Pełna transkrypcja odcinka November 9, 2026. Why Senator Cory Booker is Starting to Scare Us

the gubernatorial race, Bottoms served as Atlanta's mayor from 2018 to 2022 and worked as a senior advisor in former President Joe Biden's administration. She secured the Democratic nomination in May after receiving more than 50% of the primary vote, BIN previously reported. I recall a recent enough episode explaining why Black history matters. For those of you who are not Black that listen to this show, just know that you have access to your history in a way that many Black people don't. And you know what you're capable of, you know, what came from your past, you know, what blood is in your veins more than likely. And, uh, I think that that's something that all people should at least know. It's been a part of our story for a long time. And for black people, this is how. 00:03:59 Speaker 2: We get it. All right. 00:04:00 Speaker 1: If you're just locking into us here at the QR code Ramses, yeah, that's me. 00:04:03 Speaker 2: Q word. 00:04:03 Speaker 1: That's him. Um, Corey Booker is starting to scare us. The starting is, is, He's generous. 00:04:14 Speaker 2: Scare ain't the right word either. 00:04:15 Speaker 3: Sure. 00:04:15 Speaker 2: I ain't afraid of him. If he run up on me, you know what I'm saying? 00:04:18 Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. 00:04:19 Speaker 4: I ain't never scared like Bone Crusher. So scare isn't the right word. What he's starting to do is show up to be who a lot of people expected. 00:04:27 Speaker 2: Him to be a little bit ago. 00:04:29 Speaker 1: I was late to that. 00:04:30 Speaker 2: You and I are late. We're both late to it. That's the problem with proximity to human beings. 00:04:35 Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. 00:04:36 Speaker 2: And it's why more people should meet more people. 00:04:38 Speaker 4: And I mean that because we have this thing that we do collectively as human beings where we other people who look, pray, love, dress, or behave different than we do. And if you've never met anybody that belongs to a group, it's easy to marginalize them. It's easy to be okay with their oppression. It's easy to be okay with life not being great for them because you don't have any personal connection. And I think that's why we go so far out of our way when we encounter people that are pretty clearly on the other side of, I'll just flatly say humanity. I was going to say politics, but it's become more about humanity than political leanings to show up as the best, most articulate and most kind and gracious versions of ourselves. Even if we don't change their minds, we don't put an exclamation mark. 00:05:24 Speaker 2: On their bias. 00:05:25 Speaker 4: They don't get to say, see, honey, I told you they were ABC or XYZ. So having spent time with a lot of our politicians we've given them some grace and benefit of the doubt because in our interaction with them they were kind to us that's the whole thing we didn't get to know them we didn't spend so much time with them that we know their full character but they seem to be on the same side of this moment in history as we were most specifically during the last presidential election and they were kind and that went As far as it could. 00:06:04 Speaker 2: So as we saw evidence of the contrary, no one had to fight. Yes, good point. You and I didn't fight to stay on their side. 00:06:11 Speaker 1: Good point, yeah. 00:06:12 Speaker 4: We saw evidence to the contrary, and like a rational. 00:06:16 Speaker 2: Adult would do. 00:06:17 Speaker 1: That's not in a cult. 00:06:19 Speaker 3: Go ahead. 00:06:19 Speaker 2: Never mind. 00:06:20 Speaker 4: I'll pass the ball back. 00:06:21 Speaker 2: You're on the same thing I'm on. 00:06:22 Speaker 1: I'm trying to throw you the lob. 00:06:23 Speaker 2: You're on the same thing I'm on. You threw the lob, but it came off the backboard, and you dunked it. Okay, well, yeah. 00:06:29 Speaker 1: Well, to finish the thought, since we're not in a cult, then. 00:06:33 Speaker 1: It's natural, I think, and easier, um, for us to become a little bit leery and then ultimately become critical. So again, when I said that the word starting to scare us, uh, as, as the segment is entitled, um, starting is not really the right language. And of course, scare is not either. It's just, it's more like a poetic fancy way of saying it. But, um, We've been kind of watching Cory Booker for a long time. I saw Cory in D.C. I told you I saw him in D.C. We were in the bathroom together. That's funny. 