1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Boston's Bulldozer never sleeps. The Kooner Report weekend edition on 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: the Voice of Boston w RKO. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: Joining me now as she always does at this time, 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: doctor Grace putting liberals in their place. Grace Wotto full disclosure. 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 2: She's my better half, my wonderful wife. And yes I'm married. 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: Not up, way up, Grace. How are you, Jeff? 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 3: I am very well, And honestly, I woke up this 8 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 3: morning laughing, laughing when I thought about those two chihuahuas, 9 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 3: Omar and Prinsley, who were sitting there and as Trump 10 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 3: was saying, you should be ashamed of yourself, Ohm was like, 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 3: just she lost her mind. And the other one that 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 3: was Talib. 13 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: But that was Tali that now that was Rashida Talib. 14 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: The other one was Rashida Talib with the f ice 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: button on our you know, she had an fice button 16 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: on her But anyway, keep going the two shihuahuas. That's funny. 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 3: You know they keep saying that Trump is unpresidential. Well, 18 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 3: did they abe like dignified members of Congress last night? No? 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 2: I think they made a fool of themselves, and I 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: think they really exposed themselves for who and what they are, 21 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: And look, I want to play two cuts, but before 22 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 2: I do, I want to get your take. You're often, 23 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 2: obviously much more critical of Trump than I am. That's 24 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 2: one of the things. I mean. I know you voted 25 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: for him three times, but let's be honest. I like 26 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: him a lot more than you do. But let that go. 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 2: What did you make of his speech? What did you 28 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: make of the state of the Union. What did you 29 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: make of the way he kept shaming the Democrats? And 30 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: did Trump reset his presidency with his speech last night? 31 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: And he had two very important goals to achieve. One 32 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: is he had to consolidate MAGA because he's got a 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: lot of incoming fire throughout the year from people that 34 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,399 Speaker 3: voted for him, that were disappointed or sometimes felt betrayed. 35 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 3: And I think last night he did that because he 36 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 3: reminded MAGA again and again look at everything that I 37 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 3: did deliver. And number two, he needed to lay out 38 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 3: a blueprint for the midterms for the Republican Party. And 39 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: the thing that really came across loud and clear is 40 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 3: we cannot go back. However imperfect. You know, his presidency 41 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: might be, or any presidency might be, but in particular, 42 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 3: in this case, his nothing is as bad as how 43 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 3: it was before. And one of the lines of the night, 44 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: in my view, was when he said, you know what 45 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 3: stands between us and a wide open border, it's Trump 46 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 3: and the Republican Party. Basically, do you want to go 47 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 3: back to that? So that was a theme he hammered 48 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: home again and again. I thought the speech was outstanding, 49 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 3: and I think one of the key lines of the 50 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: night is probably the lines that everybody at home was saying. 51 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 3: How many times did I say, as we're watching it 52 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 3: and they're not getting up for that? I think that's 53 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 3: one of the key lines in the night, is what 54 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 3: Americans were saying, they're not standing for that. 55 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 2: Well, Grace, just to set it up for you, this 56 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: is I want to play two cuts and I want 57 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 2: to get your reaction. This is the mother of Irina Zarutska, 58 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: the Ukrainian refugee. She came here legally with her parents, 59 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: fleeing the war torn Ukraine, and she gets, you know, 60 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: she gets she's on a h she's on this. She's 61 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: stabbed viciously by a career criminal. It was all caught 62 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: on tape, and she's killed in cold blood. It was 63 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: a horrific, violent killing and he calls out her mother 64 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 2: to recognize the slaughter of her daughter, and the mother 65 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: is crying and weeping, and there wasn't a dry on 66 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: the Republican side of the isle, and the Democrats refused 67 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: to stand roll cut fifteen Mike, fifteen, Mike. 68 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 4: We're honored to be joined tonight by a woman who's 69 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 4: been through hell, Anya Zuretzka. In twenty twenty two, she 70 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 4: and her beautiful daughter, so beautiful, what a beautiful young woman. 71 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 4: Irena fled warturn war torn Ukraine to live with relatives 72 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 4: near Charlotte, North Carolina. And by the way, what's going 73 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 4: on with Charlotte? Last summer twenty three year old Irena 74 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 4: was riding home on the train when a deranged monster 75 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 4: who had been arrested over a dozen times and was 76 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 4: released through no cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed 77 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 4: a knife through her neck and body. No one will 78 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 4: ever forget there were people on that train. No one 79 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 4: will ever forget the expression of terror on Irian in 80 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 4: his face as she looked up at her attacker. In 81 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 4: the last seconds of her life, she died instantly. She 82 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 4: had escaped a brutal war, only to be slain by 83 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 4: a hardened criminal set free to kill in America, came 84 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 4: in through open borders. 85 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: So he lays it out and she's standing, she's crying. 86 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 2: Her husband is consoling her and giving her a Kleenex. 87 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: Everyone around her, Erica Kirk was trying to console her. Everybody, 88 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: they're crying because you can all feel this poor mother's pain. 89 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 2: And the Democrats are sitting stone cold, silent, stone faced. 90 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 2: They're just sitting, no emotion whatsoever. Roll cut fifteen A, Mike. 91 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 4: Zaretska, Tonight, I promise you we will ensure justice for 92 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 4: your magnificent daughter. 93 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 5: Hi readA. How do you not stand? 