1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: The headlines are changing in a big way when it 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: comes to the story with Hunter Biden. Just over the 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: last twenty four hours. I'm going to read you some 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: of the different headlines from major publications. We'll start with 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: a New York Post. Their headline, the White House can't 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: just wash away the stink of Hunter Biden's laptop. The 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: New York Times has a new opinion piece out that 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: says it's never a good time for the Hunter Biden story. 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: Houston Chronicle opinion Deniers of the Hunter Biden laptop story 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: live in a bubble of lies? Yahoo Finance, Just how 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: much money is Hunter Biden hiding? What is his net worth? 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: Newsweek Hunter Biden laptop scandal is the ultimate American information operation, 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: not misinformation but information operation. Fox News headline. If Hunter 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 1: is indicted, it could open a whole can of worms 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: for Joe Biden. Wall Street Journal, Hunter Biden's Laptop and 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: America's crisis of accountability. 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Why it's a great question. 26 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: Number One, we have these new emails that have been 27 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: leaked from inside the government that show the money flowing 28 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. This was not even 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: from the laptop. The New York Times trying to do 30 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: defense for the White House getting the story out there 31 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: a little bit last week admitting that the laptop is 32 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: in fact authentic. Two years late. Peter Schweitzer, also in 33 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: his book, was talking about red handed about the money 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: flowing between Joe Biden Hunter Biden, and he said this 35 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: week in a conversation this which really helped blow this open, 36 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: and not in a good way for the White House. 37 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: Here you talk about these millions of dollars with the 38 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: Biden family. There are allegations that some of that actually 39 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: went to Joe Biden. Can you prove that any of 40 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: it did? Yeah, if you look at the Hunter Biden laptop, 41 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: there's a couple of things that stand out. Number one, 42 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: that Hunter Biden is paying some of his father's monthly 43 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: bills while he's Vice president of the United States. That's 44 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: explicitly laid out in the emails. And number two, that 45 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden was paying for things like renovation on his 46 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: father's home in Delaware while Joe Biden was Vice President 47 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: of the United States. Add to the fact that Hunter 48 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: Biden is complaining to family members about how he's having 49 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: to give half his income to Pop, which would be 50 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: his father, It's very clear that the President and his son, 51 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden had intermingled finances. Their money was flowing between 52 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: the two, and I think what the Biden family has 53 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: to be very worried about with this grand jury looking 54 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: into tax evasion charges for Hunter Biden, is there could 55 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: very well be something that embroils the President himself because 56 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: nobody was paying taxes on the money that Hunter Biden 57 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: is using to pay for his father's bills. You think 58 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: about this, and now this is a real concern for 59 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: the White House. I want to go back to that headline. 60 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: If Hunter is and dieted, it couldn't open a whole 61 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: can of worms for Joe Biden. Absolutely right that is 62 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: where they are now concerned the most at the White 63 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: House over that aspect of the story, because Biden was 64 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: in fact me deep and Hunter's finances. That is the 65 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: core of this and it's something that Peter Schweitzer also 66 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: said when he was on another show this week. Again, 67 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: he's the author of the best selling book Red Handed, 68 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: which deals with all of the finances of Hunter and 69 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, and when he was on this other show 70 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: he was asked that question, like, how bad could this get? Right? 71 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: How bad is the money? He reiterated it by saying 72 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: it this way. So, Peter, you think Hunter is about 73 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: to be charged with a crime? I do, And Jesse, 74 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: I think the best evidence is the New York Times 75 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: ran this piece where they admitted the laptop was real. 76 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: That was in paragraph seventeen or eighteen. But the story 77 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: was basically about the grand jury looking to Hunter Biden, 78 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: and the New York Times got a lot of cooperation 79 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: from Team Biden, and they were clearly trying to position 80 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: themselves on the assumption that Hunter Biden is in fact 81 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: going to be indicted. That's why I think they cooperated, 82 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: and I think the challenge and the problem they have 83 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: Jesse is that if Hunter Biden is indicted, that opens 84 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: up the whole can of worms in terms of Joe 85 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: Biden's financial connections that you talked about earlier, So is 86 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: he going to be indicted. You just heard that if 87 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: Hunter is indicted could open up a whole can of worms. 88 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: So now what is the White House's decision going to 89 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: be on this? We know the money was flowing, they 90 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: lied about it for two years, So now what happens. 91 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: There's a very good chance that he could actually take 92 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: a plea deal. Biden was knee deep in Hunter's finances. 