1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: This headline from Beckett Adams and The Examiner caught my 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: eye today We're well past the point of urging the 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: press to do better. Something is seriously wrong that after 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: a couple of giants stories in the last four days 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: that everybody went crazy with and turned out to be 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: completely wrong. And a related headline from Beckett the irony 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: of the media going all in on a selectively edited 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: video from the March for Life. T Beckett Adams coming 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: to your writer for The Washington Examiner, joins us. Now, Beckett, 10 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: how are you, sir? I'm great, Thanks so much for 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: having me. Oh, it's always our pleasure. I have about 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: as much hope for the mainstream media as I do 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: for conservatism in Berkeley, California. But um to be interested 14 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: to hear your perspective from the belly of the beast. 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: Why so? Why so? Glum? Well, He's the thing is 16 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,319 Speaker 1: that the free press and uniti dates has always been 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: a political animal. It's it's members for decades and decades 18 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: have always pulled for one political party or another, sometimes 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: more outright, sometimes more subtly. But where we are now 20 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: is beyond sort of the newspaper endorsing a candidate or 21 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: a newspaper condemning one party. This is descended our our 22 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: national newsrooms have descended in a sort of hyperpartisan culture 23 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: war battles where you know, up as down, white as black, 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: and the truth doesn't matter. What matters is getting the victory. 25 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: So we had these two big stories. We had the 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: BuzzFeed report which claimed that Trump directed Cohen to lie 27 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: to Congress, obviously crime, and then we had the story 28 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: about these teams of Kentucky who supposedly be rated, abused 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: and harassed an elder leading of American protester. There was 30 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: not a moment's hesitation among our largest, most powerful newsrooms 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: and some of the biggest reporters, the most famous pundits 32 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: who both both of these newsrooms and the pundits just 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: grabbed these stories. I mean they sunk their teeth into 34 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: it and they ran with it. There wasn't there was 35 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: not so much as uh at this moment where people said, well, 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: these are some interesting allegation, is there any sort of 37 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: co operation? The problem is these stories so perfectly fit 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: into preconceived notions and worldviews about opposing sites in the 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: culture ward that they ran with these stories. And later 40 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: it turns out uh, Special counsel Mueller's team came out 41 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: and dispute at the bus right story. We we've we've 42 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: covered all that and we I think we're everybody's up 43 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: to date on the stories that came out and how 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: they turned out. But the greater overarching picture of you know, 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: something needs to be done. What is wrong? I'm just 46 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: wondering there has to be a there has to be 47 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: some sort of push. What would be the mechanism that 48 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: would push back for for all sides? Right now? If 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: your audience loves these stories so much, I'm not sure 50 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: they care if you get it wrong. Dang it. I 51 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: was hoping that with true was true? Turned out it 52 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: wasn't tell me the next exciting story? What you know, 53 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: what's the bound side to do in that? Right? That's 54 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: that's exactly the things so sort of self right, just 55 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: as we get from so many in the press when 56 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: the scripture starting a well, at least we try to 57 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: hold ourself accountable. It's important to recognite at the other 58 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: King story was less than twenty four hours after the 59 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: BuzzFeed scroupt. There there was not even they didn't even 60 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: take a break. The next thing and the other thing, 61 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 1: the other main thing that I think it's been lost 62 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: on people is that these weren't big, complicated mistakes. There 63 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: were obvious red flags in both stories from the get go. 64 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: That which is why I actually just finding myself and 65 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: my colleague stayed away from both the bus seed story 66 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: and the coverageing story until we had more information because 67 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: the way that they were both initially reported and the 68 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: claims were being made, there wasn't enough proof for that. 69 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: And here we are. It turned out later like, oh, 70 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: I'm glad I held off on this, but I don't understand. 71 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: Are these institutions, with their bodies and bodies of fact checkers. 