1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Today, I have Kyle 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Olsen with me from The Midwesterner, and Kyle, I want 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: to kind of go through what's happening on the Democrat side, 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: because everybody says that they're melting down. But there's a 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: few key points that I want to get into. And 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: one last week we saw that Randy Weiningarten, who is 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: the president. 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: Of the American Federation of Teachers, so. 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: The teachers' union the second largest, right, yes, there's two, yes, Okay. 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: So we find out that she decided she didn't want 11 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: her appointment to the DNC, which she has apparently had 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: since two thousand and nine. She was on the Rules 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: and by Laws committee. And it was funny because this 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: came out and conservatives were like, wait a minute, we 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: didn't know she actually had a position within the DNC, 16 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: which I think shocked people somewhat. I don't think people 17 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: were totally stunned by it, but I am stunned by 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: it because here is somebody who was making decisions about 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: whether or not our kids could be in school while 20 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: holding a position with the Democrats who were in charge 21 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: at the time, so a powerful position within their party, 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: making decisions about the rules of how they run their party. 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: And she's also in charge of funds that come from 24 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: so they're completely siphoned off of what the taxpayers pay 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: the teachers. So she's taking public funds and using them 26 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: and funding an organization that puts her on a committee. 27 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you cannot make this stuff up. 28 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: Well, I think it shows the unions, whether it's the 29 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: NEA or the AFT or the UAW or SCIU or 30 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: any of them, they run the Democratic Party. Unions run 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: the Democratic Party, and so for all of the conventions 32 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: and everything that we see on TV, the unions are 33 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: calling the shots. So it's not entirely surprising to me 34 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: to see that she's on a committee because the unions give, 35 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: you know, millions of dollars to the party every year 36 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: and and they control it. But I think, I think 37 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: what it shows is that the the A f T 38 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: and the other unions, but the AFT in particular, because 39 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 2: that's what we're talking about, is a political organization, right, 40 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: and they are not about how can what what can 41 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: we do to make sure kids can read, or that 42 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 2: we increase graduation rates or we close the the you know, 43 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: racial gap, or any of those achievement gap, any of 44 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: those sorts of things. They're not They're not concerned by that. 45 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 2: What they care about is political power, electing the candidates 46 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 2: that are going to serve them, and winning at the 47 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: bargaining table. That's all they care about. 48 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I would almost argue, though, that that is 49 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: secondary to what they do politically, and it should be first. 50 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: Collective bargaining should be first for them. They should be 51 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: trying to get the teachers the best possible wage. But 52 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: I would almost argue that what we've seen with Randy 53 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: Winengarten at the HELM has been that she is pushing 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: an agenda more so than taking care of teachers. Even 55 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: when I hear her do these speeches, she's not. I 56 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 1: have not, and maybe I'm not paying enough attention. You 57 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: can correct me if I'm wrong, But I have not 58 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,399 Speaker 1: heard her out there saying teachers need to be paid more. 59 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: I have heard her out there screaming about political rhetoric, 60 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: screaming about Ukraine, screaming about President Trump, screaming about keeping 61 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: kids out of school because teachers were having to write 62 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: their own obituaries and all this. I mean, remember that 63 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: when they had teachers writing their own obituaries. But to me, 64 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: it's very important to think about her even wanting to 65 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: be on the Rules and Bylaws Committee because you're in 66 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: a position where you think that you can make rules. 67 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: And she was suddenly open with us about, yeah, we're 68 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: actually making the rules for the CDC. Remember that. So 69 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: they're making these decisions as to what will happen to 70 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: kids during COVID. She somehow had a connection, which obviously 71 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: she's high up in the DNC, so she's high up 72 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: with all the Democrat leaders. So she gets this connection 73 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: with the CDC and she starts making these rules about 74 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: whether or not we can put kids back in school. 