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Interview: Willie Moore Jr. Interviews Joe Biden on His Syndicated Radio Show - November 6, 2022
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Joe Biden Person
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Willie Moore, Jr. Person
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:00:00-00:00:16 (16 sec)
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your nephew, Willie Moore, Jr. And I'm so thankful for this moment in time because, as promised, I've been teasing at the entire show that I get an opportunity to hang out with the president of the United States of America. The one and only Joe Biden is hanging out with us."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:00:16-00:00:22 (6 sec)
"Come on, crowd. Make some noise. Come on, y'all. Make some noise. He's here with us today. And we're thankful to have you, man. How have you been?"
2
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:00:22-00:00:34 (12 sec)
"I've been fine. But I will worry about this election. We got to get out and vote to make sure the progress we've made, particularly in African American communities, is sustained because these guys want to wipe it out."
3
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:00:34-00:00:50 (15 sec)
"Yeah. You know what? I'm excited to have you here, man, to talk about that. You know, Back in, I want to say, 2008, of course, I'm originally from St. Louis, Missouri. And my son, at that time -- he's now a sophomore at the University of Mississippi, doing really, really well. But at that time, he was in the second grade."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:00:50-00:01:03 (14 sec)
"He was at the school called City Academy. And he came home from school, and he said, "You know who came to our school?" I said, "Who came to our school?" "Joe Biden came to our school," and he told us --"
5
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:03-00:01:06 (3 sec)
"Oh, I did go to that school. I forgot all about that."
6
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:01:06-00:01:09 (3 sec)
"Yeah. You came, and it changed his life forever."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:09-00:01:10 (1 sec)
"Oh."
8
Willie Moore, Jr.
Somewhat Positive
00:01:10-00:01:17 (7 sec)
"You were able to talk about endless possibilities that they had. And now, he's on the dean's list at the University of Mississippi. And that's one of the importance of the campaign trail."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:01:17-00:01:18 (1 sec)
"God loves him."
10
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:01:18-00:01:34 (16 sec)
"Yeah, man. You did really good on that campaign trail. I want to talk to you a little bit. You know, initially you committed to making good on promises that, like, are the top priorities for Black communities, you know, whether that was student loan debts, nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:01:34-00:01:47 (13 sec)
"Now, there were nearly two years in to your presidency, like, what have you done that you can really point now? And, Joe, I want to tell you, listen, my audience, they love it when we -- we kind of bring it down to the level that everybody can hear. What have you do in the Black communities --"
12
Joe Biden
Positive
00:01:47-00:02:06 (19 sec)
"Well, I -- really, it's no different in the white community either. We just got to call it plainly and straightforwardly. Number one, we made it easier for people who went to college, who acquired a debt going to college, to be able to pay it off by forgiving $20,000 in student loans to get people out of the hole --"
13
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:02:06-00:02:07 (1 sec)
"Mmm hmm."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:02:07-00:02:25 (18 sec)
"So they could start to put their lives together, to start businesses, to be able to do things that really matter; $10,000 debt relief for eligible borrowers, another 10 for anybody who received the Pell Grant to get to school. And that's -- 71% of the African American undergraduates received the Pell Grant."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:02:25-00:02:25 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:02:25-00:02:45 (20 sec)
"And they got a $20,000 reduction in their debt. In addition to that, and I kept the promise, we put a Black woman on the Supreme Court. And we got -- we got one of the brightest members of the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. She is incredible. I also said I was going to make the court look more representative."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:02:45-00:02:51 (5 sec)
"So, now we have -- we've appointed more African American women to the appellate courts of the federal court --"
18
Willie Moore, Jr.
Positive
00:02:51-00:02:51 (1 sec)
"That's true."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:02:51-00:02:58 (6 sec)
"And that is right below the Supreme Court nationally, than every other president combined in American history."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:02:58-00:02:58 ( sec)
"Mmm hmm."
