1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Try Thanks Scott Shannon, and thanks to all of you. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Are toll free numbers eight hundred nine pot one Sean 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: if you want to be a part of the program. 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: You know, I'm some of you are involved in this 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: little pity party. You know, you know state of mind. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: You need snap out of it. You really need to 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: snap out of it. And I'm serious. You've got to 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: understand there is an EBB, there is a flow to 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: election cycles. Sometimes there's no reason why wherefore. But in 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: this case, I think there's there's gonna be a lot 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,319 Speaker 1: of lessons to be learned in a review that will 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: take place, and I think some some changes need to 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: be made and they will be made. I mean, you know, 14 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: I was thinking about this today, Linda, think about this. 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: I started my radio career nineteen eighty seven. Ronald Reagan 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: was president. You weren't even born yet, were you? That's correct? 17 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: What you were you born? What did I tell you 18 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: about asking ladies the rage? You've got a whole problem 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: with this. So I do not have a over this. 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: It's just that good fun watching you bubble and bits 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: like Alca Sultzer in water. So Reagan was president when 22 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: I got into radio and By the way, there were 23 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: people of that radio station I started at. They hated 24 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: my guts because I like Ronald Reagan. Oh my gosh. 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: Went through one term of Bush forty one, and then 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: in ninety two was the election of Bill Clinton. I 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: had just finished a stint in Huntsville, Alabama, and in 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: October of ninety two, and I left in October of 29 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: ninety six in Atlanta. I had four great years there. 30 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: By the way, when I left Alabama, the local paper editorialized, 31 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: goodbye to the talk show host from Hell. When I 32 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 1: left Atlanta, they had a year end edition in nineteen 33 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: ninety six. Nineteen ninety six was a good reason good 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: year for two reasons. The Olympics came and Hannity left. 35 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: That makes it should I have a complex over that. 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe it's a badge of honor, but anyway, 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: so you know, then there's the election of Bill Clinton, 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: and in what ninety two, and he's president to two thousand. 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: But in the interim there, I'm in Georgia and I'm 40 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: the MC. On the night of nineteen ninety four, Republicans 41 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: have been out of power. Imagine this, out of the House. 42 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: They did not have control of the House of Representatives 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: for forty long years. That's like forty years in the wilderness, 44 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: something about the years forty years. But and sure enough 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: it was one of the most exciting nights of my life. 46 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: I was m seeing new Ingridge's event at the Cobb 47 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: Galleria and it was just an incredible time and incredible night, 48 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: and incredible wave of election, a lot of it in 49 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: reaction to Bill Clinton, who went hard left when he 50 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: first his first two years as president. He then moderated 51 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: his views quite a bit. Actually, you know, the era 52 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: of big government is over, in the end of welfare 53 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: as we know it, and we actually achieved new Gingrich 54 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: with Clinton as part of it. They got us to 55 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: a balanced budget using Congressional Budget Office numbers, and we 56 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: had great success for the country and it ended up 57 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: being fine. Then, of course a ninety six I moved 58 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: to the Fox News channel, and that's the year the 59 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,839 Speaker 1: Clinton gets re elected. And then we get to two 60 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: thousand and two thousand, it's it's Bush v. Gore And 61 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: you talk about an election mess, I mean, you know, hanging, swinging, dimpled, pimpled, perforated, 62 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: you know, chads, and the count goes on until December 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: and the Supreme Court rules. Even to this day, you know, 64 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: nobody can say with any certainty that five hundred and 65 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: thirty seven votes was what separated George W. Bush from 66 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: al Gore. But very contentious time the Supreme Court gets involved. 67 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: They use the equal protection argument, which I thought was 68 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: kind of weaked myself, to be honest, but it is 69 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: what it is. We needed, We needed somebody to win 70 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: someplace somehow, and that's that's how it panned out. Anyway, 71 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: So you have that election mass and sure enough George W. 72 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: Bush gets inaugurated. Then nine to eleven, two thousand and 73 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: one happens. Now America is on a war footing. The 74 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: country is in the middle of this, you know, war 75 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: against terrorism, and two thousand and four was a tough reelection. 