00:07:07 Speaker 2: Did you remind him of our time in Arizona? Yeah, I did. 00:07:10 Speaker 1: I did. And I didn't shake his hand. He didn't shake mine, but he did a little fist bump. And I had assumed that I would bump into him outside and I was going to set up a conversation with him. And I was going to tell him like, hey, you know, we're going to have to ask you some different questions, some tougher questions. This was my intention. And we just didn't bump into each other again after that. But I did see him. Um, and I remember seeing him too. I was like, Ooh, shoot. You know how you run into somebody and there's some funk in the air and he knows I'm, I'm just too black. He knows I'm like, I could tell, I could see the look in his eye. The first time when we saw him, uh, you and me, we saw him at a, it was a fundraiser. 00:07:50 Speaker 5: Yeah. 00:07:50 Speaker 2: At a private residence. 00:07:51 Speaker 5: Yeah. 00:07:51 Speaker 2: And we got a chance. 00:07:52 Speaker 1: So it was just for those that don't know about the story, it was me and Q and Cory Booker. And we were just hanging out talking for a good while. and making videos and recording stuff and everything like that. And, um, you know, there was a, there was an energy there that was like, he was very welcoming and, you know, he knew what the, what was every, every, everybody's there for the same reason. When I saw him in DC this last time, it was a very different look in his eyes. It was again that, Ooh, okay, this might happen. And he saw me. And then when I saw him, I'm

like, what's up brother, how you doing? You know, And Q knows me. A lot of other people don't know me, but I'm, I'm, it's really, really hard for me to pretend like I don't feel the thing that I feel in my spirit. And the first thing I'm gonna say is the thing that I feel in my spirit. It just comes, it's going, cause why, I mean, why, why would I pretend like that's not what we got to talk about? So anyway, I was giving him a moment. He had his security and everybody outside. I think they tried to check the bathroom. Didn't see me in there. We didn't get a chance to talk anyway. Um, It was at that point, this might have been two months ago, not quite, when I was already concerned that Cory Booker lost the plot because he had shown a lot of evidence toward that end. And he was going to have to say something to somebody that made some sense. And if it wasn't me, he certainly wasn't going to like leapfrog over me. You know, if he's going to come down the street, I'm going to have to ask him these questions. And I'll be very fair. I don't do gotcha journalism or anything like that. I'll tell you up front is what we're going to talk about. And if you want to come get some smoke and if you don't want it, then don't come on this show because I'm not a we don't have no limp wrist over here. 00:09:38 Speaker 2: Right. 00:09:39 Speaker 1: Anyway, so fast forward a little bit more. And then Q sent this my way, but we came across some audio from Cory Booker. And it really kind of changed how things felt. So I'll share that with you now. 00:09:56 Speaker 5: Do you think Chuck Schumer should remain the leader of the Democrats in the Senate? 00:09:59 Speaker 3: We have seen the most extraordinary victory. Chuck Schumer was our leader that's delivering one of the most historic sweeps. We're going to have a vote. We're going to have a family discussion. But I think America should give tonight, today, should give Chuck Schumer his due for what we were able to achieve. He was part of it. He was part of candidate selection. raising the resources against the flood of the Elon Musk money and the like. We won races because of quality candidates, because of extraordinary people that chose them, but also Chuck was an important coach. 00:10:29 Speaker 2: On the field. 00:10:29 Speaker 5: So should he remain as the leader? 00:10:31 Speaker 3: We're going to have a family conversation. I am a big believer in what we just accomplished and what his leadership has helped deliver. 00:10:38 Speaker 1: Okay. Q, was Chuck Schumer instrumental in delivering that victory for the Democrats? 00:10:44 Speaker 4: None of the Democratic leadership was instrumental. What Chuck Schumer was instrumental in is not helping very, very qualified and dynamic candidates that were a. 00:10:54 Speaker 2: Part of his party get elected. 00:10:56 Speaker 1: Go ahead. 00:10:57 Speaker 4: Those that won, won in spite of him, not because he gave some assistance. 00:11:00 Speaker 1: Give some examples. 