1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Lockdowns, cancel Christmas, stay home. The world is ending, and 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: you should be for freaking out right now, we got 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: a new report out that Joe Biden is so concerned 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: he's going to push biweekly coronavirus tests for children amid 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: school closures and omicron fears. This as offices are shuddering 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: right now because of omicron. So let me tell you 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: the latest present. Joe Biden has announced a new idea, 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: bi weekly coronavirus tests for school children amid school districts 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: shutting down over omicron variant fears. Despite Joe Biden's promise 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty to shut down the virus, not schools. 11 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: Schools around the nation are closing early for Christmas break. 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Biden perhaps worries his unfulfilled promise will be further delayed 13 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: by school districts not returning to order after these scheduled 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: break That is bad for the ratings, right, That's bad 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: for the poll numbers because parents are sick and tire 16 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: their kids not being in school. So here you go. 17 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: As a result, Biden, we're being told, is looking at 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: rolling out a new scheme to likely pacify teachers, unions 19 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: and those the Department of education. The plan is reportedly 20 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: being called tests to stay instead of mandatory quarantine for 21 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 1: students identified at close contact of a COVID positive peer. 22 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: Those students could remain in school if they test negative 23 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: for the virus at least twice during the week after 24 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: an exposure. NBC News is now reporting exclusively that's how 25 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: you know it's good information, because you know they got 26 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: it directly from the White House, leaking this to NBC News. 27 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: The New York City Public School District has already closed 28 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: about eight hundred and seventy five classrooms early earlier than 29 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: they normally do before Christmas. Many of the children are 30 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: being forced to learn at home by teaching themselves via 31 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: e learning as they call it, which we know is 32 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: pretty much worthless. The test scorers show it. Kids have 33 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: fallen behind over the last two years when they were 34 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: having to do distance learning. Former acting director of the 35 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: Sentisters Disease Control and Prevention, doctor Besser told NBC News 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: that children should be protected at all costs, despite the 37 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: death and hospitalization rate among children remaining extremely low. Quote, 38 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: it's clear that the best place for children is in 39 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: school learning and if it can be done safely for 40 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: a child who may have been exposed to COVID, then 41 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: we need to do that. Doctor Fauci warn Americans as 42 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: well this week that the next weeks and months could 43 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 1: see a massive spike in hospitalizations and deaths due to 44 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: coronavirus and the variance besides the toll of suffering and death, 45 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: which will inevitably go up. If in fact, we have 46 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: that convergence in the winter months of flu and omicron 47 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: and delta, we could get our hospital system overwhelmed significantly. 48 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: Fauci said, Now let's move on to that. To this 49 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: other point, doctor Fauci has new COVID guidelines that he 50 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: says are extremely important and more than likely they need 51 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: to become more restrictive. He was speaking this morning on CNBC, 52 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: and the markets did not like what they heard from 53 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: doctor Fauci. They were terrified by what they heard, and 54 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: the markets reacted because when you have doctor Fauci talking 55 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: doom and gloom on the vaccine guidance, well then you 56 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: know what Wall Street does. Favor the mRNA. As you know, 57 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: we are in holiday season and they're a holiday parties. 58 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: You've talked about getting together with your family during the holidays, 59 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: and you recommended testing and the like. At what point 60 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: would you reassess that and how would you think about 61 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: holiday parties even those with tested in environments and areas. 62 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: As I said, by next week if you if you 63 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: do the math lagorithmically, New York could be in a 64 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: place where where the positivity rate could cross twenty five. Well, 65 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: you've got to just take things one step at a 66 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: time and take a look at how things evolve. I mean, obviously, 67 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: if you have vaccinated, your family's vaccinated, you have friends 68 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: who have vaccinated and hopefully also boosted, you could still 69 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: enjoy a social gathering, generally in a home. You've got 70 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: to be careful when you go into large public indoor space. 71 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: I love you got you got to have this large 72 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: indoor space, right, So spread out with your family and friends. 73 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: Because you might think you feel right, but you don't right. 