21
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:02:58-00:03:30 (32 sec)
"I told you I was going to help. HBCUs also provide for the best education they could possibly do. They just don't have the endowments that other universities have. So, they're not in a position to build laboratories and all these stations like colleges with big endowments have. And so, what happened is I've provided for nearly $6 billion to historically Black universities so that they could serve and secure the largest increase in Pell Grants over the entire decade and get people to those schools."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:03:30-00:03:38 (7 sec)
"I appointed HBCU board advisers to help the HBCUs and provide the resource the highest-quality education."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:03:38-00:03:38 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:03:38-00:03:46 (8 sec)
"Our friend, Tony Allen, president of Delaware State University, is a chair of that. We worked on voting rights to core this democracy."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:03:46-00:03:46 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:03:46-00:03:55 (9 sec)
"And I prioritized that issue from day one, calling for the passage of John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. I'm doing everything I can on a priority, get that done --"
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:03:55-00:03:55 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Negative
00:03:55-00:04:11 (16 sec)
"Because, look -- but there's so much that we've done. We've also provided for -- there's unemployment among African Americans as low as is been in history. We're also in a situation where we provided for the opportunity for people to start businesses."
29
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:04:11-00:04:11 ( sec)
"Indeed."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:04:11-00:04:18 (7 sec)
"And, you know -- and I guess the thing I'm proudest of in the courts is Ketanji Brown Jackson."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:04:18-00:04:19 (1 sec)
"Yeah."
32
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:04:19-00:04:20 (2 sec)
"She is smarter than most of everybody. I'm like --"
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Positive
00:04:20-00:04:22 (1 sec)
"Probably smarter --"
34
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:04:22-00:04:23 (1 sec)
"I'm serious."
35
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:04:23-00:04:27 (4 sec)
"Than everybody in the world at this point. This woman is amazing."
36
Joe Biden
Slightly Negative
00:04:27-00:04:27 (1 sec)
"No, she really is."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:04:27-00:04:27 ( sec)
"Yeah."
38
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:04:27-00:04:38 (10 sec)
"Not -- not a joke. I said I was going to get the most qualified person that I could find. She's as qualified as any person ever appointed at the Supreme Court. That's not a joke."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:04:38-00:04:39 (1 sec)
"Yeah, that's real."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:04:39-00:04:42 (3 sec)
"That is not a joke. That's deadly earnest and serious."
41
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:04:42-00:04:58 (16 sec)
"She definitely is. She definitely is. Right now, I'm speaking to the president of the United States of America. The one and only Joe Biden is here with your nephew. And tomorrow, listen, we got to get out there and vote, of course. We have to do that. And I pray that everybody knows where they're going to vote."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:04:58-00:05:16 (18 sec)
"But when we come back, Mr. President, listen, I would love to talk to you a little bit about student loan debt relief. Because my question is, honestly, like, will it actually happen? Because there are so many states right now that are currently in litigation about this particular opportunity. And some states just are not with it."
43
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Negative
00:05:16-00:05:37 (21 sec)
"Do you believe that this relief can survive the litigation? We're going to find out when we come back. I'm hanging out more with President Biden on The Willie Moore Jr. Show. Ain't that something? Flat out. Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Hang On, right here on The Willie Moore, Jr. Show. Family, listen, it is not a rumor and not a game."
44
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:05:37-00:05:52 (15 sec)
"The White House is on the line with your nephew, Willie Moore, Jr. And it is such a privilege because, right now, I'm hanging out with the president of the United States of America, Joe Biden. President Biden, I got to ask you this. I just want to kind of go in reverse just a little bit. You discussed a little bit about --"
45
Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:05:52-00:05:53 ( sec)
"Sure."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:05:53-00:06:11 (18 sec)
"Student loans, $20,000 for those people who had a Pell Grant, $10,000 for those people with just kind of traditional loans, if you would. I want to talk a little bit about it because a lot of people are celebrating it. Of course, I'm promoting it on my show, making sure that people know about it. However, there are certain states that have this litigation going on about it."
