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<v Speaker 1>I was very clear when laying out and defining what

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<v Speaker 1>you know Maga Republicans have done. And you look at

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<v Speaker 1>the definition of fascism and you think about what they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing and attacking our democracy, what they're doing and taking

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<v Speaker 1>away our freedoms, taking away wanting to take away our rights,

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<v Speaker 1>our voting rights. I mean, that is what that is.

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<v Speaker 1>It is very clear the MAGA Republicans are the most

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<v Speaker 1>an extreme threat to our democracy, to our freedom, to

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<v Speaker 1>our rights. They just don't respect the rule of law.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz. Such a pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>to be joined by all of you semi fascists, you

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<v Speaker 1>extreme threats to democracy. Thank you so much, all of

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<v Speaker 1>plus community. Please do that before you destroy the democracy. Senator,

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<v Speaker 1>were you aware? I was not aware. Were you aware

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<v Speaker 1>that we're all a bunch of fascists before the White

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<v Speaker 1>House told us so? You know, for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>communists have been calling their enemies fascists. That has been

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<v Speaker 1>a talking point from the radical left. That being said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I think we're seeing a new development that

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<v Speaker 1>is really troubling. Which it is one thing for people

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<v Speaker 1>in politics to demonize their political opponents, it is an

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<v Speaker 1>entirely new threshold to start demonizing the voters. We would

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<v Speaker 1>should not be surprised to see Biden's White House Press

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<v Speaker 1>secretary saying nasty things about Donald Trump. We understand she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't like Donald Trump, doesn't like Donald Trump. We shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be surprised to see her saying nasty things about me

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<v Speaker 1>or other elected Republicans. This is a very different thing, though.

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<v Speaker 1>She is blasting half the country. I mean, this is

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<v Speaker 1>reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's deplorable's line, like if you dare

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<v Speaker 1>to vote against our regime. You're a fascist, you're a

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<v Speaker 1>deplorable And you know, part of the problem with that

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<v Speaker 1>is it sets the predicate then for people to be silenced,

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<v Speaker 1>for people to be canceled. It sets the predicate, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to use the idiotic language of the left. In some ways,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's an invitation to attack, it even an invitation

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<v Speaker 1>to violence. It is again to use the left language.

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<v Speaker 1>It is other ring and I think it is it

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<v Speaker 1>is harmful to our country. And the problem is Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden is doing it deliberately. The White House Press secretary

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<v Speaker 1>is doing it deliberately. These politicians and their henchmen have

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<v Speaker 1>decided to try to demonize half the country and it's

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<v Speaker 1>really really dangerous, it's dishonest, and it's wrong. Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>half the country part, I think is the important one,

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<v Speaker 1>because the statement is simply incoherent. If you say that

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<v Speaker 1>half the country is a threat to government of the people,

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<v Speaker 1>by the people and for the people, that the only

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<v Speaker 1>way that we can have government of the people, by

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<v Speaker 1>the people and for the people is by getting rid

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<v Speaker 1>of half the people. That, of course said doesn't make

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<v Speaker 1>a whole lot of sense. Do you think that the

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<v Speaker 1>White House will pay for this comment in the way

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<v Speaker 1>that Hillary Clinton did, because it seems like it's even

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<v Speaker 1>much further than Hillary went to call someone deplorable. That's

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<v Speaker 1>one thing. To say, hey, you're basically a black shirt

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<v Speaker 1>or a Nazi, That's that's quite another thing. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's much more intense even than what Hillary Clinton did.

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<v Speaker 1>Will it matter in November? Well, look, I think for

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<v Speaker 1>the people speeling this, they're speeling it from ignorance. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't actually know what fascists are. Um. But but

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<v Speaker 1>for them, you know, it's ironic that that she says

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<v Speaker 1>the very definition of fascists. What she means by fascist

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<v Speaker 1>is something I don't like, you bad person that fascist. Mm.

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<v Speaker 1>But like she has no sense of it whatsoever. And

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<v Speaker 1>and it is deeply disturbing to see the White House

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<v Speaker 1>used as a vehicle for active disinformation. Um. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we also saw in the past week her stand up

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<v Speaker 1>and answer a question about immigration and people walking across

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<v Speaker 1>the border, and she says, well, that's not what's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just what's happening, and holy crap, like there are lies.

