WEBVTT - A Year in Review 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.040 We are now officially in the year two thousand and 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.080 twenty three, so let's take a look back at two 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:09.399 thousand and twenty two. From the FBI reading Donald Trump 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:12.840 to the Supreme Court overturning Roverse Wade. It was a 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:15.760 wild ride, and we covered it all on the Truth 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:18.880 with Lisa Booth. Let's take a trip down memory lane 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:21.319 of some of my favorite interviews over the course of 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.640 the past year. I mean, there's been so many. We've 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:26.720 had so many interesting conversations with so many truth tellers, 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:29.800 so many fearless and brave people who aren't afraid of 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:32.720 ruffle feathers, who aren't afraid of think, say things that 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:36.040 are contradictory to the group think and what you're hearing elsewhere. 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:38.640 Over the course of the next hour, you're getting here 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.000 from Governor to Santa so I got the opportunity to 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:43.760 sit down with him in an over forty minute conversation 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.159 in person and talk about some of the most important 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:49.440 issues facing our country. We talked about how he handled 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.400 and navigated COVID to his governing style. We also talked 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.960 about the threat that puberty blockers face to two teenagers 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.880 and the impact of that and the importance of protecting kids. 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.560 We were able to talk to Fox News is Laura 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:06.080 Ingraham after the FBI had just rated Donald Trump's home 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.080 in an unprecedented move. We talked to her about what 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.560 that means for the future of the country and we 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.200 heard her insight. You'll hear that as well. Also got 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.880 the chance to talk to Matt Walsh after his film 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.360 came out, What Is a Woman, about the impact of 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.280 this movement towards encouraging young people to, you know, cut 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.039 their generals off in the name of transgenderism. What's the 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.200 impact of all that on the country at young people. 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:29.959 And then we hear from country music star John Ridge. 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.520 We had a great conversation with him. He's a smart man, 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.600 he's a brave man about what it's like being inside 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.360 the country music industry, about the politics involved in that, 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.400 and why he refuses to be a cog in the 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:44.480 wheel there, and why he stands up on his own, 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.400 he releases his music on his own, why that's important 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.520 to him, and get his take on the direction the 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.280 country is heading. I hope you'll continue to listen for 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.360 future conversations in the year two thousand and twenty three, 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.800 But in the meantime, I hope you enjoyed this review 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:15.560 of two thousand and twenty two. He's the most talked 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.800 about governor in America and he's also my governor. Governor 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:23.560 run to Santis. He led Florida through COVID by rejecting 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:27.680 Anthony Fauchery, rejecting the CDC, showing the rest of the 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:31.480 country that lockdowns don't work. And I don't want to 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.480 know what this country would look like if it wasn't 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.960 for Florida and Governor Ron de Santa's leading the way 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:41.320 for freedom, standing against the totalitarians, and now he's taking 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.960 on culture. He's fighting the left, fighting the media, and 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:50.080 protecting children from indoctrination. And for this episode, I wanted 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.320 to get into all those issues, and we do, but 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.720 I also wanted to get into the governor's thought process. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.320 How does he make decisions? Who is Governor Ron de Santis. 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.799 We talked about his family and his upbringing as well, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.720 and if you haven't checked out his bio, it's insane. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:08.200 The guy's a complete stud He went to Yale University, 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.280 where he graduated with honors for the captain of the 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:14.440 varsity baseball team. He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. There, 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:15.960 he earned a commission of the U. S. Navy as 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.920 a JAG officer. Then, during active duty service, he deployed 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.880 to Iraq as an advisor to YOS Navy commander, and 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:26.560 his military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.839 service in the Iraq Campaign Medal. This was also my 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.160 first in person interview, and I went to a press 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:35.480 conference he gave about the Stock Woke Act. We're going 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.920 to get into that and so much more. I hope 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.080 you love this interview. I know I do. Here's my 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:43.120 conversation with Governor Ron De Santis. Governor, it's such an 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:44.880 honor to have you on the show. Well thanks for 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:46.600 having me, and I think you how long have you 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:48.400 been in Florida? However a year? It's like a year 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:49.920 and a half. You should put me on the board 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.200 of tourism. There we go. I'm constantly selling the state. 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.200 So most people who have moved, in fact, everyone that 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.520 talks to me, none of them regretted. And I know 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:00.560 you really enjoyed. It. So means a lot to us. 