47
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Negative
00:06:11-00:06:15 (4 sec)
"Do you think this can actually survive the litigation that is actually happening right now?"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:06:15-00:06:35 (20 sec)
"Absolutely, positively, it will survive. Look, a post-high school education should be the ticket to the middle class. The cost of college is skyrocketing for too many borrowers, even people with a little bit of money. The price of college has tripled in the last four years. And Pell Grants used to cover 80% of the college tuition, not only cover 1/3 of it."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:06:35-00:06:47 (12 sec)
"And so, here's the point. There's only one case left out there where we have to clear the bar here. You know, it means 60 million Americans could be getting $10,000 to $20,000 in student debt forgiven."
50
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:06:47-00:06:48 (1 sec)
"Mmm hmm."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Negative
00:06:48-00:07:11 (23 sec)
"Republicans, if they take over the Congress, they're going to turn their backs on those working families. My job [ph] is clear. I want to give working and middle-class Americans more breathing room, not make it harder for them to get by. And by the way, the other thing I've done and no one's paid much attention to, I've said anyone who's ever been arrested for the possession, a mere possession of marijuana, that gets wiped off their record."
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Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:07:11-00:07:21 (10 sec)
"And they never have to answer again, "Have you ever been arrested?" You can say no. Legally, you can say no. And by the way, that's kept a lot of African Americans --"
53
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:07:21-00:07:21 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:07:21-00:07:37 (16 sec)
"And Americans across the country from being able to qualify for a whole lot of programs. And one more thing, you know, when someone does their time in prison, they should, when they get out of prison, have every right that everybody else has. And so, right now, we give folks 25 bucks and a bus ticket --"
55
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:07:37-00:07:38 ( sec)
"Yeah, it's true."
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Joe Biden
Negative
00:07:38-00:07:41 (3 sec)
"And end up under the same bridge they got arrested under."
57
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:07:41-00:07:41 ( sec)
"Mmm hmm."
58
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:07:41-00:07:54 (13 sec)
"And so, what they should be qualified -- they qualify for federal housing, qualify for federal loans, qualify for Pell Grants, qualify for all the things that give them a chance to put their lives straight. They've paid their pride."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Negative
00:07:54-00:08:10 (16 sec)
"President Joe Biden, so glad that you here with us, man. I kind of want to switch the camera lens to you. What has been the most frustrating thing when you're trying to push these things through? Of course, when we initially seen the student loan, that they were going to get the money, we didn't know exactly how this was going to happen."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:08:10-00:08:26 (16 sec)
"Of course, now, I see a lot of talks in the news that if you've ever had possession of marijuana, it can all be cleared up. Like, how do people get the information to know where to go to make sure that everything is clear? Is that a website? Is that contacting your lawyer? How do you make sure that this stuff is off?"
61
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:26-00:08:31 (5 sec)
"There's a website that allows you just to -- for example, there's a website you can sign up for --"
62
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:08:31-00:08:31 ( sec)
"OK."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:31-00:08:37 (6 sec)
"Getting the student loans. And the website is studentaid.gov."
64
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:08:37-00:08:37 (1 sec)
"Yeah."
65
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:08:37-00:08:40 (3 sec)
"Studentaid -- go online to studentaid.gov."
66
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:08:40-00:08:41 (1 sec)
"Mmm hmm."
67
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:08:41-00:09:01 (20 sec)
"And one thing I wanted to make sure we did here is we were in a situation where anybody who had a student loan and wants to qualify for forgiveness, that we ran a program to determine whether or not they could be able to quickly determine whether they qualify. And so far, hundreds of thousands have qualified because it's so simple."
68
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:09:01-00:09:06 (4 sec)
"You just call, and it's real quick. There's only five questions you get asked."
69
Willie Moore, Jr.
Positive
00:09:06-00:09:06 (1 sec)
"Good."
70
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:09:06-00:09:25 (19 sec)
"You get notified whether you're qualified immediately. Now, we just got to get this last quarter out of the way. You know, but these Republicans -- and this -- look, there's a lot of Republicans I know that want to help. But I think a lot of the Republican members of the House and Senate are just afraid of these -- these major Republicans."
