WEBVTT - Dolly Parton Dead at 80 0:00:00.870 --> 0:00:07.830 The voice of free speech. The truth delivered. Common sense for. 0:00:07.710 --> 0:00:09.790 The American people. 0:00:10.470 --> 0:00:12.170 Welcome to the Scott Jennings Show. 0:00:14.130 --> 0:00:17.489 The Supreme Court has handed President Trump a victory in 0:00:17.530 --> 0:00:22.270 his push to strengthen mail-in ballot rules. The justices lifted 0:00:22.410 --> 0:00:25.680 one court order blocking his plan, but a separate injunction 0:00:26.140 --> 0:00:29.260 still prevents the Postal Service from implementing the changes. We'll 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:32.750 be tracking that story. Canada striking back in its escalating 0:00:32.830 --> 0:00:36.340 trade fight with the United States. Details ahead. And Republican 0:00:36.380 --> 0:00:40.699 voters in South Carolina choosing their Senate nominee today. Listen 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:44.080 to their closing arguments in just a moment. It is Tuesday, 0:00:44.300 --> 0:00:48.159 August the 25th. I'm Scott Jennings, broadcasting for Salem, coming 0:00:48.180 --> 0:00:53.570 to you live today from Pinehurst, North Carolina. On this day, 1944, 0:00:53.570 --> 0:00:58.230 for four years, the Nazi flag had flown over Paris. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:03.280 Adolf Hitler had even toured the conquered city. German soldiers 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:07.039 had marched beneath the Arc de Triomphe. French Jews had 0:01:07.060 --> 0:01:12.149 been rounded up and deported. Millions of Parisians had endured occupation, hunger, 0:01:12.750 --> 0:01:16.289 and fear. But following the Allied invasion at Normandy, the 0:01:16.330 --> 0:01:19.890 German army was in retreat, and the French resistance rose 0:01:20.030 --> 0:01:23.990 up inside the capital. Barricades appeared in the streets. Police 0:01:24.090 --> 0:01:29.240 officers seized their own headquarters. And as German troops fought 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:34.720 to maintain control, Hitler issued a monstrous order. Paris was 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.530 not to fall into Allied hands except as a field 0:01:38.630 --> 0:01:42.130 of ruins. But the order to destroy the bridges and 0:01:42.209 --> 0:01:46.569 landmarks was never carried out. On the night of August 24th, 0:01:46.690 --> 0:01:52.300 General Philippe Leclerc's French 2nd Armored Division reached Paris and 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:56.270 the bells of Notre Dame began to ring. The following day, 0:01:56.350 --> 0:01:59.910 French tanks and American troops poured into the city. The 0:01:59.950 --> 0:02:05.280 German military governor surrendered, and after 1,500 days of occupation, 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:10.140 Paris was free. That evening, General Charles de Gaulle stood 0:02:10.180 --> 0:02:14.690 before a jubilant crowd at the Hotel de Ville. Paris outraged. 0:02:14.820 --> 0:02:21.329 Paris broken. Paris martyred. But Paris liberated. Here's that moment 0:02:21.370 --> 0:02:34.880 in time. Cut ten. And the next day, de Gaulle 0:02:34.910 --> 0:02:39.139 walked triumphantly down the Champs-Élysées through an ocean of cheering 0:02:39.419 --> 0:02:43.800 French citizens. The city of light had survived Hitler's darkness, 0:02:43.860 --> 0:02:47.520 and nine months later, the Nazis surrendered, bringing an end 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.780 to the war in Europe. Paris, liberated on this day, 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:57.370 August 25th, 1944. Other news, moment of truth for the 0:02:57.410 --> 0:03:01.579 Republicans in South Carolina, where two candidates appear on today's 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:06.260 runoff ballot to replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham in 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:10.490 the general election. In one corner, Lindsey Graham's sister, Darlene. 0:03:10.910 --> 0:03:14.010 Here's her closing message. Cut 11. 