'I don't think the presidency is determined by endorsements,' Fox News contributor Lawrence Jones says as he weighs in on whether former President Obama can help swing any votes for former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Will former President Obama is
making his first appearance on
the trail for Joe Biden this
Wednesday in Pennsylvania, but
with just sixteen days until the
election? Will it make a
difference?
Fox news analyst Lawrence Jones
joins us now,
weve talked several times. Most
people is have made up their
minds.
Theres, not much swinging left
to do.
Can President Obama swing any
votes, Joe Bidens Way,
im, not sure that he can,
even if there were still this
large set of individual voters
that we keep hearing about. I
really dont think the
presidency is determined by
endorsements. Really
youve got to be your own man,
and I think that has been
demonstrated based on the twenty sixteen
election, where President Obama
got on the campaign trail and he
told voters that he felt like it
would be a personal insult if
they didnt vote for Hillary
Clinton
and voters said no were not
going to vote for you,
especially in those swing
congressional districts.
So again, youve got to
energize your own base, as well
as those sliver of independent
voters.
Youve got to target them
yourself.
No former president can win that,
for you
will Lawrence you live in New
York City.
Sadly, yes
will were both Texans, who have
moved to New York City
ive got to tell you its
interesting when the news starts
to pick up on private
conversations, youve had
ive had conversations with
people who dont want to be here
after the election.
It turns out a lot of people
feel that way:
theres sort of an anticipation
not only of an exodus from New
York City around that time
nervousness about what could
come, but an Nypd memo has
revealed theyre preparing for
protests after the election,
starting as early as October
25th and escalating all the way
into the new year
Lawrence. As I said, you live in
New York, youre plugged into
both the police department and
what happens on the streets of
New York.
What do you think the reaction
will be here and perhaps other
cities across this country,
depending upon the election
results
yeah
thats that made it for the
worse.
I mean to be honest, its been
bad for a minute.
Not only are they dealing with
the murders but, as you know,
theres a counterterrorism unit
in New York City that is always
on hand, making sure that this
city is safe and now youve got
to deal with now, protests
that and riots that could
potentially happen if one
candidate doesnt win,
and so I think, its despicable,
I think, youre just going to see
more people leave this great
city. Because of that
and again, as I talked to my
sources, every single day,
theyre telling officers you
cant take off during this
period of time,
you cannot retire,
they have reached their limit
for retirement,
and now you see that the police
academy theyre, trying to get
more people into these police
are academies because now
theres a shortage of cops on
the street, because people just
dont want to do the job
anymore
will really quickly. So is the
anticipation that, if Donald
Trump wins it could get ugly in
a city like New York,
im sure if Joe Biden wins
theyre, anticipating no such
conflicts right,
thats, exactly right,
theyre, afraid people are going
to throw temper tantrums and
decide to set the city on fire
again,
I would argue that is domestic
terrorism?
Will Lawrence ive got to tell
you its what you thought at
first just people talking. Oh, I
dont want to be here
its showing up, not just in
research but its showing up
with Nypd preparing for such a
thing.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-18.