1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: New bombshell report is out saying this. 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 2: From CNN that cabinet secretaries are apparently asked to submit 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 2: questions ahead of pre scripted meetings with Joe Biden. 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: Why would CNN be breaking this news. 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 2: I'm going to make a prediction that there is a 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: real possibility now that the cabinet, at least some in 7 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 2: the cabinet may actually be looking at invoking the twenty 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: fifth Amendment. I'm going to play this for you from 9 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: CNN as they broke this news, which is rattling the 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: White House as we speak. 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 3: Get the White House perspective now with sentence MJ. 12 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: Lee. Who's there for is? MJ? You and your colleagues 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: have some reporting on the mood behind the scenes. What 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: are you hearing from your sources? 15 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 4: Well, boris, there's certainly been a lot of confusion and 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 4: anger and sadness inside the White House, across the administration, 17 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 4: the campaign, and across the Democratic Party more broadly since 18 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 4: the President's really halting and shocking debate performance. My colleagues 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 4: and I have spoken over the course of the last 20 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 4: two weeks to dozens of Democratic sources, including I should 21 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 4: note senior Democrats who have spent real time with the president, 22 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 4: and in some cases have known the. 23 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: President for years. 24 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 4: And what has been striking is that none of them 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 4: had ever seen this version of President Biden that we 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 4: all saw on the debate stage that was so faltering 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 4: and dazed, and plenty of officials that we spoke with said, look, 28 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 4: of course we've known that the president has aged. He 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 4: is certainly not the same person that we know from say, 30 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 4: a year ago. But what they had said, and that 31 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 4: was so noteworthy, is that they said they couldn't have 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 4: possibly known about the full extent of the president's decline. 33 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 4: And what many of them blame at this point is 34 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: this apparatus and daily operation that is built around the 35 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 4: president that is so painfully choreographed and stage vantage, they said, 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 4: that is designed to prevent the president from being oftened 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 4: out in these unscripted settings for an extended period of time. 38 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 4: And that really what that meant was that only a 39 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 4: small circle of inner circle of advisors and perhaps family 40 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 4: members could have known about sort of this full picture 41 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 4: of the president's condition. Just one example that is in 42 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 4: our story is that, according to two sources, before cabinet 43 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 4: meetings that the president attends, cabinet officials will submit their 44 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 4: questions and talking points, key talking points and bullet points 45 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 4: that they plan to present to the president in these 46 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 4: closed door meetings. This is how one source described it. 47 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 4: They said, the entire display is kind of an act. 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 4: They would come and say, hey, the President is going 49 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 4: to call on you about twenty five minutes in and 50 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 4: ask this question, what are the bullet points that you'll 51 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 4: respond with. Now, the White House's defense has been that 52 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 4: that is standard practice for any administration. They said, in 53 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 4: a setting like this, you never want the president to 54 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 4: be not aware of what is going to be discussed. 55 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 4: They want to also just be mindful of the president's time. 56 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 4: But we also spoke with sources from the Obama years 57 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 4: who said, in the cabinet meetings for former President Barack Obama, 58 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 4: those were never this meticulously scripted. Now, more broadly, in 59 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 4: response to our story and our reporting, the White House 60 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 4: really defended the breath of the president's travels, his engagements 61 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 4: with the press, and certainly his record over the last 62 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 4: three and a half years, and provided comments from senior 63 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 4: officials defending the president as being a sharp and engage 64 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 4: and White House spokesverson Andrew Bates also said this is 65 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 4: a part of his response, he said, Joe Biden has 66 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 4: always said that it is fair for reporters to ask 67 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 4: about his age, and has always confidently shown his value, 68 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 4: his agenda, intelligence, and determination to the American people. Well, 69 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 4: in just a few hours, we are of course about 70 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 4: to see that play out, the President taking questions from reporters, 71 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: and we certainly expect many of those questions will be 72 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 4: precisely about these issues. 