The Michael Knowles Show - March 28, 2019


Daily Wire Backstage: Spring Break Special


Episode Stats

Length

1 hour and 55 minutes

Words per Minute

212.78796

Word Count

24,487

Sentence Count

908

Misogynist Sentences

40

Hate Speech Sentences

62


Summary

Ben Shapiro, Andrew Klavan, and the man who will one day fire me for real, God King Jeremy Boring, join me for a great conversation on politics and culture, and where we answer questions from DAILYWIRE subscribers.


Transcript

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00:00:30.600 Hey everybody, this is Michael.
00:00:32.140 You're about to listen to our latest episode
00:00:34.160 of DAILYWIRE Backstage,
00:00:35.580 where I join Ben Shapiro, Andrew Plavin,
00:00:37.820 and the man who will one day fire me for real,
00:00:40.440 DAILYWIRE God King Jeremy Boring,
00:00:42.440 for a great conversation on politics and culture,
00:00:45.180 and where we answer questions from DAILYWIRE subscribers.
00:00:48.460 Without further ado, here is Backstage.
00:00:50.860 I think we're on.
00:00:51.620 Oh my gosh.
00:00:54.560 Welcome to the DAILYWIRE Backstage Spring Break Edition.
00:00:57.580 Unlike Girls Gone Wild,
00:00:59.280 Spring Break we have...
00:01:00.840 I can't even read that.
00:01:03.000 I got the Girls Gone Wild
00:01:04.480 in the whole show so far.
00:01:06.240 So far this is great, dude.
00:01:07.300 Unlike Girls Gone Wild,
00:01:08.040 you just start drooling.
00:01:09.240 Roll opening graphic.
00:01:10.360 So that's why you always do a test
00:01:27.380 of reading the teleprompter before the show,
00:01:29.520 which we definitely didn't do.
00:01:30.640 What if you hosted a show, dude?
00:01:31.800 Yeah, that's what I did.
00:01:33.140 Yeah, like you.
00:01:33.740 Yeah, Twitter thinks it'd be a great idea,
00:01:35.500 and Twitter couldn't possibly be.
00:01:36.800 I am Jeremy Boren,
00:01:39.700 God King of the DAILYWIRE,
00:01:41.040 lowercase g, lowercase k.
00:01:42.140 With me tonight, Ben Shapiro,
00:01:43.640 Andrew Klavan,
00:01:44.520 Elisha Krause,
00:01:46.000 the only married pregnant mother
00:01:47.300 ever to appear in a Spring Break edition of anything.
00:01:49.640 And we have a special guest tonight.
00:01:51.260 He is perhaps even grumpier than Ben
00:01:53.860 about needing to be...
00:01:55.660 And he does his show from a car.
00:01:58.620 You guys know this guy?
00:01:59.820 Yeah.
00:02:00.280 He works here.
00:02:01.480 Matt Walsh.
00:02:02.200 Yeah, Matt Walsh.
00:02:03.420 He's that well-known Buddhist?
00:02:05.800 Is that well-known yogin?
00:02:07.060 Yogin.
00:02:07.380 Yeah, that's right.
00:02:08.860 We're going to do something really cool tonight,
00:02:10.840 so pay attention.
00:02:11.480 If you sign up to become a DAILYWIRE annual subscriber
00:02:14.140 during the live broadcast of this episode,
00:02:16.500 you and a guest will be entered into a raffle
00:02:18.600 to win, get this,
00:02:20.120 a free trip to L.A.,
00:02:21.780 and an opportunity to sit in on the set
00:02:23.560 and watch us as we tape the DAILYWIRE backstage.
00:02:27.020 You'll get to meet all of us after the show,
00:02:28.620 except for Matt Walsh,
00:02:29.580 because, let's be honest,
00:02:30.840 he doesn't want to meet you.
00:02:33.400 And also, we'll probably never see him again.
00:02:35.860 In fact, tonight, right now,
00:02:37.280 we have the winners
00:02:38.220 who won the raffle last time
00:02:40.660 we did a DAILYWIRE backstage.
00:02:42.380 They're sitting in on our smoke-filled set
00:02:44.560 just off camera.
00:02:45.820 They subscribed during the live stream
00:02:47.300 last time we were together
00:02:48.540 and won the sweepstakes,
00:02:49.920 and here he is with his wife.
00:02:51.020 Thank you guys for joining us tonight.
00:02:53.580 Well, now you can never get a job anywhere, so...
00:02:55.360 I appreciate it.
00:02:56.340 Thank you.
00:02:56.520 So you two could win a chance
00:02:59.820 to look as miserable as they do right now
00:03:01.520 by becoming a DAILYWIRE annual subscriber
00:03:04.360 during tonight's live stream.
00:03:06.100 Subscribers also get to ask questions
00:03:07.760 during the show.
00:03:08.940 Elisha, let them know how.
00:03:10.860 Yeah, you know,
00:03:12.380 I once worked for a really generous boss
00:03:14.100 who gave my husband and I
00:03:15.240 a pretty hefty check
00:03:16.100 that helped pay for a lavish honeymoon
00:03:18.540 on the beaches of Australia.
00:03:20.460 So when I heard the spring break edition
00:03:22.020 and the God King said
00:03:22.920 I would get to go to a beach,
00:03:24.160 I thought it would be better
00:03:25.720 than a green screen.