71
Joe Biden
Leans Negative
00:09:25-00:09:45 (20 sec)
"I swore I'd never say the names, so I won't. But about 10 months ago, on occasion, there was one bill up. I won't even mention the bill. Six different Republicans contacted me to say, "Joe, I know you're right. But if I support it, I'm going to get defeated. They're going to primary and knock me out. I'll be gone.""
72
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:09:45-00:09:45 ( sec)
"Mmm hmm."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:09:45-00:09:55 (10 sec)
"So, I'm convinced that if we're able to get people out to vote in this election and if we're able to maintain the House and the Senate, you're going to see a significant change."
74
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:09:55-00:10:16 (21 sec)
"You know, to know that some people want to partner with certain bills and literally will not vote correctly to do the right thing because of their respective party is -- that's -- that's just sad, right? So, listen, Mr. President, I know that you are a busy man. But listen, when we come back, if you could -- I know I'm only supposed to do an hour with you."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:10:16-00:10:36 (20 sec)
"But if you can, could you stick around? Because I feel like it's just not getting good, Stone. Like, for real, like -- and, White House, don't get mad at me. I just -- I feel like we're really starting to gel. So, I want to know about the assault weapons and how we can get these guns off the street when the NRA is like the silent funders of so many aspects of the political parties."
76
Willie Moore, Jr.
Positive
00:10:36-00:10:53 (17 sec)
"Like, is there a solution? So, Stone, because we are having this great conversation, flat-out family, I want you to stick around. I know that Shari' Nycole is supposed to be coming up, but I want to keep this conversation going. More with President Biden when we come back. It's The Willie Moore Jr. Show."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Negative
00:10:53-00:11:11 (18 sec)
"Flat out. Brent Jones right here on The Willie Moore Jr. Show. Yeah. Shoutout to him. Still on the line with the president of the United States of America. Shoutout to Joe Biden. He's on the line with us now. So, President Biden, when it comes to assault weapons and, you know, this gun violence, I'm originally from St."
78
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Negative
00:11:11-00:11:31 (20 sec)
"Louis, and one of our schools, VAP, I call it VAP, [Central Visual and Performing Arts], they had like somebody come in with a -- with a gun, begin to shoot. And of course, we see this over and over again. What can we do to make sure that there are some different type of gun laws to make sure that these automatic weapons aren't going into the wrong hands?"
79
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:11:31-00:11:43 (12 sec)
"Or I don't even know the significance of even having them. However, I understand the NRA, the different things that -- that happened. But I just want to know, like, what can we do? Is there a vote that we can do? Is there something that we can push to make sure that this gun violence is taken care of?"
80
Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:11:43-00:12:02 (19 sec)
"Yes. I'm going to be -- we introduced and we lost by a couple of votes. We lost the effort to ban assault weapons. Assault weapons travel at five times the speed of any bullet coming out of any other weapon, number one. Number two, they're smaller. They can penetrate everything, including Kevlar vests. They are devastating."
81
Joe Biden
Leans Positive
00:12:02-00:12:22 (20 sec)
"They can be easily moved into some semiautomatic to automatic. And think of this. Think of the number of cases. And I've been almost to every one of these schools and shooting areas for long -- I mean, spent hours there. Here's the deal. You know, you had up to 200 rounds. We should limit the number of rounds you could have in a magazine of a gun."
82
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:12:22-00:12:23 (1 sec)
"Mmm hmm."
83
Joe Biden
Negative
00:12:23-00:12:35 (12 sec)
"So -- and to -- at the maximum, 10. It should be -- I think it should be less, but the -- the idea you could hook up to the weapon 200 rounds, you don't have to reload for 200 shots --"
84
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:12:35-00:12:35 ( sec)
"Mmm hmm."
85
Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:12:35-00:12:53 (17 sec)
"It's outrageous. So, here's the thing. Vote. Did you ever think you'd see a day when someone's going to show up with a box to drop off their mail ballot, there'd be guys sitting at 10, 12 yards away with automatic weapons across their chest and a bulletproof vest?"
