you say black lives matter is what is a political arm for the Democratic Party that has been co-opted correct on this show we like to cover different perspectives so today we want to introduce you to the new it girl for conservatives Candace Owens has become one of the most visible and most controversial voices for the right side of the political spectrum as a woman of color she represents a unique perspective she attacks the black lives matter movement she opposes abortion she supports the elimination of welfare programs so she's definitely provocative but the question is will she be able to sway the black vote check out this interview with Mike's co-founder Jake Horowitz I had to write a list of 100 things that are harming the black community police brutality would not even be one of them this is Candace Owens oh my god stop Owens got her start making YouTube videos from her bedroom now she's one of the leading voices for Young Conservatives and the communications director for Turning Point USA she's amassed hundreds of thousands of followers and fans in part by being incredibly provocative and to some downright offensive sticking your head and happy when Gina gives you an intellectual in some ways Owens's ideas are not all that different she's one of a growing group of conservative thought leaders like ben shapiro and jordan Peterson and in women aren't the same we've also built massive followings by wading into polarizing debates and making incendiary comments all in the name of challenging political correctness Owens is also far from the first black conservative to get attention for her ideas but according to Theodore Johnson a leading expert on race at the brennan center for justice the way she presents her arguments is what makes her exceptional Candice plays into a particular strain of black conservatism where it's a bit opportunistic where it takes the temperature of the political environment and leaves itself in a way that would get the person a little bit more attention and allows their message to travel further that personality has earned Owens praise from prominent figures like Kanye West Candace Owens has factsheets research even President Trump himself given her newfound fame I wanted to understand how real her movement is and how seriously we should take her so I went to Stanford University where Owen was invited to speak by the school's College Republican organization in order to find out white liberals don't really care about I wanted you to just take a little bit of time to explain your background who is the real Candis Owens I had no political inclination I did not care about politics that changed tremendously for me when Donald Trump began running and I thought that the conversation was vitriolic it was hateful but I think the biggest thing is I thought it was dishonest I won't work when you start with he is not allowed to run because he is a racist because he is a sexist because he is a misogynist to me it really challenged all of my views it made me think that a lot of these words are used to control people not to protect them Owens is on a mission to convince young black voters to leave the Democratic Party just like she did here's her argument in a nutshell black people have been failed by democratic policies and are being brainwashed by the media and by movements like black lives matter so every four years the Democrats need to get the black vote and it seems that almost every four years we start seeing racial tension rise every single night I think during Trump's election black lives matter protesters are being displayed on my screen here a black person in America you would have thought that you couldn't walk out the door he would have thought that the police were hunting us right factually speaking it's just not true I actually have the statistic there were 778 African Americans shot and killed by police officers since 2015 correct a lot of people that's a lot of people but you but your stat is lacking is how many of them were unarmed and didn't deserve to be shot by the police so and I'll give you that stat 1661 six unarmed black men were shot by police officers in 2016 there represents point zero zero zero zero four percent of the black population there are discrepancies between news outlets that track the numbers due to differing methodologies according to the counted a database by the Guardian twenty nine unarmed black men were shot and killed by police in 2016 but according to the Washington Post database the number is 18 still Johnson says just looking at those statistics doesn't tell you the full story so even if relative to violence writ large or well you know the number of incidents relative to the black population may seem small when you look at the rate of incidents and not just violence but but harassment there is a clear disproportionate disadvantage of being black in a confrontation with law enforcement you say black lives matter is what is a political arm for the Democratic Party that it's been co-opted correct yeah the ways that black lives matter protested and interrupted Bernie Sanders campaign Hillary Clinton's campaign goes to show that there's no deep alliance between the movement and the party you often talk a lot about how liberals are quick to cry racism or oppression how you define racism that's a that's a what's an example something basic question I think Jim Crow laws were racist I was racist their can and in the modern context in the modern context I I can't think of a policy that is racist but if so you know if somebody walks into this room right now and calls me the n-word that is it that's a racist term Owens is critics say she's jumped on the Trump bandwagon just to get attention and that her provocative comments threatened to normalize racism sexism and transphobia I don't want them to think that this is a catfight between two girls it's not it is a grown man stay accustomed and growing woman indeed several