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I AM YOUR HOST SAKHSHI.

AND TODAY WE´RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE INSURRECTION.

WE´RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO IT AND WE´RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE INAUGURATION.

WE´RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IF IT WAS A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO IT AND THE DAY ITSELF.

TIMES ARE CHANGING AND THIS YEAR "GRAFFITI STREET" HAS BEEN PRESENT, SO LET´S FIGURE THE DRAMATIC TRANSITION POINTS IN OUR LIFE.

NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOLERS OR TEENAGERS, BUT WE´RE ON OUR WAY TO ADULTHOOD AND WE ARE NOW OBSERVERS OF THE 45th ON TWITTER AND THE ELECTION OF JOE BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, THEY LITERALLY HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WHAT MAY BE THE MOST TUMULTUOUS TRANSITION IN U.S. HISTORY.

SO TODAY WE´RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TRANSITION OF POWER FROM THREE PERSPECTIVES.

THE LEAD UP TO THE INAUGURATION, THE EVENT ITSELF AND THE FUTURE AFTER THE CHANGE.

SO TO START IT OFF, I´M GOING TO THROW OUT A QUESTION TO THE CAST.

WE DIDN´T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT WHEN IT HAPPENED IN 2020 PARTLY BECAUSE THE RESULTS TOOK SO LONG TO BECOME OFFICIAL, BUT DID YOU FORESEE A SMOOTH TRANSITIONAL TRANSITION OF POWER THEN OR IS IT THE END RESULT MIRROR OF WHAT YOU EXPECTED?

>> FOR ME PERSONALLY THE END RESULT WAS PRETTY CLEAR WHEN TRUMP WAS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE RIGGED ELECTION FROM THE BALLOTS, FROM THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS, I WAS ALWAYS PREPARED TO LOSE, HE KNOWS HE´S GOING TO LOSE AND HE´S NOT GOING TO GIVE UP HIPS SEAT.

SO I WAS EXPECTING FOR HIM TO BE A SORE LOSER ABOUT IT.

I DIDN´T FORESEE AN INSURRECTION, BUT, I MEAN, WHO DOES?

>> YOU TOUCHED ON THE INSURRECTION.

AND I CALL IT A TERRORIST ACT, BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE CAPITOL.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT REFLECTED ON THE U.S.?

DO YOU THINK IT REFLECTS ON US AS A WHOLE OR DO YOU THINK IT SHOWS ONE GROUP OF EXTREMISTS THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE A PART OF AMERICA?

>> I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT PAINT AMERICA WITH A BRIGHT RED PALETTE AND SAY THAT WE´RE ALL EXTREMISTS IF THAT´S WHAT YOU´RE ASKING.

I DON´T COUNT MYSELF AS AFRICAN EXTREMIST.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT DOES NOT REFLECT AS THE WHOLE UNITED STATES, AND IT REFLECTS A PART.

>> I´M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, JADEN.

JEN?

>> I DON´T THINK EVERYBODY IN AMERICA IS AN EXTREMIST BUT BASED ON THE REST OF THE WORLD, THAT´S HOW AMERICA LOOKS.

EVERY TIME YOU LOOK IN THE MEDIA IT´S TRUMP DOING THIS AND THEN YOU HAVE A GROUP OF EXTREMISTS TERRORIZING CAPITOL HILL, AND ALTHOUGH EVERYONE ISN´T LIKE THAT, THAT´S HOW IT LOOKS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, IT´S JUST A SHAME.

>> THAT IS VERY TRUE.

THE WAY WE ARE PERCEIVED IN THE WORLD, HOW IT´S DRASTICALLY CHANGED.

WE´RE A SUPERPOWER AND WE´RE KIND OF SUPPOSED TO BE THE COUNTRY TO LOOK AT FOR INSPIRATION.

AND AFTER THIS PAST PRESIDENCY, IT´S DEFINITELY NOT THAT WAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> AS, AS JADEN SAID, THE REST OF THE WORLD AMERICA IS PAINTED IN A PRETTY POOR LIGHT´S OF NOW AFTER THAT CAPITOL BREACHING.