93 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: And if Hunter Biden takes a plea deal with jail time, 94 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: it may be because he's forced to protect his father. Right, 95 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: This is all about protecting his father at this point, 96 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: because you want to be in a situation where you 97 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: cannot protect your father. Listen to what Peter had to 98 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: say about that. So take us through those connections. We 99 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: know about credit cards, joint bank accounts. We know Hunter's 100 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: boys were doing Joe's taxes at one point. If dirty 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: money was coming in from overseas, untacked some money and 102 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: was funneling its way into Joe's pockets, what does that 103 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: mean in terms of his criminal exposure. Well, it means 104 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: a couple of things. First, you've got the whole national 105 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: security component of this, because remember the money that's coming 106 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: in from Beijing is coming from four businessmen who funnel 107 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: at least thirty one million dollars to the Bidens that's 108 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: in the laptop. And when you look at those four businessmen, 109 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: each and every one of them Jesse has ties to 110 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: the highest levels of Chinese intelligence. So this is not 111 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: some random walk around Shanghai. I'm going to secure a 112 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: couple of deals. This was orchestrated. But in terms of 113 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: Joe Biden's legal problems, he was getting subsidized by his 114 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: son paying the monthly bills paying for renovations on his 115 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: home up in Delaware. That's not allowed. A federal law 116 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: does not allow politicians to be subsidized by family members. 117 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: But you have the other issue of who's paying the taxes. 118 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: If you give money to some buddy above fifteen thousand 119 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: dollars a year, somebody's got to pay the gift tax 120 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: on that. Did Joe Biden pay that money? Did he 121 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: claim that money on his income? No? If you look 122 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: at the tax returns his financial disclosures, he did not. 123 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: So this gets messy real fast, and the question Jesse becomes, 124 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: does Hunter Biden become the sacrificial lamb? Does he end 125 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: up taking a plea deal that might even mean jail 126 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: time in order to protect his father? I would respond 127 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: with yes. If this is how deep this goes, if 128 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: this is how bad it gets, and the White House 129 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: clearly thinks he's going to be indicted, then if you're 130 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden, you take a plea deal to protect your 131 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:47,559 Speaker 1: father from the embarrassment or further investigation. Do you become 132 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: the sacrificial lamb? Or you stay fine, I'll go to 133 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: jail for a little bit. You know, he'll get great treatment, 134 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: they'll protect him, he'll get a nice place in jail, 135 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: they'll make sure that it's not hard time, and they'll 136 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: probably let him out for good behavior. Do you take 137 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: that deal to make sure that your father doesn't get 138 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: insignificant trouble to just make this finally go away. I 139 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: think the answer is more than obvious. If you were 140 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: the president of Knights Its America, that's what you're going 141 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: to be advocating for, which is exactly why the media 142 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: is writing these stories with all these headlines. The way 143 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: that they are writing them. Look at Newsweek. Newsweek not conservative, Okay, 144 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: pretty liberal? Hunter Biden's laptop scandal is the ultimate American 145 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: information operation. How did Hunter Biden's deprived behavior and his 146 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: and his family members dubious dealings with adversaries and oligarchs 147 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: from Russia compromise and corrupt Joe Biden? What did Joe 148 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: know and when did he know it? And did he 149 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: did he directly or indirectly profit to what extent would 150 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: and today does the Biden family conduct conduct loom over 151 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: vital issues of American foreign policy and national security? Newsweek 152 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: is now asking, quote, we were deprived of the answers 153 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: to these critical questions during the twenty twenty election, deprived 154 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: of hearing the questions, ask themselves because of one of 155 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: the gravest American information operations in history, masquerading as a 156 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: defense against a Russian information operation. Now are ruling class 157 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: Chief organs Organ has admitted it. It took seventeen months 158 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: and twenty four paragraphs into an article at first glance 159 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: unrelated but buried in a New York Times report on 160 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: the apparently sprawling federal investigation into Hunter Biden. The quote 161 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: paper of record reveal the truth we've known long known. 162 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: Hunter's Laptop from Hell is in fact real. We knew 163 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: this before Joe Biden was elected, but millions of Americans 164 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: didn't because the corporate media, the deep State for which 165 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: it serves as a conduit, and the big tech that 166 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: propagates their official narratives conspired all together to suppress the 167 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: true story while amplifying the politically beneficial one. Now, you've 168 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: got to understand something about this story right now, and 169 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: why the New York Times and why Newsweek and others 170 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: are actually writing about it. There's three things playing to 171 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,719 Speaker 1: their advantage right now. Number One, it's spring break for 172 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: still a ton of Americans, so people are distracted from 173 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: reading the news. Number Two, you have a huge astraction 174 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: with a overseas foreign trip by Joe Biden right now. 175 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: You have a huge astraction in Russia and Ukraine right 176 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: now as well. And you have another domestic distraction here 177 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 1: right now, which is the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Jackson, 178 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: which has gotten extremely heated and is sucking up all 179 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: the oxygen in the room. This is why Newsweek is 180 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: now writing the articles like they're writing them now. I 181 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: want to get back to this article one poll shows 182 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: this operation part impartial of a coordinated effort by our 183 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: ruling class to use every level of power to undermine 184 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: present Trump while protecting Joe Biden alone, may have swung 185 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election. Newsweek is now writing this The 186 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: people who ported to defend quote our democracy, in other words, 187 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: thwarted the republic by concealing from the public the kind 188 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: of crucial information on which war and peace hinges. The 189 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: many layers of this scandal are worth recounting because they 190 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: so vividly reveal a pervasive rot at the core of 191 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: our country that has poised to fester absence of a 192 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: massive reckoning. There's the fact the corporate media dismissed the 193 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden lap top story out of hand, refused to 194 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: pursue it, and even ran interference for then candidate Joe 195 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: Biden when directly questioned on it by then President Donald 196 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: Trump in debates. You know what the media did. We 197 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: played it for you on this show a couple of 198 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: days ago. There's the fact quote that corporate media unquestionably 199 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: ran with a narrative that the story was again quote 200 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: unquote Russian disinformation, when they knew that was a lie. 201 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: To justify their dismissal of the story despite lacking concrete 202 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: evidence to substantiate that ridiculous and dubious claim. There's the 203 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: fact that dozens of senior then x intelligence community officials, 204 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: forty of them in fact, whose profession was supposed to 205 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 1: be and all of this, decided that they would sign 206 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: their name to a letter saying it was probably misinformation 207 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: that fed the corporate media that narrative that they could 208 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: then say, yep, we're in on this too. Overall, you 209 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: had more than fifty prominent members of the intelligence community. 210 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: We're talking about former CIA directors. They use their names 211 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: and their reputations to baselessly speculate that the laptop contents 212 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: and circumstances around their release had all the quote classic 213 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: hallmarks of a Russian misinformation operation. Naturally, they did this 214 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: so that you would ignore what was actually going on. 215 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: Trump administration officials actually in command of the intelligence apparatus 216 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: at the time vigorously deny that charge. Didn't matter because 217 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: the media had the political cover they needed by quoting 218 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: former CIA directors and FBI people and people on down 219 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: from there who all signed their name that said that 220 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: this had the hallmarks of a Russian information operation. Trump's 221 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: people that were actually in charge of the time said 222 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: this is absurd, it's not true. Didn't matter. Media had 223 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: the story they needed. Corporate media said, let's roll with it. 224 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: There was not one ounce of evidence to justify by 225 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: the way the claims that the media or these fifty 226 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: prominent intelligence community members had for what they said, much 227 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: less the letter that they all signed. Why do they 228 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: do it? It's simple Newsweek rights. They hedged their bets. 229 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: They hedge admitting that we want to emphasize that we 230 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: do not know if the emails quote are genuine or not, 231 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement. 232 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: But they knew, as part of the deep state that 233 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: if they gave the cover needed, that there's a good 234 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: chance to could save Joe Biden, he would become present 235 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: and they would retain their power. They knew well by 236 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: the way that Politico and others would run with headlines 237 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: like hunter Biden's story is Russian desc info, Dozens of 238 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: former Intel officials say, And that's exactly what Politico's headline 239 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: literally was, quote hunter Biden's story is Russian desc info. 240 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: Dozens of former Intel officials say, how contrived. Was this 241 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: operation by the deep state by the left. Consider that 242 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: it was a former top aide to the former CIA 243 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: director John Brennan, perhaps the most Trump derange and notoriously 244 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: dishonest of the overwhelmingly Democrat serving officials endorsing the letter, 245 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: who actually arranged for the letters distribution to Politico. He 246 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: delivered it to one of the Trump loathing Deep states 247 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: friendliest of reporters, perhaps most well known in fact, for 248 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: promoting the new story is Steel dossier at the heart 249 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: of the Russian hoax, surely knowing this would set the 250 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: narrative in motion. So you find the reporter who promoted 251 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: the Steel dossier, who made it come to life, and 252 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: you go handing this letter with all of these deep 253 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: state people, all of them lefties, who said this is 254 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: something that they believe is Russian DESMFO, And moments later 255 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: Politico runs the headline, and every other news organization ran 256 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: with it. Afterwards, quote Hunter Biden's story is Russian DESMFO. 257 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: Dozens of former Intel officials say that's not what they said. 258 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: By the way, it didn't matter. You got the headline 259 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: you needed. Almost universally after that, the signatories show no 260 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: remote Morse, by the way, for the con that they pulled. 261 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: They all went on TV and they all did their 262 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: interviews and they all said, yep, this is Russian dis info. 263 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 1: And then it gave the cover needed for Facebook and 264 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: others and Twitter to ban you even putting the story 265 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: out there on the internet. Right. You would get your 266 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: accounts suspended. You couldn't even share the article from the 267 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: year posts about the laptop from Hell. It was all 268 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: worth it for them to replace Trump with someone who 269 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: spent fifty years getting every major foreign policy issue wrong 270 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: and who has kept the imperfect streak alive since he's 271 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: been in office. There's also the big fact that big 272 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: tech also engaged in the rubicon crossing censorship, not only 273 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: preventing people from sharing this story story publicly, but also 274 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: in private messages. You may have forgotten. You couldn't even 275 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: send the link and a private message to a family member, 276 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: and if you didn't play by the rules, they would 277 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: deplatform you. Twitter, by the way, admitted as much months 278 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: after the election, when the damage had already been done, 279 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: to set the present for the ever more widespread, almost 280 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: decentralizing wrong think censorship that we see today. Donald Trump, 281 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: who was the president Night States of America at the 282 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: time was banned on Twitter, and the likes of Vladimir 283 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: Putin are free to tweet at their leisure. Chinese coronavirus 284 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: disinformation that got people banned six months ago is now 285 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: the official CDC narrative that's actually promoted on social media. 