1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: Live from vall Hartbiner and the Crossroads of America. It's 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: Tony Katz Today, Friday. 3 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: Everybody, Happy Friday. Welcome to Tony Katz Today. As you 4 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: can tell, Tony is out today, but no worries. I've 5 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: got you. I am going to get you into this weekend. 6 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 2: I'm Kira Davis filling in for my good friend Tony 7 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: Katz right here on Tony Katz Today. Who follow me 8 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: on Instagram at Just Kira Davis, Just Kia Davis or 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: on'm x at Real Curate Davis. We have so much 10 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: news to get to today. It is a the news 11 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: cycle never rests, but particularly today, particular this whole week, 12 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: there's a ton of stuff to talk about. Yesterday and 13 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 2: earlier in the week, there have been debates. We had 14 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 2: the Virginia gubernatorial debate. We had the Virginia AG debate. 15 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: Did you ever think that you would be paying attention 16 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: to a debate about an AG an attorney general debate 17 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 2: in a state you don't live in, But that's been 18 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: going on in Virginia. And then of course we had 19 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: the New York City mayoral debate last night. Big deal. 20 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 2: We got lots clips loaded up for you We're also 21 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 2: going to in the second hour, we're going to welcome 22 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 2: Susie Moore from Red State. She's going to talk to 23 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: us about what's going on with this case THATXCTUS is 24 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: now adjudicating that could affect the Voter's Rights Act of 25 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: nineteen sixty five and really could change the way we 26 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: do jerrymandering and redistricting and all of that. I have 27 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: opinions on that. I think I I've never understood jerry 28 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: manderin I didn't start out my life as an American, 29 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: as many of you know by now. I'm a Canadian 30 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: or I was born Canadian. I'm definitely American now. I 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: immigrated at eighteen, But when I was growing up, we 32 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: didn't have such a thing. I don't know if they 33 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: do now in Canada, I'm going to bet yes, But 34 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: I had never heard of such a thing. So jerry 35 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: mandering has always seemed very foreign and strange to me, 36 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: and I just I do not understand how we have 37 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 2: let this go on for so long. But I think 38 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: that's going to be the theme of the show today, 39 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: which is we have let too much go on for 40 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: too long, and so now we need to do some 41 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: really uncomfortable things. I went to my school board meeting 42 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: last night or excuse me on Wednesday, and I reamed 43 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 2: our Republican school board we flipped. You guys probably remember 44 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 2: because I was on this show promoting that race when 45 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: I was running. In twenty twenty two, we lost. We 46 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: didn't put the board, but in twenty four we did, 47 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: and a lovely woman won my seat. And it's a 48 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: panel of you know, everybody, you know, even the people 49 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: I don't like. At least they're serving. So I don't 50 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 2: want to say anything too bad, but it's a panel 51 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: that is that should share our sensibilities as Republicans and conservatives. 52 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 2: Is what we worked for as parents. And then this 53 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: board has come in and they don't really want to 54 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: do the hard things. They don't want to give us 55 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: the controversial things like a parental notification policy, all of 56 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 2: the things that we voted them in to do to fix. 57 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: So I went, you know, they've been in there for 58 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: ten months and they haven't done much. So I went 59 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 2: to the board last night and I, you know, I 60 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: spoke my mind and I told them they were weak. 61 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: I told them they were weak, and then I did 62 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: an Instagram live, which you can go see and I 63 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: told them they were weak. The whole point is that, 64 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 2: and then it was upsetting to them. I heard from 65 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: one of them afterwards, and it was upsetting and I 66 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: understand it. I underst stand up. But it's we are 67 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: in upsetting times. This is why I told just this story. 68 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 2: You don't need to care about my school board. We 69 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: are in upsetting times, and that means that a lot 70 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: of people are going to have to make a lot 71 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: of tough choices, including our leaders. And it means we're 72 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: going to have to be willing to not be liked. 73 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 2: We're going to have to be willing to be insulted. 