of insanity
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because I repeatedly do the same things
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over and over again and
don\'t accomplish much.
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Speaker: Be in your seat and
be as quiet as possible.
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Representative Sellers.
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- : I\'m here to talk about this
government restructuring bill
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or the lack of restructuring
that it actually does.
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I find it ironic that the
$13.9 million that we save,
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we don\'t really save, we
don\'t save any money.
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All we do is spread it back
throughout the agencies.
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And I\'m tired of that.
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I\'m tired of that hypocrisy.
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I mean, this whole process
has kind of made me jaded.
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I\'m too young to be jaded.
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I\'ve been very disappointed in
the House of Representatives.
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It\'s not a singular thing.
It\'s a collection of things.
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We\'ll have to go home and vote
on this restructuring bill.
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And one of the things that we will say
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is that we created a new agency
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called the Confederate Relic Room Agency.
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I mean, it\'s a part of my every day.
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I mean, when I have a bad day
and I need to go outside
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of the State House and take a deep breath,
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I do so under the auspices
of the Confederate flag.
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I am scared every day of
what the world may hold.
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I\'m scared for other people.
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We\'ve had a lost decade,
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if not a lost two decades
in South Carolina,
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where the quality of life for
individuals has not risen,
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has not gotten any better.
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And so I\'m giving up my seat
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in the House of Representatives,
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so that I can give my all to this journey.
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My campaign is based on ideas
and hopefully my ideas
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will be something that
will be able to catapult
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the state into the 21st century.
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(crowd cheering)
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- : Nothing could be finer than
to be in Carolina right now.
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(crowd cheering)
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Bakari: Henry McMaster is
my Republican opponent
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for Lieutenant Governor.
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- : And I say to you we can be
a beacon of hope and dreams.
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Bakari: If there has been
a team of Republicans
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who\'ve lead the state
the past decade or two,
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Henry McMaster has been
the captain of that team.
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- : This is the greatest
state in the country.
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These are the greatest
people in the country.
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-: I think that Henry McMaster represents
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the past of South Carolina.
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And hopefully people believe
we represent the future.
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We\'re running a campaign where we\'re trying
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to set those clear contrasts.
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-: South Carolina stood tall.
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This is our finest hour.
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(crowd cheering)
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You want to talk to me?
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I was Ronald Reagan\'s first
United States Attorney.
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I believe in the things he believes in.
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My opponent, of course, is
President Obama\'s campaign chief
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in South Carolina, he has a different view.
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So there\'s big difference
between these two candidates.
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And I hope everybody
will vote for this one.
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Bakari: He has shown a
great deal of reluctance
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being in public with me.
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I think it\'s because that
contrast is so stark.
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(crowd cheering)
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-: I\'m rooting for Henry McMaster.
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-: I will vote for Henry.
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-: McMaster, definitely.
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-: I think he\'d probably do very well.
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-: Of the candidates, I believe,
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he\'s the more honest of the two.
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Interviewer: So Bakari Sellers
is the other candidate.
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- : Right.
- : Have you ever heard of him?
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-: Not one bit.
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Andy: South Carolina is
a very deep red state.
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It is one of the most
Republican-leaning states
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in the country.
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I\'m Andy Shain.
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I\'m Columbia Bureau Chief
for The Post and Courier,
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the largest newspaper in the
state of South Carolina.
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We have only one Democrat from
our congressional delegation.
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The governor is Republican,
the House is Republican,
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the Senate is Republican.
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And it\'s really not looking
like there\'s going to be
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a Democrat elected to a
statewide race any time soon.
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South Carolinians want to be independent.
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They want to be entrepreneurial.
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So the Republican Party
has really built itself
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as the \"We\'re going to get
out of your way\" Party.
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Bakari Sellers\' campaign, there\'s
just a lot of energy to it
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There\'s a lot of buzz,
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because Bakari generates a lot of buzz.
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He\'s a very good speaker,
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he\'s great on his feet,
he knows the issues.
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That said, in South Carolina
I sometimes joke and say,
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that as long as you have
an R next to your name
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you have a pretty good shot.
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And Henry is no slouch.
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I mean, he\'s a veteran politician.
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And he\'s someone who knows
what it takes to win a race.
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-: It\'s an uphill battle.
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It\'s David versus Goliath, we know that.
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There was not many people who thought
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I was going to win in 2006.
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But for me, we\'re winning each day.
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I don\'t know one day that we\'ve
lost on this campaign trail.
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(suspenseful music)
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(hopeful music)
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Them shoulders look good though, Ike.
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When I start working out again.
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-: Yeah, when you start.
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(both laughing)
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- : Ike is one of my very best
friends, my campaign manager.
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I can\'t remember how we met.
I mean, that\'s...
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We\'ve probably known,
Isaac and I have probably
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known each other since before we were born.
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- : Oh, man. We\'ve known
each other all our lives.
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Our fathers were in the civil
rights movement together.
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Bakari: We want to make them proud.
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Tailor: All right, dude, done. All set.
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- : I wake up normally six
o\'clock every morning.
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Bakari is the first person
I normally talk to.
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I get to him by eight o\'clock,
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and we move from there.
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(upbeat music)
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Whether it\'s one end of
the state to the other.
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(crowd cheering)
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We\'ll be together until roughly
8:00 or 9:00 every day.
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Bakari: Are y\'all old enough to vote?
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-: No!
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- : Well, I hope your mama votes for me.
You gonna work on it?
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Ike: They are 12-hour days, minimum,
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every day, no days off, 24 hours.
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Yeah, I\'m tired but enthused.
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- : Hey, Mom.
(both laughing)
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Ike: Our schedule is changing every hour.
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There\'s always things taken off,
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added, so we just go with the flow.
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-: When we leave you all here
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we\'re headed to McClellanville.
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When we leave Williamsburg
we\'re going to Marion.
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So this is our 10th stop today.
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-: Y\'all have safe travels.
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Ike: I\'m trying to make sure the campaign
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is running smoothly, talking
to other staff members,
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receiving emails, making phone calls,
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and just make sure we keep moving forward.
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Bakari: You know what this is?
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Ike: It\'s a fish fry.
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-: It is a fish fry?
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Ike: I think so.
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-: I don\'t want any more fish. (laughs)
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I\'m so tired of fried fish right now.
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I don\'t know what to do. And
I love fried fish. I do.
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But it\'s at every event.
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Ike: It really is.
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-: It\'s not fish, it\'s barbecue.
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How y\'all doing today?
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Hi, Bakari Sellers.
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It\'s good to see everybody.
- : Hi.
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- : How are you?
- : Hey, how you doin\'?
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- : Hi, Bakari Sellers.
It\'s good to see you.
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Hi, Bakari Sellers. It\'s good to see you.
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Thank you all for coming out. I
thought this was a fish fry,
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but I\'ve been eating a lot of
fish on the campaign trail.
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So I\'m glad we\'re having barbecue tonight.
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-: Bakari\'s fiance is here with us today.
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And she\'s with us as much as possible.
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-: I don\'t know, what\'s in that?
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-: Candy.
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I knew that it was gonna take a lot for him
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to run and campaign.
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And it was gonna be a long campaign.
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And he was going to be
away from home a lot.
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But I also knew that this is
something that he wanted to do.
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And this is something that he needed to do.
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-: I did have a reporter with me recently
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from The Post and Courier.
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And she was asking me why
I\'m running for office.
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And I said, \"Come to
Denmark-Olar Primary School,
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\"which is 1.3 miles away from my home.\"
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I said, \"In 2010, the
cafeteria roof collapsed.
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But it didn\'t make any headlines
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or the front pages of any newspapers.
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And the reason is because
that\'s the typical condition
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that many kids go to school in today.\"
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I want you to know that\'s
why I\'m running for office
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because I\'m a product of the proverb,
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\"It takes a village to raise a child.\"
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But all around me I see
that village crumbling.
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So we can do better.
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My name is Bakari Sellers.
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I\'m running for Lieutenant Governor.
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Thank you and God bless you all.
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(audience applauding)
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Ellen: Good job.
Bakari: Thank you.
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Love you.
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Ellen: He\'s from one city to the next.
I don\'t see him.
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It\'s just the same as any other
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long-distance couple
right now, I feel like.
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You know, we text, we FaceTime,
00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:20.789
we talk on the phone every
morning, every night.
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Bakari: Yeah, let\'s do it.
00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:24.169
- : I can go a whole week
without seeing him.
00:24:24.170 --> 00:24:29.170
And, you know, that\'s kind
of difficult, but it\'s okay.
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I love you.
- : I love you too.
00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:31.460
- : Be safe.
- : Have fun.
00:24:31.461 --> 00:24:33.333
-: I\'ll be, I\'ll come see you...
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- : Mm-hmm. Never.
- : (laughs) One of these days.
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Bye. (laughs)
- : Bye.
00:24:40.890 --> 00:24:42.469
-: It\'s hard,
00:24:42.470 --> 00:24:45.236
but your family understands
that there is a goal.
00:24:45.237 --> 00:24:48.320
(motivational music)
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- : How you doing?
- : Hey.
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-: Bakari. Nice to meet you.
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So this is 8-10 drop off,
this is 10-12 drop off?
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Woman: Vote for Sellers!
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- : Hey, come on in here, guys.
Come on in here, guys.
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Let me say something. Come on in.
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We\'re doing it because of rooms like this,
00:25:12.210 --> 00:25:14.319
because of the 10 or 15 people
that come to these rooms
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and make these phone calls,
and knock on these doors,
00:25:16.210 --> 00:25:17.819
and get people to the polls.
00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.810
And so from the bottom of my heart
00:25:18.811 --> 00:25:20.889
I just have to simply say thank you
00:25:20.890 --> 00:25:22.439
for all the work that you\'re doing,
00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:24.840
and all the 18-hour days
that you\'re putting in.