0:03:14.010 --> 0:03:17.410 Ralph Norman says he stands with President Trump, but when 0:03:17.460 --> 0:03:21.200 it's mattered most, Norman stood in his way. Norman said 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:25.100 Social Security needed to be cut. He publicly supported amnesty 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.060 for illegal aliens, and he held out against President Trump's 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:32.100 one big beautiful bill. President Trump and Senator Darlene Graham 0:03:32.139 --> 0:03:36.050 will keep our border secure, protect Social Security, and always 0:03:36.070 --> 0:03:38.090 put America first. 0:03:38.190 --> 0:03:41.630 Ralph Norman, he's turned his back on that agenda. 0:03:43.860 --> 0:03:46.210 A little bit of a negative ad from Darlene Graham. 0:03:46.230 --> 0:03:49.750 In the other corner is Congressman Ralph Norman. You heard 0:03:49.770 --> 0:03:51.890 his name there. Here's an ad running from a super 0:03:51.950 --> 0:03:54.410 PAC supporting Norman cut 12. 0:03:54.410 --> 0:03:58.350 What if Darlene Graham had any other last name? Do 0:03:58.370 --> 0:04:02.180 we really know where she stands? Darlene won't tell us. 0:04:03.020 --> 0:04:07.380 Ralph Norman has a proven conservative record securing our elections, 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:11.600 cracking down on illegals, taking on corruption. That's why the 0:04:11.750 --> 0:04:15.750 DC establishment is spending millions to stop him. The swamp 0:04:15.770 --> 0:04:20.490 wants a puppet. South Carolina needs a fighter. Proven conservative 0:04:20.630 --> 0:04:23.349 Ralph Norman. Palmetto First Pack is responsible for the content 0:04:23.370 --> 0:04:24.070 of this advertising. 0:04:25.290 --> 0:04:28.310 Getting a little chippy in the Palmetto State. Graham, of course, 0:04:28.370 --> 0:04:30.990 has the endorsement of President Trump, and she's got most 0:04:31.010 --> 0:04:34.610 of the money. In fact, Trump's political apparatus has spent 0:04:34.650 --> 0:04:37.870 heavily for Graham in the closing days of this campaign. 0:04:37.910 --> 0:04:42.500 She has the entire D.C. establishment behind her. Norman seems 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.930 to have the conservative grassroots momentum. Latest polling shows a 0:04:47.089 --> 0:04:50.110 near-dead heat. It is not clear what is going to 0:04:50.150 --> 0:04:52.729 happen tonight. We'll track the returns and have those for 0:04:52.770 --> 0:04:56.740 you on tomorrow's show. Another Senate race making news today. 0:04:56.800 --> 0:05:01.640 We return to Michigan where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed chose to 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:05.580 do an interview on Fox News last night with Jesse Waters. 0:05:06.260 --> 0:05:10.570 Suffice to say, it got a little weird. Waters asked 0:05:10.730 --> 0:05:16.270 El-Sayed about his support for transgender surgeries for children. And, well, 0:05:16.500 --> 0:05:20.580 El-Sayed took it in a strange direction. Listen for yourself 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:24.660 to this exchange. Cut six. So, Abdul, you're a doctor, right? 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:27.560 I am. 0:05:27.740 --> 0:05:30.260 So you think it's okay for a parent to slash his. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:34.870 Kid's thing off? You think that's okay? I mean, do 0:05:34.890 --> 0:05:37.690 you really want to have this conversation? Are you circumcised? 0:05:38.830 --> 0:05:43.420 Yeah, yeah, but I mean, that's a personal question, doctor. 0:05:43.460 --> 0:05:45.220 So you probably should want to move on. You probably 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:46.380 should want to move on. 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.900 Is circumcision different than castration? 0:05:49.060 --> 0:05:50.310 I think it's a problem. 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.089 It's a problem that you think that you get to 0:05:53.130 --> 0:05:57.490 decide what happens between a doctor and a patient. And 0:05:57.570 --> 0:06:00.230 I'm just saying that, yes, circumcision is surgery on a 0:06:00.250 --> 0:06:00.870 kid's ding-a-ling. 0:06:00.890 --> 0:06:02.420 So if you really want to bring that up, you can. 