00:03:27.660 Anyway.
00:03:28.460 Elisha, you're not supposed
00:03:29.220 to ruin the joke.
00:03:31.540 Those are some of our best special effects
00:03:33.280 that we've ever done.
00:03:35.460 I don't know,
00:03:35.940 the special effect of Matt Walsh
00:03:37.240 in a Hawaiian shirt is pretty good.
00:03:39.300 Maybe you spent everything
00:03:40.840 trying to convince him to get here
00:03:42.280 and that's why I'm not actually
00:03:43.260 on a beach in Oahu.
00:03:44.960 He drove here in his studio.
00:03:47.820 All the way from the East Coast.
00:03:49.020 I'm glad it could make it across countries.
00:03:50.780 There's a lot for that car.
00:03:51.680 So yes,
00:03:53.260 you should sign up tonight.
00:03:54.540 Oh sorry,
00:03:55.100 the beach is so loud.
00:03:56.400 Excuse me a moment.
00:03:57.740 You should sign up
00:03:58.800 to be a Daily Wire subscriber tonight
00:04:00.260 because not only do you get
00:04:01.160 to submit your questions,
00:04:02.560 you could have the chance to win
00:04:04.160 to sit in on that awful smoke-filled room.
00:04:06.800 I mean,
00:04:07.260 I feel really bad
00:04:08.080 being a married mom of three.
00:04:10.040 Like,
00:04:10.340 they're married
00:04:11.040 and have two kids at home
00:04:12.040 and this is their idea
00:04:12.920 of a date night.
00:04:13.760 We should really do better, guys.
00:04:15.880 So,
00:04:16.380 go over to dailywire.com.
00:04:17.880 If you're a subscriber,
00:04:18.820 be sure to type your question
00:04:20.000 into the Daily Wire chat box.
00:04:21.340 So you can have it read
00:04:22.520 and answered on the air.
00:04:24.420 And,
00:04:24.760 I mean,
00:04:25.060 if you thought that March Madness
00:04:26.460 was all about college basketball,
00:04:28.380 which is something
00:04:28.860 I just learned last year
00:04:30.020 as the reigning Daily Wire
00:04:31.040 March Madness bracket champ.
00:04:32.880 Did you just say
00:04:33.460 that March Madness
00:04:34.160 is about college basketball?
00:04:35.680 I've been wondering that
00:04:36.680 for three weeks.
00:04:38.780 I'm more just angry
00:04:40.840 that she won the pool
00:04:41.760 last year, Alicia.
00:04:42.700 I'm just reminding everyone
00:04:43.840 because I know
00:04:44.360 I'm not going to win again
00:04:45.180 this year.
00:04:45.600 But March Madness,
00:04:47.180 I think,
00:04:47.420 also stands for politics
00:04:48.480 this week
00:04:49.080 because this week,
00:04:51.300 the greatest news week ever,
00:04:53.680 you can go over
00:04:54.280 to our Facebook poll
00:04:55.200 and check out and vote
00:04:56.460 what do you think
00:04:57.160 the best story is
00:04:58.020 of this greatest news week ever.
00:04:59.680 A,
00:04:59.960 the Mueller report
00:05:00.860 destroys the Russian hoax,
00:05:02.900 the Russian collusion hoax.
00:05:04.680 Michael's super-duper
00:05:05.380 excited about that one.
00:05:06.440 B,
00:05:06.800 not a single Senate Democrat
00:05:08.260 votes for the Green New Deal.
00:05:09.900 C,
00:05:10.880 Jesse Smollett gets off scot-free.
00:05:13.620 Or D,
00:05:14.260 the economist apologizing
00:05:15.780 for calling Ben
00:05:16.820 an alt-writer.
00:05:19.800 Well,
00:05:20.860 that sounds great.
00:05:21.580 That sounds great.
00:05:22.880 Can we go?
00:05:23.620 I think that the poll tonight
00:05:25.520 is just an outline
00:05:26.280 of tonight's show.
00:05:28.160 I'm glad that we finally
00:05:29.180 organized this thing.
00:05:30.100 Basically,
00:05:30.740 what there is to talk about
00:05:31.700 is the greatest news week
00:05:33.960 in the history of...
00:05:35.100 I do have to point out
00:05:36.220 that our definition
00:05:36.940 of great conservative news weeks
00:05:38.560 has radically changed
00:05:39.540 because it used to be
00:05:40.800 that a great conservative news week
00:05:41.920 was like,
00:05:42.260 you know,
00:05:42.440 appointing a Supreme Court justice
00:05:43.740 or changing a tax cut.
00:05:45.280 Tearing down the Berlin Wall.
00:05:46.020 Right.
00:05:46.660 Great conservative...
00:05:47.460 Winning World War II.
00:05:48.480 Like,
00:05:48.640 great conservative news weeks.
00:05:50.080 Now it's like,
00:05:50.840 the president is not
00:05:52.040 a Russian catch-paw.
00:05:53.500 Take that,
00:05:54.260 leftist.
00:05:54.780 Eat it.
00:05:55.960 The reason it's
00:05:56.660 the greatest news week
00:05:57.580 is obvious.
00:05:58.260 I mean,
00:05:58.500 it's not...
00:05:59.020 We're saying,
00:05:59.420 okay,
00:05:59.620 good,
00:05:59.740 the president's not
00:06:00.340 a stooge of Russia.
00:06:01.100 That's great.
00:06:01.680 It's the fact
