WEBVTT - The Gaetz of Hell 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.600 Native lamdpod is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership with 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:05.200 Resent Choice Media. 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.800 Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:09.120 Welcome home. 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:14.320 Y'all, This is Guess It, Episode fifty four of Native Lampod, 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:18.600 where we break down all things politics, culture, you name it, 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:22.400 we got it. We are your hosts. I'm Andrew Gillum. 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:26.400 I'm joined by my two favorites, Tiffany Cross and Angela Raie. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.360 What's up, everybody. I hope we're doing well and can't 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:33.400 wait to get into the show. All right, ladies, so 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:36.239 what's on your agenda for today? Top of mind? I 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.440 can start by timply saying I know confirmations appointments are 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:42.519 in the process. I would love, love, love to just 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:46.240 do a quick, quick and dirty on what are recess appointments, 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:49.440 how do they happen? And what power does the Congress 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.760 have in the face of threats from Donald Trump? 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.720 What you got to I will have questions for you 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.240 about that. I have a lot of questions about recess appointments, 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.400 but I also want to talk about the idea of 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:03.720 this biblic quote curriculum being taught in schools. You know, 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:05.679 in the news this week but there are a lot 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:08.000 of other states that are trying to push this as well. 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:10.000 Yeah, ay, Rob, what's on your mind? 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.360 Where we go from here? I think that we kind 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.039 of left hanging in our last episode if it was 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.800 even necessary to continue the podcast? Should we continue? And 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.800 I think we have a lot of questions out there 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.720 about what we're doing, and I think it's important for 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.520 us to address what we're thinking because I think it 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.000 probably changes by the minute for all of us. So 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:33.280 that's what I want to talk about today. 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.560 I appreciate that, y'all. Well, Lessen, let's get to it 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:40.800 on the topic of where we go from here. I 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.800 appreciate you bringing that up, Angela, because I was, I'm 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.400 sure as you all were, really just overwhelmed by our community. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.080 I know that we've all known, and we brag about 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.520 it all the time, how incredible the listeners and viewers 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.240 are of this show and how much of a family 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.760 we feel we have cultivated up to this point. Their 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:02.400 responses have been incredible, and if you haven't been able 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:03.840 to check them out, I'd love for us to just 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.160 quickly maybe visit a few of them. Let's see what 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:07.840 we got. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.799 Was a good Native lampod once again. I'm Lawrence and 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.400 I'm in Dallas. I want to address the question posed 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.680 at the end of today's episode. I just finished watching. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.639 I don't think you guys should stop. As a matter 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.000 of fact, I think you have an obligation to continue. 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.880 Three of my friends, and this is very personal to me. 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.919 Three of my friends were not engaged in politics, didn't 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.320 really care about politics. But you know, a couple of 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.840 times we shared a blunt and listened to the Native 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.799 Lamp pod on my balcony. Not only did they get 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.680 registered for this most recent election, but we had all 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.200 kinds of conversations about local politics and they voted. They 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.600 actually voted, and you guys were instrumental in that. 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:47.079 Love that. 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.680 So, not only do I believe that you should continue 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.800 the podcast, but I believe it's going to be absolutely necessary, 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:56.760 especially for the next four years, not only instructing people, 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:02.079 but kind of delivering education when it is obviously much needed. 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:04.639 I want to hang out with him and his friends. 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.080 On that day, on that day, that other day, were you. 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.800 Running another clip ag or that was that was the 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:12.359 one you wanted to see? I thought you said run 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.120 a few of them. 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.320 I thought that they had put together a few of them, 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:21.320 but hearing the diversity. 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.799 Okay, another one. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:28.800 Hey guys, it's Don from Houston, Texas, and I just 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.760 finished your episode, the first one post selection that I 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.880 have been frantically waiting on if I'm being honest, and 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.200 in response to your question on whether or not you 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.560 guys should continue the podcast, to put it bluntly, because 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.680 I've already made two videos that are too long. Absolutely hell, Yes, 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.120 we need you. We need the information. We need the 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:52.720 sensitivity to us, to our culture, to our people, and 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.680 your work that you've done even before this podcast and 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.680 that you continue to do through it is going to 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.640 be in strumental for those of us who are not 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.800 interested in watching cable news, who don't trust the mainstream 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.520 media anymore, who want to know the truth about what 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:13.080 is happening around us and in our politics. I have shared, you, 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:16.520 guys with so many people, so many young people who 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.240 just don't have any interest in politics, and. 