75 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: She felt like that was her decision. Now, think about 76 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: the fact that she felt like that was her decision 77 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: to make these political decisions because it wasn't medical. It 78 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: was political, and as soon as you have Randy Weingarten 79 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: making the decision, it's not medical at all. So she 80 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: felt like she was in that position. We have a problem, 81 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: like you just said, where kids can't read across this nation. 82 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: It's not just in certain areas. We have a consistent 83 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: problem across the country, but we also have a problem 84 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: where there have been woke agendas and pushed on our 85 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: kids at our school, and I believe that comes from 86 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: her too. 87 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 2: Well, of course it does. That's the culture of the 88 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: Union and the AFT in particular. They have they have 89 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 2: promoted this concept of teaching the whole child. So it's 90 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 2: not just a matter of writing and reading and math 91 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: and all of that. It's providing services that most people 92 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: would argue families provide, doing laundry, doctor's appointments, those sorts 93 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: of things. Their their their idea is they want the 94 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 2: school to sort of be the community center and where 95 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 2: people kids' families live their lives and have all of 96 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: their needs met. That's what they ultimately want. Now in 97 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 2: terms of salaries, yes, the union cares about salaries, but 98 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: they also care about what they call working conditions, and 99 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 2: that is I mean, I've seen contracts literally that that 100 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 2: dictate what the room or what the temperature of the 101 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: teacher's lounge is going to be, or what the color 102 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 2: paint in the teacher's lounge is going to be. This 103 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: is and this is why these a lot of these 104 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 2: contracts are hundreds of pages long, because they want to 105 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 2: negotiate about every single thing. And again they're not negotiating 106 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: about well, what are we going to do to make 107 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 2: sure that we instead of a forty percent reading proficiency, 108 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: we're going to get to sixty percent or eighty percent. 109 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: They're not negotiating about that. 110 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: Well, I also think, I mean, you make a great point. 111 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: They aren't negotiating because there's no one holding their feet 112 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: to the fire. There's no one saying, well, okay, if 113 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: you don't hit these numbers, then we're going to have 114 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: to reduce the amount of money each school gets. And 115 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: I guess if that's the purpose of the teachers' union, 116 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: is that they're going to negotiate dollars, well, then there 117 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: has to be some accountability to if you get these dollars, 118 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: then what are you as a union going to do 119 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,679 Speaker 1: to ensure that the people that are doing the jobs 120 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: are accomplishing the goal of the job. Which seems that 121 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: seems to me like teaching one oh one because or 122 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: business one oh one, I would say, because if we 123 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: had people in our own company who weren't completing the task, 124 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: they wouldn't get paid. But for some reason in our schools, 125 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: if and I'm not saying I'm not talking about any 126 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: specific teachers, but if there is a school that is 127 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: failing and there is consistent failure among multiple students, there 128 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: has to be some accountability for that, but there's not. 129 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: Right now, how does the system. 130 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 2: Work, Well, it's I think a lot of times it's 131 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: there is not student growth because there's week leadership, and 132 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: the leadership has got to hold the teachers accountable and 133 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: the week leaders don't do that, and so you don't 134 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: see you don't see change. But in terms of what 135 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 2: the union is really trying to do, I mean, you 136 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 2: go back to the pandemic and Randy Weingarten's objective again 137 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 2: was about the adults, and it was she was looking 138 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: out for the teachers and the adults in the system 139 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: not and so she wanted to, you know, keep them safe, 140 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: and she in her way to do that was to 141 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: keep kids out of the classroom and keep everyone remote, 142 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: so then that way that the adults wouldn't get sick. 143 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 2: And she it didn't bother her that there were you know, 144 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 2: there was there were years where kids were falling behind, 145 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: they weren't reading, weren't learning how to read, et cetera. 146 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 2: That didn't that didn't bother her. 147 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: So Mike Pompeo runs called her the most dangerous person 148 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: in the United States. And I think a lot of 149 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: people thought that was an exaggeration at the time, But 150 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: I would say, look at how long she's been here. 151 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: I mean, how long has she been the president of. 152 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,599 Speaker 2: The AFT Over ten years, at least. 