72 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: There was not even a moment to wait, but here 73 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: mentioned but here's the problem. What's going to be the 74 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: correcting mechanism? As I said, the exactly. Joan and I 75 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: are right, Joan, I ha, Joe and I are in 76 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: your camp where we try to like, if that sounds fishy, 77 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: let's wait and see or do some research. I'm not. 78 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: I think there's more money, more viewers, more licks, more eyeballs, 79 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: more ears, and just going with whatever serves your side 80 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: that seems. And you know, Jill Abernsman, she's got a 81 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: new book out. She was the editor of The New 82 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: York Times. She's come out and said The New York 83 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: Times is doing better than ever um with subscribers and 84 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: everything like that. While they have lost their way, they 85 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: now have opinion in their news stories, So what's the 86 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: correcting mechanism. They're making more money this way than they 87 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 1: were the old way, so i'm too. I'm two minds 88 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: on this. One is that at some point I think 89 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: there will be a sort of countermeasure. There's always a 90 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: counteraction too, super sort of cultural movements. Right now, I 91 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: think we're in the middle of a cultural movement where 92 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: newspapers have decided that they are in the business of 93 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: resisting and not on the business of reporting. At some point, 94 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: I like to think that the pendum is going to 95 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: swing back because I hope my my hope is that 96 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: the like overeating the press, the polic will eventually feel 97 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: like it has gorged itself on nonsense and wants to 98 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: return to just a plain, simple, tidy diet of just 99 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: fact reporting. I'm not sure overeating is the best examples 100 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: You've been to the Walmart recently, but that's really what 101 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: this is. It's gorging on like partisan operative thing. Yes, 102 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: but you said the pendulum is gonna swing back like 103 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: the eating and it hasn't just keep getting the other mine. 104 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: It is that kind of what I feel like, maybe 105 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: it's time to go full Colonel Kurtz on this and 106 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: just burn all the old institutions to the ground and 107 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: rely on on the ground independent reporters, because I feel 108 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: like the old institutions are so broken down, these old 109 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: dinosaur networks are so entrenched that I don't know if 110 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: you can come back from this now. I think you're 111 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: right about that. Beckett Adams is a commentary writer for 112 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: The Washington Examiner. You know, I think the pendulum, if 113 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: it's going to swing back to calm, reasonable, cheery reporting, 114 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: we'll do so when there's a progressive president, and I 115 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: think they'll they will rediscover their you know, they're they're 116 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: even handed tone and the rest of it. I just 117 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: justper times call for desperate measures, and media is desperate 118 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: right now, so you're seeing them do desperate things. I 119 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: think that's part of the institute, is that a lot 120 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: the reporting that's going on is directly proportionate to the 121 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: tone from the White House. That seems natural to me. 122 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: But this is also part of the reason why I 123 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: avoid the calls to join these sort of unions of 124 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: civility and let's have a banded stavility where left and 125 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,119 Speaker 1: right reached across the aisle and will stand together, because 126 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: I am pretty certain that that will last for exactly 127 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: four or eight years before people go back to being 128 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: in a coma and not caring about what the executive 129 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: is doing. I'm in a band called Unions of Civility. 130 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: We play all it's very mellow better it sounds just so. 131 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: Are you hopeful or hopeless? I'm hopeless. I'm completely hopeless 132 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: that this is going to get better anytime soon. I'm hopeless. 133 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: I thought it would actually take a bit longer for 134 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: the press to go from scrounging through a Supreme Court 135 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,119 Speaker 1: nomine yearbook for proof of wrongdoing to scrounging through random 136 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: teenagers from Kentucky yearbook for proof of wrongdoing happening about 137 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: two or three months. But here we're well said, yeah, indeed, 138 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: so Beckett a different topic. It strikes us and taking 139 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: in the media over the last well, let's say, from 140 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: Friday to today, a real change in tone even among 141 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: the left leaning media about the whole shutdown controversy, and 142 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: we're hearing a lot more. Boy, both sides look terrible 143 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: commentary even from the CNNs and MSNBC's signaling perhaps a 144 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: coming to the table in the offing. I think there 145 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: might be some of that. I think Trump's address on 146 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: Saturday kind of moved the needle and not necessarily in 147 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: his favor, but away from democrats favor, and he offered 148 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: temporary protections for Dreamers in return for funding. And I 149 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: think it's not being lost on people that the hold 150 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: up here is that he's asking for funding and they 151 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: are refusing to come to the table so far as 152 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: to you know, turn down the invitation to come to 153 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: the White House for lunch to discuss it, which is 154 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: funny because later they back to Democratic leaders backtrack and 155 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: well he didn't specify what he wanted to talk about. 