1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Welcome in hope all of you are having fantastic Tuesdays 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: wherever you are across the country or around the world. 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: We have got a ton of different stories to dive 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: into with you. 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: Buck is in. 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: Taiwan, as I said yesterday, for the entire week, so 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: he will be back on Monday. I'll read a couple 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: of the tweets that he has shared as he has 9 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: been over there doing meetings and checking out what could 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: become one of the major geopolitical flashpoints in the world. 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: He is there for this week and like I said, 12 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: we'll be back on Monday. A couple of guests coming 13 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: your way in the third hour, Senator Mark Wayne Mullen 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: of Oklahoma and Steve Scalise will join us as well 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: as the looming government shutdown, the years closer inches closer 16 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: and closer. Big speech this morning by Secretary of War 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: Pete Hegseth. It can be some up as don't be fat. 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: If you are a general or an admiral, you should 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: be in decent shape. And also the job of the 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: military is to kick ass and so if you can't 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: fulfill basic standards for health and fitness and lethality, then 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: you shouldn't be serving in our armed forces and is 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: very well received speech. We may play a couple of 24 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: cuts of that for you eventually. President Trump also spoke 25 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: and has been basically speaking all day so far, and 26 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: a lot of it focused on both the military and 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: also now on the cost of prescription drugs. And he 28 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: is right now in the process of letting everyone know 29 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: that he is doing his best to bring down the 30 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: cost of prescription drugs. So all of that is underway. 31 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: We are waiting news on whether Hamas is going to 32 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: agree to the Middle East peace plan that was laid 33 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: out yesterday near the end of the program, and we 34 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: will continue to monitor the looming as I said, government shutdown, 35 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: which is likely to not impact very many of you 36 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 1: very substantially. And again I'm sorry for being cynical on this, 37 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: but eventually they're going to reach an agreement. It's going 38 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: to lead to deficits increasing, and nobody's life is really 39 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: going to be that impacted. I feel like they've overplayed 40 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: their hand on the government shutdown as a major narrative 41 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: that people care about. It's been going on for the 42 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: first time I really remember becoming a major issue was 43 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: in the Clinton White House, and maybe the most significant 44 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: aspect of the Clinton government shutdown issues were that that 45 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: was when Clinton initially met Monica Lewinsky and ended up 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: engaging in salacious behavior in the Oval office. Maybe put 47 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: it mildly, that may be the most consequential thing that 48 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: happened from the government shutdowns back in the nineties was 49 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: the Clinton impeachments and the Monica Lewinsky freakas. But again, 50 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: this is eventually going to get it It's eventually going 51 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: to get itself fixed. So let's play a couple of 52 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: things just off the top that I do think are 53 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: significant of the news. Here is Trump announcing that Pfizer 54 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: will offer prescription drugs to Americans at most Favored nation prices. 55 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: This just happened cut thirty two today through to. 56 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 3: Announce that one of the world's largest onemosivital manufacturers are 57 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 3: one of the best anywhere in the world. Pfizer has 58 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: agreed to offer capitalists prescription medications and major discounts in 59 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: the United States. There's a result of the most Favored 60 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 3: nation drug pricing runners that we established earlier this year. 61 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: You know, the United States is face sometimes ten times 62 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 3: more than other countries for drugs, and a lot of 63 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 3: excuses were made for that been well for many years, 64 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: many many years, decades, and I'm just not going on 65 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: any longer where that we're paying the lowest press. You know, 66 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 3: we're going to be paying whatever the lowest prices favorite nations. 67 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 3: This will save American tax per years and consumers hundreds 68 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 3: of millions of dollars. 69 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: Okay, So that is what's going on right now. Let 70 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: me play some of these because I do think the 71 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: cuts from Pete hag Seth earlier today talking to his 72 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: generals and his admirals is significant because what it's coming 73 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: to represent is we are pushing back aggressively against the 74 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: idea basically that diversity is our strength, or that men 75 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: and women are the same, and that the ability of 76 00:04:55,360 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: someone basically to kick ass is not paramount in of 77 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: the military. Egg Seth is saying, Look, our job is 78 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: to kick ass, and we're going to do everything that 79 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: it takes to make sure that everyone in the military 80 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: is capable of doing that. Let's listen to a couple 81 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: of these cuts, because I do think culturally this is significant. 