286 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: But if you got banned, then you're still gone forever. 287 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: And the hunter by laptop story looms over it all, 288 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: And where was the aforementioned media on the censorship at 289 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: the very best silent? Those who benefited most from the 290 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: First Amendment have too often become the most outspoken proponents 291 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: of censorship, particularly when it serves their political agenda. Newsweek 292 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: Rights today. These conspirators cared nothing for combating disinformation. Far 293 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: from it, they are some of the most prolific purveyors 294 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: of it. These conspirators cared nothing about protecting democracy. Rather 295 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: than grapple with the New York Post reporting on the 296 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: laptop and the corroborating investigations from people at Fox News, 297 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: Tucker Carlson and elsewhere, they decided, Nope, we're going to 298 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: serve the candidate that we want to be the president 299 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: Nited States of America. We don't care if it brings 300 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: disaster for America liberty, justice, and free speech. They did 301 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: so because the imperative to unseen a president whose agenda 302 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 1: was far more aligned with the rules of the Constitution 303 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: than those who are trying to destroy it. That is, 304 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: they did so out of perceived self interest, which they 305 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: may believe coincided with the national interest, but which is 306 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: practice has proven to do anything. But so, why did 307 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: this actually happen? It's simple Trump present. Trump threatened their power, 308 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: their privilege, their prerogatives. He had rebuilt our military, fostered 309 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: alliances and partnerships to deter enemies, while reducing America's direct 310 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: obligations abroad. Trump confronted and kept our worst adversaries at bay, 311 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: led by the greatest adversary of all communists, China, Trump 312 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: kept America out of wars instead of getting them in wars. 313 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: Trump was neither the craze cowboy with the nuclear codes 314 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: nor the isolated Russian stooge his adversaries attacked him about, 315 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: depending on which week it was and which story worked 316 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: best for their narrative. He was a piece through strength nationalists, 317 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: and his record proved it was this. His great sin 318 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: in the ruling class eyes. Yeah, there's still more intrigue 319 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: to the story. Why did The New York Times feel 320 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: compelled to admit it only now after reporters for mainstream 321 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: publications like the aforementioned Politico had confirmed the authenticity contents 322 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: months ago. It is simple because the case against Hunter 323 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: Biden build is a tax matter, but which the Times 324 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: reported had quote evolved into one centering on money laundering 325 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: and potential for an agent Registration Act charges, is built 326 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: so heavily on the substance of the laptop it made 327 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: it impossible to report on the case while outright ignoring it. 328 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: Or is there something bigger at play concerning the president 329 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: and his troubled son Regardless, Newsweek says that Times almost 330 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: inadvertent emission perfectly reflects the entire contrived effort. A ruling 331 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: class over the top obsession with Russian information and influence 332 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: has served as a diversion from the information operations it 333 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: has been running against the domestic political foes, even in 334 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: league with foreign actors like the Ukrainians. Trump Russia collusion 335 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: was an American information operation. Hunter Biden's laptop being Russian 336 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: disinformation was actually an American information operation as well. Phony stories, 337 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: particularly those leaked out by our national security apparatus, like 338 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: those of Russian bounties in Afghanistan. Are Trump called dead 339 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: American soldiers losers are in fact American information operations. These 340 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: operations rates further questions Newsweek Rights, what other such gambits 341 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: have they executed that we don't know about? What else 342 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: could they do and will they do? To a Trump? 343 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four, another candidate perceived to be a 344 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: threat going forward to their power. The American mind and 345 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: therefore the body of politics, is not imperiled by some 346 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: Russian troll farm. No, outside of the schools which cultivates suicidal, 347 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: anti American, self loving and wokem wokedom. Excuse me. The 348 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: greatest threat in informations fear derived from a weaponized, hyper 349 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: political national security apparatus, un mourned from the people that 350 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: exist to defend a progressive press it does its bidding, 351 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: and a like minded big tech behemoth that works hand 352 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: in hand with them to censor and control narratives. It 353 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: is infinitely more insidious when the institutions we rely upon 354 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: to keep us safe, to inform us, and to enable 355 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: free and open discourts actually conspire against those countrymen with 356 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: whom they disagree, when then foreign adversaries themselves have a 357 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: better opportunity to meddle quote, we expect adversaries to attack us. 358 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: To attack Americans like adversaries is to make America like 359 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: its adversaries. This is an existential threat to our republic, 360 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: and if none of these actors are ever held account, 361 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: it guarantees infinitely worse to come. Again. What I just 362 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: read from you actually was in newsweek. Wow, all right, 363 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: I want to pivot to other important news, and that's 364 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: exactly what's going on right now is a lot of 365 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: misinformation when it comes to the Supreme Court nominee, Judge Jackson. 