AND I FEEL THE COUNTRY IS PROBABLY DIVIDED MORE AFTER TRUMP KIND OF INCITED THIS WHOLE THING TO HAPPEN.

I REMEMBER ONE OF MY TEACHERS SHOWED ME A NEWS REPORT FROM A BRITISH REPORTING STATION, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THEY WERE MAKING ABOUT AMERICA, YOU COULD TELL THEY WEREN´T TOO IMPRESSED.

IT´S SHAMEFUL FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> I THINK DONALD TRUMP HAD A ROLE TO PLAY, I THINK HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A LOT OF IT, HE HAD THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON, AND HE DID.

WHEN YOU USE THAT TO AN ADVANTAGE TO INCITING VIOLENCE AND I THINK IT´S UNFORTUNATE, WHICH IS MOST LIKELY WHY HE WAS BANNED FROM THE VARIOUS NETWORKS.

WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON ALL OF THESE PLATFORMS BANNING HIM?

>> I THINK PERSONALLY HE DESERVES IT BECAUSE HE WAS JUST CAUSING TOO MUCH -- I WILL SAY HE WAS MAKING EVERYTHING BAD.

LIKE YOU SAID, HE´S MAKING AMERICA LOOK BAD.

MAKING US LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES AND VIOLENT.

HE DIDN´T TO ANYTHING FOR THE STATES AND SOME OF -- I GUESS TRUMPEES, THEY THINK HE´S GOD.

SO I THINK IT´S A GOOD THING HE´S OFF THE PLATFORMS.

>> I THINK IT´S GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SUPPORTERS DO IDOLIZE HIM.

I DO THINK HE DID HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY BECAUSE HE TOLD TERRORISTS I LOVE YOU AND JADEN HAD SOME POINTS.

I WILL THROW IT TO JADEN.

>> YES, IF YOU´RE USING A PLATFORM TO TELL TERRORISTS THAT I LOVE YOU, OF COURSE, YOU´RE GOING TO BE BAD.

SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY HE´S EXPRESSING THE FIRST AMENDMENT BUT YOU CAN´T USE FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO DO ILLEGAL THINGS.

LIKE THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

AND I JUST CAN´T -- BUT, YEAH, SO SINCE THAT LIMIT, THERE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES AND THE CONSEQUENCE WAS YOU´RE GOING TO BE BANNED FROM THE PLATFORM BECAUSE THE PLATFORM HAVE TERMS AND SERVICES AND POLICIES AND IF YOU BREAK THEM, YOU´RE GOING TO BE PUSHED OFF.

>> I ALSO DO THINK IT KIND OF IS AN INSULT HE WAS BANNED, EARLY ON IT WAS A BAKERY, AND THIS WAS A CASE BY THE SUPREME COURT, THIS BAKERY REFUSED TO CREATE A WEDDING CAKE FOR GAY COUPLE AND THE SUPREME COURT RULED BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVATE BUSINESS AND BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THEIR RELIGION, THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SO AND BECAUSE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ARE PRIVATE PLATFORMS.

SO I ASSUMED THAT´S WHY THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO THE SAME THING.

JOSH?

>> YEAH, AND ALSO TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE TERMS AND SERVICES OF THESE COMPANIES.

I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY REASON AS TO WHY THEY BANNED HIM RECENTLY IS BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT OF OFFICE.

THEY DIDN´T WANT TO TAKE AWAY HIS -- HIS PLATFORM WHILE HE WAS STILL WITHIN HIS PRESIDENCY.

HE WAS STILL WITHIN HIS PRESIDENCY, BUT IT WAS -- IT WAS TOWARDS THE END.

AND GOING BACK TO HOW HE LIKE INFLUENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRUMP LIES A LOT.

HE´S A HABITUAL LIAR BASICALLY.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT HE´S OFF OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

MAYBE HE´LL BE GOING ON TO SOME NEW CONSPIRACY THEORIST PLATFORM.

I FORGET WHAT IT´S CALLED.

BUT WHO KNOWS?

