1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Saving you money. 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: It is a promise that Donald Trump said he was 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: going to make good on when it came to government waste, fraud, 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: and abuse. We know what DOJE has been doing, but 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: we now have found out other ways that the President 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: is helping make Americans more money. 7 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: And this is. 8 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: Coming from the EPA administrator, Leeves Zelden. He said in 9 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 2: an interview that he is quote shocked by how much 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 2: money we are able to save with quote the largest 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: deregulatory action ever slashing quote trillions of dollars in deregulation. 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: The Environmental Protection Agency chief. Zelden spoke during a roundtable 13 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: with Breitbart News editor in chief about what all is 14 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: happening and the agency's efforts to slash government waste, fraud, 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 2: and abuse. The EPA administrator, a former congressman, has now 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: moved to cancel over twenty two billion in contracts, is 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: part of President Donald Trump's initiative to eliminate diversity, equity 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: and Inclusion policies known as DEI. He also has said 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: that they are canceling environmental justice grants and canceling other 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 2: government spending that is basically just straight up waste and fraud. 21 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 2: Zelden emphasized the degree to which the administration has been 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 2: able to make significant savings by cutting Zelden said, the 23 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: agency's annual operating budget is ten billion dollars, while they 24 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: have been able to cut twenty two billion in grants alone. Yes, 25 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: twenty two billion in grants now, the leader of the 26 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: agency said, quote, one month ago, we announced that it 27 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: amounts to the largest deregulatory action the history of the 28 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: United States of America. One agency will do more deregulation 29 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five than entire federal government wide deregulatory 30 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: efforts ever of any administration. He went on to say, 31 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: we're going to have trillions of dollars of deregulation just 32 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: in the EPA, just in twenty twenty five. We're going 33 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 2: to do all this while creating jobs, including in the 34 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: auto sector. We're going to make it easier to buy 35 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: a home, make it easier to be able to heat 36 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: your home. This is the mandate. This is the term mandate. 37 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 2: This is what people voted for last November, and we're 38 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: going to follow through to get it done. He went 39 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: on to say, So, if you're asking what is the 40 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: future of these terms like environmental justice or climate change. 41 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: We're going back to the basics, to the core mission 42 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: at EPA. It is protecting human health and the environment, 43 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: and we are going to power the great American comeback now. 44 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 2: Zelden announced in mid March that he would move to 45 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: clear hundreds of backlog cases to clean up, saying that 46 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 2: the Biden administration focused on partisan ideological pursuits rather than 47 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: the agency's core mission, saying, we're going to go back 48 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: to those basics, and the core mission at the EPA 49 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 2: is protecting you the environment, and we're going to make 50 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: sure that we do that. Pillar Wani said is clean 51 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 2: air and water for all Americans, to unleash energy dominance. 52 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: He said, it's important that we make sure that the 53 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: American people understand that the government is on their side. 54 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: Zelden also made it clear that the total goal of 55 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: his job and his department is to make it easier 56 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: for Americans to succeed in business while also giving us 57 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: protection for the basics at the core of the EPA, 58 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: not a partisan political green ideology or green religion. And 59 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: this is exactly what the American people voted for when 60 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: they said we want Donald Trump back in the White House, 61 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 2: and they're getting it now. Zelden also is getting in 62 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: on the other major issue today, and that is political 63 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: violence that has been mainstreamed against conservatives. You may not 64 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: remember this, but Zelden was actually a victim of political 65 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: violence when he was running for office in New York. 66 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 2: He spoke with Laura Ingram about exactly how bad it's 67 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: gotten in this country because of the Democrats that are 68 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: advocating for this. 69 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 3: And that's the angle joining me now, EPA Administrator Lee Zelden. 70 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 3: He's also been the target of political violence in recent years. 71 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty two, during his own New York gubernatorial campaign, 72 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 3: a man with a sharp object climbed up on stage 73 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 3: while Zelden was speaking, and Lee quickly grabbed his arm 74 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 3: and others jumped in to subdue the man. Fortunately no 75 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: one was hurt. 76 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 4: It's a close. 