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Speaker 1: regain your privacy. I was in Miami over the weekend

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Speaker 1: with my two brothers and we had a great time together.

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Speaker 1: I will tell you that Miami is not a place

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Speaker 1: But I had a great weekend with the brothers. We

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Speaker 1: But no, they'd rather talk about the January sixth insurrection.

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Speaker 1: Play three. This is the attitude those of us who

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Speaker 1: because what do they offer us up instead? Oh, we'll

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Speaker 1: opportunity of going in twelve to three starting June twenty first,

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Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of stations across the country with my

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Speaker 1: co host Clay Travis. I wouldn't have that without Rush,

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Speaker 1: So clearly I'll a huge debt to Rush, but I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't have even been in the game without Glenn. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't have even started this. And Glenn actually told this story.

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Speaker 1: You've heard me tell it before. He told it on

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Speaker 1: his show last week, and just you know, his team

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Speaker 1: reached out to me and Stu Bridgear who is I think,

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Speaker 1: I said Burgear pardon me, but Stu. I just know

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Speaker 1: if it's Stu. Stu is a great guy, and he

440
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: reached out to me and said congratulations, and it was

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Speaker 1: so kind. That would have been more than enough for me.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just nice to hear from people in

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Speaker 1: the industry who have good things to say. But Glenn

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00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: really really went the extra mile for me. And you know,

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00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: Glenn's a guy who I don't talk to him a

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00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 1: lot these days, but he knows that I respect him,

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00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:25,159
Speaker 1: I appreciate him, and if I ever saw him, you know,

448
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 1: and I mean if I bump into him somewhere at

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Speaker 1: a venue or something, I mean, I give Glenn a hug.

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Speaker 1: We hug. That's how I feel about Glenn Beck. Here's

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Speaker 1: what he had to say about the announcement last week.

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Speaker 1: They have just announced a replacement for Rush Limbaugh, and

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Speaker 1: I couldn't be more excited and thrilled. It's two people.

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Speaker 1: One of them is Clay Travis. Clay Travis, I don't know,

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00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 1: you know more because he's mainly came from sports, but

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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of what he's done. And I

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Speaker 1: am so excited that a friend of mine and a

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Speaker 1: former co worker, Buck Sexton, is going to be the

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Speaker 1: second half of the partnership, the duel that will replace

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Speaker 1: Rush Limbaugh. How awesome is that for her? He was

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Speaker 1: a Blaze contributor. He worked here for a long time.

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Speaker 1: He was going security, Yeah, he was National Security. He

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Speaker 1: sat there in my office I don't even know, fifteen

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Speaker 1: years ago and I said you need to work here,

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Speaker 1: and he said, I'm going to work on Wall Street.

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Speaker 1: And I said, ah, you need to work here. And

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Speaker 1: I don't remember how it happened, but that's what he did.

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Speaker 1: He came to work for us and was very very popular,

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Speaker 1: very fast, started his own radio show with Premiere, and

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Speaker 1: now is going to be part of the team that

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Speaker 1: is replacing Rush Limbaugh. And nobody replaces Rush Limbaugh. But

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Speaker 1: and I know these guys both have a healthy respect

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Speaker 1: for that, but they can you know, they're really powerful,

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Speaker 1: interesting smart guys, really really smart art. I think this

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Speaker 1: is going to be a powerful duo. Clay, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the family. Buck. I couldn't be more proud. And congratulations, congratulations.

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Speaker 1: I honestly gotta, I gotta. I got a frog in

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Speaker 1: my throat when I heard that when Glenn said that,

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Speaker 1: So that was really meaningful. And what Glenn said there

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Speaker 1: the only thing that he did. It was ten years ago,

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Speaker 1: not fifteen years ago. But I mean it feels like

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Speaker 1: it feels like twenty years ago. But it was ten

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Speaker 1: years ago, almost to the almost to the day. Now,

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I just realized this year. It was

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Speaker 1: I think it was June fifth of twenty eleven that

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Speaker 1: I sat in Glenn's office right around there. I'd have

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Speaker 1: to go back and look at a calendar, but it

488
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Speaker 1: was like the Wednesday of the first week of June.