76 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: I'll ever forget that election day. The election, what do 77 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: you call the eggs of Poles came out that showed 78 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: that John Kerry was going to be the next president 79 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: of the United States. I remember this radio program. We 80 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: got a call from Dick Cheney called Got off a 81 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: Plane Lands Reads the Eggs of Poles called into the 82 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: show and said the Eggs of Poles had projected that 83 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: Bush and Cheney would lose Florida and they would lose Ohio. Well, 84 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: they won both those states. The egg of poles were wrong, 85 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: and they were wrong by a lot, and you know, 86 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: so on and so forth. Then in two thousand and 87 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: eight he got the election of Barack Obama. I didn't 88 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: think John McCain ran a particularly good campaign, and it 89 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: became somewhat inevitable. He was the anointed one, and a 90 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: lot of you know, hype in the country, and everyone 91 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: loves Obama blah blah blah. Meanwhile, the guy had no experience, 92 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: nobody vetted him. We vetted him, and we didn't win 93 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: that election. But then two years later what happened. It 94 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: was the rise of the Tea Party, and the Tea 95 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: Party had a profound impact on the political landscape in 96 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: this country. And I felt in twenty twelve that was 97 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: a winnable year. I thought that Obama could have been beaten. 98 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: And after the first debate, I thought Mitt Romney had it. 99 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: I thought he'd win that race. And then he took 100 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: his foot off the gas and just just laid down 101 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: for the next two debates. Wherever that advice came from, 102 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: it was a disaster. Then twenty sixteen, we have the 103 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: election of Donald Trump, and here we are twenty twenty. 104 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 1: We have Biden putting aside, you know, the FBI putting 105 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: their thumbs on the scale of both those elections, something 106 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,119 Speaker 1: we'll get to in a minute. So a lot happens 107 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: in the country, and there's an ebb and flow two 108 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: political cycles. And yeah, I would have preferred herschel Walker 109 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: went over the radical Raphael Warnock. I don't blame herschel 110 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: I thought that some people are saying he wasn't a 111 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: good candidate. And one of the things you got to 112 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: look at. You got to make adjustments. Look at what 113 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: football's team teams do. You talk to coaches as they're 114 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: going into the locker room at halftime, and a sideline 115 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: reporter will ask a coach, Okay, what do you what 116 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: do you think of what happened in the first half? Well, 117 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: we got to make some adjustments on defense. Clearly we're 118 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: not stopping the run game. We've got to do a 119 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: better job on offense. You know, obviously we had too 120 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: many penalties whatever it happens to be. And they go 121 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: in the locker room and they're like, all right, you 122 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: guys need to be meant that Republicans and some of 123 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: these races could have picked better candidates. I'll give you 124 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: one example, and I like Doug Mastriano, don't get me wrong, 125 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: and I'm not singling him out. However, there's no doubt 126 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: that Pennsylvania is a purple state. That's all there is 127 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: to it. And he ran with no exceptions in light 128 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: of the dab's decision, which it turns out that abortion 129 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: was a much bigger issue on the ballot than anybody 130 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: had anticipated, including me. But anyway, when you make than 131 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: any other gubernatorial candidate in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania history 132 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: since the nineteen forties, it just it was so out 133 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: of touch with the people of the state, and that 134 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: then impacted the entire ticket. He loses by what fourteen points? 135 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: Then you needed a whole bunch of ticket, you know, 136 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: switching where people would vote for Shapiro for governor and 137 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: then go to doctor Oz. Doctor Oz. You know, he 138 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: only lost by two and a half, But there's only 139 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: so much ticket splitting you're gonna get in any one race, 140 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: So you know, you've got to have some better candidate. 