00:11:01 Speaker 2: Well, number one on my list, Florida, Andy Nixon, lost by a point. Because? The party didn't back her. 00:11:08 Speaker 1: Thank you. 00:11:08 Speaker 2: Most specifically, party leadership, Chuck Schumer. Yep. 00:11:12 Speaker 4: People don't like to say the word racism out loud. My brother and co-host hates saying it because of the effect, and I get it, he articulates very well, that racist people hear the word racism and they shut off. They leave the conversation. People don't like being called that. People don't like that word being brought up. So you end up not even being able to make a case for very, very sound evidence that shows racism if you start off with that word. 00:11:40 Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. 00:11:41 Speaker 2: But there's no other word that makes sense. 00:11:44 Speaker 4: And not being a aggressive Zionist candidate doesn't. 00:11:51 Speaker 2: Work in your favor with Chuck Schumer. 00:11:53 Speaker 4: Being a black woman doesn't work in your favor with Chuck Schumer. And kind of at the end of the race, Chuck Schumer dropped some pennies Angie Nixon's way, I think, to try to skate criticism for not supporting her. Had she had the support of the party, the entire time, she would have won Florida easily. Chuck Schumer does not deserve credit for what happened on Tuesday. Neither does Cory Booker or Hakeem Jeffries or a lot of the establishment Democrats. I almost said a word I don't know if we can say on the radio. So I'm gonna just say angry, fed up black people deserve a lot of credit because both black men and black women showed up in the high 80s to 90% to vote in the right direction. 00:12:40 Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. 00:12:41 Speaker 4: The highest of any measured group, gender and ethnicity in this election by a lot. 00:12:48 Speaker 2: So angry voters. 00:12:52 Speaker 4: Mostly deserve the credit more than any of the candidates, but you cannot pretend that there were not some incredibly dynamic, incredibly diverse, incredibly progressive, like far more progressive than usual candidates in this candidate pool. And that's why you not only saw historic turnout, but historic results. in the way of diversity of the candidates that were elected this time and places in this country that haven't been blue in two lifetimes, you know, in over a hundred years are blue now because of the people and because of the diversity of thought that showed up on the ballot this year, not because of democratic leadership. 00:13:29 Speaker 2: That's nonsense. 00:13:31 Speaker 1: Well, Cory Booker is starting to sound like he's in a cult. And the cult is either the cult of Chuck Schumer, the cult of the democratic establishment, or the cult of Israel. Either way, that cultish, unobjective mentality is not appropriate for leadership. And we're going to keep an eye on that guy. Thank you for tuning into the QR code with your host Q Ward. I get to hang out with him. I go by the name Ramses Jha. Uh, I don't just go by that. That's actually my

name. 00:14:11 Speaker 3: Listen. 00:14:13 Speaker 1: Midterms. We celebrate. Well, we celebrated. Yeah, we did celebrate. And we breathed easier. That's really what I was getting at. We breathed easier, a bit easier that day because maybe things don't get better, but we feel pretty confident that they won't get much worse for the time being. But as is likely the case for people you know, maybe even for you, and certainly for families all across this country. There were some arguments and some debates, and even though everyone since the introduction of Donald Trump into the political arena has kind of chosen their sides and doubled and tripled down, and very few people have crossed over that divide to join the other side. People pretty much... know where they stand, and are going to continue to stand there. There are still conversations that flare up around incidents. Either there are these huge viral moments with some public execution by the administration, or in this case, midterm elections, right? And on this show, because we deal with allies, and on both of our shows, we deal with allies and we deal with allyship, we understand that a lot of people who might not look like us, might not pray like us, might not love like us, might not whatever like us, show up to these conversations to be supportive. We also recognize that people that oppose us come to these conversations for some reason. Either way, we get the ratings numbers and we appreciate you too. Hopefully you change your mind soon. But we recognize that allies a lot of times are dealing with family members and longtime friends, perhaps workplace environments where they're interacting with people that don't feel the way that they feel. And that can be a lonely position to hold. Doing what is in your heart right and it costing you family members and loved ones. And we try to speak to that. But that has not been my reality. I have not had