Good morning. Good morning. What's happening? Welcome to the show. It is Michelle Bryan here. WNOV 868-106.5 FM. You are listening to Say Something Real. And yeah, if you didn't know, it's election day. It's about to go down.
It's folks waking up with butterflies this morning. Folks is nervous and per usual. Wisconsin is a talk of the country. Talk of the country. You can't turn on CNN, MS fake now, whatever that's called over there, local. You can't tune into.
NPR, WPR, you can't go anywhere and not hear them talking about races that are happening all over the country today. But leading those discussions is what is about to go down today in Wisconsin, because either way, we are on track to make history today. Before I get into all of that, let me say good morning to the bros in the building. Mr. Ride Out.
I'm sorry. What voice is this we're getting?
This is my sexy Leroy voice. Yes, ooh. Ooh. That 35 he was. My getting out of bed was a struggle this morning. I live alone and they had to say good morning to nobody yet voice. I said, you'll never find. You see, nah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Nah. Did you get your curl yet? Huh? Your curl.
My car your ARP I Always thought when I was younger people say I'm like
Yeah, you don't see it. I mean I feel like my 30s. Do you feel like your 30s? Do you feel like your 30s?
I just can't imagine your thirties had all of these ice packs.
I was working out. Legs all raggedy and so well. I just don't think the 30s look like that. But if that's what your 30s look like, then OK, cool. My 30s was full of injuries. I hear you, bro. I just don't think it was the same. But you hold on to that. What's going on, Sal?
The AARP card is in the mail. You got it. What is that, Clark? He already getting discounts. He already getting discounts. He just used it at the movies the other day. Just so you know.
And Ross, on Tuesday, you be 15% off. Or is it 10%? But you get to see your discount, and you now can get to see your coffee at your house. My life, man. We all got it when we turn 50. It's Perks, man. It's Perks in the dark. Clark Kent. Who is it? I'm with you this morning, bro. Somebody said, I can't hear you.
Can you open your ear? Let me see what's going on. Can everybody else own Facebook social media here? Can y'all text me? Let me know. Somebody said election central tonight on WNLV. You know it. Starts at noon. We gonna have a bunch of good conversations. Got some guests coming in. National guests calling in. So we are gearing up and getting ready. So let me just say
Clark you good though cuz I'm good. You straight everybody. All right. We're here by all right. I'm just ready to go vote My man I am so thrilled to hear that yesterday the Milwaukee alumni chapter of Delta Sigma Theta They host a polling location. So for years they have done the Clinton Role Senior Center
They manned that operation in its entirety. So we were there yesterday setting up. And people were stopping by while we were in the parking lot and saying, can I vote today? And we were like, no, you gotta wait till tomorrow.
Other folks, they were like, look, I vote over here at the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior School, and it's construction all over there. We can't get over there to vote. I got five people in my house that got to go vote tomorrow. So I got on the phone with the election commissioner, a chair of the election commission, Terrell Martin. And I was like, hey, bro, I just got this call. He said, let's look into it. They looked into it, called me back. He got up and left and went to the King Elementary School. He went and.
to go look for himself. He called me back. He said, hey, I've been in touch with folks and they can access the front door. Yes, there is construction. It's mostly around the playground area, but.
you know, let folks know everything is okay. They will be able to get through that front door to go vote over at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School. So those are the kinds of things that we will be listening for and looking for all day long. For folks of you that are regulars to NOV on election day, you know how this thing goes. If we are doing election central, we didn't do it in the spring because it was mostly uncontested races. We only had one biggie on the ballot, which was a Supreme Court race.
So we didn't do election central then, but there's no way we don't do it for the primary leading up to the November general election. So yes, the day goes a little bit like this. I'm doing my show. Regular routine from seven to nine. Keith will come in, knock down his show nine to 11. We got a break in there and then at noon.
Keith and I will kick off election central together and we will have guests rolling through. Keith won't be with me throughout the entire day because there is a funeral that's happening later this evening in town that a lot of folks are going to be at. And that is for Marcy Patterson. So a lot of folks are going to this first time I've ever seen an evening funeral to.
Oh, no, they had. I've never seen the evening. Yeah, they have Bishop Daniels funeral in the evening. You know, it's a couple people was Bishop Daniels funeral in the evening. I forgot. Okay. Um, well, it's so I know we got a lot. So Keith will be ducking out to pay his respects and attend that service. I think we lose your main at some point during that point to go to the service.
So we're going to manage. We're going to make stuff work the best way we can. We even have members of my sorority who are like, hey, y'all, I'm going to be able to do a portion of the day, but I got to go pay my respects. So a lot is going on. But I want to just say to folks that today is not just any other Tuesday. It is not just any other election. Today, Wisconsin is going to make history.
whether it would say one way or the other, whether it is to elect. The first African American to be governor of this state, or it is to elect the first woman and Asian American to be governor of the state. Either way it goes. We are setting a path.
towards history. So the record, I mean, the history gets made and whoever emerges from the primary as the person that moves on to the general history will be made at that point. It will go down in the books that for the first time, one of those things happened in Wisconsin state politics.
I need people to understand that the polls are now open. They opened at 7am. If you are not sure where to vote, go to myvote.wi.gov, put in your address. It will tell you what your polling location is. If you have not registered, you can register at the polls in Wisconsin. One of the few states that does that. As I came into work this morning, I saw campaign signs, I saw...
commercials all morning while I was getting dressed. And after months of candidates telling us why they are the person to lead this state. Today, the voters will get the final word. This is a race for I'm telling you the books. Everything that you can imagine has happened for the first time in years.
Wisconsin is choosing a new governor. Of course, you know, Tony Evers didn't chose not to seek another term, which means that this isn't simply about whether you want four more years of a person who's been the governor. This is about charting completely new directions with both of the candidates that are leading the top of the contest right now. But there are four people still on the ballot.
Well, let me be clear. There are seven names that will appear on the ballot. There are four people that are actually still in the race and campaigning. Those four, Milwaukee County Executive David Crawley, State Representative Francesca Hong, State Senator Kelda Royes and Joe Brennan. Those are the active names, the active players that are on the ballot. You know,
If we stick with what the polls are saying, some folks would say it looks like Francesca Hong has the edge because of what polls have been saying. I think it's probably safer to say it's anybody's guess on what's going to happen, what potentially can go down.
She has emerged as the candidate to beat in this whole situation having consistently been the person out front Let me go to the phone lines real quick just in case anybody got a question and then I'll continue before we go to our next our first break. Hey caller. What's happening? Hello. Yes. Good morning Morning Michelle. Hey, how you doing this morning?
How are you? Good. Good. I'm just causing because I know tomorrow be fine. But I'm just asking you all to pray for my family, the fish show, the husband family. We just found my cousin dead yesterday in his house. It wasn't no foul play or anything, but just asking y'all to give us a prayer because we lost a dear friend last week. So now he died. So we just ask y'all to pray for us. We will do that, Angela. And we are so sorry for your family's loss this morning. Yeah.
All right. Thank you. See you tomorrow. All right. Thank you. See you tomorrow. Bye-bye. I got another caller on the phone. Hey, caller, what's happening? Oh, hi. I'm just suggesting everybody should go vote. I'm voting for David Crawley, and I'm just expressing for everybody to please go out and vote. Being involved, do all those people still think that their vote don't count? Your vote counts. And if you don't think it counts,
At least there's a system of place where there's one person, one vote. And if you don't think the system is just perfect, we'll then try to make it work to make it better. At least the voting apparatus is there and we can vote. And if you think that your vote don't count, just vote and work to make your vote count. Because if you vote that accountant, then you should be out there doing something to make it count. So vote for David Crowley and vote.
Take care. All right. Thank you. We appreciate that call. Also, respect and appreciate the sentiment. It's not enough to be upset with the system, frustrated by it. You have to be engaged. You have to go vote. You have to look at all of the issues that impact us and we're not just turning out for the governor's race. There are all of the state leadership roles that our elected positions are on the ballot.
from Secretary of State, Treasurer, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General. All those things are on the ballot. The thing is, most of them are uncontested or, you know, it's just not getting a lot of attraction, but all of those things are on the ballot when you go today. So, whether you are starting at the top of the ticket for governor,
Whenever the school board races are engaged and on the ballot, you need to be voting for everything all the time. That is how you make change. That is how you are heard. That is how you hold people accountable. It is the way that one of the best ways that you move the needle, change the outcomes for your community. And if you don't like the names that are up there, find people yourself to run for office.
Because all we end up doing, and this is the thing a lot of voters don't necessarily always appreciate when I say it, all y'all doing is reactive. Y'all really not choosing. People have chose for y'all. They chose option A, B, C, or D. Y'all just gotta pick which option you want. Rarely are the people
going to find their own candidates and getting people to run and saying, we'd like to see you in office. What we are frequently doing is responding to strategists, lobbyists, you know, politicians, political insiders. They are seeking and finding the people that they want in office and then just telling us every day, folks, pick from the choices we've given you.
That's the part of this whole thing that we need to turn on his head. So I want you to vote, but I want you to understand we really have more that we need to do and should be doing in relationship to who represents us in office. These folks go uncontested. You mean to tell me nobody else thought they could do a good job? Nobody else wanted to participate?
You know, we got judges that sit on these ballots. They are not getting opponents. They get they low 200 signatures or whatever it is. And we don't hear from these damn judges. We don't see them. You don't nobody try to call you. You know, you see a handful that community brainstorming. But they don't even bother to ask you for your vote because I got the signatures to get on the ballot. All of this is just, you know, routine.
I'm already the judge. As long as I don't die before it's time for me to take office because nobody ran against me. I got the minimum signature requirements. If nobody but two people vote for me, I'm the judge. I'm it. So now I ain't gotta come check in with the community, update y'all on what's going on in my courtroom, how I'm looking at justice, how I'm trying to serve the people, the way at what my philosophy is about the judicial system. They don't say jack nothing to y'all.
And we just allow it. Let me go to the phone line. Hey, caller. What's happening? Hello? I'm Michelle. I'm calling about the referendum. Yes. Can you go over that question again? So what I'm going to do is I won't do it this morning because that's not on the ballot today.
Oh, that's not on the ballot. No, that's not on the ballot today. The referendums will be on the ballot in November. That's why I was holding. I wanted to go to the polls. Okay, so it's on November. Yes, ma'am. It'll be on the ballot in November. All right. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Bye-bye. Let me take this other caller real quick, and then I'll go to break. Hey, caller, what's happening? Good morning, Michelle. How are you doing? I'm good. How are you this morning? I'm just finding out.