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Speaker 1: I sat in Glenn's office in Mintown, Manhattan, and it's

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Speaker 1: just like he said. He said, you know, I told

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Speaker 1: him my plans were. Why did I have that meeting

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Speaker 1: Because one of his people heard about me and they

493
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Speaker 1: just wanted me to maybe contribute some articles for their

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Speaker 1: new website. That was the story at the time. And

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Speaker 1: I knew a lot about national security and counter terrorism,

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Speaker 1: so I was going to write articles for their website.

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Speaker 1: And Glenn, to his to my everlasting gratitude and to

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Speaker 1: his tremendous credit, talk to me for an hour, just

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Speaker 1: the two of us, just sitting there, just talking about

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Speaker 1: everything conservative meeting. He says, no, no, no, you're coming

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Speaker 1: to work for me. You're going to work here. And

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Speaker 1: I love that. He said co worker. I was his employee.

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Speaker 1: He's being very kind. I was his employee, but he's

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Speaker 1: being nice. You know. I was working for Glenn when

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Speaker 1: I came on board, and it changed my life. Glenn

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Speaker 1: Beck changed my life. And I've said this before, and

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00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: I think people really need to know this because if

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Speaker 1: you if you listen to the show, if you consume

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Speaker 1: conservative content. The Blade, which I know, is doing really

510
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: well now as a website, and there's a whole bunch

511
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Speaker 1: of other talents that are doing great over there and everything.

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Speaker 1: But when the Blaze got started, when it got going,

513
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Speaker 1: that place was ninja school for young conservative pundits, writers, authors,

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Speaker 1: radio host TV show hosts. It was incredible the people

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Speaker 1: that came through there. If you think back to it

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Speaker 1: in the early days, when I was doing a show

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Speaker 1: called The Real News, it was Will Kine now at Fox.

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Speaker 1: He was my co host there. Pete heg Sath he's

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Speaker 1: a Fox. He was on our show all the time.

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Speaker 1: We had so many folks come through. Lawrence Jones comes

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00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: from He got his start at the Blaze. Comes from

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Speaker 1: the Blaze. Honest. I can't even think Katie Pavlich, Guy

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Speaker 1: Benson used to be doing The Blaze all the time

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Speaker 1: before they got picked up at Fox. I think back

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Speaker 1: to all the people that went through there. You know,

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Speaker 1: Tommy Laren got her start really mean, she was at

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Speaker 1: One American News, but she really blew up at the

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Speaker 1: Blaze and it gave so many of us a start

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Speaker 1: in a business where it's really hard to get that.

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Speaker 1: And Glenn deserves a tremendous amount of credit. You have

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Speaker 1: a better, more robust, more talented conservative media period because

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Speaker 1: of Glenbeck's vision to start GBTV in the blaze, and

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Speaker 1: he is the reason I'm even in this industry. So

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Speaker 1: you know, I get a little choked up when I

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Speaker 1: hear the guy that gave me my start, the guy

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Speaker 1: that changed my life. Let me pursue my passion and

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Speaker 1: let me make a real difference in this country in

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Speaker 1: whatever way that I have been able to, and hopefully

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Speaker 1: we'll be able to do a bigger one in the future.

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Speaker 1: To have Glenn, I mean, it's it's like getting a

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Speaker 1: hug and ana, I'm proud of you from my obi

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Speaker 1: wan kenobi here. That's what it feels like. There's somebody else.

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Speaker 1: There's somebody else out there who had very kind things

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Speaker 1: to say and is a great guy. And I really

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Speaker 1: appreciate not only what he said about me, but what

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Speaker 1: he does for conservative conservatism day in and day out.