86
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Negative
00:12:53-00:12:53 (1 sec)
"No. Never."
87
Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:12:53-00:12:58 (5 sec)
"I think that -- that's war intimidation. It's wrong. It's simply wrong."
88
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:12:58-00:13:17 (19 sec)
"Yeah, we hadn't seen that stuff since the '60s, man. But -- but here's the thing. As we wrap up, because I know that your time is precious, you know, I often look at people in strong positions like yourself, and I often think to myself, "Wow, this has to be a tiresome job but definitely worth it." November the 20th, you actually turn 80 years old."
89
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:13:17-00:13:24 (7 sec)
"What would 80-year-old Joe tell 50-year-old Joe in this moment?"
90
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:13:24-00:13:29 (5 sec)
"That I'm still 50. That's the first thing I'll tell him. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding."
91
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:13:29-00:13:30 (1 sec)
"You'd say you're still 50?"
92
Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:13:30-00:13:36 (6 sec)
"That's number one. Number two, I can't even say that, number 80."
93
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:13:36-00:13:37 (1 sec)
"Wow."
94
Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:13:37-00:13:50 (13 sec)
"But I'm serious. I no more feel that than -- than I got out of this job, behind this desk and fly. But number one. Number two, look, there's only one reason to be involved in public life, and that's to help people."
95
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:13:50-00:13:50 (1 sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:13:50-00:14:07 (17 sec)
"I come from a family that's a typical -- we live in a three-bedroom, split-level home with four kids and a grandpop living with us. We weren't poor, but we didn't have everything. And by the way, for 36 years in the United States Senate, to the end, I was listed as the poorest man in the Congress. I wasn't poor."
97
Joe Biden
Positive
00:14:07-00:14:17 (10 sec)
"I just didn't have any savings. I didn't have any money. I didn't -- I didn't own my house. But I was in a situation where I had a salary, a senator salary, which is a good salary."
98
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:14:17-00:14:18 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:14:18-00:14:38 (20 sec)
"But -- so, I mean, I understand what it's like when the price of gas goes up. When I was growing up, and we sit at the kitchen table, and dad would talk about that. And there's just so much that's available to help people. And by the way, we've done all this by cutting the deficit more than anyone has in American history. "Big spending."
100
Joe Biden
Negative
00:14:38-00:14:56 (18 sec)
"Joe, give me a break." I cut the deficit by $1.4 trillion this year, last year by 350 billion. All the Republicans are doing is driving up that cost. They passed a $2 trillion tax cut with the last guy that went to the very wealthy, and they didn't pay a penny of it."
101
Willie Moore, Jr.
Neutral
00:14:56-00:14:56 ( sec)
"Mmm hmm."
102
Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:14:56-00:15:11 (15 sec)
"So, my point is, there's a lot we can do. And nobody -- nobody making under 400 grand, and I didn't know anybody growing up million, anywhere near that. Pay the penny more in taxes. There's so much we can do. And we're just getting started."
103
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Negative
00:15:11-00:15:27 (16 sec)
"That's why we have to go vote. Hanging out with President Biden right now. Family, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, a big day. We got to go vote. So, when we come back, I want to have a human moment with you, Mr. President. You lost your son back in 2015 to cancer. How did you keep going after that? Why didn't you give up during that time?"
104
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:15:27-00:15:48 (21 sec)
"What can we learn from your tragedy? More with President Biden when we come back. It's The Willie Moore Jr. Show. Flat out. I'm blessed right here on The Willie Moore Jr. Show, and I'm still having a great conversation with President Joe Biden right here on The Willie Moore Jr. Show. Well, Mr. President, I really want to have a human moment with you right now."
105
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:15:48-00:16:11 (23 sec)
"Being a man of faith, in 2015, when you had to endure the untimely death of your son, I've seen a man button up his boots, strapped him up, and still got back in the race. In this moment, with so much going on in this world, what do you believe -- my nation of people that I get an opportunity to talk to about faith, what area could we pray for you for during this time?"