74 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: We're going to have to be willing to be told 75 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: we're wrong, and we're going to have to be willing 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: to not care right. We have to be willing to 77 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 2: just this is the right thing. And I want to 78 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: say this. We have to be willing to accept when 79 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 2: it looks like we're losing. And there are a lot 80 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: of different battlefronts where it might look like we're losing, 81 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: but I would like to point you to the last 82 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 2: fifteen to twenty years, but particularly the last four where 83 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 2: it really did look like we were losing. We lost everything, 84 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: but those of us who are patient and steadfast continued 85 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: to fight for what was right. We eventually got to 86 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: see that come to fruition. And I think a lot 87 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 2: of us thought that maybe we would win and just 88 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: knock down all of this ridiculousness and then move on. 89 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: And it's not going to be like that. This is 90 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: going to take years. This is a year's long process, 91 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: and take longer than the three years we have left 92 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: with Trump. That's why everyone where you are locally, you 93 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 2: need to get involved and you need to start shaping 94 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: the future of your community. Right. We're not going to 95 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,799 Speaker 2: have Donald Trump forever. And not that Donald Trump affects 96 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: your everyday life. I get that he doesn't. No president does, 97 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: nor should they. But he is a leader, and he's 98 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: a very effective leader. And you may notice he is 99 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: making week leaders strong. So there are a lot of 100 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: people who are are who feel emboldened by having a 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 2: man like Trump in front of them to take a 102 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 2: lot of the slings and arrows. And that's that's not 103 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: an insult, that's just human nature, fair enough. That's why 104 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 2: you need good leaders. But then there are a lot 105 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: of other people who are feeling like Trump's going to 106 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 2: come in and save the day, and so I don't 107 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: have to do anything. And that's not the case. You 108 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: need to take advantage of this time right now where 109 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 2: we have the bully pulpit, we have the culture, we've 110 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 2: got the momentum, and we have the leader who's willing 111 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: to stand in front of us. We need to take 112 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: advantage of this time and really go just really go 113 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 2: for it. It was a message I was getting my 114 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 2: school board. I wasn't asking them to step down or anything, 115 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 2: but I was just asking them to get aggressive. We 116 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 2: really have to go for it. Everybody needs to do 117 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: that where they are. This is day seventeen of the 118 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 2: government shutdown. Everybody, I don't know how your life is 119 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: going on. If you work for the federal government, you 120 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 2: might be affected. I think most of us don't. Even 121 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 2: I forget. I keep forgetting. Okay, I'm readywhere back from 122 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: Tony Cass today. Sorry about that we had to go 123 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 2: to break. We had to cut to a break where 124 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: we're having tech difficulties. We are back. I think everything 125 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 2: should be worked out now. My deep apologies and I'm 126 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 2: so sorry that you were interrupted, that I had to 127 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: interrupt my incredibly intelligent and salient opening monologue. I feel 128 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: sorry for the ears that didn't get to hear it all. 129 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: We had deeply apologized, but we are back anyway. I 130 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: was talking about that we are in different times and 131 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 2: it really is time to be aggressive and to be bold. 132 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: This is day seventeen of the government shutdown, and I 133 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: want to talk about why that is happening, what they're 134 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 2: waiting for, and I think I want to break down. 135 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: We're going to have Susie Moore on the next hour, 136 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: but I want to break down what this means for 137 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 2: the future, the immediate future of American politics, this government shutdown, 138 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 2: because I think there are a number of miscalculations being 139 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: made on the left which are probably really obvious to you. 140 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 2: But let's talk about them out loud. But I want 141 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: to play to you this clip. This is speaker Johnson. 142 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: Now before the break, I was telling you how we 143 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: need to be different. I don't know if you got 144 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 2: to hear that part, but we need to be different. 145 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 2: We have a new we have new leaders. We have 146 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: a new crop of leaders. We have leaders who are 147 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: willing to stand in the way and take the slings 148 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: of arrows. They're strong leaders and they make weak men strong. 