Detroit Talk City | Election Day special

All right, thanks for joining us on this Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd. I'm your host, Charlie Langton. All right, welcome to Detroit Talk City. All right, let's get right into today's topics. It is Election Day. We know the lines are long, tensions are high, and tonight the votes get counted. But when the dust settles tomorrow morning, where does Detroit actually stand? All right, we've got former Congressman Hansen Clark is here. Hello. Plus, Detroit City Councilman-at-large Coleman A. Young Jr. here in our studio to talk about the final push and what are these candidates doing for these Michigan midterms. All right, that brings us to our poll question. Has media coverage across all races on the ballot been balanced? Just scan that QR code. It's right down there, and we'll show you the results later on in the show. This show, it's all about hearing from you. It's the viewer. It's conversation. We want you to weigh in. You can do that, 313-765-8844. You can also join us in the Zoom room at 892-4909-0290. And, of course, hashtag us at Detroit Talk City. All right. Let's meet Hansen Clark. Good to see you. Long time. I haven't seen you in a while. Just so you know, this is the only interview I'm doing. Okay? This is the only one. So I'm here for you and to talk to our viewers. Well, you've been out of the, listen, you were in Congress back in 2013, so it's been over 10 years now. Yeah, yeah. You've been out of politics. Right. And you kind of are out of politics. Yes, absolutely. But you have been a Democrat all your life. Yes, totally. In positions of power. My mother was a Roosevelt Democrat. She was a little girl during the Great Depression, and she lived in the North End. She suffered from malnutrition because people couldn't get food. That's why she became a Democrat, because of Franklin Roosevelt. He ended up saving the day for many families. But now, Haley Stevens is not the only Democrat supporting Mike Rogers. You now have come out in support of Mike Rogers, a Republican. Why? Well, there's one main reason why. It's because I actually worked with him. When I was in Congress, I was a member of the Homeland Security Committee. He was very well respected, even though he was a Republican. You know, I, as a progressive Democrat at that time in Congress, rarely voted with him. But because of his work, I knew about the great threat that Iran posed. To our country, right? At that time, I think in 2011, 2012, Iran had the capability of hacking our financial institutions, our banks on Wall Street. And I believe Mike Rogers played a role behind the scenes in preventing that catastrophe from happening. So you agree with President Trump, then, that we should go in and... No, no, look, I got nothing to do with this. Right now, look, I know what Mike Rogers is about. He understands the threat that Michigan families are facing right now, and the threat is even greater. And the reason why I came on this show is because I need to tell the truth, even though I may seem like a conspiracy theorist or that I'm trying to incite panic. But right now, Michigan families and businesses, in my opinion, are under imminent threat, imminent threat from Iran. Not only have they perfected their ability to hack into banks. So if you think about this, you're on the computer doing your online banking. And then in a second, all of your savings of a lifetime is wiped out completely. That could actually happen. Now, here's the other thing I want to share this with you. But the war is almost over. No, no, no, not that war. Okay, not the cyber war. It hasn't even started yet. Now, here's the worst threat is this, is that right now we have credible information. Iran has the capability of developing a biological weapon, a thousand times more lethal than the COVID-19 virus. How do you know this information? And they're able- Well, you're not in Congress anymore. Nothing I'm saying is classified, and I think that's maybe why Mike Rogers doesn't talk about it. You're not still, you're not privy to information. No, no, no, no, no, not like it, but I mean, I am briefed at times, but not on Not on classified matters. Do you think that Haley Stevens doesn't want, do you think, you don't think Haley Stevens wants Iran to have the nuclear capabilities, do you? No, no, no, no, no, I got to share with you, I got to share this right now. The biological weapon that's being developed could actually attack families here in Michigan through the air, through the water system, I mean, through our food. I mean, so this is a very dangerous situation right now. The better question is, you don't think Abdul El-Sayed really wants Iran to have a nuclear capability, do you? Here's what I do know is this, is that Mike Rogers... knows about this threat. He knows about the global threat facing us here. He also knows about the threat that the so-called universal coverage health plan would unfortunately impact our entire economy and drive up health care costs. Wouldn't Medicare for all help a lot of people in poverty? A lot of your old constituents? So let me share with you, unlike any of the candidates, I was on Medicaid. as a child. I was one of the first groups of children in this state under Medicaid, and my mother raised me on food stamps. So as a child, as a teenager, I