153 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: Over ten years, So this amount of timing. I've seen 154 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: pictures of her with Hillary Clinton that looked like they 155 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: were twenty years ago. So she's been politically active for 156 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: a very long time. 157 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 2: Sure. 158 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: And the reason I say this is because we talk 159 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: about this woke agenda that's being pushed in the schools, 160 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: and concern about the woke agenda that's being pushed in 161 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: the schools, and like, oh, could that be coming from 162 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: Randy Weingarten. Well, the reason that she decided she doesn't 163 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: want to be a part of the DNC anymore is 164 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: because she was upset about what happened with David Hogg. 165 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: So you all remember David Hogg. He was one of 166 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: the victims in the Parkland shooting. He's one of the 167 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: students was there, he witnessed what happened. He came out 168 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: as an activist for students, and he continued to stay 169 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: as an activist on the Democrat side. And I would 170 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 1: say that he wouldn't say this, but I would say 171 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: that he leans toward the socialist side, which I would 172 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: also say that, though he wouldn't say that, he did 173 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: just openly endorse the man who is running for mayor 174 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: of New York, who has come out multiple times and 175 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: said he is a socialist. So if you are endorsing 176 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: socialism and you're putting your name on that, then you 177 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: must believe in socialism. And I think, honestly, I do 178 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: think that this is a problem with some of the 179 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: people in David Hogg's generation, that he doesn't realize what 180 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: he's saying is socialism. I think he's so has so little. 181 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 2: I don't think but that the way you just said 182 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 2: that was he would be bothered if he knew that. No, 183 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 2: I think he is. 184 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: I don't think he is right. Yeah, absolutely No, I 185 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 1: don't think that he is in any way bothered by it. 186 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: I think he just likes to come out and say 187 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: this is not what I'm for. If I mean, this 188 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: guy has clearly stated that he is a socialist, this 189 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: is Zorin, and he's come out and endorsed him. So 190 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: I do think that that's the direction he's going now. 191 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: I say that because the reason that Randy wine Garten 192 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: decided she didn't want to be on the Rules and 193 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: Bilaws Committee anymore was which was June fifth that she 194 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: came out and said this. I think it was June 195 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: eleventh that the Rules and Bylaws Committee conveniently said David 196 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: Hogg doesn't fit the requirements to be the vice chairman 197 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: of the DNC. He had been elected. They're saying, oh, 198 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: something about his gender. He couldn't be because of his gender, 199 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: and she would have been essentially yes, that wasn't that 200 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: wasn't acceptable. So poor poor David Hawk. That wasn't the 201 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: reason though. The reason, I mean that was the technicality 202 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: that they caught him on. So they're like, oh, thank goodness, 203 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,599 Speaker 1: we're such a whoa, that's it. We're such a woke organization. 204 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: We can come up with a technicality to kick him out. 205 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: But that is that is what would you call it. 206 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: That's the technicality they used to get rid of someone 207 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: who said he was going to primary primary there candidates. 208 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: It's just but it's just so funny. It's like they 209 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 2: didn't realize he was a white male before, but then 210 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 2: suddenly when he's like stepping out of line. 211 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: Yes, right, because it's not all a joke. All of 212 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: these checking the boxes is a joke. I mean, look 213 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: at what they ended up doing with Kamala Harris. Well, 214 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: I'll say, this is the same thing they did with 215 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. They're like, oh, you don't actually fit anymore yet, 216 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: let's put you back behind the curtain Wizard of Oz. 217 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: So this is what they're doing with David. But she 218 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: must not have loved this. She was not, and she 219 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: openly came out and said she was not happy about 220 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: what they did to David Hogg. And she resigned before 221 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: it was officials, so she would have been on that 222 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: committee discussing the fact that he was going to be 223 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: kicked out, and she resigned on the fifth. He gets 224 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: kicked out on the eleventh. He had come out and 225 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: said he was going to spend twenty million dollars to 226 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: primary people that were not with what they think the 227 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: Democrat Party. What did he say? He said they were 228 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: like weak minded or they weren't strong enough, and he. 229 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 2: Was going to go out socialist enough. 