366 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: Democrats are starting to feel like they may be losing 367 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: control of her nomination process, and we're also going to 368 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: deal with that's happening in Russia and Ukraine. Joining me 369 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: now to talk about this is US Senator from Tennessee, 370 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: Bill Haggarty Center. This is maybe for me, the most 371 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: shocking moment of all is the fact that we have 372 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: a Supreme Court nominee that did pro bono work for 373 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: terrorists being detained at Guantanamo Bay. When you heard that, 374 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: what did you think? Then? I thought it was consistent 375 00:24:55,560 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: with this entire administration's posture to be soft on I mean, 376 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: they're going to be much softer on criminals than they 377 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: are on victims. As Senator Cotton just extracted, no work 378 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: for victims, no concern for victims. Their concern is to 379 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: go easy on crime. And what we've seen around the 380 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: United States, particularly in Democrat run cities, is just a 381 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: massive increase in crime here in America. This has been 382 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: prompted by Democrat leadership. And I'm not surprised at all 383 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: to see their nominee to the Supreme Court again being 384 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: soft on crime and not being not being attentive to 385 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: the needs the victims of these crimes. There's another shocking 386 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: part about Judge Jackson's history as she has been working 387 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: in the legal field, and I think the most shocking 388 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: part is she consistently has gone easy when it comes 389 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 1: to one crime and the person who's committed child pornography sentencing. 390 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:57,479 Speaker 1: She has documents, court case after court case of her 391 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: giving criminals convicted of child pornography charges lighter sentences than 392 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: what is recommended by federal guidelines. When you see that, 393 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: it's not just it's not like a one off things. 394 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: It's consistent. I think it's very clear now that she 395 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: doesn't believe that there should be tough sentencing for those 396 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: that are involved in child pornography. She even defended the 397 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: fact that she said, well, look, you can get yourself 398 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: in trouble real quick with the Internet, and a few 399 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: clicks can get you all of a sudden a bunch 400 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: of child porn. So we shouldn't put you in jail 401 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: for a long time if you're on the internet looking, downloading, 402 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: sending child pornography. But if you send in the mail, 403 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: then there's different guidelines for that because that shows a 404 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: real intent. I couldn't believe the words coming out of 405 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: her mouth when I heard this, But this is literally 406 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: her defense, and you've got to have to vote on this. 407 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: What did you think it was very disturbing to hear this? Then, 408 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: if you think about it this I was talking with 409 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: Senator Cruz who attended law school with her. It seems 410 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: this pattern goes all the way back, perhaps to her 411 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: academic time, but looking at every one of her sentencing 412 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: experiences when it had to do with this crime, she 413 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: was at either the very low end of the required 414 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: sentence or even below even below with the prosecutor recommended. So, 415 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 1: as you rightly mentioned, she's been consistently, consistently off on this, 416 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 1: consistently in favor of those who perpetrate crimes of this 417 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: terrific nature. And it's inexplicable to me. You look at 418 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: the facts here, and for everyone that's listening, I hope 419 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: that you'll understand just I would say, how clear it 420 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: is her thought process on this. They found ten cases 421 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: where she weighed in on child pornography. Eight of those 422 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: ten cases she was below the minimum sentence, and this 423 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: range anywhere from fourteen percent to eighty eight percent. So 424 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: it's it's obvious that Jackson believes that child pornography, you know, 425 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: convicts get lighter sentences, and that's a part of her 426 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: legal mindset. Not only that, she also seems to like 427 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: to defend terrorists people at guantanamobey and this is who 428 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: we want to put on the Supreme Court, while she 429 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: also has said that she won't say that packing the 430 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: Supreme Court is a bad thing. You add all this up, 431 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: how in the world have we gotten to this point 432 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: now where this woman still had still with all of this, 433 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: Senator has a legitimate chance of being a very legitimate 434 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: chance of actually sitting on the Supreme Court of the the 435 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: United States of America. Well, it's shocking that someone that 436 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: puts puts the rights of terrorists, if there should be 437 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,719 Speaker 1: any at all, puts the rights of horrific criminals. You know, 438 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: ahead of those are the victims here. That's exactly what 439 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: we've seen in her record. This question that was asked 440 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: by Leader McConnell about her position on packing the court, 441 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: she can't answer. It's a political question. And what's I 442 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: think what's being uncovered through the course of these days 443 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: of interviews is the fact that we actually have a 444 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: political activist that's posing as a jurist. What we need 445 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: to have are people that interpret the Constitution is written. 446 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: That's exactly what I intend to probe when I meet 447 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: with her next week. Is she going to interpret the 448 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: Constitution as it's written or is she going to be 449 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 1: an activist that wants to view this as quote, a 450 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: living document. She's not been able to answer that question. 