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.840 It's like living in paradise. It's well, actually, if you're conservative, 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:05.800 come here. If you're not at state. Well, I think 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.200 that's what's happening. I mean, I think we really because 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.600 of what we've done. People are so sensitive, particularly with COVID, 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:13.960 about the type of state government they live under, and 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.919 they know it can affect everything from their kids education 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.279 to even being able to work and doing all these things. 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.880 Like we saw the crazy policies, and so they are 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:23.920 voting with their feet and we have seen a huge 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.920 shift towards Republicans since I've been governor. Well and speaking 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.240 of crazy policies, So you just held a press conference 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:33.479 for the Stop Woke Act? What is it? Why was 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:36.400 it needed to tell the audience about it? Woke in 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.040 this context stands first, Stop Wrongs against our Kids and 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.200 Employees Act, And so part of it is giving parents 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.679 the ability to hold school district's accountable who do critical 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.520 race theory, which is not allowed in Florida schools. Part 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.800 of it also is to give employees, particularly from these 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:56.600 big companies of civil rights protection against having this oppressive 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.000 woke ideology imposed on them. For job trainings, people are 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.800 having to be told that they have to confess their 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.600 white privilege and all this other stuff. And honestly, it's 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.880 assinine and so we really, with this bill are doing 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.440 more to battle wokeness and CRT than any state is 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.080 done in the country. And stop, Well, did you come 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:16.480 up with that on your own? That's that's good, that 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.600 was my idea. That's good. I like it. So I 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.520 wanted to sincerely thank you for providing me safe refuge, 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.920 because if it wasn't for you keeping Florida free, I 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.680 might be in a gulag somewhere for the unvaccinated. And 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.040 like I say that in jest, but also in sincerity. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.240 I don't know if you saw that Rasmussen pull from 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.960 not too long ago, where you looked at Biden. Supporters 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:40.360 of m favored the government putting the unvaccinated, and designated 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:45.320 facilities of Democrats more broadly supported taking children away from 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.800 parents who weren't vaccinated. How far were we and how 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:52.520 far are we from those kinds of scenarios taking fold Well, 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.800 I think if Florida had not stood up against that 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.200 and many other bad policies, I think that those would 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.280 have taken hold of the whole country. We'd look more 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.960 like Canada right now. We were the first state over 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.840 a year ago we banned vaccine passports and when we 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.600 did it, the left had a connection. But even some 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.800 of these quote libertarians like, oh, you're banning passports with 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.200 a private business, and I'm like, yeah, I am, because 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.400 your rights should not be circumscribed in terms of just 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.760 participating in society based on this COVID shot. It's a 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.720 private matter, and if one business does it, and then 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.960 people are gonna say, Florida has passports and we don't 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.600 allow them. The result of that was we had the 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.400 biggest domestic tourism yere in then we had in the 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.839 history of the state, and we had more foreign visitors 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.000 to Florida than New York City did. New York City 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.560 has led for like the last twenty years. They wouldn't 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.320 be coming here if they had to show paperwork to 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.560 go get a hamburger. What we did was good for 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.040 the individual, but it was also good for our state. 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.080 And I think if you look at what we did 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.200 to ban school districts from forcing the kids to get 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.919 the COVID vacs very very early on, that gave so 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:58.920 many parents a good peace of mind. We have had 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.840 families moved to Flora or just because of that issue. 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.200 I don't know how it went from make it available 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.080 to people, particularly senior citizens, to all of a sudden 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:10.360 being you know, you're not gonna even be able to 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.920 leave your home. Some people have said, if you don't 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.280 get this COVID shot, I know, by the way, the 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.160 COVID say what you want about it, it does not 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.560 prevent you from spreading it or getting infected anyways. And 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.720 so I thought it was a huge, huge threat to freedom. 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:25.840 I think we held the line, and I think because 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.679 we held the line, I think other states in fallow. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.120 In fact, it's been reported in some of these liberal 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.920 publications that Fauci and some of these people in Biden's 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.880 White House wanted him to do more draconian restrictions, particularly 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.960 with interstate travel and vax passes, and some of his 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.520 political guys said, you know, if you do that, Governor 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.520 de Santis is going to light you up. And I 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.600 would have, and good for you for that, I mean, 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:52.200 you know, I think that's why conservatives are just loving 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.520 hearing what you're doing, seeing what you're doing here in Florida, 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.920 really holding the line and going on the offense. And 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.600 right now we're sort of seeing these diverging viewpoints in 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:02.360 the republic Bomparty, like particularly when you look at what's 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.720 