106
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:16:11-00:16:32 (21 sec)
"Look, pray for our democracy. Pray for our children. Pray for our adopted children who are so often left behind. Pray for our American troops. Look, I just came from mass. I'm a happily practicing Catholic. And I just -- I believe in prayer. I -- I carry with me a rosary my son had in his hand when he died."
107
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:16:32-00:16:51 (20 sec)
"From Iraq, he got home, he was a -- won the Bronze Star that could speak [ph] to his service medal. He was a major in the US Army, a year in Iraq. He came home with brain cancer. I tell you, I guess the best way to say it is, when my son came home, he went as fit as you could be. He was the attorney general."
108
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:16:51-00:17:02 (10 sec)
"He gave up his seat to go with his -- his National Guard unit to Iraq, spent a year there. He came home with stage 4 glioblastoma, for which they had not found a cure."
109
Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:17:02-00:17:02 (1 sec)
"Wow."
110
Joe Biden
Neutral
00:17:02-00:17:14 (12 sec)
"It was only a matter of months. And I was with him, and he asked me whether I would sit at the table with him and talk a little longer after my two grandkids got up to leave and his wife."
111
Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:17:14-00:17:15 (1 sec)
"Yeah."
112
Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:17:15-00:17:35 (20 sec)
"And he looked at me and said, "Dad. Promise me, Dad." We have an expression in our family, my mom used to. He said, "Look at me, Dad. Look at me, Dad. Promise me. Promise me you won't stop. I'm going to be OK, Dad, no matter what happens. But promise me you won't stop." He wanted to make sure that I stayed engaged."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:17:35-00:17:41 (6 sec)
"And I didn't want to stay engaged. But I kept the promise I made him."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:17:41-00:17:41 ( sec)
"Wow."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:17:41-00:18:06 (25 sec)
"The promise is to be involved. We can change things. We can change things. It's not always easy, but we can do it. And I'm more optimistic about the chances for America than I have ever been because of folks like you, because of people who are out there who are just breaking their neck and trying to change -- this younger generation is most qualified and talented, least prejudiced generation in America."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:18:06-00:18:08 (2 sec)
"There is so much we can do."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:18:08-00:18:08 ( sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Very Negative
00:18:08-00:18:24 (16 sec)
"I really believe it. And you got to remember who the hell we are. We're the United States of America for God's sake. There's nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together. We just have to have a little soul. I got in trouble when I announced -- it was the presidency. I said I was running for three reasons."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:18:24-00:18:38 (14 sec)
"One, to restore the soul of America, and I meant it. Decency, honor, commitment, treating people with dignity, and to rebuild the middle class and the working class by working from the bottom up, not the top down --"
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Slightly Positive
00:18:38-00:18:39 (1 sec)
"Yeah."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:18:39-00:18:47 (8 sec)
"And unite the country. The hardest part is uniting now. But we can do this. We can do this. I promise you. I promise you."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:18:47-00:19:08 (21 sec)
"Indeed. The one and only, Joe Biden. Ladies and gentlemen, y'all make some noise for him. [applause] Indeed. President Biden, I'm actually sitting in a room with my family. I sit next to my 99-year-old Auntie Azira Hill, the wife of the late great Jesse Hill. And she sends her love --"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:19:08-00:19:11 (4 sec)
"Mrs. Hill, God loves you. Thank you. Thank you for listening."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:19:11-00:19:16 (5 sec)
"Indeed. Indeed. Well, listen, we thank you so much. The White House staff, you guys were amazing."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:19:16-00:19:17 (2 sec)
"Come and see me in the White House."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:19:17-00:19:23 (6 sec)
"Man, you know what, I just told Erica that I'm coming, and I would love to come hang out with you for a while, man. Definitely praying for you."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:19:23-00:19:26 (3 sec)
"All right, pal, keep me in your prayers. I'll keep you in mine."
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Willie Moore, Jr.
Very Positive
00:19:26-00:19:27 (1 sec)
"Indeed. Sure thing. Have a great one."
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