00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:28.372
I don\'t know if any of you all
know this man right here,
00:25:28.373 --> 00:25:29.310
but I wanted Governor Hodges be able
00:25:29.311 --> 00:25:30.559
to say a few words as well.
00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:31.899
-: I\'m here today because I really believe
00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:33.490
in what this man is doing
00:25:33.491 --> 00:25:35.129
and what I think he offers the state.
00:25:35.130 --> 00:25:37.779
I thinks he brings a really
exciting perspective.
00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:39.819
So keep working, keep plugging away,
00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:42.219
and put a picture of
Bakari on your nightstand
00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.970
so that you look at it every night.
00:25:44.890 --> 00:25:46.911
This is what this election is all about.
00:25:46.912 --> 00:25:48.979
I\'m gonna stand behind
this guy and help him win.
00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.791
Man On Left: I got a wife.
00:25:50.792 --> 00:25:52.869
(all laughing)
00:25:52.870 --> 00:25:55.382
-: We got another special guest with us.
00:25:55.383 --> 00:25:58.943
-: Governor! (laughing)
00:25:58.944 --> 00:26:02.859
- : How you doing, brother?
- : I\'m doing all right.
00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:04.799
We are an exciting race.
00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:06.509
You know this race is very, very close.
00:26:06.510 --> 00:26:09.089
I\'m so proud to have Bakari
Sellers as my running mate.
00:26:09.090 --> 00:26:12.579
I\'m going to be even prouder
on January 15th, 2015,
00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:15.666
when we take the oath to office
and we change the state.
00:26:15.667 --> 00:26:16.826
(all applauding)
00:26:16.827 --> 00:26:18.019
Thank you.
00:26:18.020 --> 00:26:19.890
To Remind you to vote on November 4th.
00:26:19.891 --> 00:26:21.259
- : I\'m sitting here with
Governor Jim Hodges
00:26:21.260 --> 00:26:22.260
and future governor Vincent Sheheen-
00:26:22.261 --> 00:26:24.089
-: We\'re just making some phone calls
00:26:24.090 --> 00:26:25.659
encouraging people to vote.
00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:27.119
-: I\'m really excited about this election.
00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:29.699
And it can\'t happen without
your active support.
00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.979
-: We\'re trying to get everybody to vote
00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.139
as early as possible.
00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:34.289
- : And we\'re hoping we could
count on you November 4th.
00:26:34.290 --> 00:26:35.679
-: Bring your friends and your family
00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.899
and make sure we have a great day
00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:38.146
for our terrific candidates.
00:26:38.147 --> 00:26:39.393
Thank you so much.
00:26:41.266 --> 00:26:43.683
(soft music)
00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:47.059
Bakari: What am I saying here?
00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:48.099
-: You\'re saying it\'s time
00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:50.509
to choose greatness over mediocrity.
00:26:50.510 --> 00:26:52.719
But you\'re still a conversationalist.
00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:54.929
Not like, It\'s time to choose
greatness over mediocrity.
00:26:54.930 --> 00:26:55.941
No, it\'s not, it\'s just,
00:26:55.942 --> 00:26:58.392
\"It\'s time to choose
greatness over mediocrity.\"
00:26:58.393 --> 00:27:00.143
-: Who did you invoke there?
00:27:02.170 --> 00:27:04.479
Kelley and Scott, they are my consultants,
00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.303
and they have a Republican background.
00:27:07.352 --> 00:27:09.076
-: You know it\'s difficult for him to say,
00:27:09.077 --> 00:27:10.146
\"I\'ve got Republican consultants.\"
00:27:10.147 --> 00:27:11.476
And it\'s difficult for us to say,
00:27:11.477 --> 00:27:13.159
\"We\'ve got a Democrat candidate.\"
00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.260
But we believe in him.
00:27:15.470 --> 00:27:16.579
Bakari: I just wanted to give myself
00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:17.563
the best chance to win.
00:27:17.564 --> 00:27:19.529
I mean, I wanted somebody
who actually knows
00:27:19.530 --> 00:27:20.730
what winning feels like.
00:27:22.102 --> 00:27:24.822
Scott: Think we\'re about
ready to give this a go.
00:27:24.823 --> 00:27:26.403
- : We are South Carolinians.
- : What are we?
00:27:26.404 --> 00:27:27.404
-: We! We!
00:27:29.543 --> 00:27:31.533
-: We are South Carolinians.
00:27:31.534 --> 00:27:33.099
-: You don\'t have to yell, we can hear you.
00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.933
You\'re right here.
00:27:33.934 --> 00:27:35.999
We are South Carolinians.
00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.939
-: We are South Carolinians.
00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.426
- : That was good.
- : Do that again, yeah.
00:27:39.427 --> 00:27:41.009
-: All right, stay right there.
00:27:41.010 --> 00:27:45.259
This is your big finish with the logo.
00:27:45.260 --> 00:27:46.569
-: I\'m Bakari Sellers.
00:27:46.570 --> 00:27:47.909
And I want to be your next
00:27:47.910 --> 00:27:49.282
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.
00:27:49.283 --> 00:27:50.769
-: Just Lieutenant Governor.
00:27:50.770 --> 00:27:52.479
This way we can use it for any state.
00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:55.193
If it doesn\'t work out with this
one, we\'ll try another one.
00:27:57.870 --> 00:27:59.149
-: I\'m Bakari Sellers.
00:27:59.150 --> 00:28:01.978
And I\'d like to be your
next Lieutenant Governor.
00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:04.009
(bright music)
00:28:04.010 --> 00:28:06.769
-: I\'m Henry McMaster. This is Boots.
00:28:06.770 --> 00:28:08.569
We\'ve been campaigning together.
00:28:08.570 --> 00:28:11.869
As Ronald Reagan\'s U.S. Attorney
and your Attorney General,
00:28:11.870 --> 00:28:14.689
I\'ve been fighting for
taxpayers, ethics reform,
00:28:14.690 --> 00:28:16.433
and to keep our families safe.
00:28:17.329 --> 00:28:19.849
The way we see it, the best is yet to come.
00:28:19.850 --> 00:28:21.597
It\'s time to get to work.
00:28:21.598 --> 00:28:26.015
Announcer: Henry McMaster
for Lieutenant Governor.
00:28:28.274 --> 00:28:31.191
(foreboding music)
00:28:32.247 --> 00:28:34.309
Reporter: The state\'s
Confederate flag fight,
00:28:34.310 --> 00:28:36.029
it\'s been largely quiet for over a decade.
00:28:36.030 --> 00:28:38.599
It\'s about to get loud again this morning.
00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:40.539
Reporter: The presence
of the divisive symbol
00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:42.699
has drawn sharp lines between those
00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.559
that call it racial oppression,
00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:47.379
and those who call it Southern heritage.
00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:49.369
- : I think the Confederate
flag should be flown.
00:28:49.370 --> 00:28:51.439
I mean, it\'s part of the South.
00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.899
- : It is a symbol of one\'s
past and one\'s ancestors.
00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:56.549
The problem is that that
past and that ancestry
00:28:56.550 --> 00:28:58.459
is the ancestry of racism.
00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:00.029
-: I think the flag should come down.
00:29:00.030 --> 00:29:02.014
-: If you don\'t like it, leave.
00:29:02.015 --> 00:29:03.539
Reporter: With election
day just a month away,
00:29:03.540 --> 00:29:05.719
Democratic candidate for
Governor Vincent Sheheen,
00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:08.009
and Lieutenant Governor
candidate Bakari Sellers
00:29:08.010 --> 00:29:09.779
wants the Confederate flag that flies
00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:12.649
in front of the State House removed.
00:29:12.650 --> 00:29:15.409
- : So, today is a day
of pride for all of us,
00:29:15.410 --> 00:29:17.869
not just as Democrats but
as South Carolinians,
00:29:17.870 --> 00:29:19.989
because we\'ve put forth an idea today
00:29:19.990 --> 00:29:21.749
to make this state proud.
00:29:21.750 --> 00:29:23.069
We\'re tired of those old divisions.
00:29:23.070 --> 00:29:25.069
We\'re tired of those old
ghosts of yesterday.
00:29:25.070 --> 00:29:26.976
We\'re tired of people coming
on Main Street and saying,
00:29:26.977 --> 00:29:28.577
\"Do they really still fly that?\"
00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:30.659
It was definitely politically risky
00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.519
to have that press conference.
00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:35.059
If we lose on November 4th,
00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:36.859
I\'m still very comfortable on the 5th
00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:40.099
saying that\'s something I did
because I truly believe that.
00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:41.929
Reporter: Henry McMaster,
the Republican nominee
00:29:41.930 --> 00:29:43.929
for Lieutenant Governor, Sellers\' opponent,
00:29:43.930 --> 00:29:45.536
released a statement today saying,
00:29:45.537 --> 00:29:48.979
\"We agree it\'s time to move our
state into the 21st century.
00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:51.279
So, why do our opponents continue focusing
00:29:51.280 --> 00:29:54.237
on divisive issues from the past?\"
00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:01.039
-: You know, you got to turn the page
00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:03.199
and in South Carolina we have a hard time.
00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.299
We do two things very bad.
00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:05.639
We hold on to old ghosts,
00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:08.289
whether or not it\'s the Confederate
flag or anything else.
00:30:08.290 --> 00:30:11.029
And we just send the same folk back
00:30:11.030 --> 00:30:14.519
to do the same thing and you
don\'t get no different results.
00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:19.309
- : I think historically, we
just haven\'t really found
00:30:19.310 --> 00:30:22.839
that the off-presidential election years
00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:24.349
were that important.