Hang on. You got us on speaker because you sound muffled. Okay. Okay. How is that? That's much better. Thank you. Okay. I suppose you're at the library on Good Hope. Okay. And they're not open here. There's another location that in this area that I can go and go today. Yep. Let me do this. Give Jermaine your address.
He's uh, he's gonna he gonna put your whole give him your address. I'll look it up real I got it open I'll look it up right now, and I'll say it over the air. Okay? Yes, sir. So hang on one sec And again, that is one of the purposes why we do election central why we set the day up the way we do Because folks will have questions. You need immediate answers. You need immediate help Please continue to use this station as an outlet
and a resource for you as we work through the day. So if you get somewhere and you are not sure about your polling location, if you are not sure about what's on the ballot, if you are not sure about what you need to go vote, if you run into some problems there, they don't have enough ballots, they don't have enough information, give us a call.
You know, we are tapped in. We can try to get you answers real quick. And for the brother that just called, I am putting your information in right now. And we'll get you where you are. There we go. Where are you supposed to be? All right, bro. It says that you should be voting at Kilborn Elementary School.
that address is 5354 North 68th Street. Kilbourne Elementary School, 5354 North 68th Street.
That's where you are going to be voting. If you have any other questions, feel free to call us back. We got y'all. All right, let me take my first break of the morning. Michelle Bryant, WNL VA 68 M106.5 FM family will be right back on WNL. Do you know what it means to vote?
Use your voice, make a choice, go and take a vote, go vote. Go, go, go, go. If you don't know, let me explain. What exactly is a vote? A vote is when a group has a choice and each person makes a choice that we know. Then we got to count so we can figure out which choice most people pick.
your voice make a choice
Please go. First of all, all remixing that and playing that in the club. And then.
Somebody else text me and say, hey now. Black people, give them a beat. And they will just cut up. And yes, somebody said, is that Gracie's Corner? It is Gracie's Corner. So for folks that are not familiar, Gracie's Corner.
is a animated sing-along YouTube series featuring Gracie, an energetic and joyful little African-American girl who sings and dances to educational and powering songs. Somebody say, hey, hey! So y'all too much. Gracie's Corner was started in June 2020 by the father and daughter duo Dr. Javaris Hollingsworth and Grayson Hollingsworth.
That's when it debuted and they desire to foster greater representation and inclusive inclusivity in children's media, both on and off screen. And so the co-creator Gracie's mom.
is a psychologist and plays a key role in shaping the show's educational framework. So the family has come together and done this. They've received like the NAACP image awards, they've gotten kids choice awards, outstanding children's programming. This YouTube channel typically has roughly about 6 million views. I'm sorry, 6 million subscribers, 277 million plus views.
So this little this is this is a black family, huh? They just got a deal Gracie's corner. Yeah. Yeah, they just they just got a deal. I saw it on the news And I forgot the amount of deal let me see a new deal I Have to look yeah, yeah, I mean when I sell yes, so they did
They're going to Disney Plus and Disney Junior. Yeah, so that's the deal got announced back in June Yeah, excuse me this and so the reason why I wanted to play it is because as we talk about folks going to vote Many times you'll hear people say I take my grandchildren with me I take my younger kids with me to vote so they can see the process so they can understand it Voting is learned behavior for the most part People see other folks doing it
They get comfortable doing it. They understand that it's, you know, a part of our existence, the rent we pay to be here on this earth, you know, to participate in the process. And so you have the opportunity. Even my folks, I know I got preschool daycare folks that listen to the show. Y'all can be playing this and I'm sure, you know, a lot of groups do a great job of having something for the kids to vote on today. We can vote on
Uh, what flavor of ice cream we can vote on if we're going to have art for activity or if we're going to go outside for an activity and have two kids stand up and say, why should we go up to art? Why should we go outside? So my collections, if you will, but this starts when they are little that we began to teach them playing this in the car this morning, playing this in the background. All of these things began to, I mean, to plant subliminally.
messages about the significance of being an engaged voter. Let me see. Let's go ahead. That's that's just like, remember when we was coming up, we always watched Schoolhouse with Rock. Right. We learned a lot of stuff. Now, this is the first time I've ever heard this, to be honest. Okay. First time. And first thing I thought about, man, that's like Schoolhouse with Rock. We learned a lot of stuff. So do they got more than
More like stuff like this like yeah, I mean like I said I got put up on Gracie's Corner a couple of years ago really coming out of COVID Because I was helping somebody look for you know alternative stuff for their child to do while they were cooped up at the house and then to see the representation This is a little black girl. She got you know diverse set of friends, but
The the content was driven by this black family and it is it was just such a joy Like I have it on just you know, I'm grown but I'll have it on because I like to see what it is. She's talking about So look y'all, I know I got some people on whole folks are tapping in saying my dad always took me to vote I want to vote with my mom. Somebody said my granny took me That's the point
I got to take a break. But that's the point. Today is not just about you going to vote. If you have younger people in that household, make them get up. Not just encourage them. Tell them, let's go. You're going with me to go vote. I want you to see the process. If they've seen it before, good. That means you can run, you know, we can run through there and get in and get out.
But we going so that this is a regular routine. All right, family. I got to take a quick break. Michelle Bryant, WNOV, 860 AM, 106.5 FM. If you have any issues at the polls, give us a call 414-444-5250. I'll be right back. All right, family, welcome back to the show. It is election day. I need you to go vote if you have not already.
mailed in your ballot. If you have not already dropped off that ballot, you got it mailed to you, but you never mailed it back. I need you to go drop it off today. If you did not early vote already and we know that some 200.
59,000 people already have early voted either in person or by mail. We are underperforming what we did in the 2022 election. I need people to go vote. Someone hit me up this morning and said they were over at Rufus King and it was a ghost town. Now we know Rufus King is one of the higher performing wars. So.
You know, people gotta, you know, get started, get moving. If you are voting, let me know. Let us know here at the station what the numbers are looking like, what number you were, when you got your ballot, and if we need to do something to encourage people in your district to get out the vote. Let me go to the phone line. Got somebody that's been holding. Hey, caller, what's happening?
Good morning, Michelle. I wanted to preface the call with accolades. You came to my church a few years ago and talked about DEI over on the east side. Do you remember that upstairs? I do. I do. Yeah. And I've also met you at NAACP meetings. It's always a good conversation. Always insightful. Always a listener. Never called in, but I have a question today. Yes, sir.
If they're a path for David to win, that's viable. And if David doesn't win, it's Francesca Hong going to do anything for the black community. And I'll take the call off air. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you, Brad. I appreciate the call. And I'm glad you called in. Don't be a stranger. Call anytime. So one of the things
I will say is that that had to be, you know, the question, is there a viable path to victory when David made the decision to re enter the race? It was a question that I posed personally about whether or not there was a pathway up into up until David had re entered the race. He had been consistently polling.
third or fourth hovering at around 5% of the vote. Even when he re entered the race, he that first poll they did a few days after he re entered, he was at about 7% of the polls. People might remember and I'm just trying to see if I can find those numbers real quick. But Francesca Hong was somewhere 38%.
Mandela was like 16%. So, you know, we had that kind of situation. With Mandela exiting the race, there have been two other polls that have come out. And one, I remember seeing, and I don't have it in front of me, so I look for it, where David's numbers went up to, I think, about 22%. Or there was a 22.
percent gap between the candidates. I can't remember, but I remember the number 22 percent. So in even some of the most recent polling, he still was polling behind Francesca Hong. This is the thing, though, that I also understand about. And I will say, and I've said it before, Marquette is
You know one of the gold standards for polling organizations across the country they are I think they said like 92% on target of the things that they you know They report from their polls that end up being the general consensus of how things are going in in a race But because number one I always look at who do people talk to how did black folks figure into this race how black folks are going to figure into
this race in particular. Milwaukee County versus Dane County, we now are 30% of all the early votes that have been cast. So the two big players, Milwaukee, our city numbers, what are we, 700,000 or something like that, Madison, like 500,000. Those communities are already showing up heavy.
Francesca Hong out of Madison DC of course here out of Milwaukee. 34% they said were undecided. So I think that there is a pathway for David to win. I think the wild card is the fact that we could not spoil those ballots. And so there will be folks that had already voted for David before he got out. So he'll still get those.
But there will also be people that voted for Sarah Rodriguez and from Mandela Barnes whose votes we can't recapture I Have not publicly done a prediction or called it I Think that it's going to be close how close that's yeah, but
This is one I have intentionally, you know, decided just to hold my peace on it. I know there have been people that have been asking for whatever it was worth what I thought about, you know, which candidate I supported. I told people I've been consistent. I like two people in this race. And the two people I like in this race are the two people that are pretty much who are at the top of the ticket.
You know in terms of where people think we're gonna land and I say like them in terms of like their chances not like them as individuals like them, you know Because they my best friends, but like their chances like the possibility of them getting in office And so I'm just yeah, I just I just been real kind of coy, you know frustratingly so for some people about it
But because I just don't want to influence for whatever, you know little influence I have I don't want to influence people's decision in this race I want people to honestly make the best decision For them that they believe is the right thing to do this encourages people do your own homework I will have stuff to say tomorrow for sure Because going into November
You know, it changes the game. It's a different ball game. But I think that there is a pathway for David. I think it's a tight pathway, but I think there's a pathway. And I think that if you can do. The thing that people always say in politics, awake the sleeping giant, which is the public. If you can, you know, like during the Obama election, people were inspired to go to the polls who had not voted.
who had not participated in the process during Trump's victory. They got young white males who had not been voting, inspired to go vote when he was running against Kamala Harris. So. Somebody said it to me a while ago, the race goes to who can get folks off the couch. The victory goes to who can do that. But yeah, it's a pathway.
It's a pathway for I think it's a tight pathway, but I don't think it's non-existent. All right, let me take a quick break. Shell Broad WNLV, 860 AM, 106.5 FM will be right back. All right, family, welcome back to the show. Did they hear me? So just so y'all know, we manage in a bunch of different things behind the scenes this morning.
You know, I got food deliveries being made to help out at polling sites. I got this going on. Making sure guests are on board. So it's a little bit hectic. So I apologize if you heard that. Let me answer the second part of the question that the caller raised about if Francesca Hong is the person that advances in this race. You know, what can we expect by way of, you know, engagement with the black community? I will say this.