77 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 3: Call, and last November, a pipe bomb threat was sent 78 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 3: to his home with a pro Palestinian themed message, mister administrator, 79 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 3: it's good to see you tonight your reaction to the 80 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: ramp up of this violence, and we should say tonight 81 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 3: that we're learning that Congressoman Nancy Mace was threatened by 82 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 3: another man arrested for threatening the president Sean Monper of Butler, 83 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 3: Pennsylvania allegedly said he wanted to put a bullet in 84 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 3: her skull. Your reaction to all this tonight. 85 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 4: This needs to be treated as the fringe. And there 86 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 4: are people who are in politics who have individuals across 87 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 4: the country who follow them, and these people in office 88 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 4: have been following those people instead of leading them. This 89 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: comes from the fringe. It needs to be treated from 90 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 4: the fringe, and it needs to be treated with your tolerance. 91 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 4: There's a lot of clickbait. You played the clip by 92 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 4: Taylor Lorenz and maybe she gets more following. People who 93 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 4: might be followers of this assassin might now start following 94 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 4: Taylor Lorenz. Feeds into it and it normalizes it. And 95 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 4: we shouldn't be trying to make assassinations great again in 96 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: this country. It should be something that's identified as a 97 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 4: ten crazy on the matrix. And whether it's coming from 98 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 4: the right or the left, if you're a leader in government, 99 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 4: if you're a leader at all, you should be leading 100 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 4: those people who follow you as opposed to being led 101 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 4: by them. And the last thing I would say on 102 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 4: this is there's an attempt right now to try to 103 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 4: figure out how to oppose President Trump and the right. 104 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 4: The people who are out of power right now, and 105 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 4: they're flailing. They can't figure out the right names to call, 106 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 4: the right tactics to use, and they're getting more and 107 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: more extreme. There's not a more important moment than right 108 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 4: now for these Democrats who are out of power to 109 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 4: be sending that message that this is from the fringe, 110 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 4: zero tolerance. It won't be normalized. And if you are 111 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 4: following me, that leader, you make it very clear that 112 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 4: this is not welcome in this society in this moment. 113 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 4: They need to find a tactic where we are debating 114 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 4: instead of promoting political violence. 115 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 2: Well, you listen to Zelden there, and he's absolutely right. 116 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: He said, we shouldn't be trying to make assassinations great 117 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: again in this country. This is fringe behavior and it 118 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: needs to be treated with zero tolerance. You look it 119 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 2: out radical the left has become. They're now actually getting 120 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: together to go and stand up for illegal immigrants that 121 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 2: are members of terrorist organizations. I wish I was joking, 122 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 2: Unfortunately I'm not. And when you hear the President of 123 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: the United States of America talking about how important it. 124 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: Is for us to go back to the basics. 125 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 2: That is also something that Leads Elden is advocating for. 126 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: Here he is talking and saying it with a clear 127 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: voice as an individual that has been a victim of 128 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: political violence, and he's saying, where are the Democrats now? 129 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: Why are they not standing up? Why are they not 130 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: telling their followers that this is wrong? And I'm going 131 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: to answer the question because they don't believe that they're 132 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: crossing any line. These are the same democrats that called 133 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: Donald Trump Adolf Hitler. These are the same democrats that 134 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 2: advocate for Jewish students to be attacked on college campuses. 135 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 2: These are the same democrats that backed the cities that 136 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: were under the summer of rage with Black Lives Matter. 137 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 2: These are the same democrats that when you were burning 138 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 2: down police stations and killing innocent people, they were advocating 139 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 2: for those that were arrested to bail them out. And 140 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 2: we're telling you please give more. That is the Democratic 141 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 2: Party today And what Leaves Elden is saying there, and 142 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: it's unfortunate, but the media has mainstream this. The political 143 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 2: violence is normal. The political violence is something that we 144 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: should all be just standing here and saying, yeah, we 145 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 2: have no problem with you know, not getting your way 146 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 2: and deciding that we're going to do these types of 147 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: political violence and anarchy. It's wrong and it's going to 148 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: cost people their lives because Democrats refuse to stop and 149 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 2: act like statesmen, and instead what they're doing is they're 150 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: advocating for the craziest among us to act out. 151 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 1: So this is not a joke. 152 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 2: Democrats right now are going all in and quote intensifying 153 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: their efforts to secure the release of Kilmar Albrego Garcia. 