00:06:02.440 that a narrative
00:06:03.620 that the leftist told us
00:06:04.680 for over two years
00:06:06.520 was not just 40% wrong,
00:06:08.900 was not just 60%.
00:06:11.040 It was 175,000 million percent wrong.
00:06:15.660 That's Yale math right here.
00:06:16.340 That's Yale math right here for you.
00:06:18.160 It was...
00:06:18.620 And it was just
00:06:19.800 the perfect victory.
00:06:21.420 I think it deserves
00:06:22.220 a bigger drink
00:06:23.580 than we're used to
00:06:24.280 drinking around here.
00:06:25.620 You should talk about
00:06:26.140 that whiskey,
00:06:26.560 by the way.
00:06:27.020 Did you see what it is?
00:06:27.920 Look at the label of it.
00:06:29.000 If you just...
00:06:30.380 It says,
00:06:30.840 it's the Republicans'
00:06:31.860 pounce whiskey.
00:06:32.740 I love it.
00:06:33.000 That's right.
00:06:33.380 Republicans' pounce.
00:06:33.720 That's what it is.
00:06:34.420 Pounce whiskey.
00:06:35.160 It's a little picture of you.
00:06:36.580 It's a little Shapiro
00:06:38.580 riding a tiger
00:06:40.220 and pouncing.
00:06:41.800 And it says on the very bottom...
00:06:42.600 How did they get that picture
00:06:43.300 of you on the tiger?
00:06:44.020 Yeah.
00:06:44.420 I mean,
00:06:44.860 it's a live action photo.
00:06:46.060 And then it says on the bottom,
00:06:47.160 in case of indictment,
00:06:47.980 break, seal,
00:06:48.540 and pour over email servers.
00:06:49.900 It does say that
00:06:50.700 right on the bottom.
00:06:51.700 Pretty fantastic.
00:06:53.660 So, yeah.
00:06:54.260 The media fail here
00:06:56.540 is the real story, right?
00:06:57.920 The media and the Democratic
00:06:58.660 fail here.
00:06:59.220 Because all they had to do
00:07:00.920 was just say,
00:07:02.260 President Trump.
00:07:03.400 Weird.
00:07:04.380 Right?
00:07:04.560 That's all they had to do
00:07:05.100 for like the last couple of years.
00:07:06.020 Just say,
00:07:06.540 this guy?
00:07:07.340 Really?
00:07:08.000 Hmm?
00:07:08.420 And instead it was,
00:07:09.300 no, he works for Vladimir Putin.
00:07:10.880 No, without a doubt,
00:07:12.340 the evidence is going to come forth.
00:07:13.380 And you have schmucks
00:07:13.960 like Adam Schiff
00:07:14.920 pretending that he has
00:07:16.040 backroom knowledge.
00:07:17.520 My favorite, of course,
00:07:18.500 was John Brennan
00:07:19.400 suggesting for two years
00:07:20.600 on national television
00:07:21.500 that he had secret information
00:07:23.120 that said that Donald Trump
00:07:24.360 was in fact working
00:07:25.240 for Vladimir Putin.
00:07:25.960 And then it comes out
00:07:26.840 that that's not true.
00:07:27.400 And he says,
00:07:28.040 well, maybe I got a little ahead
00:07:29.000 of the evidence.
00:07:29.360 I just sort of assumed.
00:07:30.400 It's like,
00:07:30.640 you ran the intelligence services.
00:07:32.820 That's right.
00:07:33.200 You piece of crap.
00:07:34.540 You are the head of the CIA.
00:07:36.660 What's so beautiful about this,
00:07:37.740 I agree with you
00:07:38.440 that it's a negative victory.
00:07:39.720 It's not a positive victory.
00:07:41.280 However,
00:07:42.300 the destruction
00:07:42.940 of the mainstream media
00:07:44.080 that, as I've been saying
00:07:45.240 for many years,
00:07:45.980 the thing about the mainstream media
00:07:47.020 is not the way
00:07:47.600 they cover Trump.
00:07:48.500 I'm happy to have the media
00:07:49.420 go after the president.
00:07:50.360 He's a powerful man.
00:07:51.160 I want all powerful people
00:07:52.120 to be hunted like dogs.
00:07:53.880 That's absolutely great American.
00:07:55.240 He's a French revolutionary.
00:07:56.160 Yeah, great American journalism.
00:07:57.360 However,
00:07:58.320 it's what they did with Obama
00:07:59.780 for eight years.
00:08:00.820 They turned a blind eye
00:08:01.800 during the IRS scandal,
00:08:03.040 the Fast and Furious scandal.
00:08:04.380 He turned every department.
00:08:06.160 You know,
00:08:06.300 you talk about Jussie Smollett.
00:08:07.780 He turned Washington
00:08:09.040 into Chicago.
00:08:10.380 Yeah.
00:08:10.500 And what happened,
00:08:11.800 all these guys
00:08:12.700 who did this,
00:08:13.360 the John Brennans,
00:08:14.220 the James Clappers,
00:08:15.300 the James Comeys,
00:08:16.360 they're all his guys.
00:08:17.460 And it's because
00:08:18.500 the press acted
00:08:19.800 as a ring of invisibility
00:08:21.140 that it was like
00:08:21.780 they turned Obama
00:08:22.740 into Gollum.
00:08:23.320 This is a great line
00:08:24.940 that kept telling me
00:08:25.540 about how Obama,
00:08:26.540 his biggest scandal
00:08:27.160 was the khaki suit.
