1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Absolutely, just because what's it? Precento for not saying it 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: very yet, miss missus Imston. 3 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 2: What that's was this? 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: Wait, you don't speak Russian? Pity Tony Kats, Tony Kats today, 5 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: good to be with you. That is Lavrov from Russia 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: wearing a sweatshirt. I kid you not. 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 2: That reads CCCP, so. 8 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: We we kind of know where his head is. Good Lord, 9 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: Tony Kats, Tony Kats today, good to be with you. 10 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: Eight three three four six eight eight six sixty nine 11 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: eight three three got Tony, that's how you get to 12 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: be part of the show, Lavrov, saying, we never try 13 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: to anticipate the outcome. Our position is clear. I don't 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: know what your position is. What possibly your is your position? 15 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: Please Vladimir, don't kill me, because because that I would, 16 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: I would believe. Then there is this this guy McLeod 17 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: out of South Carolina. I think it's clear, but if 18 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: you would there a producer landing finger on the dumb button. 19 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you very much, good morning. 20 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 3: Well I didn't take long, you know, I said before 21 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 3: I announced for go and I did a letter to 22 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: the voters, and what I share with everyone was that 23 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 3: I felt confident they would come for me because I 24 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: am a threat to the establishment, which is by partisan 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 3: in the state. 26 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: By the way, okay, what is he talking about? What is. 27 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: This man talking about? 28 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Right here? We're talking about a guy by the last 29 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: name of McLeod, Mullens, McLeod, it's not actually his first name, 30 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: but go with it. Here. 31 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: He is the Democratic candidate or the Yeah, he's the 32 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: only Democratic candidate to announce for a run for South 33 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 2: Carolina governor. 34 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: And he is being promoted by the Democrats, and he 35 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: in May, although nobody seemed to know it until just 36 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: yesterday he got arrested. 37 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: But I share with the voters that no matter how 38 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 3: much they try to silence me, no matter how much 39 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 3: they tried to get me out of this race, that 40 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 3: I would not stand down. I made that commitment to you, 41 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 3: and I told you in that letter that I prepared 42 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: my entire adult life for what lies ahead. Well, this 43 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 3: is the precise moment that I was talking about in 44 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: that letter. This is a precise moment I've prepared my 45 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 3: entire adult life to handle. 46 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: What is that moment? 47 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: Well, that moment is Mullins McLeod, Democratic candidate for governor 48 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: in South Carolina, sitting in the back of a police car, 49 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: screaming racial slurs profanity in a one hour rant where 50 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: he says, I am God, can't can't make it up. 51 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: It's it is insane, this whole thing. 52 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: Now, it's not fun. I don't want you to think 53 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 3: it's fun, because it's not. But I want you to 54 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: know how I started my day to day. It's the 55 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 3: way how I start all my days. I get up 56 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 3: at six am. The first thing I do is I 57 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 3: get on my knees and I say the following prayer, 58 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 3: Dear Lord, I surrendered this day to you, as I 59 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 3: swnder all the days to follow. My only desire is 60 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 3: to be your humble servant and fulfill your plan and 61 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: purpose for my life. And then I get in a shower. 62 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: Then I take my son to school. I dropped him 63 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: off at seven thirty, and I was at my desk 64 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 3: at seven forty five. Today is a normal day. 65 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: It's not a normal day. South Carolina Democratic Party putting 66 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: out a statement. Moms McLoud is a skilled attorney, a 67 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: former County Democratic Party chair who worked tirelessly for our values, 68 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: and a member of a proud Low Country family with 69 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: a long tradition of public service. After reviewing the transcript 70 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 1: of the dashcam footage from his reate and sent to rest, 71 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: it is clear that mister McLeod is navigating profound challenges 72 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: and should focus on his emotional and mental well being 73 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: instead of a campaign for governor. We offer him compassion 74 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: and pray he finds the support he needs. Translation. Would 75 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: you please get out of this race? We don't want this, 76 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: Thank you. He's been preparing for this moment his whole life. 77 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: That's that's something else, because you had to you would 78 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: have had to assume that this moment was coming where 79 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: you were caught on camera screaming, I am god. Oh 80 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: dimensional he was shirtless? Did I Did I leave that out? 81 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: I probably should have led with it. He was shirtless, 82 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: without shirt? Was mister McLeod? 83 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 2: Wait? 84 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: Was he also without pants? I know he was without shirt, 85 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: but I do not know if he was without He 86 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: possibly was also with out pants. So that happened. Of course, 87 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: all the talk is about the redistrict thing, and you 88 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: have Democrats, the Democrats from Texas were supposed to come 89 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: back and they haven't done it yet because they tried 90 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: to get a quorum once again and it did not 91 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: come to be. And This brings us to some people 92 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: trying to see to push at the state of Indiana. 