149 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: That's what you see with Trump. So a guy like 150 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 2: Mike Johnson when he got elected to Speaker of the House, 151 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 2: I was very unsure about him. He seemed very weak 152 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: to me, seemed very well liked, and I'm not sure 153 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: that that's a great quality for a Speaker of the House, 154 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 2: because you need to crack some skulls sometimes. Yeah, oh, 155 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 2: we're happening, We're still having ties. I'm not sure what's 156 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: going on here. Okay, maybe there is a I'll let 157 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 2: the producer tell me. I am going to make sure 158 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: all my wires are not cross. Apologies, But Speaker Johnson 159 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 2: has said he has been a strong leader because he 160 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: has a strong leader in front of him, and I 161 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: think that's what we're seeing, and I think we can 162 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 2: use that as an example for what it means to 163 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 2: have a great leader and how a great leader can 164 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 2: really change the trajectory. So here's Bigger Johnson talking. He 165 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 2: does this every day. This is why I started at 166 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: the spot. He does this every day of the shutdown. 167 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: He comes out and he gives a report about what 168 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 2: is going on, why the shutdown is happening, and how 169 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: it can stop. And that's what Republicans have needed to 170 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 2: do forever. They need to be on the offensive with 171 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 2: their publicity, basically marketing. They need to be marketing. The 172 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 2: Democrats are great at marketing, especially when it comes to shutdowns. 173 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 2: We've been through this many times before and they're still 174 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: running on their old playbook. So it's time for a 175 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 2: new playbook. And Johnson is doing that. So here is 176 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 2: Johnson talking about the town hall with Bernie Sanders and AOC, 177 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 2: and he's telling the reporters, look, you don't need me 178 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 2: to tell you what's going on. They said the quiet 179 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 2: parts out loud at that town hall last night, Go 180 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: ahead and play speaker Johnson. 181 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 3: CNN hosts the first Socialist town hall where Bernie Sanders 182 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 3: and AOC said the quiet parts out loud. They don't 183 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 3: know what they want to end the shut down. They 184 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 3: couldn't provide a single viable solution for the mess that 185 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 3: they themselves have gleefully created. And by the way, those 186 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 3: are the real leaders of the Democrat Party. We all 187 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 3: know it. AOC and Bernie, good luck with that. 188 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 2: I love how they are. They keep poking about this 189 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: Democrat leadership thing. They keep every Republican representative, including Johnson, 190 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 2: that you just heard just now. Every single one has 191 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: said has ended their statements with, well, AOC and Bernie 192 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: are the leaders of the Democrat Party. Now you're watching 193 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 2: the leaders of the Democrat Party. I'm not totally convinced 194 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: that Republican leadership really believes that AOC and Bernie are 195 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 2: the actual effective leaders. I think they can see that 196 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 2: they're on the way to it, and they do want 197 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: to prevent it. I don't think we want our Democrat 198 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 2: counterparts electing socialists. We need the Democrats everybody. We need. 199 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: This is a two party system. A two party system 200 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 2: does not work without two parties. What we don't need 201 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 2: is for one of those parties to be communists. We 202 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 2: need the balance, we don't need the evil. So we 203 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: do need the Democrats. We don't want the socialists taking 204 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 2: them over, no matter how much we dislike that party. 205 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: So I do think that Republicans are playing a little 206 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 2: bit of They're playing some chess here, They're playing some 207 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:51,319 Speaker 2: mind games, and it's working. They are alarming Democrat leadership. 208 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 2: I think it's twofold. You guys, go over to social media, 209 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 2: let me know what you think. Real Care Dat's on 210 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: X and just here, David's on Instagram. But I think 211 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 2: this two fold here. I think on the one hand, 212 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: what they're doing is they are trying to hedge against 213 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 2: a further takeover of the party. So they are asking 214 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 2: the Democrat leadership to wake up to exercise your power. Hey, 215 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 2: you guys, you guys know where all the skeletons are, 216 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 2: you know where all the bodies are buried. You guys 217 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 2: need to exercise some power. You need to flex, you 218 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 2: need to get rid of this element in your party, 219 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 2: and let's get back to business as usual when we 220 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: do this, Let's get back to us. So I think 221 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 2: there's that they're really trying to inspire some fight in 222 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: the old Democrat leadership, which is hilarious when you see 223 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 2: Nancy Pelosi out there. I mean, did you see that 224 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 2: video of her the other day or she yelled at 225 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 2: a Lindell TV reporter she was being helped by an aid. 226 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: She's eighty years old, she can't walk by herself anymore. 227 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 2: So it is ridiculous to ask them to get aggressive 228 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 2: and get some energy to them. But that's where we are. 229 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 2: But I think the other part of it is it's ridicule. 230 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 2: It's shame right, We're embarrassing them. You should be embarrassed. 