going on with Disney, and there's one school of thought 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.000 where you know, Republicans were based to sort of see 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.840 those numbers that I mentioned with res Musin and understand 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.360 that there's some of the left that would put you 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.840 away or take your kids away for your beliefs, right, 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:15.600 And then there's this other side of the Republican Party 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:19.120 who thinks you can reason with people who hold those thoughts, 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:21.560 you know, for instance, on Disney Charles Cook with the 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.440 National Review, so that there was no need for you 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.720 in the Florida legislature dessult the earth, take revenge, or 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:31.040 make Florida's policies worse. You know, how should we approach 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.959 today's left? Well, look, all I would say is if 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:38.200 you think one California based company having their own government 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.599 and having separate rules from everybody else in Florida is 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.080 good policy, I'd like to know how you're coming to 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.120 that conclusion. I mean, the fact of the matter is 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.800 this was an aberration when it was done in the 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:50.920 sixties to draw them in, and maybe it was the 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.040 right thing then, I don't know, but now, uh, it 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.960 is just not justifiable at all. And so the question 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.920 is not that, oh, you're doing it to or quote revenge. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:04.920 The issue is is Disney really damaged his political standing 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:08.240 in Florida. The legislature would never have considered doing this 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.400 even six months ago. But because Disney is coming out 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.440 and supporting transgender ideology and young kids, kids education. You 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.800 saw the zoom calls where these higher ups in Disney 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:20.760 are talking about, we have this agenda to really get 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.560 in the kids programming. There's not a lot of defenders 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.280 of Disney right now, so you're able to look at 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.199 this with a fresh set of eyes and say, you know, what, 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.440 is this really the partnership that the state of Florida 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.720 once and I didn't think it was. I would have 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.360 I would have signed this bill if they had passed 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.280 it two years ago, just on on substance, but particularly 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:43.000 now when their corporate culture is dedicated to that. And 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:44.720 they also came out saying they're going to make an 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.840 admission to repeal parents rights in Florida. So yes, we 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.800 signed the bill. We quote quote one politically whatever that means, 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.439 but they said they're coming to really do damage in Florida, 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.520 and so we've got to take that seriously. Why would 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.120 corporations need to be involved in the first place in 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.000 Florida politics or politics of a state. Well, I think 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.199 what I've always said is these businesses have every right. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.120 It's a free country. You ever right, But if you 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.640 get into the political thicket, then just understand. You know, 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.000 we're gonna tussle, we're gonna fight back, and we're gonna 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.400 expose what you do. When Disney criticizes Florida, they don't 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.959 say a word about the Communist Party of China. In China, 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.040 they don't say a word about the weakers. They don't 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:21.600 say a word about a lot of the places they 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.800 do business and who will actually execute homosexuals, and so 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.040 saying that there's somehow this big l v G T 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.040 quh not when it affects their bottom line, They're willing 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.360 to do business in a lot of very bad places. 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.880 And so to single Florida out just by saying that 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.640 you shouldn't have this transgender ideology and young kids classrooms 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.440 was was really weird. But I think that what's happening 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.880 in corporate America is some of the executives are woke 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.160 and they think that they have this UM. I think 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.840 most of it, though, is there's cabals of employees who 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.880 are very radical, and I don't think they represent the 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.240 kind of the overall viewpoint of the employees. But I 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.400 think most of these other employees are scared to speak 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.040 out because if you speak out against this stuff, people 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.120 will attack you. They'll come after me. For example, with 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.160 the women's sports, you know, we were very strong and 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:08.680 saying what they did in that five hundred yard freestyle 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.440 to have a mail swimmer who swam for three years 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.440 on the men's team then switched to women, and you 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.760 say that's the women's champion. You're depriving these other women 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:20.120 of fair opportunities and wanted the second place finisher, quote 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.080 unquote should have won the championhip. She was from Florida. 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.319 So we put out a proclamation and people would tell me, governor, 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.000 thanks for standing up for this. We're too scared to 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.679 speak out because we're worried about the consequences. So I 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.280 think what's happening in these companies is they just have 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.880 a lot of momentum. There's really nobody that's pushing back 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:39.160 against them, and so they end up having an outsized influence. 