1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: The Michael Barry Show. One of the big opportunities President 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Trump has that if he doesn't seize on it, it 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: will never be done, is to get control of America's 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: drug prices. Now, I'm not for government setting prices of anything, 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: but the way America's drug prices have been contrived involves 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: a great deal of governmental interference. And this is why 7 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: it's going to take the government to fix this. We're 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: watching a lot of American suffering, just trying to buy 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: medicine to survive. 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: It'll be numbers that nobody can even imagine. We're going 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 2: to get the drug prices down, not thirty or forty percent, 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: which would be great, not fifty or sixty. Now, we're 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: going to get him down one thousand percent, six hundred percent, 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: five hundred percent, fifteen hundred percent, numbers that are not 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: even thought to be achievable. 16 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: President Trump has to answer questions like whether or not 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: he's a dictator, and traditionally the strategy would be you 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: don't comment on things like that. Trump is an over communicator, 19 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: So what he does in a situation like this is 20 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: he says, well, if they're saying that so many times, 21 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: I'm going to have to address it, but I'm going 22 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: to do it in a way that becomes a quotable 23 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: quote and they won't be able to keep from playing it. 24 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: There are a lot of things happening in the world, 25 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,559 Speaker 1: and yet Trump keeps himself the center of attention, which 26 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: keeps him able to move that it gives him a 27 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: power that I don't think they realize they are inadvertently 28 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: giving to him. 29 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: I think the Democrats better get smart, and you know, 30 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: politically I hope they don't, but actually in terms of 31 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: love for the country, I hope they do because it 32 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 3: will be good to work together. So I'm thinking about, 33 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: you know, when I have some slob like Britzker criticizing 34 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: us before we even go there, I made the statement 35 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 3: that next should be Chicago, because, as you all know, 36 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 3: Chicago's a killing fields right now, and they don't acknowledge it, 37 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 3: and they say we don't need them. Freedom. Freedom. He's 38 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 3: a dictator. He's a dictator. A lot of people are saying, 39 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 3: maybe we like a dictator. I don't like a dictator. 40 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 3: I'm not a dictator. I'm a man with great common 41 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 3: sense and I'm a smart person. And when I see 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 3: what's happening to our cities and then you send in troops. 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: Instead of being praised, they're saying, you're trying to take 44 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 3: over the republic. These people are sick. But I'm really saying, 45 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 3: and I say this to all of you in a 46 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 3: certain way, we should wait to be asked because they 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 3: have cities that are so under control, out of control. 48 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: So we go in and fix it. They take the 49 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: full credit for it, and they go out and say 50 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 3: I heard it this morning. They're saying how well they've 51 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: done over the last ten day period, that they set 52 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 3: record lows. They don't say that with that with very 53 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 3: tough people. By the way, they have to pass the 54 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: toughness test, otherwise they're not working for us. So and 55 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: we're allowed to do that now according to the United 56 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 3: States Supreme Court decision. Now they have to pass the 57 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 3: toughness test. If they're not tough, we don't want them 58 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 3: for this job. They might be great for other jobs, 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 3: but not for this job because they're respected. You saw 60 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 3: the gang of kids. They were all huddled up and 61 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: a group of soldiers walked up. They never even got over. 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 3: Those kids ran back to their homes or wherever the 63 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: hell they came from. They were gone. 64 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 4: You have. 65 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 3: This is one of the safest cities right now in 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 3: the world, as crazy as that sounds. And it took 67 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 3: seven days, took really three days, but we're now on 68 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: our eleventh day. 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: So Cracker Barrel is not about the logo. I've said 70 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: that over and over again. Cracker Barrel has been up 71 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: to some very bad stuff and when it was revealed, 72 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: I think Robbie Starbuck is the one who did it. 73 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: He worked with the far left HRC organization. I mean 74 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: he worked. He talks about how Cracker Barrell worked with 75 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: the far left HRC organization Human Rights Campaign and reportedly 76 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: sponsored their events for ten years. This is a longer 77 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: clip than usual, but give this a listen. 78 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 4: We investigated Cracker Barrel and what I'm about to show 79 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 4: you is a company infested with left wing activists who 80 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 4: are more interested in safe spaces, pronouns, and virtue signaling 81 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: than they are in their customers. I think the best 82 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: way to start is by telling you what you've been 83 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 4: funding if you've gone to Cracker Barrel in recent years. 84 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 4: So let's start with Nashville Pride. Yes, Cracker Barrel is 85 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 4: a proud sponsor of Nashville Pride and have been part 86 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: of it for over a decade, along with participating for 87 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 4: multiple years in Evansville, Indiana's third River City Pride event. 88 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 4: They even made LGBTQ plus rocking chairs for these Pride events. 