00:30:24.350 --> 00:30:26.549
- : This is a precipice, you
know, I\'ll tell you this,
00:30:26.550 --> 00:30:30.289
there were 260,000 African-Americans,
00:30:30.290 --> 00:30:31.859
that looked like me and you,
00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:33.539
who showed up for Barack Obama.
00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:36.399
And then y\'all cried all those
tears the night he won.
00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.949
And thought we had overcome something.
00:30:37.950 --> 00:30:40.609
But then we didn\'t come out in 2010.
00:30:40.610 --> 00:30:44.309
Every single vote in these
off-year elections matter.
00:30:44.310 --> 00:30:46.099
They all matter.
00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:47.639
It\'s not often you say this in an election
00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.809
but you literally have a chance
00:30:48.810 --> 00:30:50.519
to make history in South Carolina.
00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:52.859
It\'s amazing that we
have that type of power.
00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:55.549
But we have to have that
same type of energy now.
00:30:55.550 --> 00:30:56.699
-: We want to thank you.
00:30:56.700 --> 00:31:00.529
We believe in what it is
that we\'re doing, seriously.
00:31:00.530 --> 00:31:05.449
We believe in you. You are
an extension of our dreams.
00:31:05.450 --> 00:31:08.709
I\'m 80 years old, my wife is 79.
00:31:08.710 --> 00:31:11.819
There are so many things we
want to see for our children.
00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:14.329
And you represent hope for us.
00:31:14.330 --> 00:31:17.109
You don\'t know how excited
we are about you.
00:31:17.110 --> 00:31:18.229
-: I always go back to, you know,
00:31:18.230 --> 00:31:21.124
He wouldn\'t bring you
this far to leave you.
00:31:21.125 --> 00:31:22.539
And this is a long way.
00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.596
Man: It is.
00:31:23.597 --> 00:31:26.633
- : But He brought us all the way
here to the finish line, so.
00:31:26.634 --> 00:31:28.489
(people chattering)
00:31:28.490 --> 00:31:29.759
We can build a Democratic base
00:31:29.760 --> 00:31:32.529
by increasing African-American turnout.
00:31:32.530 --> 00:31:34.949
Some days I feel like we\'re getting closer.
00:31:34.950 --> 00:31:36.769
Some days I\'m like \"ahh\" (sighs.)
00:31:36.770 --> 00:31:38.039
-: I\'m a Republican.
00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:41.049
And I\'m going to vote strictly Republican.
00:31:41.050 --> 00:31:42.159
-: I am a Democrat.
00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.960
-: Been conservative all my life, so,
00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.919
didn\'t even look at the other side.
00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:49.329
-: I\'m voting Democratic platform.
00:31:49.330 --> 00:31:52.359
-: I would never vote for a Democrat.
00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.300
-: The parties in South Carolina
00:31:53.301 --> 00:31:55.399
are very much split along racial lines.
00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.969
You know, the Democrats being seen
00:31:56.970 --> 00:32:00.169
as favoring issues that
African-Americans prefer.
00:32:00.170 --> 00:32:01.199
-: When you have discussions with people
00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.259
about Medicaid expansion,
00:32:02.260 --> 00:32:07.260
people don\'t know 79% are
children, seniors and disabled.
00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:09.262
Andy: Versus Republicans favoring issues
00:32:09.263 --> 00:32:11.099
that white voters prefer.
00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:12.699
-: We are proud to say we were just named
00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:15.759
third-best state in the
country to do business in.
00:32:15.760 --> 00:32:17.149
Andy: Because of the racial divide,
00:32:17.150 --> 00:32:19.469
it becomes a bit of a demographic game.
00:32:19.470 --> 00:32:22.679
- : I think Bakari Sellers is
a very bright, young man.
00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.680
I think he\'ll do well.
00:32:23.681 --> 00:32:26.589
Woman: You think he has a
chance of getting elected?
00:32:26.590 --> 00:32:27.679
-: No.
00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:29.049
-: I think there are people in this state
00:32:29.050 --> 00:32:32.209
that wouldn\'t vote for him
simply because he\'s a black man.
00:32:32.210 --> 00:32:33.609
-: People may not admit it but I think,
00:32:33.610 --> 00:32:35.299
you know, race is definitely
a thing when, like,
00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:36.300
people are voting.
00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.079
- : Listen, I do have a
numbers question for you.
00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:42.020
Kelley: Which is?
00:32:42.021 --> 00:32:43.199
-: How many white voters do you need
00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:45.102
to win in South Carolina?
00:32:45.103 --> 00:32:46.799
(Kelley chuckling)
Statewide? Seriously.
00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:48.209
- : Well, Democrats-
- : Let\'s say you maxed
00:32:48.210 --> 00:32:50.789
out African-Americans.
- : Democrats get one in five.
00:32:50.790 --> 00:32:52.626
-: Yeah, it\'s about 18.
00:32:52.627 --> 00:32:54.089
- : Okay.
- : It\'s 20.
00:32:54.090 --> 00:32:56.409
The problem is only one in five white folks
00:32:56.410 --> 00:32:58.309
out there vote for the Democrats.
00:32:58.310 --> 00:32:59.763
-: You win with 48, right?
00:32:59.764 --> 00:33:00.597
Kelley: I mean, it always depends on
00:33:00.598 --> 00:33:02.009
how many people actually show up.
00:33:02.010 --> 00:33:03.249
I know.
- : Less and less white people
00:33:03.250 --> 00:33:05.409
are voting for Democrats.
00:33:05.410 --> 00:33:07.419
- : Well, I mean, less and less
people are voting, period.
00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.479
Kelley: Yeah.
00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:10.379
-: So how do we win? What do we do?
00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:12.009
Stop focusing on black voters,
00:33:12.010 --> 00:33:13.556
I know what you\'re going to tell me.
00:33:13.557 --> 00:33:14.975
- : No, not stop focusing
on them, but just focus-
00:33:14.976 --> 00:33:16.159
Bakari: We\'ve maximized there.
00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:19.319
-: Yeah, focus on white people.
00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:20.320
-: Yeah.
00:33:27.760 --> 00:33:28.760
We got enough signs?
00:33:34.458 --> 00:33:37.653
I can\'t get a wave back. I\'m trying.
00:33:37.654 --> 00:33:38.819
Kelley: We have a tough crowd.
00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:40.239
Bakari: We do have a tough crowd.
00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.160
People are either mean,
00:33:41.161 --> 00:33:43.710
or they\'re really focused on their driving.
00:33:43.711 --> 00:33:45.438
-: Obama\'s a loser!
00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:48.859
Red ticket, Republican, baby!
Obama\'s a loser!
00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:50.559
-: These are not friendly people today.
00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:52.133
-: No, they are not.
00:33:52.134 --> 00:33:55.616
Driver: All politicians
are money-hungry whores.
00:33:55.617 --> 00:33:58.559
- : \"All politicians are
money hungry whores\"?
00:33:58.560 --> 00:34:00.159
Kelley: So white people don\'t like you.
00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:03.459
- : They\'re really not. This
is an angry group of people.
00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.559
Give me a little love, man.
00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:08.613
- : That\'s the same guy that
keeps driving around the block.
00:34:10.511 --> 00:34:11.682
Bakari: I don\'t know what-
00:34:11.683 --> 00:34:13.133
Woman: That was hate speech.
00:34:14.034 --> 00:34:15.153
-: That was hate speech.
00:34:16.844 --> 00:34:18.766
(Bakari sighing)
00:34:18.767 --> 00:34:19.829
\"Pussy nigger.
00:34:19.830 --> 00:34:22.809
Just because I proved you
wrong on Twitter, you block.
00:34:22.810 --> 00:34:24.089
That does not make you powerful,
00:34:24.090 --> 00:34:25.819
it makes you a chickenshit nigger.\"
00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.869
I never really block people,
00:34:26.870 --> 00:34:29.256
but he was saying some wild, wild stuff.
00:34:29.257 --> 00:34:31.109
\"I like blacks, but I hate niggers.
00:34:31.110 --> 00:34:32.729
You, my friend, are one of those niggers.
00:34:32.730 --> 00:34:34.859
And an ugly ass chimp in a suit.\"
00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.913
That\'s pretty bad.
00:34:37.210 --> 00:34:38.709
Woman: You seem to find them humorous
00:34:38.710 --> 00:34:41.329
rather than hurtful or scary.
00:34:41.330 --> 00:34:43.339
-: You can\'t get upset at these.
00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:45.849
I get hate messages like that daily.
00:34:45.850 --> 00:34:47.269
Some are threatening to a point
00:34:47.270 --> 00:34:48.519
where you call law enforcement,
00:34:48.520 --> 00:34:51.983
but 85% of them are just racist.
00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.679
I think that most people don\'t realize
00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:56.539
that hate mail still exist.
00:34:56.540 --> 00:34:59.029
People who, you know, aren\'t
afraid to call you a nigger.
00:34:59.030 --> 00:35:01.369
Or want you to leave their flag alone,
00:35:01.370 --> 00:35:04.329
or the list goes on and on and on.
00:35:04.330 --> 00:35:07.180
That is the culture that we live in now.
It\'s pretty sad.
00:35:08.089 --> 00:35:10.809
(dramatic music)
00:35:10.810 --> 00:35:13.069
- : The Democratic nominee
for Lieutenant Governor
00:35:13.070 --> 00:35:16.269
is challenging his Republican
Opponent to renounce
00:35:16.270 --> 00:35:20.269
his membership at a reportedly
all-white country club.
00:35:20.270 --> 00:35:22.179
-: I just want Mr. McMaster to join me
00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:24.196
in thinking about ideas to move forward.
00:35:24.197 --> 00:35:26.679
And yes, I challenged him
to renounce his membership,
00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:29.329
because I want people to be
able to look at South Carolina
00:35:29.330 --> 00:35:32.039
and see that we\'re raising
the stature of our state.