73 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: Now. 74 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: By the way, this is the big boy press conference 75 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: right that they are talking about, which has already been moved. 76 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 2: He also was sitting down with Zelenski, and people thought, hey, 77 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 2: if you're trying to make it look like you're going 78 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 2: to answer questions, wouldn't you answer questions during the Zolensky 79 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: press conference. 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Now there's also at 121 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: the bottom of the screen. During this report on CNN, 122 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 2: it says angry and stun Democrats blame Biden's closest advisors 123 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: for shielding the public from full extent of President's decline. 124 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: That is the biggest load of crap ever. Everybody could 125 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: see this decline, Everyone could understand it. No one was 126 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: shielding It's the president from any of his quote decline. 127 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: The only thing that has changed is now it is 128 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 2: in their best interests to admit that there is a 129 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: cognitive decline. Because they want to get rid of Joe Biden. 130 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: That is literally the only difference. If you ever watched 131 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 2: the movie The Big Short, it was about the housing 132 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: crisis in the subprime lending. 133 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: It was in two thousand and eight. There's a moment 134 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: in that. 135 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: Movie where those those that were hedging their bets and 136 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 2: saw this burst coming and were buying the shorting that 137 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 2: the housing market, they couldn't believe that as delinquencies and 138 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: defaults were going up, their positions were not being marked accordingly, 139 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: and so they had bought these positions and the banks 140 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 2: were saying, hey, you got to pay us your premiums, 141 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: and they're like, how is it possible that my position 142 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: hasn't changed right when when clearly there's a massive problem 143 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 2: happening right before our very eyes. Well, what was happening 144 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 2: was is the banks were trying to get ahead of it. 145 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: They knew there was a problem, and they were offloading 146 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: their assets that they knew were terrible, that were garbage 147 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: to then be able to hedge themselves from their massive losses. 148 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: And there's a moment in there with one of. 149 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: The characters, a guy that's a doctor that was brilliant 150 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 2: that saw the bubble really in many ways before anyone else. 151 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: He said, the phone rings and it rings. 152 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 2: And it's one of the people that he had bought 153 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 2: these options from right when he was shorting the housing market. 154 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: And finally they called him back and they're like, hey, 155 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 2: now we can work with you on your position. He said, no, 156 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 2: I think what you guys are doing is you figured 157 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 2: out how to unload what you need to unload to 158 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:27,599 Speaker 2: save yourself, and now you are going to adequately assess 159 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 2: my position. 160 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: It was fraud. 161 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: If you ever watch that movie, The Big Short, and 162 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 2: if you haven't, go back and watched that moment, that 163 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 2: is no different than what we're seeing for the Democratic 164 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 2: Party in the media right now. They know there's a problem. 165 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: They knew there was a problem. They were covering up 166 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 2: the problem because they didn't think it was going to 167 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: be a problem to after the election. Now we had 168 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 2: the press car or now we had the debate. Now 169 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 2: the problem is here, and they're having to figure out 170 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 2: how do we offload the president of the United States 171 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: of America because now we are caught with our pants 172 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: down and we're afraid we're about to lose. And so 173 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: now they're all reacting that no, one is acting. I 174 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: want to be very very clear here. No one is 175 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 2: acting here in an honest way. Okay, none of them are. 176 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 2: And when you have a cabinet secretaries that are forced 177 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: us to make questions ahead of prescripted meetings with the 178 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 2: President of the United States of America, that tells you 179 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: that they know that there has been a problem for 180 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 2: a long time. 181 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: This has been going on for years. 