82 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: Pete Hegseth cut fifteen today. 83 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 4: At my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement 84 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 4: for every combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position 85 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 4: returns to the highest male standard. Only because this job 86 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 4: is life or death, standards must be met, and not 87 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: just met at every level, we should seek to exceed 88 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 4: the standard. 89 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: This is important because I know a lot of you 90 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: are in the service and they have developed this idea 91 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: that there is a male standard for physicality and a 92 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: female standard for physicality, and if your job is to 93 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: kick ass, the standard should just be the kick ass standard. 94 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: Not Hey, men have to do this to qualify, and 95 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: women have to do this lesser of bills to qualify. 96 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: That doesn't make any sense when the job actually requires 97 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: ass kicking. And so I think this is significant. It 98 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: also ties in with this Cut eighteen biology matters. Men 99 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: and women are different, listen to Cut eighteen. 100 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 4: As foolish and reckless as the Woke Department was, those 101 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 4: officers were following elected political leadership. An entire generation of 102 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 4: generals and admirals were told that they must parrot the 103 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 4: insane fallacy that quote our diversity is our strength. Of course, 104 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 4: we know our unity is our strength. They had to 105 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 4: put out dizzying DEI and LGBTQI plus statements They were 106 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 4: told females and males are the same thing, or that 107 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 4: males who think they're females totally normal. They were told 108 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 4: that we need a green fleet and electric tanks. They 109 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 4: were told to kick out Americans who refused an emergency vaccine. 110 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 4: They followed civilian policies set by foolish and reckless political leaders. 111 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: You know, this is all so a standard that Heseth 112 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: is applying going forward when it comes to the generals 113 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: and the admirals as well, in terms of what do 114 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: you want your leadership to look like? 115 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 2: Cut sixteen. The New War. 116 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 4: Department golden rule is this, do onto your unit as 117 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 4: you would have done onto your own child's unit. Would 118 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 4: you want him serving with fat or unfit or undertrained troops, 119 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: or alongside people who can't meet basic standards, or in 120 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 4: a unit where standards were lowered so certain types of 121 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 4: troops could make it, in in a unit where leaders 122 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 4: were promoted for reasons other than merit performance and war fighting. 123 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 4: The answer is. 124 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 2: Not just no, it's hell though. 125 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: Okay, this is important, and the military is symbolic of 126 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: this in many ways. What the Trump administration is advocating 127 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: for is a simple and basic return to the idea 128 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: of the meritocracy that is, the best man or the 129 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: best woman should have the most success, not the person 130 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: who looks a certain way, and that we don't need 131 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: to have and I think this is essential integral even 132 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: we don't need to have our nation directly reflecting what 133 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: the population looks like as a whole when it comes 134 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: to elite jobs. And I'll give you an example from 135 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: the world of sports that I've been hammering for a 136 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: long time. What Pete Hexas said, diversity is not our strength. 137 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: I think that's one hundred percent truth. Not diversity of 138 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: thought matters in many respects, but what matters is that 139 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: the most elite are able to achieve at the highest 140 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: possible level. Let me give you an example. The Olympics 141 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: are next year. The United States men's basketball team may 142 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: not have any white, Asian or Hispanic athlete on it. 143 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: Think about that for a minute. Black men represent around 144 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: six percent of the overall population. They are going to 145 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: have one hundred percent potentially of our US men when 146 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: it comes to the Olympic team that we put on 147 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: the court next year. And if they don't have one 148 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: hundred percent, they're going to have ninety percent or eighty 149 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: eight percent or whatever. The math is overwhelming numbers. That 150 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: is one of the foremost examples of a lack of 151 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: diversity at elite positions anywhere in the United States. Yet 152 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: those guys are the best. If we said we need 153 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: a men's basketball team that accurately reflects the American population, 154 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: we would have sixty percent white guys. 155 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: We would have. 156 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: Thirteen fourteen percent. Hispanic guys we would have right around 157 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: twelve percent. This is assuming, by the way, that we're 158 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: willing to acknowledge, there's a biological difference in not saying 159 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: that women should be on the team too, because that 160 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: would more perfectly reflect. 