230 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: Right, and they were in strong blue districts, so strong 231 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:42,839 Speaker 1: blue Democrats had been there for a long time. He 232 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: was going to go out there and primary them, and 233 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: he has this this organization's called Leaders We Deserve. So 234 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: when he started to become an activist and had like 235 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: the March for Lives or something like that, and which 236 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: was like to talk about kids at high school kids, 237 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: he then recently, I think in twenty three he created 238 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: Leaders We Deserve. And it's significant because in the last 239 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: quarter of twenty four he had projected that he would 240 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: raise a million dollars and in small dollar donations like 241 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: twenty five dollars donations, he ended up with three million 242 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: from just the fourth quarter. So I know that when 243 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: they heard that he was going to primary people, they 244 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: got nervous because to me, that is significant. Right now, 245 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: we're hearing that the DNC is in total chaos, that 246 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: they can't raise money, that they don't have any money, 247 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 1: that they're looking for unique ways to bring in money. 248 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: But for some reason, this socialist kid brought in three 249 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: million dollars from in smaller dollar donations in three months. 250 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 2: Well, I think what's happening is they're in disarray and 251 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 2: you've got people like him who are trying to pull 252 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 2: the party to the left, which is hard to believe 253 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 2: that it can go any farther left. That's what they're 254 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 2: trying to do. And I think that there's others who 255 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 2: realize that if they go farther left, it's going to 256 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 2: be a total disaster. And so they don't really have 257 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 2: a leader. And this is really the fundamental problem that 258 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: they have as they're trying to fight President Trump's agenda. 259 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 2: They don't really have a leader. So you sort of 260 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 2: see these heads kind of popping out. Remember it was 261 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 2: a couple of months ago, it was Corey Booker, and 262 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 2: so you see sort that these people kind of you know, 263 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 2: pop up and there's a struggle going on. And so 264 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: you've got you have people like David Hogg who wants 265 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 2: to throw out these incumbents, which historically they don't do. 266 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: It's like they protect the incumbents. They leave those people alone. 267 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: You don't want to have to spend money to defend them, 268 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: especially when you are in a situation where you're trying 269 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: to win back the house. So for them, if you 270 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: look at this, I can see why they're mad because 271 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: they're like safe seats. Don't mess with our safe seats. 272 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: Let's make sure we woing back. They have President Trump 273 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: in office, it's like their worst nightmare. You know, they 274 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: want to win the House, they want to win the Senate. 275 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: And you've got a kid who somehow has fundraising power 276 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: and he's out there every day and he's not going 277 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: to slow down. And he's got the support of the 278 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: teachers union. So now suddenly do they go with him? 279 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: And they are losing their unions and they already lost. 280 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: So the public unions are still with them, but the 281 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: non public unions have left them. 282 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of the trade unions, yea, the blue 283 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: collar trade unions have. But David Hogg, he is he 284 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 2: has This is not going to sound right, but he 285 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 2: has perfectly exploited what happened at Parkland and leveraged it 286 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 2: for political purposes, which I think is completely disgusting. But 287 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 2: he has perfectly figured out how to manipulate the media, 288 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 2: how to grow a list, how to raise money, how 289 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: to leverage all of that for his political ends. And 290 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: so now what we're seeing is he was elected as 291 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 2: one of the vice chairs, much to the dismay of 292 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 2: you know, all of the other people there. They figured 293 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 2: out how to throw him out, but he's not going away, 294 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: and I think the other sort of divide or you know, 295 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 2: chaos that's going on in the party is there was 296 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: just this No King's Day protest and it was a 297 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 2: lot of the it was indivisible, it was the Party 298 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 2: for Socialism and Liberation. It was a lot of far 299 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 2: left groups that are organizing. And if you look at 300 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: the map that they put out, their major events were 301 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 2: all in twenty twenty six Senate race states. I mean, 302 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 2: this is not this is not a coincidence about what's 303 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: going on. And I believe so you said, what David 304 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 2: hagg is trying to do. He's trying he's identifying these 305 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 2: blue districts and he's trying to find candidates that are 306 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 2: farther left. And I think what's happening is when you 307 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 2: see the No King's which people sort of laugh and 308 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 2: you know, laugh it off. You can't laugh it off. 309 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 2: Their goal is to organize five percent of the country 310 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: and have their information, have them activated, and if they're 311 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: capable of doing that, that would be a major, major thing. 