00:35:32.040 --> 00:35:34.339
That we no longer have to be held back
00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.790
by those ghosts of yesterday.
00:35:38.030 --> 00:35:41.969
- : Henry has a throwback to the
good ol\' boy days of Dixie,
00:35:41.970 --> 00:35:46.014
and he\'s been successful, so
he\'s sticking with what works.
00:35:46.015 --> 00:35:49.015
(disparaging music)
00:35:53.870 --> 00:35:55.089
-: Henry grew up in a different time.
00:35:55.090 --> 00:35:57.569
He holds true to different values.
00:35:57.570 --> 00:35:59.079
He\'s a part of the problem that we have,
00:35:59.080 --> 00:36:00.839
and so I have to do everything I can
00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:03.599
to root that culture and that problem out.
00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:05.133
-: We are red hot.
00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:10.719
We are getting ready to show
what South Carolina can do.
00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.229
Reporter: McMaster, according
to his campaign manager,
00:36:12.230 --> 00:36:14.819
has no plans to resign
from the Forest Lake Club
00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:17.320
where he has been a member
for more than 30 years.
00:36:18.370 --> 00:36:19.889
-: It\'s an ol\' boy system,
00:36:19.890 --> 00:36:22.469
and they just keep on doing the same thing.
00:36:22.470 --> 00:36:25.119
Recycling, recycling, recycling.
00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:27.209
It doesn\'t have to be that way, you know?
00:36:27.210 --> 00:36:28.330
-: We gotta... I don\'t know.
00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.404
Things have to change, hopefully
it\'ll change in the next-
00:36:31.405 --> 00:36:32.949
-: It\'ll change with your generation,
00:36:32.950 --> 00:36:36.339
but you all still have
to pick up the mantle,
00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:39.142
and go ahead and fight for change.
00:36:39.143 --> 00:36:40.989
-: I\'m trying to.
00:36:40.990 --> 00:36:43.909
-: Yeah, well, you have to take those risks
00:36:43.910 --> 00:36:47.349
and put yourself in those
kinds of positions.
00:36:47.350 --> 00:36:50.869
But that\'s what it takes to
come in as a young upstart,
00:36:50.870 --> 00:36:54.123
and run a campaign, and be successful.
00:36:56.310 --> 00:36:58.000
[Bakari]: How y\'all doing?
Woman: Hello.
00:36:58.001 --> 00:36:59.029
-: I\'m doing real good, doing real good.
00:36:59.030 --> 00:37:00.593
How y\'all doing today?
00:37:00.594 --> 00:37:01.662
Thank you for all that you do.
00:37:01.663 --> 00:37:02.942
-: Thank you for everything that you do.
00:37:02.943 --> 00:37:04.623
- : I need all the help I can get.
(chuckles)
00:37:04.624 --> 00:37:06.369
I need all the help I can get.
00:37:06.370 --> 00:37:09.653
We\'ve been just traipsing and
traversing the entire state.
00:37:11.310 --> 00:37:13.249
What is this, number five?
Number six, I mean?
00:37:13.250 --> 00:37:15.416
I don\'t even know what the day is,
00:37:15.417 --> 00:37:16.749
to be completely honest with you.
00:37:16.750 --> 00:37:18.591
Y\'all are stop 32.
00:37:18.592 --> 00:37:20.592
(yawns)
00:37:21.790 --> 00:37:22.990
I\'m so sleepy right now.
00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.670
Have you eaten yet today?
00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:36.736
(soft music)
00:37:42.010 --> 00:37:43.660
I\'m speaking to a business group.
00:37:44.810 --> 00:37:47.159
These are very important events.
00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:48.359
They\'re not traditional events,
00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:51.159
they\'re not Democratic Party events,
00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:52.469
so hopefully we have the opportunity
00:37:52.470 --> 00:37:53.720
to win a few people over.
00:37:55.670 --> 00:37:58.329
I was speaking to the Post
and Courier recently,
00:37:58.330 --> 00:38:01.439
about my bill in which we tried to create
00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:04.389
healthier options for kids in schools.
00:38:04.390 --> 00:38:07.159
That has been one of goals
over the past eight years,
00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:08.729
and it, of course, failed.
00:38:08.730 --> 00:38:11.629
It fell flat, and we\'re still
working towards doing that.
00:38:11.630 --> 00:38:14.360
Because in Bamberg Country,
we don\'t have a Whole Foods.
00:38:14.361 --> 00:38:17.109
We don\'t have fresh fruits and vegetables
00:38:17.110 --> 00:38:19.109
that are readily available.
00:38:19.110 --> 00:38:21.379
I tell people often, that growing up
00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:23.829
in a small country town like I did,
00:38:23.830 --> 00:38:26.509
there was nothing more
important than being able
00:38:26.510 --> 00:38:28.909
to spend time with your family
00:38:28.910 --> 00:38:31.909
around your meals. On Fridays...
00:38:31.910 --> 00:38:33.629
I\'m not feeling well.
00:38:33.630 --> 00:38:36.463
(worrisome music)
00:38:49.730 --> 00:38:51.253
I don\'t think, did I eat yesterday?
00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:58.929
Let me see the microphone real quick.
00:38:58.930 --> 00:39:01.226
I\'m sorry, but Bakari Sellers
00:39:01.227 --> 00:39:03.959
and give me a shot November
4th for Lieutenant Governor.
00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:07.232
If I\'m still around. (chuckles)
00:39:07.233 --> 00:39:10.400
(audience applauding)
00:39:15.030 --> 00:39:17.182
Ike: How about some orange
juice or something?
00:39:17.183 --> 00:39:18.481
Do you feel like your sugar level\'s down?
00:39:18.482 --> 00:39:20.369
-: Yeah, it might be.
00:39:20.370 --> 00:39:21.961
That\'s pretty embarrassing.
00:39:21.962 --> 00:39:23.172
-: You need something to eat?
00:39:23.173 --> 00:39:25.019
- : I don\'t know, I couldn\'t
remember if I ate yesterday.
00:39:25.020 --> 00:39:26.470
Or what time I ate yesterday.
00:39:27.388 --> 00:39:29.489
- : Let\'s make sure you\'re not
racing off the charts again.
00:39:29.490 --> 00:39:31.669
You\'ve slowed down quite a bit.
00:39:31.670 --> 00:39:33.320
-: Okay. I feel little bit better.
00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:36.600
Woman: Make sure you take care of yourself.
00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:44.483
Reporter: A slew of editorial
endorsements out today.
00:39:46.172 --> 00:39:47.819
- : \"The job of SC lieutenant
governor is to be ready
00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:51.246
to serve as governor and
Henry McMaster is.\"
00:39:51.247 --> 00:39:52.849
\"We think it\'s quite possible that Mr.
Sellers
00:39:52.850 --> 00:39:53.929
could do that.
00:39:53.930 --> 00:39:56.049
But the fact that none
of us is fully informed
00:39:56.050 --> 00:39:57.242
at the age of 30.\"
00:39:57.243 --> 00:39:58.713
What the hell does that mean?
00:39:59.557 --> 00:40:01.427
\"Mr. McMaster is our choice.\"
00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:06.623
It was a gut punch. I really wanted that.
00:40:07.890 --> 00:40:09.649
Press is always frustrating
for any candidate
00:40:09.650 --> 00:40:13.109
running for office,
because they just don\'t,
00:40:13.110 --> 00:40:15.028
they don\'t write what
you want \'em to write.
00:40:15.029 --> 00:40:17.439
(dramatic music)
00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.859
Reporter: It\'s the one public appearance
00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.669
he wishes never became public.
00:40:20.670 --> 00:40:23.709
The DUI arrest in Chester
Country that went viral.
00:40:23.710 --> 00:40:26.060
Officer: Did you had a little bit to drink?
00:40:27.328 --> 00:40:29.909
Bakari: No, a few hours ago.
A little while ago.
00:40:29.910 --> 00:40:31.939
Reporter: State
Representative Bakari Sellers
00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:34.693
having trouble performing
field sobriety tests.
00:40:35.950 --> 00:40:38.139
Bakari: It was October of 2012.
00:40:38.140 --> 00:40:43.140
Officer: One, two, three,
whoops, excuse me,
00:40:43.449 --> 00:40:44.300
four.
00:40:44.301 --> 00:40:46.389
- : It was quiet for months.
- : Five.
00:40:46.390 --> 00:40:48.529
Bakari: But when you\'re
running for statewide office,
00:40:48.530 --> 00:40:50.280
somebody\'s gonna find out about it.
00:40:51.869 --> 00:40:54.249
- : It was something that was
a shock to a lot of people.
00:40:54.250 --> 00:40:55.170
-: I was a little surprised
00:40:55.171 --> 00:40:56.919
that he didn\'t take any precautions.
00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.753
Maybe to say, you know what,
00:40:57.754 --> 00:40:59.339
I\'ve had a little too much to drink,
00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:02.019
you haven\'t had too much to
drink, can you drive me?
00:41:02.020 --> 00:41:03.669
Officer: Pick your foot up about six inches
00:41:03.670 --> 00:41:06.889
off the ground.
- : 1,001, 1,002, excuse me.
00:41:06.890 --> 00:41:08.349
When you make that mistake,
00:41:08.350 --> 00:41:10.189
you don\'t just get to go home and deal with
00:41:10.190 --> 00:41:12.459
the three people in your
household about the mistake,
00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:14.309
you deal with the 4.2
million South Carolinians,
00:41:14.310 --> 00:41:16.239
many of which are talking
behind you back now,
00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:17.649
or reading about it.
00:41:17.650 --> 00:41:19.689
Officer: Hands behind your back.
00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:22.549
- : It was a really bad
decision that just trickled
00:41:22.550 --> 00:41:23.729
into so much more,
00:41:23.730 --> 00:41:26.593
and I have to live with that
for the rest of my life.