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<v Speaker 1>And I actually wonder if the reporters in the briefing

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<v Speaker 1>room move back a few feet afraid lightning was going

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<v Speaker 1>to strike her at the podium. There are two and

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<v Speaker 1>only two possibilities, Michael, either that she is deliberately ignorant,

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<v Speaker 1>she has no idea what's happening at the border, or

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<v Speaker 1>she's deliberately lying. There's not a third possibility. It is

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<v Speaker 1>one or the other. So I'm going to make an

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<v Speaker 1>invitation right now to Karine John Pierre. If you believe

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<v Speaker 1>it's not happening that people are walking across the border, Kareean,

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<v Speaker 1>I invite you come to Texas, come to the Rio

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Valley, spend one hour on the border, and I

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<v Speaker 1>promise you you and I will see dozens, if not

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds of people walking across the border. You know what,

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<v Speaker 1>you can pick any damn hour the day you want.

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<v Speaker 1>You can come at two in the morning, you can

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<v Speaker 1>come at noon. You will see them coming, because they

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<v Speaker 1>are coming every single hour. And then let me say

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<v Speaker 1>also to the corrupt corporate media, every single person that

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<v Speaker 1>holds themselves out as a fact checker, PolitiFact, the Washington Post,

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<v Speaker 1>all of these bogused yellow journalists, if all of them

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<v Speaker 1>have not immediately called this an eleven alarm pants on fire,

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<v Speaker 1>then they are every bit as complicit in the mendacity,

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<v Speaker 1>as is the White House that pays her to misinform

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<v Speaker 1>the American people. This, I suppose, was what was most shocking. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>when the White House attacks Donald Trump, Okay, you expect that.

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<v Speaker 1>When the White House attacks Republican voters, that's you don't

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily expect that. But okay, this is politics. It's within

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<v Speaker 1>the realm of plausibility. But then when Karne Jampierre comes

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<v Speaker 1>out and says, no, people aren't crossing the border, when

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<v Speaker 1>we're looking at two million or really more than two

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<v Speaker 1>million illegal border crossings to happen this year, that's so strange.

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<v Speaker 1>When Karree Jean Pierre apparently doesn't know what the administration,

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<v Speaker 1>her own administration has done about Title forty two and

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<v Speaker 1>as that pertains to illegal border crossings, that to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't understand it. And if it were willful ignorance,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand why this woman would want to hang

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<v Speaker 1>herself out to dry like this and make her look

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<v Speaker 1>so extremely uninformed, if not unintelligent when talking to reporters, well,

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<v Speaker 1>the corporate media is in part to blame because she

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<v Speaker 1>recognizes she's not going to be held to account she

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<v Speaker 1>knows the Washington Post will happily carry her water. She

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<v Speaker 1>knows PolitiFact won't check it. She knows everyone will ignore it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the reason why, you know that we've had lots

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<v Speaker 1>of discussion about why does Joe Biden not go down

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<v Speaker 1>to the border. It's not that he doesn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>see it. It's that if he comes, the cameras will follow,

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<v Speaker 1>and their only strategy is ignore the chaos. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the last time I took seven senators down to the

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<v Speaker 1>border a couple of months ago, we went out on

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<v Speaker 1>midnight patrol, and within minutes we encountered the first group

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<v Speaker 1>that had just crossed the order. A few minutes later

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<v Speaker 1>we encountered the second group. But it was one after

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<v Speaker 1>the other after the other. You don't have to hunt

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<v Speaker 1>for them. You don't have to look for them. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a constant stream of humanity. And I got to say,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, kudos to the Texas governor Greg Abbott,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend. He's added now he was sending illegal immigrants

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<v Speaker 1>to Washington, DC. In New York, those hypocritical Democratic mayors

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<v Speaker 1>are throwing hissy fits, and he just announced guess what

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago is next. I think that is fabulous. Laurie Lightfoot

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<v Speaker 1>said we would love lots of illegal immigrants in Chicago.