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.240 But I do not think that woke impulse represents a 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:47.200 majority of of employees, even in Disney in California, certainly 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.160 not Disney in Orlando. I mean they when they did 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.559 the big day of protests, they had one employee protests 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.560 in Orlando. I think most of those employees. Yeah, I 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.640 think most of those employees either supported the bill or 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.120 just didn't think Disney should get involved with it. And 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.120 so but but I do think this is gonna increasingly 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.280 be an issue. And so what do we do as conservatives? 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:09.200 Do we allow massive corporate power to get behind a 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.640 very pernicious ideology and impose that on society and what 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.480 we just say free market and don't do anything while 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.600 everything is getting steamrolled. I don't think you can do that. 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:20.640 So I think you get in the arena and you 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:22.559 fight back, and that's what we're doing. Do you think 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.480 corporations will think twice before weighing and on some of 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.960 the stuff now, I think they will In Florida? Yeah, 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:29.840 I think so too. You know, wanted to ask you 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:32.240 so that the Florida Department of Health has issued guidelines 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:36.360 for treating gender dysmore iphia, recommending against gender transition, purity blockers, 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.160 and hormones. But would you support a state law banning 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.280 any of those medical interventions for children. I would ban 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.960 the Yeah, I would ban the sex shade the operations. 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.600 I think that it's something that you can't get a 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.280 tattoo if you're up, you're twelve years old. When they 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:52.040 say gender firm and care of me, what they mean 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.520 a lot of times is you are really you're castrating 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:58.240 a young boy, you're sterilizing a young girl, You're you're 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:01.440 doing missectomies for these are young girls. And here's the thing, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.160 what our guidance pointed to in the search in general, 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.360 did a great job for these young kids of the 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.560 cases resolve themselves as they grow up, and so you're 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.920 doing things that are permanently altering them and then they're 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.160 not going to be able to reverse that. And so 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:18.760 I don't think it's appropriate for kids at all. I 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.640 think the guidance is right, but I think that there 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.600 should be additional protections because you know, when you're growing up, 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.040 there are things that you know, it's an awkward time, 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:30.160 and it seems like there there's a concerted effort in 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:33.400 society to push these kids in to do some type 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.320 of medical intervention. In our judgment, that's not healthy. It's 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:38.200 gonna ask you, why do you think the left is 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.839 digging their heels in so hard on some of these issues. 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.320 I mean, there's literally a Netflix series right now called 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.000 He's Expecting, which you know, I wasn't aware that's possible, 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.880 but you know, and obviously they have attacked to you 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.760 for the parental rights bill. You know, they've stood behind 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.559 men playing in women's sports. So why why are they 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.840 digging their heels in on this? I can't explain it. 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.320 I just think they're they have a very militon left 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.959 this ideology. I think their view is, you know, they 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.679 want to assault the earth of society and upend all 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:07.600 these different conventions. I mean, you know, the House of 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.720 Representatives under Pelosi the beginning of this current Congress, they 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:14.320 voted to band using the words on the house floor, mother, sister, daughter, 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.200 things like that. They said it was not inclusive enough. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.440 And I think most people see that and they're like, 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:23.280 this is nuts. When they see that picture of the swim, 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.240 you know, champion versus and then you have the other 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:27.440 three girls hugging off to the side. They're looking at that, 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.600 They're like, come on, when you tell me that a 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.640 man can get pregnant, I'm not down with that. I 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:34.960 know that that's not true. So I think it's been 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:39.840 very damaging to them politically because the more the left 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:44.120 is i mean fairly tagged with those views, I think 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.360 it's abhorrent to a lot of folks, and I think 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.080 that's part of the reason why you see so many 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:52.000 particularly working class constituencies fleeing the left and gonna probably 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.880 vote Republican this year. Quick commercial break back with a 0:14:54.920 --> 0:15:01.160 great lor Ingraham. On the other side, we have a 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:05.760 very very special guest for this episode, none other than 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.680 the Great Laura Ingram. You know Laura Ingram from The 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:13.440 Angram Angle on Fox News, always speaking the truth, fearless, 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:17.240 independent minded, which I deeply respect. I love people like that. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.920 I love people like her, so I gotta tell you 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.120 it's an honor to to have her guest as a 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.360 guest on the show. You know her from TV. She 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:29.640 previously was a nationally syndicated radio show, The Laura Ingram Show, 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.600 and also before her media days, she worked as a 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:36.880 speechwriter in the Reagan administration in the late nineteen eighties. 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:38.440 You know, she went on to get her law degree. 