154 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 2: He is that man from Maryland who was deported to 155 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: Al Salvador and currently being detained in the country's high 156 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: security terrorism confinement center. Senator Chris Evan Holland as leading 157 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 2: the way with Democrats who think somehow this is going 158 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: to be a winning issue with the American people. He 159 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 2: has announced plans to travel to El Salvador for what 160 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: is It's nothing but a photo op because we just 161 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 2: heard from the president of El Salvador and he's like, 162 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 2: we're not releasing him, and why is he going to 163 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: quote advocate for the man's release, stating is intent to 164 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 2: meet with the Salvadorian officials and visit the attention facility 165 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 2: to quote check on Garcia. As well being Now. I 166 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 2: am glad to know that they know where he is 167 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 2: because in another photo op, his wife said, we don't 168 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 2: know where he is, hours after the senator said we're 169 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 2: going to see him in the prison. Take a listen 170 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 2: to the propaganda from MSNBC is they have also decided 171 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 2: to go all in to back the. 172 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: Illegal immigrant over the American people. 173 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,599 Speaker 3: The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia just spoke outside of 174 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 3: a courthouse in Maryland ahead of a hearing about his 175 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 3: wrongful deportation, his mistaken deportation to El. 176 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 5: Salvador today, twenty four days of after his disappearance, and 177 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 5: I stand before you filled with spirit that refuses to 178 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 5: bring down. I will not stop fighting until I see 179 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 5: my husband alive. Kill maar if you can hear me, 180 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 5: Stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are 181 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 5: asking when would you come home, and I pray for 182 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 5: the day I tell them the time and date that 183 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 5: you'll return. As we continue through Holy Week, my heart 184 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 5: aches for my husband, who should have been here leading 185 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 5: our Easter prayers. Instead, I find myself leading with the 186 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 5: Trump administration and the Buquet administration to stop playing political 187 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 5: games with the life of killmar. 188 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: Now, this is clearly propaganda. You heard the wife there 189 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: say today is thirty four days of after his disappearance. 190 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: Well, you know where he is. 191 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 2: He hasn't actually been disappeared, because he was arrested, and 192 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 2: you know where he has been sent and they're center 193 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 2: saying they're going to check on him. Now, if you 194 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 2: think that Democrats are going to give up on this, 195 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 2: you are wrong. Even the Trump borders are talking about 196 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 2: how all of this went down and how El Salvador 197 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 2: he's saying, look, they can give him back if they 198 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 2: want to. It's pretty clear that the l Salvador president 199 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: said we're not sending him back because why he's our citizen. 200 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 6: Tom, how do you respond to these democratic lawmakers, including 201 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 6: Van Holland, who say they're going to now ask for 202 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 6: a meeting with the president there in El Salvador. They're 203 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 6: going to travel there and demand his release. 204 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 7: Well, good luck with that, Carol. Evan's exactly right. Every 205 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 7: time I read a story about this, it's Maryland father, 206 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 7: Maryland father. They don't mention he's a member of MS thirteen, 207 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 7: doesn't a terrorists one most violent gangs in the world. 208 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 7: They don't mention he's MS thirteen member. They don't mention 209 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 7: he's an Al Salvadoran citizen being held by the country 210 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 7: of Al Salvador. Al Salvador makes that decision. Now, the 211 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 7: court said we gotta facilitate, will facilitate, but L Salvador 212 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 7: has full authority on this again, a terrorist trat. Now, Now, 213 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 7: if somehow he comes back and that happens, he's going 214 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 7: to be detained and removed again. He's an MS thirteen 215 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 7: gang member. Based on our intelligence and Al Salvador's intelligence, 216 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 7: he will be detained and he will be deported. And 217 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 7: what's the sense of bringing someone back to simply go 218 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 7: and face deportation again. He's a public safety tread, he's 219 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 7: a gang member, he's a designated terrorist. We should not 220 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 7: be bringing any of those people back to the United States. 221 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 7: That's my opinion. 