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Speaker 1: And I'll get to that in just a second. Some

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Speaker 1: people in this business are really generous and really supportive,

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Speaker 1: and I appreciate them. There aren't very many of them

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Speaker 1: who are like that, but there are some out there

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Speaker 1: who are willing to give a high five and congratulations

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Speaker 1: to other people in the field. They're not just thinking

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Speaker 1: about themselves, just talking before about what Glenn Beck had

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Speaker 1: done for me and how he changed my life, and

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Speaker 1: so I'm forever grateful to the guy. And also I

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Speaker 1: do really just respect him. He's a great storyteller, he's

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00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: a great talent. He's done a lot for conservative media,

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Speaker 1: not just with his work but also bringing into the

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Speaker 1: business people like me. There are a lot of folks

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Speaker 1: who do this, you know, if you like Laurence Stones,

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00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 1: if you like Will Kine, if you like you know,

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Speaker 1: I can't even think of them off the top of

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Speaker 1: my head. So many different talents got started with Glenn

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Speaker 1: at the Blaze. So he's done a lot for conservatism.

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Speaker 1: Another person who is doing a lot for conservatism and

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Speaker 1: the conservative media and for this country is Dan Bongino.

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Speaker 1: Dan Bongino has been a friend to me and he's

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Speaker 1: advised me on things. He's spoken to me at detail,

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Speaker 1: at length about conservative media strategy and how we get

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Speaker 1: our messaging out there. And as you know, he's involved

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Speaker 1: in Rumble, he's involved in Parlor, and I've been a

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Speaker 1: huge supporter of his efforts to make those platforms happen

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Speaker 1: because that allows conservatives. We're creating those spaces we're creating

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Speaker 1: those platforms to be able to have our message heard.

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Speaker 1: It's just essential. We're not gonna win unless we have

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Speaker 1: these things. But also, Dan's just a good guy. He's

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Speaker 1: always been an honorable guy, and I appreciate him in

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Speaker 1: this business. And he had some very kind words to

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Speaker 1: say about my announcement last week, and I want to

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Speaker 1: let you hear him. And then I want to say

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Speaker 1: a few words about Dan. So yesterday a friend of mine,

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Speaker 1: Buck Sexton, and Clay Travis. Well, I don't know, but

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Speaker 1: i've heard as a good guy. Don't know him, never

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Speaker 1: met him before in my life, but I do know

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Speaker 1: Buck very well. First off, I want to sincerely congratulate

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Speaker 1: both Buck Sexton and Clay Travis. I don't Again, I

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Speaker 1: don't know Clay, so I don't want to be disengagious,

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00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 1: but I heard he's a great guy. I do know Buck.

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00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,399
Speaker 1: Buck is a great guy, and I know they're both

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Speaker 1: very talented and have built very very good quality audiences

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Speaker 1: by producing great product. So I congratulate them on their success.

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Speaker 1: Very kind words from Dan, and deeply appreciated what he said.

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Speaker 1: There is true. Dan and I have known each other

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Speaker 1: for years. We have both filled in for Sean Hannity

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Speaker 1: in the past on radio, and Dan has earned and

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00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 1: this is really, this is something that I think you

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00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: need to know. There are some people who are in

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Speaker 1: this business who you know, they got a family member,

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00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: or they they have a leg up or something, or

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Speaker 1: they got a famous last name. Dan Bongino has earned

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Speaker 1: every every pair of eyes, every pair of ears. He's

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00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: got himself through talent, hard work, determination, and he's been

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Speaker 1: willing to tell people like me some of the things

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Speaker 1: that he's picked up, some of the things that have

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Speaker 1: worked for him along the way to help other Conservatives

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00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: because he wants our side to win. He's a warrior

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00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: for our team. He believes that what's what's best for

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Speaker 1: the country is what's important first and foremost. And anybody

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00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: who's with him, anybody who wants to do their part

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Speaker 1: in trying to fight for the values that we all share,

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Speaker 1: he'll actually give a hand up. That is rare in

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Speaker 1: this business. There are a lot of people and I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to name the people who aren't generous this way.

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Speaker 1: I mean, last week there were there were a couple

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Speaker 1: of folks who maybe made an announcement or something on

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Speaker 1: the day of my announcement. You know, there are a

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Speaker 1: couple of people out there, but I don't want to

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Speaker 1: focus on anything negative. I don't want to do that

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Speaker 1: because that's not that's not what I'm about. I was.