231 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 2: Your B team is winning. You've got your B team 232 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 2: on the court to play the most important game of 233 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: the century. This is for the future of your party. 234 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 2: This is for the future of left wing politics in America. 235 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: And AOC and Bernie understand that, and that's why they're 236 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 2: out fighting. This is for the future, and they are 237 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 2: fighting hard because they want to win the party. Now. Bernie, 238 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 2: for God, God bless him or oh Bernie. You know, 239 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 2: he's just been kicked around by the Democrat Party forever 240 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: and they have played the dirtiest tricks on him, and 241 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 2: he has just taken his lumps and taken his paychecks 242 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: and bought his mansions. Don't get it twisted. Bernie is 243 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: not some altruistic hippie. He's an opportunist and he sees 244 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 2: that AOC is on the come up. He sees that 245 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: she is amassing influence and he's getting in on that. 246 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 2: How much effectiveness he can have at his age, I 247 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: don't know. But he's playing the long game here. Is 248 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: hilarious as that sounds for an old man. He's playing 249 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: the long game here. He's hitched his wagon to AOC. 250 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 2: The Republicans are recognizing that, and they are making them 251 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 2: pay for it. I think it's hilarious, but I also 252 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: think it's a sign that Republicans understand. I keep using 253 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 2: this phrase. I think it's the best phrase. What time 254 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: it is? What time is it? It's a new moment, 255 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 2: it's a new era. Pick your turn of phrase. A 256 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: thing can finally understand what time it is. And that again, 257 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 2: just to bring this full circle, is thanks to a 258 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 2: good leader, thanks to a leader who understands the landscape, 259 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 2: understands marketing, media, branding, messaging. That's Trump all day long, 260 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 2: and that's the Republican party he's building. I think it's amazing. 261 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 2: I'm gonna play you some Kamala clips later. I think 262 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 2: it's amazing to see jd Vance go out there. And 263 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 2: he is out there on a regular basis, being a 264 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: mouthpiece for the administration, running interference for Donald Trump, making 265 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 2: fun of the other side. He's been out there ribbing 266 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: them about the shutdown, you know, trading jokes, trading insults. 267 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 2: The White House meme team is legend, is legend. If 268 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: you don't follow the White House account, you are missing out. 269 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 2: They are legend. They are doing exactly what needs to 270 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 2: be done, and that's what jd Vance, that's what a 271 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 2: vice president should be. We always joke about how the 272 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: vice presidency is really just a nothing position. It's just 273 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: sort of a placeholder. But it doesn't have to be. 274 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 2: None of the way we've done things in this country 275 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 2: has to be like this. We don't have to do 276 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: it like this. We really don't. We've just accepted it. 277 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: You look at Kamala and she just was just she 278 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: was a placeholder. She literally she was a call card. 279 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 2: She was a color card, black and maybe Asian, maybe black, 280 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 2: I don't know. I refuse to refer to I refuse 281 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 2: to give Kamala Harris the designation of first Black anything. 282 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 2: We never considered her a black woman when she was 283 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: just serving in this in California, here in California as 284 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: AG and then a senator. That was never her calling 285 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: card until she ran for until Biden picked her, and 286 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: even then, only recently she started referring to herself as black. 287 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 2: She's she's pushing this book and her only audience now 288 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: is the black audience. She was useless, an idiot, not 289 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 2: even a useful idiot, a youthless idiot. And it was 290 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: just perplexing as to why this person was even in government, 291 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 2: and every time she opened her mouth it was an embarrassment. 292 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: And they kept hidden away for as long as possible, 293 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 2: for as much time as possible, And this administration does. 294 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 4: Not do that. 295 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 2: Jd. Vance is a warrior. Jd. Vance is an important 296 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,479 Speaker 2: part of the administration, and they send him out to 297 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 2: do things. They're not just letting everything rest on Donald Trump. 