activists who I contacted refused to comment for this story so as not to lend their platform to her ideas but Owen says she genuinely feels that Trump is helping the black community and what we witnessed at Stanford is that many people agree she and her counterpart Charlie Kirk had the room captivated with several hundred students who were mostly white cheering after almost every line and this was at an elite liberal arts university you pride yourself on being a free thinker correct what's an area where you break from or differ from president Trump where are you a free thinker as it pertains his agenda there are tons of things that I've disagreed with president Trump on I thought that he responded too quickly to Syria what are some others you can give me some policies and I can I can anything specifically on the areas that you you just speak American social policies no I'm version I'm fully onboard with him and that's why I'm yeah that's why I go around and I speak positively about him and I want people to understand that we should be trying something different and Trump is offering something different although Owens is making an effort to peel off black voters from the Democratic Party there's little evidence to show that's actually happening almost 90 percent of black Americans voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and black voters have helped Democrats win in the election since but when you talk about this surge this rise of young black conservatism that were on the verge of something historic happening how do you know it's happening we see that every day because we are us right I I have people that send emails thousands and thousands of emails and messages via Facebook via social media of people asking how they can get involved Johnson says there is growing dissatisfaction in the black community with both parties and a real risk that black voters decide not to vote at all in future elections but he says it's unlikely we'll see an electoral shift there's no sleeping giant like black Republicans or who are certainly or black voters who are suddenly going to support black conservative candidates I think the biggest trend is that black voters are going to turnout at higher rates in order to defeat Trump inspired candidates or Trump proxy candidates what does success look like for you Candace next five years next 10 years success looks like breaking the monolith it looks like not seeing 94% of black people that vote voting for one party success looks to me like people thinking for themselves and thinking freely with the 2018 midterms and the next presidential election around the corner we'll know soon enough whether Owens's movement has real consequence I'm here with Chauncey Alcorn who covers the intersection of race politics and culture for Mike and he's also written about Candace Owens welcome Chauncey happy to be here so what's your gut reaction when you hear can to speak the biggest thing is like a lot of the things that she say just don't seem to be ideologically consistent she's supposedly against identity politics she talks about things in very racialized terms and people her own fellow conservatives people like ben shapiro tommy lauren have called her out on this so those things make people you know question her sincerity so when she says that Trump is not racist and that she doesn't disagree with any of his policies around the black community what's your response when you see the president come out and speak in Long Island and tacitly endorsed Palace brutality which was a statement that was denounced by law enforcement agencies across the country when you see people across the country screaming Heil Trump and saying racial epithets all over the country and doing it under the guise that they support Donald Trump and that they believe that he has given them license to come out and say these things publicly it expressed their their sentiment that is not going to you know endear anyone to support Donald Trump you saw in the video that there's what she says now he's he's off the plantation does that message resonate for from black communities black people are disenchanted with politics and that's very real she's done a good job of bringing that up in point that out there was a poll that came out earlier this year from progressive black think-tank called black pack a political action committee research found that black Millennials support for the Democratic Party was substantially down from like baby boomer generations so if you're a black millennial only 65 percent of them said that they were going to support Democrats openly or were excited to support Democrats in the midterm elections and going into 2020 for black male Millennials that support was down to 50% and that is a huge drop from a support generationally is she a threat to the Democrats well the biggest threat that I think she poses again is doing a repeat of what happened in 2016 which is having a lack of engagement amongst African Americans across America black people don't have to be Democrats that's literally Candace's message in a nutshell be a free thinker think outside the box and if she can get enough black people to be disenchanted with with the Democratic Party then she will have done her job Ozzie thank you so much for being here we look forward to more of your reporting absolutely thanks for having me the beauty industry is massive raking in an estimated 62 billion dollars in the US alone and so-called beauty influencers social media stars who provide makeup tips to their millions of followers many of whom are teenagers are radically altering this lucrative space but people might think twice about buying the cosmetics these influencers are recommending if they knew about some of the potentially harmful chemicals in them in this next story Mike correspondent jordan Rowling teamed up with the investigative fund at the nation Institute to reveal the ugly truth about some