182 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 2: And Democrat centers meeting with Biden campaign staff as pressure 183 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: builds on the president to quote exit the race was 184 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: another headline today I saw again this goes back to 185 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: you guys just finally got caught being corrupt as hell, 186 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: the idea that you're angry and stunned, right, and Democrats 187 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 2: are blaming Biden's close advisors for shielding him from the public, 188 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 2: from shielding them from the full extent of the president's decline. 189 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 2: You guys all knew this was your guy. You've known 190 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 2: it for years. You knew there was a problem for years. 191 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 2: The only reason why now you're outraged is because you've 192 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 2: got to force him out of the race, because you 193 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 2: are afraid you're going to lose. I keep saying it 194 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 2: over and over again, because I want you to understand. 195 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: None of these people have been acting responsibly. They are 196 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 2: all scumbags. Every person in the media that's now acting 197 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 2: like they're shocked at the decline of Joe Biden's a scumbag. 198 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 2: Every elected official that's a Democrat that's now acting like, oh, 199 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 2: the president's got to you know, get out of this race. 200 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: It's only because they're going to lose power. 201 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: George Clooney, by the way, scumbag as well. 202 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: Oh I love the President, but he's got to go. 203 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: You just had a fundraiser for him. He was in 204 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: decline when you did the fundraiser. Why didn't you sound 205 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: the alarm then? 206 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: Because you're a scumbag that thought you could keep power 207 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 2: through Biden. Now you think you can't, and now you're 208 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: pulling the rug out from under his entire administration. 209 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: These people are scumbags. 210 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 2: Now there's a bombshell story that is even bigger than 211 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 2: the one that I just told you about. That's part 212 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 2: two of this insanity happening right now. There is a 213 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 2: new report out that says that the Biden campaign has 214 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 2: commissioned a Trump Versus Harris poll Kamala Harris to see 215 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: if she would be better than Joe Biden. Now, this 216 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 2: is not somebody outside the campaign, right, It's not like 217 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 2: the Democratic Party did this. 218 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: It's not like some leftist group did this. 219 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 2: Or No, we're now being told the reporting is that 220 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 2: the Biden Harris campaign has reportedly commissioned an internal poll 221 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 2: to gauge how Vien's president Kamala Harris would perform as 222 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 2: the top nominee versus Donald Trump. 223 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: Now, who is exposing this move? 224 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 2: And by the way, this was a dumb move by 225 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 2: the campaign, unless there's people in the campaign that are 226 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 2: throwing Joe Biden overboard because they're afraid they're going to 227 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 2: lose their power. And I would expect that to be 228 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 2: the case, because there are also a bunch of scumbags. 229 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: And I have no doubt that this was purposely leaked 230 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 2: to the media to yet again put even more pressure 231 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: on Joe Biden to drop out of the race. His 232 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 2: own staff is turning on him, his own campaign is 233 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 2: turning on him. 234 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: This is either the dumbest thing I've ever seen in. 235 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: My life by any campaign to do this, or they 236 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 2: did it on purpose, and that's exactly what I think 237 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 2: they did. 238 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: I don't think they're this dumb. 239 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 2: I think they did it and wanted to leak it, 240 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: and there's why it ended up in the New York Times. 241 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 2: The New York Times reporting at this hour on this development, 242 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: citing three anonymous sources who are informed about it, quote unquote, 243 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 2: the report comes as musings on the left about replacing 244 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: Joe Biden at the top of the ticket continued to 245 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 2: grow in the aftermath of his disastrous debate performance. When 246 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 2: sent the shockwaves through the entire Democratic Party. Quote, they 247 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 2: did not specify why the survey was being conducted or 248 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 2: what the campaign planned to do with the results. Well, 249 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 2: we all know exactly, okay, what they're doing with this survey. 250 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: They're trying to see if Kamwa Harris can save the 251 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 2: day and if she's any better than Joe Biden is 252 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 2: right now that according to The New York Times, Maggie Haberman, 253 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 2: as well as Shane Goldmatcher and Read Epstein, all of 254 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 2: these people who note this appears to be the first 255 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 2: Trump versus Harris poll commissioned by the campaign since the debate. 