to cut off family members because they felt differently. My family is all black. And if they're not black, they know what's up. And that's it. That's the whole story. Even the people of mine that I consider family that are not black. Kevin is a great example. Bootleg Kev. I've talked about him on the show. If you don't know who Bootleg Kev is, look him up. You'll be able to find him. And he is white as a ghost. And that's my brother for real, for real. And his family is my family for real. For I known him since he was three and I was seven. That's my dog. And they all know what's up. So I never had that experience, but I know a lot of other people might have. And the heartbreaking thing is because I don't know what that experience is like. When Q sent this video over to me, um, It gave me some insight into it. So I'm going to share, all you need is the audio, but I'm going to share this viral video. It's a clip that I sourced from a page, Ricky Smiley Official. And what I've deduced from the video is that you're hearing a child, a daughter of an evangelical Christian. And this person is presumably having this conversation after the midterm election. And that resulted in the spirited family discussion we're about to hear. So you're going to hear the daughter mostly, and you're going to hear the mother's response, I'm assuming from like a kitchen or a different room you'll hear based on the audio. So here we go. Let's take a listen to what gave us some insight here. 00:18:18 Speaker 6: You made a wrong decision and if you apologize to me for taking away my rights and the rights of everybody who can relate to me on these videos, then we would be fine. I told you in that text, when you apologize. 00:18:28 Speaker 5: For what you've done to this whole country. 00:18:29 Speaker 6: What you've had a hand in doing, you had a hand in this. You and your people did this to my country, to all of our countries. 00:18:40 Speaker 5: Yeah, murder is wrong. Racism is wrong. 00:18:43 Speaker 6: You know, he was sued over seven times for not serving black people. 00:18:46 Speaker 5: What do you have to say? What do you have to say to that? Okay, then why'd you vote for him? Why'd you vote for him? 00:18:51 Speaker 6: If you know that it's wrong that he was sued over like five times or seven times for not serving black people, if you know about the rape allegations, if you know about the Epstein files and you've seen them and I've sent you all the videos, why did. 00:18:59 Speaker 5: You still vote for him? Because you don't know. Because you are so racist and hateful inside. And when you had the opportunity to, it came out. 00:19:08 Speaker 3: Yes? 00:19:08 Speaker 5: Then give me an answer. Why'd you vote for it? Yeah, because you can't give me an answer. You don't even realize what you've done. You don't realize. 00:19:16 Speaker 6: You aren't out there. You stay in your little bubble. You don't realize how the poor people are suffering. You don't realize how I suffered. How the people around me in Florida are suffering. How terrified those families are. But if it was you, you would care. You preach about empathy and having love for others and kindness for others. 00:19:30 Speaker 5: And you don't carry it out. You're a hypocrite like the rest of you Christians who voted for Donald Trump. And you can't have an argument because you know you're wrong. Just say you're wrong. It's fine. I told you I was wrong about things. Just say you're wrong. It's not that hard. For your daughter. If it's not for everybody else, then do it for your child. 00:19:50 Speaker 7: Who are you? 00:19:51 Speaker 5: Where is my mother? 00:19:52 Speaker 6: Where is the mother who wanted to go on mission trips to Mexico and help the poor? 00:19:56 Speaker 5: Where are you? Get out! Get out of my mother! It's like you've died. It's like you've all died and come back possessed. How you of all people could support that man is beyond me. We both know what I'm talking about. It's no use anymore. That's why I can't speak to you. Because

