Pam Bondi Tells Jasmine Crockett to “Go Back to Wakanda”—Her Response Leaves America Speechless!
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public defenders have 90 seconds'}, {'start': '110.900', 'end': '113.466', 'text': "to make plea decisions I've watched mothers"}, {'start': '113.466', 'end': '115.900', 'text': 'pray that their sons survive traffic stops'}, {'start': '116.033', 'end': '119.466', 'text': "so when you say this system isn't racially biased"}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '122.133', 'text': 'I have to ask based on what'}, {'start': '122.566', 'end': '125.700', 'text': "Bondy didn't blink the data is clear"}, {'start': '125.700', 'end': '128.100', 'text': "if people obey the law they don't end up in trouble"}, {'start': '128.100', 'end': '131.266', 'text': "it's that simple Crockett raised her eyebrows"}, {'start': '131.266', 'end': '133.466', 'text': "she didn't interrupt she waited"}, {'start': '133.633', 'end': '135.266', 'text': 'the moderator tried to shift'}, {'start': '135.266', 'end': '137.466', 'text': "let's talk about sentencing laws"}, {'start': '137.700', 'end': '140.000', 'text': 'no Crockett cut in gently'}, {'start': '140.200', 'end': '142.300', 'text': 'I want to hear her explain that'}, {'start': '142.500', 'end': '144.166', 'text': 'is it simple when two kids'}, {'start': '144.166', 'end': '145.600', 'text': 'one black and one white'}, {'start': '145.600', 'end': '148.066', 'text': 'both get caught with the same amount of marijuana'}, {'start': '148.066', 'end': '150.300', 'text': 'and only one of them ends up doing time'}, {'start': '150.400', 'end': '153.366', 'text': "because I've seen that more than once"}, {'start': '153.400', 'end': '155.266', 'text': 'Bondi adjusted her posture'}, {'start': '155.600', 'end': '158.066', 'text': 'congresswoman with all due respect'}, {'start': '158.066', 'end': '160.766', 'text': "anecdotal stories don't override the law"}, {'start': '161.000', 'end': '164.266', 'text': "this isn't about race it's about behavior"}, {'start': '164.800', 'end': '167.300', 'text': 'there was a pause and for a moment'}, {'start': '167.300', 'end': '169.033', 'text': 'it seemed like the argument might settle'}, {'start': '169.033', 'end': '170.966', 'text': 'into the usual political tennis match'}, {'start': '170.966', 'end': '174.166', 'text': 'stats versus stories deflection versus pressure'}, {'start': '174.266', 'end': '176.066', 'text': "but Crockett didn't let it"}, {'start': '176.500', 'end': '178.500', 'text': "you say it's about behavior"}, {'start': '178.500', 'end': '179.700', 'text': 'she said slowly'}, {'start': '179.800', 'end': '182.766', 'text': "I'm saying behavior doesn't happen in a vacuum"}, {'start': '182.966', 'end': '185.666', 'text': "I'm saying we have to look at what kind of environment"}, {'start': '185.666', 'end': '187.200', 'text': 'produces that behavior'}, {'start': '187.200', 'end': '188.900', 'text': 'and how our system responds to it'}, {'start': '188.900', 'end': '191.300', 'text': "based on who's involved bond gave"}, {'start': '191.300', 'end': '192.366', 'text': 'a tight smile'}, {'start': '192.600', 'end': '194.866', 'text': "sounds like you're trying to rewrite reality"}, {'start': '195.066', 'end': '198.300', 'text': 'I live in the real world maybe you live in Wakanda'}, {'start': '198.300', 'end': '200.266', 'text': "that's when it happened it was quick"}, {'start': '200.266', 'end': '201.666', 'text': 'sharp and deliberate'}, {'start': '201.833', 'end': '203.800', 'text': "why don't you just go back to Wakanda"}, {'start': '204.300', 'end': '206.333', 'text': 'for half a second no one moved'}, {'start': '206.466', 'end': '208.000', 'text': 'the studio felt frozen'}, {'start': '208.166', 'end': '210.700', 'text': 'not the kind of silence that follows a pause'}, {'start': '210.766', 'end': '213.100', 'text': 'but the kind that sits heavy on your chest'}, {'start': '213.300', 'end': '215.833', 'text': 'even the cameraman standing behind the third rig'}, {'start': '215.833', 'end': '218.800', 'text': 'lowered his hands one of the producers muttered'}, {'start': '218.866', 'end': '220.733', 