222 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 2: Isn't it amazing that the wife doesn't tell you that 223 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 2: her husband is a member of the MS thirteen gang, 224 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: which is also a terrorist organization. Isn't an amazing that 225 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 2: MSNBC also refuses to tell you why he was actually 226 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: deported from this country. Senator Kennedy, however, was on MSNBC 227 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: just kidding. No, he wasn't he was on Fox News Channel, 228 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 2: where the same people are. 229 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: He was asked about this entire issue. Take a listen. 230 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 8: I think the President's right. If you're in our country illegally, 231 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 8: you're a criminal. Illegal immigration is illegal. 232 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 9: Duh. 233 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 8: And I think they're a plenty of laws which President 234 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 8: Biden ignored that allow us to deport you. I mean, 235 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 8: to me, it's just straightforward, and people who oppose that approach, 236 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 8: it seems to me, are not being intellectually honest. They 237 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 8: just ought to go ahead and admit they support open borders. 238 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: Senator Kennedy is absolutely right, He said the same way 239 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: I would have. The President is right, and if you're 240 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 2: in this country illegally, you're a criminal, Illegal immigration is illegal. 241 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: Duh. 242 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 2: And I think there's a plenty of laws which President 243 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 2: Biden ignored that allowed us to deport you. That is 244 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 2: exactly why we are seeing law and order now. And 245 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 2: we're also seeing the Democrats choosing sides. They are not 246 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: in favor of keeping you safe. They are not in 247 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 2: favor of going after MS thirteen gang members. They're not 248 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 2: in favor of deporting people that are a danger to 249 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 2: your family. And that's why President Trump is doing it now. 250 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 2: As for these Democrats, they're going all in to protect 251 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: the people that aren't even citizens of this country that 252 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 2: broke in. 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Patriot Mobile dot com slash ferguson or nine 290 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 2: seven to two Patriot. 291 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: Now, let me also just. 292 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 2: Give you a little bit more background, just so you 293 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 2: know about Garcia. He apparently has lived in the US 294 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: since two thousand and five, when he came into this 295 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: country illegally. He was also at some point granted protection 296 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 2: from deportation back in twenty nineteen due to quote threats 297 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 2: from gangs in El Salvador. He was then deported in 298 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 2: March of twenty twenty five, despite lack of any criminal record. 299 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: His family says, well, that's not true. He broke into America. 300 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 2: He was here illegally. He was then sent with other 301 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 2: deportees alleged to have gang affiliations to El Salvador. The 302 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 2: Trump administration is defending the deportation, citing the Alien Enemies 303 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 2: Act of seventeen ninety eight and asserting that Garcia's ties 304 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 2: to MS thirteen, a terrorist organization, are more than enough 305 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 2: with him also breaking this country to send him to 306 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 2: El Salvador. El Salvador's president has also said the exact 307 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 2: same thing. I'm not releasing Garcia. He says, this isn't 308 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 2: gonna happen. He says, this is a person who is 309 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: actually as citizen of his country, and so why would 310 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 2: he then send him back to America. 311 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 8: Now. 312 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 2: The situation has obviously sparked a lot of fake outrage 313 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 2: from the liberal media and the left about human rights 314 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 2: concerns and the treatment of quote deportees. Human rights organizations 315 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 2: have reporter that detainees in a Salvador prisons, including the 316 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 2: prison where he is being held, face harsher conditions than 317 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 2: in America. Well, let's be clear, if you don't want 318 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: to go to El Salvador's prison, maybe you shouldn't break 319 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 2: into the United States of America. Now, as for the Democrats, 320 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 2: they're trying to do anything they can to stand up 321 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 2: to Trump and Democratic leaders now including Representative Maxwell Frost, 322 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 2: a Democrat from Florida, another one from Arizona, they're now 323 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 2: expressing support for Van Hollins's initiative and are considering joining 324 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 2: the delegation the Democrats are putting together to El Salvador. 325 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: They say it's important that they quote stand up for 326 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 2: the rule of law. To be clear, all the people 327 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 2: they're standing up for broke American laws by breaking into America. 