00:08:28.100 It was the khaki suit.
00:08:29.600 The truest thing
00:08:31.040 ever uttered by an Obama
00:08:32.260 was actually uttered
00:08:33.920 by the First Lady,
00:08:35.520 Michelle Obama,
00:08:36.320 recently unseated
00:08:37.200 from her number one position
00:08:38.660 on the New York Times.
00:08:39.440 Who did that?
00:08:40.460 I can't remember.
00:08:41.620 It was an all right guy.
00:08:42.740 It was an all right guy.
00:08:44.260 And she said,
00:08:45.380 unironically,
00:08:46.580 we're going to bring
00:08:47.560 South Side Chicago values
00:08:49.520 to Washington, D.C.
00:08:50.520 Yes, she did.
00:08:50.900 And all I know about
00:08:51.920 the values
00:08:52.500 of the South Side Chicago.
00:08:53.460 All I know about
00:08:54.000 the South Side Chicago
00:08:54.780 is that it's the baddest
00:08:55.720 part of town.
00:08:56.780 That's the only thing
00:08:57.720 I know about.
00:08:58.240 The only film clip
00:08:59.000 anybody knows about Chicago
00:09:00.180 is Al Capone beating
00:09:01.080 someone to death
00:09:01.580 in a baseball game.
00:09:04.220 So the only thing
00:09:05.060 lower right now
00:09:05.820 than the media's
00:09:06.780 credibility rating
00:09:07.580 is Michael Knowles'
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00:10:33.220 Were you improvising
00:10:34.120 that last part?
00:10:34.580 I just made those three up.
00:10:35.420 It's a really good ad read,
00:10:35.880 but I can do the last part
00:10:36.520 faster.
00:10:36.780 That's what it needs
00:10:39.400 and he's a fast talker.
00:10:40.440 I'm not a fan of it.
00:10:42.760 So here's the question
00:10:44.320 on a going forward basis.
00:10:46.260 What should Trump focus on
00:10:47.600 when it comes to
00:10:48.360 the Mueller report?
00:10:48.960 Should he let it go?
00:10:50.080 Should he try and ram this
00:10:51.740 down the necks of Democrats?
00:10:53.400 What do you think
00:10:54.040 is useful here?
00:10:55.320 My personal feeling
00:10:56.980 on this
00:10:57.420 is that he should obviously
00:10:59.100 go at the media,
00:11:00.320 but that if he tries
00:11:01.500 to turn this into
00:11:02.200 a cause to love
00:11:02.820 that I'm going to uncover
00:11:03.780 the corruption
00:11:04.340 in the FBI
00:11:05.540 and the CIA
00:11:06.500 and we're going to go
00:11:07.300 after all the nefarious actors,
00:11:09.080 it feels good,
00:11:10.360 but on a political grounds,
00:11:12.100 I'm not sure
00:11:12.620 that that just doesn't
00:11:13.260 look like petty vindictiveness
00:11:14.340 as opposed to,
00:11:15.600 because remember,
00:11:17.100 there's another half
00:11:17.760 to this story,
00:11:18.260 which is that everybody's
00:11:19.040 saying the media
00:11:19.900 were humiliated,
00:11:20.660 which is true.
00:11:21.300 The Democrats
00:11:21.660 were humiliated,
00:11:22.380 which is true.
00:11:23.620 The truth is also
00:11:24.860 that Donald Trump
00:11:25.520 spent two years
00:11:26.100 saying that Robert Mueller
00:11:26.820 was a shill of the left
00:11:28.060 who was going to indict him.
00:11:29.820 And then Robert Mueller
00:11:30.440 turned out to be honest.
00:11:31.920 Robert Mueller
00:11:32.340 ended up doing his job,
00:11:33.420 which many of us
00:11:34.200 were saying that
00:11:34.860 that was probably
00:11:35.740 going to happen.
00:11:36.780 So him going after
00:11:38.140 everybody now,
00:11:38.940 it seems like now
00:11:39.660 would be the time
00:11:40.160 where it's magnanimity
00:11:41.180 in victory,
00:11:41.840 at least to the
00:11:42.640 intelligence community
00:11:43.540 generally.
00:11:44.220 Yeah, I can agree with that.
00:11:44.880 Or just ignore it
00:11:46.120 and move on to
00:11:47.240 the media are garbage.
00:11:48.300 And then every time
00:11:49.720 they attack him,
00:11:50.160 he says,
00:11:50.360 you guys were garbage
00:11:50.860 on this,
00:11:51.240 you're garbage on that too.
00:11:52.140 Yeah, you know,
00:11:52.700 I can't quite go with this
00:11:53.780 for a couple of reasons.
00:11:54.840 One, Karl Rove
00:11:55.560 says he should do this,
00:11:56.380 so we know it's
00:11:56.860 the wrong thing to do.
00:11:57.580 Well, I didn't know that.
00:11:58.480 Sorry to revise my opinion.
00:11:59.660 Karl Rove, by his own
00:12:00.660 admission,
00:12:01.380 said his biggest mistake
00:12:02.420 was basically positioning
00:12:04.100 Bush above the fray.
00:12:05.820 And so the fray
00:12:06.520 took Bush to pieces.
00:12:08.060 They blamed him
00:12:09.020 for the weather
00:12:09.540 in New Orleans,
00:12:10.320 you know.
00:12:10.640 Hurricane,
00:12:11.060 oh, that's your fault.
00:12:12.040 And Bush never struck back