was on public assistance. I understand these benefits. I actually had to take student loans like many people to be able to go to college. Here's one thing I know for sure right now. Whenever the government starts pumping money into programs, the cost of those services go up dramatically. And that's what people don't understand. But there's a risk, isn't there, and I'm just being, I'm trying to ask, isn't You're saying that some of those benefits that you're talking about, Medicaid, Medicare even, would be cut? The risk is even greater if you actually try to expand it dramatically when we have a $40 trillion debt. Here's what will happen. It will actually increase inflation. That means everything that we buy right now will be more expensive. And then here's the other thing. People that are on Medicare right now could likely see their benefits diminish. And people who have bargained for health care, no, no, no, no, no, no, but I'm saying this. I'm saying this, and right now, people, you have your employees here who are union members. They bargain hard for their benefits. They could lose their benefits because of this plan. So this, I'm going to tell you what the plan is for me that they're proposing. It's big fraud for all. It's not health care for all. And the reason why I'm saying that, since I've been out of office, I know people. Who have ripped off the healthcare system and many of them right now are currently in federal prison. So this is not something I'm just talking as a political points for a campaign. It's something that I know personally. Let me take a couple of things here. First of all. So here's a nutshell what I'm trying to say. Okay, go ahead. Here's why I voted for Mike Rogers. Right now, at this moment, he's ready to hit the ground running in the Senate to help protect us from these disasters from within with this growing deficit and diminished health care benefits and also a threat from Iran, which is really imminent right now, which could destroy all of us. And look, I know this sounds extreme, but it's reality. Let me get to what I think. You actually were raised Muslim, weren't you? Yeah, my father, my father. Was it difficult to... Not support Abdul El-Sayed because he's Muslim? Well, I'm going to tell you this. What was difficult for me in coming out supporting Mike Rogers was the perception that I was slamming the Democratic nominee. I would never do that. My father was Muslim. My father died when I was eight. He was a wonderful man. And the other thing, my father was named Abdul Hashim. You were actually born... So I would never... You know, that name, it's a beautiful name to me. It's my father's name. So, but does that cause you a little, I mean, you think about it, I mean, here's someone that, that obviously you relate to, you're Muslim, and so is Abdul, and then you're saying, I really would want, I was raised, I was raised in that culture, you see, my father died when I was eight, my mother was Christian, would your father be okay with your endorsement of a Republican? He'd be in, he'd be in favor of my endorsement of someone that has traditional values, that wants to see families thrive. Thrive in free enterprise, Prosper, absolutely it would be. Do you think that the United States gives too much money to Israel? You know, look, that's not the question right now. Look, but that's an issue in the race, though. Yeah, but you know what? The real race is right now, we have people right now in this state that are suffering. We have small businesses. Isn't that what I'm doing all this science talking about? He says, minimize the contact with Israel, send those American dollars to Detroit. No, but the thing is, we need to change the trade policy here if we want to actually help Detroit, as I know that firsthand. Let me tell you this, I dropped out of college when I was younger, so I'm going to go work in the plant like my dad did. My dad worked in the Ford Foundry. There weren't any jobs available back then because it was the 1980s and the Japanese were really... They were just killing us in terms of the... Hold that thought. Former Congressman Hanson Clark talking about a Democrat supporting Mike Rogers. It's a final push for the candidates here in Michigan. We want you to be part of the show. We want to hear from you. Text us, call us, 313-765-8844. Quick break. Back in a moment. So you want to zoom on Fox, too? We want you to zoom on Fox, too, but we want to make you look and sound really, really good. So four easy steps. First of all, take the phone and turn it on its side. We want you to fill up the entire screen. Then you've got to look around, and you've got to find the light. Remember, we want the light in front of you, not behind you. That's good. And then on the other side, you've got to look around, and you've got to find the light. The Zoom mic. We want all of Detroit to hear you. And finally, turn down the television like I'm going to do right now. We want to hear you, not the TV. All right, let's review these easy steps. First, flip it, light it, unmute it, and turn down the TV. And then you are ready to Zoom Fox 2. Remember, you can be a part of Fox 2's Detroit Talk City and the Sports Office. Just zoom in. Live. Welcome back, Detroit Talk City. I'm your host, Charlie Light, and we do want to hear from you. As media coverage across all of the races this campaign season, have they been balanced? What do you think about that? All right, former Congressman Hanson Clark, he represented most of Detroit when you were in Congress, I guess, and a while there. Also the suburbs, though. And the suburbs, too. Right, right. Let's take a phone call, all right? Mark from Detroit. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Mark. Hi, how you doing, Charlie? Good. Okay. I really believe that the ex-Congressman is really taking things personal. Thank you, Lord. Mike Rogers is not the best guy for the job. I do is the best guy for the job. I believe that, you know, we get caught up in what this guy stands for. Are you talking about old friends? Ain't no such thing as old friends with Democrats and Republicans. And I feel that that's what he, you know, he's been betraying the Democrats based on personal feelings. All right. Thank you, Mark. Well, look, Mark, I understand where you're coming from. When I was in Congress, I didn't vote with Mike Rogers. But I know right now that we're under threat. And Mike Rogers is prepared to hit the ground running to protect American families and Michigan families in particular. He says it's gonna be more than friendship, though. You got I'm not really a friend of his. As a matter of fact, I haven't really. I've seen him personally since I've been in Congress. I spoke to him on the phone a couple of times. He's not a friend of mine. I'm doing this right now because it's the right thing to do to protect Michigan families and businesses. Karen from Detroit. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Karen. Hey, Charlie, they could put whatever spin they want on it, but what it comes down to is Islamophobia is why they don't like Abdul. That's what it comes down to. You could say, all of this, you think Rogers is going to go off and running? He's not. He's going to do whatever that guy in the White House, who is a complete idiot, whatever he says and does. He's under his thumb, and it's just going to continue, whereas Abdul is a fresh. Well, Karen, you know, actually, I appreciate her saying that about the Democratic nominee Abdul. I'm endorsing Mike Rogers, and I'm the son of Abdul, son of Abdul Hashim, devout Muslim. Who married a woman, Christian woman, Thelma Clark, African-American from the North End. I respect everyone's right to worship their religion, to exercise their faith. And that was my one reservation coming out public to support Mike Rogers because it may appear that I was trying to diss the nominee. I'm not. I'm not at all. As a matter of fact, you know what? My dad helped found the first major mosque in Dearborn on Berner and Dix. No. I'm not against that faith. I'm not against anyone worshiping the Lord, which, you know, in the way that they want to. But Mike Rogers is going to vote with Trump. That's what Karen was saying. No, no, no, no, no, no. Are you okay with that? No, Mike Rogers is an independent guy, all right? He's independent thinking. I work with him a lot. But let me just share with you this. You think Mike Rogers is independent? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, because I've seen him operate. That's the reason why the Democrats. The leadership on his committee, they respected him. They would come to me and say, look, Chairman Rogers said so-and-so, we need you to vote like this. No, they respected what his opinion was. So my point is, though, on religion, Karen's making a good point. So my father was Muslim. My wife, her father was Jewish, David Cohen. I'm Roman Catholic. You know what that is? This is the American family. We're able to freely worship our religion the way we choose to. That's the way it should be. You're saying religion had nothing to do with your endorsement of Mike Rogers. Nothing at all. No, but I mean, I was hesitant because I didn't want to appear to be going against a candidate who actually has my father's name and my father's faith. No. All right. Let's take another call. Brian from Detroit. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Brian. Hey, hello, Charlie. You know you're the best, man, and I love this. So, Hanson, for you, brother, any time I feel something come against the city, this here, the sabotage that I'm witnessing right now don't make any sense because I'm trying to figure out what are you gaining? Are you trying to come back, you know? I actually thought you sold windows that one time. I would have been paid if I was doing that. You guys go way back. Brian, look, I'm glad you asked. What doesn't bother me is timing, Charlie. The timing of Detroiters being let down like this, you're not going to persuade nobody in the next two or three hours. So I appreciate you, Charlie, for bringing him on, because we ain't seen him, and hopefully we get somebody so that he's sabotaged. Thank you, man. Thank you, Brian. I appreciate it. So, Brian, you're absolutely right. I've been out of politics. I wanted to stay away from the media. And help people that are really struggling right now. So a lot of, Brian, you know, native Detroiters, folks that were born and raised in Detroit who are still living there right now, are having a very rough time. And so the reason why I even made this announcement is because folks were bashing Haley Stevens. And I felt unfairly, and I think it's kind of sexist. She's a