298 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: I need everyone else to take that. Lesson your school board, 299 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 2: your counsel. I told you before the break. I don't 300 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: know if you heard it, but I had gone to 301 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 2: my school board on Wednesday, and it's a Republican led 302 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 2: school board. We flipped it last year and they've done 303 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 2: nothing since. They've only played it safe. So I went 304 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 2: there to yell at them. Is that uncomfortable? Yes? Did 305 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 2: the union bros who were there really enjoy the infighting? Yes? 306 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 2: But everyone has to be held accountable. We need change, 307 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 2: not just another election cycle, not just another revolution that 308 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 2: will fade into the next revolution. We don't need a 309 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 2: fake thing like a Me Too movement. We need a 310 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 2: Golden Age renaissance, and that requires every single American to 311 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: be involved and be in the game. You cannot wait 312 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 2: for the cavalry to come for you. Right. Donald Trump's 313 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 2: doing a great job. He's one man and he's the president. 314 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: He's not supposed to have a lot of power over 315 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 2: your life. You understand that he's not supposed to have that. 316 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 2: He's not supposed to be involved in your everyday life. 317 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 2: You're not supposed to be worrying about him every day. 318 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 2: You're supposed to be worrying about your local electeds. That's 319 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 2: where you focus, That's where you fight. That's where you 320 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 2: need to get in the game and get energy and 321 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 2: be brave and understand that it is going to be 322 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 2: uncomfortable because we're changing. We're changing things, and no one 323 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 2: likes change, even good people, even nice people, even you know, 324 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 2: nobody likes to change. This is going to be I 325 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 2: keep saying it. It's going to be a holistic effort 326 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 2: from top to bottom. That means Trump at the top 327 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 2: and all of us at the very bottom, from start 328 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,199 Speaker 2: to finish. All right, let's take a break. We'll come 329 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 2: back with a lot more. I'm Kia Davis filling it 330 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 2: for Tony Cats and this is Tony Kats Today. Welcome 331 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 2: back everybody to Tony Kats Today. It's Friday, October seventeenth, 332 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 2: and this is day seventeen of the government shutdown. How 333 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 2: has your life changed? I'm Kiera Davis feeling it for 334 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 2: my friend Tony Katz on this lovely Friday, coming to 335 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: you live from southern California, where we have a huge, huge, 336 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 2: huge vote coming up in just a couple of weeks 337 00:19:54,480 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: Prop fifty, which is the jerrymandering vote, the election however 338 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 2: you want to refer to it. And it's so weird, everybody. 339 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 2: It's very weird to be here in California and have 340 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 2: everybody else talking about our random special election. And the 341 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 2: ads are starting to come in hot and heavy. I really, 342 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 2: I say, I can't wait for this to be done, 343 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 2: because we know what election season is like. When we're 344 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: trying to watch TV or anything on a screen, you know, 345 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 2: you get these election ads and it's just like, oh, 346 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 2: you can't skip them. They pay a lot of money 347 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 2: to make sure you can't skip them. I can't wait 348 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 2: for this to be done. But at the same time, 349 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 2: then we have a gubernatorial race coming up next November, 350 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 2: and so we're just going to start with all of that. 351 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 2: But this is a big thing. But the ads are 352 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 2: running and all of the Yes I'm fifty, So Yes 353 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 2: I'm Prop fifty would trigger this jerrymandering thing that newsen 354 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 2: is trying to do. That will get rid of the 355 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: independent Redistricting Commission that Californians voted for in two thousand 356 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 2: and eight. Liberal bluestate Californians in two thousand and eight 357 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 2: voted to take that power out of the hands of 358 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 2: the legislature. So a Yes on fifty next month will 359 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: take that power away from the Citizens Commission and give 360 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 2: it to the legislature. They claim temporarily, but we know 361 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 2: how that works. The Yes I'm fifty people cutting ads, 362 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 2: Barack Obama, AOC, Jasmine Crockett, and a slew of Hollywood celebrities, 363 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 2: none of whom live here. People who live outside of 364 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 2: California are the ones cutting those ads inside California. The 365 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: no on Prop fifty, it's all Californians. It's Arnold Schwarzenegger. 366 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 2: It's Spencer Pratt, who's really had had quite a storyline 367 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 2: in the last seven to ten months after the fires. 368 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: Spencer Pratt, you may remember him from MTV The Hills 369 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 2: Reality TV. His home burned in the Palisades fire, and 370 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 2: so did the homes of a lot of his family 371 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 2: and friends, and a lot of people think that it's 372 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 2: only rich folks that live there. But in California, housing 373 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 2: prices went up so quickly, so uncontrollably, that most people 374 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 2: are just lower middle class people who are now house poor. Basically, 375 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 2: they work to pay their taxes. They can't leave, they're 376 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 2: not rich, and they can't rebuild. They just happened to 377 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: buy a house when it was low, and now they 378 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 2: live in a rich area, and now they can't afford 379 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: to