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.440 I just think you guys are really selective about how 0:06:04.460 --> 0:06:05.280 you want to talk about these things. 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:05.820 Abdul? 0:06:06.420 --> 0:06:08.900 Michigan's not going for that. That is sick stuff. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.640 Lots of back and forth on a number of issues 0:06:12.740 --> 0:06:16.479 between El-Sayed and Waters last night. Maybe we'll have time 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.679 to bring you a few more clips of that throughout 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.740 the show. We'll see. Speaking of Michigan, the folks up 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.940 there sure to be interested in the emerging trade war 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.580 between the United States and Canada. News today is that 0:06:28.620 --> 0:06:33.540 Canada is retaliating against President Trump's 50% tariffs, announcing their 0:06:33.740 --> 0:06:38.250 own duties of on nearly $ 20 billion in American goods. 0:06:38.810 --> 0:06:42.250 Beginning September 8th, Canadian tariffs of up to 50% will 0:06:42.270 --> 0:06:48.169 hit more than 700 products. Steel, electronics, appliances, furniture, cheese, 0:06:48.210 --> 0:06:51.650 and other things. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada must 0:06:51.710 --> 0:06:56.599 protect its industries after trade negotiations collapsed last week. Trump 0:06:56.620 --> 0:07:01.279 administration says Canada has taken advantage of American workers for years. 0:07:02.070 --> 0:07:04.390 And the president this morning has threatened to rename Lake 0:07:04.510 --> 0:07:08.370 Ontario to Lake America. We'll see if these two countries 0:07:08.390 --> 0:07:11.410 can patch things up or if this lingers on. I'm 0:07:11.450 --> 0:07:14.610 sure this will be the talk of the G20 finance 0:07:14.690 --> 0:07:18.190 ministers when they gather in Asheville, North Carolina, this weekend 0:07:18.210 --> 0:07:22.010 for a major meeting. You'll have the finance officials, economic leaders, 0:07:22.110 --> 0:07:26.450 major CEOs gathering, over 1,000 people going to Asheville, and 0:07:26.490 --> 0:07:29.800 at least 200 journalists from dozens of countries gathered. Let's 0:07:29.820 --> 0:07:32.140 check in, by the way, on the state of Minnesota, 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:36.030 shall we? They're about to have the state fair in Minnesota. Well, 0:07:36.050 --> 0:07:42.190 the local sheriff is sending letters to Somali gangs, begging 0:07:42.250 --> 0:07:45.350 them not to be violent at the fairgrounds. Listen to 0:07:45.450 --> 0:07:47.540 all of this, please. Scott 13. 0:07:47.540 --> 0:07:51.460 We've had gangs coming to the Minnesota State Fair for 30, 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.460 40 years. But they've always agreed the fair is neutral ground. 0:07:55.930 --> 0:07:59.230 And let's all go have fun and respect the fairgrounds. 0:07:59.590 --> 0:08:03.270 We've had Hell's Outcast, Hell's Angels here. The Hell's Outcast 0:08:03.330 --> 0:08:06.460 used to hang by the pickle stand. I've been here 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.620 for many, many years. but we've never had threats of 0:08:09.660 --> 0:08:13.680 violence like we're having from the Somali gangs. We will 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.820 have Karen gangs, we'll have some Hmong gangs here, we'll 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.540 have some extremists on the right here, but none of 0:08:20.580 --> 0:08:24.980 them are promising chaos except for the Somali gangs. We 0:08:25.020 --> 0:08:27.840 sent 233 letters to kids that we know have had 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:32.770 association with some of the other gang members, and really 0:08:32.809 --> 0:08:33.630 it's a warning letter. 