respected member of Congress who saved the auto industry. She has a right to be able to support who she wants to. But I had specific reasons. Hold that thought, Hedges. I promise we're going to get to it. Okay, okay. Last-ditch effort to win some votes. We're going to jump in the Zoom room. Detroit Talk City, back in just a moment. Watson's. Welcome back to Detroit Talk City. I'm your host, Charlie Light. Tonight, can candidates still gain votes with just a few hours left in voting? All right. Hanson Clark is here. He has been out of Congress for a couple of years now. Yeah, over 10 years. But now he's a Democrat, lifelong Democrat, now supporting Mike Rogers. Right. We're finding out why. All right. Let's take some texts, okay? Here we go. First one. Why are you allowing this nutcase? To fear-monger, he has zero facts to back up his outrageous claims about Iran. I'm really not sure what his point is, the station's point of having him on. Otherwise, it's a very good show. Not today. All right, how do you answer that? Well, I'll tell you something. I'll actually quote my source. He's a strong Democrat, Dr. Ashish Jha, former dean of medicine, I believe, at Brown University. He knows directly about the capability that Iran has right now to launch. A very dangerous biological weapon against the United States. So this is already documented. Well, the president has said that there's an imminent danger, Iran. What I looked at is a source that I knew as a Democrat, okay? And I took that source, and he's a scientist, he's a doctor, and it's very credible. Also 12 years ago, Iran already had that capability of hacking our banking system. So what do you think they can do right now? I don't want to see my savings wiped out, online savings, and the FDIC doesn't have enough money in reserve, federal insurance, to cover all the deposits if they're wiped out like that. So you're right. Am I actually fear-mongering? Yes, and I'm trying to warn the people right now. This threat is imminent, and that's why I'm voting for Mike Rogers. All right, let's go to Renee from Detroit. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Renee. Good evening, Charlie. Love your show. Watch it every day. I'm calling as a voter today who attempted to vote and was discouraged. I walked in being a former supervisor. I asked for a provisional ballot, and I was discouraged against doing so. I was told that my vote would not count. I thought that they were not supposed to turn away anybody. But I was really discouraged from doing the provisional ballot, which actually prevented me from working, I mean, from voting today. All right, you should have been able to vote, though. Do you know about that, turning away? There's federal monitors going on. Yeah, absolutely. That sounds very terrible. Yeah, you should report that. Yeah, immediately. Correct. And you still have time to vote, though, too. Yeah. So if you report that immediately. Yeah, you should report that. All right. Yes, absolutely. Thank you. All right, let's go to Keisha from Detroit. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Keisha. Hi, Charlie. How are you? Everything is good today. It's all good. What's your question or comment, Keisha? My comment is for the former senator. I'm so disturbed. And I feel like the first caller said that it's personal. And also, I want to say that I feel like Haley Stevenson is a traitor and she flip-flopped. And who wants to be bothered with that? I'm I'm working, I'm a teacher in the city of Detroit, you know, I'm a Democrat, a full-blown Democrat, and I just, I feel like I'm so, I'm hurt by the former state representative part. Keisha, let me get, let me get him to answer, we only have 30 seconds left, go ahead. Keisha, you're absolutely right, but the reason why I was a Democrat, and the way I thought the way I did, because I wanted to protect our people, especially folks born and raised in the city of Detroit, and that's the same reason why I'm supporting Mike Rogers. He knows about the threat against our families, against our businesses. He's best prepared to hit the ground running right now because he's already done the job. As chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, he can do that, and he will be doing it. And also, he's open-minded. I know the dude's a white guy from Howell, but he is an open mind. He was willing to listen to me. He genuinely wants to help people, and that's why I decided to vote for him. Hanson Clark, former congressman, I appreciate it. Now we understand why, okay? We'll get you back, okay? Thank you, Hanson Clark. All right, coming up next half hour, he is the son of arguably the most celebrated mayor in the city's history. Coleman Young is here. Continuing the conversation next on Detroit Talk City. Lawyers. Welcome back, Detroit Talk City. I'm your host, Charlie Light. Still to come in this half hour. Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Coleman Young is here. He's in the studio. He will weigh in on the final push that candidates are making in the Michigan midterm elections. All right, one more time. Our poll question. Has media coverage across all of the races on the ballot? Have they been balanced, balanced? There's the QR code right down there. Just scan that. Let us know what you are thinking and we'll show you the results later on in the show. This show is all about you, the viewer. We're just having a conversation and we want you to be a part of it. You can text us, you can call us at 313-765-8844. You can jump in the Zoom room as well. Meeting ID number 892. And of course, on social media, hashtag us at... Detroit Talk City, I. Coleman, A. Young Jr. Good to see you. Good to see you. You look like new money. Good to see you. Check you out. You got the show. You got the podcast. You got it all. Hardest working man in show business. All right, all right, all right. I'm sweating just watching you, man. Good to see you. Good. What's going on in this? Voter turnout. Have you been checking in on some of the polls? Yeah, it looks good. I just came back from the poll not too long ago with the elections with the city clerk. Shout out to Jazz Winfrey. Hardest working city clerk. Best clerk in the world, by the way, went out there. There was a line. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, that's unheard of, I haven't seen that probably since President Barack Obama was running. She predicted about 40, 45%. That's general election, presidential year. Yeah, you're close too. So I'm excited. I think there's a lot of excitement going on, but cautiously. Cautiously optimistic. We still wanna go out there, still go out there, still vote, still participate. If you haven't voted already, go out there and vote. Wait till 8 o'clock, polls close at 8 o'clock. So why do you think... About 80% of Detroiters will vote Democrat. Well, yeah, that's the goal. That's the plan, is for us to have that, absolutely. But you can't take any vote for granted. And the party has to be able to prove itself, and we have to be able to do a better job of proving why people should vote for us, not why they should just vote against the other guy. So why do you think there's so much interest in this election? Well, I think there's so much interest in this election because a lot of reasons. One I think is history. History, we're talking about the first Muslim Arab. Person to be in the United States Senate, the most powerful and exclusive legislative body in the world. One, I think, secondly, we kind of underestimated. I'm going to get back to you, but I heard there was some three or four more reasons. This is good. Just let you know. But this is the interest. But it seems to me that you tell me if I'm wrong. There are some members of the black community. I don't want to vote for a Muslim. Sure. You've heard that before. Sure, sure. Is that true? There's some. But look, there's some who believe the world is still flat. There's some people who believe that two plus two is Thomas Jefferson. Come on now. You're always gonna have that. You don't think that's a good argument? But I think the majority of people in the city of Detroit who are African American, who are people of Jewish faith and Muslim faith, wanna support this guy because he's skilled, he's talented. And more importantly, he wants to get money out of politics. He wants to put money in your pocket, he wants to lower the cost of groceries and lower the cost of gas. And Medicare for all. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely, Medicare for all. And get out of the war in Iran. In fairness- Thank you for that. Thank you. Just know in the primary, you endorsed Haley Stevens. I did. I thought that Haley Stevens is a really good, hardworking person, did a lot of great things. We had a great relationship. We aligned more on certain policy issues more, and so I wanted to support her. But ultimately, this is a democracy, and the people are sovereign and reign supreme. And so as a professional politician, I wanna go along and support with who the people vote for, cuz I believe in democracy. And that's why I'm proudly behind Abdul El-Sayed. Some professional politicians, Democrats, are not supporting Abdul El-Sayed. Yes, I cannot speak for them. I know, but it's- Ask me why. I do not know. Are you familiar with this Michigan Working Family Party, a progressive party? I am a little bit. So you go to the polls in Detroit, I was there this morning at a couple of them. They hand out various literature here. This one, the working party, they say it's a progressive party. They did not endorse Jocelyn Benson, for example. Yeah. Why is that? That's something you need to ask them. What do you think? I have no idea. I know that Jocelyn... Is that irresponsible? Well, listen, I think it's unfortunate. That's what I think, and I think it's an oversight because no one has a more progressive, no one has more of a democratic, no one's been more faithful and hardworking in the party than Jocelyn. But does it also say that there's a division within the Democratic Party, the progressives and the more traditional? Sure, but that's gonna happen when you're growing. We're a big tent party, so you're gonna have a lot of people. Look, the question is, do you want people pissing outside the tent? Or do you want pissing inside the tent? I want pissing in the tent, and that's gonna happen. That's gonna be a smelly tent though, isn't it? Hey, I got aerosol, I got aerosol, but that's part of it. That's what happens when you got a big family. Who's the leader of the Democratic Party today in Michigan? Well, I think the leader of the Democratic Party is gonna be Jocelyn Benson after election after once those polls