74 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: You might think that you feel okay, but you don't. 75 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: You might think that you are healthy, but you could 76 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: kill grandma. That's what we think. We think that you 77 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: probably just need to stay home. I'm having deja vu. 78 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: Isn't this exactly what they told us about canceling Christmas 79 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: last year? In fact, I think I could probably find 80 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: you a tape of doctor Fauci from last year, and 81 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: I bet you it's not exactly like the tape from 82 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: this year. Well, you know, he might not want to 83 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 1: go see grandma, you might not want to go travel, 84 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: you might want to stay home. You might want to 85 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: lock down, you might want to shut down the office. 86 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that's what he said last year, except 87 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: this year he's saying it in a different way by 88 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: using different words that mean the same thing. He says 89 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: where there are a lot of people there, and that's 90 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: the reason why you should be wearing a mask under 91 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: those circumstances. But you've got to follow what's going on. 92 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: If the counts keep going up and the test positivity 93 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: keeps going up, we may need to be more restrictive. 94 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: But for right now, people who have vaccinated and boosted 95 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: should feel reasonably comfortable. The risk is never zero, that's 96 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: for sure. Now. By the way, just so you know, 97 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: when Faucci said this Friday morning, the Dow's implied open 98 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: was up sixty five points. After Faucci said this on CNBC, 99 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: the Dow went down by the end of the day 100 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: five hundred and thirty two points. This guy's like the 101 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: Scrooge that stole two years of my life. You think 102 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: that's all he had to say? Oh no, he had more, 103 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: jere But any what's the number wins? What's the number 104 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: you reassess that you just suggested. I think perhaps for 105 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: the first time that you would be forced to reassess 106 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: if the numbers go up at what level? Meaning you know, 107 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: if you hear that it's in the vity rate, is 108 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: twenty five percent in particularly or thirty percent? Does that 109 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: change you know? I'm not going to give you a number. 110 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: I think you just have to look at all the 111 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: different factors. You've got to look at people in who 112 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: getting infected. You got to look at the seriousness of 113 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: the infection, the rate of hospitalizations, all of those things 114 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: you look at when you make a determination about how 115 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: restrictive you are going to be. Now, those things just 116 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: roll out in real time and you take a step 117 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: by step. So here's the word. We may need to 118 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: be more restrictive. That's the theme here. What is more restrictive? Mean? Wow, 119 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: you probably won't be able to travel without showing proof 120 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: of vaccination. Maybe we should make it where you can't 121 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: get on a plane moving forward without showing proof of vaccination. 122 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: Maybe we need to start swabbing your kids up their 123 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: nose twice a week, and you, if you're not vaccinated, 124 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: when you go to work, you must be vaccinated. Maybe 125 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: we should encourage more companies to start firing employees that 126 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: refuse vaccinations. Maybe we should raise the price of healthcare 127 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: for those that decide not to be vaccinated. Maybe we 128 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: should start canceling healthcare people that refuse to get vaccine. 129 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: You see the trend here, right I want to make 130 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: sure you guys are really seeing the trend because you 131 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: notice they're coming after your rights right now. None of 132 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: what they're talking about is respecting any of your rights, 133 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: your kid's rights, or anybody else's rights, which is going 134 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: back to exactly what Joe Biden is now saying. Joe 135 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: Biden is about to harass your kids and push bi 136 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: weekly coronavirus test for children amid the school closures and 137 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: the omicron fears. You don't have rights over your children. 138 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: And the faster you learn that and understand that, the 139 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: better off you will all be. That is the message 140 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: coming from this White House. By the way, if you're 141 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: an adult and you don't do what we take to 142 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: do with vaccinations, and if you don't do what we 143 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: tell you to do with booster shots, you're probably going 144 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: to lose your job. Prominent COVID nineteen researcher was called 145 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: a race trader for investigating the lab leak theory. That's 146 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: how they treat these people that stay end up. Even 147 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: in this area of expertise. You had a researcher, a 148 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: post doctor researcher at MIT and Harvard University, said she 149 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: was accused of racism for investigating the possibility of COVID 150 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: nineteen leaking from the Wuhan, China lab. Alina Chan is 151 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: the name of the new whistleblower. Alina Chan, by the way, 152 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: is Asian. I'm sure no one cares whether screaming that 153 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: she's a racist. Chan began asking simple questions about the 154 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: origin of the virus and challenge the wet market theory 155 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: in March of twenty twenty. You want to know what 156 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: they turned her into a racist? So let me just 157 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: recap for you quickly. Where we are. We have doctor 158 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: Fauci that is saying we're gonna have to take away 159 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: some of your rights. We may need to be more restrictive. 