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<v Speaker 1>Literally she did. She said we would welcome them. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very curious. In start the stopwatch, I'm predicting six days,

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen hours, and twelve minutes before she freaks out and

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<v Speaker 1>calls Greg Abbott Saar on the embodiment of evil destroying

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<v Speaker 1>humanity because she gets, you know, four or five thousand

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigrants. Texas has had three and a half million,

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<v Speaker 1>right so far, It's been a lot of nimbiism, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not an my backyard from the Blue state Democrats and

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<v Speaker 1>the Blue City Democrats. Though, I have to wonder when

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about sending these people to Chicago. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people leave their Latin American countries because the conditions

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<v Speaker 1>are not great. There aren't there's not a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>economic prosperity, and it's actually just downright dangerous there. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to Chicago, Frankly, I suspect it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be more dangerous there than it is in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the places that these people are fleeing from. And

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<v Speaker 1>Senator I've got to bring this up because, as usual,

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<v Speaker 1>the last week's episode of Verdict drops, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>just wait. I wait to see what the left wing

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<v Speaker 1>media are going to attack us for. This time, they

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<v Speaker 1>did not disappoint. They're very upset with you because you

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<v Speaker 1>pointed out that some people who take out a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of student loans, who study useless things like gender studies

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<v Speaker 1>or some other kind of nonsense, then end up working

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<v Speaker 1>all sorts of jobs they don't want to be working,

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<v Speaker 1>including as barista's senator. You ended up in a Bernie

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders campaign video. Yeah, it really was quite amazing. Bernie

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<v Speaker 1>put out an official video responding to Verdict. I love

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<v Speaker 1>when when this podcast drives the political news. Um. I

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<v Speaker 1>will say also that that that, and and all of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bernie brows, their heads exploded. I gotta say, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, you knew that was going to happen, because

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<v Speaker 1>when we were doing the last episode and I talked

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<v Speaker 1>about the slackers who had wasted six years with getting

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<v Speaker 1>a useless degree working as baristas might come out and

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<v Speaker 1>vote if they can get off their bong long enough

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<v Speaker 1>to do so. I saw in the register your eyes

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<v Speaker 1>grow wide as you're like, oh crap. But I also

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<v Speaker 1>all right, I want to I want to tap into

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<v Speaker 1>your Yale education, because there is a logical fallacy that

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<v Speaker 1>these lefties are engaged in. When I said that some

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<v Speaker 1>slackers are baristas, they translated that into all baristas are slackers,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just now, you know, maybe you could help

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<v Speaker 1>me out with with deductive logic, but I'm pretty sure

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<v Speaker 1>that second statement doesn't flow from the first. Are there

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<v Speaker 1>people who wasted years studying utterly useless things who couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>get a job afterwards and who are now working as

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<v Speaker 1>a barista and are slackers? Yes, that those people do exist.

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<v Speaker 1>Is every barista slacker of course. Stuff. They're wonderful, great

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<v Speaker 1>people who are barestas who by the way, many of

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<v Speaker 1>whom don't have student loans that are getting screwed by

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats because they're saying the guy that's studied queer

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<v Speaker 1>pet literature and has one hundred thousand dollars in debt

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<v Speaker 1>because oddly enough, you know, to reference another podcast, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Mickey and Pluto going at it. Other than getting a

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<v Speaker 1>job at Disney, there's not a lot of job market

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<v Speaker 1>for queer pet literature. Yeah, it did occur to me.

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<v Speaker 1>It did occur to me that being a barista that's

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<v Speaker 1>an honest job. Yeah, there's no you wouldn't attack you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't attack a beristappers. I love my Bearista, right, but

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<v Speaker 1>there are plenty of very very useless jobs and useless

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<v Speaker 1>workers in America. And then what a coincidence on this story.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the most absolutely useless, counterproductive people in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States would be Randy Weingarten, the head of the

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<v Speaker 1>Teacher Union. And Randy Weingarten also jumped on the campaign

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<v Speaker 1>after Bernie dings you for it, and Randy Weingarten led

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<v Speaker 1>a sort of Barista themed video to attack you as

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<v Speaker 1>being you know, I don't know, anti worker or something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Yeah, so two points on this one. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a reason why the lefty Twitter mafia left on this

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<v Speaker 1>so aggressively, which is today's Democratic Party hate working class people.

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<v Speaker 1>They're hammering working class to keep people they work for

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<v Speaker 1>the billionaires on the coast. They do things that are

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<v Speaker 1>massive wealth transfers from working class people to privileged elites.