328 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: And they also said that we must ensure the safety 329 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 2: and the rights of individuals like Garcia. Well, to be clear, 330 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 2: it should be their actual country of origin that should 331 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: be looking into that, the United States of America, and 332 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 2: if other countries are concerned about their citizens being in 333 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 2: that prison, that is their job. But clearly the people 334 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 2: they're going to check on they're not Americans. Which brings 335 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 2: us to the bigger question, why are they spending all 336 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 2: of this time and money defending people who are not 337 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 2: actually United States of America citizens. Why are they going 338 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 2: down They're doing more than even their own host countries 339 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 2: are doing for these individuals. Well, I can answer that question, unfortunately, 340 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 2: and the answer is actually very simple. The answer is 341 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 2: the Democratic Party is willing to go all in to 342 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 2: protect and defend I legal immigrants, including those that are 343 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 2: in terrorist organizations, as long as it means one day 344 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 2: they become American citizens and they vote for Democrats. This 345 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: is no different than what we talked about months ago. 346 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 2: It's the great replacement theory. If you want to get 347 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 2: get rid of conservatives and Americans, then what do you do. 348 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 2: You import new voters, give them citizenship, and they'll vote 349 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 2: for you forever. And that's how you fundamentally change the 350 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 2: United States of America. I don't expect this fight, by 351 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: the way, to end anytime soon, and it's going to 352 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 2: be shocking to see how many more Democrats come out 353 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 2: and put illegal immigrants that are in gangs and terrorist 354 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 2: organizations ahead of you and I Americans. In a major move, 355 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 2: the Trump administration has just frozen two point two billion 356 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 2: in grants to Harvard University after the elite university announced 357 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 2: it would not comply with demands for reform to stop 358 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: anti semitism and other forms of discrimination. 359 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: Harvard University revealed. 360 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 2: That it will not comply with the Trump administration's quote 361 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 2: list of demands for the university to make changes to 362 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 2: its policies regarding hiring, governance, students, admission, and anti semitism. 363 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 2: In a letter issued on Monday, lawyers for the university 364 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: criticize an earlier letter from the Trump administration as quote, 365 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: disregarding Harvard's efforts to make changes to its campus use 366 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 2: policies to address and combat hate and bias on campus, 367 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: and enhance campus safety and security measures, among other efforts. 368 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: The university added that the demands from the administration invade 369 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 2: university freedom long recognized by the Supreme Court. Now, the 370 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 2: requests from the Trump administration were actually very simple. They 371 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 2: asked for Harvard to quote, adopt and implement merit based 372 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 2: hiring policies and cease all performances based on race, color, religion, sex, 373 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 2: or national origin throughout its hiring, promotion, compensation the related 374 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 2: practices among faculty staff in leadership by August twenty twenty five. Quote, 375 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 2: the university must reform its recruitment, its screening, and admissions 376 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: of international students to prevent admitting students hostile to the 377 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 2: American values and institutions inscribed in the US Constitution and 378 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 2: Declaration of Independence. Including students supportive of terrorism or anti 379 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 2: Semitism is one of the other things that was written 380 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: by the administration. Nine response the Trump administration to Harvard 381 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 2: saying we're not playing ball well, they now suspended some 382 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 2: two point two billion of the nearly nine billion in 383 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 2: federal grants that are at risk. The Harvard Crimson, the 384 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 2: university student run newspaper, reported this way, saying, quote the 385 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 2: Trump administration paused two point two billion and multi year 386 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 2: grants and sixty million and multi year contracts to Harvard 387 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 2: over its decision earlier today to reject the White House's 388 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 2: demand a dramatic escalation in its crusade and the university. Now, 389 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 2: if you want to know what the White House says 390 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 2: about this, take a listen to Caroline Levitt speaking the 391 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 2: media on this issue. 392 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 9: When it comes to Harvard, the President's position on this 393 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 9: is grounded in common sense, in the basic principle that 394 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 9: Jewish American students or students of any faith should not 395 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 9: be illegally harassed and targeted on our nation's college campuses, 396 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 9: and we unfortunately saw that illegal discrimination take place on 397 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 9: the campus of Harvard. There are countless examples to prove it, 398 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 9: particularly with the stunning confession by then Harvard president Claudine 399 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 9: Gay who said that bullying and harassment depended on the context. 400 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 9: The President at that time made it clear to the 401 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 9: American public he was not going to tolerate illegal harassment 402 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 9: and anti Semitism taking place in violations of federal law. 403 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 9: So the President made it clear to Harvard follow federal law, 404 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 9: no longer break Title six, which was passed by Congress 405 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 9: to ensure no student can be discriminated against on the 406 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 9: basis of race, and you will receive federal funding. Unfortunately, 407 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 9: Harvard has not taken the President or the administration's demands seriously. 