141 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: It's tutor Dixon. If you're in the state of Michigan, 142 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: you better make exceptions when it comes to abortion, or 143 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: at least send it to the state legislature, or put 144 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: a refermorandum on the ballot, or find a way to 145 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: get out of it somehow if you are rigidly pro 146 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: life politically speaking, I'm not talking about the moral aspect 147 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: of it. So those are things that we can learn 148 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: from this. But I'll tell you one of the biggest, 149 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: biggest things Republicans need to take away from what happened 150 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: yesterday in twenty twenty two. In general. Number one, you 151 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: can't forget the victory. The winning of the House is massive, 152 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: and it's the same amount that it's the same it's 153 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: the same margin that Nancy Pelosi had in the last Congress, 154 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: and we saw the damage that they could do. Republicans 155 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: now have charge of the committees. They now have the 156 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: power of the purse. They now have the power to 157 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: subpoena when they're going to get real investigations into the bidens, 158 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: and it will be an investigation into Joe Biden and 159 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: influence pedaling. And I believe the evidence now is growing 160 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: every day and it will be overwhelming and it will 161 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: be incontrovertible we'll also have an investigation into the FBI, 162 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: especially into their influence in the last two elections, and 163 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: I'll get into that in a little bit too. But 164 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: I think that you know, until Republicans, and I don't 165 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: know why this is the case, it's not the case 166 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: in Florida. In Florida, look, Florida's had its election problems. 167 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: They had problems in two thousand. They had to fix 168 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: those problems, and they did. They went with another system. 169 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: They fix the problems in twenty sixteen, and now they're 170 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: at the point where they can count seven and a 171 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: half million votes in a couple of hours, you know 172 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: the winner, and there's integrity in the system. And Republicans 173 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: in Florida are not reluctant. They're not resisting voting by mail, 174 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: they're not resisting voting early in Florida, and they have 175 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: checks and balances, they have sign verification, they have a 176 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: voter ID that must be included in even mail in ballots. 177 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 1: So the system has integrity to it, and the Republicans 178 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: there are using the system. But if you look at 179 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: a lot of these other states, Pennsylvania, I don't think 180 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: one vote should be cast until unlessen until they have 181 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: all the debates finished, and you know, the same thing 182 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: in a lot of these other states. My system would 183 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: be simple. It would be make election day and national holiday, 184 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: have voter ID signature verification, have paper ballots, have partisan 185 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: observers watch the voting in every precinct all day, and 186 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: then when the polls closed, they watch the vote counting 187 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: all night. That's simple. But we don't have that system. 188 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: That's the system we wish we had. That's the system 189 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: we can have if we elect Republican governors and Republican 190 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: state legislators and they buy into the simpler system, have 191 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: not the one that we wish we had. You can't 192 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: start election day. I knew going into election day yesterday 193 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: because I'd been looking online, looking at the early voting, 194 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: doing an analysis after analysis, talking to all my friends 195 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: in Georgia, and the consensus was that Herschel started out yesterday, 196 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: how he was down, and yet he won election day 197 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: voting by two hundred and thirty thousand. The problem is 198 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: that number is too big a number to assume that 199 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: you're going to get your voters out, especially if it's 200 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: a rainy day or there's a call for rain and win. 201 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: So my admonition to the Republicans, and what do I know. 202 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm not even a registered Republican, I'm a registered Conservative. 203 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: Is whatever the Democrats are doing with early voting, whatever 204 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: they're doing, you need to at least match what they're doing, 205 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: preferably do it better than they're doing. And you better 206 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 1: accept the fact that this resistance and this reluctance not 207 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: to go along with the system you're stuck with is 208 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: not working well for you. You have to accept that 209 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: and pick the best candidates that you believe can win 210 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: in the respective states that you're running in. Some states 211 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 1: that are purple are not going to accept a gubernatorial 212 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: candidate that's going to have a say, so you know 213 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: you have. If you're down hundreds of thousands of votes 214 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 1: on election day and Republicans continue to resist the system 215 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: that exists, not the one you wish existed, you're going 216 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: to continue to pay a price. I'm not that bummed 217 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: out by this. I am happy Republicans have the House, 218 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: and I think from this point Republicans, if they make 219 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: these adjustments, they'll do fine. But they got to understand 220 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: what they're dealing with, and up to this point they've 221 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: not accepted that reality, or at least too many people 222 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: have not accepted that reality. Look at what they're doing 223 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: in Florida, look at what they're doing in other states 224 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: that are running. Definitely a need voter idea and signature verification. 