beauty products I fill in my eyebrows then I put my lashes on I put my foundation on I start putting my concealer on I bake my face with the baking powder it can look nice and glowy I will make up everyday I love makeup makeup is my passion and I love the fact that you know every time I wear makeup I feel pretty I've grown up watching these youtubers and I learned how to do my makeup do you - seventeen year old Ayesha is one of millions of teens who turn to YouTube to learn beauty tips and tricks the classic airspun in extra coverage mixing two foundations today the first one is the Revlon Colorstay and I make sure I really press the powder in I like to just brush on my Milani brunette or pomade what I want to call it these teens may be learning how to contour or create the perfect smoky eye but what they aren't learning about is the potentially harmful ingredients inside of the many products they're using to complete those looks one thing that some researchers and experts are concerned about is the number of products teams are using the frequency of products and kind of that concentration or the compounding effect of exposure of all of these products [Music] many cosmetics in the u.s. contain controversial ingredients like parabens BHT and BHA these are considered endocrine or hormone disruptors that studies have linked to fertility issues and cancer then there's retinol palmitate vitamin a commonly used in sunscreens that research suggests can speed up the growth of cancer in the skin teenagers they're not quite children they're not quite adults their bodies are still developing in a number of chemicals when they get into your body they can interfere with that development these are called hormone disrupting chemicals or endocrine disruption and so teenagers are a much higher risk from exposure to those kinds of chemicals mic and the investigative fund at the nation Institute did an analysis of a dozen makeup tutorials posted by YouTube Beauty influencers we decided to review YouTube beauty tutorials channels that are popular among teens to see what products these youtubers were promoting to their audience and what was in those products and what we found was that the youtubers are promoting a high number of products per video for teen products on average for a single makeup look we also found that a majority of those products upwards of 60% contained at least one ingredient that has been flagged by experts and research we've reviewed as potentially having adverse health effects it's possible these youtubers aren't aware of the potentially harmful ingredients they're promoting to teens and there are many makeup tutorials that range from back-to-school and prom looks yet those with a million followers can make up to six figures from a single video we reached out to six of the top Beauty influencers on YouTube who have promoted these products to teens they didn't respond we also reached out to the cosmetics companies whose products contain these controversial ingredients Catrice cosmetics told us all of our products undergo a safety assessment before entering the market which ensures a safe application for the end consumers the others did not respond as I'm watching YouTube tutorials I'll see like someone use a product and they will like have it in the description below like ok this is what I use for my eyes and I'm like wow that's really nice I need to go buy that like right now so a lot of the makeup that you're putting on your skin could potentially harm you did you know that no I would not expect that at all because you would think like smoking can cause you cancer or you know drinking but I would never expect that wearing makeup can affect your hormones effect in fertility I had no idea I don't look at labels at all I just I look at the prices and I look at okay it's just a brand that this specific youtuber told me to get okay so I'm gonna buy it or let me try it on my face see how it looks I just want to look pretty and I want to just you know have my face glowing whose job is it to regulate cosmetics it's the Food and Drug Administration's responsibility to regulate cosmetics since 1938 we really haven't had a significant update even though every other area of FDA Authority food drugs over-the-counter drugs tobacco medical devices have all undergone updates in that time cosmetics are much more regulated in the European Union than they are in the US under our limited authority the FDA has only taken steps to restrict or ban about nine ingredients for safety reasons 11 overall and these are sort of the worst of the worst ingredients European Union on the other hand has taken a look at and placed restrictions on well over a thousand ingredients despite the FDA's under regulation companies are taking action you're seeing companies make changes based on increasing consumer awareness and demand you know you walk through a Sephora or a drugstore and you'll see products being marketed and labeled as free of some of these ingredients and that's in response to consumer pressure and greater awareness of what's in some of these ingredients products labeled as paraben free are an example of the changes companies are making but experts say consumers still need to be more aware I just want the girls to know like as much as we feel insecure and we look up to these youtubers and greedy bloggers like okay they're pretty I want to look like them we also need to take care of ourselves our health our health our body everything if you want to find out what's in your makeup you can go to the Environmental Working Group skin deep cosmetics database you plug in a brand and it'll tell you what's in it and if there are any concerns in fact I just checked my mascara that I've been wearing forever and I think I'm gonna have to get rid of it well that's it for this edition of Mike Dispatch let us know what you think leave a comment we're excited to hear from you thanks for watching [Music]