312 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: And No King's Day they organized and they have data 313 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: on three and a half percent of the country. They 314 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 2: had one of their calls, one of their organizing calls 315 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 2: by the ACLU, which was involved, they had over twenty 316 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 2: thousand people on the call. 317 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: But see, this is where I okay, So this is 318 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: where I argue that Republicans get to the point where 319 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: they get people in office and they think, okay, we're 320 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,239 Speaker 1: in good shape, and they don't do this. And I mean, 321 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: I don't see a lot of events outside of the 322 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: standard Lincoln Day dinner. I don't see big events where 323 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: people get to see speakers and get to feel like 324 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: they're a part of something bigger than them. And that's 325 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: happening on the Democrat side. And people have said to me, 326 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: watch out. Just what you just said, watch out, because 327 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: as they continue to engage people, we're not And I 328 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: just heard this. I was in Detroit a couple days ago, 329 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: and I just heard people saying, Hey, there's people over 330 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: on this side of the state that feel like everybody 331 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: was here during the election and now they've kind of 332 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: stepped away and they want more answers, they want more attention. 333 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: People do crave attention when you've asked somebody to come 334 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,959 Speaker 1: over to your party and be a part of your party. 335 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: And I believe this from our friends over in Dearborn 336 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: and ham Trammick, when you have asked them take a 337 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: step out of what is acceptable in your community and 338 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: come out there and campaign with us and join us. 339 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: You better show up again. And that's what they're doing. 340 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: They're recognizing that, and that's what look after twenty sixteen, 341 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: they got so organized, and that's what people need to understand. 342 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: It was malicious, but it worked. They created these nonprofits, 343 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: They went out, they started newspapers, they were doing these 344 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: types of these protests. Like you said, everybody's on an 345 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: email list. Now everybody's out there together. They're well funded. 346 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: They have these people then in there in their system 347 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: to go out and knock doors so that when those 348 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: center races come around, they win the Senate and we go, 349 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: how did that happen? Because there's not a team on 350 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: our side doing this right? 351 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: Well, I think Republicans, I think conservatives and liberals are 352 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 2: fundamentally different. I think conservatives generally speaking, are you know, 353 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 2: are independent. They don't want someone telling them what to do. 354 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 2: But I think liberals generally speaking, I mean, it's the 355 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 2: very premise of a union. It's that we're going to 356 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 2: have we're going to have someone telling us what to do. 357 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: Someone's you know, for the greater good. And so that's 358 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 2: what we're seeing happening. And so this No Kings thing, 359 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: it's it's a collection of you know, all of these 360 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 2: different groups, unions, et cetera. And their goal is to 361 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 2: affect twenty twenty six. Because if they can affect twenty 362 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 2: twenty six, they know that's how they stopped Donald Trump. 363 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 2: If if they if the Republicans can lose the majority 364 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 2: in the House and or the Senate, Trump's Trump's legislative. 