160 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: We have businesses that are going after your rights, and 161 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: you have the White House Joe Biden now pushing bi 162 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: weekly coronavirus tests children so that we don't close schools. Now, 163 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: let's talk about this whistleblower, by the way, who has 164 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: now been attacked. They say she's a racist. Alina Chan, 165 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: a post doctor researcher at MIT and Harvard University, said 166 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: she was accused of racism for investigating the possibility of 167 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen leaking from a Wuhan, China lab. Chan began 168 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: asking questions about the origins of the virus and challenging 169 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 1: the wet market theory in March of twenty twenty, voicing 170 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: her concerns on Twitter to an often hostile scientific community, 171 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: Chan who is ethnically Chinese, said she was called a 172 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: race trader for suggesting the virus could have been caused 173 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: by a lab accident in Wuhan. Even other scientists were 174 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 1: calling me anti scientific or racist or a race trader, 175 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: and so a scientific problem became corrupted, Chan explanned at 176 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: a Hudson Institute event this week. She said scientists struggle 177 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: to gather evidence and discuss their analysis amid accusations that 178 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: anyone who suspected a lab leak in Asia must be racist. 179 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: This is what happens when you allow the tyrants of 180 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: the left to always scream racism anytime they don't like 181 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: what you're saying. And the point that this researcher is 182 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: making is it's the fact that she was asking questions 183 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: from a scientific perspective and people didn't like the questions 184 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: she was asking, so they said that she's either a 185 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: racist even though she's ethnically Chinese, or they say she's 186 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: a race traitor for asking the questions. Sounds a lot 187 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: like the Democratic Party, doesn't it, Because guess what the 188 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: Democratic Party does exactly what the Chinese Communist government does 189 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: in China. We could possibly have a future where only 190 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: lab outbreaks and white people countries can be investigated. She 191 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: went on to say, whereas anything that comes from parts 192 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: of Asia, Africa or South America cannot be investigated because 193 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: it would be racist or anti scientific. That's crazy. She 194 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: went on to say, as you know, doctor Anthony Founci 195 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: publicly downplayed the possibility of COVID nineteen having escaped from 196 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: the American funded Woudhun Institute of Virology in April of 197 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. In fact, people said that Donald Trump was 198 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: a racist for implying that it could have come from 199 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: the Lab, and so the wet market. Remember that the 200 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: mainstream media only began reporting on the Lab week theory 201 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: as a real possibility a year later, actually a year 202 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: and one month later, twenty one, after over a year 203 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: of decrying it as unscientific. And yes there were they 204 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: love to use racist when The Wall Street Journal reported 205 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: that I likely COVID nineteen outbreak occurred at the Wuhan 206 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: Lab in late two thou and nineteen. But again, you're 207 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: a racist if you bring this up, even if you're 208 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: ethnically Chinese. You can't do this without people attacking you. 209 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: New York Times COVID nineteen reporter now expresses regret after 210 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: doubling down on claim that the lab leak theory had 211 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: quote racist roots. This New York Times reporter, who often 212 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: covers COVID nineteen for the outlet, doubled down on claims 213 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: that the LAB week theory has racist roots. The reporter 214 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: later deleted the tweets express regrets for sending them, but hey, 215 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: who cares because it was all connected to Donald Trump 216 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: at the time, right, this reporter said, tweeted her hope 217 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: that someday we will stop talking about the lab week 218 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: theory and maybe even admit it's racist roots. Her exact 219 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: tweet was, someday we will stop talking about the lab 220 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: week theory and maybe even admit the racist roots. But 221 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: a loss the day is not here yet. She deleted 222 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: the tweet, later doubled down on the claim after people 223 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: start calling her out for it, saying, quota theory can't 224 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: have racist roots and still gather reasonable supporters along the 225 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: way doesn't make the roots any less racist or the 226 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: theory anymore convincing. Though. That was her response after people 227 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: started mocking her for deleting her earlier tweet about the 228 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: origins of the pandemic. She then had to defend herself 229 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: even more by saying, I deleted only my earlier tweets 230 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: about the origins of the pandemic because they were badly phrase. 231 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: The origins of the pandemic is an important line of 232 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: reporting that my colleagues are covering aggressively. This is remember 233 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: the New York Times. The lab Weik theory is something 234 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: that the White House also doesn't want to talk about. 