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Speaker 1: You know, there are a couple of folks I was

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Speaker 1: a little disappointed in last week. UM So instead of

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Speaker 1: talking about them, I'd rather just say thank you to

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Speaker 1: Dan Bongino, a great warrior for conservatism. He is going

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Speaker 1: to be the Cumulus Westwood one host, as you know,

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Speaker 1: from twelve to three. And Dan does a great show

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Speaker 1: and he's a great guy and he's has always been.

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Speaker 1: So if you're ever wondering, it's like, what does what

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Speaker 1: does Buck think of Dan Bongino? This here on the

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Speaker 1: record for all of you. I like Dan Bongino a lot,

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Speaker 1: and he's earned every bit of his success and he's

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Speaker 1: obviously been phenomenally successful, particular the last few years in

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Speaker 1: conservative media. He's earned it a lot of respect for that.

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Speaker 1: And then there's of course Glenn Beck too, And you

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Speaker 1: know what, can I tell you? Glenn changed my life? Right,

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Speaker 1: So Glenn and Dan, thank you to both of you

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Speaker 1: so much. And to say the things you said, I

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00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 1: know they both meant it. I know they both meant it,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't have to say it, and they did

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Speaker 1: it anyway. They're good guys, they're quality individuals, and I'm

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Speaker 1: honored to have worked with them and been a part

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Speaker 1: of the movement that we're all fighting for alongside them,

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Speaker 1: shields high, as we say, it's almost like the corporate

643
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Speaker 1: Democrat aligned media is suddenly discovering that there's violence in

644
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Speaker 1: a lot of American cities that's getting worse and worse

645
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: month after month. Places like Portland almost seem out of control.

646
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Speaker 1: Is this really sudden? Is this really something they've just

647
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Speaker 1: figured out? Let's get our friend David Harsani in the mix.

648
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Speaker 1: He's a senior writer at National Review dot com. Go

649
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Speaker 1: check out his latest pieces there. David, great to have you.

650
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Speaker 1: Always a pleasure. Thank you. What do you think about this?

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Speaker 1: I mean, how could they not know that this is

652
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Speaker 1: what's going on? Well, I mean they knew obviously, right,

653
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Speaker 1: I know they knew, but you know what I mean, right, Like,

654
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: it's like, oh, I guess we have to cover this now, Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know. I mean last summer, you know, it was

656
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Speaker 1: a president presidential election going on, so it was inconvenient

657
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Speaker 1: for them to discuss, you know, widespread leftist of violence.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm not saying these people are members of the

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Speaker 1: Democratic Party, but they're leftists. They share some of the

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00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: common goals of some Democrats. And you know, they were

661
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Speaker 1: involved in the most expensive riots in American history, you know,

662
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Speaker 1: over billion dollars. I think it was insurance companies had

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Speaker 1: to pay out. And you wouldn't have you would have

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Speaker 1: thought that, you know, there were just some you know,

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00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: mini uprisings here and there, and that had nothing to

666
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Speaker 1: do with leftism. And then now you know, in Portland

667
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Speaker 1: where there's a huge spiking crime, some of a dude

668
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Speaker 1: to de policing and you know, defunding the police. You know,

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Speaker 1: they have to cover it and they try to frame

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Speaker 1: it as you know, some wild extremists have hijacked the movement.

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Speaker 1: But that's not what it really looked like to me,

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Speaker 1: at least when it was happening. And I have to say,

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Speaker 1: I want your analysis of what's really going on in

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Speaker 1: the minds of people who say public and I'm talking

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Speaker 1: with those who have platforms who have influenced who say

676
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Speaker 1: that defund the police is a good idea or something

677
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Speaker 1: to be pursued. I have a hard time believing that

678
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Speaker 1: anybody is that stupid. But it's also surprising to me

679
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: because it seems that they don't care that they're being

680
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: shown to be that stupid every time they say it.

