Former Cincinnati NAACP President Paul Booth said Inauguration Day should be a time for Americans to come together, regardless of where they stand on party lines.
PRESIDENT IS SHARING HISEXPERIENCE WITH GOING TO THEINAUGURATION OF A PRESIDENT.WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTER JASMINEMINOR CONTINUES OUR COVERAGEWITH WHY PAUL BOOTH SAYS THISDAY IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THANPOLITICAL AFFILIATION.INTRO: PAUL BOOTH HAS BEEN TOTHE INAUGURATIONS OF GEORGEH.W.
BUSH, BILL CLINTON, ANDBARACK OBAMA AND HE SAYS THEDAY WAS NEVER ABOUT POLITICSBUT INSTEAD ABOUT UNITY.VO:WHILE THERE HAVE BEENHEIGHTENED POLITICAL TENSIONSSURROUNDING THIS DAY AFTERPROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT ONJANUARY 6TH, BOOTH SAYS THEHISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF APRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION STILLREMAINS THE SAME.
STILL, HESAYS WATCHING THE NATIONALGUARD TAKE OVER DC STREETSTHIS WEEK IS ALARMING FOR HIM,ESPECIALLY ON A DAY THAT ISMEANT TO BRING ALL POLITICALPARTIES TOGETHER.
HE SAYS INORDER TO MOVE FORWARD IS INPART, TO BRING HEALING TOBLACK AMERICA WHEN IT COMES TOTHE PANDEMIC, CRIMINAL JUSTICEAND ECONOMIC EQUITY.
AND SOTHAT'S WHY HE HOPES THATEVERYONE HERE IN THE TRI-STATE, LOOKS BEYOND POLITICALAFFILIATION AND SEES TODAY ASA MOMENT TO WALK FORWARD,TOGETHER.SOT [Paul Booth] "Ireally hope that that allcitizens will watch and itwill be a time for pause, itwill be a time for reflection,and a time for deciding that.At this point, we've got tomove forward.
Because theother option of moving forwardis probably to is to standstill, or to move backwards."TAG: BOOTH SAYS ON MARTINLUTHER KING JR DAY HE WASSHOWING HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLDGRAND DAUGHTER VIDEOS OF KINGAND EXPLAINING THE SEPARATIONOF BLACK AND WHITES.
HE SAYSHIS GRAND DAUGHTER ASKED, "IFWE DON'T FOLLOW MARTIN LUTHERKING'S DREAM, WILL WE GO BACKTO THOSE DAYS?"AND SO, THAT'SA BIG REASON WHY HE SAYSMOVING FORWARD IS SOIMPERATIVE.HE SAYS HISIMMEDIATE FAMILY, RELATIVESAND GRANDCHILDREN WILL DO AZOOM TOGETHER AND WATCH THEINAUGURATION, WITNESSINGHISTORY YET AGAIN, TOGETHER.JASMINE MINOR, WCPO 9 NEWS.
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