So I was getting ready to tape with the honorable Raphael Hornock to Senator from Georgia.

And he caught me with my dog.

Because you know, Senator, I had not seen my caught me with my dog because you know, Senator,

I had not seen my dogs for a while because, you know, they tried to lock me up.

Yeah.

Anyways.

You're a huge dog person too, right?

I love dogs.

I grew up with dogs, and I have to tell you, seeing you with yours warms my heart because

I often say that I walked a beagle named Alvin into the United States Senate.

It's one of my most popular ads during both of my elections every time they tried to turn me

into something that I'm not.

I just kept walking with Alvin and I walked him all the way into the U.S. Senate.

Yeah.

Well, this is best friend. It is. I'm so glad. I'm so glad that you're a dog person. And, you know, this is real life. These are the things like when, you know, when someone tries to take your freedom, you think about those things. I was thinking about, you know, I can't wait to get home, home to play with my dogs and to love on them.

And now I'm here and that's exactly what I'm doing. So thank you so much. Can we talk about that for a moment when you first heard about what happened? What was your reaction, sir? Well, I was deeply concerned. And first of all, how are you doing? because I was thinking about you. You know, Don, before I got into this work, I was deeply concerned. And first of all, how are you doing?

Because I was thinking about you. You know, Don, before I got into this work, I was a pastor and I still am. I still serve my church. How are you doing if I might ask? I'm doing okay when people have asked me about that and I say, you know, I don't know. I don't know if it's adrenaline. You know, I tell people I'm a soldier because I came from a long line of, as James Baldwin said, long line of pet of, what's the thing? Sorry, I just lost my train of thought. A peasant stock, a long line of peasant stock who dug dams and built bridges and the teeth of the most

terrifying odds attained an unassailable dignity. And so I come from enslaved people who have

gone through a lot and a lot of the shoulders I stand on. So I stand on that. But this is still,

these are still serious charges. These are criminal charges, as you know, they're federal

charges. So I just worry about

the people who are in charge, who could be in charge of my freedom in the Justice Department.

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