225 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: And then hopefully you elect eight legislatures and governors that 226 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: will put in a better voting system, one with more integrity, 227 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: so you have full competence in the results. But you know, 228 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: not playing on the same ball field. That's not going 229 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: to work anyway. Listen, I want you, in these tough 230 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: economic times to save as much money as possible. That's 231 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: where our friends at pure Talk come in. 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One of 250 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: them has to do with ballot harvesting and voter ID laws. 251 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: Ballot harvesting, by the way or ballot collection, is allowed 252 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: in a number of states, but often comes with restrictions 253 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: over who can take the ballot. Twenty five states and 254 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: DC have laws allowing the voter to have someone of 255 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: their choosing return the ballot. Eleven states have laws that 256 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: allowing certain people family members, for example, to return ballots 257 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: on a voter's behalf. Alabama is the only state that 258 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: explicitly says the voter must return the ballot themselves, the 259 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: only one. Thirteen states did not have any specific rules 260 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: regarding ballot harvesting collection. Sixteen states do not have voter 261 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: ID laws. Sixteen and anyway the states allowing voters to 262 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: select someone to return the ballot. You know, this is 263 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: one of these items that I don't think Republicans are 264 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: paying attention to. And what I'm seeing emerging is Democrats 265 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,359 Speaker 1: they're not really into the campaigning. I'm the better candidate, 266 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: I have the better vision, pressing the flesh, holding rallies. 267 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: They tend to hide in the basement, avoid debates, avoid 268 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: the press, and their whole team seems to be focused 269 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: on ballots and only ballots, and how to get ballots 270 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: in the hands of the people they think are going 271 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: to vote for them. This is where Republicans need to 272 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: play the same game to make it a level playing field. 273 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: Get your dose of independence and liberty every weekday right 274 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: here on the Sean Hannity's show at twenty five now 275 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: n to the top of the hour. So all these 276 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: states with the ballot collection, ballot harvesting, ballot collection, whatever 277 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: you want to call it. I was surprised when I 278 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: looked U up today. I didn't know how many states 279 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: actually had it. But it's just another area where I 280 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: think the Republicans are behind the eight ball in terms 281 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: of I think the Democrats are playing a ballot game. 282 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: I think the game has changed, is modernized. They're taking 283 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: full advantage that they're running campaigns totally differently. Now you know, 284 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: Katie Hobbs wasn't out running rallies, answering the press, pressing 285 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: the flesh, taking selfies, signing autographs, shaking hands, kissing babies. 286 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: And neither was Jon Fetterman, and neither was Joe Biden 287 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: for that matter. And so the that old model that look, 288 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: I still believe in that part of it. I think 289 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: it's an important part. People get to know you like you, 290 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: under stand you, understand your values to want to champion 291 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: your cause. But I think the Democratic game has been 292 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: avoid debates, avoid the media, hide in the basement, and 293 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: get your team out there. And twenty five states have 294 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: laws allowing voters to have someone on theirs of their 295 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: choosing return their ballots. Eleven states have laws only allowing 296 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: family members to return ballots. Alabama the only state that 297 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 1: says the voter themselves must return the ballot. Thirteen states 298 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: don't have specific rules regarding ballot harvesting or collection. Sixteen 299 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: states don't have voter ID laws. I mean, so that's 300 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: the system as it exists, And what I'm saying is 301 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: that I think Republicans, especially twenty twenty, changed everything. Democrats 302 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: dug in deeper, you know, knowing that if it was 303 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: more now about a ballot game. And that's why if 304 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: Republicans on election day, if they remain reluctant, resistant to 305 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: voting early or to mailing in their ballots, which the 306 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: first to say, it's not my system. Don't blame me 307 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: for the system. I told you what my system is. 308 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: My system is national holiday, election day, day of voting. 