rebuild. It's a big mass anyway, That's not what 380 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 2: this segment is about. This is about Prop fifty. We 381 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 2: have that boat coming up. A lot of people ask me, Kira, 382 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 2: how do you think it's going to go. I want 383 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 2: to just be one thousand percent honest with you. Democrats 384 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 2: and Governor Newsom are cheaters and they're liars, and they 385 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 2: are corrupt, and the Democrat Party in the California, in 386 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: the state of California is completely corrupt. I don't believe 387 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 2: that they have anything honest about them at all. Gavin Newsome, 388 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 2: I always want to call him Gaviner or Newsome would 389 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 2: never he do you understand how long it takes us 390 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 2: to do things in a state like California. I'm sure 391 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 2: you can imagine high speed rail. We've been working on 392 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 2: it for twenty years. We've already paid. I think we're 393 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 2: we're up up. The official numbers are something around thirty billion. 394 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 2: I think it's closer to one hundred and ten. Anyways, 395 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 2: not a single stitch of track has been laid, So 396 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,479 Speaker 2: that's how long it takes us to do something. Newsom 397 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 2: put this on the ballot in a week, all right. 398 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 2: He wouldn't have gotten this to the ballot if he 399 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 2: didn't think he was gonna win. Like, let's just be honest. 400 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 2: They think they're gonna win. They may the only way 401 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 2: we win if it's if it's too big to rig, 402 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 2: that's it, and that means we got to get the 403 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 2: base out and then we got to convince some of 404 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 2: their voters to vote for no as well. I don't 405 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: have a lot of expectations for whether for this path, 406 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 2: for this failing, it'd be a nice surprise if it fails. 407 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 2: That being said, if it passes, that's not the end 408 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 2: of this road. And we're going to have Susie Moore 409 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 2: in the next hour from Red State. She's a lawyer 410 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 2: and She writes a lot about legal issues, particularly pertaining 411 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: to the Constitution. She's going to talk to us about 412 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 2: what's going on with the Voter's Rights Act and how 413 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 2: that could change jerrymanderin. If we get a Supreme Court 414 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 2: decision that changes federal law, California's up a creek. We're 415 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: going to have to do this stuff in violation of 416 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 2: the Constitution. We already do a lot in violation of 417 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 2: the Constitution. Do you all understand what's being set up here? 418 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 2: The No King's Rally is tomorrow. Do you guys understand 419 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 2: what's going on? You need to be a little more concerned. 420 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 2: This is not just the Democrats kicking and screaming and 421 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 2: throwing a tantrum, and ah, isn't it funny? And they're 422 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 2: singing songs of their dumb rallies. That is funny and 423 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 2: it is ridiculous. But it's deeper than that, and it's 424 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: more concerning than that. You need to look at the 425 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: patterns and you need to put it all together. Look 426 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 2: at a guy like Gavin Now we're making fun of 427 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 2: him here in California because he is taking on a 428 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 2: Trump like persona. He's even instructed his social media team 429 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 2: to make the feed look like Trump's feed looks like. 430 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 2: And he's doing things like holding press conferences the way 431 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 2: Trump would, and he's doing issuing executive orders for California 432 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 2: that mirror what Trump's doing. It's very fake and and 433 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 2: authentic and silly, but it's a strategy. And then you 434 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 2: have Pritzburgh and Illinois saying we're going to resist Ice, 435 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 2: We're standing up, We're and then you have this whole 436 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 2: cabal of Western governors who are meeting to create their 437 00:25:53,640 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 2: own Western not a summit, but a coalition who resist Trump. 438 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 2: They are setting up a shadow government. It's treason. They're 439 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 2: setting up civil war. So we got to knock it 440 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 2: down now means at our local levels, at on the 441 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 2: federal levels like Trump is doing it. Let's go to 442 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: a break. When we come back, we'll talk more about this. 443 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 2: I'm Kia Davis filling in for Tony Katz, and you're 444 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 2: listening to Tony Kats today. Welcome back everybody to Tony 445 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 2: Katz today. I'm your guest, hos Kia Davis filling in 446 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 2: for Tony. It's Friday, October seventeenth, day seventeen of the 447 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 2: government shutdown. You can find me on Twitter or x 448 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 2: at real Kira Davis, and go buy my book Drawing Lines, 449 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 2: Why Conservatives Must be into battle fiercely in the arena 450 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 2: of ideas. Sign up for my substack at Justkaradavis dot com. Oh, 451 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 2: and I launched my second podcast today or it's a relaunch. 