00:12:13.420 because he had
00:12:13.740 too much dignity.
00:12:14.780 I don't think we have
00:12:15.260 to worry about Trump
00:12:15.940 having too much dignity.
00:12:17.240 I also don't think
00:12:18.960 magnanimity is actually
00:12:20.460 in his holster.
00:12:21.340 I don't think he actually
00:12:22.120 has that weapon.
00:12:23.020 So what I would do
00:12:23.740 if I were he,
00:12:24.660 I would definitely
00:12:25.740 go after the corruption.
00:12:26.980 I would definitely
00:12:27.560 make a lot of noise.
00:12:29.060 Nobody's going to jail
00:12:29.920 over this.
00:12:30.400 Hillary Clinton's
00:12:30.960 not going to jail.
00:12:31.560 Nobody's going to jail.
00:12:31.940 But I would just make noise
00:12:32.920 about it while doing
00:12:34.060 other things.
00:12:34.820 One of the things
00:12:35.360 about Trump
00:12:35.980 that I really do appreciate
00:12:37.320 is a lot of the noise
00:12:38.500 he makes covers up
00:12:39.820 the fact that he's doing
00:12:40.600 some important stuff.
00:12:41.920 You know,
00:12:42.100 he actually does things
00:12:43.340 that matter to us.
00:12:45.040 Like he's revamping
00:12:46.440 Fannie Mae
00:12:47.040 and Freddie Mac
00:12:47.780 which I think
00:12:48.180 is a huge deal.
00:12:49.760 And he does that
00:12:50.400 like off to the side
00:12:51.400 while everybody's
00:12:52.220 focusing on the noise.
00:12:53.380 That's one possibility.
00:12:54.520 The other possibility
00:12:55.160 is he doesn't even
00:12:55.840 know that's going on.
00:12:57.940 It's a possibility too.
00:12:59.180 But here's my problem
00:13:00.180 with him going after
00:13:01.040 the intel.
00:13:01.440 He's not running
00:13:01.920 against the intel community
00:13:02.900 in 2020.
00:13:03.460 No, that's true.
00:13:03.960 He's running against
00:13:04.460 the Democrats.
00:13:04.980 So run against Adam Schiff,
00:13:05.940 run against Chuck Schumer,
00:13:07.240 run against all the Democrats
00:13:08.380 who maintained
00:13:08.860 that this was the,
00:13:09.640 it was always the end
00:13:10.640 for Trump.
00:13:11.300 Run against the media
00:13:11.940 because everybody hates
00:13:12.620 the media as well they should.
00:13:14.560 But running against like
00:13:15.660 who cares?
00:13:16.780 Like James Clapper
00:13:17.400 isn't a big enough person
00:13:18.280 for him to punch at
00:13:19.000 except he,
00:13:19.880 like say what you want tonight,
00:13:20.920 right?
00:13:21.060 Tonight's his rally in Michigan.
00:13:22.540 Yeah.
00:13:22.820 Let him do his thing.
00:13:23.480 Oh yeah, have a victory lap.
00:13:24.260 Exactly.
00:13:24.720 Like enjoy yourself.
00:13:25.300 I think the important thing
00:13:26.100 though that is on his side
00:13:27.520 is that so many people
00:13:29.360 have been gutted
00:13:29.980 from the FBI
00:13:30.660 that if the New York Times
00:13:32.440 ran a front page headline
00:13:33.900 as it did during Watergate,
00:13:35.480 every time a guy quit,
00:13:36.720 we'd all be sitting around
00:13:37.480 going this is the biggest
00:13:38.280 scandal ever.
00:13:38.960 This has gutted
00:13:39.580 the intelligence community.
00:13:40.680 But they're all gone.
00:13:41.640 And the people who are there
00:13:42.800 are good.
00:13:43.200 You know, most FBI agents
00:13:44.520 are great cops
00:13:45.160 and they're doing a great job.
00:13:46.640 And so he doesn't,
00:13:47.580 he can constantly praise
00:13:48.780 the people who are there now.
00:13:50.040 He's really talking
00:13:50.920 about Obama.
00:13:51.540 And the people running
00:13:52.720 are echoes of Obama.
00:13:53.740 And then you've got Eric Holder
00:13:54.740 making these stupid comments
00:13:56.100 about how we should all feel
00:13:57.160 guilty.
00:13:57.560 America was never great.
00:13:58.560 You've got Joe Biden
00:13:59.240 apologizing for American
00:14:01.440 jurisprudence, you know.
00:14:03.820 So it's a reminder
00:14:05.600 of who he's running against
00:14:06.960 and why he's there
00:14:07.800 in the first place.
00:14:08.440 And so I've got
00:14:09.280 an interesting question
00:14:09.960 to kind of take it
00:14:10.920 in a slightly different direction.
00:14:13.340 Why did this story stick
00:14:15.500 the way that it did?
00:14:17.680 It occurs to me
00:14:18.500 that you could say
00:14:19.120 because the echo chamber
00:14:20.120 is so vast
00:14:20.880 and they were so dedicated to it.
00:14:22.420 But I tend to think
00:14:23.320 that most false narratives
00:14:24.680 that stick do so
00:14:25.960 because they have
00:14:27.400 some air of plausibility.
00:14:29.160 What made this story
00:14:30.200 seem plausible