94 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 4: How do you not stand? 95 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 2: How do you not stand? How do you not stand? 96 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 2: It was shocking, but it was devastating. Trump really unmasked them, 97 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 2: and to me, I think that's gonna haunt the Democrats. 98 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: I don't know how they. I don't know how they 99 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 2: bounce back from this, whether it's you know, not standing 100 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 2: if you support American citizens over legals, or now this 101 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: the cries of a mother whose daughter was senselessly murdered 102 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 2: by a career criminal that the pro crime Democrats released, 103 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 2: and how do you not stand? Grace your reaction? 104 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: Yes, Jeff, that was my reaction then, which was heartbreaking moment. 105 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 3: And throughout the night, over and over again, I kept 106 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 3: turning to you saying, how do they not stand for this? 107 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 3: And I think that's what we're going to remember. He 108 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 3: really exposed them as heartless. They pretend to be the 109 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: Party of compassion, but they are just heartless. So many 110 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 3: moving moments in the speech, and I also have to 111 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 3: give trump credit to Jeff. Not only did he make 112 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: a lot of brilliant points, but he was really funny. 113 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 3: A few times I cracked up. You know. At one 114 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 3: point he said about Pelosi, well, I guess Pelosi. You 115 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: think Pelosi would stand for that when he's talking about 116 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: Congress who has to stop the insider information? Or another 117 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 3: time when he spoke about the raid on Venezuela, then 118 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 3: he said, well, how did that work out for them? 119 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 3: Because the Chinese and the Russians that provided technology that 120 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 3: wasn't as good as our troops. I mean, he made 121 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 3: a lot of off the cuff comments which were hilarious. 122 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: So as well as being brilliant and making a formidable case, 123 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 3: he was charming. He was funny, and as you said, 124 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: he was extraordinarily empathic. And he unmasked them as a 125 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: bunch of monsters. I mean, how could you not stand 126 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 3: for these heartbreaking stories. It's just beyond acceptable grace. 127 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 2: What do you make of the fact that he also 128 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: infused so much of his speech with patriotism, showcasing American heroes, 129 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: not just these one hundred year old Korean War veterans 130 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 2: or World War Two veterans, but also that Coastguard pilot 131 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: who rescued that eleven year old girl who in the 132 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 2: Texas floods last year saved her life, and over one 133 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 2: hundred other people who were trapped. Honoring him, Honoring the 134 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 2: obviously the US men's Olympic hockey team when they came 135 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 2: in with their gold medals, and there he is congratulating them. 136 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 2: What did you make of the fact that he wanted 137 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 2: to make pride and patriotism a centerpiece of the State 138 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: of the Union. 139 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 3: Well, this is restoring masculinity. I think that was a 140 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 3: key theme. How vital it is to this country and 141 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 3: to the whole citizens in it that benefit from it. 142 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 3: He wanted to celebrate heroes and the warrior culture. This 143 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 3: is a hallmark of the Trump administration, and it was 144 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 3: also a middle finger to woke culture, because what he's 145 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: saying is, look, these are the real heroes, and we 146 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: need these men. Look how remarkable they are. I mean, 147 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 3: I'll never forget the image of that pilot who could 148 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 3: barely stand on his broken legs and it took all 149 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 3: his strength to stand up straight to receive the Congressional 150 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 3: Medal of Honor. I'm never going to forget that till 151 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 3: the day I die. These are the kind of men 152 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: that we need to be celebrating in contrast to our 153 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 3: toxic celebrity culture that doesn't know what a real hero is. 154 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 2: Grace, We've got about two minutes left. What do you 155 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: think the impact of this speech is going to be? 156 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: Usually the State of the Unions, the president gets a 157 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,839 Speaker 2: little bit of a bump, then the bump fades and 158 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 2: it's it's really not quite you know, memorable. People don't 159 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: really remember State of the Unions? Is this one going 160 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: to have lasting impact? And has Trump laid out a 161 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 2: blueprint a roadmap as you put it, for the Republicans 162 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 2: to win the midterms? 163 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 3: Well, think how much better your own household is going 164 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 3: to be, Jeff Kooner, when your wife is saying, you 165 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 3: know what, so many accomplishments. We have to show buck support. Listen. 166 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: I think it was remarkable. It was the reset that 167 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 3: he needed. Yes, we need to hold all our politicians accountable, 168 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 3: but we also need to remember when they're doing great 169 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 3: things and never forget how bad it was. And he 170 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 3: achieved all of that, and I think that message is 171 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 3: going to resound for months and months to come. 172 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 2: Okay, Grace's final question, are the Republicans based off of 173 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 2: the state of the Union. Will they hold the House? 174 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 2: Will they hold the Senate? 175 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: Everything depends on the economy. They need to continue to 176 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 3: make the case. And one of the things that Trump 177 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 3: did formidably is not only did he blame inflation on Biden, 178 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 3: but even healthcare costs on Biden. They need to study 179 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 3: that speech, memorize the talking points, and deliver it with 180 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 3: the same conviction and uncompromising manner that he did last night. 181 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 2: And we can do it, doctor Grace, putting liberals in 182 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: their place if Jeff doesn't get a day off. 183 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: This request came from his wife. The Kuna Report weekend 184 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: edition on the Boys of Boston w R. 185 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 4: Kale