close. She's not a progressive though. I disagree. I disagree. You think she's a progressive? I definitely think she's a progressive. I think what she has done as Secretary of State, I remember when I had to plan entire days to go get my license. Now you can go get your license 10, 15 minutes. That's because of her leadership. She has been a progressive across the board, hands down. But Medicare for all, I'm not sure, I don't know where she is. We're not going to agree on everything. That doesn't mean that you're not progressive just because you disagree on one or two things. That's fine. We're a family. You're not going to agree all the time. But the bottom line is, we're going to unify, we're going to come together, and we know that Democrats have the best message and are superiorly a better party than Donald Trump and Mike Rogers, the sycophant. Hold that thought. Colvin Young is here. We want to hear from you. Text us, call us, 313-765-8844. We'll have time to win over some votes. I think they may. Back in a moment. Detroit Talk City, I'm your host, Charlie Light. Tonight, do candidates still have time to win over some voters? I think they may. Coleman Young is with us. Let's go straight to the phones. All right. How about Al from Detroit? You're on Detroit Talk City with Coleman Young. Hello, Al. Yeah, hello there. Essentially, I want to know what's up with Mary Waters, lifelong Democrat who's been supporting Democratic people for years, and now all of a sudden she's for this guy who's been an English supporter, a George Bush supporter, anti-Social Security, anti-public schools, and so forth. Now he's a good guy. Can you explain that to me? I wish I could. I can't speak for that. I don't understand it. All I know is that Coleman Alexander Young II, enthusiastically, He supports the Democratic ticket up and down, supports Abdul Sayyed for our next senator, and supports Jocelyn Benson for our next governor, period, point blank, facts. Is this just because they're Democrats and you're loyal to the Democratic Party? Well, it's not just because they're Democrats, it's because they're the best. That's the best. And the people voted them in because they're the best. And they're the best in this race by far. Let's get Kathy from Detroit. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Kathy. It's not even close. Hello. Yes, yes. Hi, Kathy. I voted. For the Democrats, you know, for Abdul, because I feel like he was a better person for that job. And when Republicans was in charge of Michigan, we lost our mental health facilities. Flint got contaminated water when the Republicans was in charge. Now that we have a Democratic governor, she's fixing the road that they didn't do. So I think she's the best person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you, Cathy. Cathy's spitting facts. Cathy's spitting. Cathy's spitting. That's hot. Cathy's spitting. That's hot fire right there. We need to take Cathy on the road. Should Gretchen Whitmer have done more in this election? Well, listen, I think that Gretchen Whitmer, I actually saw Gretchen Whitmer campaign. Now, this is with Haley Stevens. She was campaigning with Haley Stevens. In the primary. So I seen her out there. She did. In the primary. So I'm not gonna, because you always can say woulda, coulda, shoulda. I think right now, the way it is, the way things are going, I think that we could not I will not be in the best Possible position. And I think that Gretchen Whitmer owes a lot of respect to that. She's probably the leader of the Democratic Party, I would think. She's the leader of the Democrat Party. I haven't seen her out there too much. Well, I've seen her. That's what I'm saying. I think this is different. She was talking crime rage. She was talking other things. I've seen her. I said, right. All right. Well, I think she kind of want to let the candidates be able to build their own identity as well. All right. Hold on. Coming up, we're going to ask for more of your texts, more of your calls. You're watching Detroit Talk City on Fox 2 Detroit. Back in a moment. All right. Welcome back to Detroit Talk City. Do candidates still have time to win over some votes? Coleman Young, he's the president pro tem of the city council. He is with us. All right, let's get some calls. Let's get some texts. Let's talk with the texts, all right? All right, Coleman's offspring has no idea of what's really going on. Your elder was more informed. This Abdul is Islamic and talks against the USA, warring against Iran. That's because he is Islamic, funded by Iran, and wants to destroy our foundation. How do you respond to that? Well, listen, I love you, brother, and I appreciate you, but I don't know who died and made you the arbiter of my dead father's thoughts. All due aside though, I just disagree with you fundamentally. I think that there is no one more American, there is no one that represents Michigan more than Abdul El-Sayed. This man was a former Michigan Wolverine. This man was a Rhodes Scholar. This man is a physician. This man has helped people in the city of Detroit get glasses. This man represents America through and through because he's hope for the hopeless, he's a voice for the voiceless, and he understands that power is only important to help the power He wants to get money out of your pockets, he wants