408 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 9: All the President is asking, don't break federal law and 409 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 9: then you can have your federal funding. I think the 410 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 9: President is also begging a good question. More than two 411 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 9: billion dollars out the door to Harvard, when they have 412 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 9: a more than fifty billion dollar endowment, Why are the 413 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 9: American taxpayers subsidizing in university that has billions of dollars 414 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 9: in the bank already, and we certainly should not be 415 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 9: funding a place where such grave anti semitism exists. 416 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, it is very clear 417 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 2: that Trump administration is saying, we're going to save you money, 418 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 2: and we're also going to make sure that places like 419 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 2: Harvard have to follow the federal law, and if they don't, 420 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 2: there's going to be consequences. 421 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: Now. 422 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 2: I also sat down with sitter Ted Cruz, who's been 423 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 2: a big advocate for making sure that these universities. 424 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: Are not given our tax dollars if. 425 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: They are advocating supporting these radicals on college campuses. Here 426 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: is what Senator Cruz had to say on his podcast that. 427 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: I co host. Take a listen. 428 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 2: So when you look at this fight, I do think 429 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: one of the very interesting parts of all of this 430 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 2: that we're talking about is now Americans are really waking 431 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 2: up and realizing like where their money has been going, 432 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 2: how much of it is going. And you're right, there's 433 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 2: some of this as research, and that's the thing we 434 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 2: can be proud of, and that's a good thing. But 435 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 2: a lot of this is going to indoctrinating kids with 436 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 2: radical leftist ideals. And that's part of the reason why 437 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 2: I think they need this money, right They want the 438 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 2: money for that reason. They've been doing a great job 439 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 2: of doing that for the last several decades. So if 440 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 2: the money does dry up at places like Harvard and 441 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 2: then we start to see more questions being asked about 442 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 2: other money, not only could this change universities in a 443 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 2: positive way, I think, for free speech and not having 444 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 2: one set of views that are indoctrinated, but it could 445 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 2: also save the taxpayers a hell of a lot of money, 446 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 2: because it's not just Harvard that's getting cash. 447 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 10: Oh yeah, but Harvard is the perfect test subjet. And 448 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 10: our universities right now have become in doctrination labs. They've 449 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 10: become places that enforce rigid orthodoxy. And if you say 450 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 10: something that is contrary to the radical leftist view, you 451 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 10: risk being disciplined, you risk being having your grades, and 452 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 10: you also risk just not being admitted. And look, some 453 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 10: of the question comes down to a very simple what 454 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 10: is it that the administration was requesting? Because if the 455 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 10: administration was demanding, Harvard must teach in every class that 456 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 10: Donald Trump is the greatest president who have ever lived. 457 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 10: I would agree with Harvard that no university could give 458 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 10: in to a government demand about a specific position like that, 459 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 10: particularly if it's one they disagree with. But that's not 460 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 10: what the Trump administration said. And I have in front 461 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 10: of me the letter that the Trump administration said. It's 462 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 10: five pages. I'm not going to read it all, but 463 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 10: I'm going to read some of the portions of it. 464 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 10: So it is addressed both to Alan Garber, who is 465 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 10: the president of Harvard University, and A Penny Prisker, who 466 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 10: is the lead member of the Harvard Corporation. Penny Pritzker, 467 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 10: by the way, was a cabinet member under Barack Obama. 468 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 10: And the Harvard Corporation runs all of Harvard, and it's 469 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 10: this privately held corporation of all Democrats that run Harvard 470 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 10: as this left wing bastion. Here's how the letter begins, 471 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 10: Dear doctor Garber, the United States has invested in Harvard 472 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 10: University's operation because of the value to the country of 473 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 10: scholarly discovery and academic excellence. But an investment is not 474 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 10: an entitlement. It depends on Harvard upholding federal civil rights law, 475 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 10: and it only makes sense if Harvard fosters the kind 476 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 10: of environment that produces intellectual creativity and scholarly rigor, both 477 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 10: of which are antithetical to ideological capture. Harvard has in 478 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 10: recent years failed to live up to both the intellectual 479 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 10: and civil rights conditions that justify federal investment, but we 480 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 10: appreciate your expression of commitment to repairing those failures and 481 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 10: welcome your collaboration in restoring the university to its promise. 