>> I HAVE TO AGREE, HE DEFINITELY USED HIS PLATFORM NEGATIVELY.

HE PREACHED A LOT ABOUT FAKE NEWS AND A LOT OF HIS TWEETS HAVE BEEN FLAGGED FOR PERPETUATING FALSE INFORMATION.

>> TOUCHING BACK ON WHAT JOSH HAD SAID, I THINK A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM HAS THEIR RULES, THEY SHOULD STICK ON IT.

THERE´S NO IF, ANDS OR BUTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR POSITION IS IN YOUR OFFICE.

I THINK IF YOU´RE USING MY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, AND I HAVE MY RULES, THEN YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THEM.

I DON´T KNOW IF YOU ALL AGREE.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT´S FAIR.

>> I WOULD AGREE THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW AND TRUMP HAS VIOLATED THEM, NOT ONCE, BUT NUMEROUS TIMES.

GOING BACK TO ONE OF HIS TWEETS, THIS GOES BACK TO EARLIER IN 2020 DURING THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST, WHEN HE CALLED THEM THUGS AND SAID THEY SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR UP TO TEN YEARS.

THOSE CROWDS WERE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, 93% OF BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS WERE PEACEFUL.

AND HE CALLED THEM ALL THUGS AND THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAINST INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION AND BEING SEEN AS THE OTHER.

IN AMERICA, THAT´S ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE, THE OTHER, THAT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR DIVISION.

BUT EARLIER WE SAW THE GROUPS, BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS BEING MET WITH THE -- WITH TEAR GAS AND EXTREME VIOLENCE.

WE SAW THEM BEING PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA AS ALMOST COMPLETELY VIOLENT.

WHEN THE INSURRECTION HAPPENED, IT TOOK THEM FOUR YEARS -- OR FOUR HOURS -- IT FELT LIKE FOUR YEARS, BUT FOUR HOURS TO SECURE THE CAPITOL, THE NATION.

THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY SUPPOSED TO BE OUR MOST SECURE BUILDING, WHICH IS INSANE, RIGHT.

I DON´T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK, YOUR PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, BUT I THINK IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW -- HOW THE MARCH OF 2020, WE SAW THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL LINED WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD, EVEN THOUGH THE PROTESTS WERE PEACEFUL.

SO, JOSH, ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE JUXTAPOSITION THERE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE TWO GROUPS WERE TREATED?

>> YOU KNOW, I´M VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE, I MEAN, THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DIDN´T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS INSURRECTION WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE CAPITOL HILL.

SO IT´S LIKE CONFUSING AS TO HOW THE GOVERNMENT COULDN´T KNOW BUT EVERYONE ELSE WHO SHOWED UP KNEW THE TIME AND PLACE TO BE THERE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST THAT WAS HAPPENING, AND THEY WENT TO CAPITOL HILL, THEY WERE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.

THEY DIDN´T EVEN GET TO THE STEPS.

THEY WERE ALREADY ARRESTED BEFORE GETTING TO THE STEPS, WHICH IS CRAZY TO ME.

LIKE SOMETIMES I -- I GET REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN AMERICA WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO PERPETUATE, WHICH IS LIKE THE NEO-NAZIS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND, I MOAN, LIKE IT´S JUST CRAZY TO ME HOW THAT´S STILL BEING ABLE TO PROLIFERATE THROUGH AMERICA.

>> I DEFINITELY AGREE AT THE CAPITOL IF YOU DIDN´T GET A CHANCE OR IF YOU DIDN´T SEE WHAT HAPPENED, THERE WERE WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS, THEIR WERE KLAN FLIES FLYING, BLUE LIVES MATTER FLAGS FLYING, THERE WERE NOOSES OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITOL.

NOBODY WAS WEARING MASKS.

THEY HAD NO BASIC REGARD FOR EACH OTHER.

THEY DIDN´T CARE ABOUT SPREADING THE PANDEMIC.