00:41:27.550 --> 00:41:29.469
Reporter: Found not guilty of DUI,
00:41:29.470 --> 00:41:32.039
Democratic State
Representative Bakari Sellers
00:41:32.040 --> 00:41:33.759
hopes voters of South Carolina
00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:37.809
leave his past indiscretions
behind them as he looks forward
00:41:37.810 --> 00:41:40.817
to becoming the Palmetto State\'s
next Lieutenant Governor.
00:41:40.818 --> 00:41:43.235
(soft music)
00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:50.142
Bakari: All right, so guys, real quick,
00:41:50.143 --> 00:41:52.779
that guy right there in the purple shirt,
00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.283
that\'s a Republican tracker.
00:41:55.230 --> 00:41:56.499
Woman: Really?
- : Yeah.
00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:58.549
So, don\'t say anything to him.
00:41:58.550 --> 00:42:00.909
The McMaster Campaign had people follow me,
00:42:00.910 --> 00:42:03.643
attempting to get a picture of me drinking.
00:42:04.490 --> 00:42:08.029
The fact that they were following
me makes me uber paranoid.
00:42:08.030 --> 00:42:11.749
- : With Bakari being
young, African-American,
00:42:11.750 --> 00:42:13.150
it makes him an easy target.
00:42:14.950 --> 00:42:18.239
Bakari: So now I\'m just very
cautious of my surroundings.
00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:21.589
We believe fundamentally that
South Carolina can do better.
00:42:21.590 --> 00:42:24.249
You know, for me, I understand
how far we\'ve come.
00:42:24.250 --> 00:42:27.213
But I also understand how
far we have yet to go.
00:42:30.527 --> 00:42:31.360
-: You\'re talking about that guy?
00:42:31.361 --> 00:42:34.689
- : Yeah, well basically
they go to all the rallies.
00:42:34.690 --> 00:42:37.259
-: He normally follows Vincent and Bakari
00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:38.130
from place to place,
00:42:38.131 --> 00:42:40.999
trying to get information
back to their campaign.
00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:43.979
Sometimes we have problems
with them, sometimes we don\'t.
00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:45.239
-: So, with that, I want you to clap
00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:47.967
for the next Governor of South
Carolina, Vincent Sheheen.
00:42:47.968 --> 00:42:51.159
(audience applauding)
00:42:51.160 --> 00:42:54.010
Vincent: Are you ready to
change South Carolina?
00:42:54.011 --> 00:42:56.231
(audience cheering)
00:42:56.232 --> 00:42:59.269
Are you ready to change South Carolina?
00:42:59.270 --> 00:43:01.023
-: Can you tell me why you\'re here?
00:43:01.024 --> 00:43:03.192
- : I just wanted to get
some of Bakari filmed.
00:43:03.193 --> 00:43:04.643
- : Did you talk to him?
- : Well he\'s finished now.
00:43:04.644 --> 00:43:05.477
-: I know.
00:43:05.478 --> 00:43:06.535
- : Please step outside.
- : Well, this gentleman-
00:43:06.536 --> 00:43:08.092
- : No, no, no. Move this way.
- : He\'s not the one
00:43:08.093 --> 00:43:09.661
who rented it out.
00:43:09.662 --> 00:43:10.714
-: Move this way.
00:43:10.715 --> 00:43:13.111
-: He, no, he doesn\'t, he doesn\'t work.
00:43:13.112 --> 00:43:14.601
- : Why are you acting like you
don\'t understand English?
00:43:14.602 --> 00:43:15.574
-: Please just step outside for us.
00:43:15.574 --> 00:43:16.407
-: I do understand English.
00:43:16.408 --> 00:43:17.545
- : Move this way.
- : I\'m moving.
00:43:17.546 --> 00:43:18.915
I just want to get some video footage,
00:43:18.916 --> 00:43:20.484
all right?
- : Yeah, that way.
00:43:20.485 --> 00:43:21.786
-: Right here?
00:43:21.787 --> 00:43:23.519
- : Off this-
- : This is public property.
00:43:23.520 --> 00:43:26.039
-: Uh-uh, they renting this.
00:43:26.040 --> 00:43:26.873
Public property\'s on the sidewalk.
00:43:26.874 --> 00:43:28.529
Come on, dude.
- : I\'m not stopping.
00:43:28.530 --> 00:43:30.129
- : You\'re a tracker.
- : I\'m a tracker.
00:43:30.130 --> 00:43:31.991
-: You have to stalk that bad?
00:43:31.992 --> 00:43:32.843
-: I\'m not stalking.
00:43:32.844 --> 00:43:34.682
- : You were stalking over
there at Thomas\' office.
00:43:34.683 --> 00:43:35.979
You were in the bushes, remember?
00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:38.702
- : Yeah, I videotaped Sheheen.
- : You were in the bushes.
00:43:38.703 --> 00:43:39.590
-: He is everywhere.
00:43:39.591 --> 00:43:41.149
Sometimes they\'re a little aggressive,
00:43:41.150 --> 00:43:43.763
so outside of that, we\'re fine.
00:43:44.864 --> 00:43:47.479
- : This is what the
campaign will do to you.
00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.480
My ulcers.
00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:52.814
This is Bakari, I\'m calling,
begging people for money.
00:43:52.815 --> 00:43:54.029
Woman On Phone: I know, I am so sorry.
00:43:54.030 --> 00:43:56.199
-: Don\'t send it without me proofing it.
00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:57.789
And they compare me to Barack Obama,
00:43:57.790 --> 00:44:00.469
and then he said something like
I was responsible for ISIS.
00:44:00.470 --> 00:44:03.559
What do you say those who
argue that you might not
00:44:03.560 --> 00:44:05.793
necessarily be ready for
primetime just yet?
00:44:07.390 --> 00:44:09.469
-: That\'s people\'s opinion, Mr. Melvin.
00:44:09.470 --> 00:44:11.839
-: He\'s too young to run for this position.
00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:14.023
What\'s your response to
people that say that?
00:44:14.990 --> 00:44:17.950
-: It\'s been a long couple of days.
00:44:23.373 --> 00:44:25.790
(soft music)
00:44:39.246 --> 00:44:41.996
(elevator beeps)
00:44:49.319 --> 00:44:53.736
I think my body wants me to sleep.
I\'m very worn out.
00:44:55.670 --> 00:44:58.383
But it is what it is. I mean,
It\'s the nature of the beast.
00:45:00.598 --> 00:45:02.098
One day at a time.
00:45:13.040 --> 00:45:14.179
Reporter: Today, the two candidates
00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:16.459
for Lieutenant Governor
will go head to head
00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.689
in a televised debate.
00:45:17.690 --> 00:45:19.949
Republican candidate Henry McMaster
00:45:19.950 --> 00:45:21.889
will face Democrat Bakari Sellers
00:45:21.890 --> 00:45:24.563
to talk about the issues
facing South Carolina.
00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:28.229
-: After Henry McMaster won his primary,
00:45:28.230 --> 00:45:31.829
I believe it was June 24th,
we asked for a five debates.
00:45:31.830 --> 00:45:34.089
Every day I would tweet the number of days
00:45:34.090 --> 00:45:35.159
since he refused to debate me.
00:45:35.160 --> 00:45:36.989
I think it got up to 70 some-odd days
00:45:36.990 --> 00:45:38.733
before he actually responded.
00:45:40.160 --> 00:45:41.739
So, when do we know if he\'s showing up?
00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:43.339
- : If he doesn\'t show up,
there\'ll be no debate.
00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:45.122
You know, we\'re gonna be there.
00:45:45.123 --> 00:45:46.919
He\'s already canceled once.
00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:48.669
- : So, let me ask you
this before you start,
00:45:48.670 --> 00:45:51.139
if I cut him off, or talk over him,
00:45:51.140 --> 00:45:54.199
or say, \"Wait a minute, Henry
didn\'t answer the question.\"
00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:55.399
Am I gonna look like an asshole?
00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:57.869
- : Rule number one, never
sit back and have him-
00:45:57.870 --> 00:46:01.009
- : Oh, I\'m not letting any, I
don\'t think he\'ll attack me.
00:46:01.010 --> 00:46:02.376
- : No. I don\'t think so.
- : He won\'t.
00:46:02.377 --> 00:46:03.466
-: He\'s a very cordial man.
00:46:03.467 --> 00:46:05.579
Can we go over your opening a little bit?
00:46:05.580 --> 00:46:08.203
Mr. Sellers, you have a
one-minute opening statement.
00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:11.309
-: Thank you very much.
00:46:11.310 --> 00:46:14.543
I probably won\'t say thank you.
Let\'s start over.
00:46:14.544 --> 00:46:15.664
-: Mr. Sellers? Mr. Sellers!
00:46:17.110 --> 00:46:18.765
-: Yes!
00:46:18.766 --> 00:46:19.600
-: Go ahead, sir.
00:46:19.600 --> 00:46:20.433
-: Good evening.
00:46:20.434 --> 00:46:21.496
My name is Bakari Sellers,
00:46:21.497 --> 00:46:24.089
I\'m from Denmark, South Carolina,
00:46:24.090 --> 00:46:25.999
and for the past 15-16 months,
00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:27.899
we\'ve been traveling in the state.
00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:30.199
And at every stop, I always tell people
00:46:30.200 --> 00:46:32.739
what my parents taught me to be
the two most important words
00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:34.119
in the English language.
00:46:34.120 --> 00:46:35.559
The words \"Thank you.\"
00:46:35.560 --> 00:46:38.019
I also want to thank my
opponent, Henry McMaster.
00:46:38.020 --> 00:46:40.349
For the past five months, Henry
has refused to debate us,
00:46:40.350 --> 00:46:42.509
or join us on any political stages.