0:08:35.300 --> 0:08:39.400 That's Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher, and, well, that's how 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:43.120 things are going up in Democrat-run Minnesota these days. Tim 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:46.950 Walls and the bunch up there, bang up job, ladies 0:08:47.010 --> 0:08:50.030 and gentlemen. Iran news, more evidence the United States is 0:08:50.110 --> 0:08:53.110 in full control of this situation. President Trump announced this 0:08:53.210 --> 0:08:56.840 morning that the Navy has cleared all mines from the 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:00.060 Strait of Hormuz, says there's total surveillance from the sky 0:09:00.500 --> 0:09:03.260 and a zero tolerance for any ships flying trying to 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:07.070 lay mines right now. It's more evidence the U.S. has 0:09:07.150 --> 0:09:10.730 actually won this war. We just haven't formally announced it yet. 0:09:11.050 --> 0:09:14.150 Oil markets reacting. Barrel of crude dropping pretty quickly today, 0:09:14.210 --> 0:09:18.230 around 3.5% lower, in fact. Oh, by the way, this 0:09:18.270 --> 0:09:21.670 is interesting. CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit 0:09:21.710 --> 0:09:24.560 to Moscow today for meetings with Russian officials. It's his 0:09:24.620 --> 0:09:27.760 first known trip to Russia since taking over the CIA 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.840 in the highest-level Trump administration visit to Moscow this year. 0:09:31.510 --> 0:09:34.430 Neither the CIA nor the Kremlin revealing whom Ratcliffe met 0:09:34.550 --> 0:09:38.030 or what they discussed. Let's talk supplements for a moment, 0:09:38.190 --> 0:09:41.000 shall we? 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A couple of pieces of video came 0:11:03.740 --> 0:11:05.900 across the desk that I thought I would share with you. 0:11:05.980 --> 0:11:10.100 First one comes from a journalist. named Emma Camp. She 0:11:10.140 --> 0:11:12.520 works for the Free Press, but she's made an interesting 0:11:12.580 --> 0:11:18.080 video for the Wall Street Journal expertly breaking down why 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.780 rent control does not work. I'm going to play this 0:11:20.830 --> 0:11:24.490 thing in its entirety because everybody in my algorithm who 0:11:24.530 --> 0:11:26.370 has seen it has said this may be the best 0:11:26.410 --> 0:11:30.390 pushback against the Mamdani movement. forces that they've ever seen. 0:11:30.429 --> 0:11:33.189 Let's hear Emma Kant break down rent control being a 0:11:33.250 --> 0:11:35.090 dumb idea. Cut 14. 0:11:35.090 --> 0:11:38.240 Can rent control fix the housing crisis? No, it's time 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.839 for some Econ 101. Rent control sounds like a simple 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.780 enough idea. Housing is too expensive, so why don't we 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:45.630 stop landlords from charging so much money? 0:11:45.650 --> 0:11:45.720 Yay! 0:11:47.350 --> 0:11:47.790 Wrong. 0:11:47.850 --> 0:11:50.770 The main reason why rents rise is that there aren't 0:11:50.809 --> 0:11:53.290 enough housing units for the number of people who want 0:11:53.330 --> 0:11:55.679 to live in a given city. With many people competing 0:11:55.740 --> 0:11:58.900 for the same apartments, landlords rationally set rents at the 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.140 highest amount they think someone is willing to pay. Rent 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.300 control sets a ceiling on how much landlords can charge, 0:12:04.420 --> 0:12:07.470 but it doesn't solve the underlying housing shortage. It actually 0:12:07.510 --> 0:12:10.110 makes things worse because developers don't want to build new 0:12:10.270 --> 0:12:12.730 units if they think they can be legally prohibited from 0:12:12.790 --> 0:12:15.329 charging enough to earn back their investments. Almost half of 0:12:15.370 --> 0:12:19.199 the rental apartments in New York are rent-regulated. About 50,000 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.180 of them stand empty, many of them because their landlords 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.540 can't charge enough to make up for the costs of 0:12:24.700 --> 0:12:27.240 necessary repairs. So how do you lower rents? 