to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, pass Medicare for all, and end the Iran war so we can lower these gas prices and energy prices in the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the United States of America. Let's get another text in here, I think the United States should stop being divided under Democrat and Republican, one nation under God, that's how it should be. We agree with some of the things the Democrats do, we agree with some of the things Republicans So let's... Let's take out that doctor that we've been using for too long here. All right, should it be the people's choice? All right, what do you think about that? Well, absolutely, it is the people's choice. I mean, I think that's what democracy is. Why can an independent run? How about Mike Duggan? Do you think if Mike Duggan was in this race on the governor's side, what would dynamics that have been? You really going there, Charlie. You really hitting me, man. If they want to take politics out, independent. Could have, should have, would have. You don't go to war with the soldiers you wish you had, you go with the ones you got. And right now, we got Jocelyn Benson and we got Abdul El-Sadiq- Would Mike Duggan have been a good governor? Absolutely, without question, but we'll never know, we'll never know. Now, I do think that what he has done in terms of his run as an independent is legendary. It has blazed the trail for future generations to come. And it also makes us have a reality check in the party about why we couldn't keep somebody like that under our tent. Let's go to the phones. Jeff from Southfield, you're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Jeff. Hey, guys. Thank you for bringing this to the people. I just find it totally ridiculous that Haley Stevens did what she did when she did it because my thing is this. If I'm in church and I go to a Baptist church, I get into it with the preacher, I'll go find another church. I'm not going to totally switch religions. I want somebody who knows what they're doing and can It's guaranteed the fact that everything is going to happen the way that they said it's supposed to happen. El-Sayed, he's in the trenches, he's at dispensaries, he's all over the place making sure that the word gets out instead of somebody that just comes in from Florida every now and again. What do you think, Coleman Young? I think that when it comes to Haley Stevens, it was Perfecting Church, which is Marvin Wynds. Which is Marvin Wynds. Which is legendary in the city of Detroit. I think it hurts, because she's a friend. And I think it was sad and unfortunate, ill-advised that she left the party. I also think that it was ill-advised that she was publicly excoriated by, and this is where I disagree respectfully with Abdul Saeed, publicly in a letter. I thought that that was inappropriate. They should have handled that behind closed doors, talked one on one. I understand where he's coming from. He shouldn't as a brown man have to always reject anything that is perceived as anti-semitic. And so I understand how he felt like that. Personally. And honestly how she felt. Was the reaction too much? Right, right, right. To switch parties? Well, I think one, to do that publicly, and then I think for her to burn everything down, burn the car down with her in it, I also think was ridiculous. It's persona non grata. This is a big, this is a huge betrayal. For me, but it also hurts because she's a friend. It goes back to the convention, though, too, when there was some tension. She was booed off the stage, too. Oh, absolutely. So there's a lot of deep-seated. Well, listen, this is a woman who has been putting in work, blood, sweat, tears to toil for years. You could disagree with her, but to treat her like that, it was wrong. But to leave the party was absurd and outrageous and beyond the pale. But you're still supporting Abdul Saee, I'll say. Absolutely. All right, look, Diane from Warren. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Diane. Hi, Charlie. Hi, Mr. Young. How are you? Everything's good today. Good. I would just like to say I'm very deeply disappointed in Stevens for jumping ship like she did. And I believe it has a lot to do with her fiance. You know, he's wanting the Republican. She's wanting Democrat. I'm glad she wasn't on the ballot because I would have had to went and got my ballot back. All right. You're not the only one. I think yeah, I'm not really upset with her. Thank you, Diane. Let me say in a weird way, though. Unfortunately, Abdul raised two point four million dollars on Sunday after Haley Stevens did what she did. I mean, in a weird way, did Haley Stevens switch to Rogers help? Abdul El-Sayed. In every seat of diversity, there's an equal or greater benefit. And I think that this is something that's going to backfire, but I just think it was so unfortunate what had to happen, happened that way. I think that all of this could have been avoided. I'm not saying it's Abdul Saeed's fault, but he does have a responsibility to make better decisions. And I think the decision to go publicly was wrong, but I also think the decision to leave the party. Why would you leave the party when you worked so hard when you did? Is that because Abdul is a novice? He's never run for anything before. No. It's a bad political mistake? No, I think it's because they've been working