CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip Confederate Flag Merchant in Los Angeles 2024 08 15

WAGMEISTER IN LOS ANGELES IN THIS IN A CAPE COD STYLE HOUSE PAINTED RED, WHITE, AND BLUE IN VIRGINIA, CNN'S ELLE REEVE MET WITH A BLACK TRUMP SUPPORTER WHO RUNS A MAGA MERCHANDISE STORE. IT SELLS EVERYTHING FROM CONFEDERATE FLAG BATHING SUITS TO WHITE PRIVILEGE CREDIT CARDS EVERY WOMAN OUGHT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE ONE, THEN THEY WANT ONE SAME THING WITH THE CONFEDERATE HAT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO DO IT ALLY REEVE IS HERE JOINING US AT THE TABLE. SO INTERESTING. I MEAN, SHE SEEMS TO GET GREAT JOY OUT OF BEING SORT OF A NON TRADITIONAL FACE OF MAGA CONFEDERATE MERCHANT JIM DAYS. >> YEAH, I ASKED HER IF SHE LIKED BEING PROVOCATIVE AND SHE SAID YES, BUT THEN CORRECTED HERSELF AND SAID IT WAS UNIFYING FOR HER TO HAVE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG THAT WHEN PEOPLE FELT THAT SOMETHING OF THEIRS WAS CONTROVERSIAL, IT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER TO HEAR SOMEONE LIKE HER SAY THAT IT WAS OKAY MICHAEL SOUNDS LIKE NO HATRED AND JUSTIFICATION OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS BECAUSE THE CONGRESSWOMAN AS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. >> BUT WHEN YOU DISRESPECT KAMALA HARRIS BY SAYING YOU WOULD CALL HER WHATEVER YOU WANT. I KNOW YOU DON'T INTEND IT TO BE THAT WAY. THAT'S THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF WHITE DISREGARD FOR THE HUMANITY OF BLACK PEOPLE. >> SO NOW YOU'RE CALLING ME RIGHT THAT IS COOL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO INTEND RACES YOU ARE INTENDING THAT I GUESS RESPECTIVE KAMALA HARRIS IS PART RESPECT CONGRESS WERE WORKING NOT JUST CALLING HER RACIST WHAT YOU NO WORD IS HER DISRESPECT TO WOMEN. >> SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A WOMAN IS. IT 25 YEARS AGO, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OF THE BLACK WOMAN WHO, WHO PAY THE PRICE OF BLUFF TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT IS TO TELL THEY'RE NOT REAL WOMEN, 25 YEARS, YOUR BANK, YEARS, AGO THE FIRST WOMAN TO GRADUATE FROM THE CITADEL, THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. >> I RIGHT THROUGH IT TO PRONOUNCE KAMALA HARRIS IF YOU WENT WANT YOU'RE DOING THIS THIS RESPECTFUL SECOND YOU CAN EXPECT PEOPLE LET ME GET HERE. AND ONE MORE BIT FROM ELLIE'S PE