THERE WAS ALSO AN INDEPENDENCE INCIDENT THEY TOOK THE AMERICAN FLAG, THREW IT ON THE FLOOR, REPLACED IT WITH A TRUMP FLAG AND CONTINUED TO SAY THEY WERE PATRIOTS.

AND IN THE CONSTITUTION, IT DOESN´T SAY -- IN LAYMAN´S TERMS PARAPHRASING IT, IT SAYS YOU DON´T THROW THE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE FLOOR AND REPLACE IT WITH A FLAG OF A CANDIDATE WHO YOU IDOLIZE.

KADEN, THOUGHTS ON HOW THE INSURRECTION WAS HANDLED.

>> I MEAN, FOR THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS THEY WERE MET WITH POLICE OFFICERS WITH NICE STICKS, TEAR GAS AND MANY WERE KILLED.

THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE RIOT AT CAPITOL HILL WERE MET WITH POLICE OFFICERS WEARING TRUMP HATS AND SAYING GO RIGHT IN.

THERE WERE LITERALLY POLICE OFFICERS INVITING THEM TO GO INTO THE CAPITOL, WHICH IT BLOWS MY MIND, TO BE HONEST, HOW HYPOCRITICAL PEOPLE CAN BE.

>> YEAH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR, ONE GROUP WAS FULL OF HATRED AND BIGOTRY AND THE OTHER GROUP IS FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES, THEY´RE FIGHTING TO NOT BE KILLED FOR WALKING HOME, TO NOT BE KILLED WHEN THEY´RE STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

THEY SHOULD BE BASIC HUMAN LIKE RIGHTS THAT YOU DON´T GET KILLED FOR CARRYING A PACK OF SKITTLES OR REACHING FOR YOUR WALLET OR A COMB.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAPPENS IN AMERICA TOO MUCH AND WE SEE IT SO OFTEN.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH THIS PRESIDENCY, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW THOSE TWO GROUPS ARE TREATED DEFINITELY MEANT A LOT TO ME AND I´M SURE IT MEANT A LOT TO EVERYBODY, JUST TO SEE PRAISE ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS HAPPENING AND TRY TO -- TO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, TO CORRECT IT, AND ANYBODY HAVE THOUGHTS ON HOW BIDEN APPROACHED THE INSURRECTION?

>> I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I HEARD HIM ACTUALLY SPEAK OUT AT THE INAUGURATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT HATE GROUPS THAT´S IN AMERICA, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, I DON´T THINK IT´S EVER BEEN DONE.

AND LIKE A LOT OF PRESIDENTS HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF LIKE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.

LIKE THEY TALK ABOUT IT BUT THEY AVOID IT.

AND I THINK HE HANDLED IT VERY WELL.

I AM A LITTLE SKEPTICAL WITH THE UNIFICATION.

I MEAN, I´M GLAD THAT HE TALKED ABOUT BEING A PRESIDENT FOR EVERYONE AND NOT JUST FOR A CERTAIN GROUP, WHICH WAS GOOD, BUT I -- I DON´T THINK -- I DON´T KNOW HOW UNIFIED THE COUNTRY CAN BE IN JUST FOUR YEARS.

IT´S A LOT HARDER TO DESTROY -- OR IT´S A LOT HARDER TO REBUILD THAN TO DESTROY RELATIONS.

SO IT´S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

>> FOR SURE.

I THINK THE SPEECHES, A LOT OF THE SPEECHES AND HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT UNIFYING THIS COUNTRY.

I HOPE IT HELPS AND THE COUNTRY BECOMES UNIFIED.

THE COUNTRY HAS NEVER BEEN UNIFIED.

THERE WAS ALWAYS A GROUP CAST OUT AND SEEN AS OTHER AND TREATED VERY POORLY.

I THINK THIS INAUGURATION DEFINITELY STOOD OUT IN TERMS OF SPEECHES, AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT´S IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC BECAUSE THERE WAS INSURRECTION THAT LED UP TO IT, BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT CAST ASIDE SO MANY TRADITIONS.

HE DIDN´T SHOW UP TO THE INAUGURATION, HE DIDN´T HANDLE IT LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT A PRESIDENT TO HANDLE IT.