309 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: Make exceptions for the military. People can apply for an 310 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: absentee ballot. They're going to be out of the country, 311 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: out out of their state, sick, confirmed, elderly, whatever. Short 312 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: of that is, everybody goes on election day, they vote 313 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: paper ballot and signature verification and voter ID. And you 314 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: have partisan observers watching the voting all day in every precinct, 315 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 1: and partisan observers watching the vote counting after the polls closed. 316 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: That's simple. Now, there's one last thing that Republicans better 317 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: keep an eye on for the future too. And I 318 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: don't know anyone else that's talking about it, but I 319 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: actually dug deeper today to get more numbers. My Crackerjack's 320 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: staff was helping me with all of this. And that 321 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: is what I'm calling accelerated migration, and that it's it's 322 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: really simple. You have you have two events I think 323 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: that are the cause for the acceleration. One is, I 324 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: think that people just got fed up living in states 325 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: like Michigan and New York and Pennsylvania and other states 326 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: that had draconian measures as it relates to COVID and 327 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: no in person learning for their kids. Coupled with the 328 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: fact that baby boomers they're sick and tired of high taxes, 329 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: burdensome regulation, COVID lockdowns and restrictions, and and they're looking 330 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: at states like the Carolinas, in Tennessee, in Florida and 331 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: Texas and they're saying, you know what, they're there are 332 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: better options. So we see this migration that is now happening. 333 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: For example, you know, inbound migration to Michigan is forty 334 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: eight percent, outbound is fifty two. You know, if you 335 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: look at their the last year, you know they lost 336 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty to twenty twenty one, they lost you know, 337 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: nearly twenty thousand residents left the state. Not a lot, 338 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: but a significant amount. And I would venture a guess 339 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: most of these people that are moving to red states, 340 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: they're moving and they're because the political values they don't 341 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 1: like in their current states. They tend to be more conservative. 342 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: That's why Florida's grown by leaps and bounds. Look at 343 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: New York, for example, only forty two percent inbound and 344 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: fifty eight percent outbound. Another words, fifty eight percent of 345 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: in terms of migration from New York, they will fifty 346 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: eight percent of people are leaving in only forty two 347 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: percent of coming in. I mean, it's it's pretty dramatic. 348 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: And they lost three hundred and twenty thousand people in 349 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: the state of New York just from twenty twenty to 350 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. You look at party affiliation, for example, 351 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: in New York, you've got you know, Democrats at six million, 352 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 1: four hundred thousand and Republicans at two million, eight hundred thousand. 353 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: It's not a state Republicans they're gonna win. Pennsylvania has 354 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: a net outbound of fifty one percent inbound forty nine percent. 355 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,959 Speaker 1: They're not leaving Pennsylvania in the big numbers like they 356 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: are California and New York, but they're still leaving, and 357 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: you know they're losing in that population, and that population 358 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: I would argue again as conservative, you want to know 359 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: why Pennsylvania is a hard state for Republicans to win. 360 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: Or if you look at registration this year alone, Democrats 361 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 1: have four million people registered as Democrats. Republicans have three 362 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: point four million. That's just a significant difference. If you 363 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: look at Wisconsin, they're actually the one of the few 364 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: that are dead even fifty percent inbound fifty percent outbound. 365 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 1: They actually gained three thousand, five hundred eighty five people 366 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty to twenty twenty one. Look at California, 367 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: they're just the exact same number of New York fifty 368 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: eight percent of people migrating or migrating outbound from California. 369 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: They're leaving only forty two percent inbound. And if you 370 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: look at the net loss population for one year twenty 371 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty twenty one, it's two hundred and sixty 372 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: one thousand people. That's a lot. I want to talk 373 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: about Democrats all right. There are ten million registered Democrats 374 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: out in California, only five million Republicans registered out in California. 375 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 1: Now you look at a state like Florida, what's happening 376 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: in Florida fifty six percent inbound and only forty four 377 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,959 Speaker 1: percent outbound. Florida, by the way, in the last you know, 378 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: they have experienced a fourteen point six percent total growth 379 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: and population from the census from twenty ten to twenty twenty. 