'text': 'did she really just say that'}, {'start': '220.900', 'end': '222.300', 'text': 'the moderator blinked hard'}, {'start': '222.300', 'end': '223.166', 'text': 'as if trying to'}, {'start': '223.166', 'end': '225.233', 'text': "decide whether to pretend he hadn't heard it"}, {'start': '225.233', 'end': '227.733', 'text': 'or press the emergency brake on the entire show'}, {'start': '227.800', 'end': '229.200', 'text': "Crockett didn't say a word"}, {'start': '229.200', 'end': '232.066', 'text': 'not yet she just looked straight at Bondi'}, {'start': '232.200', 'end': '235.466', 'text': "her eyes didn't flinch her face didn't change"}, {'start': '235.566', 'end': '235.833', 'text': 'but'}, {'start': '235.833', 'end': '238.300', 'text': 'something about the way she held herself in that chair'}, {'start': '238.300', 'end': '239.666', 'text': 'the stillness the pause'}, {'start': '239.666', 'end': '242.333', 'text': 'the composure it said everything'}, 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'297.266', 'text': 'Crockett finally said calm but piercing'}, {'start': '297.366', 'end': '299.300', 'text': 'to think about what you just said'}, {'start': '299.400', 'end': '300.966', 'text': 'and how many people heard it'}, {'start': '301.366', 'end': '304.266', 'text': "Bonnie didn't back down I said what I said"}, {'start': '304.266', 'end': '305.866', 'text': 'you brought up fantasy worlds'}, {'start': '305.866', 'end': '308.866', 'text': 'I responded Crockett tilted her head'}, {'start': '309.266', 'end': '311.533', 'text': 'Pam Wakanda is fictional'}, {'start': '311.600', 'end': '314.366', 'text': 'but the racism behind telling a black woman to go back'}, {'start': '314.366', 'end': '315.800', 'text': "anywhere that's real"}, {'start': '315.800', 'end': '317.966', 'text': "and it's old and it's tired"}, {'start': '318.366', 'end': '319.833', 'text': 'the moderator sweating now'}, {'start': '319.833', 'end': '323.566', 'text': 'tried again maybe we should take a moment to no'}, 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'428.300', 'text': "the kind of moment you can't fake"}, {'start': '428.400', 'end': '430.933', 'text': "the kind of moment that doesn't come around twice"}, {'start': '431.333', 'end': '434.333', 'text': "Crockett kept going you don't have to like me"}, {'start': '434.333', 'end': '437.166', 'text': "she said you don't even have to agree with me"}, {'start': '437.166', 'end': '440.100', 'text': "but what you won't do is reduce me to a punchline"}, {'start': '440.266', 'end': '443.000', 'text': "you won't try to strip me of the right to speak truth"}, {'start': '443.000', 'end': '444.866', 'text': 'just because it makes you uncomfortable'}, {'start': '445.133', 'end': '447.000', 'text': 'if justice makes you squirm'}, {'start': '447.000', 'end': '448.800', 'text': 'you might be on the wrong side of it'}, {'start': '448.800', 'end': '451.633', 'text': 'for once the moderator let the silence stay'}, {'start': '451.733', 'end': '454.333', 'text': "he didn't try to jump in he couldn't"}, 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what he did sold weed'}, {'start': '509.233', 'end': '512.366', 'text': 'not a gun not pills weed'}, {'start': '512.600', 'end': '515.500', 'text': 'I watched my aunt collapse outside that courthouse'}, {'start': '515.700', 'end': '517.566', 'text': "I'll never forget that scream"}, {'start': '517.966', 'end': '519.300', 'text': 'she looked away for a moment'}, {'start': '519.300', 'end': '521.166', 'text': 'her gaze drifting toward the floor'}, {'start': '521.500', 'end': '524.300', 'text': "that was the day I decided I'd become a lawyer"}, {'start': '524.566', 'end': '526.866', 'text': "because I couldn't accept that justice was real"}, {'start': '526.866', 'end': '528.800', 'text': 'if it only showed up for some of us'}, {'start': '528.800', 'end': '531.700', 'text': 'the studio was quiet even the camera crew stood'}, {'start': '531.700', 'end': '534.566', 'text': 'still holding their breath like a pin could drop'}, {'start': '534.666', 'end': '535.900', 'text': 'I went to school 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