452 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 2: We rebranded. It's my Hallmark Christmas movie podcast with my 453 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 2: good friend Amelia Hamilton. You want to check that out. 454 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 2: It's called a Journey to Christmas Land. We rebranded. We 455 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 2: were sharing a name with another podcast, so we didn't 456 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 2: want to do that. Journey to Christmas Land. You can 457 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 2: find it on YouTube or substack. Our first episode dropped 458 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 2: today were reviewed the Hallmark movie A Princess for Christmas. 459 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 2: We have a great time. It's just cheesy, good fun. 460 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: We laugh, we love, we make fun. But it's all 461 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 2: it's all with gray affection and it's a great at 462 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 2: palate cleanser. So look that up. Journey to Christmas Land. Okay, 463 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 2: we've been talking about government shutdown, how everything is changing 464 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 2: and no one likes change, and that means we've got 465 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 2: to go out there and do and say the things 466 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 2: we don't want to do and say. And the Democrats 467 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 2: are on the ropes and they're having this No King's 468 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 2: rally on Saturday. That's why we're in day seventeen of 469 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 2: the shutdown. By the way, everybody that's it, that's the 470 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 2: only reason they needed two weeks, two plus weeks to 471 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 2: plan a rally. And I'm going to tell you why 472 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 2: they think this rally is going to be their Charlie 473 00:27:55,040 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 2: Kirk moment. They saw think about it. You can go 474 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 2: to my Instagram and I did a little commentary about 475 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 2: this as well. But they saw think about what happened 476 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 2: after in the wake of Charlie's assassination and the old 477 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 2: Jimmy Kimmel's stuff, and how hard they rode for Jimmy Kimmel. 478 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 2: They're righting hard for that dude, acting like he was 479 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 2: the one that got shot in front of his family, 480 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 2: acting like he was the victim, like he was the 481 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 2: one who died. They marched, they protested. It was incredible. 482 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 2: It was incredible to witness. They made him their Charlie 483 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 2: Kirk and that is what they made Jimmy Kimball a martyr. 484 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 2: And you might be saying that's ridiculous, Kiera, but yes, 485 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 2: they are ridiculous. Do you understand that that's how ridiculous 486 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 2: they are. They literally wanted Jimmy Kimmel to be their martyr, 487 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 2: and that's what they made him, because they are fake 488 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 2: and they don't have the stones to lay their own 489 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 2: lives on the line for truth, so the best they 490 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 2: can do is make a martyr of a millionaire who 491 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 2: lost his job for five days. So Jimmy Kimmel was 492 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 2: their murdyer. And now they need a Charlie Kirk memorial 493 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 2: because what happened at the Charlie Kirk Memorial was the 494 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: whole country came together and we praised and worshiped for 495 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 2: eight hours, and that changed America. And we're not even 496 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 2: close to beginning to feel the ripples of that day 497 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 2: in this country. And they knew it because I watched 498 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 2: CNN that day. I didn't watch Fox. I watched the 499 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 2: CNN coverage of Charlie's memorial and the MSNBC. I flipped 500 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 2: back and forth. I wanted to see what they saw. 501 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: And the Democrats at home, sure, they turned it off, 502 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 2: but the people that were in the room watching that memorial, 503 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 2: they understood what was happening and they were moved by it. 504 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 2: And I dare say a little frightened. They were deeply 505 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,959 Speaker 2: respectful by the way that day. I know they went 506 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 2: back to business as usual, but that day, fair enough, 507 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 2: they were very respectful to the entire thing because they 508 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 2: were there, right, they had a cover, so they were there. 509 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 2: You couldn't be present and not feel what was going on, 510 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 2: so they couldn't ignore what was happening. And they went 511 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 2: back to their friends and they said, we need it, 512 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 2: we got to have this. Well, they're not brave enough 513 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 2: to go out there and lose their own lives for 514 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 2: the truth, so they've got to manufacture something. Well, we 515 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 2: did the No Kings rally. Let's do that again. That's 516 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 2: what the government shutdown is about. They're moving towards the 517 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 2: No King's rally, and what they're hoping is that on Saturday, 518 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 2: they're going to have their own Charlie Kirk memorial moment 519 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 2: and it's going to galvanize the country. That's what they're 520 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 2: hoping for. You. You take it to the bank and yeah, 521 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 2: you should be disgusted that they're keeping the government closed 522 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 2: so that they can go have a protest. All right, 523 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 2: I think I had Did I upload that? I didn't 524 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 2: write it in my notes? Did I upload that clip 525 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 2: where they were talking about the No Kings rally at CNN. Yeah, okay, 526 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 2: let's play this clip. This is the CNN anchors and 527 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 2: I can't recall they're talking to some of their analysts. 