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:20.640 They've gotten hooked. 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:27.080 Regardless if you reach the quote unquote masses, the community 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:31.280 that is here needs you, and we are fairly or 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:35.360 unfairly going to lean on you guys for that explanation, 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.880 for that guide, for that conversation that is downright uncomfortable 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:40.640 at times. 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.279 Wow, wow, y'all. I think, as you know, that's a 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.320 sampling of the many, many, many, not to mention the 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.320 written form comments that have come in. And I really 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:52.640 what resonates with me, and I'm gonna toss it over 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:57.000 to you, Angela. Was the obligation part of it? I actually, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:04:59.240 you know, as they say in church, you can say 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.080 amen or out. I have both an amen and an 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:07.600 ouch in response to that. But I receive I receive 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.960 that appointment, which is you can't bring folks to a 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:14.120 certain place. And then all of a sudden, you know, like, oh, okay, 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.760 you got this because you know, I can't take this 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.400 kind of stuff right now, that there there's an obligatory 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.560 you know, component to this. But I'd love to hear, 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:24.960 love to hear what's been moving through your mind. 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:30.960 Here right I am. I'm very emotional. I think that 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:44.680 I feel the obligation. I feel frustrated, honestly with myself, 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:49.679 because I spent so much time over the last couple 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:53.400 of weeks just focusing on the half that I hate 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.200 right now, like the half of the country that I despise, 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:02.840 and I and and I'm frustrated about that, because you 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:09.039 don't get understanding through frustration and hate. And I think 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:14.160 that what I feel guilty about is knowing that there's 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:18.040 an obligation to a whole other half, you know, of 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:25.920 the country, and feeling like there has to be a conversation, 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.320 you know, a come to Jesus, as they say, with 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.960 so many people, because we are really not on the 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:36.400 same page. And I am at a loss at this 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.760 point for how to get there, and so I hate 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:44.000 I think, you guys know, I'm fiercely competitive over all 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:47.960 kinds of ridiculous things. But what I really don't like 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.880 to do is I don't mind saying I don't know. 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.719 I don't mind admitting I don't know. I hate not 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:58.000 knowing for an extended period of time and feeling like 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.760 the overwhelm of I don't know where to turn to 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:06.000 find the answer, right, Like I don't even know if 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:11.280 at this point people will be honest about their reasons 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.720 for voting for the other side, or if they'll be 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:17.640 honest about who they really voted for, because they probably 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.880 know us or have seen us and wouldn't feel comfortable 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.720 telling us the truth. So where do you go to solve? 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.040 And I don't know when you're not even confident that 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.560 people will be honest with you, you know what I mean? 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.120 And it's like the weight of that. We were in 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:34.520 our group chat earlier, and I'm sorry if I'm flailing. 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:38.480 I'm trying to make sense. We were in our group 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.240 chat earlier. And by the way, group chats are not 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:44.720 triggering to me because I feel like, when are we 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.560 just another echo chamber where we're in our own bubble, 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.800 because now we're all getting off Twitter, because now Twitter 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:51.680 is going to be the hellscape, and now who are 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.840 we going to talk to beyond our bubbles? Because we 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.400 all think at least similar, maybe not the same, but 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.880 similar Anyway, I degress. My point is we were in 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:03.760 a group chat earlier and there's this conversation about if 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:08.920 the Rainbow Coalition essentially is a thing, like are we 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.920 going to all be able to come together as people 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.800 of color and do the damn thing? And the conversation 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.600 was like, no, I don't think it's a thing, and 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:24.920 I can't lose that hope. Like if we lose that hope, 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.440 we don't have a path, y'all, Like we really don't 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.920 if we cannot figure out how to be in coalition, 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:36.080 in solidarity on multiple challenges, on multiple fronts, for multiple 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:41.400 policy issues. We are. We are, Like, there's not a 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.120 nice way for me to say, Dad, sorry, I had 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.200 to custody. There's no other way for me to explain it. 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:50.720 We are. If there's no coalition, if there is no 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.320 coming together for a larger group, there is no path 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.840 to victory. And I don't want to lose. I don't 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.280 want to lose twos. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.959 I am well. I just want to say this about 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:06.600 the coalition building because as you all know, I've talked 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:08.480 about it on this show and in everything I've done, 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.280 I have believed in the multi racial coalition. I've always 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.960 said I have the Fred Hampton approach, like bring everybody along. 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.920 Unless you know we align, we can win. I want 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:23.120 to caution us because exit polling data is not the 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.600 most reliable, and we were cautioned in our group chat 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.840 by that. But what I saw was jarring to me 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:35.000 to see so many people of color align with oppressive 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:39.520 policies and oppressive issues, and it quite frankly broke my heart. 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.800 And I have been in the throes of re examining 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.200 my entire worldview around it, and I haven't landed in 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.400 a place. So I would love to thumbtack that because 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.520 I think that's something when we have some actual data 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.280 I would love to discuss. Right now, I'm like, don't 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:57.360 talk to me right now, you know, like, wait until 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.319 I see the data. But I right now, I am 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.360 not building coalitions right now. Right now, I need to 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:07.400 be in the safety and comfort of my community. And 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.000 I hope, to Angelou's point, that we can get to 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.520 a place and give me a few months. I hope 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.480 we can get to a place where we can lock 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:19.439 arms and build. I want to say too, though, about 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.600 hating or despising, you know, one half of the country, 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:25.400 I don't believe it's one half of the country. I 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.199 think we have to consider how many people actually participate 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:33.120 in the voting process, and so of that small group 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.959 of people, sadly, it's a small percentage of Americans who 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:43.040 actually vote. Half of that vote, Joseph vote for Donald 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:47.080 Trump for president. And I'm okay despising them, you know, 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.280 like I and I think Angela, you have give yourself 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.760 some grace in that too. You know, you go through 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.240 your process, your process of grief and emotion and everything 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:59.280 you're going through. But you know, we cannot always extend 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:02.280 and all of brain to bigots. We cannot always come 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:07.600 to an understanding with people who either adopt racist beliefs 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.040 or are okay with racist beliefs. I don't know how 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.160 the two are different. So I just don't have this, uh, 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.319 this desire to understand that half. I don't think I'm 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.840 in a bubble. I try to consume a lot of 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:23.120 information from right wing outlets as well, not regularly, but 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.760 I think I dealt with white folks long enough and 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:30.079 know enough white folks that I'm pretty clear on how 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.800 people feel. The people of color piece is something that 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:36.720 I have curiosity about. So I just am so grateful 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:42.240 that people do respect and have happily and joyfully joined 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.520 the community that we built here. Like I said, it's 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:49.280 not a podcast, we built community. I think that's reflected, 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.520 and I think it will be reflected in this political cycle. 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.440 I think we will see we saw a huge spike 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.000 and people tuning in to this episode. We saw a 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.560 huge spike and people who watched our mini pod on 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.160 what happened. I think those numbers will continue to grow 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:09.880 exponentially because the news media has painfully failed everybody, and 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.520 so people are going to different sources, and so I'm 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:14.800 I'm honored to share in space with you guys, and 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:20.240 I take the responsibility very seriously, and so when we 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.280 are here, I want to be sure that we are 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:26.360 presenting the most clear, accurate information that you guys get 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:30.000 to hear a diverse perspective. Y'all. See, we don't agree 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.199 on a lot. This is this here I do not 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.720 think is an echo chamber. I think we have very 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.400 different opinions, perspectives, things that we bring, and so I 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.920 just want us to continue to grow personally, professionally, and 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:45.120 grow our audience in this space. And I'm thankful for 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:50.080 the thousands, literally thousands of you who reached out to 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.920 us over the past week to let us know what 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.800 what what you meant. And I think it was heard 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.520 from here to iHeart executives and all across what a 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.280 value dischell is, but most importantly, our conversations with you, 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.280 the audience, is what we value the most. 