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<v Speaker 1>This student loan forgiveness is an example of that. But

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<v Speaker 1>their policies killing American energy, driving inflation, I mean, everything

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing right now is responding to California environmentalist billionaires

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<v Speaker 1>rather than blue collar steel workers. So they leapt on

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<v Speaker 1>the barista comment dishonestly because they wanted to claim to

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<v Speaker 1>be a champion of the working man. But it is

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<v Speaker 1>it only works if they're doing what Karine John Pierre did,

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<v Speaker 1>which is being deliberately dishonest. Because you know, my dad

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<v Speaker 1>wash dishes the baristas who are full of ambition and

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<v Speaker 1>want to work hard and climb the ladder to the

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<v Speaker 1>American dream. That's a fantastic thing. But under Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats, it's harder and harder for them to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you talk about Randy Weingarten, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>it is difficult to think of a per in the

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<v Speaker 1>last three years who has done more damage to the

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<v Speaker 1>United States of America than Randy Weingarten. She has that

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<v Speaker 1>there's no person more responsible for the school lockdowns. We

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<v Speaker 1>had schools all across America shut down in many Blue states,

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<v Speaker 1>shut down for weeks and then months and then over

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<v Speaker 1>a year. And you know, just this week the test

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<v Speaker 1>story scores came out, and I want to read what

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<v Speaker 1>they were because it really is stunning. So the average

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<v Speaker 1>scores for nine year old students in twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>declined five points in reading and seven points in mathematics

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<v Speaker 1>compared to twenty twenty five points and seven points. And

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<v Speaker 1>then it's even worse. The learning loss was experienced by

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<v Speaker 1>kids across race and income levels, but it was particularly

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<v Speaker 1>severe among low performing and minority students. Black students lost

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen points in math, and the white black score gap

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<v Speaker 1>went from twenty five points in twenty twenty all the

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<v Speaker 1>way up to thirty three points in twenty twenty two. So,

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<v Speaker 1>congratulations Democrats, Congratulations Randy wide Garten. You screwed millions of

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<v Speaker 1>kids in America. They're doing worse in reading, they're doing

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<v Speaker 1>worse in math. That will stay with them in all

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<v Speaker 1>likelihood the rest of their lives. And in particular, you

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<v Speaker 1>screwed African American and Hispanic kids. And the gap is

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<v Speaker 1>wider than it's been in a long long time because

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<v Speaker 1>of Randy Wiedearten and Joe Biden and every Senate Democrat

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<v Speaker 1>who happily voted along with them in favor of the

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<v Speaker 1>school lockdowns. Yeah, a truly a more odious figure in

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<v Speaker 1>American public life than randywine Garten and the public school unions.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be hard to point to. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>effects of that are just so awful, as you say,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not as though you can just that overnight wave

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<v Speaker 1>a magic wand and okay, the scores are better. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to track a very long time. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it's really really rich to hear lectures on labor

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<v Speaker 1>from from that woman speaking of being really tough on

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<v Speaker 1>the kids and putting kids in horrible situations. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a story that well one cries out to God for vengeance,

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<v Speaker 1>but also cries out to Washington, DC and state legislatures

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<v Speaker 1>for justice, which is that in California now there is

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<v Speaker 1>a doctor who is just caught on video admitting that

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<v Speaker 1>he performs transgender surgeries on miners, and not just miners,

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<v Speaker 1>on thirteen year old girls, and not just on thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old girls. He says, I would perform it on

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<v Speaker 1>twelve year olds. They just haven't approached me yet. He says,

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<v Speaker 1>there is no lower limit to the age of children

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<v Speaker 1>on whom I would perform these surgeries. It's obviously ghastly

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of a hysterecto me in a twelve or

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen year old. Question is, what can we do about

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<v Speaker 1>this heinous child abuse. Look, it's it's not just the

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<v Speaker 1>doctor that's carrying out these these horrific acts of child abuse.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the entire dishonest political system and media system. It

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<v Speaker 1>is our democratic politicians who refuse to acknowledge this is happening.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the corrupt corporate media who refuses to acknowledge

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<v Speaker 1>that it's happening. It's big Tech that silence anyone who

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<v Speaker 1>points out it's happening. Because we sit here today, Libs

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<v Speaker 1>of TikTok, a fabulous account run by an orthodox Jewish woman,

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<v Speaker 1>is still banned from TikTok why for reporting the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the Children's hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, was performing mutilations,

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<v Speaker 1>life altering surgeries on miners, and and and actually, Libs

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<v Speaker 1>of TikTok, a sometimes humorous but incredibly valuable Twitter account,

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<v Speaker 1>not just documented it on the website of the hospital,

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<v Speaker 1>which advertised that they did it for miners, but she

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<v Speaker 1>recorded two different employees at the hospital on tape saying, oh, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen year old, no problem, we can do that. And

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta say not the corporate media, so big Tech

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<v Speaker 1>bander because she dared speak the truth. And then the

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<v Speaker 1>corporate media, the Washington Post wrote this absurd story where

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<v Speaker 1>they said, well, yes, It's true the website said they

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<v Speaker 1>were performing these surgeries on miners, and it's true that

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<v Speaker 1>two different employees that the hospital said on tape they

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<v Speaker 1>were performing these surgeries on miners. But it is nonetheless false.