451 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: Either is the constitutional living document or is it to 452 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: be interpreted as it was written by our founder? Certainly 453 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: the latter is the correct answer. Let's see what she 454 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: has to say. Well, you obviously have colleagues and her Democrats, 455 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to ask you to name names, 456 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: but I do want to get your take on the 457 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: feel of the Democratic Party. Do they feel like her 458 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: nomination is now at risk at all? Or is this 459 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: just such an activist decision from the very beginning and 460 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: a campaign payoff for I remind people that Joe Biden 461 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: made it very clear that he was going to discriminate 462 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: against all races and all sexes that were not women 463 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: or African American with his first Supreme Court nominee. That 464 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: means he basically segregated and discradinated against about eighty five 465 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: percent eighty four percent, if we want to be exact 466 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: of the American population. No one was allowed to get 467 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: this job unless you filled the quota of being a 468 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: woman and being African American. And I worry that this 469 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: is just so much about that quota that campaign promise 470 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: that she can we can find out even and I 471 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: don't know what's worse than you know, giving light sense 472 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: as a child pornographer's child sex offenders and defending people 473 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: at guantanam A Bay, and also, by the way, not 474 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: even being able to define what a woman is when 475 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: it is what got you the eligible for this job, right, 476 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: you had to be defined as a woman to get 477 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: this job. She couldn't even define what a woman was 478 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: dealing obviously with the NCAA and what's happening with men 479 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: playing with women. But are there Democrats are starting to 480 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 1: think maybe this is not the right person or they 481 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: just going to put their head down and vote. Well, 482 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: I think I know the Democrats are talking about it, 483 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: and I know that you're being light not name names, 484 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: but I will Senator Joe Mansion, who I think has 485 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: stood up against the headwinds of his own party. He's 486 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 1: taking decisions that were right for the people of West Virginia. 487 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: I frankly can't imagine that people of West Virginia want 488 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: to see a judicial activist like this sitting on the bench. 489 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: Somebody's going to try to reinterpret the Constitution and push 490 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: us further to the left. But those are questions that 491 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: the Senator from West Virginia will have to answer on 492 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: his own. I will say this, though the left knows 493 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: no bounds. We saw what happened in Justice Kavanaugh was hearing. 494 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: We saw what happened when they tried to intimidate Senators 495 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: Cinema and Senator Mansion. When they don't get their way, 496 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: they know no bounds. So I think it could be 497 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: extremely difficult on any Democrat that tries to buck this, 498 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: that doesn't go along with you the preordained view that 499 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: we're going to put an activist in place. It's going 500 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: to be very hard for Democrat to vote know against this, 501 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,040 Speaker 1: And as you know, the way it works for a 502 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: Supreme Court nominee, it takes fifty votes. The Democrats have 503 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 1: fifty plus the Vice President of the United States, which 504 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: regretfully Kamal Harris sits in that position right now. So 505 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: with fifty plus one they can do this. I'm sure 506 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: there's a tremendous amount of pressure in their party to 507 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: hold the line on whatever nominee they put forward, which 508 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: means it's more and more incumbent on center and blackburn 509 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: of myself to point out the issues that are associated 510 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: with the candidate like this. You know, I always look 511 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: at the hard left media to see what they're feeling, 512 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: and you could see it changing. Senator last night joy 513 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: Reid was on MSNBC and she said, quote, I was 514 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: getting texts all day and have been for the last 515 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: three days from people who, similarly to what Joyce is saying, 516 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: would normally not sit there and watch all day at 517 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: confirmation hearing as I would because I'm a nerd. The 518 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: outrage is real, he went A lot of it is 519 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: quote blatant disrespect. They're immediately going for the race card here. 520 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: I tweeted that they were treating her like a black shopper, 521 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: that they were following through the store. Just the ultimate 522 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: disrespect for her as a human being, as a judge, 523 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: the fact that her family was there all because, in 524 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: Lindsay Graham's view, apparently this whole hearing was payback for Cavanaugh, 525 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: who nobody told him to sexually violate his high school 526 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: friends or those girls in college and get accused of 527 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: it credibly. That is not the fault of Judge Jackson. Apparently, 528 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: according to Lindsay Graham, she needs to pay for that. 529 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: They're still accusing Brett Cavanaugh of having rape parties, which 530 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: we all know is absurd and never happened and wasn't 531 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: true and not credible, and yet they're going back to this, 532 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: which makes me think maybe they really are worried that 533 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: her nomination is in real trouble. Well, they should be 534 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: worried because what's being revealed to the American public again 535 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: is more far left policy again coming through now the 536 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: judiciary branch. They can't get it done in the legislative field, 537 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: they can't get it done at the ballot box, so 538 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: they want to install judges and justices that will push 539 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: for their far left policies. Again not accountable to the people. 540 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: But this is another avenue away that the Democrats hope 541 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: to end run the system and get their policies through. 542 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: And when you see, you know, when you see media 543 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: talking heads like this, uh, you know, going into pivot 544 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: and full spin mode, I think it does indicate that 545 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: they perceive themselves in trouble. It's also just terrible to 546 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: think back about what's been done, going back to to 547 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: you know, Judge Bord, Judge Thomas, the horrific process that 548 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: they put kavan On through, and then to try to 549 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: compare you know, questioning on the judicial record of a nominee, 550 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,840 Speaker 1: try to compare it to that again, they'll they'll seek 551 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: the lowest of lows and go there as quick as possible. 552 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: Gender I want to pivot real quick to what's happening 553 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: in Ukraine, and there seems to be a lot of 554 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,840 Speaker 1: talk right now about maybe giving half of Ukraine to 555 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin for some sort of ceasefire agreement. We're also 556 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: hearing now that Biden is going to announce that the 557 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: US will take a hundred thousand Ukrainian refugees, and there's 558 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: now many that are saying that they administration's policy is 559 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: they do not believe that Ukraine can stand up to Russia. 