hard. Is it a novice political mistake? I think they've been burning the candle at both ends. And I think this hit him racially, this hit him personally, and he responded. I don't think there was a whole lot of thought. I think it's just people responding in the moment. And I think that this happened, and I think it's unfortunate. Let's go to Tamara. Do we have Tamara there on the phone from Van Buren? Hello, Tamara. Yes, hi. Hi, Charlie. How are you? Everything is good today. I just, everything's going to be great by the end of the day. I just want to let you know, I don't call her Haley no more. I call her Karen. And Karen has an ejector. Oh. She basically did this because in a couple of years, because she couldn't take losing against him. She's got to be running Republican against him in the next couple of years. She's already setting herself up. She's a very smart woman. And because she was so close to beating him before, her agenda is to make for sure that she beats him. So I just wanted to let everybody know to keep the focus, not on her, but her heart. This man, Abdul, is going to work for the state of Michigan. I can feel it in my soul. And I hope that we had a lot of people out voting today. She's on a mission. I'm telling you, in the next couple of years, she'll be running for Republican. How much do you want to bet? Well, you don't think Haley Stevens is going to stay in politics, do you? I have no idea. Would you recommend she does? I have no idea. I don't know what to recommend at this point. I really don't. I just want to say, Karen is a euphemism. She's not talking about individual Karen. She's talking about a euphemism. I just want to make sure it's clear about that. We're not dissing Karens out there. Let's take a Zoom call right now. Frank from Romeo. You're on Detroit Talk City. Hello, Frank. Well, hello. How are you today? Good. Excellent. I just wanted to point out that, you know, racism was brought up, the race card and everything else. And I want to talk about Abdul Syed. You know, it's funny when you think about it, and he brought it up himself, when John F. Kennedy Jr., you know, was running for presidency, his Catholicism was actually brought into the subject light. And the problem, or maybe even the concern, was that he would side with the hope. Okay, I just want to put it to you this way. Race is not something you're, I don't know, indoctrinating with. It's something you're born with. And he said it correctly. Exactly. It is part of who he is, and that should not be erased. If you're going to look at it that way, you've got to look at every single person that has their certain religion. And by the way, I'm not going to go into Catholicism and how it's desecrated the earth upon many other religions. But he totally dismissed that. He totally dismissed that. I think he was on the right track. He's trying to show everybody that, yeah. It's not who he is. It's not what he wants to do. What's your question? Yeah. What's your question? I need a question. What's your question? Frank, is there a question there? Oh, there's a question. No, there was not a question. It was a statement. It was rhetorical. Because of the fact. All right, let's thank you, Frank. Frank, I appreciate it. Religion, I think, was the question. Yeah, I was about to say, yeah, I kind of got lost on that. Yeah, a little bit lost on that. Well, let me just say this. I think that in this country, we have a history of Muslim people building this country. There were Muslims who fought in the Revolutionary War, so you had Joseph Sabah, you had Yusuf bin Ali, you had Banfi Muhammad. You also had 33% of the black people that came off the ships were Muslim. So there's a long history of Muslims building America. So I think that somehow being a Muslim is antithetical to being an American and disqualifying for Abdul El-Sayed is wrong. All right. I don't know if we have time for any more questions. Here we go. We're almost there. All right. Listen, we've got what our candidates do. We've got about three hours before the polls close today. What are candidates doing right now? They're going to every single door. They're going to every single block. They go on every single house. They go on every single community group, every single podcast, every single dance hall, every single bar, every single hangout, every single park. They try to get as many people out. Take your souls to the polls and vote. And vote for the Democratic ticket. All right, we've got to both sides. We'll be doing this all day, all night. All right, we've got the results of our poll. When we come back, but first, Jessica Dubnack. What's going on at 5? Up to vote after all that. I am Jessica Dubnyk. It's midterm election night and Fox 2 is your home for politics. We have live team coverage tracking the highly contested races across Michigan and the nation. That starts next on Fox 2 News at 5. Welcome back to Detroit Talk City. Now it's the time for the results of our question of the day. Our poll, which was, has media coverage across all the races on the ballot, has it been balanced? You're saying no by 91%, right down over there. Wow, only 9% said yes. I guess that means we've got to start doing a little bit more. All right, we are on here. We're going to be talking about the election. We've got results. We'll be here the entire day.