156 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: What else are you thinking about? So I think a 157 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: lot of this it isn't I think that the cars 158 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: are still in the Democrats favor because the longer this 159 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: goes on, it does hurt Trump, who did claim response 160 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: before it even happen. If you're calling that that Oval 161 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: Office meeting, so it is to their benefits stretched it out, 162 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: But I do believe that some of its shifting away 163 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: because it just keeps going on and it's clear that 164 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: both sides aren't budging, and then that will only benefit 165 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: one side for so long before people just say, both 166 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: of you know you don't stop this fighting right now, 167 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna turn this car around. You know. I love 168 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: you Beckett, and I love your writing. But the whole 169 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: Trump set in advance, he'd take a responsibility thing I 170 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: think is overrated. That is, that's a in the know, 171 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: uh chattering classes. And I'm including myself in this description 172 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: a piece of information as it becomes more and more 173 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: about blue collar people t s A inspectors, for instance, 174 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: who can't pay their childcare costs and they can't pay 175 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: for the gas to commute to work. I mean, a 176 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: lot of the calling quote unquote calling and sick. It's 177 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: not just a protest, it's that I got I can't 178 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: pay for childcare for my kid. Um As that narrative 179 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: grows and grows and grows, and Donald J, for all 180 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: his false is saying I have an offer on the table. 181 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm willing to compromise. Can you come and we'll talk 182 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: and compromise, And Nancy and chuck stick, dude, No, we 183 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: won't discuss it at all until you reopen the government. 184 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think Middle America is worried 185 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: about what Trump said a couple of months ago. But 186 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: as long as I squeeze is on, like I was saying, 187 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: like that, the White House, You're absolutely right, the White 188 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: House meeting is it is in the weeks, but that 189 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: is something that they constantly bring up in fundraising supporters. Sure, 190 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: you are right. As long as this is it's continued 191 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: and people start to actually feel the squeeze, I don't 192 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: think any amount of well he said it was his 193 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: and all that their problem is gonna matter at the end. 194 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: It's just noise and I don't care who's that fault. Again. 195 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: It kind of feels like a parent with noise of kids. 196 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: I don't care who's a fault. Just stop scriting. Okay, 197 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: you know I said that the other day on something. 198 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: I said, if you're getting a fight over this, I 199 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: don't care who started it. We're not gonna get to 200 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: do blank doesn't make any difference. Just have it. Um Uh. 201 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: I had one more on the other topic because I 202 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: can't let it go. Here's what It's confusing to me. 203 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: If I'm at the New York Times of the Washington 204 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: Post and I hate Trump, how do you not recognize 205 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: that when you get these big stories wrong, you have 206 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: handed Trump such a tool, such a hammer, and given 207 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 1: him so much help. How do you not standing in the 208 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: the newsroom and say, people, we can't get any more 209 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: stories wrong at all, or we're gonna get Trump reelected 210 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: the years I've been saying that for the last three years, 211 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. This is the thing that makes that 212 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: I find so funny is that you have we have 213 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: this over and over and over and over again. Newsroom 214 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: comes up with a big, thinly sourced story, everyone rushes 215 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: to it, it falls apart, and then frum goes see 216 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: and then they go, well, how dare you point that out? Sir? 217 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 1: We try like, well, look that works maybe the first 218 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: or or you know, first, second, or third time this happened. 219 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: We're on like the eighteenth iteration of this story, and 220 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: it keeps happening. And the thing is that probably all 221 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: these these stories that are thinly sourced and fall apart, 222 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: they all go in one direction, and they are all 223 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: stories that point to wrong doing by Trump. At some 224 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: point if this were this is where the conspiratorial side 225 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: of me getting engaged at some point. If these were 226 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: just honest mistakes that all of Averages stated would state 227 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: that at least one would go in Trump's favor them 228 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: do and then he all he has to do is 229 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: come out and go see And you're like, well, you 230 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: make a compelling argument. I don't know what to say 231 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: to that. Yeah, no kidding, Beckett Adams, he's a secret 232 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: after truth. Imagine that coming to your writer for The 233 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: Washington Examiner, Beckett, it's always fun. Thanks a bunch, Thanks 234 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: so much, good to talk to. You're right, if it's 235 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: just mistakes, you would think there'd be the occasional goal 236 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: in the other direction. No, it's it's not. It's enthusiasm 237 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: run wild. And the enthusiasm is entirely to take from town. 238 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: But if you hate Trump, as Jack points out, your out. 239 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: But I'm the Captain from Captain and Sinil died what 240 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: about a week ago? God rest his soul, and we 241 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: appreciate a service to our country. You're listening to the 242 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: arm is Strong and Getty show conscious of the nation.