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.439 Yeah, I'll just quickly say, because I know we didn't 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.719 brightline this as a major topic, but both of what 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:17.280 you said, both of your perspectives resonated with me. And 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.120 to dive in just real quick with you, Angela, this 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.360 whole idea of not knowing. I've really wrestled with this, like, 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:29.439 can I be so disconnected from a set of people perspective, 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:34.120 lived experiences that things still stunned me in the political space, 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.000 which I thought, and I think probably for the three 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:38.920 of us, we have had, at different points in our 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:43.920 lives pretty strong commands. And on the other thing that 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:48.720 has really vexed me is this, you know, the data 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.240 that's showing that you know, we had two million fewer 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:57.080 Democrats turn out to vote. Independence out performed Democrats. There 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.600 were first more Republicans who voted, second, more independent too voted, 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:05.720 and third Democrats's that's sun for seed in the history 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:07.920 of this country. And so part of what I think, 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:09.560 I hope now I take it as part of our 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.640 responsibility is to deepen into what's going on within our 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:16.400 own house, what is happening within this space where a 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:21.800 lot of us sheer ideological family perspective that two many 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.920 of us felt like we had no motivation between twenty 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.000 twenty and to twenty twenty four. The threats weren't clear enough, 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.160 the reality wasn't, you know, bright enough for us to 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.760 even bother to engage the other thing that I didn't. 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.960 Seen enough, you know, I was just saying or not 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:38.880 seen enough. 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.720 You know, correct. So that's the other way. That's the 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:49.040 other way too get democracy, meaning where ideologically there's greater 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:52.320 alignment with this group of people. I think it speaks 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.080 to this whole not Rainbow coalition, but sort of people 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.200 of color coalition, which is you all know, I have 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.480 been very suspect of giving my experience in Florida of 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.440 whether or not that's ever really been a real thing. 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:08.240 And moreover, my true belief being that power is what 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.280 turns people on people. Once you get access to it, 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.760 your proximity to it makes you begin to otherise, it 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:17.600 makes you I mean, we had Latinos being interviewed, you know. 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.960 So there's an example of this Latino family where the 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:21.760 kids were playing with the neighbors. Both of them had 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:25.000 Trump signs. One family where you know, of Mexican orient 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:27.360 the other was a white family. And the kid from 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.160 the white family told them, the Mexican child to go 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.360 back to his country, and then the neighbors got into 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:34.840 a fight, and he thought they were in shared community, 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.720 but in reality they were not in shared community. All 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.360 that being said is there's so much to explore here, 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.760 and I think we've got to in this moment be 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:48.120 more curious rather than judging of what is happening, and 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.520 that will have to be a choice. You know, it's 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.760 a choice that any of us can mate. But I 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:56.160 do think that the way forward is going to be curiosity, 0:15:56.720 --> 0:16:00.480 asking some tough questions, being willing to be proven wrong 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.240 or right, or to have a new perspective shown to us. 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:06.840 That's where I think we kind of are right now. 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:08.640 But I just want to double down on thank you 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.440 to the listeners. This is a community. We consider us 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:20.240 fam and family, and I'm looking forward to exploration going forward. 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:21.560 If I had a word for it, it would it 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.200 would be exploration. You'll, let's take a quick break, and 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.760 when we come back, we're going to hit enough job. 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.080 All right, welcome back, everybody, listen. I know it's all 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.320 we're all still processing how we feel about this. But 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.800 something that while we're paying so much attention to what's 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.000 happening at the federal level, I do want to point 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:54.040 out something happening at the local level, and that is 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.440 this idea of having biblical curriculum taught in school. This 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:00.480 was in the news this week because in Texas, the 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:07.120 Texas State Board of Education advanced a Bible infused curriculum 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.119 that will be optional for schools to way in, but 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.480 there is a financial incentive for schools to start teaching 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.720 a Biblical based curriculum. This comes on the hills. I 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:19.359 don't want people to think Texas is a loan. This 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:23.480 comes on the hills from of Oklahoma and Louisiana. In Oklahoma, 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:27.680 the state superintendent mandated public schools to teach the Bible. 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:31.160 This is a clear violation of separation of church and state, 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:36.119 and the superintendent in Oklahoma also announced the creation of 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:40.120 a new Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism that will 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:44.119 be housed within the state's education department. This happened on 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.840 the hills of Louisiana, which is currently litigating a state 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:51.960 law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. This 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.320 is a move that they're also pushing in Texas as well. 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.960 Multiple legal issues here. Aside from the violation and separation 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.960 in church and states, they're also political issu choose. This 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:06.280 is why there is no off yer election cycles. Take 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:14.240 a listen to the super intendent in Oklahoma and then 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.040 on the other side of that you're going to hear 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:20.800 from a woman who is advancing supporting the bill in Texas, 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:22.760 and I'll address what they say. On the other side. 