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean, This is something that it's

682
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Speaker 1: such a foolish idea. It's so counterintuitive to any rational

683
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Speaker 1: person that it should be embarrassing to say out loud.

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Speaker 1: I think there are people who know better who say it, David,

685
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,879
Speaker 1: but they're not embarrassed to say it. Yeah, because they

686
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Speaker 1: can join this movement and they you know, and they

687
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Speaker 1: will be praised by the right people, and no one's

688
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: going to call them out on the TV shows they

689
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 1: appear on and so on. So, you know, first it

690
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: was to fund the police, and then you know, when

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Speaker 1: it started to maybe hurt Biden and other Democrats, and

692
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: all of a sudden it was, well, we don't you know,

693
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Speaker 1: it just means redirecting funds and stuff like that. Well

694
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Speaker 1: why didn't just say that originally? But even then BLM

695
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 1: activists would be like, no, we don't want cops. You know,

696
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Speaker 1: we wanted to fund the police departments. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure people know this but we are not

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Speaker 1: a heavily policed place. In many countries in Europe, for instance,

699
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Speaker 1: there are more cops per capita than they are in

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Speaker 1: the United States. It's not as if, you know, police

701
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Speaker 1: forces are huge in this country and involved in our

702
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Speaker 1: lives in the way they are in many other countries.

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Speaker 1: And to defund the cops who are protecting quite often,

704
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Speaker 1: you know, the most vulnerable populations in this country is insanity.

705
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 1: You're not helping the people you're supposed to be, you know,

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Speaker 1: supposed to be fighting for. And it's not to say

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00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: there aren't bad cops here and there, but the idea

708
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Speaker 1: that you know, you you you sort of make every

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Speaker 1: cop look like a villain, and you want to fund

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Speaker 1: those departments. It's just it's it's counterproductive and insane, and

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Speaker 1: I just can't believe any responsible person would sign up

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Speaker 1: for something like that. David, we're speaking to David Harsani

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Speaker 1: everyone from National Review dot com. Do you think that

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Speaker 1: that that already the numbers because they look so bad.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you had last year the as a top

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Speaker 1: fifty cities I think had an average of forty percent

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Speaker 1: increase in shootings or might even been in homicide but

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00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: it's definitely in shootings over the last the previous year.

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Speaker 1: Are the midterms just already starting to crop up in

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Speaker 1: the mind of Democrats? Is that already what's pushing a

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00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 1: because you can tell there's there's the defund the police

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Speaker 1: chorus is getting less loud and prominent in the Democrat

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Speaker 1: Party and it seems like they're they're not they're not

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Speaker 1: pivoting toward law and order, but they realize that this

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00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: is starting to become a liability or do they? Um?

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Speaker 1: I think most do. I mean, it depends where you are.

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Speaker 1: You have you know, if you're someone who's in a

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Speaker 1: completely progressive district sometimes you know a completely you know

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Speaker 1: well to do prosperous, you know, dominantly what you know,

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Speaker 1: white neighborhood, then you get to say things like that

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Speaker 1: because it doesn't affect you. Um. You know, if you're

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Speaker 1: in in a in a in a suburb somewhere of

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Speaker 1: a you know, a major city where crime is starting

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00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,919
Speaker 1: to creep creep out towards you and things like that,

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Speaker 1: you're probably worried about it now. And if you're an

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Speaker 1: African American maybe in an area where where crime is

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Speaker 1: on the uptick, you might you might be worried about it.

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Speaker 1: I don't think defund the police is as popular with

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Speaker 1: black Americans as it is with you know, the activist

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Speaker 1: classed white Americans. So um, I think it's troubling. But

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Speaker 1: I think there are kind of politicians in the Democratic

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Speaker 1: Party now that don't really care, you know about that

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00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: district in Pennsylvania that has to be held. That's a

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00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: purple district, you know. So I think for Joe Biden

745
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: and for leaders of the party, it's going to be problematic.