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<v Speaker 1>We assert with no evidence whatsoever, because these aren't the

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<v Speaker 1>droid you're looking for. You're not allowed to be aware

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<v Speaker 1>of this. It is this is insane. And look, number one,

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<v Speaker 1>these surgeries. If you're a guy chopping it off and

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<v Speaker 1>then trying to build email genital you know, or if

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<v Speaker 1>you're a girl ripping chunks of flesh off the arm

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<v Speaker 1>and leg and trying to construct something that they think

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<v Speaker 1>resembles male genitalia, good god. Number one, I mean, this

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<v Speaker 1>is this is stuff out of a house of horrors.

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<v Speaker 1>But number two, if you read the medical studies of

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<v Speaker 1>the consequences of those surgeries, an enormous percentage of those

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<v Speaker 1>surgeries require a second or third, fourth, fifth surgery to

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<v Speaker 1>correct it because you have all sorts of complications, you

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<v Speaker 1>have infections, you have perforations. Look, it's it's it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss without getting really graphic, but but you read

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<v Speaker 1>stories of people who have this surgery have to use

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<v Speaker 1>a Kolomosky bag and crap in a bag for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of their lives. For any person to have this surgery,

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<v Speaker 1>I think there are a great many of them who

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<v Speaker 1>regret it almost instantly because it is the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>their lives are devastated. And then to amplify it, and

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<v Speaker 1>to say a child, a child who is not yet mature,

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<v Speaker 1>not yet able to rationally reason through the consequences that

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<v Speaker 1>if a twelve year old believes at that moment that

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<v Speaker 1>he or she is not a hear or she, that

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<v Speaker 1>you should permanently chop it off or permanently sterilize and

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<v Speaker 1>remove the uterus of that that young child. That's utterly indefensible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one thing if an adult wants to make that decision,

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<v Speaker 1>you've got a right to do that if you're an adult.

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<v Speaker 1>But the idea that twelve and thirteen year old should

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<v Speaker 1>be doing it, or minors at all, I think is

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<v Speaker 1>completely indefensible. We have age of consent laws which state

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<v Speaker 1>that a sixteen or a seven teen year old can't

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<v Speaker 1>have a one night stand with I don't know, a

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen or a twenty or twenty one year old because

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<v Speaker 1>their brains have just not formed enough they're not in

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<v Speaker 1>control of their rational faculties yet, and so they can't

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<v Speaker 1>consent to make those decisions. So on the one hand,

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<v Speaker 1>you have that enshrined in law. On the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>forget a sixteen year old. A six year old can

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<v Speaker 1>consent not to a one time kind of sexual escapade,

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<v Speaker 1>but a life long sexual decision that will have that

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<v Speaker 1>will have consequences even well beyond even the question of

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<v Speaker 1>sex and gender. But could can give you osteoporosis, can

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<v Speaker 1>give you bone damage, can give you infections, can put

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<v Speaker 1>you on a lifelong regiment of expensive, very powerful drugs.

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<v Speaker 1>I just to me, this is so absurd. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see why why lawmakers can't just ban this sort of

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<v Speaker 1>thing outright. And since you're a lawmaker, can at least

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<v Speaker 1>at the state level. Can can we get rid of this?

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<v Speaker 1>Can we ban this? We look Tech Texas is moved

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<v Speaker 1>to do that, but in places like California they want

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<v Speaker 1>to celebrate it, and it is and the media won't

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<v Speaker 1>report on on the downsides of this that they want

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<v Speaker 1>to silence it. And by the way, Big Tech is

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<v Speaker 1>happy to silence it. Um Libs of TikTok was banned

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<v Speaker 1>for telling the truth because truth. Let's go back to

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<v Speaker 1>Kareine Jumpierre. Look, fascists silence their critics. That's what this

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<v Speaker 1>White House does. And by the way, we we have

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Zuckerberger told Joe Rogan. Yeah, the FBI called and

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<v Speaker 1>and asked us not to not to allow people to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Hunter Biden's laptop. I mean, you literally have