She reached out to call into the show this morning. She was going to vote at 815 and is calling in at 830. So I will pose the question directly to her and just let her answer it for herself. But if there is any glitch or hiccup or whatever, I'll circle back and answer the question. So I just wanted the brother to know I heard you on the part two of that. But I knew that she was planning to call in this morning. So.
you can hear from her directly. Let me just do this as well. We have been fortunate to get some additional tickets for the Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival that is happening this Saturday. So if you have the ability to drive down to Kenosha and you would love to see some good jazz, opening up the music festival at 2pm is a
group called the Jerome Porter Quintet, 330, Nora Jean Brousseau Blues Band, 530, the Corey Wilkes Quartet, and then the main event, the main attraction, the man himself, Kirk Whalen, will be performing to close out this show. I have a few sets of tickets that I'm going to give away. I'm going to make the first one easy.
I'm just going to give it to the first caller who says that, hey, I can go. I want a pair of tickets. But I do need to know if you voted. Now, it's not a condition to win to get the tickets, but I do want to know if you voted. So let's go. I said we got a call. We got some calls on the phone line already. Let's go to the phone line. Jermaine.
Let's go to the phone line. Hey, caller. What's happening? Hello. Yes. Hello. Good morning, Michelle. How are you? I'm good. How are you this morning? I'm great. I can go. I can't wait to vote as soon as I get off. Perfect. Perfect. Uh, so, I mean, you like Kirk, wait a little longer. What you saying? You like a little bit of jazz? Yeah. Yeah. I love some jazz. Oh, yeah. I'm old school. I'm old school. I, uh,
You might not remember me, but I did a bad thing some years ago. You guys had a call in for people to sing a Christmas song.
Oh, my God. The Santa Baby? Yeah. Oh, you remember that. Oh, my God. But I've met no disrespect. I forgot you were on the line. And I love everything that you're doing. I mean, informing us, keeping us on point and task on what's going on.
And even especially dealing with some of the people that call in, that I have no idea why they back some of the people that they back, pipped down. But I do appreciate the strength in your voice and everybody at the station.
I'd greatly appreciate you guys. And even more so for these tickets. Look, I was just going to say, you have earned your keep. You are definitely getting you a pair of tickets. Congratulations to you, fam. Do me a favor. Hang on one second. I'm going to have Jermaine get your information and then you can drop by the studio anytime between today and Friday. I think we close at 3 p.m. and pick up your tickets, OK?
Love y'all. All right. Love you back fam. Hold on one second Jermaine got you. Somebody just hit us up and said what's the number to report voting machines being down at Parkman? So I will do two things. I will get you a number and then I will also reach out to the chair of the election commission to let him know as well. You can call 414-286-8683
call 414-286-8683. And you can report that there is a problem with the voting machines at Parkman. And thank you so much, Dana, for reaching out regarding that situation. Someone else tapped in. They said they voted at ward number 92, and they were number eight.
Uh, y'all, give me a general idea where your wards are as well. Like if you was at, you know, Vincent High School or wherever, just so I can, um, better appreciate where you're calling from. Um, someone said, I got a call from a friend that said 21st Street School for voting is closed and hold on. Hmm. Okay. Okay. Okay. Where'd it go?
21st Street School for voting is closed and they have to go to the Center Street Library. All right, so we will follow up on that as well, but that is the call, the text I got this morning, that if you typically vote over at 21st Street School, it is closed and they are sending folks over to the Center Street Library. I will double check.
with the Election Commissioner just to make sure that that information is correct. But thank you so much. This is what we do. This is why we need y'all to call and check in. Let me go to the phone line. Hey, Carla, what's happening? Hello? Hey, how you doing? Good morning. I'm good. How you doing this morning, bro? I'm doing it. Is this Michelle Brandt? Yes, it is. I'm going to say this first of all.
Only listen to it. I started put it like this. I started listening to WN. It'll be about five years ago and it was because one man I was driving the boat and I caught one of your shows and I've been stuck ever since you did a wonderful job. Thank you. I appreciate that. You need to be in the White House somewhere. Look, I'm gonna just say okay. I appreciate it, bro. You really, you really focused.
Thank you. Thank you. Uh, did you vote already? No, I'm going out to vote, uh, in about an hour. So I'm waiting on my wife to get off work. I'm, I'm the designated babysitter right now. I like it. I like it though. I like it. Well, um, we definitely appreciate it. Uh, are you somebody that's trying to go to see the showdown in, uh, Kenosha? Or are you good? I'm a jazz period. Really?
Well, all right, let's do you want you want tickets to go see the show? Yes, ma'am. Jermaine, can you get his name and number? Look, Jermaine Blocky. Jermaine trying to be you. He didn't say nothing about me when he was listening to the show. I ain't writing his name down. That was the voice that called my ear.
No, I got you. Hang on. Hang on, fam. Thank you for calling. Thank you for tapping in. And more importantly, make sure you go vote. And thank you for taking care of that baby and doing that. We appreciate it. Yeah, thank you. Thank you very much. Hold on. Hold on. Keep it going, y'all. Y'all, people don't know it's a lot of history today radio station. Absolutely. Watch the movie paint our Cadillac records. Yes. Yes. It's tied to the radio station.
There you go, my man. Thank you so much, bruh. Hang on so Jamaican can get your information. All right, so for the folks that called in with voting concerns.
The chair of the Election Commission, Terrell Martin is listening to the show. He said he heard the concerns and he is already looking into it. So just so you know, that's how quickly we are able to kind of work towards getting answers for folks or figuring out what the issues are. So Dana, your concerns have been heard about Parkman and not having.
voting machines that are working and also over at 21st Street School and being diverted over to Center Street Library. So thank you, thank you, thank you so much to Terrell Martin for being responsive, having his dial set to this radio station as well as everything else he's monitoring through the course of the day. I just appreciate that folks value what we do here and they understand being connected.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, yes, Clark. Um, so, or if they text me a picture. Yeah. Okay. All right. So here you go, Clark. Clark putting, no, Clark, you know what? Can't do that. Can't do that. No, because you don't want to make a scene like, yeah, yeah. So we can't do it that way. Um,
Clark was saying, you know, like, yeah, let's let's have people, you know, hey show you I vote a sticker, but you don't ever want it to look like you are Doing something in exchange for something. So yeah, so we just want to make sure that no Winning oh, and I got say fair tickets to That I'm going to be giving away Let me see stay fair runs Stay fair in Wisconsin
6 through the 6 through the 6 through the 16th or something like that. Yep. Runs through the 16th. So you still have a few days if there are folks that are interested in winning a pair of tickets to go stay fair. I have those as well. Maybe I don't know if I'm attached trivia to them. Don't need to make it hard today.
just, you know, folks able to have a good time, take advantage of some things that we still had to hear at the station that we can make available to folks. Got some more folks on the phone line. Let me go to them. Hey, caller, what's happening? Hello? Yes. Yes. Good morning. Good morning, Michelle and NLV team. How you doing? Good. How are you this morning? I'm doing great. Getting ready to go vote.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Get my, get my book, my, my, um, side in or my book. Thank you so much. Let me ask you a question. How long have you been voting? Uh, since I was 18 and I'm in my, um, six decade. So here's the question. Do you think we're getting better or worse?
at engaging and participating in voting? I see a disconnect in voting. What do you mean? That's right. A lot of miseducation, people believe in a lot of what's on social media. I think word of mouth years ago, when you were young, how I learned.
through school and family versus now, you know, just almost anything and everything. You can find what you want on social media, but it doesn't mean it's factual. Right. Right. Well, it sounds like it's a lot of wisdom in those those decades of being out here and doing this. I try to share what I what I know to others and and I make my family get up and go, well,
I put it like this. It was passed on to me through my mother. I went voting with her. And so that was a must. I do that with my kids. And we have an 18 year old that we're excited about first time voting. Hey, yeah, make sure you that they say that there because they clap and cheer for him and everything. So make sure you say that when you get to the location.
Yeah, I know we're excited, but we're having problems with the ID. That's the only thing. And so we got to get that done so they can get in before eight o'clock today. And so you got you got to take them to the DMV to get ID to get that free. Yeah, I was going to say, make sure you tell them the ID is for voting and they'll give it to them for free.
And let me ask you a question too about the birth certificates. I heard that the birth certificates are free as well if you tell them it's for voting that they can't charge you for birth certificate. Is that true? So I know at one time that was being done. I'm checking right now for you. As soon as you started asking, I started typing. You can get the free hang on.
I think that is still is. But let me do this. I got to take a commercial break in a couple minutes. I will look on there and I will say it on the show. OK. OK. Can I come and get my ticket? Oh, I like how you work that in there. Yeah. Before you get before you go off, are you are you already done with your ticket? So for the for the Jazz Fest, I am.
I am, let me see, I got one, two, three. Yep, I can do another pair. So yes, ma'am. Hang on, Jermaine will get your information. And then I'll look up the information about the birth certificate as well. Okay, wonderful. Thank you. All right, thank you. Hold on. What'd you say, Clark?
Voter vote writers can help get the birth certificate. Okay, perfect And I know I think I'm supposed to be talking to Anita from vote writers today. So I will check and see but I'm just looking looking looking a Free state ID car for people. Okay. Yeah, I'm gonna have to look during the break
I will look during the break because I know when we first started doing this at that birth certificate, I thought was included. I don't know where we are with it today. So I will definitely find out and make sure that folks are aware. So I am up against my next break. Let me say this. I'm going to give away a couple of more tickets later today for the.
Harbor Park Jazz Festival during the election central show. I'll be giving away tickets, state fair tickets that I have had some extras. I'll make sure folks have an opportunity to get those. Just know, I am looking forward to the show this afternoon, going to do an education panel with.
Dr. LaKeisha Myers and Angela Harris who has been subbing for me when I have not been in town. Everybody that has heard these two sisters speak in terms of education are always blown away.
I've got one more guest. We're waiting to see if his schedule will line up to be able to have him join us. But when I tell you, having the two of them in is going to be great. Also going to be talking to Tavis Smiley today, national implications about what we're seeing because there are four other cities that have high profile races that folks are paying attention to. Wisconsin is not the only area. We're looking in South Carolina for what's going on with the special election to fill Lindsey Graham's seat.
His Senate seat, his sister Darlene is running. Folks have been talking about, she's a HBCU grad, but you know, what does that mean in terms of her Republican politics? In Minnesota, there is a competitive Democratic primary for Senate that we are going to be watching a moderate and a progressive going head to head in that primary over in Connecticut.
You have a bunch of young challengers going up against a long time incumbent again on the Democratic side of the aisle. So we'll be paying attention to see what's happening.