235 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: And doctor Fauci, especially because he's the one that gave 236 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: money and lied to Congress about us actually giving money 237 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for gain of function research. 238 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: But don't tell him that because he'll get really mad 239 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: at you. And then there's the newest freak out moment 240 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: that is coming. This is noticed, how fast this is 241 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: all coming? Right? This is coming very fast, isn't it. 242 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a lot to just cover in a 243 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: matter of the last twelve hours. Doctor Fauci has now 244 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: come out and he wants to freak you out again, 245 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: saying there is quote virtually no degree of neutralization protection 246 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: against the omicron variant without the booster. Now, this is 247 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: where I am confused, Doctor Fauci. If I yesterday got 248 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: my first shot, or maybe yesterday I got my second shot, 249 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: are you telling me that the first two shots are 250 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: worthless against the omicron variant and I don't have protection 251 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: or any type of good protection until I get the 252 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: third shot. Because that's what it sounds like to me. 253 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: It sounds like a lot of propaganda, doesn't it, to 254 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: hurry up and make you get the vaccine. Talking about 255 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: the importance of COVID nineteen booster shots both in the 256 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: current delta surge and in the inevitable upcoming omicron surge. 257 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: So if I could have the next slide, let's take 258 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: a look at some of the data that fortifies what 259 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: I just said. This is a recently published study in 260 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: the New Yengland Journal looking at individuals fifty years of 261 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: Agaroba who received the booster about five months after a 262 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: second dose of the fiser Biowanec. There was a ninety 263 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: percent low immortality due to COVID nineteen than participants who 264 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: did not receive a boost. Now willbeit the mortality is 265 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: low in people who have vaccinated anyway, However, it goes 266 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: down to practically nejigable values if you look at the 267 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: blue line compared to the pink line. Next slide. Now, 268 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: let's take a look at omicron specific situations. In this study, 269 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: one looked at three separate vaccines, the mRNA of Mardenna, 270 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: the fiser and then the add twenty six JAY and 271 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: J followed by an mRNA boost. In if you look 272 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: at the times two which means a standard vaccination, and 273 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: then take a look at the suit of IRUs neutralization 274 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: following the boost, the increment of that is really rather 275 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: profound nineteen times for the one on the left twenty 276 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: seven times for the one in the middle, and four 277 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: times for the one on the right. Next slide. By 278 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: the way, I love, We've now gotten to PowerPoint presentations, right, 279 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: so we're going to give you a bunch of complicated 280 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: data to let you know that basically you're not going 281 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 1: to have any convertection unless you get the booster shot. 282 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: So hurry up and get out and get that booster shot. Fouc, 283 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: you just said ninety percent lower mortality for boosted people 284 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: aged fifty and over. My question is how can you 285 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: figure that out so quickly when the omicron variant just started. 286 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: That's the part that everybody's kind of scratching their head over. 287 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: So I'm not protected with two shots, but somehow I'm 288 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: protected with three even if I just got the two shots. Well, 289 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: he's got slides in a power point presentation to shut 290 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: me up. If your head hurts right now, it should 291 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: because this is nothing but tyrant propaganda. There is none 292 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: of these people at this point that I trust, and 293 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: the reason why is because they keep making crap up. So, 294 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: speaking of making crap up, here's another example. New York 295 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: Times is now demanding demanding it. It's not even open 296 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: for debate that every single sports team stopped gathering because 297 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna kill everybody if you don't any reason to 298 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: believe this is actually gonna happen. No, no reason to believe. 299 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: But it doesn't matter. New York Times now demanding all 300 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: sports leagues shut down for public health nationwide. Yeah, and 301 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: the recent OpEd The New York Times demanded that all 302 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: sports leagues shut down for public health for the rest 303 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: of the year over the fear of the omicron variant 304 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: of the coronavirus. Quote, it's time to press pause on games, 305 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: matches and me. Times exclaimed in their editorial. This is 306 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: what tyrant government propaganda sounds like when it's written in 307 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: a newspaper. This is no different. This is no degree 308 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: of separation between the New York Times and the federal government. 309 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: This is state sponsored government propaganda that is making it 310 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: into all of these newspapers and newscasts around the country. Quote. 