Monroe Nichols Watch Party

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:04:01 Category: News & Politics

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RACE IT HAS BEEN A NAIL BITER ON I LONG. REPRESENTATIVE MONROE NICHOLS AND TULSA COUNTY COMMISSIONER KAREN KEITH ARE HEADED TO A RUNOFF. NEWS CHANNEL EIGHT'S BURT MUMMOLO JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE MONROE NICHOLS WATCH PARTY. AND, BURT, WHAT'S THE REACTION BEEN LIKE THERE BRENNA >>THE AMERICA AS A WHOLE JUST SAW A PHOTO FINISH IN THE OLYMPICS IN THE 200 METER, RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS IN TULSA OKLAHOMA. 270 SOME ODD VOTES OUT OF 55,000, WITH ESSENTIALLY AN UPSET IN MONROE. NICHOLS. WE'D WANTED TO HAVE MONROE NICHOLS LIVE, BUT ANOTHER STATION GRABBED HIM. SO WE DID ONE BETTER. WE HAVE HIS MOTHER, DOCTOR RAMONA CURTIS DOCTOR, TELL ME ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT AND GETTING ACHIEVING THIS. >>WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT MOMENTS LIKE THIS AND YOU JUST HOPE PEOPLE SHOW UP. BUT, I MEAN, TO HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, THEY WANT A NEW VISION FOR TULSA. >>SOMEBODY TOLD ME WHEN I CAME IN, THEY SAID MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE NEWS TONIGHT, YOU TALK ABOUT THE DIVERSITY IN THIS ROOM. >>OH MY GOD, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE SO MUCH ABOUT IT NOT JUST BY RACE, BY GENDER, BY AGE, BY GENERATIONS THIS IS EXCITING. THIS IS SO EXCITING FOR TULSA. AND I THINK IT SENDS A MESSAGE RUNNING FOR MAYOR ISN'T CHEAP. >>I NOTICED MYSELF FROM THE KAREN KEY SIDE A LOT OF ADVERTISING, WHETHER IT WAS BANNERS AROUND THE TULSA WORLD, FLIERS IN THE MAIL, NOT SO MUCH FROM THE MONROE NICHOLS CAMP WAS THE STRATEGY. MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND >>I TELL YOU, THE STRATEGY WAS A STRATEGY OF THE HEART. HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN HOW CAN WE FOR ALL GENERATIONS, HOW CAN WE MOVE OUR CITY INTO SOMETHING BRAND NEW AND WONDERFUL? SO HOW DO WE DO IT? AND IT WAS SOME AMAZING PEOPLE. YOU'RE RIGHT. BOOTS ON THE GROUND BUT THAT'S WHAT GETS IT. IF YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN MOVE YOU, WHO CAN COME AND WORK FOR YOU TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO TO MAIL ANYTHING OUT. WE MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO EVEN RUN COMMERCIALS ON TELEVISION. BUT WE HAVE THE POWER BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR HEARTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO HAVE, WE USE EVERY BIT OF IT TO GET HIM OVER THAT FINISH LINE. >>OKAY, SPEAKING OF THE FINISH LINE, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW AT THE KAREN KEITH CAMP, THEY'RE LIKE, OH OKAY, OKAY, WE GOT A FIGHT ON OUR HANDS HOW DO YOU KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING TO NOVEMBER 5TH WHERE THERE'S A HUGE TURNOUT FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL AND GET HIM OVER THE FINISH LINE THERE? >>WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE DIVERSITY IN WHAT PEOPLE WANT TODAY. THIS IS 2024. THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE TODAY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT IT FOR OUR NATION. WE WANT IT FOR OUR CITY. LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT. AND THESE PEOPLE IN TULSA, WE ARE THIRSTY. EVERY GENERATION EVERY RACE, GENDER, IT HAS JUST FOR ME, IT'S BEEN EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE THE SUPPORT OUT HERE TONIGHT. OH MY GOSH, I'M SO FULL. >>FINALLY, THERE'S A HISTORIC NATURE ABOUT THIS, NOT ONLY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. PEOPLE TALKING, WELL, WE COULD HAVE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT. WE COULD HAVE THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF TULSA >>YEAH. I THINK AND WHEN I SAY THIS BLACK MAYOR. SORRY. YEAH. NO, NO, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I SAY THIS, WHEN I SAY THE ANCESTORS HAVE SPOKEN, THESE ARE ANCESTORS FROM EVERY GENERATION FROM EVERY RACE ARE SAYING IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME FOR THIS WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY SOMEONE'S A SAFER CHOICE, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? WHAT DO WE MEAN BY A SAFER CHOICE WE WANT THE RIGHT CHOICE. WE WANT THE VISIONARY. WE WANT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO MOVE US FORWARD. WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOUR ZIP CODE. I'M FOR YOU. AND SO I'M SO EXCITED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. AND IT HAS SHOWED UP TONIGHT. >>DOCTOR RAMONA CURTIS, THE MOTHER OF CANDIDATE MONROE NICHOLS. WE CAN SEE WHERE HE GOT HIS ELOQUENCE AND SPEAKING ABILITY FROM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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