365 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 2: You know, agenda is on the rocks. And that's what 366 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 2: it's all about. And so go back to twenty twenty 367 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 2: what did they do. They isolated the whole George Floyd situation, 368 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 2: and they rallied and they organized, and they quote unquote 369 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 2: protested over that, and they use that one moment and 370 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 2: it's the same thing. Now it's the ice raids, and 371 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 2: it's what happened in Los Angeles, and they they identify 372 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: this one thing that they can rally you know, their 373 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 2: side around, and I think that they are doing it 374 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: very effectively. And I think that Republicans and Conservatives who 375 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: just sort of, you know, laugh it off or dismiss it, 376 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: they've got to realize that they that the left is energized. Yes, 377 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 2: they're in disarray, but they're getting organized. And where the 378 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 2: I think where the DNC and where the Democratic Party 379 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 2: is sort of falling away. These this no King's indivisible, 380 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 2: et cetera, are filling that void. 381 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next. On 382 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon podcast, there was a Democrat that was 383 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: recently on Fox and they were asking him, how is 384 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: this happening to the party. Why is it that you're splintering, 385 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: and they are splintering because they do have this faction 386 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,199 Speaker 1: that wants to go further left. I would say that 387 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: they are in a situation where I think that there 388 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 1: were people who were saying that this was happening to 389 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: the Republican Party in twenty twenty, but I think I 390 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: think that what I see on the Democrat side is 391 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: way worse than what happened in twenty twenty. There were 392 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: arguments in twenty twenty over COVID and something that was 393 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: a moment in time. What they're arguing about is truly 394 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: defining them for the long term. So they have this 395 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: group that is like the trans rights group, the social 396 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: issues group, the side that has social issues on there. 397 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: That's all they're focused on and really what we've found 398 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: is social issues are not great in elections. They don't 399 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: really help either side. There's very rarely the social issue. 400 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: I think marijuana. They won big lely with the marijuana, 401 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: and then they thought, oh, all social issues marijuana and 402 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: abortion were good. The rest of these things for them, 403 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 1: let me clarified, they were good for them, But the 404 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: rest of these things I think are really splintering them. 405 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: And I heard this Democrat on Fox saying we have 406 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: a problem with our side right now because they aren't 407 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: telling people we want to do this for you. He said, 408 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: we used to come to people and say we want 409 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: to provide this for you, we want to give you 410 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: this free, and we want to give you that free, 411 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: which obviously I don't like, but at least they were 412 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: talking about what they thought that people needed. He said, 413 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: Now we're on issues that people aren't interested in, or 414 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: we're just saying Trump is bad. Hate Trump, and he 415 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: said Trump is bad is not a message of what 416 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: Democrats are going to do for you. 417 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 2: Right And so what we're seeing play out right now 418 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 2: with these protests and these far left groups, is that 419 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 2: going to translate into electoral success into winning on election day? 420 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 2: Because I think that I haven't seen polling, but I 421 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 2: would guess most normal people are not really attracted to 422 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 2: that sort of thing. And you look at Trump's polling, 423 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 2: and he's never been more popular. I mean, even when 424 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: he's in the even when his popularity is in the 425 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 2: high forties, he's never been more popular. So he and 426 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 2: he's sticking he And the thing is, he was very 427 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 2: clear in twenty twenty four about what he wanted to do, 428 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 2: what he stood for, what he was going to do 429 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 2: when he got in office, all of that, and he's 430 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 2: doing it. Whether it's he talked about tariffs, he's doing that. 431 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 2: He talked about deportations, he's doing that. He talked about 432 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 2: securing the border, He's doing that. So people are seeing, oh, 433 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 2: he's doing what he said he was going to do. 434 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 2: Now a lot, yes, a lot of it is through 435 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: executive orders. Securing the border, I mean that's you know, 436 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 2: that's in his purview, so he can do that. But 437 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 2: a lot of it is executive orders. So the Congress 438 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 2: has to step up and actually codify a lot of 439 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,719 Speaker 2: what he's doing in the executive orders into law. So 440 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 2: that way, if for whatever reason, the Democrat wins in 441 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 2: twenty twenty eight. They don't just undo it everything. But 442 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 2: the point is he's popular, and that's obviously complicating what 443 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 2: the Democrats and the far left groups are trying. 