161 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 2: The American population. 162 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: Right, But let's say for the US men's basketball team, 163 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: we're only going to have men because men are better 164 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: at basketball than women. That would mean if we did 165 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: a perfect snapshot of America, you'd have to fire a 166 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: lot of black guys. In fact, nine probably black guys 167 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: on the roster would lose their job and they would 168 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: be replaced by other basketball players that are not as good. 169 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: And the result would be our basketball team would perfectly 170 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: reflect American diversity, majority white, same number of Hispanic guys 171 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: as black guys, Asian guy and boy. It would be 172 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: a cosmetically beautiful photo. But we get ours kicked, probably 173 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: by a lot of other countries, because in trying to 174 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: perfectly reflect American diversity on our basketball team, we would 175 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: actually end up with a far less meritocratic team. That is, 176 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: the best players wouldn't actually make the US men's basketball team. 177 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: It's a great example for those of you out there 178 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: that have to deal with DEI all the time in 179 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: your own jobs. There's no DEI in basketball. Basketball is 180 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: actually among the least diverse high earning jobs in America. 181 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: Nobody points to it. Nobody says, hey, what's wrong here. 182 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: They're getting this wrong. This basketball team doesn't look like America. 183 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: There's way too many black guys on it. You'd ever 184 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: hear it said. And in fact, if the basketball team 185 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: looked like America, we'd all be worse. 186 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 2: Well. 187 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: I think you could make that argument in the military too. 188 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: Don't we want the baddest ass war fighters on the 189 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: planet to rise to levels of command and to rise 190 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: to the levels of the most significant ranks in our military. 191 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: We don't want Admiral Levine, that dude pretending to be 192 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: a chick trying to lead our troops. That isn't actually 193 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: a strength at all. In fact, it's I would argue 194 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: an example of mental illness inside of the military, that 195 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: that is someone who is in a position of authority. 196 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: We should want in all facets of American life the 197 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: absolute best, most talented people with the most significant jobs. 198 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: We got to bring back the meritocracy in America, and 199 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: sometimes that might mean that the positions at the absolute 200 00:12:55,360 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: apex don't one hundred percent reflect America. There's a lot 201 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: more Asian dudes working at a high level in Silicon 202 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: Valley right now than there are Asian dudes in the country. 203 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: Is that racism, No, it's that those guys have a 204 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: skill set that they are putting to work in Silicon 205 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: Valley that vastly over exceeds as a population per capita percentage, 206 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: what you would expect to see the best men or 207 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: the best women should be at the absolute apex in 208 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: this country. That hasn't been true in the military. So 209 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: I give credit to Pete Hegseth for that speech that 210 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: he gave. Why I think it's significant culturally is it 211 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: represents a major pivot point from Joe Biden saying I'm 212 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: going to put a black woman on the Supreme Court. 213 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm going to pick a woman to be my vice president. 214 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: You're not saying you're picking the best person for the job. 215 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: You're telling us that you're checking a box, and in 216 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: the process, you're actually delegitimizing the people that you are picking. 217 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: This is a real decision that has to be made. 218 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: The best man or the best woman, not the best 219 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: man pretending to be a woman, should be on the 220 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: metal stand when it comes to the end of every 221 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: sporting event, and the best man or the best woman, 222 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: or some combination thereof, should be in leadership everywhere. We're 223 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: gonna dive into this. I'm gonna go back yesterday I 224 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: mentioned JK Rowling and what I thought was so profound 225 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: about what she said. 226 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 2: I want to dive into that. 227 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna play some of the cuts from my Paul 228 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Fine Mom interview that went everywhere. Don Lemon and Joy 229 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: Reid have some thoughts on race in America, and I 230 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: think you're gonna enjoy those. And by enjoy those, I 231 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: mean you're gonna fall off your chairs. You're gonna have 232 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: to grip the steering wheel tighter because you're gonna look 233 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: around and say I can't believe that this is what 234 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: passes for thought leadership on the left in this country. 