0:12:27.700 --> 0:12:29.180 Build more housing! 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.790 Cities like Austin, Denver, and Phoenix have recently seen a 0:12:32.870 --> 0:12:36.670 huge increase in building and a decrease in rents. Lots 0:12:36.710 --> 0:12:38.370 of people want to move to these cities, but the 0:12:38.410 --> 0:12:41.150 housing supply can keep up, so landlords have to compete 0:12:41.170 --> 0:12:44.050 with each other to attract new tenants, which they do 0:12:44.110 --> 0:12:46.850 by lowering prices. 0:12:46.870 --> 0:12:52.080 Emma Camp works for the Free Press, making videos for 0:12:52.100 --> 0:12:56.260 the Wall Street Journal and explaining basic economic concepts in 0:12:56.300 --> 0:12:59.020 a way that everybody understands. can understand. We hope to 0:12:59.059 --> 0:13:01.190 see more from Emma Camp. Maybe we'll try to get 0:13:01.230 --> 0:13:03.429 her on the show here. Also, as I mentioned, we're 0:13:03.450 --> 0:13:05.949 broadcasting from North Carolina today, home of one of the 0:13:05.990 --> 0:13:10.740 most watched Senate races in the country. Incumbent Senator Tom 0:13:10.790 --> 0:13:14.840 Tillis is retiring, so now it's an open seat featuring 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:19.100 former Democrat Governor Roy Cooper versus the Republican Michael Whatley. 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:19.820 You remember Mr. 0:13:19.860 --> 0:13:20.180 Whatley? 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.670 He was chairman of the Republican National Committee. Now, Cooper 0:13:22.710 --> 0:13:27.329 has been leading But a recent poll from High Point 0:13:27.450 --> 0:13:31.510 University shows the race tightening. Now just five points separating 0:13:31.570 --> 0:13:34.580 Whatley from Cooper. Whatley's never run for office. Cooper has 0:13:34.630 --> 0:13:38.400 run many, many times. And today, today, we're breaking some 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.880 news here on the Scott Jennings Show. The Michael Whatley 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.840 campaign is about to go up with its first broadcast 0:13:46.020 --> 0:13:49.679 TV ad of the general election. So this is a 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.220 big deal for a campaign when it finally goes on 0:13:52.260 --> 0:13:57.070 broadcast television. And we have exclusively the new ad. Listen 0:13:57.090 --> 0:13:57.720 to it here at Cut15. 0:13:58.580 --> 0:14:00.820 I'm Michael Wadley, and I've never run for office. 0:14:01.580 --> 0:14:05.060 But Wadley's driven thousands of miles across North Carolina trying 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.140 to fix our country and help working families. While Wadley 0:14:08.179 --> 0:14:10.839 was working, Roy Cooper was siding with the National Liberals. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.360 Cooper backs higher taxes on tips and overtime and even 0:14:14.420 --> 0:14:16.239 higher taxes on Social Security. 0:14:16.540 --> 0:14:19.020 I'm running for Senate to cut taxes and make life 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:19.780 more affordable. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.620 Michael Wadley will cut taxes for families and end the 0:14:22.660 --> 0:14:24.540 tax on senior Social Security. 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.280 I'm Michael Wadley, and I approve this message. Let's make 0:14:27.330 --> 0:14:28.180 life more affordable. 0:14:29.780 --> 0:14:31.640 Now, if you spend any time in North Carolina and 0:14:31.660 --> 0:14:33.640 you turn on your TV, you're going to see a 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.340 lot of ads flying from a lot of organizations. But 0:14:36.380 --> 0:14:39.940 you can see the Whatley campaign getting heavily engaged here. 