256 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: So again, these people in the campaign, they feel like 257 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 2: they're going to lose their jobs. They don't want to 258 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 2: lose their jobs. They don't want to lose their power. 259 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 2: And so if that means getting rid of Joe Biden 260 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 2: and undermining him while you're supposed to be working and 261 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 2: serving him as a campaign player, they don't care, because 262 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 2: they only care about themselves. 263 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: Now. It is unclear what. 264 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 2: Outfit is conducting the survey for the campaign now, they 265 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 2: don't even have the results yet, and they're leaking this. 266 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: That's how plain this was. 267 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: The Times further noted the campaign manager and campaign chair 268 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 2: Dylan worked to reassure staff in an internal memo that 269 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 2: Biden remains the most viable candidate and that he has 270 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 2: a path to victory. Well, clearly they don't believe that, 271 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 2: because if you did believe that, you wouldn't be doing this, 272 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: damn pole. In addition to what we believe is a 273 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 2: clear pathway ahead for us, the memo reads, there is 274 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 2: also no indication that anyone else would outperform the president 275 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: versus Trump. Hypothetical pulling of alternative nominees will always be unreliable, 276 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: and surveys do not take into account the negative media 277 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 2: environment that any Democratic nominee will encounter. The only Democratic 278 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 2: candidate with whom this is already baked in is President Biden. 279 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: That is what the campaign said in their official cover 280 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: your Abs email to the staff, while they're clearly saying, 281 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 2: we got to figure out a way to get rid 282 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 2: of JR. Biden, even if it means we're stuck with 283 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: Kamway Harris, if Kamala Harris is better in the polling. Notably, 284 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 2: a poll from the reputable Emerson College Polling published on 285 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 2: Tuesday showed Trump with an even bigger lead over Harris 286 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 2: than he has over Biden. It found that Trump led 287 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 2: Biden by three and Harris by six nationally and hypothetical 288 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 2: two ray Way races. News of the internal Harris versus 289 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 2: Trump poll on Thursday coincided with a report from the 290 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 2: Times that some of Biden's closest allies are well figuring 291 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 2: out a strategy to quote convince Joe to end his candidacy. Additionally, 292 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 2: NBC News detailed that several sources in Biden's orbit say 293 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 2: his bid for the White House is quote a lost cause. 294 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: He needs to drop out. 295 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 2: One Biden campaign official told NBC News he will never 296 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 2: recover from this. Referring to the debate, I think there's 297 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: two takeaways from this. Number One, his own campaign is 298 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 2: turning on him. That's pretty bad. Number two, I think 299 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: the cabinet is now leaking because they don't want to 300 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 2: lose their power. And if you're a cabinet secretary, you 301 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: don't want to go out as a loser, and so 302 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 2: you would rather maybe even put out there the real 303 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 2: possibility of enacting the twenty fifth Amendment. Now, the twenty 304 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 2: fifth Amendment is a big deal, but if you're a 305 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 2: Democrat and you don't care about democracy, if you're a 306 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 2: Democrat and you don't care about the Constitution, because they're 307 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 2: not even Democrats anymore. This goes back to what I've 308 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 2: been saying for a very long time. The Democratic Party 309 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 2: is dead. They're masquerading as Democrats because they think that's 310 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: palatable enough for the American people. They are really socialists, Marxists, 311 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 2: and communists. 312 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: Okay, that's who they are. 313 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 2: They're socialists, Marxists, and their communists. 314 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: Period. 