235 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: But first I want to tell you the two year 236 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: anniversary of October seventh, twenty twenty three in Israel is 237 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: rapidly approaching. And this Sunday you're gonna witness a show 238 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: of support for Israel in this nation and you haven't 239 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: like one. 240 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 2: You haven't seen in a very long time. 241 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: Grassroots effort to honor the memory of those lost two 242 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: years ago in the brutal Hamas terrorist attack. You'll see 243 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: Israeli flags on display and yard storefronts, cars everywhere. It's 244 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: a movement of support for the people in Israel called 245 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: the Flags of Fellowship, and it's organized by the International 246 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Millions of Americans across our 247 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,359 Speaker 1: nation will display an Israeli flag in honor and solidarity 248 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: with the families and victims of that Hamas terror attack. 249 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: You can be a part of this movement too. Go 250 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: online to IFCJ dot org send a message stand with Israel, 251 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: Join the Flags of Fellowship movement. Visit the Fellowship online 252 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: at IFCJ dot org. That's IFCJ dot org. 253 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: Saving America. One Thought at a time. 254 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 5: Clay Travis and buck Sexton. Find them on the free 255 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 5: iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 256 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton show. One correction there. 257 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: I think I said the Olympics were next year. The 258 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: Winter Olympics are coming up, Summer Olympics twenty twenty eight. 259 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: The World Cup is next year too, So we got 260 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: a lot of big sporting events coming up soon. But 261 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: I think in my analogy, I said in the Summer Olympics, 262 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: Summer Olympics twenty twenty eight, Winter Olympics were about to have, 263 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: and the World Cup we're about to have. But I 264 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: think that's a really difficult argument to get past. Why 265 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: should we assume that elite talent perfectly reflects the actual 266 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: population of the United States in all categories. Well, I 267 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: give you another example. There are almost almost no spellers 268 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: who are non Indian. You ever watch the spelling Bee, 269 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: Indian kids they dominate the spelling bee. I would suggest 270 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: that's because Indian kids are uniquely committed to the spelling bee, right, 271 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: and so if you watch it means a train harder 272 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: at it. That's I mean the number of hours that 273 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 1: you have to just pull out a dictionary and memorize 274 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: how to spell everything. You go watch the finals of 275 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: the Spelling Bee. They aren't remotely reflective of the population 276 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: of the United States. Is that a sign of racism? 277 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: Is that a sign of the failure of the country 278 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: to engage in high level success? 279 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 2: I don't think so. 280 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: It's just that elite levels of performance across many different 281 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: disciplines are rarely perfect snapshots of America. 282 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 2: And that's okay. 283 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: Merit matters not your skin color, or your sexual identity 284 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: or your gender. We'll get into some of this. I'm 285 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: going to talk about this in the context of JK. 286 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: Rowling here in a moment. But first I'll want to 287 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: tell you about pure talk and how you can save 288 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: a bundle. How about if you could save one thousand 289 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: dollars over the life of your cell phone plan in 290 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six? 291 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: Coming up? 292 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 1: Not very far, I believe it or not, until Christmas 293 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: season is here, until Thanksgiving is here, Halloween. 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Yesterday, I spent some 308 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: time talking about how I have so much admiration for 309 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: jk Rowling because she is, I would argue, one of 310 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: the most fearless women in the world, one of the 311 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: most fearless people on the planet. 312 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 2: And you say, okay, what do you mean by that? 313 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: Clay jk Rowling became a billionaire because of the Harry 314 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: Potter books. Once you become a billionaire, you basically have 315 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: no risk in life remotely anymore. If you decide to 316 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: have any easy life. That is, all of the all 317 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: of the things that most of us worry about on 318 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: a day to day basis, they're all eliminated from your 319 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: life as a billionaire. I'm not saying that everything in 320 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: life is perfect when you have a certain amount of money, 321 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: because health can be an issue. You're fa family's health 322 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: can be an issue. There are lots of things that 323 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: no matter how much money you have, there can still 324 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: be issues in your life. But in general, billionaires do 325 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 1: not have the same concerns that you and me and 326 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: most of the rest of us would have. And what 327 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: has often frustrated me is lots of billionaires may agree 328 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: with everything I say on this radio program or everything 329 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,479 Speaker 1: you think out there listening, but they're so concerned about 330 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: what other people think about them that they don't say 331 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: what they really think. And to me, the only reason 332 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 1: to have money is to have no constraints on what 333 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: you are able to say, because otherwise you're just putting 334 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: on a pair of golden handcuffs. You ever hear that 335 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: phrase golden handcuffs? Such an interesting phrase. I never heard 336 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: it because I didn't grow up with substantial amounts of money. 