I got to look at Michigan just to watch the continue to tax on El Sayed, the Muslim who won the primary for US Senate in Michigan. And Jermaine mentioned it in passing that, hey, it's crazy that you have some woman who is telling people out loud, in public, I don't want to see people praying five times a day.
She is the only one who matters in this country and what she wants like it just it is unbelievable What is it called white privilege ding ding ding ding ding ring the bell The fact that somebody will open their mouth to say in public that you got a problem with seeing somebody pray pray Not gun violence
Not not on the stripper pole Not selling crack Not fighting you got a problem because somebody stops to pray That just lets you know how crazy and tripped out people are let me take this break We'll be right back call as I see you got some more text messages coming in make sure you hit us up
and let us know what's going on at your polling location. If you have already voted and you don't mind sharing your vote, I'm interested in that too. And why you voted, what was important to you in this race in terms of that governor's race. And if you have any thoughts on any of the other candidates on the ballot, please feel free to give us a call. Michelle Bryant, WNOV 860AM, 106.5 FM. It is voting day.
Did y'all hear me? Did I say it loud enough? It's election day. Make sure you got a plan to go vote today. We'll be right back. All right, folks, let me go to the phone line. Hey, caller, what's happening? Hello? Hi, good morning. Good morning. Oh, I'm in the air. Yes, you are. Thank you. I just want to make a comment about how important it is for parents to
take their children or at least show them that they're voting. I was born in 1954. Wait, hang on one second. Are you on speaker? Because you sound pretty low. Okay, can you hear me? Yes, so much better. Go ahead. Yes, I was born in 1954. And I remember the first time my mom and dad
voted. I think it was a 64 or thereafter. I was 10 years old or whatever. They're such a pride. They got dressed up, we're going to vote. I want you and your sister to stay put and we'll be right back. There was such pride in their ability to vote. And so that kind of instilled in me how important voting was, is what I need to get out here. So in my adult years, early adult years, I kind of wavered.
But now I have a strong determination since I was in my mid-20s. I vote every election. Parents, it's still the pride of voting. It's very important. And it is for our future and for their future. And that's all I have to say.
Thank you so much. I appreciate that call and I like the honesty of folks who said, hey, I wasn't always on you know, I wasn't always on top of it. I wasn't always consistent, but at some point I realized the importance of this whole thing and once that realization came to light, I've been on it. I am consistent. I do what I'm supposed to do. So thank you so much, Carla. Let me get the next person. Hey, Carla, what's happening? Hello? Yes, hello.
Yes, I'm just calling. I am voting for I haven't voted. I'm actually on my way to vote and good morning to your listeners and to yourself. Good morning. I plan on voting for Crowley. Okay. And my concern is for the many individuals and the young individuals that are choosing to vote for Hong and let me be clear. I don't have a problem with her. There are some things that I don't agree with, but who agrees with one?
candidate 100%. My overall concern is do you vote for the person that you really, really want to win or do you look down the road and you vote for the candidate who you know has the most the most genuine pathway to receive Tom Tiffany.
Okay, that's a I mean that you know what that's a legitimate question. It's a strategic question. It's an age old question Do I vote my conscious or do I vote my heart and my passion or do I vote? For what I think is actually possible or feasible I will respond to that. Do you have anything else you want to add to it?
Well, I just I just wondered how people work inside that because like I said, at the end of the day, I am a true blue Democrat and I'm going to support very hard whoever comes out of our primary. But I just wondered how people work inside that because with our politics being where they are, it's so racially charged, it's so misogynistic. So how do people work inside that in their households? Do they vote for who they think?
really can win or do they vote for, who they want most, you know, be brand, what happens. All right. Let me tackle it. Let me, you know, weigh in on it, but it's a great question. Thank you so much and thank you for voting. We appreciate you, sis. Thank you. All right. So let me just say this, y'all, because I've seen this question play out
in a variety of ways. People have used the term electability. Can someone get across the finish line? Will the masses show up to support them? I've seen that question raised most recently about whether or not if there were two women on the ticket. If Francesca Hong became the nominee for governor and then there is a woman that is on the
ballot for Lieutenant Governor, would Wisconsin be receptive to having two women actually being the top elected officials in the state? And there were some people who said no, that the state is not ready for two women to run the state. So do I vote for the man just because I think that the state is not ready? There was also a question about
Whether or not folks are ready for a black guy to be the president. I'm sorry to be president to be the governor to, you know, control things here at the state level. And for so many times we've said that how difficult it is for black people to get elected statewide. So some people will say, Hey, don't vote for the black guy because.
History has shown us it's difficult for a black person to get elected statewide People may say but it's different this time because you got a lot of the folks coming out of the woodwork form You know, you got the governor endorsing you got all of these elected officials and you know money is coming in all these things are at play but the one thing I'm gonna tell you and I guess is for me is because of Probably getting older
There's a side of me that while I understand the strategic side of it, I'm also getting frustrated with, we gotta do what's the pathway forward because that typically does not include people of color. That typically does not include black women. That typically does not include black folks. This is one of those rare occasions where you're gonna pick between the black and the Asian, but typically that does not happen.
And so if we follow that logic, then we will consistently not see people of color, black folks in particular, ascend to any of these positions because the thinking is they're not electable. Sarah Rodriguez tried to play that game. Joe Brennan played that game. And some other folks in the race about whether or not somebody could get elected. So I, you know, I just, I can't do it personally no more because if that
If we continue to do that, we're always sitting on the sidelines. Jasmine Crockett versus Tel Rico in Texas.
Who's more electable? So we leave Jasmine Crockett sitting on the side of the road. Lena Taylor running for mayor versus Tom Barrett. Who's more electable? So we leave Lena Taylor sitting on the side of the road. I just can't keep doing it. At this point, I'm now voting for the person I want to see. Everybody else can be strategic. Everybody else can, you know, try to map out the course. All I know is we still end up at the bottom of this thing in most of these cases. So if I'm going to be at the bottom, I'm going to
be at the bottom voting for who I wanted to. I got to turn around because Mr. John Teeth is in the building. The king is in the building. What is this? This is beautiful. For real. Happy birthday. And a cupcake. Thank you. Come grab the mic real quick.
nice surprise nice surprise see hello mother how are you uh grab the mic real quick uh do me a favor is that francesca no okay we good okay uh hello young king how are you today sir i'm doing good how are you i'm good i'm good uh let's see if that'll work okay um introduce yourself to folks
My name is Jay Swight, 14 years old, and I am honored to be your Mr. Juneteenth this year. So we know, folks, that you were running that
We were talking about how people could support you. I think we talked to you before the election. And then we got the amazing news, all the social media posts, that you in fact had won Mr. Juneteenth. What has that been like for you? And I see you got the crown on there. Rock that. What was that like for you? Well, like as I said, it was an honor. But it was more than just the victory for me. It was what I'm going to do with it.
So what is the plans? What do you think you're going to do with it? I'm going to try my hardest to lead by example and show people that there's other sides to Milwaukee than just the negatives that you see on the news. OK. And so any first initial thoughts or plans, things that you might want to try to be engaged in, have a voice in, show up at? Try and show up at.
Most events that are trying to like get people out the house trying my heart is to like volunteer at events, pantries, things like that. So what is your free inside? Because you know, I mean, Mr. Juneteenth, the whole crown and everything. I mean, did your boys give you like the business? You know, is everybody like bowing now when they see you? What is your free inside man? They were proud of me. Really? I was.
I'm glad about that. They congratulated me. So I was happy. So you're going to wear the crown to school? Not at all. The knot at all was kind of a quick chase. Why are you not wearing a crown to school, man? Well, just like T.I. up here. Can I get the instrumental and T.I. in the background? No. Let him know. Don't be scared to watch that crowd. You see me. Look.
It's just a precursor for big things to come. Hold up. They might as well get used to it. Yes, what? Speaking of big things to come, now that you're in office.
Can we get more bacon? Can we get more bacon on our sandwich? So the first thing you need to do is educate people. That's the first thing you need to do. Now that you're in office, your first responsibility is to educate people about what it means to be Mr. Jun T.
You see what you up again? I'm just saying, I want more bacon on my sandwiches. I don't know why you thought this was the moment. I don't know. Really, you got feeding to it? Oh, you're going to be that kind of elected official. You know what, sir? You have a point. You got more meat coming. Yes, that's what you're doing, Jake. We raise humanity in that name. Oh, no! He says you got to listen to your community. I'm going to tell you some love, bro. That's what I'm talking about. More bacon. We're pushing for more bacon. My guy has just lost.
My child will be here. He didn't turn it to the establishment. He didn't turn it to the establishment. Oh my God. I'm still going to keep your gifts. But I am too disappointed.
Yeah, I can see about getting you some more bacon. Jeez! That's not how you lead, man! That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm trying to get re-elected in. I'm up on forever, Jack. So any response at all to what we just witnessed here in the studio, the sadness of it all? Well...
This response was slow, bro. See that's what happened when y'all come to my show because I got to call you out on your nonsense then the response is all well You did not go to my daddy and big boy me on your response Get a people what they want. Do you have a music? You got to get a people
That was a great response. That was actually a good response. Yeah, I see. You watching what's happening, read the room, Ms. Pichiel. More bacon. The man want more bacon. More bacon. I ain't gonna really get it for him, but I'm gonna tell him I'm a workaholic. Well, you are returning to school, winch. I'm not sure of the exact date, but it is sometime early. After Labor Day.
And so, what year? Southmore, Junior? My freshman year. Freshman year? I mean, you look all, oh, so I'll just try and figure out. I went back and looked at our pictures and how much you have grown since I first met you, and you are towering over me now. So, your freshman year, are you nervous about school? A little, I would say I am a little nervous. So, let me ask this question. Are you paying attention to this whole election thing that's happening right now?
I am. Lean into the mic back. I am. And so any thoughts about the governor's race or what you're seeing? I believe that voting in general is a necessity. My mom, she took me with her to go voting every single time. This lady over here? Yes. Oh, okay. She makes sure that I get a sample.
a sample poll. So then when I am old enough to vote, I am prepared. So she's actually getting a sample ballot for you. So you can see what it looks like. Really? Parents, I like that. Now she's putting that ballot in their hands. So now just somebody telling you this is important and they're showing you what it looks like. So when you finally get ready to do it for the first time, you already know what to do.
My man, okay. Any predictions on the race today? Let's see if you're a good politician. Let me see, let me see, let me see. My vote is for David Crawley. Oh, if you could cast your vote, it would be for David Crawley. Why? He is a man of color and he born and raised here. He is in his community and I've seen him do work. Seeing him in the community, seeing the work.