HE HANDLED IT LIKE A CHILD.

HE GOT MAD.

HE HAD A TEMPER TANTRUM AND DIDN´T SHOW UP.

BUT AS YOU THINK THIS INAUGURATION STOOD OUT BECAUSE THERE´S A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

KAMALA HARRIS IS NOW IN OFFICE AND WAS SWORN IN BY THE FIRST BLACK JUSTICE ON THE SUPREME COURT.

HOW DO YOU SEE THAT MOMENT, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

FOR ME THE THOUGHT THAT KAMALA IS THE FIRST MIXED RACE, FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT, SHE ALSO BEING SWORN IN BY A BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS AWESOME.

BUT ALSO WAS MICHELLE AND KAMALA THEMSELVES, THEY REMINDED PEOPLE OF THE POP GIRLS.

THAT´S WHAT THEY REMINDED ME.

>> I DIDN´T THINK THE POWDER PUFF GIRLS AND NOW THAT YOU SAY IT, I SEE IT.

THEY KILLED IT.

JADEN, ANYTHING EXCITING THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

>> I DEFINITELY HAVE TO SAY THE OUTFITS FOR SURE BECAUSE MICHELLE, ESPECIALLY WITH HER HAIR, SHE WAS ROCKING IT.

AND THEN WITH OUR NOW VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, WITH HER OUTFIT, IT WAS ALL PURPLE AND I DON´T REMEMBER WHO WAS SAYING IT BEFORE INAUGURATION BUT THEY SHE WORE ALL PURPLE TO KIND OF HONOR HER POLITICAL INFLUENCE, WHICH I HOPE I DON´T BUTCHER HER NAME, SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN THAT RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1972, I BELIEVE.

THAT´S WHY SHE WORE PURPLE, BECAUSE PURPLE WAS THE COLOR FOR WOMEN´S SUFFRAGE.

JUST KNOWING THE HISTORY, I JUST LOVE THE OUTFIT EVEN MORE.

>> IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

I THINK THEY DEFINITELY HIT A LOT OF SYMBOLISM AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SYMBOLISM IN THAT INAUGURATION, IN THEIR OUTFITS, IN THEIR SPEECHES, IN THE WAY THE FLAGS ARE FLYING.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THEY´RE GOING TO LOOK BACK ON YEARS LATER WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO LEARN THIS IN THEIR AP U.S. HISTORY AND WE´RE GOING TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT THIS WAS AND IT´S LIKE A BEACON OF HOPE.

IT WAS LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO SEE KIND OF HOW UNIFIED, THEIR OUTFITS WERE JUST SO MONOCHROME AND UNIFYING.

ANY THOUGHTS ON ANYTHING ELSE AT THE INAUGURATION?

>> I CAN´T SAY I HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OUTFITS.

I DIDN´T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE.

BUT I DEFINITELY VERY MUCH ENJOYED THE POTENTIAL AT THE INAUGURATION, THE NAME IS ALLUDING MY MIND RIGHT NOW BUT SHE MADE A POTENTIAL THAT TAPPED EVERY KEY POINT THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID.

IT WAS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL.

I REMEMBER WE WATCHED IT IN CLASS, AND HARDLY ANYONE WAS DRAWING OR LOOKING AT IT.

EVERYONE WAS ATTENTIVE AND IT JUST CAUGHT EVERYONE´S ATTENTION, EVEN AT THE INAUGURATION.

ALL EYES ON HER.

I THINK SHE DID A GOOD JOB.

>> I´M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.

SHE WAS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE INAUGURATION.

HER OUTFIT WAS STUNNING.

SHE WAS A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN.

SHE WAS 22 YEARS OLD AND I THINK THAT ITSELF IS INCREDIBLE.

SHE´S GOING TO BE SO INSPIRATIONAL FOR SO MANY YOUNG GIRLS AND SO MANY YOUNG KIDS WHO WANT TO GET INTO POLITICS.

HER NAME IS AMANDA GORMAN AND SHE KILLED IT.

SHE ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER AND ADORE HER NOW.