00:14:31.060 and therefore
00:14:32.200 what allowed it
00:14:32.780 to get the kind of traction
00:14:33.560 that it did?
00:14:33.920 I mean, I think two factors.
00:14:34.860 And this is actually
00:14:35.560 a question that I think
00:14:36.660 is pretty well substantiated,
00:14:37.780 the answer anyway.
00:14:39.140 Two factors.
00:14:39.720 One, everyone thought
00:14:40.680 Hillary would win.
00:14:41.420 When she didn't win,
00:14:42.200 it had to be something nefarious
00:14:43.320 that meant that she didn't win.
00:14:44.860 The Democrats still
00:14:45.720 cannot understand
00:14:46.520 that Hillary was the worst
00:14:47.480 candidate in American history.
00:14:48.740 And then she proceeded
00:14:49.460 to lose to the second worst
00:14:50.400 candidate in American history.
00:14:51.800 So they can't deal with that.
00:14:53.200 And so what they've done
00:14:54.000 is they've channeled that into
00:14:55.260 it must have been stolen somehow.
00:14:56.900 It's like Stacey Abrams
00:14:57.600 in Georgia.
00:14:58.380 We can't deal with this.
00:15:00.460 The second thing
00:15:01.040 is that Donald Trump
00:15:02.060 with Russia is weird.
00:15:03.980 He was weird.
00:15:04.680 The entire campaign,
00:15:05.460 he was weird.
00:15:06.060 He was saying things like,
00:15:07.320 well, you know,
00:15:07.860 he said to Bill O'Reilly,
00:15:08.960 we kill people too,
00:15:10.060 just like Putin kills people.
00:15:11.400 No, we're not better.
00:15:12.440 And he's saying out loud
00:15:13.940 at his rallies,
00:15:14.500 I hope that Putin hacks
00:15:15.340 our emails.
00:15:16.320 And so if you put
00:15:17.240 those two dots together,
00:15:18.180 and it seems like
00:15:18.580 for a lot of the left,
00:15:19.280 that's really what it was
00:15:20.060 because they were firmly convinced.
00:15:21.820 I mean, really firmly convinced
00:15:22.940 that this was going to happen.
00:15:23.720 You see that in Rachel Maddow's ratings.
00:15:25.060 They dropped 500,000 people
00:15:26.700 in one night
00:15:27.760 as soon as this happened,
00:15:29.460 which shows you
00:15:29.980 the kind of wish casting
00:15:30.840 that was happening.
00:15:31.920 Not to be too self-aggrandizing,
00:15:33.400 but I'm going to point out
00:15:34.460 that when I was on Bill Maher's show,
00:15:35.840 this was exactly the debate.
00:15:37.100 I said to Bill Maher,
00:15:37.720 you could just be reasonable, right?
00:15:39.080 You could just say,
00:15:40.060 Mueller's going to find
00:15:40.600 what Mueller's going to find,
00:15:41.380 and I have faith
00:15:41.840 that he's going to uncover the evidence.
00:15:43.480 And I haven't seen any evidence thus far
00:15:45.320 of actual collusion.
00:15:46.940 And Maher's like,
00:15:47.640 you really don't believe
00:15:49.040 that there is collusion?
00:15:49.120 Yeah, no, he was stunned.
00:15:50.140 I remember that.
00:15:50.960 You, a smart young man.
00:15:51.660 Right, he kept saying,
00:15:52.160 I just can't believe that you,
00:15:53.120 he said, you don't?
00:15:54.360 I said, I don't believe
00:15:55.380 that there was collusion
00:15:56.060 because I don't see any evidence of it.
00:15:57.040 He goes, you don't?
00:15:58.860 Like, he just couldn't,
00:15:59.720 he could not fathom
00:16:00.780 the possibility there wasn't
00:16:01.940 because it answers all the questions.
00:16:03.400 It's an answer
00:16:04.300 that answers why Hillary lost.
00:16:05.780 Right.
00:16:05.920 It answers why Trump is weird.
00:16:07.300 It speaks to the idea
00:16:08.060 that Trump is not,
00:16:09.180 also I think there's a real sense
00:16:11.280 of digging at Trump
00:16:12.000 because they really don't like
00:16:13.000 the idea that Trump deep down
00:16:14.760 is kind of a patriotic dude.
00:16:16.300 And so it bothers them.
00:16:17.600 When he says make America great,
00:16:19.040 they want to feel like
00:16:20.520 they are more patriotic
00:16:21.320 than Donald Trump is.
00:16:22.180 So saying that he's
00:16:22.720 a Russian Manchurian candidate
00:16:24.000 is one of their favorite things.
00:16:24.120 This is kind of a leftist version
00:16:25.260 of the birther thing though
00:16:26.320 because the left was constantly saying
00:16:28.940 that the birther conspiracy
00:16:31.520 was a racist thing.
00:16:32.680 Oh, Trump was racist
00:16:33.400 because he said he was from Kenya.
00:16:34.520 That was about Obama's difference.
00:16:36.160 Obama was not like other presidents.
00:16:37.820 He wasn't patriotic
00:16:38.660 like other presidents.
00:16:39.640 He didn't have that sense
00:16:40.540 of American exceptionalism
00:16:41.820 that other presidents,