315 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 2: They would absolutely overthrow Joe Biden if it means they 316 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 2: think they can save themselves and be in power. They 317 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 2: don't care about people. They don't care about who the 318 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 2: people choose an election. We saw that with what they 319 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 2: try to do, getting rid multiple times, trying to get 320 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: rid of Donald Trump, They don't care if the people 321 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: make a decision that they wanted Joe Biden. They don't 322 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: care if they choose someone that no one has voted for. 323 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 2: They don't care anything about this country when it comes 324 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 2: to freedom, or democracy or the rule of law. They 325 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 2: have weaponized our government to go after Donald Trump and 326 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 2: try to take his assets and lock him up. Okay, 327 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 2: so we know that. I want to be very very 328 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: very clear. These people do not care whose lives they ruin. 329 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 2: That includes Joe Biden. I wouldn't be surprised if we 330 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 2: start seeing some more leaks about the Biden crime family, 331 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,479 Speaker 2: which they've defended forever. I think that's where they're going 332 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 2: to start hitting the Bidens next, if the Bidens don't 333 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 2: act now. 334 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: Let me also explain. 335 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: That there is a lot of leverage that Katamala Harris 336 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 2: has right now. 337 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: And I want you to understand this. 338 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 2: If the Cabinet can get around Harris, if the campaign 339 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 2: can get around Harris, Harris can then go to the President. 340 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure he's the one making the decisions. 341 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 2: So let's just say she goes to Joe Biden and 342 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 2: Hunter Biden and James Biden says, look, guys. You guys, 343 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 2: convent your dad to drop out, and I'll give you, 344 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 2: guys whatever pardons you need. Moving forward, I'll make sure 345 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 2: that all of this, these investigations, to the best of 346 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: my ability, disappear, or will hurry up and speed up 347 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 2: the investigations and get the convictions, and then I'll pardon 348 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 2: all of you. I think that is the leverage that 349 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris has that no other candidate has. 350 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: Right now. 351 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris can keep the same campaign staff. She's the 352 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 2: only one that can keep all the money that's been raised. 353 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 2: She's the easiest person to replace the president because people 354 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 2: did actually vote for her right as the vice president. 355 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 2: Joe Biden could then come out with his family and say, 356 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 2: you know, unfortunately I'm incapacitated, or I'm getting too old, 357 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 2: or it's just too tough, and I realized for the 358 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 2: good of the country that my vice president, who I 359 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 2: chose four years ago for this exact reason, is going 360 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 2: to step in. I'm going to campaign for her, and 361 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 2: we're going to win the White House. I can write 362 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 2: this speech and make it look perfect. I think all 363 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: of those are these options that I just mentioned are 364 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: genuinely on the table, Gretchen Whitmer were coming to the 365 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: aid of Joe Biden trying to save his candidacy. Biden 366 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 2: in it to win it, and I'm damn proud to 367 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 2: support him, quote unquote. That is the big support he's 368 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 2: getting from Witmer. The question is will it be enough 369 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 2: to actually make people stop talking about what's happened in 370 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 2: this campaign. That's the question that I don't believe. Gretchen 371 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 2: Whitmer saying it is gonna have that, mapect, I really don't. 372 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 2: Others may disagree. Stephen Colbert saying this about the President 373 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 2: last night as he was doing his opening monologue, Take 374 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 2: a listen. 375 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: Are conflicted. 376 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 3: We got a clear message today from our nation's most 377 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 3: powerful Democratic leader, George Clooney. George wrote a New York 378 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,959 Speaker 3: Times op ed titled I love Joe Biden, but we 379 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 3: need a new nomine adding we also need a money guy, 380 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 3: a safecracker, an acrobat. 381 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: And Brad Pitts. 382 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 3: It's the plot of Ocean's twenty four Amle's busy with 383 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 3: human rights stuff and I got bored. 384 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: I watched that. I love the audience reaction there. 385 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 2: It does tell you about how unseerious the Democratic party 386 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 2: is and I mean this when George Clooney is like 387 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 2: the new voice of the Democratic Party, you gotta kind 388 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 2: of laugh a little bit and sit there and you're like, really, 389 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 2: this is it. 390 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: Stephen Colbert also uh. 391 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 2: Asking this question when talking about the to the audience 392 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 2: about the presidency. Listen carefully, what do you mean You're 393 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 2: not on the same page even in the same book. 394 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: Wow, that's pretty rough. 