444 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: To do, and the things that he's done that they 445 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 1: don't like, like defunding NPR and PBS. I find it 446 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: funny because I haven't seen Democrats coming out and screaming 447 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: about that, because what are you going to say, the 448 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: people should pay for a news station? Why should that 449 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: be the case, especially in today's market, If you have 450 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: such a good product, it is so easy to monetize 451 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: something like that, and they claim their product is so 452 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: crucial they should be able to monetize it. If you 453 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: cannot pay for your own news services, then maybe you 454 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: shouldn't exist. But to have the people have the taxpayers, 455 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: who fifty percent of them don't agree with the messaging 456 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: that's coming out of PBS and NPR, to have us 457 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: fund a propaganda machine is so outrageous. So even when 458 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: they have complained about the things that Trump has done, 459 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: they haven't really been able to deep dive into them 460 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 1: because then and they would expose their own problems. 461 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 2: But also, he's been running at light speed, so it's 462 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 2: like he does something when they're getting ginned up to 463 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 2: complain about that, he's moved on to something else and 464 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 2: they have not been able to keep up. And so 465 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 2: he's been doing. His administration has been doing so much 466 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: every single day that it's very hard for them to 467 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 2: keep up and be effective. 468 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: I always wonder if they're like, oh, crap, we should 469 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: not have given him those four years to thing, because 470 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: they ended up with him again and he was ready 471 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: to go and he has. I think really that four 472 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: years allowed him to prepare for this and to move 473 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: at the speed that he's moving at because I mean, 474 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: if he had gone straight through, think of you would 475 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: have had that same team, there wouldn't be the players 476 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: that are there now. I think that this team that 477 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: he has put together has been so amazing together and 478 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: the things that they have discovered and the speed at 479 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: which they're working. I just wonder how often the Democrats 480 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: have looked back and on, man, we really screwed up 481 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 1: with Joe Biden. 482 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I think that's I think that's fair. If 483 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 2: he would have won, if he would have been declared 484 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 2: the winner in twenty twenty, I'll put it that way, 485 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 2: it would have been a continuation of the first four years. 486 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: But I mean, now you see them coming out and saying, oh, yeah, 487 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: there were people the Chinese were providing driver's licenses. I mean, 488 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: there really is a question they really and that I 489 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: think they are terrified of him looking at that election 490 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: and saying what happened because even in the state of Michigan, now, 491 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 1: in the last election, we somehow caught this Chinese national 492 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: who was voting. And you have to question how many 493 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: times did this happen, how many states did this happen? 494 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: And remember the secretary of State in Michigan said, I'm 495 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: collaborating with these other secretaries of state to make sure 496 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: he can't get elected. 497 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 2: Right, And it's not just the presidential election, because you know, 498 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 2: maybe ten thousand people voting in the eight in a 499 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 2: presidential election may not affect the presidential election. But there's 500 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 2: local elections, right, there's state legislature, there's county elections that 501 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 2: that could have made a difference. We don't know, and 502 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 2: it needs to be investigated, correct, So it needs to 503 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 2: be investigated. And you know, I'll just say one of 504 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 2: my concerns about he's negotiating a deal with China right now, 505 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 2: and one of my concerns is that part of it 506 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 2: is that he allows It's like I've seen three hundred thousand, 507 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 2: I've seen five hundred thousand Chinese students to stay in 508 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 2: the country, and that's concerning to me because you look 509 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 2: at what's happening in Michigan. We have the Midwesterners has 510 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 2: reported about nine students at the university Chinese national students 511 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 2: that are at the University of Michigan who have been 512 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 2: charged with crimes ranging from voting in the twenty twenty 513 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 2: four election, trying to bring in these you know, these 514 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 2: the toxins that will affect the food supply. There were 515 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 2: individuals who were caught taking photos and surveilling a military base, 516 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 2: and so what is going on And I think that 517 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 2: that needs to be scrutinized before as part of a 518 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: Chinese trade deal to ensure that we're not just allowing 519 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 2: Chinese spies to come into America on our university campuses, 520 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 2: in businesses, et cetera. That's got to be dealt with. 521 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: I think when it's happened in your own state and 522 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: you see it here and you think about your own 523 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: child going to a university where they if they were 524 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: testing a biotoxin, they could go into the farmer's field 525 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: and kill off our wheat supply and kill off our grains. 