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00:35off the year by throwing slate or shade oh god i really messed that up so we're going to keep going
00:41on into comedian jamal jamo on air talent entertainment journalist gia peppers and essence.com assistant
00:49editor lauren porter and i'd like to add that those two ladies are from pg county mary where i am so
00:55we're having a little moment we'll get to jamal i just don't matter i get it as i mentioned in
01:02today's hot list oprah's acceptance speech shut down the golden globes all the way down and had
01:08hashtag oprah 2020 trending all night now although the idea of having an extraordinary black woman
01:14like the oprah winfrey in the oval office is compelling and an exciting one some folks think
01:20we should learn from the disaster that is the trump administration before we elect another person
01:25without governing or military experience all right panelists weigh in is 2020 presidential run a good
01:32idea for oprah and america let's see your panels on the count of three one two three jamal i'm going to
01:41start with you we have to stop falling in love with celebrity we elected a reality show host as president
01:48this time and it's going really badly like elect politicians that's when it goes not the best but
01:55it's usually pretty good people don't have to fall in love with oprah or want oprah as president just
01:59because oprah speaks really well it's like we weren't ready for a white woman to be president two years
02:03ago are we going to be ready for a black woman in two years oh that's a good point that's a very good
02:10go ahead jean i love that i am of the school of mama oprah winfrey and one i as my friend sylvia said
02:17if people try to hillary oprah we gonna have to fight and i really don't want to fight america
02:23one two i just hope that people understand that oprah the goodness of oprah is that she is this
02:29prism for light and excellence and bettering yourself she can't be that if she's telling people
02:33like drop bombs and things like that so i think you know we we love her for who she is but let's not
02:38ruin oprah this is this is the hardest job in america hopefully people just subscribe to her
02:44content and try to become better people themselves like i hope this just opens up a whole new wave of
02:48goodness all right lauren i would absolutely have to echo both of your sentiments and say that oprah is
02:55a personality she's a figure and we can learn from her and we can love her as much as we do but like
03:01you said let's leave politics to politicians the people who you know have been well versed in all types
03:08of human rights and making decisions that will affect us not only now but for the rest of our
03:13lives and oprah while yes we can get all the motivation in the world from her politicians
03:18included we need to let her be good at media moguldom and let that be that and she just started
03:24running her own network she ain't ready to run a country get 25 years yeah that's great you were
03:31good at one thing michael jordan was a great basketball player but he dresses horribly
03:35you can't be good at everything all the time or because you're good at one thing doesn't mean
03:39you're good at something else let oprah be oprah stop trying to make oprah president unless she wants
03:44to run for president then i'll vote for her okay that's true i vote yeah i'm she actually still
03:49black if she runs i'll vote for her oh absolutely okay all right let's check in with the one and only
03:55kayla to see what the social media streets are saying hey kayla what are the comments looking like
04:00on facebook youtube and twitter okay truly mixed bag selena thorne says no i just want oprah to be
04:04oprah she's more effective outside of the white house sandra parkin says why should she have to
04:09clean up 45's mess so they're not here for it robert braceville says no i like oprah but after
04:14this trump disaster i feel only people who have a political background should be able to run but
04:19some people are here and they're on her team mary jackson says i'm on team oprah mary taylor says oprah
04:24has the power to finally get white women to stand up and do what's right and allow us all women a chance
04:28at leading the country and to lead the davidson says yes we can if a black woman could who could
04:34actually win and become president of the of the u.s is oprah
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