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Speaker 1: And that's why you're seeing a lot of the stories

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Speaker 1: you're seeing in a lot of the you know, backing away,

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Speaker 1: as you say, speaking to David Harsani, senior writer at

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Speaker 1: National Review, David, how are you feeling about the return

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Speaker 1: to normalcy in this country? You know? I saw you

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Speaker 1: had Pete Buddha Judge over the weekend saying that wearing

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Speaker 1: because because you know, I flew, I was down in

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Speaker 1: Miami and came back, you know, after being down with

754
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Speaker 1: my brothers who lived down there for a few days,

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Speaker 1: and all they just goad me now with you know,

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00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: oh yeah, our governor's descentist, who's yours again? I'm like, yeah,

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00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: it's Cuomo. It's Cuomo, I know. But the masks on planes,

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Speaker 1: for example, you know, masks on planes. They say that

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00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: we should do this. Pete Buddha judge says, says we

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Speaker 1: should do this because it's about being respectful. This is

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Speaker 1: really what I've turned it on now. This is like

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00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,840
Speaker 1: a cultural signifier for people. Yeah. I thought it was

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00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: about science, right, and then now it's about respect you know.

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Speaker 1: I went to a supermarket the other day and basically

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Speaker 1: I was the only person without a mask on. And

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Speaker 1: just I don't understand why we all got vaccinated. I

767
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: think there were twenty cases. Maybe maybe I'm wrong about this.

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00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 1: With something like twenty cases in my county. Today, you

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00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: have to you literally have to go and try to

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Speaker 1: get sick, and you probably couldn't right now, and yet

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00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,240
Speaker 1: everyone's wearing masks. So I don't really understand it. I don't.

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00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: It's become sort of a religious right, you know, our

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Speaker 1: ie to wear a mask and show that you care more.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know what it's about. I care about

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00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: the science, you know, and legitimately care about my you know,

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Speaker 1: not getting sick and my family and we're all, you know,

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00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: we're done with this we're over it, and people constantly

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00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: still want to maybe relive it. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: it is, but I'll tell you something. It is scary,

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Speaker 1: how how easily to me, at least an unexpected in

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Speaker 1: a way, at least where I live. Maybe it's not

782
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: this way everywhere. How easily people were cowed and listen

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Speaker 1: to authorities and allowed the state to dictate what they

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Speaker 1: were wearing and what they were doing for an entire year,

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Speaker 1: and some people still can't get over it. I think

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00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,360
Speaker 1: that's pretty scary. It's a scary thing that I didn't

787
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,319
Speaker 1: you know, were's chilling in a sense how easily that

788
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: can happen, And you wonder next emergencies are going to

789
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,359
Speaker 1: happen again, or are people going to rebel? But when

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00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: you see them all walking around with mass still, you know,

791
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: you wonder well. I also feel like they were able

792
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: to very quickly weaponize public fear for political purposes, not

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00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: only against Donald Trump, but also the way that dissenting voices.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we're a country, David, that I think likes

795
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Speaker 1: to believe that free speech is more than just a

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00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: legal issue in legal legal protection, but also as a

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00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,759
Speaker 1: principle like that there we have this concept of we

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Speaker 1: should be able to share ideas with each other without restriction,

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Speaker 1: without without reprisal um certainly from the government, but also

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Speaker 1: from corporations or you know, we should allow for the

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00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: expression of ideas that we disagree with so we can

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00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: at least hear each other out. That was absolutely not

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Speaker 1: what happened during the pandemic. You know what my position

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00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,799
Speaker 1: we've had, We've been having you on, you know, regularly

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Speaker 1: during the pandemic, and I would say that whether it

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Speaker 1: was on lockdowns or masks or any number of major

807
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: issues of school closures, of public policy, when it came

808
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 1: to COVID, there was a real embrace of top down

809
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Speaker 1: authoritarianism from from both the government which shut down churches

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Speaker 1: and did violate the Constitution, and also just across our

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Speaker 1: culture and across corporate America and big tech. And I

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Speaker 1: find I don't think that this is something that we

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Speaker 1: can ignore. I think that this is something we have

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Speaker 1: to actually dive into more and really get an understanding