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<v Speaker 1>the government engaging in silencing discussion that is contrary to

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<v Speaker 1>their political narrative and their political partisan interests. Speaking of

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<v Speaker 1>the wokeness in our various branches of government, I simply

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<v Speaker 1>could not believe this story that I just read, which

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<v Speaker 1>is that a division of the US Specific Air Forces,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the branch tasked with confronting China, has ordered

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<v Speaker 1>its senior leaders, as according to Washington Free Beacon and commanders,

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<v Speaker 1>to stop using gender pronouns in written formats, saying the

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<v Speaker 1>shift to more neutral language will help improve the fighting

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<v Speaker 1>forces lethality. They say, in accordance with the diverse PACAF priority,

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<v Speaker 1>we must embrace promote an unleash the unleash the potential

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<v Speaker 1>of diversity and inclusion. So you've you've got to stop

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<v Speaker 1>using the correct pronouns and call people z and zim

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<v Speaker 1>and zur and there, and that's going to make our

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<v Speaker 1>fighting forces more lethal? Am I reading the Babylon b Senator?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this our United States military? Look, Joe Biden and

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats are doing everything they can to damage and

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<v Speaker 1>destroy the military. They've done it through things like vaccine mandates,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to chase out and then they fired vast numbers

0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:14.320
<v Speaker 1>of soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is truly nutty when it comes to lethality. This is

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<v Speaker 1>lethality right here. This is killing our military. And listen,

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<v Speaker 1>the Chinese are training to defeat us and these weak,

0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:33.879
<v Speaker 1>appeasing numbskulls are trying to demonstrate how woke they are.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, the definition awokeness keeps changing. So

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<v Speaker 1>last I checked, like twelve minutes ago, the most woke

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<v Speaker 1>people had their genders in their Twitter profile. I'm he, him, she, her,

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<v Speaker 1>zzz or whatever. Now then even more woke is no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>no, no no, no, don't have pronouns. Even if you say

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<v Speaker 1>you're he him, we will not say it. We will

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<v Speaker 1>just refer to you as podcaster. That is all you are.

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<v Speaker 1>You may not be he podcaster or she podcaster like

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<v Speaker 1>it is You're right, it could be Babylon be I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know how you sat saturdayize this crap anymore

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<v Speaker 1>because it is so ridiculous. And I got to tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>I hear from active duty military all the time who

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<v Speaker 1>are beyond frustrated by this garbage. And the problem is

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<v Speaker 1>it now extends up the chain of command because the

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<v Speaker 1>way you get promoted in Joe Biden's Department of Defense

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<v Speaker 1>is you embrace this idiocy and apparently no longer, even

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<v Speaker 1>though what a pronoun is so is the only way

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<v Speaker 1>that we solve this just winning In twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when I saw that woke Army ad whenever.

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<v Speaker 1>It was about a year ago where it was an

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<v Speaker 1>army recruitment ad and the ad it looked like it

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<v Speaker 1>could have been I don't know, a Procter and Gamble

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<v Speaker 1>commercial from Pride month. It was a cartoon about this

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<v Speaker 1>girl and how her lesbian mother is at Pride raids

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<v Speaker 1>really taught her how to fight America's enemies or something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. I mean, again, sort of beyond satire. And

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, by golly, it's the this is the army,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, this was one of the few institutions

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<v Speaker 1>that conservative people hadn't totally lost to the left. So okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it's lost right now. The only way to fix it

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<v Speaker 1>is just we've got to get a Republican president in

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<v Speaker 1>there to fire the top brass and bring some normal

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<v Speaker 1>people back into military leadership. Yes. Look, the left has

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<v Speaker 1>always hated the military, people like Bernie Sanders who always

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<v Speaker 1>want to slash the budget for the military and render

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<v Speaker 1>us vulnerable. You have the Biden White House that believes

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<v Speaker 1>every enemy on Earth the way to deal with them

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<v Speaker 1>is surrendered to them, show weakness, show appeasement. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Biden is right in the middle of trying to sign

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<v Speaker 1>a ridiculous deal with a rand to give them billions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars that they will use to kill Americans and

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<v Speaker 1>to develop nuclear weapons which it could be used to

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<v Speaker 1>kill millions of Americans. One of the ways they express

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<v Speaker 1>their hatred for the military is by undermining it from within,

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<v Speaker 1>by making it a political entity, and that is profoundly

