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Travis Barker's daughter says she's not educated enough on the issues to cast a ballot this year ... and, she doesn't have the interest in politics to try to figure it out.

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00:00There's been a lot said about Taylor Swift possibly getting younger people, hopefully

00:05getting younger people, her fans, to vote on election day.

00:09That's what Taylor said in her, when she endorsed Kamala Harris, she said everyone should do

00:14their own research and make educated choices and you should get out and vote.

00:20Alabama Barker, Travis Barker's daughter, no, she's not buying it.

00:26And she explained why she will not be voting on election day.

00:31She's 18 by the way.

00:32Yes, she can vote, but not planning to do so.

00:34Not voting isn't crazy in my opinion at all because if I don't feel like I have the exact

00:42education for what I'm voting for, how is it right for me to vote for something I'm

00:46not completely educated on?

00:48I could educate myself, but then again, why am I doing that if I genuinely really don't

00:52care?

00:53I just turned 18.

00:54I never voted before.

00:55I do have an opinion.

00:56I have an opinion on what I feel is right because of what I've been seeing and just

01:00like, I feel like one of the voters is just a mess.

01:08I mean, one of the, sorry, one of the people, the runner's candidate, see, I'm telling you,

01:14I'm not educated.

01:15I'm just, I'm a little bit stupid, like the privilege is showing, like what, because I

01:22don't want to vote.

01:23That was a lot.

01:24Wow.

01:25But she said, she didn't say a lot, but she said a lot.

01:29She did.

01:30There was a sandwich here, um, and in the middle of the sandwich, there was a lot of

01:33luncheon meat.

01:34There was a piece of bologna right in the middle when she said, I don't care.

01:38Where's this metaphor coming from?

01:39Because she had a lot to pack in there.

01:42And what she, what she ultimately said in the middle was, I don't care.

01:48That's her true.

01:49And that's her true feeling because throughout this whole video, her whole vibe was, I don't

01:53care.

01:54And she was just giving off the, the vibe of don't judge me because I don't want to

01:58vote if I don't want to vote and I, and I don't care to vote.

02:01And she said, like she's in the video, you heard her say, I'm not educated enough.

02:04And further on, she says, I don't really care to educate myself because I don't care about

02:08politics.

02:09And a lot of people actually, a lot of people actually said, you know what, I commend her

02:13for actually saying this because she's speaking what a lot of people actually feel.

02:17Okay.

02:18And I don't doubt that there are large numbers of young people who feel, and maybe even older

02:23people feel the same way.

02:24There are all sorts of people.

02:26And I guess that's the message that you would hope people understand is that it's not, look

02:31past what you may view as buffoonery by either candidate and understand that the, they are

02:37talking about things.

02:39These are people, and not just the presidential candidates, but candidates for Senate, for

02:44Congress, for your local city council.

02:47Dude, if she doesn't know about the presidential race, she's not going to know about Congress.

02:52She doesn't know.

02:53Okay.

02:54She doesn't know the word candidate.

02:55Hold on.

02:56Hold on.

02:57She couldn't figure out the word candidate.

02:58Hold on.

02:59So she's now responded to the backlash because there obviously was a lot of backlash.

03:02Right.

03:03She says, I acknowledge that during a recent live stream, I mistakenly mentioned next year's

03:07election.

03:08How did that, how was that mistakenly?

03:09Next year.

03:10Yeah.

03:11I realized elections occur every four years and I understand how this may appear insensitive

03:16or uninformed.

03:17I am committed to educating myself further on this matter.

03:20What did she just say?

03:23She just said a whole bunch of nothing and her PR person said a whole bunch of everything

03:26because this clearly was not written by Alabama.

03:29This is not how she feels.

03:30You should know she did not come up with this.

03:32She said it because she had to, because people felt like it was very irresponsible and privileged

03:37of her to go on a live stream and say, I don't care to vote when voting is very important.

03:42So she had to put something out.

03:43But if you think for a second that she wrote this and she actually feels like this or she

03:47feels like she made a mistake, you're wrong.

03:50She absolutely wrote it because it aligns with what she said in the first place.

03:55I just think, look, it is important and people should educate themselves.

03:59If you choose not to, please don't encourage others to follow suit.

04:04She didn't really encourage, she was just giving her opinion.

04:06But don't talk about it.

04:07If you're not going to vote, then just don't talk about it and that's fine.

04:10Don't make it, try to make it seem cool to not be informed because it's not.

04:16This is Jamie from Nashville, Tennessee.

04:18As a woman, it breaks my heart to know that another female is not exercising her right

04:23to vote.

04:24That is a privilege we should never take for granted.

04:27But I also don't blame Alabama or any other 18 year old who grew up in Calabasas for not

04:33understanding the importance of voting in a presidential election.

04:37I hope a strong, educated woman in Alabama's life steps up to the plate and helps her understand

04:42why she should vote because she still has a few weeks left to change her tune.

04:46And I hope that she does.

04:47Thanks, guys.

04:48You just said something that, I'm sorry, I'm not buying this.

04:51And Alabama said it too, that she was saying, well, I know I'm privileged and everything

04:54else.

04:55And you say she grew up in Calabasas.

04:56Well, somebody who grows up in Calabasas and they're rich and everything else, that doesn't

05:01mean they shouldn't vote or are less likely to vote.

05:05As a matter of fact, I think if you look at the demographics, those people are probably

05:09more likely to vote.

05:11Well, hopefully because they're being, hopefully they're getting a good education, right?

05:15So the whole privilege thing, it's the opposite.

05:20That's when more people do vote.

05:21So I don't get the whole thing.

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