526 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: What else were they willing to test? Because obviously we 527 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: know COVID leaked from the Wuhan lab and that was 528 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 1: really just the beginnings of what they have when it 529 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: comes to bioweapons. But the fact that these students smuggled 530 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: it in and kids don't think that way, that has 531 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: got to be the government. 532 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 2: I don't think there's any doubt, and so that has 533 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 2: got to be It's got to be investigated. It should 534 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 2: be investigated by the State of Michigan. The House of 535 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 2: Representatives has the power to do that. It should be 536 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 2: investigated by the CCP Committee in the US House. It 537 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 2: certainly should be investigated by the FBI and the DOJ, 538 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 2: et cetera. But I think that this we cannot just 539 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 2: continue to allow Chinese students into America without an extremely 540 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 2: extremely thorough vetting. And if they can't pass the vetting 541 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 2: or there's questions remain, they shouldn't be allowed to come here. 542 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 2: And what's disturbing about the whole thing is that these 543 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 2: universities and these states are making this economic argument, like, well, 544 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 2: if we don't have three hundred thousand students all the 545 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 2: money we're going to lose. Well, at some point, our 546 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 2: national security has to be more important than tuition. 547 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 548 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: a Tutor Dixon podcast. I've heard the argument that kids 549 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: in Michigan aren't being because our our scores are low 550 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: and they don't need to take them. You know, so 551 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 1: kids in Michigan are losing their spots at college, university 552 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: or colleges and universities because they're bringing in Chinese students, 553 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: and the whole, the whole education decline in the United 554 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: States has caused these places to be open at these 555 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: elite universities, and now you have students from other countries 556 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: taking spots that once would have been students from the 557 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: United States if the education levels had stayed at the 558 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: rates they should have been. 559 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 2: Well, this is a whole This should probably be a 560 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: whole other episode. I know we're going because I mean, 561 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 2: one of my complaints about about state you know, state universities, 562 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,959 Speaker 2: public universities is that they're there is an economic incentive 563 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 2: for them to accept out of state students because they 564 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 2: get more from them than in state students, right, And 565 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 2: so here we Michigan tax payers are giving Michigan, Michigan State, 566 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 2: you know, several other state universities millions of dollars, hundreds 567 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 2: of millions of dollars every single year, and they are 568 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 2: educating students. And then those students are just they're going 569 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 2: back to China, they're going to other states. They're they're 570 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 2: leaving Michigan states. 571 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: I mean, they're not. We don't are graduating on stay. 572 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 2: So why should we as Michigan taxpayers be paying to 573 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 2: educate students who have zero intention of staying in Michigan. 574 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: Right. 575 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 2: That's a whole other episode. 576 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: That's a whole other episode. On that note, I will 577 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: say thank you for being here Kyle Olsen with The Midwesterner, 578 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: and I just want to have you plugged The Midwesterner 579 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: for a little bit because you're you are putting these 580 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: stories out, you're covering this stuff every day, and you 581 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: guys are really smart about what you're doing. 582 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 2: Well, thank you. Yes, you can find us at the 583 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 2: Midwesterner dot news. And we're right, we're covering what's going 584 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 2: on in Lansing, the fight in state government over spending, 585 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 2: in policy and everything else. What's happening in our universities, 586 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 2: what's happening in our K twelve schools, what's happening in 587 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 2: our communities. The incursion of the CCP into Michigan communities 588 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 2: and the attempts to do that. So there's there's a 589 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 2: lot of things that we. 590 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: Cover from Twitter. 591 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 2: Is the Twitter handle, our Twitter handle x is ths 592 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 2: in the but th underscore Midwesterner. 593 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: Okay, check it out. Thank you so much for being here, 594 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: and thank you all for listening to the Tutor Dixon podcast. 595 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: For this episode and others. 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