00:16:42.460 every other president,
00:16:43.400 every other president had had.
00:16:44.880 There was something about him
00:16:45.980 that was not one of us
00:16:47.080 and it was not the color of his skin.
00:16:48.980 It was the color of his philosophy.
00:16:50.660 And so that thing,
00:16:51.440 it stuck with people
00:16:52.320 even after we knew it was untrue.
00:16:54.300 Right, it was the same thing
00:16:54.900 people were saying
00:16:55.340 about how he's secretly a Muslim.
00:16:56.760 Yes, he was different.
00:16:57.980 Right, it was a feeling
00:16:58.600 of foreignness.
00:16:59.860 And Trump is the same way.
00:17:02.100 Trump is like a loose cannon.
00:17:03.960 We're not quite sure of him.
00:17:05.480 And when they say things like that,
00:17:06.820 everybody thinks,
00:17:07.460 well, maybe that might be true.
00:17:08.720 You know, the other reason
00:17:09.540 why it stuck, though.
00:17:10.540 By the way,
00:17:10.820 the bird of the thing is dumb.
00:17:11.540 We all agree the bird of the thing is dumb.
00:17:12.560 Yeah, it's ridiculous.
00:17:13.640 By we all,
00:17:14.280 you mean all of us
00:17:14.960 except the president
00:17:15.780 who is like the loudest
00:17:17.160 proponent of it first.
00:17:18.660 The other reason why it stuck
00:17:20.660 is because it was a totally
00:17:23.240 cooked up, contrived narrative
00:17:24.740 pushed on every single medium.
00:17:26.140 And I think we're not
00:17:27.180 giving that enough credit.
00:17:28.320 It actually reminds me
00:17:29.460 of the Michael Jackson documentary,
00:17:31.300 that Leaving Neverland thing
00:17:32.500 on HBO.
00:17:33.400 How for so long did we,
00:17:35.360 we saw this guy
00:17:36.420 sleeping in beds
00:17:37.460 with children
00:17:38.060 for a long period of time
00:17:39.460 and we said,
00:17:40.400 no, it couldn't be.
00:17:41.200 And it's celebrity.
00:17:42.340 You had government celebrities
00:17:43.800 at the DOJ
00:17:44.640 and the FBI
00:17:45.260 telling us this guy
00:17:46.500 was working with Russia.
00:17:47.580 You had political celebrities,
00:17:49.320 electeds,
00:17:50.020 Hillary Clinton,
00:17:51.020 Adam Schiff,
00:17:51.920 all of these people.
00:17:52.620 And you had news celebrities
00:17:54.600 wearing ties
00:17:55.600 with nice combed hair
00:17:56.680 and makeup
00:17:57.100 saying night after night
00:17:58.700 for 791 consecutive days
00:18:00.700 and average of three minutes
00:18:01.760 a night
00:18:02.140 that Donald Trump
00:18:03.360 colluded with the Russians.
00:18:04.860 And it was a total lie.
00:18:06.840 It was a total empire of lies
00:18:08.100 to use your phrase.
00:18:09.420 But that's part of it.
00:18:10.840 And that's not Donald Trump's fault.
00:18:12.200 And it's not the fault
00:18:13.040 of a guy
00:18:13.480 who had a weird tabloid history.
00:18:14.940 So I want to talk
00:18:15.740 a little bit more
00:18:16.300 about Trump's attitude
00:18:17.560 toward Russia
00:18:18.080 during the election,
00:18:18.780 which I do think
00:18:19.320 is a factor in this.
00:18:20.360 But you just raised
00:18:21.440 something really interesting
00:18:22.380 that I had not
00:18:22.940 previously considered,
00:18:24.580 which is that
00:18:25.520 before Barack Obama,
00:18:28.560 the government was not
00:18:29.880 an organization
00:18:30.860 that was trusted
00:18:31.720 by the media.
00:18:32.720 One of the massive changes
00:18:34.160 that happened
00:18:34.620 during the Obama administration
00:18:35.620 is that you could have
00:18:38.300 political celebrities
00:18:39.440 who had sort of...
00:18:41.940 Cache.
00:18:42.500 Cache.
00:18:43.300 Has that ever existed before?
00:18:44.920 I mean,
00:18:45.080 even when Clinton was president,
00:18:46.160 was it the case that...
00:18:47.460 I've never seen
00:18:49.020 a news media
00:18:50.020 defend the intelligence community
00:18:52.140 from doubters.
00:18:53.520 That was one of the most
00:18:54.160 shocking parts of the entire...
00:18:54.680 This is what I was about to say
00:18:55.400 is that this may be,
00:18:57.180 in many ways,
00:18:58.340 the most damaging scandal
00:19:00.040 in modern American history.
00:19:02.040 Bigger than the WMD thing.
00:19:03.360 Because the WMD thing,
00:19:04.400 people said Bush lied.
00:19:05.140 Bush did not lie.
00:19:05.960 The entire intelligence community
00:19:07.300 everywhere on Earth.
00:19:08.280 And the media didn't lie.
00:19:08.700 And the media.
00:19:09.140 And the Democrats.
00:19:10.060 They all believed this stuff.
00:19:11.080 And it turned out
00:19:11.460 that Saddam Hussein
00:19:12.140 was the one who was lying
00:19:13.040 about his weapons capacity.