560 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: So they're basically saying, all right, give up part of 561 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: the country behind the scenes, and then maybe that'll stop 562 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 1: all this insanity. If this is our foreign policy, it 563 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: is a disaster, because the foreign policy is solely based 564 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: on the actions of a tyrant, not based on protecting 565 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: people that live in free countries. I know that's a 566 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: lot to throw at you, but I know you got 567 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: a lot to say about it. So let's deal with 568 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: the first part, which is this real idea apparently that's 569 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: being floated or about at the White House about all right, well, 570 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: maybe we say they take half the country and we'll 571 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,760 Speaker 1: get a ceasefire out of the deal. Your thoughts, Well, 572 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,319 Speaker 1: you use the word insanity then, and I think that's 573 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: got to be sinful to the whole process that the 574 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:47,399 Speaker 1: Biden administration is working through right now. First they talk 575 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 1: about options in public. They talk about what we're not 576 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: going to do. We should leave this in a position 577 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: as ambiguous as possible. At Vladimir Putin find out what 578 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: we're going to do depending on his actions. Is that 579 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: he said the policy we're negotiating against ourselves, and we're 580 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: doing it in public. I just find this, you know, 581 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: as a business person all my life, no one handles 582 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,719 Speaker 1: things like this in business. I was a diplomat, I 583 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 1: was the US ambassadors to Japan at the time when 584 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,840 Speaker 1: things were as hot as they could do with North Korea. 585 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 1: This is not how you negotiate. This is not how 586 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,760 Speaker 1: you look at the best interests of US national security 587 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: nor that of your allies. So what I see as 588 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: a very naive approach. They're fumbling around in the media 589 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 1: trying to see how things, you know, various options may 590 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: pull their flipping ideas so that the other allies like 591 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: Germany can begin to take the lead. They're really defaulting 592 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: back to the old Obama Biden policies of leading from 593 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: behind them, and what they're doing is jeopardizing you know, 594 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: in this point the Ukrainians, but they're also emboldening other 595 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: countries like China, who has its design set on Taiwan 596 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: and other areas of the world I think are very 597 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,640 Speaker 1: hot right now. This is this is very very dangerous 598 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: what they're doing, and again making national security decisions by 599 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 1: press release and by media discussions, not approach. You know, 600 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: Putin is a just attack. The petro dollar system is 601 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: now demanding quote, unfriendly nations purchase gas in rubles. This 602 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: come as Russia's ally Belarus as granted, this is not 603 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 1: a joke, it's a real headline January the six protesters 604 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:21,680 Speaker 1: asylum citing political persecution in this country, trying to dig 605 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,320 Speaker 1: and punch at anything they can to mess with America 606 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: using January six, which just makes at this point you 607 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: just got to laugh when you see them demanding you 608 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: move your nations purchases of gas into rubles. And also 609 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 1: there's still people now apparently saying that they believe that 610 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 1: Vladimir Putin should actually be attending the G twenty summit. 611 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,720 Speaker 1: That is coming up absurd. The whole thing is absurd, 612 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: But it's not obvious that they've got an information war 613 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: going on, and we need to realize recognize the fact 614 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,279 Speaker 1: that this is not just a kinetic war on the 615 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 1: ground in Ukraine. There's a war of information and disinformation. 616 00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,840 Speaker 1: There's something else we need to be prepared for in 617 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: that the cyber attacks. You know, Russia is completely capable 618 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: of doing this. We know that Russian hackers attacked the 619 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 1: Colonial pipeline just last year. Again, we need to be 620 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: reflecting strength. I reached out to Secretary Maachus, who runs 621 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: some land security, to Secretary Austin at the Department Defense 622 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,239 Speaker 1: last week to ask them what we're doing to make 623 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,919 Speaker 1: all of our defenses available to private networks, to stay 624 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: in local networks, to make certain that we're defending ourselves 625 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,359 Speaker 1: against the possibility of other means of aggression, in this 626 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: case as a cyber attacks. So we need to be 627 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,320 Speaker 1: very careful about that. To your point on the G 628 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 1: twenty under the Trump administration, when the G twenty was 629 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: held in Osaka, Japan, I was the ambassadors and President 630 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: Frump actually asked me to take a seat at the 631 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,399 Speaker 1: G twenty. For one of the four rounds, I sat 632 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 1: next to Ladimir Putin. It's chilling to sit next to 633 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,760 Speaker 1: a killer like that, and I can't imagine that Putin 634 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: could be welcome in that sort of environment moving forward. 635 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 1: The G twenty needs to take some action to address that, 636 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: but the notion that Vladimir Putin could actually be entertained 637 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,359 Speaker 1: as a member of organization like that, given what he's done, 638 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,080 Speaker 1: he's an international pariah and we need to be leading 639 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: from the front, not behind, and demanding that be paying 640 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: the consequence at every level for the activities that he's 641 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,960 Speaker 1: undertaking right now. Lastly, I want to ask you about 642 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,440 Speaker 1: the big controversy which I don't believe should have been 643 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: a controversy, and that was doing whatever we can to 644 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 1: get the airplanes needed to the Ukrainian military. It's we've 645 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: been dragging our feet. I think this administration has been 646 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,279 Speaker 1: very clear that that's been their Their idea is to 647 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: drag their feet on Ukraine and just kind of see 648 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: what happens when you see this being our foreign policy 649 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 1: for people that are actually trying to fight for themselves. 