all the proof in the world will never be enough for you. Anyway, they were right. You were always this way and now you just have the freedom to say it. But this ends with me. This ends with your son. This legacy of racism in this family is done. I will not change my last name. 00:20:22 Speaker 6: The Hagrid's will be known as people who stuck up for what's right. 00:20:25 Speaker 5: This name that you've made for my family will die out. It's done. We're done with this. 00:20:35 Speaker 1: So, um, obviously you can't see the video. You can't see the, the child shaking. Um, I grew up in church. It would be considered evangelical. So the get out of my mother, when speaking to your mother, for those that did not grow up in church, what this child, this white child was doing was she was speaking to a demon. It sounds funny, but this is a real thing for people. 00:21:11 Speaker 2: It actually doesn't sound funny. 00:21:12 Speaker 4: It sounds like the only plausible thing that this trembling child could My mother has to be possessed by the devil. 00:21:19 Speaker 1: Thank you, Q. 00:21:20 Speaker 2: Go ahead. Because my mother. 00:21:22 Speaker 1: Would not do this. Would not. 00:21:23 Speaker 4: Who taught me to love. Who taught me about God. Who talked to me about going on mission trips. She says it all. There's no way that the same woman supports him. And that's what we have collectively been saying to Christians for a decade now. How do you claim to love the Lord Jesus Christ? And I can see if you snuck. to support Donald Trump because you was racist on the low and you was trying to front. No, you got the MAGA hat on, you at the rallies, you scream and build that wall and mass deportations and all the cruelty you're cheering it on while you got your what would Jesus do bracelet on and Jesus saves bumper sticker on your car. You can't be both. So this confused child has determined, you know what, this just must not be my mom. I have to cast this spirit out of my mother. 00:22:13 Speaker 2: And that is. 00:22:15 Speaker 4: And Ramses, God bless you that you have not had to have uncomfortable conversations with very, very, very close friends and family members. 00:22:23 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know you have. 00:22:26 Speaker 1: That makes me so sad for you. 00:22:28 Speaker 2: My children have had to deal with having a grandparent. 00:22:34 Speaker 1: That sucks. 00:22:35 Speaker 2: That supports that man. 00:22:37 Speaker 4: While they have to move out of the country to remain safe, their grandfather, still, after that decision has been made, Supports that man. 00:22:47 Speaker 2: That is, I feel that young lady. It's just as confusing. 00:22:53 Speaker 4: It'd be the same as you and me sitting here and you telling me somebody's, from my nephews, someone was trying to harm them. 00:23:00 Speaker 2: And instead of me. 00:23:01 Speaker 4: Being like, let's ride, I start giving you justifications for why it's okay that this person wants to harm them. 00:23:07 Speaker 2: It wouldn't just be confusing. It would be physically painful. 00:23:11 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:23:13 Speaker 2: And we're not even blood. Imagine, that's her mother. 00:23:22 Speaker 1: My heart breaks for these people. Because you said it, it's like you've all died and woke up possessed. And it really feels that way. And then they do their best. God chooses imperfect vessels and whatever. And they don't see that they're reaching. And they're trying to justify stuff. Not that they're taking an opportunity to be critical of their own decisions and they will do anything that they can to mask their true intentions, even from themselves. And so you're not wrong. I see why our daughter could see there's a demon in my mom. Thank you for riding with us here on the QR code. The Q, that is Q word. The R, that is me, Ramses Jow. Did Trump actually endorse Chuck Schumer? for Senate Majority Leader. Man, we got to talk about this guy a lot. 00:24:19 Speaker 2: You know what? 00:24:19 Speaker 1: Let's just dive in. President Donald Trump has not issued a formal endorsement of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer for Senate Majority Leader, despite a wave of social media commentary claiming otherwise. The viral narrative stems from remarks Trump made during a media interview in early November 2026, which social media accounts and political commentary channels quickly reframed as an endorsement. according to an interview clip circulated around November 5th, 2026. Trump was asked about internal democratic dynamics regarding Schumer's leadership. Trump declined to intervene directly, but offered a brief personal assessment of Schumer. So here's Trump's actual statement, quote, they have to work out their own situation. I think Schumer probably gets it because, you know, he's been around a long time. He's actually not a bad guy. I know him. I know him very well. I know him better than most on Following these comments, several highly shared social media posts on platforms like Instagram and Facebook claim that Trump had officially backed Schumer to lead the Senate. Commentary channels, including the Young Turks and the Damage Report, published segments analyzing the political fallout of Trump's endorsement, quote unquote, driving further online traction. In reality, the situation remains highly adversarial between Trump and Schumer. Following the November 2026 midterm elections, Schumer publicly stated that, quote, the days of Trump, Trump's supplicant Senate are over, unquote, and vowed that the Senate Democrats would heavily vet and block conservative judicial nominees. So Donald Trump has not endorsed Chuck Schumer, but he has kind of suggested that working with Chuck Schumer is probably the most ideal. I know this, I'm putting words into his mouth, but so let me go back and say exactly what he said again. Trump said, where is it? Sorry. I think Schumer probably gets it because, you know, he's been around a long time. He's actually not a bad