89 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 4: This same Pride rocking chair that they put front and 90 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 4: center in their Tennessee corporate office and at their twenty 91 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 4: nineteen Managers conference for the Cracker Barrel Managers. That Tennessee 92 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 4: corporate office I mentioned is located in a place called 93 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 4: Wilson County, one of the most conc servative counties that 94 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 4: you will find in America. The fact that it's located 95 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 4: there is important to this story because what's happened here 96 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 4: is a microcosm of the parasitic operating procedure of left 97 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 4: wing activists. Like a parasite they embed and spread. They 98 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 4: don't just want to force their soul list, godless, hedonistic 99 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,799 Speaker 4: vision of the future onto blue healthscapes that their party 100 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 4: controls know. It's much more important to them that they 101 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 4: shove it down into your towns, into your kids' schools, 102 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 4: and into your way of life. So sticking a pro 103 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 4: trans rocking chair into their headquarters in a predominantly conservative 104 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 4: town is exactly the type of thing they revel in doing. 105 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 4: And for a food service company, you might be thinking 106 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 4: their focus should be good food and good service, but 107 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 4: their own website says, quote, this year, Cracker Barrel's focus 108 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 4: was to be a part of the Pride experience and 109 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 4: they're very proud of their pro trans rocking chairs. Let 110 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 4: me tell you. They call it quote bringing the front 111 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 4: porch to Pride. And if you think that's out of 112 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 4: alignment with their customers, well you're right. But it doesn't 113 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 4: end there. The Cracker Barrel website says that they believe 114 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 4: that diverse and pride are pillars they should guide decision 115 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 4: making year round. In fact, to uphold these values, Cracker 116 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 4: Barrel also engaged with the HRC and the Out and 117 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 4: Equal Advocates Workplace Conference. More on the HRC later, but 118 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 4: let's dive into Out and Equal for those who don't know, 119 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 4: Out and Equal is an organization focused on forcing sexuality 120 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 4: and transgenderism into the workplace. Cracker Barrel sponsored their conference 121 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 4: and really went the extra mile by creating rocking chairs 122 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 4: in every color of the LGBTQ plus Pride flag. This 123 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: was part of a large DEI push at Cracker Barrel 124 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 4: corporate in recent years. Cracker Barrel was so devoted to 125 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 4: this DEI push before most even new DEI was a 126 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 4: thing that they were given an award by the Out 127 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 4: and Equal Advocates for having twenty eighteen's top lgbterg group. Yes, 128 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 4: Cracker Barrel has a special group for LGBTQ plus employees. Again, 129 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 4: back in my day, a club about the sex you 130 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 4: like to have at work would have been called sexual harassment, 131 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 4: but now it's apparently empowering and virtuous if you make 132 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 4: club about it. That's not the only award they've won 133 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 4: though now. They also won Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce's 134 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 4: Award for Corporate Diversity. To really drive home how out 135 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 4: of touch the company's become. Here's a photo of a 136 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 4: former Cracker Barrel employees cubicle where you can see his 137 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 4: pronouns listed on his Out and Equal name tag, along 138 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 4: with what appears to be a Gay Pride FBI logo 139 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 4: and various virtue signaling signs. Cracker Barrel also took part 140 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 4: in something called the Southern States Forum, where they discuss 141 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 4: how to advance the far left agenda and normalize transgenderism 142 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 4: and their causes in Southern States. At this forum, they 143 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: did a workshop on the cracker barrel quote timeline of progress. 144 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 4: This is about advancing LGBTQ plus issues. So you're getting 145 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 4: cracker barrel vibes yet I doubt it, But buckle in 146 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 4: because the crazy train is just leaving the station. Now 147 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: back to the HRC. If you're not familiar with the 148 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: HRC and you thought of Hillary Clinton, somehow, the actual 149 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 4: HRC is worse than Hillary. In fact, in the most 150 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 4: Orwellian twist, their full name is the Human Rights Foundation. 151 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 4: With such a name, you might expect them to speak 152 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 4: up for trafficking victims, free speech, religious freedom, or maybe 153 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 4: young girls who suffer from genital mutilation in third world countries. 154 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: But again you'd be wrong. They actually support the mutilation. 155 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 4: Left wing activists call quote gender affirming care for children, 156 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 4: and yes, they support the hormones, the surgeries, all of it. 157 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 4: The HRC also absolutely hates President Trump, and their president 158 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 4: called President Trump a white nationalist who hates America during 159 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 4: this last election, we can have a thirty four time 160 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 4: felony convicted wanna be white nationalist dictator in office. The 161 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 4: HRC they want workplaces pushing pronouns transgenderism, full medical coverage 162 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 4: for transitions, and to fun pride events both inside the 163 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 4: workplace and outside the workplace. In fact, in this image 164 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 4: posted by a former Cracker Barrel employee, you'll see that 165 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 4: they've sponsored the HRC's Quote Equality Dinner for at least 166 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 4: ten years. They even got a shout out on stage 167 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 4: from the HRC for their dramatic embraceive wokeness in all 168 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 4: of the. 169 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 3: Ways pack about I see you. 170 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 4: I am so thankful that you are here because I 171 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 4: have been one that hashbag answer over a long time, 172 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 4: and now I feel like I can go. 173 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 2: Back and do it. 174 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 4: I see you. I remember that cubicle before it belonged 175 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 4: to a former employee who was actually a part of 176 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 4: the HRC's Business Advisory Council in Washington, DC. A very 177 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 4: proud moment for Cracker Barrel executives, I'm sure. In fact, 178 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 4: his LinkedIn says he's still on the council today. That employee, 179 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,959 Speaker 4: Steve Smotherman, was also the head of Management, Training and 180 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 4: Development at Cracker Barrel for fifteen years. That explains a lot. 181 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: If you liked the Michael Berry Show in podcast, please 182 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: tell one friend, and if you're so inclined write a 183 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: nice review of our podcast. 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