1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. For earlier access to these episodes, access 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: to Ask Me Anything sessions, and extended breakdowns of historical 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: and current events, please consider joining our Warning Premium community 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: by clicking the link in the description to this episode. 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity lives in a gilded cage. He does and 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 1: ivory tower. He flies on private jets, makes tens and 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: tens and tens of millions of dollars a year propagandizing 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: nonsense to the American people from his gilded cage. He 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: very rarely encounters reality. It is whatever he wishes it 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: to be on his show. But all of that crashed 11 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: into a hard brick wall when he sat down with 12 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: California Governor Gavin Newsom. Let's watch a clip. 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: Seventy percent there at America and Blue counties I would 14 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 2: save of the GDP American population, progressive policies, okay, that 15 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: are paying high taxes. 16 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: And country are seven of the top ten dependent states states. 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: Let's say you know we're subsidizing your states now. Governor 18 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: Knewsom is an exceptional spokesperson for American values, but he 19 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: said something here that deserves correction. He looks at Sean 20 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: Hannity and he says something that is correct economically, that 21 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: the red states, Mississippi, Alabama, those states are dependent states, 22 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: meaning that they require subsidies from the wealthier blue states 23 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: like California, New York, and New Jersey. But Gavin Newsom 24 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: falls into a trap that he is better than here. 25 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: He refers to those states to Sean Hannity as your states. 26 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: They're not Sean Hannity states any more than California and 27 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: New York or our states, or Gavin newsomb states. We 28 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: have fifty states in this country. They are American states, 29 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: all of them, from Alabama to Alaska, from the first 30 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: state Delaware to the last state, Hawaii. Each state contains Americans, 31 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: our countrymen and women. There are no your states in 32 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: our states. This is the trap that Donald Trump has 33 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: set for all of us, and at times we all 34 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: walk into it. The division game is Trump's game, It's 35 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: Hannity's game, it's Tucker Carlson's game. It presumes that we 36 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: have no national identity. A president once said, there are 37 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: no red states, there are no blue states, just the 38 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: United States. That's how we should talk about the country. Finally, 39 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: the damn is starting to crack. The truth is starting 40 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: to see about even the corrupt former Attorney General of 41 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: the United States William Barr, a Trump sycophant of the 42 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: first order, a man who trampled the role of law, 43 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: has recently gotten religion. 44 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 3: The fact of the matter is he is a consummate narcissist, 45 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: and he constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his 46 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 3: political followers at risk and the conservative and Republican agenda 47 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 3: at risk. Would he put the country at risk if 48 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: he was in the White House again? He will always 49 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 3: put his own interests in gratifying his own ego ahead 50 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: of everything else, including the country's interest. There's no question 51 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 3: about it. This is a perfect example of that. He's 52 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 3: you know, he's like a nine year old defiant nine 53 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 3: year old kid is always pushing the glass toward the 54 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: edge of the table, defying his parents to stop him 55 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 3: from doing it. 56 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: And of course, let's watch Chris Christy. 57 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: Republicans should listen to what he says. He's a petulant 58 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: child when someone disagrees with him. And whether it's Bill 59 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: Barr or John Kelly or General Madison, whether it is 60 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: Mick mulvaney, or whether it's excuse me, General Millie. If 61 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 2: you disagree with Donald Trump, the petulant child comes out 62 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: and he calls you names like the ones you just 63 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: mentioned and the ones I mentioned. 64 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: Chris Christie is becoming an important player in the twenty 65 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: twenty four presidential race. Let's talk politics for a second. 66 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: The punditocracy in Washington, DC, which is almost always strong, 67 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,119 Speaker 1: has written off Chris Christie. The truth of the matter 68 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: is every Republican candidate is damaged. Every Republican candidate carries 69 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: the heavy baggage of hypocrisy and accommodation from the Trump years, 70 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: every single one of them. But the truth is this, 71 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 1: and it's an adult truth, a pragmatic reality. We don't 72 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: live in a perfect world. The candidate who will put 73 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:21,679 Speaker 1: Donald Trump into permanent retirement before his likely prison sentence 74 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: is on the playing field already. That means it's either 75 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: Nicky Haley or Mike Pence or Asa Hutchinson or Chris 76 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: Christie or the mayor of Miami. Now, Mike Pence and 77 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: Nicky Haley are absurd candidates, and both of them will 78 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: get no traction in this race whatsoever. They're stuck in 79 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: a political state that could best be described as just 80 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: above vegetative coma. Now Chris Christie's actually moving in the 81 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: He's starting to come up. Why well, Chris Christy, out 82 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: of that field, is by far the most talented candidate. 83 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: He's the most quick witted, he's the funniest, he's the smoothest, 84 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: and he's the best in a row. The Trump era 85 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: is coming to an end one way or another. Today. 86 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, according to the polls, remains the overwhelming front runner. 