I mean, when you start talking about reasons why you support somebody, those definitely got to be at the top of the hierarchy. So that means somebody's paying attention. So good job. Thank you. All right. Well, I'm going to let you get out of the way and I appreciate it. I am so over the top. Mom, did you want to say anything? You know, you always cheesing. Did you want to say something over here about your baby or just in general? Say good morning. Good morning, y'all.
Tell folks your mom's name. Well, this is Dee Dee Davis, co-writer of a book called If This Pen Could Talk, curated by my aunt, Denny Spitchport, with 49 black women, came together to write a book. What's the name of the book? If This Pen Could Talk. If This Pen Could Talk. Where do we find the book at? So it's on Amazon and this Saturday.
Get a mic, get a mic dating. See, that's why you're in here playing. He did what he was supposed to do. That's right. He's trying to get reelected. Go ahead. More baking and more books. Go ahead. Good morning, everybody. So if this pancake talk was curated by Denise Pitchfork, it is a book of 49 African American women who come together and tell stories about motherhood, grief, becoming a woman. And it's just
It's fun to be a part of something like that. And this Saturday at Thrive on King, between 12 and 3, we'll be doing book signing. So a good portion of the authors who wrote in the book, the oldest one I believe is 91 and the youngest one is 19. A bunch of us will be there actually signing the books. The book does cost $30, but all of the proceeds of the book are going towards a foundation.
and basically supporting African-American first generation black girls getting in school. Always doing something positive. Thank you because she see she didn't came here. We weren't going to know nothing about it. You are an effective elected official. I just want you to know I appreciate you. Thank you for highlighting that on behalf of your mom. All right family let me take a
No, I gotta wrap my show for the day. So I am coming back on the air at noon. We will be doing election central. We will go until polls close at 8pm. A ton of great information, interviews, national and local. Please, please, please come back. Check us out. Mr. Juneteenth, I gotta tell you, it's first time I ever had a visit for Mr. Juneteenth. So.
you already, you know, setting the standard of how it's supposed to be done. I like that. And you had a good answer to my question. I like that. Don't don't get all happy. You got to answer tomorrow. More bacon. I will talk to y'all later this afternoon at noon. Thank you all for tuning in. Thank you, Clark Kent. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you, uh, bacon man. That's it. And, uh, thank you to DD and to the baby. I appreciate it. Wait.
the incoming freshman, the rising freshman. Thank you, Jayce. I appreciate you. Family, I'll be back in noon. Peace.
Folks is nervous.
And per usual, Wisconsin is a talk of the country.
Talk of the country.
You can't turn on CNN, MS fake now, whatever that's called over there, local.
You can't tune in to.
NPR, WPR, you can't go anywhere and not hear them talking about races that are happening all over the country today.
But leading those discussions is what is about to go down today in Wisconsin, because either way, we are on track to make history today.
Before I get into all of that, let me say good morning to the bros in the building.
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vote My man I am so thrilled to hear that yesterday the Milwaukee alumni chapter of Delta Sigma Theta They host a polling location.
So for years they have done the Clinton Role Senior Center
They manned that operation in its entirety.
So we were there yesterday setting up and people were stopping by while we were in the parking lot and saying, can I vote today?
And we were like, no, you gotta wait till tomorrow.
Other folks, they were like, look, I vote over here at the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior School, and it's construction all over there.
We can't get over there to vote.
I got five people in my house that got to go vote tomorrow.
So I got on the phone with the election commissioner, a chair of the election commission, Terrell Martin.
And I was like, hey, bro, I just got this call.
He said, let's look into it.
They looked into it, called me back.
He got up and left and went to the King Elementary School.
He went and.
to go look for himself.
He called me back.
He said, hey, I've been in touch with folks and they can access the front door.
Yes, there is construction.
It's mostly around the playground area, but.
you know, let folks know everything is okay.
They will be able to get through that front door to go vote over at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School.
So those are the kinds of things that we will be listening for and looking for all day long.
For folks of you that are regulars to NOV on election day, you know how this thing goes.
If we are doing election central, we didn't do it in the spring because it was mostly uncontested races.
We only had one biggie on the ballot, which was a Supreme Court race.
So we didn't do election central then, but there's no way we don't do it for the primary leading up to the November general election.
So yes, the day goes a little bit like this.
I'm doing my show.
Regular routine from seven to nine.
Keith will come in, knock down his show nine to 11.
We got a break in there and then at noon.
Keith and I will kick off election central together and we will have guests rolling through.
Keith won't be with me throughout the entire day because there is a funeral that's happening later this evening in town that a lot of folks are going to be at.
And that is for Marcy Patterson.
So a lot of folks are going to this first time I've ever seen an evening funeral to.
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they have Bishop Daniels funeral in the evening.
You know, it's a couple people
I forgot.
Okay.
Um, well, it's so I know we got a lot.
So Keith will be ducking out to pay his respects and attend that service.
I think we lose your main at some point during that point to go to the service.
So we're going to manage.
We're going to make stuff work the best way we can.
We even have members of my sorority who are like, hey, y'all, I'm going to be able to do a portion of the day, but I got to go pay my respects.
So a lot is going on.
But I want to just say to folks that today is not just any other Tuesday.
It is not just any other election.
Today, Wisconsin is going to make history.
whether it would say one way or the other, whether it is to elect.
The first African American to be governor of this state, or it is to elect the first woman and Asian American to be governor of the state.
Either way it goes.
We are setting a path.
towards history.
So the record, I mean, the history gets made and whoever emerges from the primary as the person that moves on to the general history will be made at that point.
It will go down in the books that for the first time, one of those things happened in Wisconsin state politics.
I need people to understand that the polls are now open.
They opened at 7am.
If you are not sure where to vote, go to myvote.wi.gov, put in your address.
It will tell you what your polling location is.
If you have not registered, you can register at the polls in Wisconsin.
One of the few states that does that.
As I came into work this morning, I saw campaign signs, I saw...
commercials all morning while I was getting dressed.
And after months of candidates telling us why they are the person to lead this state.
Today, the voters will get the final word.
This is a race for I'm telling you the books.
Everything that you can imagine has happened for the first time in years.
Wisconsin is choosing a new governor.
Of course, you know, Tony Evers didn't chose not to seek another term, which means that this isn't simply about whether you want four more years of a person who's been the governor.
This is about charting completely new directions with both of the candidates that are leading the top of the contest right now.
But there are four people still on the ballot.
Well, let me be clear.
There are seven names that will appear on the ballot.
There are four people that are actually still in the race and campaigning.
Those four, Milwaukee County Executive David Crawley, State Representative Francesca Hong, State Senator Kelda Royes and Joe Brennan.
Those are the active names, the active players that are on the ballot.
You know,
If we stick with what the polls are saying, some folks would say it looks like Francesca Hong has the edge because of what polls have been saying.
I think it's probably safer to say it's anybody's guess on what's going to happen, what potentially can go down.
She has emerged as the candidate to beat in this whole situation having consistently been the person out front Let me go to the phone lines real quick just in case anybody got a question and then I'll continue before we go to our next our first break.
Hey caller.
What's happening?
Hello.
Yes.
Good morning Morning Michelle.
Hey, how you doing this morning?
How are you?
Good.
Good.
I'm
just causing because I know tomorrow be fine.
But I'm just asking you all to pray for my family, the fish show, the husband family.
We just found my cousin dead yesterday in his house.
It wasn't no foul play or anything, but just asking y'all to give us a prayer because we lost a dear friend last week.
So now he died.
So
last young pray for us.
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All
Oh, hi.
I'm just suggesting that everybody should go vote.
I'm voting for David Crawley, and I'm just expressing for everybody to please go out and vote.
Being involved, do all those people still think that their vote don't count?
Your vote counts.
If you don't think it counts,
At least there's a system in place where there's one person, one vote.
And if you don't think the system is just perfect, we'll then try to make it work to make it better.
At least the voting apparatus is there and we can vote.
And if you think that your vote don't count, just vote and work to make your vote count.
Because if you vote that accountant, then you should be out there doing something to make it count.
So vote for David Crowley and vote.
Take
All right.
Thank you.
We appreciate that call.
Also, respect and appreciate the sentiment.
It's not enough to be upset with the system, frustrated by it.
You have to be engaged.
You have to go vote.
You have to look at all of the issues that impact us and we're not just turning out for the governor's race.
There are all of the state leadership roles that our elected positions are on the ballot.
from Secretary of State, Treasurer, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General.
All those things are on the ballot.
The thing is, most of them are uncontested or, you know, it's just not getting a lot of attraction, but all of those things are on the ballot when you go today.
So, whether you are starting at the top of the ticket for governor,
Whenever the school board races are engaged and on the ballot, you need to be voting for everything all the time.
That is how you make change.
That is how you are heard.
That is how you hold people accountable.
It is the way that one of the best ways that you move the needle, change the outcomes for your community.
And if you don't like the names that are up there, find people yourself to run for office.
Because all we end up doing, and this is the thing a lot of voters don't necessarily always appreciate when I say it, all y'all doing is reactive.
Y'all really not choosing.
People have chose for y'all.
They chose option A, B, C, or D. Y'all just gotta pick which option you want.
Rarely are the people
going to find their own candidates and getting people to run and saying, we'd like to see you in office.
What we are frequently doing is responding to strategists, lobbyists, you know, politicians, political insiders.
They are seeking and finding the people that they want in office and then just telling us every day, folks, pick from the choices we've given you.
That's the part of this whole thing that we need to turn on his head.
So I want you to vote, but I want you to understand we really have more that we need to do and should be doing in relationship to who represents us in office.
These folks go uncontested.
You mean to tell me nobody else thought they could do a good job?
Nobody else wanted to participate?
You know, we got judges that sit on these ballots.
They are not getting opponents.
They get they low 200 signatures or whatever it is.
And we don't hear from these damn judges.
We don't see them.
You don't nobody try to call you.
You know, you see a handful that community brainstorming.
But they don't even bother to ask you for your vote because I got the signatures to get on the ballot.
All of this is just, you know, routine.
I'm already the judge.
As long as I don't die before it's time for me to take office because nobody ran against me.
I got the minimum signature requirements.
If nobody but two people vote for me, I'm the judge.
I'm it.
So now I ain't gotta come check in with the community, update y'all on what's going on in my courtroom, how I'm looking at justice, how I'm trying to serve the people, the way at what my philosophy is about the judicial system.