395 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 3: Well, could I recommend a new book? Oh the Places 396 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 3: for Joe? Is he mentally fit? Can he serve a 397 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 3: whole term? Can he beat RFK with his brain full 398 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 3: of worm? 399 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 1: Just ask him? Just ask him. 400 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 3: The man loves to talk as long as you ask 401 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 3: him before eight o'clock. 402 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: They are all in to get rid of Joe Biden. 403 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 2: You noticed that it was the greasy bucket of chicken guy, 404 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 2: Steve Cohen, who they asked that question of. 405 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: Just ask him, Just ask him. 406 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 2: The man makes The man loves to talk as long 407 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 2: as you ask him before eight o'clock. Can he serve 408 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 2: a whole term? You've got Late Night, you got George Clinting, 409 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 2: You've got others that are just coming out one after 410 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 2: another making it clear they they just aren't gonna stand 411 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 2: by and expect to lose. On election night, they're gonna 412 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 2: get rid of Joe Biden. By the way, the Daily Show, 413 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,479 Speaker 2: half of The Daily Show's focus group of black New 414 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 2: York voters say they will vote for Donald Trump. And 415 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 2: even on that show, The Daily Show, they said they 416 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: didn't quote see that coming. 417 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 5: Okay, So who will you be voting for in twenty 418 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 5: twenty four? 419 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: There? 420 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 6: Do I have to see his name? 421 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 7: I don't want to, but more thunlikely it's gonna be Trump. 422 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 8: Yeah, and then Victor Oh Biden Okay, Trump, Trump's Biden 423 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 8: Biden Trump. 424 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 5: Okay, we're an even split, which I didn't Yeah, I 425 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 5: didn't see that coming. So do you think there's going 426 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 5: to be a big shift, any sword changed. 427 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 7: I think it's going to be a big shift me too, shift, Yes, 428 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 7: really okay? For me, I've always been a Democrat, and 429 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 7: it's like, for the most part, with the Democratic Party, 430 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 7: they always make a bunch of promises that they can't deliver. 431 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 6: You know, they use the issues of the African American 432 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 6: community as a soapbox to stand on and make promises, 433 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 6: you know, just to get us to come out and vote, 434 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 6: and then once we vote and everyone's in place. 435 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: It's like with what happened? 436 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 2: That is a panel of all African American voters in 437 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 2: New York City saying this. 438 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: On the Daily Show. 439 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 2: And you could see it on the Daily Show, and 440 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 2: you could see the moment where the host is like, 441 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 2: holy crap, half of you guys are going to vote 442 00:25:53,720 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 2: for Trump. Gretchen Whitmer, by the way, who on the 443 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 2: Stephen Colbert Show last night and wanted to, you know, 444 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 2: say how much she loves Joe Biden and supports Joe Biden, 445 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 2: and Joe Biden's the nominee to try to be a 446 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 2: good sarrogate for Joe Biden. 447 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: It didn't go well for her either. 448 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: Why because well then she said she kind of didn't 449 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 2: watch the debate. 450 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 3: Nice to have you on, first time I've had a 451 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 3: chance to talk to you. Obviously, been following your career 452 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 3: for many years now, and for the people who don't know, 453 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 3: you're a national co chair of the Biden campaign. And 454 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 3: the debate is still what you know, everybody is talking about. 455 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: What debate? Did you not get a chance to catch it? 456 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: Did you watch the debate? I've seen clips of the debate? 457 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: You didn't watch the debate. 458 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 8: I was actually out on the West coast with a 459 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 8: couple of my colleagues. 460 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: And they don't have fun out there. 461 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 3: Got they don't have television in California. 462 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly true. What was what was your reaction? 463 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 3: Did you were you just like, you know what, stay 464 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 3: of the course doesn't matter? 465 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: Full speed ahead, Joe? Or did you give you pause 466 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: at all? 467 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 6: I like your time? 468 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 1: I did know. 469 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 3: That's how it's gonna be okay. After the debate, forty 470 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 3: Democrats worry about the president's cognitive abilities? Should the Democrats 471 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 3: consider someone else? Which is not a crazy question. I 472 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,879 Speaker 3: mean even George Clooney today name checked you in his 473 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 3: editorial in the New York Times that you would be 474 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 3: an excellent option. It's got to be a little flattering, 475 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 3: right He named checked me and a handful of other folks. 