Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Candace Owens, John James on Kanye's Oval Office Meeting
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HANNITY: You know, how awesome, and he's talking about jobs that are paying 50, 60, 70,000 a year. You know what, there are people that would love those jobs. Let's get them here.
John James, I had the opportunity to interview you on my radio show. I honestly, I can say this, on radio 30 years, he just took my breath away. Because of your passion. I hope the people of Michigan are getting to know you. I know it's a tough state to run for Senate. I hope the people of Michigan are hearing what I think is a great message to make Michigan great again.
JOHN JAMES, R-SENATORIAL CANDIDATE, MICHIGAN: Look, people in the State of Michigan are very astute. This is a state that not only Donald Trump win but so did Bernie Sanders. People in the State of Michigan are sick and tired of being sick and tired. And when you look at the fact that 98 percent of black people vote in one party that's the reason we don't have a seat at both tables.
I'm an independent thinker who prioritizes God and country in that order. And I will always serve the people of the State of Michigan as well as I serve the United States of America when I deployed to operation Iraqi Freedom.
HANNITY: John, I went through Detroit the last time I was there and I saw one of America's great cities. And it was devastating. It was, I mean, they're selling homes for a dollar, knocking down entire neighborhoods to consolidate because of all the jobs, the manufacturing jobs that moved out.
Now jobs are moving in to areas like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio and Pennsylvania. I think we can revitalize a city like Detroit. Am I dreaming here or rooted in reality?
JAMES: No, look, you're exactly on track. We know that we can revitalize Detroit. But the thing is, until these economic opportunity improvements come to the people in the neighborhoods, our forgotten neighborhoods and our forgotten farms, the areas that have been neglected and failed by Democrat policies, decades in the past, we have marched from Selma to Detroit. We have rioted from Baltimore to Watts. And nothing has changed in 50 years. We need to make sure that we don't just--
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HANNITY: But first, the neighborhoods should be safe. Chicago isn't safe. I want -- I'd love for the president to partner with Kanye and come up with answers for the people of Chicago. It is a shooting zone. And it's been happening for years. And nobody is fixing it.
JAMES: We need more solution, we need more leadership and less partisanship.
HANNITY: Yes.
JAMES: You can learn a little bit more about my candidacy on Johnjamesforsenate.com, but I have the experience leading on the battleground and the board room and bringing my leadership experience to solve and make our neighborhoods better, bringing everybody up and making our community safer.
HANNITY: Candace, why are people, that are African-Americans and conservative brutalized by the left?
OWENS: Because they don't want us to be free. Listen, make no mistake the left depends on the black vote. They have to earn more than 85 percent of the black vote to sustain their party. This is why they sew division, this is why they need the themes of racism to stay alive.
But guess what, Sean, the black community is waking up. And that's why Kanye West terrifies them because he's not scared in the same way that I'm not scared. And we are seeing more black conservatives waking up and speaking out against Democrat Party.
HANNITY: I have a Hannity crystal ball. And what I see in my future are amazing futures for both of you, with strong leadership and just dynamic personalities. I wish you both Godspeed in your mission as you move forward. And I mean that. Thank you both.
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