They don't say jack nothing to y'all.
And we just allow it.
Let me go to the phone line.
Hey, caller.
What's happening?
Hello?
I'm Michelle.
I'm calling about the referendum.
That's why I was holding.
I wanted to go to the polls.
Okay, so it's on November.
Good morning, Michelle.
How are you doing?
I'm just finding out.
on.
You got us
Okay.
Okay.
How is that?
Okay.
I suppose you're at the library on Good Hope.
And they're not open here.
There's another location that in this area that I can go and go today.
Let me do this.
Give Jermaine your address.
He's uh, he's gonna he gonna put your whole give him your address.
I'll look it up real I got it open I'll look it up right now, and I'll say it over the air.
Okay?
Yes, sir.
So hang on one sec And again, that is one of the purposes why we do election central why we set the day up the way we do Because folks will have questions.
You need immediate answers.
You need immediate help Please continue to use this station as an outlet
and a resource for you as we work through the day.
So if you get somewhere and you are not sure about your polling location, if you are not sure about what's on the ballot, if you are not sure about what you need to go vote, if you run into some problems there, they don't have enough ballots, they don't have enough information, give us a call.
You know, we are tapped in.
We can try to get you answers real quick.
And for the brother that just called, I am putting your information in right now.
And we'll get you where you are.
There we go.
Where are you supposed to be?
All right, bro.
It says that you should be voting at Killborn Elementary School.
that address is 5354 North 68th Street.
Kilbourne Elementary School, 5354 North 68th Street.
That's where you are going to be voting.
If you have any other questions, feel free to call us back.
We got y'all.
All right, let me take my first break of the morning.
Michelle Bryant, WNL VA 68 M106.5 FM family will be right back
on WNL.
Do you know what it means to vote?
Use your voice, make a choice, go and take a vote, go vote.
Go, go, go, go.
If we don't know, let me explain.
What exactly is a vote?
A vote is when a group has a choice and each person makes a choice that we know.
Then we got to count so we can figure out which choice most people pick.
Your voice make a choice.
First of
all, both of y'all silly.
He sparks it out all remixing that and playing that in the
tonight.
Somebody else text me and say, hey now.
Black people, give them a beat and they will just cut up.
And
It is Gracie's Corner.
So for folks that are not familiar, Gracie's Corner.
is a animated sing-along YouTube series featuring Gracie, an energetic and joyful little African-American girl who sings and dances to educational and powering songs.
Somebody say, hey, hey!
So y'all too much.
Gracie's Corner was started in June 2020 by the father and daughter duo, Dr. Javaris Hollingsworth and Grayson Hollingsworth.
That's when it debuted and they desire to foster greater representation and inclusive inclusivity in children's media, both on and off screen.
And so the co-creator Gracie's mom.
is a psychologist and plays a key role in shaping the show's educational framework.
So the family has come together and done this.
They've received like the NAACP image awards, they've gotten kids choice awards, outstanding children's programming.
This YouTube channel typically has roughly about 6 million views.
I'm sorry, 6 million subscribers, 277 million plus views.
So this little this is this is a black family, huh?
They just got a deal Gracie's corner.
Yeah.
Yeah, they just they just got a deal.
I saw it on the news And I forgot the amount of deal let
new deal
They're going to Disney Plus and Disney Junior.
Yeah, so that's the deal got announced back in June Yeah, excuse me this and so the reason why I wanted to play it is because as we talk about folks going to vote Many times you'll hear people say I take my grandchildren with me I take my younger kids with me to vote so they can see the process so they can understand it Voting is learned behavior for the most part People see other folks doing it
They get comfortable doing it.
They understand that it's, you know, a part of our existence, the rent we pay to be here on this earth, you know, to participate in the process.
And so you have the opportunity.
Even my folks, I know I got preschool daycare folks that listen to the show.
Y'all can be playing this and I'm sure, you know, a lot of groups do a great job of having something for the kids to vote on today.
We can vote on
Uh, what flavor of ice cream we can vote on if we're going to have art for activity or if we're going to go outside for an activity and have two kids stand up and say, why should we go up to art?
Why should we go outside?
So my collections, if you will, but this starts when they are little that we began to teach them playing this in the car this morning, playing this in the background.
All of these things began to, I mean, to plant subliminally.
messages about the significance of being an engaged voter.
Let me see.
Let's go ahead.
That's that's just like, remember when we was coming up, we always watched Schoolhouse with Rock.
Right.
We learned a lot of stuff.
Now, this is the first time I've ever heard this, to be honest.
Okay.
First time.
And first thing I thought about, man, that's like Schoolhouse with Rock.
We learned a lot of stuff.
So do they got more than
More like stuff like this like
up at the
She got you know diverse set of friends, but
The the content was driven by this black family and it is it was just such a joy Like I have it on just you know, I'm grown but I'll have it on because I like to see what it is.
She's talking about So look y'all, I know I got some people on whole folks are tapping in saying my dad always took me to vote I want to vote with my mom.
Somebody said my granny took me That's the point
I got to take a break.
But that's the point.
Today is not just about you going to vote.
If you have younger people in that household, make them get up.
Not just encourage them.
Tell them, let's go.
You're going with me to go vote.
I want you to see the process.
If they've seen it before, good.
That means you can run, you know, we can run through there and get in and get out.
But we going so that this is a regular routine.
All right, family.
I got to take a quick break.
Michelle Bryant, WNOV, 860 AM, 106.5 FM.
If you have any issues at the polls, give us a call 414-444-5250.
I'll be right back.
It is election day.
I need you to go vote if you have not already.
mailed in your ballot.
If you have not already dropped off that ballot, you got it mailed to you, but you never mailed it back.
I need you to go drop it off today.
If you did not early vote already and we know that some 200.
59,000 people already have early voted either in person or by mail.
We are underperforming what we did in the 2022 election.
I need people to go vote.
Someone hit me up this morning and said they were over at Rufus King and it was a ghost town.
Now we know Rufus King is one of the higher performing wars.
So.
You know, people gotta, you know, get started, get moving.
If you are voting, let me know.
Let us know here at the station what the numbers are looking like, what number you were, when you got your ballot, and if we need to do something to encourage people in your district to get out the vote.
Let me go to the phone line.
Got somebody that's been holding.
Hey, caller, what's happening?
Good morning, Michelle.
I wanted to preface the call with accolades.
You came to my church a few years ago and talked about DEI over on the east side.
Do you remember that upstairs?
Yeah.
And I've also met you at NAACP meetings.
It's always a good conversation.
Always insightful.
Always a listener.
Never called in, but I have a question today.
If they're a path for David to win, that's viable.
And if David doesn't win, it's Francesca Hong going to do anything for the black community.
And I'll take the call off air.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Brad.
I appreciate the call.
And I'm glad you called in.
Don't be a stranger.
Call anytime.
So one of the things
I will say is that that had to be, you know, the question, is there a viable path to victory when David made the decision to re enter the race?
It was a question that I posed personally about whether or not there was a pathway up into up until David had re entered the race.
He had been consistently polling.
third or fourth hovering at around 5% of the vote.
Even when he re entered the race, he that first poll they did a few days after he re entered, he was at about 7% of the polls.
People might remember and I'm just trying to see if I can find those numbers real quick.
But Francesca Hong was somewhere 38%.
Mandela was like 16%.
So, you know, we had that kind of situation.
With Mandela exiting the race, there have been two other polls that have come out.
And one, I remember seeing, and I don't have it in front of me, so I look for it, where David's numbers went up to, I think, about 22%.
Or there was a 22.
percent gap between the candidates.
I can't remember, but I remember the number 22 percent.
So in even some of the most recent polling, he still was polling behind Francesca Hong.
This is the thing, though, that I also understand about.
And I will say, and I've said it before, Marquette is
You know one of the gold standards for polling organizations across the country they are I think they said like 92% on target of the things that they you know They report from their polls that end up being the general consensus of how things are going in in a race But because number one I always look at who do people talk to how did black folks figure into this race how black folks are going to figure into
this race in particular.
Milwaukee County versus Dane County, we now are 30% of all the early votes that have been cast.
So the two big players, Milwaukee, our city numbers, what are we, 700,000 or something like that, Madison, like 500,000.
Those communities are already showing up heavy.
Francesca Hong out of Madison DC of course here out of Milwaukee.
34% they said were undecided.
So I think that there is a pathway for David to win.
I think the wild card is the fact that we could not spoil those ballots.
And so there will be folks that had already voted for David before he got out.
So he'll still get those.
But there will also be people that voted for Sarah Rodriguez and from Mandela Barnes whose votes we can't recapture I Have not publicly done a prediction or called it I Think that it's going to be close how close that's yeah, but
This is one I have intentionally, you know, decided just to hold my peace on it.
I know there have been people that have been asking for whatever it was worth what I thought about, you know, which candidate I supported.
I told people I've been consistent.
I like two people in this race.
And the two people I like in this race are the two people that are pretty much who are at the top of the ticket.
You know in terms of where people think we're gonna land and I say like them in terms of like their chances not like them as individuals like them, you know Because they my best friends, but like their chances like the possibility of them getting in office And so I'm just yeah, I just I just been real kind of coy, you know frustratingly so for some people about it
But because I just don't want to influence for whatever, you know little influence I have I don't want to influence people's decision in this race I want people to honestly make the best decision For them that they believe is the right thing to do this encourages people do your own homework I will have stuff to say tomorrow for sure Because going into November
You know, it changes the game.
It's a different ball game.
But I think that there is a pathway for David.
I think it's a tight pathway, but I think there's a pathway.
And I think that if you can do.
The thing that people always say in politics, awake the sleeping giant, which is the public.
If you can, you know, like during the Obama election, people were inspired to go to the polls who had not voted.
who had not participated in the process during Trump's victory.
They got young white males who had not been voting, inspired to go vote when he was running against Kamala Harris.
So.
Somebody said it to me a while ago, the race goes to who can get folks off the couch.
The victory goes to who can do that.
But yeah, it's a pathway.
It's a pathway for I think it's a tight pathway, but I don't think it's non-existent.
All right, let me take a quick break.
Shell Broad WNLV, 860 AM, 106.5 FM will be right back.
All right, family, welcome back to the show.
Did they hear me?
So just so y'all know, we manage in a bunch of different things behind the scenes this morning.
You know, I got food deliveries being made to help out at polling sites.
I got this going on.
Making sure guests are on board.
So it's a little bit hectic.
So I apologize if you heard that.