476 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 1: And the good news is they're not here tonight, that's right. 477 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 4: So who cares about that? 478 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,360 Speaker 1: Exactly No? You know, I think that the. 479 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 4: Debate rattled a lot of people, right, it was a 480 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 4: lousy performance. 481 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 2: I don't think anyone's I mean, did you notice the 482 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 2: Dodgs there? Did you get a chance to watch it? 483 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 2: Did you watch the debate? I've seen the clips of 484 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 2: the debate. You didn't watch the debate, Whitmer. I was 485 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 2: actually out on the West Coast with a couple of 486 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 2: my colleagues, and they don't have TVs out there. Colbert 487 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 2: went on to say, I forgot they don't have television 488 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 2: in California. I have no doubt that Gretchen Whitmore has 489 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 2: seen the damn debate. And for her to sit there 490 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 2: and to say I support Joe Biden while saying and 491 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 2: claiming she didn't see the debate somehow making it seem 492 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 2: like she's smarter is insane. 493 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: It is absolutely insane. 494 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 2: Stephen Colbert spent five minutes in seventeen seconds of his 495 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 2: show last night warning the Democrats about Project twenty twenty 496 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 2: five is a radical, far right takeover of everything in 497 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 2: the US government. Now, let me explain to you what 498 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 2: I know about Project twenty twenty five. It was funny 499 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 2: because two days ago my phone started ringing, and it 500 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 2: was a lot of liberal shows, like Chris Cuomo's show, 501 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 2: for example, and they were like, will you come on 502 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 2: and talk about Project twenty twenty five? And I'm like, yeah, 503 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: I'm more than happy to. I can do that because 504 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 2: I don't think it's anything that we should be freaking 505 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 2: out over. I think it's not a big deal at all, 506 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,239 Speaker 2: and Project twenty twenty five is not something that I 507 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 2: am concerned over. Let me explain to you the best 508 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: way I can explain Project twenty twenty five so you 509 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 2: understand what is fact compared to what is conspiracy theory. 510 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: Heritage Foundation. 511 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 2: I actually worked in that building when I worked for 512 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 2: town Hall. It was amazing, loved loved my time there. 513 00:29:56,160 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 2: Heritage Foundation is a hardcore conservative organization that for years 514 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 2: has been trying to push for principal conservative values on 515 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 2: Capitol Hill and also hold conservatives accountable and responsible when 516 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 2: they are elected to stay true and not sell out. 517 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 2: Heritage Foundation has done amazing job also of mentoring and 518 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 2: growing conservatives, finding conservatives that they support that then run 519 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 2: for office that they can stand behind and support. It's 520 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 2: actually pretty simple. Heritage Foundation did one of the coolest 521 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 2: things ever. This may have been twenty years ago now, 522 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 2: and it was the Heritage Guide to the Constitution, where 523 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 2: they had constitutional scholars go through the Constitution and then 524 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 2: explain the Constitution in layman's terms. It is maybe one 525 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 2: of the most powerful reads I've ever read in my 526 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 2: entire life, excluding the Bible, because it's a way to 527 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 2: understand the Constitution and understand what our founding father's intent 528 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 2: was when writing the Constitution and what it means. 529 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: You can still. 530 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 2: Get copies of the Heritage Guide to the Constitution. It's 531 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 2: on you can grab him, i think on Amazon or online. 532 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 2: You can buy him on eBay, like, there's still very 533 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 2: much out there, all right, So let's. 534 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: Start with that. 535 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 2: The Heritage Foundation understood that what hurt Trump's last election 536 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 2: cycle was is that Donald Trump was actually not ready 537 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 2: with a deep enough staff, a deep enough plan to 538 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 2: make a significant difference in Washington, and he was undermined. Now, 539 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 2: when I say that he was undermined, let me excuse 540 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 2: me expand on that. 541 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: Donald Trump came in. 542 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 2: And there's a lot of career positions in DC, and 543 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 2: those career positions in DC are what they refer to 544 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 2: as non political positions, okay, And and the non political 545 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 2: positions that Donald Trump did not replace was something that 546 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 2: ended up coming back to haunt him because you think 547 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 2: that these people in non political positions are not there 548 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 2: to undermine you and to actually undo what you're doing 549 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 2: and to hurt you, and so Donald Trump was trusting 550 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 2: and left them there like many other administrations, whether it's 551 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 2: a Bush administration, Obama administration, Biden administration. 