00:46:42.510 --> 00:46:44.779
So, I\'m thankful that you joined us today.
00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:45.770
-: Mr. McMaster.
00:46:45.771 --> 00:46:49.219
- : I\'m runnin\' because
I love South Carolina.
00:46:49.220 --> 00:46:51.519
But ladies and gentlemen,
that\'s not enough.
00:46:51.520 --> 00:46:54.929
You got to be qualified to
serve as Lieutenant Governor.
00:46:54.930 --> 00:46:57.709
I have the experience, the
judgment, the maturity,
00:46:57.710 --> 00:47:00.479
and I\'m qualified, and I offer my candidacy
00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:03.269
because I think our best days are ahead.
00:47:03.270 --> 00:47:05.499
- : The irony in this
discussion about experience
00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:08.199
is that I\'m the only person
standing on his stage
00:47:08.200 --> 00:47:10.069
that\'s actually created a job for someone
00:47:10.070 --> 00:47:11.179
other than themselves.
00:47:11.180 --> 00:47:13.709
-: I created jobs for some people.
00:47:13.710 --> 00:47:16.719
They were in jail. Federal
prison and state prison.
00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:18.699
Created plenty of \'em too.
00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:21.729
- : There are no jobs in prison, Mr.
McMaster. I\'m sorry.
00:47:21.730 --> 00:47:24.249
I want South Carolinians
to believe and understand
00:47:24.250 --> 00:47:26.669
that I represent the hope for tomorrow.
00:47:26.670 --> 00:47:28.309
The hope for the future.
00:47:28.310 --> 00:47:31.069
Henry McMaster, if there\'s
any politician in the state
00:47:31.070 --> 00:47:33.149
that represents yesterday, it\'s him.
00:47:33.150 --> 00:47:34.539
-: A toast.
00:47:34.540 --> 00:47:36.359
- : A toast.
- : Bakari Sellers.
00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:37.360
Yeah.
00:47:37.361 --> 00:47:39.944
(gentle music)
00:47:43.506 --> 00:47:45.019
Man: You did great on the debate.
00:47:45.020 --> 00:47:46.020
-: Thank you.
00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:48.052
-: You nailed it!
00:47:48.927 --> 00:47:51.959
- : I\'m very proud to support
and endorse my good friend,
00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:53.279
Representative Bakari Sellers.
00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:55.059
Woman: Do you feel that your DUI
00:47:55.060 --> 00:47:56.510
has affected you politically?
00:47:57.490 --> 00:47:58.460
-: Not at all.
00:47:58.461 --> 00:47:59.899
I mean, we all make mistakes
00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:02.379
and if you can\'t make a
mistake and get through it,
00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:05.479
then you haven\'t done your job
maturing, or anything else.
00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:07.019
You know, y\'all believed in that skinny guy
00:48:07.020 --> 00:48:07.853
from Hawaii before.
00:48:07.854 --> 00:48:10.029
Why can\'t y\'all believe in
a skinny guy from Denmark?
00:48:10.030 --> 00:48:13.030
Thank you for giving us your
weekends and all your weekdays.
00:48:14.790 --> 00:48:17.166
Nobody thought that we would
be able to make it this far.
00:48:17.167 --> 00:48:19.266
- : You got our vote.
- : Well, thank you so much.
00:48:19.267 --> 00:48:21.049
- : Voted for you yesterday.
- : Thank you so much.
00:48:21.050 --> 00:48:23.239
- : I\'m voting for you, my
grandparents are voting for you.
00:48:23.240 --> 00:48:24.402
Just letting you know.
00:48:24.403 --> 00:48:25.772
-: I even had people came and said,
00:48:25.773 --> 00:48:27.812
\"I didn\'t even know who you
were, but I voted for you.\"
00:48:27.813 --> 00:48:29.599
That feels...
(audience laughing)
00:48:29.600 --> 00:48:32.179
The last time an
African-American held a seat
00:48:32.180 --> 00:48:34.299
statewide in South Carolina was 1876,
00:48:34.300 --> 00:48:37.079
and I think it\'s time we have a change.
00:48:37.080 --> 00:48:39.079
So, we got about 50 hours left.
00:48:39.080 --> 00:48:42.338
You can change the world
in 50 hours, can\'t you?
00:48:42.339 --> 00:48:43.439
That\'s not bad at all.
00:48:45.497 --> 00:48:48.629
- : Y\'all, I cannot tell
you what an honor it is
00:48:48.630 --> 00:48:50.859
to introduce Bakari
00:48:50.860 --> 00:48:54.139
and I am just so honored
for Lancaster County
00:48:54.140 --> 00:48:58.159
that Bakari chose Lancaster
as his last stop
00:48:58.160 --> 00:49:02.129
on his tour of all of all
South Carolina today.
00:49:02.130 --> 00:49:05.455
Give him a big hand, y\'all. He
is such a wonderful person.
00:49:05.456 --> 00:49:08.489
(audience applauding)
00:49:08.490 --> 00:49:12.799
-: Mandy did say this is the 46th county
00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:15.169
that we\'ve been to in five days.
00:49:15.170 --> 00:49:18.369
And we have given our all to this race.
00:49:18.370 --> 00:49:20.490
We are exactly 24 hours away
00:49:21.330 --> 00:49:23.469
from the possibility of making history.
00:49:23.470 --> 00:49:25.599
And we\'re tired, we\'re worn thin.
00:49:25.600 --> 00:49:27.239
This journey has been
long, it\'s been arduous,
00:49:27.240 --> 00:49:28.100
it\'s been tough.
00:49:28.101 --> 00:49:31.339
People write you off,
newspapers write you off,
00:49:31.340 --> 00:49:34.129
polls write you off, but polls don\'t vote.
00:49:34.130 --> 00:49:35.349
We do.
00:49:35.350 --> 00:49:37.789
We have so much power, and tomorrow we have
00:49:37.790 --> 00:49:40.459
an amazing opportunity to prove them wrong.
00:49:40.460 --> 00:49:41.749
We\'re not running for anything else other
00:49:41.750 --> 00:49:44.399
than for this little girl in
this yellow shirt right here.
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.099
So that she can dream big dreams.
00:49:46.100 --> 00:49:48.409
So, my name is Bakari Sellers,
00:49:48.410 --> 00:49:50.013
and tomorrow, 7:00,
00:49:52.202 --> 00:49:53.550
victory.
00:49:53.551 --> 00:49:56.718
(audience applauding)
00:50:02.209 --> 00:50:04.876
Ellen: So good baby, so good.
00:50:07.841 --> 00:50:10.841
(people chattering)
00:50:16.592 --> 00:50:18.639
Man: Can we pause for prayer, please?
00:50:18.640 --> 00:50:22.349
Can we pause for prayer, please?
00:50:22.350 --> 00:50:23.553
God, we thank you for the way
00:50:23.554 --> 00:50:25.359
you have blessed brother Sellers.
00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:26.879
We thank you, God, for the way you have
00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:29.379
carried him safely up
and down the highways.
00:50:29.380 --> 00:50:31.879
Now, God, we pray you give him
the desires of his heart,
00:50:31.880 --> 00:50:33.316
God, that he may be able
to serve your people
00:50:33.317 --> 00:50:36.019
and make a difference in this world.
00:50:36.020 --> 00:50:37.939
In Jesus Christ\'s name we pray.
00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:39.024
Amen.
- : Amen.
00:50:39.025 --> 00:50:41.608
(bright music)
00:50:42.810 --> 00:50:44.839
Radio: Election day. Looking good.
00:50:44.840 --> 00:50:48.689
Overall sunshine will take us
to a mostly sunny afternoon.
00:50:48.690 --> 00:50:51.126
Bakari: I\'m not anxious, or anything, I\'m,
00:50:51.127 --> 00:50:54.429
I\'m actually in a state of calm,
so that feels pretty good.
00:50:54.430 --> 00:50:55.949
I look forward to voting this morning,
00:50:55.950 --> 00:50:57.239
and seeing all the people,
00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:59.193
and passing out donuts at my precinct.
00:51:00.410 --> 00:51:02.310
It\'s a tradition, and I like to do it.
00:51:09.386 --> 00:51:13.219
Woman: Mr. Sellers, please give me your ID.
00:51:14.250 --> 00:51:15.779
There you are.
- : There I am.
00:51:15.780 --> 00:51:18.189
- : There he is, alrighty.
- : Yeah, see.
00:51:18.190 --> 00:51:20.333
-: Okay, would you please sign for me?
00:51:32.640 --> 00:51:37.037
- : Hey, y\'all don\'t let her
eat all the donuts. (laughs)
00:51:37.038 --> 00:51:40.093
- : Have a good one.
- : All right.
00:51:40.094 --> 00:51:42.594
(tense music)
00:51:44.510 --> 00:51:45.909
Bamberg County is setting records.
00:51:45.910 --> 00:51:47.609
They\'re voting like presidential.
00:51:47.610 --> 00:51:50.829
They\'re voting like when I ran in 2006.
It\'s amazing.
00:51:50.830 --> 00:51:52.803
It\'s 7:02, it\'s 7:02!
00:51:53.730 --> 00:51:55.339
Reporter: The first polls have closed
00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:57.390
and the results are beginning to come in.
00:51:58.800 --> 00:52:00.509
-: All right, there we go, 1% in.
00:52:00.510 --> 00:52:02.268
All right, we\'re keeping pace.
00:52:02.269 --> 00:52:04.459
Go back to my feed. Oh, what is that?
00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:06.603
Whoa! What\'d you just pop up?
00:52:08.740 --> 00:52:10.542
All right, take a picture! What is that?
00:52:10.543 --> 00:52:12.836
Is that Fairfield County?
00:52:12.837 --> 00:52:14.719
Fairfield\'s in. There we go, baby!