Let me answer the second part of the question that the caller raised about if Francesca Hong is the person that advances in this race.
You know, what can we expect by way of, you know, engagement with the black community?
I will say this.
She reached out to call into the show this morning.
She was going to vote at 815 and is calling in at 830.
So I will pose the question directly to her and just let her answer it for herself.
But if there is any glitch or hiccup or whatever, I'll circle back and answer the question.
So I just wanted the brother to know I heard you on the part two of that.
But I knew that she was planning to call in this morning.
So.
you can hear from her directly.
Let me just do this as well.
We have been fortunate to get some additional tickets for the Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival that is happening this Saturday.
So if you have the ability to drive down to Kenosha and you would love to see some good jazz, opening up the music festival at 2pm is a
group called the Jerome Porter Quintet, 330, Nora Jean Brousseau Blues Band, 530, the Corey Wilkes Quartet, and then the main event, the main attraction, the man himself, Kirk Whalen, will be performing to close out this show.
I have a few sets of tickets that I'm going to give away.
I'm going to make the first one easy.
I'm just going to give it to the first caller who says that, hey, I can go.
I want a pair of tickets.
But I do need to know if you voted.
Now, it's not a condition to win to get the tickets, but I do want to know if you voted.
So let's go.
I said we got a call.
We got some calls on the phone line already.
Let's go to the phone line.
Jermaine.
Let's go to the phone line.
Hey, caller.
What's happening?
Hello.
Yes.
Hello.
Good morning, Michelle.
How are you?
I'm great.
I can go.
I can't wait to vote.
As soon as I get off.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I love some jazz.
Oh, yeah.
I'm old school.
I'm old school.
I, uh,
You might not remember me, but I did a bad thing some years ago.
You guys had a call in for people to sing a Christmas
song.
Oh my god.
The
Santa Baby?
Yeah.
Oh you remember that.
Oh my god.
But I've
met no disrespect.
I forgot you were on the line and I love everything that you're doing.
I mean informing us.
keeping us on point and past what's going on.
And even especially dealing with some of the people that call in that I have no idea why they back some of the people that they back, pipped down.
But I do appreciate the strength.
in your voice and everybody at the station.
I'd greatly appreciate you guys.
And
even more so for these tickets.
Look, I was just going to say, you have earned your keep.
You are definitely getting you a pair of
Love y'all.
Love you back fam.
Hold on one second Jermaine got you.
Somebody just hit us up and said what's the number to report voting machines being down at Parkman?
So I will do two things.
I will get you a number and then I will also reach out to the chair of the election commission to let him know as well.
You can call 414-286-8683.
call 414-286-8683.
And you can report that there is a problem with the voting machines at Parkman.
And thank you so much, Dana, for reaching out regarding that situation.
Someone else tapped in.
They said they voted at ward number 92, and they were number eight.
Yeah, give me a general idea where your wards are as well.
Like if you was at, you know, Vincent High School or wherever, just so I can better appreciate where you're calling from.
Someone said, I got a call from a friend that said 21st Street School for voting is closed and hold on.
Hmm.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Where'd it go?
21st Street School for voting is closed and they have to go to the Center Street Library.
All right, so we will follow up on that as well, but that is the call, the text I got this morning, that if you typically vote over at 21st Street School, it is closed and they are sending folks over to the Center Street Library.
I will double check.
with the Election Commissioner just to make sure that that information is correct.
But thank you so much.
This is what we do.
This is why we need y'all to call and check in.
Let me go to the phone line.
Hey, Carla, what's happening?
Hello?
Hey, how you doing?
Good morning.
this morning, bro?
I'm doing it.
Is this Michelle Brandt?
Yes, it is.
I'm going to say this first of all.
Only listen to it.
I started put it like this.
I started listening to WNLB about five years ago and it was because one man I was driving the boat and I caught one of your shows and I've been stuck ever since you did a wonderful job.
that.
You need to be in the White House somewhere.
You really, you really focused.
No, I'm going out to vote, uh, in about an hour.
So I'm waiting on my wife to get off work.
I'm, I'm the designated babysitter right now.
you good?
I'm a jazz period.
Really?
trying to be you.
He didn't say nothing
about me
when he was
listening to the show.
I ain't writing his name down.
That was the voice that called my ear.
Yeah, thank you.
much.
Hold
on.
Keep it going, y'all.
Y'all, people don't know it's a lot of history today radio station.
Watch the movie paint our Cadillac records.
Yes.
It's tied to the radio station.
My man.
Thank you so much, bro.
Hang on so you can get your information.
All right.
So for the folks that called in with voting concerns, the chair of the election commission, Terrell Martin is listening to the show.
He said he heard the concerns and he is already looking into it.
So just so you know, that's
how quickly we are able to kind of work towards getting answers for folks or figuring out what the issues are.
So Dana, your concerns have been heard about Parkman and not having voting machines that are working and also over at 21st Street School and being diverted over to Center Street Library.
So thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much to Terrell Martin for being responsive, having
You know his his dial set to this radio station as well as everything else.
He's monitoring through the course of the day I just appreciate that folks value what we do here and they understand being connected.
So thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you Yes,
Clark
All right.
So here go Clark Clark put no Clark.
You know what can't do that No, because you don't want to make it seem like yeah.
Yeah, so we can't do it that way Clark was saying, you know, like, yeah, let's let's have people, you know, I show you I vote a sticker, but you don't ever want it to look like you are
Doing something in exchange for something so yeah, so we just want to make sure that no Winning oh, and I got safe fair tickets to That I'm going to be giving away Let me see stay fair runs Stay fair in Wisconsin
The six through the win
was a six through the sixteenth or something like
Yeah, you're runs through the sixteenth.
So you still have a few days if there are folks that are interested in winning a pair of tickets to go stay fair.
I have those as well.
Maybe I don't know if I'm attached trivia to them.
Don't need to make it hard today.
just, you know, folks able to have a good time, take advantage of some things that we still had to hear at the station that we can make available to folks.
Got some more folks on the phone line.
Let me go to them.
Hey, caller, what's happening?
Hello?
Yes.
Yes.
Good morning.
Good morning, Michelle and NLV team.
How you doing?
Good.
How are you this morning?
I'm doing great.
Getting ready to go vote.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Get my, get my book, my, my, um, side in
Uh, since I was 18 and I'm in my, um, six decade.
I see a disconnect in voting.
What do you mean?
That's right.
A lot of miseducation, people believe in a lot of what's on social media.
I think word of mouth years ago, when you were young, how I learned.
through school and family versus now, you know, just almost anything and everything.
You can find what you want on social media, but it doesn't mean it's factual.
I try to share what I what I know to others and and I make my family get up and go, well,
I put it like this.
It was passed on to me through my mother.
I went voting with her.
And so that was a must.
I do that with my kids.
And we have an 18 year old that we're excited about first time voting.
Hey,
Yeah, I know we're excited, but we're having problems with the ID.
That's the only thing and and so we got to get that done so they can get in before eight o'clock today.
to get that free.
And let me ask you a question too about the birth certificates.
I heard that the birth certificates are free as well if you tell them it's for voting that they can't charge you for birth certificate.
Is that true?
I'm checking right now for you.
As soon as you started asking, I started typing.
You can get the free hang on.
I think that is still is.
But let me do this.
I got to take a commercial break in a couple minutes.
I will look on there and I will say it on the show.
OK.
OK.
Can I come and get my
ticket?
off, are you are you already done with your ticket?
Jazz
I am, let me see, I got one, two, three.
Yep, I can do another pair.
So yes, ma'am.
Hang on, Jermaine will get your information.
And then I'll look up the information about the birth certificate as well.
Okay, wonderful.
Thank you.
All right, thank you.
Hold on.
What'd you say, Clark?
Voter vote writers can help get the birth certificate.
Okay, perfect And I know I think I'm supposed to be talking to Anita from vote writers today.
So I will check and see but I'm just looking looking looking a Free state ID car for people.
Okay.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to look during the break
I will look during the break because I know when we first started doing this at that birth certificate, I thought was included.
I don't know where we are with it today.
So I will definitely find out and make sure that folks are aware.
So I am up against my next break.
Let me say this.
I'm going to give away a couple of more tickets later today for the.
Harbor Park Jazz Festival during the election central show.
I'll be giving away tickets, state fair tickets that I have had some extras.
I'll make sure folks have an opportunity to get those and just know I am looking forward to the show this afternoon.
Going to do an education panel with.
Dr. LaKeisha Myers and Angela Harris who has been subbing for me when I have not been in town.
Everybody that has heard these two sisters speak in terms of education are always blown away.
I've got one more guest.
We're waiting to see if his schedule will line up to be able to have him join us.
But when I tell you, having the two of them in is going to be great.
Also going to be talking to Tavis Smiley today, national implications about what we're seeing because there are four other cities that have high profile races that folks are paying attention to.
Wisconsin is not the only area.
We are looking in South Carolina for what's going on with the special election to fill Lindsey Graham's seat.
His Senate seat, his sister Darlene is running.
Folks have been talking about, she's a HBCU grad, but you know, what does that mean in terms of her Republican politics?
In Minnesota, there is a competitive Democratic primary for Senate that we are going to be watching a moderate and a progressive going head to head in that primary over in Connecticut.
You have a bunch of young challengers going up against a long time incumbent again on the Democratic side of the aisle.
So we'll be paying attention to see what's happening.
I got to look at Michigan just to watch the continue to tax on El Sayed, the Muslim who won the primary for US Senate in Michigan.
And Jermaine mentioned it in passing that, hey, it's crazy that you have some woman who is telling people out loud, in public, I don't want to see people praying five times a day.
She is the only one who matters in this country and what she wants like it just it is unbelievable
What
white privilege
ding ding ding ding ding ring the bell The fact that somebody will open their mouth to say in public that you got a problem with seeing somebody pray pray Not gun violence
Not not on the stripper pole Not selling crack Not fighting you got a problem because somebody stops to pray That just lets you know how crazy and tripped out people are let me take this break We'll be right back call as I see you got some more text messages coming in make sure you hit us up
and let us know what's going on at your polling location.
If you have already voted and you don't mind sharing your vote, I'm interested in that too.
And why you voted, what was important to you in this race in terms of that governor's race.
And if you have any thoughts on any of the other candidates on the ballot, please feel free to give us a call.
Michelle Bryant, WNOV 860AM, 106.5 FM.
It is voting day.
Did y'all hear me?
Did I say it loud enough?
It's election day.
Make sure you got a plan to go vote today.
We'll be right back.
All right, folks, let me go to the phone line.
