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Herschel Walker on Trump’s economic plan for Black Americans

2020-09-26 | 🔗
Former NFL player Herschel Walker joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Jedediah sounds good. We are looking forward to it. Another big topic we are covering with respect to President Trump is that in Georgia he unveiled a new economic initiative aiming empowerment for black community throughout the country. Im here today to announce a brand new plan to deliver more opportunity, more security, more fairness and more prosperity to black communities. We call it the platinum plan, its going to be something that people take about for a long time to come. Will former NFL running back and Heisman trophy winner? Herschel Walker introduced the president at the event yesterday and he joins us with more Herschel. Thank you for being here. It strikes me that, during a time we are talking about defunding, the police and destroying so many things in America. Shear plan Herschel the platinum plan that I know tends to build things up for the black community. Several I mean business, financial investment, so many things that seem real opportunities. You can see it on your s, screen there to really help the black community.
What is your reaction? Herschel? Well, you know I was excited about it. You know you are talking about five hundred dollars billion over four years. You are talking about jobs, you are talking about black owned businesses, and this is something that the President wanted to do its got nothing to do with voting or anything else, except. This was the right thing to do, something that should have been done a long time ago with everything going on around this country. This president is still trying to work, because you hear people cry sort of like the voice for the voiceless and I think thats what is so important and they unveiled that yesterday was absolutely incredible. Pete Herschel, thanks for being here, we have seen a lot of athletes sounding off on politics, but theres a fresh, not a fresh voice, hes been around for a long time. Is he willing to speak truth and speak freely? Charles Barclay made comments about the black community and police watch. I hear these fools on tv talking about defund, the police
and things like that. We need police reform and prison reform, and things like that because you know who aint going to defund the cops white, neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods. So that notion they keep saying that im like wait, a minute who will black people supposed to call ghostbusters when we have crime in our neighborhoods we need police reform but, like I say, white people, especially rich white people, they are always going to have cops. We need to stop that defund or abolish the cops crap PETE Herschel. We have seen that same thing reflected in when you actually poll members of the black community. They say I dont want the police to leave your take. Well, you know Charles is one hundred percent correct. I dont want to call them fools, but I think is he one hundred percent correct, because no one wants to defund the police. There are two sides to every story. It is sad that there was a death that was caused here, but people dont want to look at the other side lets. Think of one thing: has anyone ever talked about blaming Kenneth Walker?
He shot at the police? Did anyone ever say? Was he legal to carry a gun that wasnt even his apartment, that he was in? Those are a lot of facts that people dont even want to talk about. You know you talk about the lawyer. That is instead of being proactive. He is being reactive right now. He should have been proactive by saying that you know instead of these young men and women, well, these young men thats being called killed by the police before you go into that lets, see you cooperate with the police and then what im going to do is get you out of jail. If you are innocent, not wait until someone has been killed and now you show up and now you want to say that the police are wrong, because you cant put your hand on the scales of justice he mentioned that yesterday and that do what he want to do. You know the a dot g there in Kentucky. You know he made a decision by the law he made decision by the law because thats what he is. He got that job for a reason, and I think the lawyer got to remember that as well. This a dot g is not out trying to do anything to hurt anyone. U built on law and order,
we need law and order. Charles Barclay was right because you dont want to defund the police lets. Also dont blame the police. The police were doing their job, they were doing what they were called to do and they were doing their job Jedediah Herschel. A lot of aspects of that case unfolding calls for the grand jury to release more information, the public sentiment being very high on that right now. I actually want to ask you a question about votes, though, because the Republican Party does have a problem with the african american vote. He got, I think, eight percent for the african american vote. Why is it so hard if, on policy yesterday, like defunding, the police, you have African Americans saying we dont wants to do that? Why is it so hard for Republicans to then get african Americans to come out and vote for them? Well, I think things are going to change this year. I think everyone is going to see a lot of african american vote
is going to go toward Republican, because I think some people are waking up. Some people are being told the truth. You know one thing that is so scary to me. Some people dont wants to hear the true facts. The true facts are that this president here is a president that you know you keep saying the same thing over and over. He was the one that gave money to the historical black colleges. He was the one that gave the opportunity to jobs for the african american community. This is what is so scary. Think about this in three and a half years. This president here helped to put one point: four million jobs for African Americans lets think about eight years with the Biden and Obama was only one hundred and forty five thousand. No, these are true fights. This is not something that im making up and you know whats so strange is im not paid to say this im paid to tell you the truth and thats Lord Jesus Christ thats. What im trying to tell people truth guys look at and it weigh this. We need law and order. This country was built on law and order. We knonow, we have a constitution that some people in Washington
dont want to go by right now will unfortunately, heble constitution holds this country together will unfortunately Herschel we are out of time. I appreciate it. Your calls for truth im happy to be corrected if wrong. Kenneth Walker was a legal gun owner doesnt mean the shot. Didnt contribute to the outcome of the tragedy in pursuit of getting all the facts right. I do believe he was a legal gun owner im happy to be checked on that.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-26.