What was your reaction? Were you surprised?

Yeah, I was shocked. I didn't anticipate that because I figured if the former President made the effort to come to Chicago in front of a bunch of journalists, Black journalists, he would anticipate certain questions. So I was excited to do the interview, and then immediately sink in my seat once he started essentially bashing the panel.

How did the audience receive him?

They were very responsive to, first, his attacks, but there were also some laughs throughout the course of the 35 minutes. There were audible gasp at one point, especially when he talked about Vice President Kamala Harris not being Black, which was, I think, to a room full of Black journalists was off-putting, but also confusing as well.