380 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: That increase in population last year alone over two hundred 381 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: thousand people. If you look at voter registration twenty sixteen, 382 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: Democrats outnumbered Republicans. Now Republicans are up by they have 383 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: five million, two hundred thousand Democrats of four million, nine 384 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: hundred thousand. I mean, that's a dramatic difference. Tennessee. People 385 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 1: are moving to Tennessee fifty five percent or inbound, forty 386 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: five percent outbound. They've had in the last census, nearly 387 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 1: a nine percent growth in population. That's dramatic. In twenty 388 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty twenty one, fifty five thousand additional people 389 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: moved to Tennessee. In Texas fifty five percent inbound, they're 390 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: moving into Texas forty five percent outbound. And if you 391 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: look at the chains, that's a fifteen point nine percent 392 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: increase in population. They took on in one year. An 393 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: additional three hundred and ten thousand people last year. In 394 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: South Carolina, same thing, fifty six percent inbound, forty four 395 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: percent outbound. You know, if you look, they gained sixty 396 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: thousand people in one year last year, ten point seven 397 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: percent growth since the last census. If you look at 398 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: Arizona Nevada, I have a little different take on it, 399 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: and that is both states have what in the case 400 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: of Arizona, fifty four percent inbound, in the case of Nevada, 401 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 1: it's fifty three percent, And if you look at the 402 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: population growth, it's twelve percent in Arizona, fifteen percent in Nevada. 403 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,719 Speaker 1: Nevada has increased in a year thirty thousand people, almost 404 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand in Arizona. The problem is a lot 405 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: of those people in Arizona Nevada are coming from California, 406 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: and you know what, the odds are two to one 407 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: that they're likely Democrats. So that's why that state has impacted. 408 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: If you look at North Carolina, what do I say, 409 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: Everyone's leaving states like Michigan and New York and California 410 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: and Pennsylvania and they're going to these other states. What 411 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: does this mean? Why am I going through all of this? 412 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: North Carolina fifty five percent inbound they've had a ten 413 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: percent population growth since the last census. Last year alone, 414 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: they added an additional ninety four thousand residents in the 415 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 1: state of North Carolina, I mean, and in that state, 416 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: by the way, it's almost dead even in terms of 417 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: party registration. You know, Democrats have two point four million, 418 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: Republicans two point two million. So it makes sense when 419 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: you're looking at the voting Why am I saying all 420 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: this because pretty soon, if this continues, we're going to 421 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: have a math problem. What is the math problem? How 422 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: do you get to two seventy In other words, Okay, 423 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: we don't have to worry about Florida, we don't have 424 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: to worry about Ohio anymore. But now Pennsylvania, which was 425 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: already hard for a Republican to win, it's getting harder. 426 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: By the way. They're not moving to Georgia and anywhere 427 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: near the numbers. They're moving to the Carolinas, in Tennessee, 428 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: in Florida, So you know, that's still a hard state 429 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: obviously to win. Then you've got Michigan and Wisconsin. Michigan 430 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: almost seems like a lost cause at this point, but 431 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: Wisconsin definitely is not. Hopefully that's a state Republicans can 432 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: continue to win. I would think the hard working people 433 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 1: of Pennsylvania, You're gonna get sick of this radicalism in 434 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: their state. I don't think it represents their values. So 435 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: that's where we are in terms of analysis things. A 436 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: good starting point, if you will, where to learn, in 437 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: my opinion, and analyze them where improvements can be made. Listen, 438 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: I want to I want to switch gears here and 439 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: I want to go back to the Twitter issue and 440 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: this James Baker side of this issue. So James Baker, 441 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: remember he was the guy general counsel at the FBI. 442 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: Yesterday he was fired by Twitter by Elon Musk. He 443 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: worked as the general counsel first at the FBI than 444 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: the general council of Twitter. Right. He was also by 445 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: the way the Clinton campaigns go to contact at the FBI. 446 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: Baker eagerly fielded, you might recall calls from the Clinton 447 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: attorney Michael Sussman, who even talked to him about a job, 448 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: who applied him with phony information about Donald Trump and Russia, etc. 449 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: Now Jonathan