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.300 They also have support from the Republican super PAC called 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:47.020 the Senate Leadership Fund. And they are attacking Roy Cooper 0:14:47.540 --> 0:14:50.780 on a crime issue. When Roy Cooper was governor, he 0:14:51.340 --> 0:14:53.260 wound up letting a lot of people out of jail, 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.720 a lot of violent people who went on to commit 0:14:57.060 --> 0:15:01.150 further violent crimes after they were let out of jail. 0:15:01.250 --> 0:15:04.770 So it seems to be a two-pronged attack from the 0:15:04.890 --> 0:15:09.040 Whatley campaign and the overall campaign at large. One is 0:15:09.100 --> 0:15:13.040 to destabilize Cooper's record as governor, showing him to be 0:15:13.140 --> 0:15:15.570 soft on crime. And the other is to go add 0:15:15.610 --> 0:15:20.270 an economic message on affordability, cutting taxes, and that's how 0:15:20.290 --> 0:15:22.790 they're going to attack it here in North Carolina. This 0:15:22.830 --> 0:15:25.970 is going to be one of the most expensive Senate 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.280 campaigns in the country. When you look at what the 0:15:28.350 --> 0:15:31.250 candidates will do, what the parties and what the super 0:15:31.290 --> 0:15:34.470 PACs will do, there are some people who think the 0:15:35.050 --> 0:15:39.230 Senate campaign here in North Carolina could approach a billion 0:15:39.430 --> 0:15:43.750 dollars in overall spending. So big news today, though, is 0:15:43.790 --> 0:15:47.070 that the Michael Watley for Senate campaign, and you've heard Mr. 0:15:47.110 --> 0:15:50.050 Watley come on the Scott Jennings Show here, great guy, 0:15:50.710 --> 0:15:54.460 great candidate, Normal guy, never sought office before, has been 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:56.590 involved in politics, but he hasn't run for office. The 0:15:56.630 --> 0:15:59.609 big news that we're breaking exclusively here on the show 0:15:59.710 --> 0:16:02.730 is that his campaign is going up with its first 0:16:03.010 --> 0:16:08.680 broadcast television ad of the general election. All right, we're 0:16:08.700 --> 0:16:11.280 going to take a break. When we come back, we've 0:16:11.300 --> 0:16:13.180 got to talk about data centers again. We talked a 0:16:13.180 --> 0:16:15.840 little bit about it yesterday with our friend Natalie Jackson 0:16:15.860 --> 0:16:18.330 from the National Journal. Today, Lydia Moynihan from the New 0:16:18.350 --> 0:16:22.090 York Post comes by. about pushing back against this mass 0:16:22.110 --> 0:16:24.350 hysteria on data centers, and she's going to talk about 0:16:24.410 --> 0:16:27.880 why communities need them and why they create jobs and 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.080 quality of life for the communities in which they operate. 0:16:31.220 --> 0:16:32.840 After this on The Scott Jennings Show. 0:16:32.860 --> 0:16:36.100 You've heard the narratives. Now get the truth. It's The 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:37.260 Scott Jennings Show. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:43.080 Tuesday, August the 25th. Common sense for the American people. 0:16:43.300 --> 0:16:48.250 On the road today, Pinehurst, North Carolina is the location. 0:16:48.260 --> 0:16:50.660 We're grateful for that. To the good people here in 0:16:50.700 --> 0:16:53.960 North Carolina for allowing us to get our show accomplished 0:16:54.060 --> 0:16:57.520 from the road. I want to continue the conversation that 0:16:57.540 --> 0:17:02.460 we started yesterday about data centers. We talked about some 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:06.540 of the polling on data centers yesterday. I was looking 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:10.920 up some research on this topic and came across an ex-post. 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:16.500 Here is why banned data centers is the tech policy 0:17:16.580 --> 0:17:21.350 equivalent of defund the police. a luxury belief that doesn't 0:17:21.430 --> 0:17:25.970 actually serve lower income and working class communities. That post 0:17:26.510 --> 0:17:29.310 written by my next guest, the financial correspondent of the 0:17:29.350 --> 0:17:35.060 New York Post, Lydia Moynihan, star of newspapers and screen. Lydia, 0:17:35.490 --> 0:17:37.659 welcome into the Scott Jennings Show. You've written a piece 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:43.200 pushing back against this anti-data center mass hysteria and from 0:17:43.220 --> 0:17:45.609 the perspective that all the people who are fighting against 0:17:45.660 --> 0:17:49.670 it are actually hurting working-class Americans. Welcome back in. Tell 0:17:49.710 --> 0:17:50.490 us about your argument. 