00:52:14.720 --> 00:52:18.149
That\'s what I\'m talking about.
One down, 45 more to go.
00:52:18.150 --> 00:52:21.069
Oh, Sun City\'s in. Look
at that, we\'re okay.
00:52:21.070 --> 00:52:22.453
Sun City\'s in. We\'re okay.
00:52:23.300 --> 00:52:25.579
We\'re running even now, right?
00:52:25.580 --> 00:52:26.580
We\'re running even.
00:52:28.010 --> 00:52:30.179
Apparently I won every
vote in Hampton County.
00:52:30.180 --> 00:52:31.990
I\'m gonna be the small county king.
00:52:31.991 --> 00:52:32.890
Cleveland: Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:52:32.891 --> 00:52:35.449
-: Look at that, and keep going.
00:52:35.450 --> 00:52:38.379
What other counties are reporting?
Newberry?
00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:40.119
All right. All right.
00:52:40.120 --> 00:52:42.949
What is that, what is that? Oh, my God.
00:52:42.950 --> 00:52:45.080
Kelley: Okay, that\'s not right.
00:52:45.081 --> 00:52:47.109
-: What? That doesn\'t make sense.
00:52:47.110 --> 00:52:48.729
Go back. Go back real quick.
00:52:48.730 --> 00:52:50.930
Gimme some Berkeley action.
Gimme something.
00:52:51.810 --> 00:52:52.810
Keep going.
00:52:53.688 --> 00:52:55.739
Why is he, what is going on here?
00:52:55.740 --> 00:52:57.869
Ellen: The check means they\'re all in?
00:52:57.870 --> 00:52:59.849
Bakari: Yes. Did we do any?
00:52:59.850 --> 00:53:01.810
- : Yeah.
- : We\'re winning those,
00:53:01.811 --> 00:53:02.644
some of them.
00:53:02.645 --> 00:53:05.249
- : Do we have any way of getting
anything faster than this?
00:53:05.250 --> 00:53:06.870
Ellen: You\'re only down 8,000 votes.
00:53:06.871 --> 00:53:08.371
Bakari: 14,000.
00:53:11.179 --> 00:53:12.179
Shit.
00:53:14.450 --> 00:53:16.150
Do we have any more precincts out?
00:53:19.070 --> 00:53:21.629
Gimme Anderson, and then
give me the, and let me see
00:53:21.630 --> 00:53:23.919
if the city of Anderson is in.
00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:26.959
View all data. Yeah.
00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:29.403
My goodness gracious.
00:53:39.100 --> 00:53:40.159
Reporter: It\'s really looking like
00:53:40.160 --> 00:53:42.510
a bad night for Democrats.
00:53:42.511 --> 00:53:44.909
(people chattering)
00:53:44.910 --> 00:53:47.839
Bakari: My goodness gracious.
00:53:47.840 --> 00:53:48.899
Shit.
00:53:48.900 --> 00:53:51.817
(melancholy music)
00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:03.199
-: Our new day has begun.
00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:07.249
I\'m humbled and honored to serve
00:54:07.250 --> 00:54:10.927
as your Lieutenant Governor, thank you.
00:54:15.976 --> 00:54:17.358
-: For the first time in a while,
00:54:17.359 --> 00:54:19.269
it\'s historic on the Democratic side,
00:54:19.270 --> 00:54:22.412
because we had a number of
African-Americans run statewide.
00:54:22.413 --> 00:54:25.249
First and foremost, Bakari Sellers.
00:54:25.250 --> 00:54:28.250
(audience cheering)
00:54:29.330 --> 00:54:32.798
- : Thank you so much for
you love, your support.
00:54:32.799 --> 00:54:34.459
(audience cheering)
00:54:34.460 --> 00:54:36.094
We worked so damn hard.
00:54:36.095 --> 00:54:37.512
Audience: Yes!
00:54:45.387 --> 00:54:47.558
-: And I\'m not going anywhere.
00:54:47.559 --> 00:54:50.559
(audience cheering)
00:54:52.630 --> 00:54:55.322
And the absolute reason that they\'re going
00:54:55.323 --> 00:54:57.809
to have deal with Bakari Sellers,
00:54:57.810 --> 00:55:00.855
is because I love South Carolina.
00:55:00.856 --> 00:55:02.434
Thank you and God bless you all.
00:55:02.435 --> 00:55:05.435
(audience cheering)
00:55:07.307 --> 00:55:09.349
-: Emotional Bakari Sellers, of course,
00:55:09.350 --> 00:55:11.209
a rising star in the Democratic Party,
00:55:11.210 --> 00:55:12.619
so I have to agree, we
probably haven\'t seen
00:55:12.620 --> 00:55:15.690
the last of him anytime soon.
- : Not at all.
00:55:24.350 --> 00:55:25.689
-: Maybe I didn\'t do a good enough job
00:55:25.690 --> 00:55:28.149
of getting them to turn out to vote.
00:55:28.150 --> 00:55:30.350
Maybe I didn\'t give them
enough to vote for.
00:55:35.000 --> 00:55:37.223
We had a strategy in place to win,
00:55:38.260 --> 00:55:39.960
and we knew the numbers we needed.
00:55:41.900 --> 00:55:43.499
There weren\'t enough
votes in South Carolina
00:55:43.500 --> 00:55:45.579
for me to be Lieutenant Governor.
00:55:45.580 --> 00:55:46.580
Just wasn\'t.
00:56:09.016 --> 00:56:11.433
(soft music)
00:56:31.050 --> 00:56:33.423
I expected to win up until I didn\'t.
00:56:35.470 --> 00:56:38.189
We did absolutely everything we could.
00:56:38.190 --> 00:56:40.840
There are certain things you
can\'t control in politics.
00:56:42.150 --> 00:56:44.169
I miss being able to fight for people,
00:56:44.170 --> 00:56:47.163
and I miss the quest for justice,
and all of those things.
00:56:48.606 --> 00:56:50.259
But there are other ways you
can make change in your life.
00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:51.689
This was one where we made some change,
00:56:51.690 --> 00:56:52.939
and now it\'s just time to progress.
00:56:52.940 --> 00:56:55.583
You never have regrets, and
you never go backwards.
00:56:58.460 --> 00:57:01.243
Emotionally it\'s just, now what do I do?
00:57:04.088 --> 00:57:05.288
That\'s the hardest part.
00:57:10.627 --> 00:57:12.460
[police siren Wailing]
00:57:15.833 --> 00:57:18.732
(melancholy music)
00:57:18.733 --> 00:57:20.449
Reporter: Nine people dead.
00:57:20.450 --> 00:57:21.699
Reporter: Massacre at a Charleston,
00:57:21.700 --> 00:57:23.339
South Carolina church.
00:57:23.340 --> 00:57:25.899
Reporter: A white gunman
burst in and opened fire.
00:57:25.900 --> 00:57:28.200
Now authorities are calling
this a hate crime.
00:57:40.655 --> 00:57:42.106
Ike: Bakari called me and said,
00:57:42.107 --> 00:57:43.607
\"We have to go to Charleston.\"
00:57:45.860 --> 00:57:50.080
- : This is the most unspeakable
and heart-breaking tragedy
00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:54.333
in historic Emanuel AME Church.
00:57:56.600 --> 00:57:58.439
Reporter: One victim
identified as the pastor
00:57:58.440 --> 00:58:00.079
of Emanuel AME Church,
00:58:00.080 --> 00:58:02.743
Clementa Pinckney who was
also a State Senator.
00:58:04.570 --> 00:58:06.889
A friend to practically everyone,
00:58:06.890 --> 00:58:07.929
and one of his true friends,
00:58:07.930 --> 00:58:10.280
is former State Representative
Bakari Sellers.
00:58:13.849 --> 00:58:15.179
-: This conversation of race is not one
00:58:15.180 --> 00:58:16.899
that\'s just gonna go away.
00:58:16.900 --> 00:58:19.779
But today, are about the
daughters who will not be able
00:58:19.780 --> 00:58:24.349
to fix their father brunch on Sunday, sir.
00:58:24.350 --> 00:58:26.390
-: I looked at...
00:58:26.391 --> 00:58:28.081
(Bakari cries)
00:58:28.082 --> 00:58:29.682
I know this has been a long day.
00:58:32.890 --> 00:58:34.673
Bakari: Much of that night was a blur.
00:58:36.200 --> 00:58:37.873
I was completely devastated.
00:58:52.591 --> 00:58:54.091
You lose a friend,
00:58:55.130 --> 00:58:58.253
and then it hits home because
you know why they were killed.
00:58:59.660 --> 00:59:01.910
They were killed because of
the color of their skin.
00:59:27.630 --> 00:59:32.299
Our state\'s soil is stained
red with so much blood
00:59:32.300 --> 00:59:34.799
and I\'m only 30 and my father is 70.
00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:37.709
But, we shouldn\'t be sharing
the same experiences
00:59:37.710 --> 00:59:39.759
when it comes to burying our loved ones.
00:59:39.760 --> 00:59:41.499
That\'s traumatic. That has to change.
00:59:41.500 --> 00:59:44.483
We have to redirect
history, and it starts now.
00:59:46.843 --> 00:59:49.659
-: For Bakari, the Charleston Massacre
00:59:49.660 --> 00:59:53.929
was like the Orangeburg Massacre
for his father, you know,
00:59:53.930 --> 00:59:57.082
in it sparked something inside of him.
00:59:57.083 --> 00:59:59.583
(tense music)
01:00:04.600 --> 01:00:06.260
Bakari: There is no more important time
01:00:06.261 --> 01:00:09.969
in our country\'s history than right now.
01:00:09.970 --> 01:00:11.079
There is no more important time
01:00:11.080 --> 01:00:14.187
in our state\'s history than right now.