552 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: Et cetera. 553 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 2: But what's changed is we now are very very much 554 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 2: in a political world. Okay, like it's it's incredibly the 555 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 2: government's changed. People that used to serve our country in 556 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 2: these non political roles, that's what they used to actually do, 557 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 2: that's no longer the case. 558 00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: They no longer serve. 559 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 2: There are people that have infiltrated our government that are 560 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 2: in career positions that are supposed to stay the same 561 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 2: in essence, that are quote non political positions, right, that 562 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 2: are actually they've turned into extremely political positions. 563 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: That's a problem. 564 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 2: So you look at that, and what Heritage Foundation then 565 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 2: decided was, Okay, we got bamboozled, we got screwed last time. 566 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 2: Let's not do that again this time if Donald Trump 567 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 2: is elected. And so what the Heritage Foundation has done 568 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 2: is they've basically gone through and found positions that are 569 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 2: been politicized within the government, and they're preparing to then 570 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 2: make recommendations the Trump administration if he has elected on 571 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 2: real conservatives that they've already vetted that they've already set 572 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 2: down with, they've already talked to that they believe would 573 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 2: make great replacements for the people that are there that 574 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 2: are lefties, that are radical. Right now now, I think 575 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 2: it's pretty clear that our government has lost its way 576 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 2: on a level that none of us could have actually 577 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 2: imagined just how bad it is until we've witnessed the 578 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 2: Biden administration. And I'm talking about people that are extremely political. 579 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,800 Speaker 2: I also think we know a lot more now about 580 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 2: those in our government that were there solely to undermine 581 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 2: every single thing that Donald Trump was doing when Donald 582 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 2: Trump was president of the United States of America. And remember, 583 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 2: you're supposed to serve at the pleasure of the president, 584 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:49,959 Speaker 2: meaning you're supposed to support and help and advocate for 585 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 2: the president of the United States of America when you 586 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 2: were in when you're serving the president. There were a 587 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 2: lot of people in Trump's last term that they were 588 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 2: not serving him. They were not advocating for him, they 589 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 2: were not following through on his wishes as president, which 590 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:12,280 Speaker 2: is what you're supposed to do. They were there undermining 591 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 2: the president. They were there doing his plans. So what 592 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,800 Speaker 2: the Heritage Foundation is now done is they've said Okay, 593 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,239 Speaker 2: we now know this, right like we understand it. 594 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 1: We now know it, we get it. 595 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 2: And so what we're going to do now is we're 596 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:33,359 Speaker 2: going to put together a list, a very extensive, a 597 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:38,439 Speaker 2: very deep bench of conservatives that we've vetted. So we're 598 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 2: not vetting them after election day, but we've got a 599 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 2: plan in place for January twentieth, twenty twenty five, where 600 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 2: the president can come in in a big way, and the. 601 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,400 Speaker 1: President can really have a deep bench. 602 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 2: Of individuals that we can recommend to this administration. 603 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: That shouldn't sound scary to anyone. 604 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 2: I understand why it sounds scary to the Democrats, but 605 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 2: it shouldn't sound like anything nefarious to conservatives. We're just 606 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 2: learning to play the same way democrats play. Make sure 607 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 2: you share this podcast with your family and friends, please, 608 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:18,759 Speaker 2: because a lot of what I just played for you're 609 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 2: not going to hear on the news. 610 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: And I'll see you back here tomorrow.