0:17:52.010 --> 0:17:52.770 Thank you, Scott. 0:17:52.830 --> 0:17:55.470 So great to be with you here in the dark 0:17:55.490 --> 0:17:58.510 days of summer. Yeah, so look, obviously there's so much 0:17:58.570 --> 0:18:01.389 happening on the data center front, but one thing that 0:18:01.410 --> 0:18:03.930 I kept coming across as I was looking into this 0:18:04.070 --> 0:18:07.970 issue is the incredible benefit that it brings to the 0:18:08.060 --> 0:18:11.040 community where it goes. And we hear these talkings head, say, 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.720 you know, data centers, it's destroying nature, all of these 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.939 crazy arguments, many of which are based on misinformation. So, 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:22.590 for instance, pistachios actually use three times as much water 0:18:23.450 --> 0:18:26.830 as data centers. Data centers use less than 1% of 0:18:26.890 --> 0:18:29.850 water right now in America. So, some of it's premised 0:18:29.910 --> 0:18:33.580 on misinformation. And some of it is, I understand, not 0:18:33.710 --> 0:18:36.540 wanting that in your backyard. But what's interesting is when 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.080 you speak with people and when you talk to leaders 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.560 in communities where these data centers have come, they have, 0:18:42.780 --> 0:18:47.550 in some cases, completely revitalized Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania 0:18:48.010 --> 0:18:52.690 because they're creating so many jobs, people making $ 200, 000, $ 300, 000 0:18:51.930 --> 0:18:55.409 or more building these out. So in that initial build-out, 0:18:55.430 --> 0:18:59.760 you're seeing a lot of blue-collar workers, electricians, I mean, 0:18:59.780 --> 0:19:03.600 making a killing for doing this. But then the long-term 0:19:03.660 --> 0:19:07.520 impact is actually data centers are, for the most part, 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:12.290 trying to ingratiate themselves to these communities and offering something 0:19:12.450 --> 0:19:14.930 in return. So in some cases, we're seeing this concept 0:19:14.970 --> 0:19:18.720 of a data center dividend, where essentially these companies are 0:19:18.740 --> 0:19:21.780 writing checks to to anybody who lives in the area. 0:19:22.300 --> 0:19:28.800 In Louisiana, we're seeing teachers getting a $ 50, 000 bonus because, again, 0:19:28.859 --> 0:19:32.000 there's so much revenue and profits that these towns now 0:19:32.090 --> 0:19:34.330 have as a result of the data centers and trying 0:19:34.350 --> 0:19:37.050 to figure out how to distribute it. And in Loudoun County, 0:19:38.050 --> 0:19:41.030 taxes for the first time are being reduced. I think 0:19:41.030 --> 0:19:43.950 40 taxes are down by about 30%. And so this 0:19:43.970 --> 0:19:48.260 is This is a really nice problem for these towns 0:19:48.300 --> 0:19:50.070 to have. And when you're hearing this sort of massive... 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:54.730 hysteria of Data centers are destroying everything. And even I 0:19:54.790 --> 0:19:57.950 had somebody came up to me this weekend and say, oh, well, 0:19:57.970 --> 0:20:01.490 data centers are responsible for blackouts in Gary, Indiana. 0:20:01.510 --> 0:20:02.210 And I was like, really? 0:20:02.290 --> 0:20:04.530 Oh, that's interesting. I looked into it. It turns out 0:20:04.570 --> 0:20:06.449 there was actually a really horrible storm and they don't 0:20:06.470 --> 0:20:09.410 even have data centers there. So I think data centers 0:20:09.470 --> 0:20:14.140 are getting kind of blamed for everything. And the reality 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:16.820 is there's always cons. And again, I get it. I'm 0:20:16.859 --> 0:20:19.439 not going to say that these are beautiful, elegant things. 