With Election Day just a week away the liberal media seems to be stepping up their get out the vote effort for the Hillary Clinton campaign. One of the clearest examples of this was CBS Anchor Scott Pelley fretting about a low turnout for the African American vote in key swing states. “African Americans could tip the balance in battleground states, especially in Florida and here in Ohio if they turn out for Clinton as strongly as they did for President Obama,” explained Pelley during CBS Evening News Tuesday.
Pelley showed off a segment he filmed foe 60 Minutes, where he seemed to share the low turnout concern with Pastor Jawanza Colvin from the east-side of Cleveland, Ohio. Pastor Colvin told Pelley:
I think what's going to happen is that people are going to have to vote-- vote with passion and with purpose. Because this election is not simply significant because every election is important. This election is existential when you look at what's happening around the country, the rhetoric, the kind of loss of civility.
The CBS anchor sat down with parishioner Lisa Tollbert to talk about how she worries about the possible low turnout of her neighbors. Pelley explained to her, “When African Americans vote in large numbers in Ohio, Ohio votes Democratic… And when they don't come to the polls, Ohio votes Republican.”
Tollbert told Pelley, “I'm going to pray that they come to the polls.” “But you're not feeling that groundswell,” asked a concerned sounding Pelley. “I'm not hearing it,” she responded. “When you look into this congregation, the Sunday before Election Day, what are you going to tell them,” Pelley then asked the pastor, who replied:
I'm going to say, "When you go to the polls, remember who you're taking with you. First, I want to think about the past. We're taking Medgar Evers with us. We're taking freedom summer with us. But not only are we taking the past, but we are also taking the future. You're taking your kids, your granddaughters, and kids unborn.”
Pelley’s report seemed to be almost a plea for a swell that could put Clinton over the top in swing states such as Ohio and Florida. A Clinton victory could require such a swell, especially after taking damage from the FBI’s latest investigation into her e-mails. The full scale of the damage is yet to be seen. What Pelley also failed to mention is that GOP nominee Donald Trump could also benefit from a swell of African American voters.
Transcript below:
CBS
Evening News
November 1, 2016
6:37:08 PM Eastern [1 Minutes 56 Seconds]SCOTT PELLEY: African Americans could tip the balance in battleground states, especially in Florida and here in Ohio if they turn out for Clinton as strongly as they did for President Obama. In a story for 60 Minutes, we spoke with voters on the east side of Cleveland, many of whom worship at the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, which is led by Pastor Jawanza Colvin.
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JAWANZA COLVIN: I think what's going to happen is that people are going to have to vote-- vote with passion and with purpose. Because this election is not simply significant because every election is important. This election is existential when you look at what's happening around the country, the rhetoric, the kind of loss of civility.
You won't vote, you're undecided or you will be voting?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Yeah, I'm going to vote.
PELLEY: In the neighborhoods, Reverend Colvin is getting out the vote, and Lisa Tollbert promised she'll be counted.
LISA TOLLBERT: We have to have a president, we have to have a president. These are the two choice we have.
PELLEY: My wife says if you don't vote you can't complain.
TOLLBERT: You can't, that's right, that’s right, that's right. That's right.
PELLEY: When African Americans vote in large numbers in Ohio, Ohio votes Democratic.
TOLLBERT: Yes.
PELLEY: And when they don't come to the polls, Ohio votes Republican.
TOLLBERT: Yes.
PELLEY: What's going to happen?
TOLLBERT: I'm going to pray that they come to the polls. I'm gonna –
PELLEY: But you're not feeling that groundswell?
TOLLBERT: I'm not hearing it.
PELLEY: When you look into this congregation, the Sunday before Election Day, what are you going to tell them?
COLVIN: I'm going to say, "When you go to the polls, remember who you're taking with you.” First, I want to think about the past. We're taking Medgar Evers with us. We're taking freedom summer with us. But not only are we taking the past, but we are also taking the future. You're taking your kids, your granddaughters, and kids unborn.