93 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: This is a story about Texas, California, Indiana and your state. 94 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: Jade Vance is the Vice President of the United States. 95 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: You've seen pictures, and he showed up in Indiana had 96 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: a meeting with the governor, Mike Brown, former senator, and 97 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: obstensibly that meeting was about redistricting. There are nine congressional districts. 98 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: In the state of Indiana. 99 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: Seven of them are held by Republicans. Maybe you could 100 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: do something about one of the other two. The main 101 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: one is in the center of the state, where Indianapolis is. 102 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: That's held by Congressman Andre Carson, who got the seat 103 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: because his grandmother held the seat. Andre Carson has never 104 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: provided announce of value to the people of Indianapolis. No 105 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: one can actually point to anything he's done, except, of course, 106 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: support Lewis Farakhunt. The first district is held by a 107 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: guy by the name of Frank Mervan. That is a 108 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: district that you could move some things around and give 109 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: a Republican a real shot in. I would tell you 110 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: that the people of Indiana, who we refer to ourselves 111 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: ourselves as hoosiers no appetite for doing this. The Republican 112 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: party here has no appetite for it. I don't think 113 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: the people had much of an appetite for it. We 114 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: have seven of the nine seats with Republicans. 115 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 2: Just leave it be. This isn't the state for the thing. 116 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: But in order to have that conversation, you have to 117 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: unders stand of what it is we're seeing in Texas. 118 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: Texas is trying to engage a mid decade redistricting. It's rare, 119 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: but it happens. Is it illegal, Absolutely not. It is 120 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: a political process in so that if the people of 121 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: Texas have an issue with it, they could vote out 122 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: the people who engage the redistricting. The Democrats flee to 123 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: Illinois because they refuse to actually engage and lose a vote, 124 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: so they say screw democracy, even though they always claim 125 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: something else is a threat to democracy. This is a 126 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: huge part of what they do with the projection. And 127 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: others have gotten into the mix, including California and Gavin Newsom, 128 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,479 Speaker 1: who has stated that if Texas goes about this redistricting, 129 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: California is going to do the same, and we're going 130 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: to eliminate five Republican seats. Now I would put forth 131 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: to you that they're going to do that anyway it's coming. 132 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: He didn't say it as a threat. He did it 133 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: because he's going to do it. But why would that 134 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: statement from the governor of California get me to now say, 135 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: to Indiana Republicans, what are you doing go about redistricting? 136 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: Not every state is the same, not every Republican party 137 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: is the same. And Republicans in Indiana are strange. When 138 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: I say strange, they're a super majority, massive massive numbers 139 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: in the State House and in the State Senate, massive 140 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: numbers so much so that I. 141 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 2: Think it makes them lazy. 142 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: They get way too comfortable, way too comfortable, and in 143 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: doing so, they do not have boldness. They do not 144 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: have vision at all, none less than none. Their immediate 145 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: reaction to this, to this redistricting in Indiana was now, 146 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: it's not for us. What Gavin Newsom is doing is retribution. 147 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: What Texas is doing is a political process. In the 148 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: state of Texas, there are progressives who refuse to understand this, Well. 149 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: If you do this, we'll do that. Whoa, whoa. 150 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: That's an issue for the state of Texas. Why is 151 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: California doing anything regarding what the state of Texas is doing. 152 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: Handle your own damn business. You're going to engage in retribution. 153 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: You could disagree with Texas, but they're doing something that's legal. 154 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: You say that that's wrong, and your answer as well, 155 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: if Texas does it. 156 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 2: We're going to do it too. 157 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: You're taking out your political anger on the people of 158 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: California because you don't like what Texas is doing, and 159 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: you're not giving Texas's the chance to take it out 160 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: on their elected officials. I cannot get progressives to understand 161 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: what it is they're doing. They favor retribution. So my 162 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: response is if this is what the left is going 163 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: to do, if they do this, well, then all bets 164 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: are off. This is how we have to fight. Readdistrict. 165 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 1: Don't allow a Democrat to hold a congressional seat in 166 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: the state of Indiana, and don't let any red state 167 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: allow a Democrat to hold a seat anywhere. 168 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 2: This is the way it's going to be. Now. 169 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: They can't under they can't do the mouth because they're 170 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: purposefully obtuse. 171 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 2: Texas is engaged in a political process. 172 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: And another state was doing is it would be a 173 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: political process that we'd be opposed to it. You're now 174 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: going to say well, if you do this, we'll do that. 175 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: That's retribution and if that's the game you want to play, 176 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: that game is going to get played all across the country. 177 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: Just happy to kind of spell that out for everybody. 178 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 1: This is Tony Cats today.