Turley to quote him, He said, Baker has 450 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,719 Speaker 1: been featured repeatedly in the Russian investigations lost launched by 451 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: the Justice Department, including the hoax involving the Russia Alpha 452 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: Bank nonsense, and Baker was also reportedly responsible for disseminating 453 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: the dirty Russian dossier of Hillary Clinton to the press, 454 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: passing it off as legitimate material. By twenty and eighteen, 455 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: Baker was under criminal investigation for leaking forced out of 456 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: the FBI. And of course deep state members never get 457 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: the same justice system as Republicans. But anyway, I digress. Anyway, 458 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: So first he was a legal analyst of fake news CNN. 459 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: Then he moves over to Twitter and becomes their deputy council. Anyway, 460 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: but then we discovered through this whole process of releasing 461 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: information and in terms of Twitter covering up and censoring 462 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: and favoring the Democratic Party and being involved an election interference. 463 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: To quote Elon Musk, he was the guy that was 464 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: making the decisions we find out behind the scenes. According 465 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: to Turley, you know, he maintained non public channels with 466 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: the Biden campaign and later the Biden White House the 467 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 1: run up to the twenty twenty election. It was at 468 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: least partially responsible for Twitter censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story. 469 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: Writing in a company memo quote, it is reasonable for 470 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 1: us to assume that Hunter may have been hacked the 471 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden laptop, and this caution is warranted. But even 472 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: the initial release of information and documents showed that Twitter 473 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: said that's not going to hold. They didn't believe that 474 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: the FBI had this for nine months. The FBI could 475 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: have easily have confirmed this was Hunter's laptop. There was 476 00:28:55,880 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: obviously allegations by Hunter himself, implication that his own father 477 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: was benefiting from this influence pedaling and this family syndicate 478 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: that Hunters involved in making millions from countries with no 479 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: experience enemy countries of the US like China. The way, 480 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: this is going to be a massive story come January. 481 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: I guarantee you it is going to be massive anyway. 482 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: It's meanwhile, in the days and weeks that followed, then 483 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: we find out that the FBI, who had Hunter Biden's 484 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: laptop for eleven months, did nothing with it, started meeting 485 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: weekly with all of these big tech companies, warning them 486 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,959 Speaker 1: that there might be outside interference or attempts at outside interference, 487 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: and information that is going to be disseminated that is 488 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: going to be false, and some of it may involve 489 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden, just so you know, and they put the scab, 490 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: They put the pressure on all of these companies so 491 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: they wouldn't report it. And now they knew that Rudy 492 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: Giuliani had it the laptop, and they knew the New 493 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: York Post had it, so they knew it was coming. 494 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: And yet they wanted these companies to be on the 495 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: lookout for this anyway. So the FBI had had it 496 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: since twenty nineteen. They knew it was real. They knew 497 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't Russian disinformation, but that's not what they were 498 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: telling these big tech companies. And I would argue I'd 499 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: like to know if Jim Baker knew it as well. 500 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: I would assume he probably did. It was censored all 501 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: over Twitter and by every other big tech company, and 502 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: it had an impact. Despite all of this, anyway, Jim 503 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: Baker somehow still was gainfully employed until yesterday. And not 504 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: only was Baker working at Twitter, but he was the 505 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: attorney personally reviewing and approving the initial batch of files 506 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: that were released by journalists Matt Taiebee and Barry Weiss. 507 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: Who's part of this investigation. And that's all part of 508 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: Elon Musk's transparencies efforts, Tybee said, quote over the weekend, 509 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: while we both dealt while we both dealt with obstacles 510 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: to new searches. It was barter and why said my 511 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: jaw hit the floor. Short time later, Musk fired Baker 512 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: after calling Jim's explanation for the whole ordeal unconvincing. I mean, 513 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: this is two presidential elections in a row where the 514 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: FBI is putting their thumbs on the scale. Now that's 515 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: something on top of things Republicans can do proactively. This 516 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: is something that has to happen as a country because 517 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: now we're dealing with the law and the constitution. Now 518 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 1: we're dealing with election interference. To quote Elon Musk, that's 519 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: a whole separate issue.