528 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 2: They're talking about rally. I want you to pay attention 529 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 2: to what they're saying and the way they are framing this, 530 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 2: what they are begging the attendees to do and not do. 531 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 2: Go ahead and play this clip. 532 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 4: You know he called these rallies hate America rallies. 533 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 2: What do you think this is coming to represent. 534 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 4: I think they are desperate and I mean desperate to 535 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 4: invoke the Insurrection Act and they're going to look for 536 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 4: any excuse tomorrow to try to do that. So to 537 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 4: anybody who's marching, I would say, treat Donald Trump as 538 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 4: a joke. As the protesters in Portland did. Be peaceful. 539 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 4: If somebody tries to provoke, you do not get provoked 540 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 4: to not engage because they want one little tread of violence, 541 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 4: anything to be able to say, look, the country's out 542 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 4: of control. We're going to vote the Insurrection Act. Jd 543 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 4: Vance said it. I mean, this is not something that's 544 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 4: just theoretical. It's going to happen if there's an excuse. 545 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 4: So I would just say to anybody who's marching, please 546 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 4: do whatever you can to be as peaceful as possible, 547 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 4: to not give them that expension. 548 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 2: It's hilarious that they're after four five years of screeching 549 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 2: about insurrection, how all of a sudden they're nervous about 550 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 2: the insurrection act. I mean, it's just hilarious. But listen 551 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 2: to what they were saying. When you guys planned your 552 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 2: Charlie Kirk memorial, and I know a lot of you did, 553 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 2: or you planned to attend one, and you went to one, 554 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 2: what were you being told about it? What were you 555 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 2: telling other people about it? Were you bagging people? Please? 556 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 2: No violence when you come to Charlie Kirk's memorial. Please 557 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 2: just I know you're angry, but try not to be violent. 558 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 2: The Left is looking for any excuse to blame us. 559 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 2: Did you hear any of No, of course not, of 560 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 2: course not. It's not even in our DNA. We were 561 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 2: going to pray it's in their DNA. That's who they are. 562 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,959 Speaker 2: So she had to warn them. Now, I think that 563 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 2: she was sincere in her warning because I think she 564 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 2: thinks they're the peaceful side. You heard her say do 565 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 2: what the protesters in Portland did, treat it like silly. 566 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 2: What she's referring to is that the protesters in Portland 567 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 2: showed up in furry costumes or inflatable Halloween costumes after 568 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 2: a few nights. But if you follow Dave Marcus, and 569 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 2: you should on AX, he's the writer for Fox Digital. 570 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 2: He was on the ground there and he'll tell you 571 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 2: in every reporter who's been on the ground there. And 572 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 2: by the way, no CNN reporters have been on the 573 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 2: ground in Portland, not one, not one. They report from 574 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 2: the comfort of their studios. If you talk, if you 575 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 2: listen to a reporter who's been on the ground there, 576 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 2: you're going to hear them say that's what they do. 577 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 2: They wear the costumes and all of the silly stuff 578 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 2: for social media. They do it so that everyone will 579 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 2: look and go, oh, look, they're just being cute and funny. 580 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 2: But they come with bricks and knives and pepper spray. 581 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 2: They're vicious, cruel, evil people who are paid to insurrect. 582 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 2: So they don't even know that. They don't even know 583 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 2: enough to know that those people in the funny costumes 584 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 2: are the violent people. They are being violent. They just 585 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 2: have funny costumes on and you're so stupid you fall 586 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 2: for it. So she does think that. But I think 587 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 2: two things are happening here. I think that one part 588 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 2: of their party is afraid. They're afraid of the Insurrection Act. 589 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 2: They're afraid of the people in their own party who 590 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 2: are violent. And the other party, the excuse me, the 591 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 2: other part of their party is hopeful. They're wish casting. 592 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 2: They want insurrection, they want the Insurrection Act. They want 593 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 2: our cities to be militarized, right. They want this. They 594 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 2: think it's to their advantage. I don't think so. I 595 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 2: know a number of you are nervous out there about that. 596 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 2: I'm here to tell you everybody's going to have to 597 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 2: just buck get up. It is gonna get rough, it 598 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 2: is gonna get uncomfortable. It's what we're gonna have to 599 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 2: do to fix things, to strap in. I'm Kia Davis. 600 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 2: You're listening to Tony Katz today. See any other side 601 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 2: of the break. 602 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 3: Yeah,