337 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: The first time I ever heard it was in law 338 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: school because young lawyers, you come out and you make 339 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: a lot of money, and I remember somebody saying the 340 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: money's great, But really it's just a form of golden handcuffs. 341 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: Somebody a little bit older than me, I said, what 342 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: do you mean so Well, in order to make that money, 343 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: you are selling your labor to the law firm, and 344 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: you are giving up much of your life in exchange 345 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: for the money that they're going to give you. You don't 346 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: have as much freedom when you become a young lawyer 347 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: as you do when. 348 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 2: You're a last student. 349 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: Now you have way more money, but you have way 350 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: more responsibilities, way more obligations. And I bet a lot 351 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: of you, as you have grown in life, have come 352 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: to understand that concept. Maybe you bought a house that's 353 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: a little bit too much expensive for you. That's a 354 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: form of golden handcuffs. It's a beautiful home, but can 355 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: you pay the mortgage every month? Maybe you bought car 356 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: that's a little bit too expensive. Oh it looks good. 357 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 2: Oh can you. 358 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: Imagine what the girls are gonna think when you pull 359 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: up at the bar in this one? Can you imagine 360 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: what everybody in the neighborhood is going to think when 361 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: you're rolling down the street in that car. Oh, but 362 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: you know, there's a pretty big payment that comes with 363 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: that car. 364 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 2: It's golden handcuffs. 365 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: Maybe you got a kid and you're excited because they 366 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: just got into a good college or a good private school, 367 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: but you're looking at that tuition bill. It's golden handcuffs. 368 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: You have to keep working harder and harder. Your things 369 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: may be getting nicer, but you don't really feel that 370 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: free because your expenses often are growing at the same 371 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: rate as your income, sometimes exceeding it. So you'll look 372 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: back and you'll be like, man, I I thought if 373 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: I ever made twice as much money as I do now, 374 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: I'd be fine. But somehow you have just as little 375 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: money making twice as much money as you did before. 376 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 2: Right. 377 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: And there are all sorts of financial consultants out there 378 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: that'll say, oh, well, it's all about budgeting, and there's 379 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: a lot of truth to that. But in life metaphorically, 380 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: if you are too concerned about what people think about you, 381 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: you are putting golden handcuffs on yourself because you may 382 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: not speak out and say what you really think. And 383 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: it seems to me a lot of billionaires do that. 384 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: And that's why I am so impressed with JK. 385 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: Rowling. 386 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: She could have just done the Hollywood circuit where everybody 387 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: kisses her ass for the rest of her life. She 388 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: could have just relaxed on the fact that she wrote 389 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: this seven book series Harry Potter, and they built this 390 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: fabulous Universal Studios world Harry Potter, which is truly unbelievable 391 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: and spectacular. If you've got young kids who like to 392 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 1: read these books, an entire generation of kids she inspired 393 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: to read. She could have just kind of rode on 394 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: the path of genius and wealth and only people would 395 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: have said nice things about JK. 396 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: Rowling for the rest of her life. 397 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 1: She was on that path. But she saw this gender 398 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: insanity and she said, I can't stay quiet about this. 399 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: She saw everybody suddenly arguing men can become women, and 400 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: she was the person who said, actually, that's not true. 401 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: You ever notice how you've probably been in a room 402 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: where somebody has said something that you know is not 403 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: true and most people won't call it out. 404 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 2: You may have been it. 405 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: Maybe it was at church, maybe it was at business, 406 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: maybe it was at a PTA meeting. Somebody says something 407 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: that everybody knows is untrue, but everybody just feels like 408 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: they have to stay quiet because they're afraid of everybody 409 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: looking at them. 410 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 2: JK. 411 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: Rowling was like, actually, I dissent right. If you watch 412 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 1: Curby your enthusiasm. One of the funny things about the 413 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: Larry David series, which I love, even though he's a 414 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: super left wing liberal, is that he actually