311 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: If we're genuinely interested in public health, genuinely invested in 312 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: slowing the virus and saving lives, we need to look 313 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: at the storm that has gathered and take shelter from it. Now, Oh, 314 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: doom and gloom, folks, it's back. Come back in February 315 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: or later, the so called paper of Record Advice at 316 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: Times went on to suggest new policies for all sports league, 317 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: including a long break following the mask wearing. It's time 318 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: for sports leagues to mandate vaccinations for every play, no shot, 319 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: no games or practices or hanging at team headquarters, the 320 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: paper demands. The left wing at Nanny's continued recommending, saying 321 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: this time that all teams require proof of vaccination from fans, 322 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: and yes, the wearing of masks. On top of that, 323 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: when we see a hundred thousand fans packed shoulders shoulder 324 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: at the biggest stadiums, we see a sea of unmasked multitudes, 325 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 1: everyone screaming at the top of their lungs. What message 326 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: does that send? Oh? Yeah, Most of the nation's biggest 327 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: pro sports leads claim wide league wide vaccination rates of 328 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: ninety are higher. The NHL even claims it is ten 329 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: percent vaccinated. And yet they are still throwing players into 330 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: isolation and canceling and rescheduling games because of positive test 331 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: results among players and coaching staff. Okay, so let's just 332 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: out of this in for just a second here, all right, 333 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: If all these teams are ninety five percent or higher 334 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: vaccinations and they're still having the outbreaks. Doesn't that bring 335 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: up the bigger question about the effectiveness of vaccines. I mean, 336 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: doesn't that tell you why so many people are hesitant 337 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: to get the vaccine, much less a booster. Oh, we're 338 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: going to demand it. You're gonna get fired from your jobs. 339 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: Don't worry. We're going to force you in a submission. 340 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. You think we're not going to force 341 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: you in a submission. You've seen nothing yet. We are 342 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: going to force you into submission. You just don't know 343 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: it yet. We're gonna make sure. We are going to 344 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: make sure, no matter what, Okay, we are going to 345 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: make sure, no matter what, that you do what we 346 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: tell you to do, and that includes being vaccinated and 347 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: your kids. And if you don't, we're gonna make you 348 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: be swabbed in. That's what we're gonna do, right, We're 349 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 1: gonna make sure that you get swabbed twice it. We're 350 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: gonna harass your kids. We're gonna harass you. Now. The 351 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: New York Times, why would they give a crap if 352 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: sports teams okay cancel or not. Why do they think 353 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: they should have the right to tell us what we 354 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: can and cannot do. Why is the New York Times 355 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: think they should be able to dictate what we do 356 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: in our lives everywhere around the country with their damn 357 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: op ed. When did they become so powerful? Oh wait, 358 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: they are that powerful because they are state sponsored media. 359 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: That's what they are. They are state sponsored media. The 360 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: evidence seems obvious. The op ed says that vaccinations do 361 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: not in any way prevent people from contracting the coronavirus, 362 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: or at least finding the virus present in their system, 363 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: resulting in asymptomatic infection. The Times rights testing and mass 364 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: clear they have not stopped the virus. If these huge 365 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: leagues continue to cancel reach scheduled games during outbreaks of 366 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,959 Speaker 1: positive tests. It should also be noted that few members 367 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: of any of these leagues have fallen severely ill, much 368 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: less have been hospitalized with a virus. That doesn't matter, 369 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: we must cancel everything. There has also never been any 370 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: proof that large number fans gathered together for games have 371 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: become quote super spreader events which we were all conditioned 372 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: to freak out over just about a year ago. Remember, 373 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: everything was a super spreader except for Black Lives Matter 374 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 1: rallies and Black Lives Matter riots. I should say college 375 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: football has been filling stadiums for a year now, and 376 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: there there has been no great outbreak of the virus 377 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: among fans because of a college football games. The Times concluded, however, 378 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: that we are quote at war with a coronavirus. But 379 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: reality seems to prove that the paper is actually at 380 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: war with the facts, that what they're demanding right now 381 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: is not going to have any impact or change anything. 382 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: If there's anything I know right now, if you want 383 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: to wear a mask, wear a mask. If you don't 384 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: want to wear a mask, don't wear it. When I 385 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: go out last night, we had a dinner event. It's 386 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: a two hour await at the restaurant. The restaurant was packed. 