482 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 10: We therefore present the below provisions as the basis for 483 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 10: an agreement in principle that will maintain Harvard's financial relationship 484 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 10: with the federal government. Here's the first governance and leadership reforms. 485 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 10: By August twenty twenty five, Harvard must make meaningful governance 486 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 10: reform and restructuring to make possible major change consistent with 487 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 10: this letter, including fostering clear lines of authority and accountability. 488 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 10: Apparently that was objectionable, empowering tenured professors and senior leadership, 489 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 10: and from among the tenured professorate and senior leadership exclusively 490 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 10: those most devoted to the scholarly mission of the university 491 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 10: and committed to the changes indicated in this letter. Reducing 492 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 10: the power held by students and untenured faculty, reducing the 493 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 10: power held by faculty, whether tenured or untenured, at administrators 494 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 10: more committed to activism than scholarship. Now, again, this is 495 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 10: something Harvard found unacceptable. We're willing to focus on scholarship 496 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 10: instead of activism. Note that's a violation of what we 497 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 10: want to do. And reducing forms of governance bloat, duplication, 498 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 10: or decentralization that interfere with the possibility of reforms indicating 499 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 10: this letter. So that's the first one. Apparently something was 500 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 10: objectionable about that. What's the next one? Merit based hiring reform. 501 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 10: By August twenty twenty five, the university must adopt and 502 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 10: implement merit based hiring policies and ceased all preferences based 503 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 10: on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin throughout its hiring, promotion, compensation, 504 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 10: and related practices among faculty, staff, and leadership. Now, mind you, 505 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 10: that is existing federal civil rights law. You cannot discriminate 506 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 10: against based on race, and yet for Harvard that is 507 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 10: it is outrageous. Of course they want to discriminate based 508 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 10: on race. It's an ideological commitment. What's the next one, 509 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 10: Merit based admissions reform. By August twenty twenty five, the 510 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 10: university must adopt and implement merit based admission policies and 511 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 10: ceased all preferences based on race, color, national origin, or 512 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 10: proxies thereof, throughout its undergraduate program, each graduate program, individual, 513 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 10: each of its professional schools, and other programs. Again, the 514 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 10: idea of actually admitting students based on merit rather than 515 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 10: discriminating based on race, which minds you, discriminating based on 516 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 10: race as illegal under federal civil rights law, to Harvard, 517 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 10: is anathema. What's the next one? International admissions reform. By 518 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 10: August twenty twenty five, the university must reform its recruitment, screening, 519 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 10: and admission of international students to prevent admitting students hostile 520 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 10: to the American values and institutions inscribed in the US 521 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 10: Constitution and Declaration of Independence, including students supportive of terrorism 522 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 10: or anti Semitism. Again, apparently, that is outrageous and unacceptable. 523 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 10: The next one viewpoint diversity and admission and hiring. By 524 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 10: August twenty twenty five, the university shall commission an external 525 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 10: party which will satisfy the federal government as to its 526 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 10: competence and good faith to audit the student body, faculty, staff, 527 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 10: and leadership for viewpoint diversity, such that each department, field, 528 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 10: or teaching unit must be individually viewpoint diverse. Now, notably, 529 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 10: they're not saying higher conservatives, They're not saying higher Trump supporters. 530 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 10: They're saying, you cannot have a faculty that is universally 531 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 10: orthodox and indoctrinating that all have the same view that 532 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,959 Speaker 10: the left loves to prattle on about diversity as our strength. 533 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 10: And by diversity they mean we must all be leftist 534 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 10: to believe the same thing, but saith though with different 535 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 10: skin colors. Now, I actually think diversity means having different ideas, 536 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 10: confronting ideas you disagree with. Look I go through these 537 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 10: to give an example. I think each of those demands 538 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 10: are very reasonable. They're saying, comply with federal law being 539 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 10: in institution that actually does what you say, what you 540 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 10: claim to be doing, and yet Harvard is outraged. How 541 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 10: dare you hold us to the terms of federal law. 542 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 10: We cannot comply with that. 543 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: Do me a favor. 544 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 2: Make sure you share this podcast with your family, your friends, 545 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 2: put it up on social media wherever you are on 546 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 2: social media, and I will see you back here tomorrow.