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<v Speaker 1>harmful to the military. Listen, I don't want the military

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<v Speaker 1>to be a Republican entity. I want the job of

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<v Speaker 1>the military to defend this nation and be prepared to

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<v Speaker 1>kill the enemy. That's their job. It's not to be

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<v Speaker 1>on the vanguard of some political agenda on either side.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we go, we do have to get to some

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<v Speaker 1>mail bag because of our wonderful Verdict plus subscribers. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>a question. It pertains to November, and it's a little

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<v Speaker 1>nitty gritty on the politics. Baltimore Bill Rights. The National

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<v Speaker 1>Republican Senatorial Committee n RSC canceled millions worth of ads

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<v Speaker 1>across numerous battleground states Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada. There

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<v Speaker 1>are winnable races here which would tilt the balance of

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<v Speaker 1>power back to the Republicans. Would Mitch McConnell really prefer

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<v Speaker 1>Fetterman and Kelly the Democrats in the Senate? So I

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<v Speaker 1>certainly hope not. I think we have an excellent chance

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<v Speaker 1>to take the House, and I still think we have

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<v Speaker 1>a very good chance to take the Senate. I put

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<v Speaker 1>it at sixty percent or better to take the Senate.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of where we are, I do think the

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<v Speaker 1>political environment is a little bit worse today than it

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<v Speaker 1>was six weeks ago. Now the narrative everywhere in the

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<v Speaker 1>media is, oh, the tides have turned, and now the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats are not going to get obliterated, and the corporate

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<v Speaker 1>media is desperately trying to push that narrative. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that is vastly overstated. I think we're headed to a

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<v Speaker 1>very good election still, and I think we will see

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<v Speaker 1>going into September and October additional momentum Between now an

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<v Speaker 1>election day. I am going to be on the road

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<v Speaker 1>NonStop campaigning for Senate candidates across the country and for

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<v Speaker 1>House candidates across the country, because I think it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a big victory in November. I certainly hope

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<v Speaker 1>it is. It's also worth pointing out as we're being

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<v Speaker 1>told that the you know, the tides are turning and

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrats are going to do just fine. Yes, the

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans had at what a ten point lead on the

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<v Speaker 1>generic ballot in July that narrowed to a five point lead.

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<v Speaker 1>We're still pretty much exactly where the Democrats were in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen, and it narrowed for the Democrats between August

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<v Speaker 1>and November of twenty eighteen, and they still did great

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<v Speaker 1>in those elections, in those midterm elections. So I just listen,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it on the ground a lot, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>better than I did. But I read the reports in

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<v Speaker 1>the media, and then I look at the actual numbers

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<v Speaker 1>and I think these things don't match up. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>the media wants Republicans, Conservatives, people who are not insane,

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<v Speaker 1>because in many ways this is not even a left

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<v Speaker 1>right battle. This is asane insane battle. They want those

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<v Speaker 1>who believe in common sense and reason and individual liberty

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<v Speaker 1>to be demoralized, to say we can't win, to stay home.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how the Marxists prevail is they discourage ridge people

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<v Speaker 1>of good sense. From that, they engage in voter suppression.

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<v Speaker 1>And every story you read about how the Democrats are

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<v Speaker 1>doing well is a deliberate, calculated effort at voter suppression

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<v Speaker 1>from the corporate media. Yeah. One last question before we

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here, and that's not true. Two last questions,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're both from the same guy. So it's a

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<v Speaker 1>two parter. One what does America First mean to you?

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<v Speaker 1>And two hard to choose, but what is the number

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<v Speaker 1>one issue Ted Cruz is focusing on leading up to November.

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<v Speaker 1>Both questions from Verdict plus subscriber Steel Dino. So those

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<v Speaker 1>are great questions. America First means a lot of things,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it means standing with the working men

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<v Speaker 1>and women, and defending the interest of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>protecting America, and foreign policy. I gave a long speech

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<v Speaker 1>it's about forty five minutes long at the America First

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<v Speaker 1>Policy Institute, entirely devoted to what does America First mean?