says a 415 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: lot of what everybody else thinks. I think I have 416 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: an element of that in my life. What JK Rowling did, though, 417 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: was super rare. Minute men can become women? Oh yeah, yeah, 418 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: this is oh good for you. 419 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 2: You go girl. 420 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: She said, no, no, this is actually not true and 421 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 1: worse than that, but it's actually anti feminist when you 422 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: say a man can become a woman, and the first 423 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: flipping year he's a woman, he gets Woman of the Year. 424 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 1: It's not even the first movie he was in. He's 425 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: got a penis. He can't be the woman of the year. 426 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: What are you chick's doing? You're crazy. A lot of 427 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: women just went along with it. JK Rowling said, no, 428 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: excuse me, this is not right. And this Emma Watson 429 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: Hermione Granger for all of you out there who watched 430 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: the movie, she's been going after JK Rowling for years 431 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: now over these gender issues, and yesterday JK Rowling was 432 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: woke up and she just said, I'm sorry, I'm gonna 433 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: end this bitch. And I got to read some of 434 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: what she tweeted yesterday because this is one hundred percent true. 435 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: Last night, when I was getting ready for bed, I 436 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: turned to my wife for getting her lights her out 437 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: almost I pulled my I was like, did you see 438 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: what JK Rowling said about Emma Watson. Wife's like, no, 439 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 1: I didn't see it yet, and I was like, well, 440 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: let me just read some of this for you that 441 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: because I went back last night before I was going 442 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: to bed to reread this because it was so well said, 443 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: and I just want to hit you with a couple 444 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: of these segments. Emma Watson and her co stars have 445 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 1: every right to embrace gender identity ideology. This is the 446 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: words of JK. 447 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 2: Rowling. 448 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to 449 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: see any of them threatened with loss of work or 450 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: violence or death because of them. But she says Emma 451 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: and some of the other kids that grew up on 452 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: the Harry Potter set have ripped her to shreds. And 453 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: she says years after they finished acting in Potter. 454 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 2: They continue to assume. 455 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: The role of the de facto spokespeople for the world 456 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: I created. Well, some of these sentences, I mean, are 457 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 1: just again they continue to assume the role of de 458 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: facto spokespeople for the world I created, says jk Rowling. 459 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: I think she may have a future in writing. I 460 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: think she may one day be able to make a 461 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: decent living when you've not this is jk Rowling continuing. 462 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 1: When you've known people since they were ten years old, 463 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 1: it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, 464 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 1: I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children 465 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in 466 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: a big scary film studio. For the past few years, 467 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma. 468 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: I told the producers I didn't want her to be 469 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: hounded as the result of anything I said. And then 470 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: she continues. Emma asks someone to pass on a handwritten 471 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 472 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry for what you're going through. She has 473 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: my phone number. This was back when the death, rape, 474 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: and torture threats against me were at their peak, at 475 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,120 Speaker 1: a time when my personal security measures had to be 476 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family safety. 477 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, 478 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: yet thought a one line expression of concern from her 479 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness. And 480 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: then this paragraph buckle up. Like other people who've never 481 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has 482 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how 483 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's 484 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: never going to be placed on a mixed sex public 485 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a 486 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: high street changing room since childhood. Her public bathroom is 487 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard 488 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 1: outside the door. Has she had to strip off in 489 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: a newly mixed sex changing room at a council run 490 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state 491 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: run rape crisis center that refuses to guarantee an all 492 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: female service to find herself sharing a prison cell with 493 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison. I 494 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: wasn't a multi millionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty 495 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore 496 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: understand from my own life experience what the trashing of 497 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:45,959 Speaker 1: women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means 498 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: to women and girls without her privileges. Adults can't expect 499 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: to cozy up to an activist movement that regularly calls 500 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the 501 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: former friend's love as though the friend was in fact 502 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me, 503 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: and indeed to discuss her feelings about me and public. 