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.560 She worked as a judicial clerk in the Second Court 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.360 of Appeals in New York then for the United States 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:47.880 Supreme Court for Justice Clarence Thomas. So she's lived an 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.600 interesting life, obviously accomplished a great deal, but I think 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.920 most importantly, she's fearless and she's brave. I originally wanted 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.040 to have her on to talk about life and to 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.600 talk about some of that, you know, really interesting work 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.840 experience she had and how she got into media and 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.360 all those sorts of things. And then the FBI decided 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:10.120 to raid Trump, right, and the country got turned upside down, 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.040 and my plans got turned upside down for the things 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:14.920 I wanted to discuss. So now we're going to talk 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.680 about that the impact it has on the country. We'll 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.120 get into other things too, but you know, primarily just 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:24.120 sort of talk about the direction this nation is heading in. 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.960 So I hope you enjoyed this conversation. I know it's 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.880 an honor for me. Big fan of Laura Ingram, I'm 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:43.200 sure you are too. So here she is Laura Ingram. 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.680 So we've got a big show today, a big week obviously, 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.120 a lot happening in the country. The great Laura Ingram 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:52.520 is joining us. You know, Laura, I originally wanted to 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.880 talk about life because you're a badass, and I admire 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.840 and respect you. But then the but then the but 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:00.720 then the you know I do, but but then the 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.439 FBI rated Trump. So you know, now we're here, Laura, 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:08.520 and it feels like the country is forever changed and 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:13.439 we have uncertain times ahead. I think, Lisa, we have 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:18.560 arrived at the at the proverbial rubicon. And you know, 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:23.640 if people know their history, uh, that wasn't good. People think, oh, 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:27.280 we're at the Rubicon. It's a new frontier. Now. This 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:32.760 I think does so much to undermine what Americans need 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:37.480 to believe about their government, namely, that the government exists 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:39.760 to make their lives better. It doesn't exist to turn 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:44.200 them into enemies. It doesn't exist to vanquish political opponents. 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:48.640 It actually is supposed to work for us. And if 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:53.280 we begin to lose faith in our law enforcement and 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:57.520 our federal investigative services to the extent that I think 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:01.240 so many people are losing it now, you know, to 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:05.040 quote new Gingrich on the angerm Angle, uh, this week, 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:08.880 he said we're at the precipice. I mean, it's not 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.800 an exaggeration to say we're at the precipice now, because 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:16.639 we know already Lisa that these forces on the left, 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:22.240 I don't like the Constitution. They're not interested in the Framers. 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.119 They think the Framers are a bunch of racists, And 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.280 everything about America that has kind of held us together 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:32.040 for two or in fifty years, they think is inherently corrupt. Uh. 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:35.719 And so they don't care if people don't believe the 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:39.360 FBI is operating in good faith. They don't. They don't 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:43.480 care if people think the Justice Department is essentially the 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:47.320 praetorian guard for failing administration. I don't care about any 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:52.480 of that, because they think the system itself is fatally flawed. 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.000 They would much prefer and I say they sort of 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:59.680 the elites who have helped build up China all these 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.080 years and let our military deteriorate over all these years. 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:09.199 They would far prefer America to be run under a 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:12.840 global understanding where where all the big decisions are made 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.720 elsewhere by people we don't vote for, and by people 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.280 who don't really have much respect for what the American 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:24.719 experiment was really all about. So so it doesn't surprise 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:30.280 me that they would go this low and degrade our 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.800 system to the to the extent that they are because 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:36.040 the people who are really pulling the levers of power now. 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:39.280 They don't like our system. They think it's corrupt, and 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:44.040 they think it's itself needs to be smashed and reformed 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:48.520 and remade into something that's much less accountable to the 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:53.600 people who they believe are also corrupt and racist. Um. 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:56.160 So I think that's really the conundrum that we're facing, 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:59.400 is a is a ruling class that has no respect 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:05.400 for our found national documents or our our entire framework 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:10.440 of existence and liberty for the people and securing liberty 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:14.480 for the people. They don't like that, and that that 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.479 that kind of system gave us Donald Trump in and 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.679 you know, it's propelled Rhonda Santists to embarrass all these 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.240 other governors who kept their states closed. So I think 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:27.320 I think Americans overwhelmingly want things to get better that 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:29.760 I think they overwhelmingly want things to go back to 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:34.600 quote normal. Um, the new normal that we see we 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:38.280 see playing out since the pandemic, and we all now 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:40.280 see the truth about that. I mean some of us 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:42.360 though it early on, but you know that's right, better 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:46.520