ANY THOUGHTS ON AMANDA OR ANYTHING ELSE AT THE INAUGURATION?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS I THOUGHT J.LO DID A GREAT JOB ON THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

>> I THOUGHT THE PERFORMANCES WERE GREAT.

JOSH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> YES, I DO.

I KNOW A LOT OF THE SPEECHES WERE ABOUT UNIFICATION AND AMANDA DID A GREAT JOB ON TALKING ABOUT THAT, SO I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS STATEMENT THAT MIKE POMPEO SAID OR TWEETED, I BELIEVE -- I THINK HE TWEETED IT.

HE SAID, MULTICULTURALISM, ALL OF THE ISMS, THEY´RE NOT WHO AMERICA IS.

THEY DISTORT OUR GLORIOUS FOUNDING AND WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT.

OUR ENEMIES STOKE THESE DIVISIONS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MAKE US WEAKER.

SO WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM THAT -- THAT STATEMENT?

>> PERSONALLY I TAKE THAT MIKE POMPEO IS AN IDIOT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

AMERICA STARTED OFF WITH NATIVE AMERICANS AND THEN CAME THE EUROPEANS AND THEN THE IRISH AND THEN THE JAPANESE, AND INDIANS, ASIANS, MEXICANS.

THERE´S SO MUCH DIVERSITY IN AMERICA.

THERE´S SO MUCH CULTURE.

JUST LOOK AT THE CAST.

IT´S SO MULTICULTURAL AND PRESIDENT BIDEN´S CABINET BEING 50% PEOPLE WHO AREN´T WHITE JUST ADDS TO THIS UNITY OF TRYING TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND STOPPING THIS IDEOLOGY OF PEOPLE BEING SEPARATE BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.

MIKE POMPEO, I HAVE NO WORDS FOR THAT MAN EXCEPT HE FOR IT´S RIDICULOUS THAT HE THINKS AMERICA ISN´T MULTICULTURAL WHEN IT STARTED OFF WITH NATIVE AMERICANS AND THEN EUROPEANS AND IRISH AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FORWARD TO OR WHAT ARE YOU HOPEFUL OF NOW THAT JOE BIDEN IS IN OFFICE?

HE SIGNED IN 70, I BELIEVE, EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON HIS FIRST DAY.

HE´S ALREADY TRYING TO TAKE BACK THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND ALL OF THE HATRED THAT TRUMP PUT OUT WITH A LOT OF HIS POLICIES.

KADEN?

>> I DEFINITELY, DONALD TRUMP DEFINITELY PUT ON A SHOW EVERY TIME HE WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT, WHICH WAS VERY OFTEN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE JUST FOR CHANGE.

>> I DON´T THINK JOE BIDEN COMING INTO OFFICE IS A BE ALL, END ALL TO WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA.

I´M JUST HOPING THAT HE CREATES A POLICY THAT MAKES HATE GROUPS ILLEGAL BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THE KKK IS STILL ABLE TO FUNCTION AND RUN AND THE PROUD BOYS ARE STILL ABLE TO FUNCTION AND RUN IS TERRIFYING.

TO END IT ALL WITH HOPE.

I JUST WANT TO QUOTE AMANDA GORMAN.

I THINK SHE SAID IT BEST SO I´M GOING TO QUOTE HER.

SHE SAID REMEMBER THOSE RECONCILE AND RECOVER IN EVERY KNOWN NOOK OF OUR NATION AND EVERY CORNER CALLED OUR COUNTRY, OUR PEOPLE DIVERSE AND DUTIFUL WILL EMERGED BATTERED BUT BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK SHE SAID IT BEST.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO IS -- WHO IS PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY AGAINST THE VIOLENCE.

THE I DON´T THINK THERE´S -- THAT THE VIOLENCE WILL END JUST YET.

I THINK THERE´S STILL MORE COMING UNFORTUNATELY JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHANGE.

WITH THAT, I DIDN´T MEAN TO END ON SUCH A LOW NOTE, BUT WITH THAT, WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON ANOTHER EPISODE OF "GRAFFITI STREET."

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