504 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: But I have the same right, and I finally decided 505 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: to exercise it wholely crap. That thing has fifty eight 506 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: million views right now on Twitter, and the reason I 507 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: wanted to share it was twofold. One. We need more JK. Rowlings, 508 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: more people who are fearlessly willing to stand for what 509 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: is right, particularly those of you out there. And this 510 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: is directly addressed to you who have the money and 511 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: wherewithal to do so. Why are you such cowards? Why 512 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: do you continue to try and stay behind the scenes 513 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: because you're worried about what people might say to you 514 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: when you know that they are wrong. 515 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 2: Two. 516 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: I think there are a lot of you that are 517 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: parents and grandparents that can particularly connect with what jk 518 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: Rowling said There, you have gone through struggles that your 519 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: kids and your grandkids, if you are fortunate enough to 520 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: have built for them, can never even comprehend. They don't 521 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: even know what they don't know. And I just I love. 522 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: I've never met jk Rowling. I don't know that I 523 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: ever will, but when I read that, it is so 524 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,959 Speaker 1: perfectly said on so many different levels that I wanted 525 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: to make sure that I shared it with all of you. 526 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: We'll link it on Clay and Buck, but I think 527 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: if you go read it for yourself, most of us 528 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: are not going to write best selling novels and become 529 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: multi billionaires, but all of us in our lives are 530 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 1: going to be dealing with young people who are oftentimes 531 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: standing on the shoulders of giants, and they have no 532 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: idea that that's what's going on. Another way of putting 533 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: it is they're standing on third base and they think 534 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: they hit a triple. They've got no idea what actually 535 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: has to happen in life for them to have had 536 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: the opportunity they have been given. So Earlier in the show, 537 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: I came out against DEI I'm also against people who 538 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: haven't achieved anything thinking that they are the greatest in 539 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: their line of work. As she said, she had no 540 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: money when she wrote the book that made Emma Watson famous. 541 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 2: So well said JK. 542 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: Rolling again, I wanted to make sure that I read 543 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: that for all of you, because I see it as 544 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: a personal opportunity to challenge all of you out there 545 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: with the resources like JK Rolling. You're listening right now, 546 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: you're watching right now. Where's your spine? Where is your bravery? 547 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: Why is JK Rolling willing to put everything that she 548 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: has on the line to stand for truth and you 549 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 1: are still hiding in the shadows because you're worried about 550 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: what some charity board's. 551 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 2: Going to say. 552 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: If you come out and speak the truth, I hope 553 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: you can have some of the bravery, just a smidge 554 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: that JK Rolling showed in that post, and that she 555 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: has shown in the past several years of her life. 556 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 2: A challenge from her to all of you. 557 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,319 Speaker 1: Look, there are certain documents you always want to have 558 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: in order, annual tax returns going through that right now, 559 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: your kids properly registered for all the things that they do. 560 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: That's a constant challenge to the parent. 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I wanted 578 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: to play this clip and we're going to have some 579 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:53,360 Speaker 1: fun with some of your reactions. But Joy Reid says 580 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: fascism is actually the government not being able to take 581 00:35:58,760 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: more of your money. 582 00:35:59,560 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 2: Listen to it. 583 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 6: If you go back before the twentieth century, there were 584 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 6: no income taxes, there were no regulations on business. You 585 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,360 Speaker 6: could earn as much money as you want, leave one 586 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,440 Speaker 6: hundred percent of it to your children with no taxes. 587 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 6: That's the world they want back, and to get it back, 588 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 6: they need society change. They need people to be less modern, 589 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 6: they need people to want fewer things. 590 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: Wait, fascism is just the government taking less of my money. 591 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: It is really very funny. These people have the intellectual 592 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,320 Speaker 1: capability of particularly daft bats. 593 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 2: They have no idea what they're even arguing. Yeah, I would. 594 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 1: Love if the government took less of my things. You 595 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: know what that isn't fascism. Totalitarian governments, they're never really 596 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: great when it comes to freedom for you and your property. 597 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,800 Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll talk more about Fine bomb 598 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 1: teeing off on Disney and Don leomen moron Extraordinary