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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and the Michigan Vote

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by Lt. Governor of Michigan Garlin Gilchrist II to discuss early voting turnout in the state’s biggest city, Detroit (1:19), expectations from Black men as a voting bloc (9:59), and the electoral outlook for the rest of the state (17:45).  Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

And welcome to another episode of a car sales podcast.

0:17.0

Today I got one of the busiest men in and probably one of the most important men in the American political scene today and I don't know if he's

0:24.3

getting all the attention so if you're listening to the show and you need somebody to talk to I think you need to talk to this

0:29.0

young man right here none other than the lieutenant governor of the great state of Michigan, Garland Gilchrist.

0:34.7

What's going on my brother? How are you feeling?

0:36.2

I'm good, Bakari. Good to see you. Good to be back with you.

0:39.3

Congratulations on the

0:45.0

on the way at work these days, man, there's a lot going on.

0:48.0

It's on the one hand, it's good to see all these people who, you know,

0:52.0

say they care about what people in Michigan

0:54.4

think. But the thing I'm focused on is like putting in the work to make sure that, you know, our people

1:00.1

show up in the biggest possible way. I noticed that this moment, this fall,

1:06.5

we've seen people in Michigan say what we need.

1:09.7

And I'm glad to see that, you know, frankly,

1:12.2

the Harris- Wall's campaign is

1:13.3

starting to be responsive to that. And we have deeply appreciate it, because I

1:16.0

think we appreciate her. And so, and we're doing the work.

1:19.2

Let me ask you this. I was just in Michigan last week, doing a little black man huddle with Delroy Lindo and Don Chido.

1:26.2

But no that was actually not last week that was this week my days are just going

1:30.0

going by but talk to me about Detroit turnout early voting, what that looks like now. When you

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