650 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,240 Speaker 1: I'm not in favor of sending our men and women. 651 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 1: I want to make that very clear to Ukraine. I 652 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 1: don't want us to go and die over there, but 653 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,839 Speaker 1: the people that are living there are willing to fight 654 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,959 Speaker 1: and defend themselves we should give them everything a need, 655 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 1: and this administration every time is like, well, I'm just 656 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 1: concerned that I might provoke Russia. Should we have given 657 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: them these planes? And should we have stopped playing, you know, 658 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:13,359 Speaker 1: chess while they're playing checkers and just wiping the board clean? Well, 659 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,920 Speaker 1: two points, ben, I was not one of the people 660 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,160 Speaker 1: that jumped on that letter to say that we should spend, 661 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:21,799 Speaker 1: that we should send the planes over. I was not 662 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,960 Speaker 1: on that letter, and there's a good reason for that. 663 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: I'm trying to keep my own horizon. My first entrance 664 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,319 Speaker 1: is not to be emotional. I think Zelenski has done 665 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 1: a great job of getting the people of Ukraine to 666 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:34,839 Speaker 1: support him. I think he's done a great job of 667 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 1: getting the people of the world to support his cause. 668 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: But we need to be delivered in what we do. 669 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,719 Speaker 1: We need to be focused on America's first. You know, again, 670 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: Zilence's doing a great job of making certain that Ukraine's 671 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,360 Speaker 1: interest to place first. I have to be responsible for 672 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,560 Speaker 1: putting America's interst first and keep my eye on the 673 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:53,560 Speaker 1: horizon with respect of China It's designs on Taiwan, what's 674 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,600 Speaker 1: happening in Iran, what's happening in North Korea, and I 675 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: don't want to see us get so bogged down in 676 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: one situation that we can't address the others. The situation 677 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 1: with the MiGs is something that I've had the opportunity 678 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: now to have a classified briefing. I did not have 679 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,960 Speaker 1: that benefit at the time this letter was being circulated, 680 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 1: and I would not sign it at that point. Right now, 681 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 1: I'll just say this, we are and we have dedicated 682 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,760 Speaker 1: in the United States sent a tremendous amount of resource, 683 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: both lethal resources and humanitarian resources to Ukraine. My focus 684 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,799 Speaker 1: right now is making certain that those resources get to 685 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,360 Speaker 1: where they need to be. The Ukrainian people have demonstrated 686 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 1: their ability to stand up and fight. They're doing a 687 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: remarkable job. They need the material to do that. Our 688 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,800 Speaker 1: job is to get that to them. Rather than escalate 689 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 1: things to a point where we have our men and 690 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 1: women in a no fly zone, as Vladimir Vladimir Zelenski 691 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,160 Speaker 1: is requested, I mean that puts us right at the 692 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,960 Speaker 1: doorstep of a direct encounter with Russia. I think we 693 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,239 Speaker 1: need to be focused on enabling Ukraine, but also making 694 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: certain that America has the capability to handle challenges that 695 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 1: are facing us. On multiple dimensions. Let me just I'm 696 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: going to ask in a different way because I want 697 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:01,759 Speaker 1: to make sure I'm very clear, because I think the 698 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 1: point you're making is interesting. You're afraid that if we 699 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,319 Speaker 1: give them those planes, even to their pilots, that this 700 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:11,240 Speaker 1: would then make or give Vladimir Putine reason to escalate 701 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 1: things when it comes to chemical or even nuclear war, 702 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: and that is the concern you. No, my concern is 703 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,320 Speaker 1: that we help Ukraine in the most effective way possible. 704 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,840 Speaker 1: I'm not convinced that those planes are the most effective 705 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,920 Speaker 1: way possible. Zelensi requested everything that he possibly could. I 706 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,359 Speaker 1: would if I were in this position too, I would 707 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,520 Speaker 1: request the skies to be closed as he requested, in 708 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,279 Speaker 1: every bit of equipment that he could get. What we're 709 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,040 Speaker 1: focused on is the most effective equipment that we can 710 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: deliver to him. There are a lot of complications associated 711 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,720 Speaker 1: with the exact will beyond that, but the again, according 712 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,440 Speaker 1: to the Classify briefing that I've been able to get, 713 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 1: I'm confident that we're focused in the right area right 714 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 1: now in terms of our support. We should have been 715 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,320 Speaker 1: doing this a lot sooner. We should have imposed sanction 716 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,799 Speaker 1: as well before Putine ever invaded, so we would have 717 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,160 Speaker 1: had a deterrent effect. We should have been arming Ukraine 718 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,200 Speaker 1: with what we're trying to provide now, we could have 719 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: provided ahead of time. Again, as I look at Taiwan, 720 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,799 Speaker 1: I'm thinking in the same direction there. But we've got 721 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,040 Speaker 1: to keep our eye on the rise and again making 722 00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,800 Speaker 1: certain that we're looking out for America's interest first, Senator, 723 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:15,680 Speaker 1: I appreciate your perspective. That's why I want to ask 724 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,080 Speaker 1: you about it, and I think a lot of people 725 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: want to understand the logic behind it, and I think 726 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,080 Speaker 1: you did a great job explain that. Thank you as 727 00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: always for coming on, and obviously we'll have you back 728 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,759 Speaker 1: again real soon. All right. Lastly, please make sure you 729 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: hit that subscribe button or auto download button wherever you 730 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:34,000 Speaker 1: were listening to this podcast right now and take a 731 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,080 Speaker 1: moment to write us a five star review. 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