guy. I know him. I know him very well. I know him better than most. And so what I'm saying is that Donald Trump is familiar with Chuck Schumer to the degree that he feels like he can work with him. This is my my deduction based on what Donald Trump has said. And it's also based on Donald Trump showing me for many years now that he has a tendency to do things that serve his specific agenda, not necessarily the agenda of the United States of America. And indeed, if it were up to him, he would redefine the United States of America's agenda, probably to padding his personal wealth. And that would be the point of this country, if he could have it his. 00:27:07 Speaker 2: Way, I'm sure. 00:27:08 Speaker 1: So this means that either Chuck Schumer and Donald Trump are aligned in some meaningful ways, which is problematic. Because, you know, anything that Donald Trump is on, a lot of us, not on that. We're on the opposite of that. Or else it means that Donald Trump thinks he has potentially more sway over Chuck Schumer than perhaps anyone else. Either way, that is problematic because what we need is somebody that would challenge Donald Trump. Now, here's the biggest issue that I have with Chuck Schumer overall. I'll let him tell you in his own words as much as I can. 00:27:53 Speaker 7: The view of Palestinians is simple. Europeans treated the Jews badly and they gave them our land as compensation. Of course, we say it's our land. The Torah says it. but they don't believe in the Torah. That's the reason there is not peace. 00:28:07 Speaker 6: It's amazing that you can show your genocidal face in public, Mr. 00:28:11 Speaker 2: Senator. 00:28:12 Speaker 7: The people didn't come to hear you. I have many jobs as majority leader. 00:28:16 Speaker 2: One is to fight. 00:28:17 Speaker 7: For aid to Israel, all the aid that Israel needs. We delivered more security assistance to Israel, our ally, under my leadership than ever, ever before. 00:28:28 Speaker 5: For aid to Israel, all the aid that Israel needs. 00:28:33 Speaker 2: It's one of the most important things I do. To watch, be the guardian of Israel. 00:28:37 Speaker 7: Has always stood with Israel. 00:28:39 Speaker 2: And we will do everything to see that. 00:28:42 Speaker 7: That never, ever changes. For as long as I live, for as long as I have the privilege of serving in the Senate, I will unflinchingly, unstintingly. 00:28:53 Speaker 1: Okay, you get it. 00:28:55 Speaker 2: He's a United States senator? Thank you. Go ahead. No, no, I'm asking. 00:28:59 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:29:00 Speaker 4: I thought he was, and then when I heard it, I thought he might have been like the prime minister. 00:29:04 Speaker 2: Of Israel or... Or worked or lived or... Is he the US... Is he the... Does he like. 00:29:11 Speaker 1: He's about to be the Senate majority leader of the United States of America. So that's what, third in line? I thought he was about to be the Senate... He's about to be the Senate majority leader of Israel? Of the United States of America. 00:29:23 Speaker 2: Is there a United States of Israel? 00:29:25 Speaker 1: Depending on who you ask. 00:29:26 Speaker 2: Because it. 00:29:28 Speaker 1: But no. 00:29:28 Speaker 2: It sounds like he... He just said his most important thing was to make. 00:29:32 Speaker 1: Sure that Israel was good forever. 00:29:34 Speaker 2: Thank you. I didn't know if he was. 00:29:36 Speaker 1: You're making my point. 00:29:36 Speaker 2: I didn't even mean to jump in. 00:29:37 Speaker 1: No, you're making my point. 00:29:38 Speaker 2: I was sincerely confused. 00:29:40 Speaker 1: I didn't... You're making my point. 00:29:41 Speaker 2: I didn't understand. 00:29:42 Speaker 1: That's why we needed him to say it in his own words. 00:29:45 Speaker 2: Okay. Because... Okay. 00:29:48 Speaker 1: So, yeah. In short, it doesn't matter if Donald Trump endorsed Chuck Schumer because nobody should endorse Chuck Schumer until he puts America first. So do better.