June 13th, 1992.

Jesse Jackson is hosting a conference of the National Rainbow Coalition.

Reverend Jackson introduces the main speaker:

"Finally, Governor Clinton is with us because he is from Hope, Arkansas. Anyone from Hope, Arkansas certainly wants to keep hope alive. I bring to you the next Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America governor Bill Clinton from Arkansas, Hope Arkansas."

A few minutes later: A presidential campaign earthquake.

• What happened next?

• How did it impact the 1992 presidential campaign?

• And who is Sister Souljah — and what does she have to do with Jesse Jackson and Bill Clinton?

Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "Extreme Mortman" – as we mark both the 2026 death of Jesse Jackson and the 1992 birth of a phrase which quickly entered the political campaign lexicon – and has been there ever since.

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