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instance — millennials and
minorities might sit out the
election.
Tolliver didn’t argue
those points. He said he
wasn’t wild about any of the
options, and his customers
aren’t either.
“Other than ‘beat
Trump,’ ” said Tolliver,
there’s no consensus.
The vast majority of his
customers are African
American, but Tolliver said
Cory Booker is getting
lukewarm response.
“Some people like him,
some people don’t,” said
Tolliver.
William Taylor, 71, told
me he likes Kamala Harris
and Biden, but can either of
them beat Trump? He’s not
sure and neither am I, de-
spite the fact that some
polls have shown Biden
taking the president down.
To be fair, my opinion
may be worth less than a
Michael Dukakis for Presi-
dent button, but I can think
of only one person who
would beat Trump, hands-
down, no problem.
“Michelle Obama,” I said.
Finally, we had a consensus.
Tolliver, Ella Brown, Yusef
Mohammad, Taylor and
Lawrence Walker, who was
in the chair for a trim, all
agreed: Of course Michelle
could take Trump. And as if
even she was down with the
idea, there she was, on a
poster on the barbershop
wall, flexing her biceps like
she was preparing for a
knockout punch.
“Yes We Can!” said the
poster.
“I bought that at the
African American Muse-
um,” said Tolliver.
There is, however, one
problem Michelle Obama
fans are going to have to
deal with, and it’s a big one.
She ain’t interested.
“There’s zero chance,”
she told the National, an
Amtrak magazine. And in
an interview with Conan
O’Brien, she said being in
the White House and under
the spotlight for eight years
was enough, and “I’m not
interested in politics.”
I understand and re-
spect that. But we can hold
out hope, can’t we? No

offense to Amtrak and

Conan O’Brien, but unless

and until Michele Obama

tells it to a higher authority

— like Ellen DeGeneres —

the dream is alive.

A Michelle Obama-

Donald Trump showdown

would be glorious, even

though it could get ugly.

And it’s shocking to think

about how we’ve regressed

since Nov. 5, 2008, when I

walked with Tolliver, his

wife, Bernadette, their sons

Aaron and Bernard and

daughter Alexandra to

McCarty Memorial Church,

where they voted for Barack

Obama.

“I never thought I’d see

the day,” Mr. Tolliver said

then. “Glory, Hallelujah!”

Fast forward — or back-

ward, depending on how you

look at it — and we’ve got a

president who for no good

reason has insulted the

intelligence of African

Americans LeBron James,

Don Lemon and Maxine

Waters. He’s belittled foot-

ball players for taking a

social stand, and he tweeted

a mocking “too bad” when

the Baltimore home of U.S.

Rep. Elijah Cummings was

burglarized.

“I know her name has

been coming up, and I think

absolutely Michelle Obama

would be a great choice if

she would run,” said

Michael Williams, 66, a

retired L.A. County medical

technician who got a haircut

at Tolliver’s on Friday

morning.

“I think she appeals to

most of the country and I

think it would energize the

Democratic Party and our

younger folks.”

“She would beat the

pants off of Trump,” said

Taylor, who’s in the moving

and storage business. He

noted that images of

Michelle are on all four walls

at Tolliver’s.

“She has the support of

the shop,” Taylor said.

Do you hear this,

Michelle?

Williams told me there

are things he likes about

four of the Democrats —

Biden, Warren, Sanders and

Booker. And he’s leaning

toward Biden, but told me

his son sees things a little

differently.

There you go. That’s one

of the Democratic Party’s

gut-wrenching dilemmas.

“I think Biden would

have the worst chance of

winning,” said Michael

Williams Jr., 32, an account

manager at Pandora, the

internet music site.

“I’m a minority and I’m a

millennial and we definitely

don’t come out to vote as

much as my dad’s genera-

tion,” said the son, who

doesn’t think Biden would

change that. But he thinks

“a true progressive” like

Warren or Sanders would

get him and a lot of his con-

temporaries excited.

Williams Jr. said he plans

to vote for Warren in the

primary, but if she goes

down, he’ll vote for whoever

wins the Democratic nomi-

nation. You can call Trump

racist or mysogynist,

Williams Jr. said, but he just

thinks of the president as a

dim bulb who’s not curious

enough to educate himself

on matters of critical impor-

tance.

“I think he’s just a bad

person.”

As for Michelle Obama,

Williams Jr. said, “Our gen-

eration looks at her and

President Obama lovingly,

and I think she would in-

spire minorities.”

Young people would

flock to the polls. People of

color would be in lockstep.

And women would turn out

in droves. Even the father

and son Williams would be

on the same side.

The more Tolliver

thought about it, the more

excited he became. This

country is headed for the

rocks, he said. Only one

person can save us and

silence Trump.

I don’t know about that

last part.

It’s a long shot, sure, but

the very idea of Michelle as a

candidate would give

Trump fits.

I nominated Michael

Williams Sr. to be director of

the Barbershop Committee

to Draft Michelle Obama.

He accepted.

Politicians have been

known to drop by Tolliver’s,

and Williams Sr. knows

what he’d say to her.

“I would say, ‘For the

sake of the country, we need

you.’ ”

Hallelujah!

[email protected]

A Democrat who could beat Trump

LAWRENCE TOLLIVER,right, works on a customer. On a recent day, there was no consensus among clients

about who has the best chance to defeat President Trump. Then another name emerged: Michelle Obama.

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A 400-pound security

guard — cone-shaped and

on wheels — was hurt in

what was described as a

“brutal beatdown,” which

luckily didn’t leave the

heavy metal patroller seri-

ously damaged. The Hay-

ward Police Department is

now hunting for the at-

tacker.

The entire incident was

captured on video, and

luckily the guard — a

Knightscope K5 robot that

was patrolling a parking ga-

rage — wasn’t seriously

harmed when it was

knocked to the ground.

The slow-moving robot

had been monitoring the

parking structure on

Watkins Street because of

previous vandalism in the

area, police said.

It is capable of video and

audio recording and equip-

ped with license plate recog-

nition technology.

The robot captured video

and still photographs of a

young man running toward

it on Aug. 3 before the device

was toppled, according to

Knightscope, the company

that manufactures the ro-

bots.

The company did not re-

spond to questions about

the extent of the damage but

in a statement said the robot

was expected to make a full

recovery.

“Preliminary diagnostics

have put our minds to rest,

suggesting that our trusted,

low-speed, high-drag, auto-

mated parking garage

guardian is expected to

make a full and speedy re-

covery, suffering little to no

long-term damage.”

Knightscope acknowl-

edged it had a little fun in de-

scribing the vandalism but

said it hopes the culprit is

caught.

“K5 deserves justice ...

and dignity.”

Robot security guard gets

video of its own assailant

Hayward police seek

vandal who toppled

parking monitor.

By Alejandra

Reyes-Velarde