387 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: I decided to wear a mask. I decided to wear 388 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: a mask, and I decided to wear that mask to 389 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: the table because inside there were so many people that 390 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: were crammed in. Make fun of me if you want, 391 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: I'm cool with it. I don't care. Don't make fun 392 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: of me. If you don't want to make fun of me. 393 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: My point is we know enough now that I think 394 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: people can actually make a real conscientious decision, and they 395 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: can decide for themselves what they want to do. I 396 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: have family members that didn't wear the mask, by the way, 397 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: going to dinner. That's okay. Did I tell them to 398 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: put their masks on? Not? Because it's none of my business. 399 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: Now you may say, well, Ben, that mask is worthless again. 400 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: If you think it's worthless, that's your decision. I don't care. 401 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: My point is this, we're two years in right now. 402 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: No one should be telling anybody else what they can 403 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: and cannot do. We all should be able to make 404 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: our own decisions at this point. That's number one. That 405 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: to me is the most important aspect of freedom. If 406 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: you decide to make to do things that are higher risk, 407 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: quote unquote, like go to a football game, more power 408 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: to you. But this psychotic nature that everything must be 409 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: controlled by the government and everything must be dictated to 410 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: us by the government is tyranny. And when Faucci comes 411 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,479 Speaker 1: out telling you that he's going to come after you. 412 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: How even Ted Cruz went after the United Airline CEO 413 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: Scott Kirby for his deeply disturbing treatment of unvaccinated employees. 414 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: Senator Ted Cruz slammed United Airline CEO Scott Kirby on 415 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: Wednesday for his deeply disturbing treatment of unvaccinated employees. Cruse 416 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: question Kirby during a hearing for the US Senate Committee 417 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding oversight of the airline industry. 418 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: The hearing included several CEOs from US airlines and broach 419 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: topics ranging from the success of the payrolls Support program 420 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: to pilot shortages. Now Crew specifically called on the CEO 421 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: Kirby and asked him to explain his company's vaccine mandate, 422 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: which is currently the subject of a lawsuit. A United 423 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: mandate has resulted in at least two thousand employees who 424 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: sought religious and medical exemptions being placed on unpaid leave 425 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: and stripped of their benefits indefinitely. That means their health insurance. 426 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: The senator asked why Kirby and why United Airlines vaccine 427 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: policy is harsher than those of his competitors, as a carrier, 428 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: is the only one dismissing employees who choose to forgo 429 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: the coronavirus vaccine. It got pretty heated and personal. Take 430 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: a listeners have observed last year what Congress did with 431 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: regard to the aviation industry was critical and it was unprecedented. 432 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: We allocated over fifty four billion dollars to keep the 433 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: American aviation industry strong and healthy. I was the chairman 434 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 1: of the Aviation Subcommittee at the time. Each of the 435 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: CEOs on this panel, and Miss Nelson, I've spoken to 436 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: all of you many times. Each of you went on 437 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: great length making the case that maintaining our pilots, maintaining 438 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: our flight attendants, maintaining our personnel and aviation was critically important. 439 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: We fast forward to where we are today, and we 440 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: find ourselves in a different circumstance and the behavior of 441 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: airlines has not been uniform. I'm proud to say the 442 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: two airlines based in Texas, mister Kelly's Airline to mister 443 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 1: Parker's Airline, I think had been exemplary, particularly concerning vaccine mandates. 444 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: Both of you have made public commitments well be firing 445 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: your employees because of failure to comply with a vaccine mandate. 446 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: I thank you for that. Mister Bastian has likewise made 447 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: that commitment of Delta. The outlier here is United and 448 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: mister Kirby. United's behavior on this issue, I have to say, 449 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: has been deeply disturbing. I'm a frequent customer of United. 450 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: I live in Houston. I've got over a million miles 451 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: on United. There are over fourteen thousand United employees in 452 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: the state of Texas. The way United has treated its 453 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: employees as in market contrast to your competitors sitting here. 454 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: Your competitors have said they will stand with their employees. 455 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: United has not made that same commitment. How many pilots 456 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: has United fired because of failure to comply with a 457 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: vaccine mandate? Well, Senator, I'm happy to talk all about 458 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: the rationale for while. We did it. We did it 459 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: for safety. I've lived in times. So my question is 460 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: how many pilots have you fired? I believe it is 461 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: six out of thirteen. How many pilots have you played 462 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: on unpaid leave? I think it's about eighty. Okay, how 463 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: many flight attendants have you fired? I don't know the 464 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: number total, it's about two hundred employees. Well, I will 465 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: tell you. I spoke this morning to the Airline Employees 466 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: for Health Freedom that said they had over two thousand 467 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: United employees who had been placed on unpaid lead because 468 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: they sought exemptions from the vaccine mandate. That said that 469 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: included three hundred and thirty one pilots. I will also 470 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: note that I have been literally inundated with United employees 471 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: complaining about United's callous disregard for the rights of the pilots. 