87 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: But the polls also indicate this country does not want 88 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: a rematch between President Biden and Donald Trump. They don't 89 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: view it as inevitable. The American people view it as catastrophic. 90 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: The American people want to start moving forward again. And 91 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: the way you know that is true is because some 92 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 1: of the most cowardly and opportunity pianistic politicians that have 93 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: ever been, people like Mike Pats, people like Nicky Haley, 94 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: are suddenly and startlingly doing like Bill Barr is doing. 95 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: Telling the truth. Now, the person in the Republican race 96 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: who got there first was Chris Christie. He was the 97 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: first guy off the landing craft, so to speak. He 98 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: was the first guy on the ground. He was the 99 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: first guy to bring it to Trump and proverbially knock 100 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: him on his at Chris Christy has the talent to 101 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: keep doing so. And here's the thing about the MAGA race. 102 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: In the months ahead, There's no drama around Donald Trump anymore. 103 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: He's a chaotic, catastrophic figure. He is a real life 104 00:07:54,320 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: nor A Desmond, decomposent de kay in front of our eye, 105 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: shunned even by his corrupt family. Where's Ivanka, Where's Jarrett? 106 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: They're all gone, just like Trump's ratings, poof God. But 107 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: when it comes to the debates, there will be drama. 108 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: What is the drama. The drama is the long overdue 109 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: confrontation between Chris Christie and Donald Trump. Chris Christie used 110 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: his considerable talents to take out Little Marco in twenty 111 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 1: and sixteen. It was brutal, it was funny, but it 112 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: was junior varsity. Chris Christie had a chance to become 113 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: the Republican nominee in twenty twelve. There was a moment. 114 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: Had he gotten into the race, he would have walked 115 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: to the nomination. Timing is an underappreciated virtue in presidential policy, 116 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: tick step. By twenty sixteen it was too late and 117 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: he was under the wave. But by twenty Chris Christie's 118 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: had an experience that he hasn't had before. When he 119 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: ran last time, he hadn't yet been defeated as a 120 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: presidential candidate. He had been a guy who had thought 121 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: about it and passed, a guy who got into it 122 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: and crashed. This time, Chris Christie understands his only play 123 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: is telling the truth. His only chance is being a 124 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: man of conviction and integrity. He'll have to explain why 125 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: he walked away and offer that pack between twenty and 126 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: fifteen in twenty and twenty three, but he's back on 127 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: it now. We live in an imperfect world full of 128 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: fallen people, and that includes all of our politicians. This 129 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: is the wrong business to look for saints, and it's 130 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,839 Speaker 1: a sinner's business, and it's sinners who will lead us 131 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: out of this catastrophe. People like Chris Christy, who supported 132 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, will be critical in ending Donald Trump as 133 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: a political force in this country. That is why everybody, 134 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 1: regardless of party, should be cheering for anybody who confronts 135 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: Donald Trump effectively inside the Maga Republican primary, because that 136 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: is the place where Donald Trump will be bloodied, where 137 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: Donald Trump will be laid low, where Donald Trump will 138 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: be finally, at long last defeated. There is nothing that 139 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: could conceivably be more irresponsible and more reckless in the 140 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: position of the Biden campaign, which is hoping that Donald 141 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: Trump beats Chris Christy and all of the other candidates 142 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: in the Republican field, because in the estimation of the 143 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: Biden campaign, Trump is easy prey for Biden, which by 144 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 1: the way, is in true. Anybody who thinks that Donald 145 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: Trump can't beat Joe Biden in the rematch is smoking dog. 146 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: It's dangerous to wish that Donald Trump be one of 147 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: the final two people in the presidential race. It's dangerous 148 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: to wish that Donald Trump would be the nominee of 149 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: one of the two major parties in a two party system. 150 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: It's as reckless as it gets. The hour has come 151 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: in the United States to move on, to put this 152 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: era down, to end it. It is an era of ignominy, 153 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 1: of ransidity. It is an awful era in the story 154 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: of America's glory. Generations from now people will look back 155 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: on this moment in time as among the smallest and 156 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: least worthy in all of the history of the United States, 157 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: and our descendants will wonder how could it have been 158 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: that such an unworthy liar as Donald Trump, took political 159 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: power for a brief moment in the United States. How 160 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:43,719 Speaker 1: is it that so many millions became so disillusioned by 161 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: the political system, by the concept of government of the people, 162 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,599 Speaker 1: by the people, for the people, that they would elevate 163 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: because they are dissatisfied the worst of the people to 164 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: the leadership of all of the people. What that man 165 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: did when he got there was divide us so badly 166 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: that seven years on, when one of the most articulate 167 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: politicians in the country faces one of the most articulate liars, 168 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:23,439 Speaker 1: the conversation quickly devolves into your states and our states. 169 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: That is Trump's legacy, and it is our opportunity, our 170 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: opportunity to heal the breach, to move on to a 171 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: better place, to build a better country, one that repudiates 172 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: the smallness of Donald Trump, his cronies, and this awful 173 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: moment in the American story,