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:26.119 Every teacher, every classroom in the state will have a 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.639 Bible in the classroom, and we'll be teaching from the 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:31.400 Bible in the classroom. 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:36.640 They serve not only as moral guidelines for the individuals 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:40.960 and for society, things like do not murder, do not 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.399 commit adultery. These are things that help to create a 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.320 thriving community and a thriving nation. 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:53.119 All right, So you guys know, for years, probably the 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:57.640 past two or three years, all we heard from parents 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:02.280 and activists at the school board METE was about mind 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.760 your business and let me let my kids learn what 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:06.399 I want them to. 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:07.000 That's right. 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.480 So I just want to remind you what we were 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:11.920 hearing when it came to issues like CRT Nick, Let's 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:12.560 row that sound. 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.120 The DEI program is a trojan horse that will bring 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:19.760 in a slippery slope, a slippery slope that will ultimately 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:23.560 end in critical race theory, white repentance, and the mcdonalization 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:24.680 of America's students. 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:29.040 Please get back to just teaching our children, math, science, 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:34.240 factual history, equity, of opportunity and teach them how to 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:36.359 think and not what to think. 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:43.240 So the hypocrisy of it all exactly. Now, think about 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.760 if your child is Muslim or Buddhist or Jewish and 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:50.160 they're teaching from a Bible, the part of the Bible 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:55.359 that you don't necessarily believe in. The hypocrisy when it 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:58.440 comes to these moral issues. Not after you just elected 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:01.760 the pussy grabber and chief, not after you just put 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:05.679 up someone who was accused of sexual assault with teenagers. 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:09.159 Matt Gates for Attorney General also maybe focused on the 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:12.800 issues in your own district in Texas. This year, Texas 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:15.360 has the sixth highest rate of bullying and the eighth 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:18.359 highest dropout rate in the nation. The state ranked thirty 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:23.320 four for its Median ACT scores and forty in nationwide 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:27.480 ranking of SAT scores. That's according to website wallet Hub. 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:30.920 Oklahoma has been raked forty sixth in the nation and 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:35.560 overall childcare well being forty ninth in education. That's according 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:39.920 to the Antie Casey Foundation. Louisiana is in the fiftieth 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:42.720 spot for the second year in a row in rankings 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:44.959 for the state as a whole, It rated forty seventh 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:48.440 in education, forty sixth in healthcare, forty ninth in the environment, 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:52.520 and forty ninth in infrastructure, forty fourth in the economy. 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:54.720 Please don't talk to us about how seriously you take 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:59.119 education when you just put up Linda McMahon, former WWE executive, 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:02.840 to mansol the Department of Education. It's a shit show 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:03.840 across the country. 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.359 Yeah, you know, Chiff, the part that, in addition to 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:10.560 obviously the offense to all different faiths that exist and 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:13.320 those of no faith. Quite frankly, and I'm a strong 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:16.480 believera go to church, and in fact, side note, all 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:19.240 three of my kids joined church on their own decision 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:23.320 making this past Sunday. So I'm not anti religion, but 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:29.200 I don't trust these folks to teach my children about values. 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:32.879 Not right. I mean, what you just listed is exactly 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:34.879 case in point why we wouldn't want to. But these 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:37.600 are also the same people who use the Good Book 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:42.720 to justify enslaving another people. So so you can take 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:45.560 this thing, you can twist it, you can use it 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:50.520 so that it beguides people toward your dominance in society. 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:55.040 But you are extracting from public education legitimate histories of 0:21:55.080 --> 0:21:57.919 our people of this country of this nation, and you 0:21:57.960 --> 0:21:59.919 expect that I'm supposed to now hand deliver over my 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:04.159 children for you to now subjugate them again to second 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:07.840 class stat is no thank you, no thank you. And Tiffany, 0:22:07.880 --> 0:22:09.520 you're right to point out that this is the type 0:22:09.560 --> 0:22:13.520 of stuff that's creeping in our states that quite frankly 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:17.760 end up being the exact kinds of legislation that are 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:21.879 rolled out at the federal level with members of Congress. 0:22:22.000 --> 0:22:24.879 Because it's already been planted in the states, they're just 0:22:24.960 --> 0:22:27.400 two point oh version two point zero to in fact 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:30.399 infect the entire country. So if you're in a place 0:22:30.760 --> 0:22:33.000 around the nation where you think you're not impacted by 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:35.960 this stuff, you just wait and see. They may be 0:22:36.000 --> 0:22:40.440 coming for Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and states like mine, Florida, 0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:43.160 even Georgia and other places, but they may be up 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:46.960 your street later. I just think it's crazy, but I'm 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:49.159 really glad that we are putting a spotlight on it. 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:52.119 But also that's why there's no off election years like 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:54.760 these things are happening at school boards. So that's why 0:22:54.840 --> 0:22:57.639