01:00:15.150 --> 01:00:16.739
I served with Clementa Pinckney
01:00:16.740 --> 01:00:19.646
in the South Carolina General
Assembly, so my heart breaks.
01:00:19.647 --> 01:00:22.209
And I\'m sick and tired of
burying so many people,
01:00:22.210 --> 01:00:23.539
so many friends.
01:00:23.540 --> 01:00:25.429
But I also know that we won\'t bow down
01:00:25.430 --> 01:00:26.899
and I will live for them.
01:00:26.900 --> 01:00:29.849
I will not bow down, I will stand up.
01:00:29.850 --> 01:00:32.179
- : Even though he was not in
the House of Representatives
01:00:32.180 --> 01:00:35.679
at the time, he had just lost the election,
01:00:35.680 --> 01:00:38.769
he felt like he was
called to be of service.
01:00:38.770 --> 01:00:43.770
To be a voice for the families,
to be a voice for our state.
01:00:44.240 --> 01:00:46.919
- : I want everybody to know that
this terrorist did not win.
01:00:46.920 --> 01:00:50.499
He wanted to invoke terror and
fear but we aren\'t for that.
01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:53.199
We are standing up together, arm in arm,
01:00:53.200 --> 01:00:56.578
on our knees with our
face to the rising sun,
01:00:56.579 --> 01:00:58.036
praying to our Lord, and telling Him
01:00:58.037 --> 01:01:02.888
that we will not bow down,
but we will stand up.
01:01:02.889 --> 01:01:05.187
We will stand up for
everything that is good.
01:01:05.188 --> 01:01:07.739
We will stand up for
everything that is righteous,
01:01:07.740 --> 01:01:10.990
We will not bow down, we will stand up!
01:01:12.120 --> 01:01:15.956
We will not bow down, we will stand up!
01:01:15.957 --> 01:01:18.707
(crowd cheering)
01:01:23.304 --> 01:01:24.819
I don\'t know what I thought
before Charleston,
01:01:24.820 --> 01:01:26.559
but it definitely made me realize
01:01:26.560 --> 01:01:28.453
that we weren\'t far enough.
01:01:29.590 --> 01:01:31.639
There\'s a lot of hate,
there\'s a lot of bigotry
01:01:31.640 --> 01:01:32.949
and when it takes a friend,
01:01:32.950 --> 01:01:35.409
it\'s even that much more dangerous.
01:01:35.410 --> 01:01:37.659
That flag may not have killed Clementa,
01:01:37.660 --> 01:01:40.329
but it gave his shooter and others like him
01:01:40.330 --> 01:01:43.269
and banner under which to
justify their actions.
01:01:43.270 --> 01:01:45.749
I\'m sick and tired of that
flag being shown honor
01:01:45.750 --> 01:01:47.069
in front of our State House.
01:01:47.070 --> 01:01:48.639
Our work has to be to come together
01:01:48.640 --> 01:01:50.849
to remove this symbol of hate.
01:01:50.850 --> 01:01:53.957
Protestors: Take it down! Take it down!
01:01:53.958 --> 01:01:56.208
Take it down! Take it down!
01:01:57.078 --> 01:01:59.328
Take it down! Take it down!
01:02:00.180 --> 01:02:02.809
Reporter: The final vote
overwhelmingly in favor
01:02:02.810 --> 01:02:04.269
of the flag\'s removal.
01:02:04.270 --> 01:02:06.626
A stunning reversal in a
state that was the site
01:02:06.627 --> 01:02:08.983
of the first shots in the Civil War.
01:02:13.290 --> 01:02:16.207
(crowd chattering)
01:02:17.050 --> 01:02:18.819
Reporter: I wanna bring in Bakari Sellers.
01:02:18.820 --> 01:02:20.809
I\'m wondering what this moment means to you
01:02:20.810 --> 01:02:23.229
as a friend and as a former lawmaker here.
01:02:23.230 --> 01:02:25.519
- : It\'s an amazing day,
it really fills my heart
01:02:25.520 --> 01:02:27.659
with so much joy, because finally the world
01:02:27.660 --> 01:02:29.759
is looking at South Carolina
for something positive
01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:32.176
and in the words of the
great poet Flo Rida,
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\"It\'s going down for real.\"
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(both laughing)
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Crowd: USA, USA, USA, USA!
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(soft music)
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(crowd cheering)
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- : Live from South Carolina,
right here from the steps
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of the State House, where
this flag no longer flies.
01:03:07.973 --> 01:03:10.723
(crowd cheering)
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Man: One, two, three.
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- : Don\'t mess up.
- : Okay.
01:03:24.340 --> 01:03:25.623
I got that.
- : Can you handle that?
01:03:25.624 --> 01:03:26.457
-: I can handle that part.
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I go on TV at 7:00, I need
to be down here at 6:30.
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-: I love you too, brother.
01:03:31.434 --> 01:03:32.479
- : I love you.
- : All right, love you, too.
01:03:32.480 --> 01:03:35.897
- : Welcome to the convention.
- : Thank you.
01:03:36.987 --> 01:03:37.820
-: Wait, he\'s next!
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Presenter: Please welcome Bakari Sellers
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from South Carolina.
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(crowd cheering)
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-: Tonight I join you, just a kid
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from Denmark, South Carolina.
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To stand here at this crossroad
in our nation\'s history,
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as proof that anything is possible.
01:04:02.590 --> 01:04:05.519
I join you tonight born out of struggle.
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The son of Gwendolyn Sellers
and Cleveland Sellers,
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who missed the birth of his
oldest child, my sister,
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because he was in prison for fighting
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for what he believed in.
01:04:17.850 --> 01:04:20.919
The truth is, every single one of us
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is a product of struggle.
01:04:23.850 --> 01:04:27.033
Our lives were made possible
through struggle and hope.
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And now, Democrats, more than ever,
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we must continue to embrace our history.
01:04:34.830 --> 01:04:38.069
That once we fought just to be seated,
01:04:38.070 --> 01:04:41.029
but now I stand before
you, ladies and gentlemen,
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unbowed, unbroken, and unafraid.
01:04:44.499 --> 01:04:46.349
(crowd cheering)
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Stand up for progress.
01:04:49.310 --> 01:04:52.189
Stand up for justice.
01:04:52.190 --> 01:04:55.419
And stand up if you know, like I know,
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that we are stronger together.
01:05:00.070 --> 01:05:01.469
My father continues to let me know
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that although we made progress,
01:05:03.170 --> 01:05:04.470
we still have yet a ways to go.
01:05:05.520 --> 01:05:07.403
And that\'s why we continue to fight.
01:05:08.860 --> 01:05:10.169
What we saw in Charlottesville
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is the face of white supremacy,
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and now America gets to see it.
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African-Americans, when
they come in contact
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with the police, are more likely to get
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an extensive use of force used
upon them than white people.
01:05:22.530 --> 01:05:24.809
I mean today, I feel like I\'m a Muslim.
01:05:24.810 --> 01:05:27.276
Today I feel like I\'m a refugee
because, as Dr. King said,
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\"Injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere.\"
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I\'ve always wanted to become
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a part of something larger than myself.
01:05:41.330 --> 01:05:44.019
I want people to believe that
no matter where you\'re from,
01:05:44.020 --> 01:05:46.713
or what you look like, you
can contribute greatly.
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We must continue to embrace
the words of our state motto,
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Dum Spiro Spero.
01:05:55.860 --> 01:05:58.261
While I breathe, I hope.
01:05:58.262 --> 01:06:01.429
(inspirational music)
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- : They tell me that I was
the first elected official
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to endorse Donald Trump in the country.
01:06:17.960 --> 01:06:20.579
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
this is not a dream,
01:06:20.580 --> 01:06:22.003
this is the real thing.
01:06:29.090 --> 01:06:30.539
- : CNN political commentator
Bakari Sellers,
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we\'ll start with your reaction now, Bakari.
01:06:33.420 --> 01:06:35.569
-: Just examine what Donald Trump did.
01:06:35.570 --> 01:06:37.120
Let\'s look at that in a vacuum.
01:06:43.160 --> 01:06:48.009
-: It is my honor to give my endorsement
01:06:48.010 --> 01:06:49.969
to Henry McMaster.
01:06:49.970 --> 01:06:51.943
He\'s going to be a great governor.
01:07:05.450 --> 01:07:08.239
-: I will work extremely hard to make sure
01:07:08.240 --> 01:07:10.499
that more good people get in positions
01:07:10.500 --> 01:07:12.063
where we can change lives.
01:07:13.070 --> 01:07:15.749
Because that\'s just as
important to me today,
01:07:15.750 --> 01:07:18.093
as it is to beat Donald Trump in 2020.
01:07:31.040 --> 01:07:32.709
-: Bakari Sellers, everybody.
01:07:32.710 --> 01:07:36.279
-: I am so excited to be here.
01:07:36.280 --> 01:07:39.039
Give yourselves a round of applause.
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No matter where I am, I\'m
gonna wear a shirt that says,
01:07:42.157 --> 01:07:43.717
\"Re-elect Mayor Butler.\"
01:07:44.680 --> 01:07:48.119
- : This young man is not the
future, he\'s the present.
01:07:48.120 --> 01:07:49.673
So, I\'m excited to be a
part of this journey.
01:07:49.674 --> 01:07:51.174
Let\'s get it done.
01:07:56.046 --> 01:07:59.213
(soulful piano music)
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- : This is what happens
after you lose a race for,
01:11:02.800 --> 01:11:04.000
for Lieutenant Governor.
01:11:07.674 --> 01:11:08.999
I guess one day I\'ll go
through all of that,
01:11:09.000 --> 01:11:11.333
and rinse off the ones that are still good.
01:11:14.290 --> 01:11:16.199
Reusing those in the next race.
01:11:16.200 --> 01:11:17.750
They won\'t know the difference.