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Speaker 1: for how deep this went, it how problematic it is. Well, yeah,

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00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: you make two important points there. One is that the

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Speaker 1: ideals that we live by, the freedoms that we live by,

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00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,279
Speaker 1: are not just freedoms because they're written the fact that

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Speaker 1: has nothing to do with them being written down by

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Speaker 1: the state. It has to do with something that we're

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Speaker 1: born with. I mean, that's what the Constitution and Declaration

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00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:21,320
Speaker 1: of Independence tell us. So if you believe in free speech,

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Speaker 1: it's not just simply because it's written down, you believe

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Speaker 1: in it as a value. I mean, tons of constitutions

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00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 1: in Europe and Asia have free speech rights written down

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Speaker 1: in their constitutions, but of course they're not followed, right,

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Speaker 1: So you know that's important. And the second thing is

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Speaker 1: that you know, people are or people in mainstream media

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Speaker 1: now are obsessed or talking about January six all the time. Listen.

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Speaker 1: I think it was a bad thing and all of that,

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Speaker 1: but the authoritarianism we saw over the last year was

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Speaker 1: far more dangerous than anything a bunch of bozos did

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Speaker 1: over there at the Capitol, in my opinion. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you have governors acting without any you know, just top

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Speaker 1: down unilaterally, closing churches, closing your business, telling you what

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Speaker 1: to wear, telling you where you can go, telling you

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Speaker 1: can walk on the street without a mask in certain counties.

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Speaker 1: I've never seen something like that in the United States,

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Speaker 1: not in my lifetime. I think it's the most authoritarian

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Speaker 1: thing we've seen, and they did it because we were

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00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,920
Speaker 1: all scared. Most people were scared, and that's exactly when

842
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,040
Speaker 1: we need those laws to work. No one really needs

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00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: protections when nothing's going on. You need those protections when

844
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Speaker 1: someone's trying to take them away. And most people just

845
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:35,919
Speaker 1: completely acquiesced to what these authorities wanted, and they're still

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Speaker 1: doing it to some extent. That is scary stuff because

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Speaker 1: we might have even a bigger emergency happen, and then

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Speaker 1: I just don't know if the people will be able

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Speaker 1: to resist or want to resist. Speaking to David Harsani,

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Speaker 1: senior writer at National Review, David, you know, Kamal and

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Speaker 1: Joe both gave speeches of the weekend. The media. They're trying,

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Speaker 1: but they're clearly they recognize that there was an enthusiasm

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Speaker 1: Do you think that that's gonna cost them politically? Do

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Speaker 1: you think that this is going to matter? Yeah? I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: I just don't believe her. Second, anyone was excited about

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Speaker 1: Joe Biden becoming president. He's been around forever. He's not

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Speaker 1: He's not a talented politician in the way many other

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Speaker 1: not to say you can't do a good job whatever.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying just as a person that's not that charismatic.

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Speaker 1: And Kamala no one likes her. No one has liked

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Speaker 1: what she get four percent. I think when she ran, um,

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Speaker 1: did she make it to Iowa? You know, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, she made it to Iowa, that was it, right,

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Speaker 1: I think one state? So, Um, she's never been popular. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think her. I think her popularity polling is like

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Speaker 1: under you know, is underwater by a decent amount. Um.

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Speaker 1: So I think that that matters. I mean, I let's

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Speaker 1: send vice presidents not that important. But in the long run,

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Speaker 1: I think finds a little different situation simply because he's

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Speaker 1: much older and I think people think about the vice

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Speaker 1: president a little more. And that's just the fact. So

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Speaker 1: it matters. So when it comes to the midterms coming up,

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Speaker 1: I just don't see him saving the House. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I hate to make predictions, but I just don't see

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Speaker 1: him saving the House, at least for Democrats. Not you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's anything he's going to be able

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Speaker 1: to do that's going to excite people not to vote

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Speaker 1: for Republicans in certain districts. David Harsani National Review dot

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Speaker 1: Com for his latest David. Always good to have you, sir,

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Speaker 1: Always a pleasure. Thank you,