Hey, caller, what's happening?
Hello?
Hi, good morning.
Good morning.
Oh, I'm in the air.
Yes, you are.
Thank you.
I just want to make a comment about how important it is for parents to
take their children or at least show them that they're voting.
I was born in 1954.
Wait,
Okay, can
Yes,
better.
ahead.
Yes, I was born in 1954.
And I remember the first time my mom and dad
voted.
I think it was a 64 or thereafter.
I was 10 years old or whatever.
They're such a pride.
They got dressed up, we're going to vote.
I want you and your sister to stay put and we'll be right back.
There was such pride in their ability to vote.
And so that kind of instilled in me how important voting was, is what I need to get out here.
So in my adult years, early adult years, I kind of wavered.
But now I have a strong determination since I was in my mid-20s.
I vote every election.
Parents, it's still the pride of voting.
It's very important.
And it is for our future and for their future.
And that's all I have to say.
I appreciate that call and I like the honesty of folks who said, hey, I wasn't always on you know, I wasn't always on top of it.
I wasn't always consistent, but at some point I realized the importance of this whole thing and once that realization came to light, I've been on it.
I am consistent.
I do what I'm supposed to do.
So thank you so much, Carla.
Let me get the next person.
Hey, Carla, what's happening?
Hello?
Yes, hello.
Yes,
I'm just calling.
I'm voting for I haven't voted.
I'm actually on my way to vote and good morning to your listeners and to yourself.
Good morning.
I plan on voting for Crowley.
Okay.
And my concern is for the many individuals and the young individuals that are choosing to vote for Hong and let me be clear.
I don't have a problem with her.
There are some things that I don't agree with, but who agrees with one?
candidate 100%.
My overall concern is do you vote for the person that you really, really want to win or do you look down the road and you vote for the candidate who you know has the most the most genuine pathway to receive Tom Tiffany.
It's a strategic question.
It's an age old question Do I vote my conscious or do I vote my heart and my passion or do I vote?
For what I think is actually possible or feasible I will respond to that.
Do you have anything else you want to add to it?
Well, I just I just wondered how people
work inside that because like I said, at the end of the day, I am a true blue Democrat and I'm going to support very hard whoever comes out of our primary.
But I just wondered how people work inside that because with our politics being where they are, it's so racially charged, it's so misogynistic.
So how do people work inside that in their households?
Do they vote for who they think?
really can win or do they vote for, who they want most, you know, be brand, what happens.
Let me tackle it.
Let me, you know, weigh in on it, but it's a great question.
Thank you so much and thank you for voting.
We appreciate you, sis.
Thank you.
All right.
So let me just say this, y'all, because I've seen this question play out
in a variety of ways.
People have used the term electability.
Can someone get across the finish line?
Will the masses show up to support them?
I've seen that question raised most recently about whether or not if there were two women on the ticket.
If Francesca Hong became the nominee for governor and then there is a woman that is on the
ballot for Lieutenant Governor, would Wisconsin be receptive to having two women actually being the top elected officials in the state?
And there were some people who said no, that the state is not ready for two women to run the state.
So do I vote for the man just because I think that the state is not ready?
There was also a question about
Whether or not folks are ready for a black guy to be the president.
I'm sorry to be president to be the governor to, you know, control things here at the state level.
And for so many times we've said that how difficult it is for black people to get elected statewide.
So some people will say, Hey, don't vote for the black guy because.
History has shown us it's difficult for a black person to get elected statewide People may say but it's different this time because you got a lot of the folks coming out of the woodwork form You know, you got the governor endorsing you got all of these elected officials and you know money is coming in all these things are at play but the one thing I'm gonna tell you and I guess is for me is because of Probably getting older
There's a side of me that while I understand the strategic side of it, I'm also getting frustrated with, we got to do what's the pathway forward because that typically does not include people of color.
That typically does not include black women.
That typically does not include black folks.
This is one of those rare occasions where you're going to pick between the black and the Asian, but typically that does not happen.
And so if we follow that logic, then we will consistently not see people of color, black folks in particular, ascend to any of these positions because the thinking is they're not electable.
Sarah Rodriguez tried to play that game.
Joe Brennan played that game.
And some other folks in the race about whether or not somebody could get elected.
So I, you know, I just, I can't do it personally no more because if that
If we continue to do that, we're always sitting on the sidelines.
Jasmine Crockett versus Tel Rico in Texas.
Who's more electable?
So we leave Jasmine Crockett sitting on the side of the road.
Lena Taylor running for mayor versus Tom Barrett.
Who's more electable?
So we leave Lena Taylor sitting on the side of the road.
I just can't keep doing it.
At this point, I'm now voting for the person I want to see.
Everybody else can be strategic.
Everybody else can, you know, try to map out the course.
All I know is we still end up at the bottom of this thing in most of these cases.
So if I'm going to be at the bottom, I'm going to
be at the bottom voting for who I wanted to.
I got to turn around because Mr. John Teeth is in the building.
The king is in
the building.
no
i'm doing good how are you
work
My name is Jay Swight, 14 years old, and I am honored to be your Mr. Juneteenth this year.
We were talking about how people could support you.
I think we talked to you before the election.
And then we got the amazing news, all the social media posts, that you in fact had won Mr. Juneteenth.
What has that been like for you?
And I see you got the crown on there.
Rock that.
What was that like for you?
Well, like as I said, it was an honor.
But it was more than just the victory for me.
It was what I'm going to do with it.
going to try my hardest to lead by example and show people that there's other sides to Milwaukee than just the negatives that you see on the news.
Try and show up at.
Most events that are trying to like get people out the house trying my heart is to like volunteer at events, pantries, things like that.
They were proud of me.
Really?
I was.
I'm glad about that.
They congratulated me.
So I was happy.
school, man?
Well, just like T.I.
up here.
Can I get the instrumental and T.I.
Look.
Speaking of big things to come, now that you're in office.
Can we get more bacon?
Can
we get
more bacon on our sandwich?
So the first thing you need to do is educate people.
That's the first thing you need to do.
Now that you're in office, your first responsibility is to educate people about what it means to be Mr. Jun T.
You see what you up again?
I'm just saying, I want more bacon on my sandwiches.
I don't know why you thought this was the moment.
I don't know.
Really, you got feeding to it?
Oh, you're going to be that kind of elected official.
You know what, sir?
You have a point.
You got more
Yes, that's what you're doing, Jake.
We raise humanity in that name.
Oh, no!
He says you got to listen to your community.
I'm going to tell you some love, bro.
That's what I'm talking about.
More bacon.
We're pushing for more bacon.
My guy has just lost.
My child will be here.
He didn't turn it to the establishment.
He didn't turn it to the establishment.
Oh my God.
I'm still going to keep your gifts.
But I am too disappointed.
Yeah, I can see about getting you some more bacon.
Jeez!
That's
not how you lead, man!
That's
what
I'm talking about.
That's what I'm trying to get
re-elected in.
I'm up on forever, Jack.
So any
Well...
This response was slow, bro.
See
that's what happened when y'all come to my show because I got to call you out on your nonsense then the response is all well
You did not go
to my daddy and big boy me
Yeah, I see.
More bacon.
bacon.
you are returning to school, winch.
I'm not sure of the exact date, but it is sometime early.
After Labor
And so, what year?
Southmore, Junior?
My freshman year.
Freshman year?
I mean, you look all, oh, so I'll just try and figure out.
I went back and looked at our pictures and how much you have grown since I first met you, and you are towering over me now.
So, your freshman year, are you nervous about school?
A little, I would say I am a little nervous.
I am.
I believe that voting in general is a necessity.
My mom, she took me with her to go voting every single time.
This lady
Yes.
okay.
She makes sure that I get a sample.
a sample poll.
So then when I am old enough to vote, I am prepared.
So you can see what it looks like.
Really?
Parents, I like that.
Now she's putting that ballot in their hands.
So now just somebody telling you this is important and they're showing you what it looks like.
So when you finally get ready to do it for the first time, you already know what to do.
My man, okay.
Any predictions on the race today?
Let's
good politician.
Let me see,
me see, let me see.
My vote is for David Crawley.
He is a man of color and he born and raised here.
He is in his community and I've seen him do work.
I mean, when you start talking about reasons why you support somebody, those definitely got to be at the top of the hierarchy.
So that means somebody's paying attention.
So good job.
Thank you.
All right.
Well, I'm going to let you get out of the way and I appreciate it.
I am so over the top.
Mom, did you want to say anything?
You know, you always cheesing.
Did you want to say something over here about your baby or just in general?
Say good morning.
Good morning, y'all.
Tell folks your mom's name.
Well, this is Dee Dee Davis, co-writer of a book called If This Pen Could Talk, curated by my aunt, Denny Spitchport, with 49 black women, came together to write a book.
If This Pen Could Talk.
So it's on Amazon and this Saturday.
Get
right.
He's
ahead.
More baking and more books.
Go ahead.
Good morning, everybody.
So if this pancake talk was curated by Denise Pitchfork, it is a book of 49 African American women who come together and tell stories about motherhood, grief, becoming a woman.
And it's just
It's fun to be a part of something like that.
And this Saturday at Thrive on King, between 12 and 3, we'll be doing book signing.
So a good portion of the authors who wrote in the book, the oldest one I believe is 91 and the youngest one is 19.
A bunch of us will be there actually signing the books.
The book does cost $30, but all of the proceeds of the book are going towards a foundation.
and basically supporting African-American first generation black girls getting in school.
Thank you because she see she didn't came here.
We weren't going to know nothing about it.
You are an effective elected official.
I just want you to know I appreciate you.
Thank you for highlighting that on behalf of your mom.
All right family let me take a
No, I gotta wrap my show for the day.
So I am coming back on the air at noon.
We will be doing election central.
We will go until polls close at 8pm.
A ton of great information, interviews, national and local.
Please, please, please come back.
Check us out.
Mr. Juneteenth, I gotta tell you, it's first time I ever had a visit for Mr. Juneteenth.
So.
you already, you know, setting the standard of how it's supposed to be done.
I like that.
And you had a good answer to my question.
I like that.
Don't don't get all happy.
You got to answer tomorrow.
I will talk to y'all later this afternoon at noon.
Thank you all for tuning in.
Thank you, Clark Kent.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you, uh, bacon man.
That's it.
And, uh, thank you to DD and to the baby.
I appreciate it.
Wait.
the incoming freshman, the rising freshman.
Thank you, Jayce.
I appreciate you.
Family, I'll be back in noon.
Peace.