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<v Speaker 1>And foreign policy? I don't think it means what some

0:32:04.200 --> 0:32:07.080
<v Speaker 1>people are trying to claim that it means, which is

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<v Speaker 1>isolationism and withdrawing from the world. I think that is

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<v Speaker 1>twisting what America First is about. It's certainly not what

0:32:13.920 --> 0:32:17.560
<v Speaker 1>we did when Donald Trump was president. I think it means,

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<v Speaker 1>in the foreign policy context, putting the national security interests

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<v Speaker 1>to the United States first and foremost, being willing to

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<v Speaker 1>defeat our enemies, but not sending our sons and daughters

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<v Speaker 1>into harm's way for amorphous global norms or to protect

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<v Speaker 1>democracy or such other gobbledegook. But the job of the

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<v Speaker 1>military is to protect Americans and keep us safe. On

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<v Speaker 1>economic and domestic policy, I think it means standing with

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<v Speaker 1>blue collar workers, standing with working men and women. That

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<v Speaker 1>means things like securing the border and stopping unlimited illegal immigration.

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<v Speaker 1>That means defending small businesses so there are lots of

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<v Speaker 1>jobs that are plentiful. That to me is America first

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<v Speaker 1>as well, which is which is the steel workers and

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<v Speaker 1>truck drivers and cops and firefighters and waiters and waitresses

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<v Speaker 1>and baristas who we stand for and the Democrats crap

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<v Speaker 1>in the coffee cup of baristas. That is America first

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<v Speaker 1>to me on that vivid note. So there was a

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<v Speaker 1>second question, Oh, thank thank goodness, because I don't really

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<v Speaker 1>want to end on that image that, albeit accurate, is

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<v Speaker 1>quite is quite disgusting. What do you think the top

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<v Speaker 1>issue has to be the Republicans focus on going into

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<v Speaker 1>the midterms, so unpolling, the top three issues in the

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<v Speaker 1>country are inflation, with gas prices being the most most

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<v Speaker 1>salient piece of that. Then crime and then the chaos

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<v Speaker 1>on our southern border. Those are consistently the top three issues.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we should focus on them front and center.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of my passions, I would say two things.

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<v Speaker 1>Number one, sanity versus insanity, like the Marxist left is

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<v Speaker 1>destroying America, destroying our values, tearing down our founders, tearing

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<v Speaker 1>down our constitution, tearing down our Bill of Rights, and

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<v Speaker 1>so defending who we are as America I think is foundational.

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<v Speaker 1>And in terms of a policy issue, I think there's

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<v Speaker 1>no domestic policy issue that matters more than school choice,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I am deeply engaged in campaigning for candidates

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<v Speaker 1>who supports school choice, raising money for candidates who supports

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<v Speaker 1>school choice, campaigning to defeat candidates who oppose school choice,

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<v Speaker 1>doing everything we can to stop the Randy Weingartens of

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<v Speaker 1>the world who are responsible for inflicting enormous harm on children.

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<v Speaker 1>And she cackles away with Joe Biden and the Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>at the White House while the kids get left behind.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds just like a fashion. Given people more choices over

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<v Speaker 1>their future and the future of their family's. We got

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<v Speaker 1>a regular Mussolini over here, at least as it goes

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<v Speaker 1>into Joe Biden's sort of warped brain. There's obviously much

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<v Speaker 1>more to talk about. You will be talking about much

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<v Speaker 1>more on the Cloakroom with our friend Liz Wheeler. Liz,

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<v Speaker 1>what will you be talking about? Hi, Michael, Yes, and

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<v Speaker 1>Senator great answer and verdict, plus thank you for your

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<v Speaker 1>great questions. I don't know if you guys realize, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sitting here thinking, how on earth do I segue

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<v Speaker 1>from poo poo in a cup into what we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about on Cloak Room. This is what you give me

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<v Speaker 1>every week, except for Verdict Plus fans who give questions

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<v Speaker 1>that give me a little easier time. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>what's called a hard segue. Over on the cloak Room today,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to talk about what happened in Alaska. Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>lost a seat in the House of Representatives because of

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<v Speaker 1>ranked choice voting in the Alaska's special election, which means

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrat actually only won forty percent of the vote.

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<v Speaker 1>The Republicans won six percent of the vote, yet somehow

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<v Speaker 1>the Democrat is the one that's going to Washington, DC

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<v Speaker 1>to represent the people of Alaska. We're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about how that happened and just the structure of the

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<v Speaker 1>whole ranked choice voting and why it's a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 1>that discussion because the idea that a Democrat is going

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<v Speaker 1>to go represent Alaska is really upsetting. Usually when Alaska

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<v Speaker 1>sends Democrats to Congress, they at least pretend to be Republicans.

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<v Speaker 1>So that'll be a great discussion. If you want to

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