0:20:19.859 --> 0:20:22.699 I understand I'd rather live next to the beach than 0:20:22.740 --> 0:20:26.580 a data center. Totally valid. But the question is, do 0:20:26.619 --> 0:20:29.239 you want to be rich? And these towns, for the 0:20:29.300 --> 0:20:34.240 first time, are seeing people getting paid, jobs returning. And 0:20:34.300 --> 0:20:36.980 so that's the piece of this that you're really not... 0:20:37.460 --> 0:20:40.990 And so, again, and we see this time and time again, 0:20:41.010 --> 0:20:44.170 the boomers who are protesting or saying they're bad, well, 0:20:44.650 --> 0:20:46.290 they don't need the money. They're going to be fine 0:20:46.310 --> 0:20:47.300 without a data center. 0:20:48.859 --> 0:20:52.160 Well, and it's these small towns that you point out 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:56.680 that need them. What is their economic development plan beyond 0:20:57.160 --> 0:21:01.240 embracing poverty? new technology and new industries. I mean, you 0:21:01.260 --> 0:21:03.399 want to build another vape shop? Is that your economic 0:21:03.440 --> 0:21:06.290 development plan? I mean, what is happening in your town 0:21:06.330 --> 0:21:08.850 or in your community that is going to provide a 0:21:08.910 --> 0:21:11.409 future to the kids who are coming up through your 0:21:11.430 --> 0:21:13.970 school system there and they need something to do? Or 0:21:13.990 --> 0:21:17.350 they're going to move away. And these data centers provide jobs. 0:21:17.390 --> 0:21:20.990 They provide jobs both on the technology side, but also 0:21:21.070 --> 0:21:24.350 on the construction side. I mean, electricians and contractors and 0:21:24.369 --> 0:21:28.240 everything else And so they actually do provide some sort 0:21:28.260 --> 0:21:31.020 of an economic development pathway for a lot of areas 0:21:31.100 --> 0:21:35.350 that don't really have one. I'm also sort of amused, Lydia, 0:21:35.590 --> 0:21:38.930 at all the people who are going on social media 0:21:39.050 --> 0:21:42.389 to get their message out about the data centers. And 0:21:42.410 --> 0:21:45.870 they're railing against these data centers as they type in 0:21:45.910 --> 0:21:50.340 the comments on their– Social media pages that are powered 0:21:50.810 --> 0:21:55.570 by data centers and AI and sort of these things 0:21:55.609 --> 0:21:59.570 that have become integrated into their daily life, they're railing 0:21:59.609 --> 0:22:03.290 against the actual technology that makes all of that possible. 0:22:03.310 --> 0:22:05.350 Do you think Americans– let me ask you this. You've 0:22:05.369 --> 0:22:06.990 done a lot of reporting on this. Do you think 0:22:07.030 --> 0:22:11.880 Americans have a good understanding of what AI is and 0:22:12.100 --> 0:22:15.159 how they use it in their everyday life or you 0:22:15.180 --> 0:22:17.159 think they don't quite make the connection yet? 0:22:18.810 --> 0:22:21.150 I mean, it's so different. I think there's always early 0:22:21.170 --> 0:22:23.620 adopters and late adopters, but a lot of existing data centers, 0:22:23.650 --> 0:22:26.219 and that's why we have research about, you know, the 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:29.120 past 10 years with the impact in Virginia and Loudoun 0:22:29.180 --> 0:22:31.320 County where there's been a lot of data centers. We 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:33.040 need a lot of them for AI, but we've also 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:36.660 been using them, yeah, anytime you post on the Internet. 0:22:36.900 --> 0:22:39.980 We use them for all kinds of things. And so, again, 0:22:40.040 --> 0:22:42.440 it's kind of this stage one thinking of you suddenly 0:22:42.480 --> 0:22:45.020 don't like a data center. Well, okay, if you're going 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:46.300 to be opposed to that, yeah, then you should stop 0:22:46.320 --> 0:22:50.440 using posting on the interwebs. Stop Googling. Stop using all 0:22:50.460 --> 0:22:53.440 of these tools because we need a place for them 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:57.140 to go. And of course, the challenge here is that 0:22:57.420 --> 0:23:03.950 China is moving full steam ahead. There's no protests there. 0:23:04.390 --> 0:23:06.389