472 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: One of the messages was for a pilot who flew 473 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: for United for more than two decades, who applied for 474 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: and received an exemption from your vaccine mandate on religious grounds, 475 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: and it was subsequently placed on lead with no pay 476 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: and no benefital insurance. Now his wife, who relies on 477 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: her husband's insurance, has had to postpone a necessary surgery 478 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: with no idea when she'll be able to reschedule because 479 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: she has no idea what her husband able to fly again. 480 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: And you're simultaneously enforcing a non compete, so this pilot 481 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: can't even go work for your competitors. Another message I 482 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: received from another pilot, a constituent, self described proud Texans, 483 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: flew for the Air Force for almost three decades, including 484 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: missions in Asia, now founds himself on indefinite unpaid lead, 485 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: with a denial of all benefits to include medical, dental, vision, insurance, 486 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: disability travel privileges, crew member access to jump seats, denied 487 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: access to his retirement savings. This morning, I spoke with 488 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: a ten year flight attendant for United, a woman name 489 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: is Adriana Yubali, who is a single mom and Hispanic 490 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: single mom from Texas, who you fired. She received her 491 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: termination notice tied in a trash can to her front gate. 492 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: I have a letter here, Madame Chairman, from Missubali describing 493 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: the disgraceful treatment she received at the hands of United, 494 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: asking animus consent this record to be entered. This letter 495 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: be entered in the record. Just recently, you're being sued 496 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: by your employees for mistreating them, for violating their terms 497 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: of employment. Just recently, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 498 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: Judge James Hoe, someone I know very well, an exemplary jurist, 499 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: wrote an opinion in which she described the likelihood of 500 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: your employees succeeding on the merits as the claims against 501 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: you quote appear compelling and convincing at this stage. And 502 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: I want to read what Judge Hoe wrote about United. 503 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: Title seven forbids employers from retaliating against employees who attempt 504 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: to exercise their statutory rights. Yet United CEO Scott Kirby 505 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,719 Speaker 1: told employees in a company town hall meeting that quote 506 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: very few religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate would be granted, 507 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: and that anyone who even attempted to request one would 508 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: be quote putting their job on the line. I saw 509 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: that video, and it's a disturbing video. He went on 510 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: to note. This is again Judge Hoe writing. The District 511 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: Court thus concluded that United's mandate reflects an apathy, if 512 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: not antipathy, for many of its employees concerns, and a 513 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: dearth of toleration for those expressing a diversity of thought. 514 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: Through both its policy and its official statements to employees, 515 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: United has demonstrated a quote calloused approach to and apparent 516 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: disdain for people of faith. Why is United's conduct disregarding 517 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: the rights of your employees so different from the conduct 518 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: of your competitor airlines, which are protecting the rights of 519 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: their pilots and flight attendants and not firing them or 520 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: putting them on unpaid leave for exercising their religious liberty rights. Well, 521 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: Senator Cruz, again, we did this for safety. We believe 522 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: it saved lives. I think that's my number one obligation 523 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: is safety, particularly running an airline and your customers. My 524 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,719 Speaker 1: number one obligation is safety, including to our are your 525 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: competitors unsafe. I think that the world is safe for us. 526 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: I made the decision for United. I'll let my competitors 527 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: speak for themselves. I made the decision for United that 528 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: getting everyone vaccinated would save lives and fired. But I 529 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: will tell you this, I fly a United flight almost 530 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: every week, almost without exception. When I'm on one of 531 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: your flights, I get stopped by a pilot or a 532 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: flight attendant, often multiple pilots or multiple flight attendants, who 533 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: say thank you for fighting for us. Your employees are 534 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: being mistreated and it's disappointing. Your company is better than this, 535 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: and what you're doing is wrong. Amen to that, especially 536 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: the fact that they're holding a pilot who they've fired 537 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: to a non compete so his wife can't have a 538 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: surgery because he can't go get better health insurance or 539 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: get insurance by working at another airline after they put 540 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: him on lead because he wouldn't get the vaccine, threatening 541 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 1: people saying go ahead, we dare you use a religious 542 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 1: exemption and watch what happens, because it's gonna put your 543 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: job in danger. 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