Question: and you are telling us that that didn't work.
Answer: well i think part of it is investing more in getting folks to pay attention downstream. look, there's a reason why a big emphasis of my foundation, the work that i really want to be doing for the next 20 years, is investing in the next generation of leadership. and not just political leadership, but you know, civic leadership, people who are working on climate change, people who are working on criminal justice reform, because that's where a lot of the change is going to happen.
  i think one of the best examples for me was the whole issue of criminal justice reform. we saw this summer how powerful it was to see all these young people and some not-so-young people of every race and creed across the country, march after the george floyd killing. and a lot of people are still asking me sometimes: "why didn't all that get fixed? we had a black president." well, one of the reasons is, and i've done a lot of work with some of the activists reminding them the vast majority of criminal law is state law. the vast majority of criminal law enforcement and policing and decisions are local and state. and so who are district attorneys are, who's appointing police chiefs, etc. that matters. i think you're starting to see greater awareness among the younger generation that those things are important. we just have to remind them more. but look, there's no doubt that the presidency is still going to matter. and it is important for those who want to lead the country in a progressive direction have to think about how do you market your ideas because this is a culture that is used to a lot of salesmanship on tv.
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  and you are telling us that that didn't work.
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  well i think part of it is investing more in getting folks to pay attention downstream. look, there's a reason why a big emphasis of my foundation, the work that i really want to be doing for the next 20 years, is investing in the next generation of leadership. and not just political leadership, but you know, civic leadership, people who are working on climate change, people who are working on criminal justice reform, because that's where a lot of the change is going to happen.
  i think one of the best examples for me was the whole issue of criminal justice reform. we saw this summer how powerful it was to see all these young people and some not-so-young people of every race and creed across the country, march after the george floyd killing. and a lot of people are still asking me sometimes: "why didn't all that get fixed? we had a black president." well, one of the reasons is, and i've done a lot of work with some of the activists reminding them the vast majority of criminal law is state law. the vast majority of criminal law enforcement and policing and decisions are local and state. and so who are district attorneys are, who's appointing police chiefs, etc. that matters. i think you're starting to see greater awareness among the younger generation that those things are important. we just have to remind them more. but look, there's no doubt that the presidency is still going to matter. and it is important for those who want to lead the country in a progressive direction have to think about how do you market your ideas because this is a culture that is used to a lot of salesmanship on tv.