00:19:15.620 And despite the fact that,
00:19:16.860 again,
00:19:17.180 a terrible thing
00:19:17.660 the president has said,
00:19:18.560 implying the president
00:19:19.300 that Bush lied us
00:19:20.260 into war and all of that,
00:19:21.500 this one,
00:19:23.080 our institutions,
00:19:24.540 the institutions
00:19:25.120 that we are supposed
00:19:26.300 to trust,
00:19:27.600 their institutional credibility
00:19:29.000 was leveraged
00:19:29.960 for this narrative.
00:19:31.000 That's right.
00:19:31.320 But it wasn't like
00:19:32.060 they just reported
00:19:32.660 what came out.
00:19:33.500 They leveraged the institution.
00:19:35.200 And key players
00:19:36.500 in these institutions
00:19:37.520 leveraged the institutional
00:19:39.160 credibility
00:19:39.900 in favor of these narratives.
00:19:41.420 That's why I think
00:19:42.060 that whatever he has to say
00:19:43.340 about Brennan and Clapper
00:19:44.460 and Comey
00:19:45.020 is absolutely warranted.
00:19:46.560 Because these are people
00:19:47.620 who were leading
00:19:49.040 our intelligence.
00:19:49.780 Peter Strzok,
00:19:50.560 these are people
00:19:50.920 leading our intelligence agencies.
00:19:52.440 And they were going
00:19:52.840 on national television
00:19:53.780 night after night
00:19:54.680 and suggesting
00:19:55.320 they had secret knowledge
00:19:56.460 because they led
00:19:57.240 these intelligence agencies.
00:19:58.420 And they knew
00:19:58.980 in a way that you didn't know.
00:20:00.120 And Adam Schiff
00:20:00.960 doing the same thing.
00:20:01.700 I'm on the intelligence committee.
00:20:02.940 I know in a way
00:20:04.080 that you don't know.
00:20:04.900 And so when that collapses,
00:20:07.460 how am I supposed
00:20:07.940 to have faith
00:20:08.420 in an intelligence community
00:20:09.460 when people are legitimately
00:20:11.180 using my trust
00:20:12.300 against my trust?
00:20:13.860 And by the same token,
00:20:15.280 this is the same news media
00:20:17.940 that told us,
00:20:18.900 oh, you have to love us
00:20:19.840 because we're the ones
00:20:20.660 who ferret out
00:20:21.720 the flaws of power.
00:20:23.580 Democracy dies in darkness.
00:20:24.920 Democracy dies in darkness.
00:20:26.200 And here they were saying,
00:20:27.460 what do you mean?
00:20:27.860 You don't trust the CIA?
00:20:29.520 No, I don't trust the CIA.
00:20:31.320 I don't trust the NSA.
00:20:32.460 They were spying on me.
00:20:33.500 You know, why should I?
00:20:34.700 The idea of the press
00:20:36.500 after Watergate,
00:20:37.880 the press since Watergate,
00:20:39.340 suddenly coming out
00:20:40.220 and defending our institutions
00:20:41.580 and then the institutions
00:20:42.880 turning out to be,
00:20:43.920 in fact, corrupt.
00:20:44.740 I mean, this is the thing.
00:20:45.580 Every time I see Carl Bernstein,
00:20:47.280 I think you have become
00:20:48.300 what you beheld.
00:20:49.220 You became the thing
00:20:50.100 that you exposed.
00:20:50.940 You are now Richard Nixon.
00:20:53.360 And that's an amazing irony
00:20:54.680 and it's an amazing truth
00:20:56.340 that's been kind of
00:20:57.200 right beneath the surface
00:20:58.080 for a long time.
00:20:58.600 I mean, and the media
00:20:59.380 cannot accept what's happened.
00:21:00.540 No.
00:21:00.880 I mean, if you watch it,
00:21:01.660 they're writing articles
00:21:02.320 about how they still
00:21:02.980 did a fantastic job,
00:21:04.020 how we really,
00:21:04.580 we really just went
00:21:05.560 after the news.
00:21:06.160 That note from Jeff Zucker
00:21:07.440 where he suggested,
00:21:09.380 we're not investigators.
00:21:10.220 We just report
00:21:11.240 what comes across our desk.
00:21:12.220 Really?
00:21:12.460 Is that what you were doing?
00:21:12.900 It's like Dr. Strange.
00:21:13.620 You know, you can't do news
00:21:14.800 in here, there's a CNN.
00:21:16.560 You mean the chyrons
00:21:17.540 with the parentheses editorials?
00:21:19.540 Yeah.
00:21:19.840 I mean, what I want
00:21:20.380 is a chyron on CNN
00:21:21.560 that says Trump-Russia collusion
00:21:23.900 proved wrong
00:21:24.940 and then in parentheses,
00:21:26.280 and we failed.
00:21:27.500 Right?
00:21:27.900 Because that is the reality.
00:21:29.180 That's exactly what happened.
00:21:30.280 And you know,
00:21:30.800 by the way,
00:21:31.680 a news media
00:21:32.680 that's 90% Democrat
00:21:35.040 at the editorial level
00:21:36.220 is corrupt per se.
00:21:37.900 You cannot be,
00:21:38.960 this whole argument
00:21:39.740 that they always say,
00:21:40.320 well, I can be a Democrat
00:21:41.400 and still be fair.
00:21:43.040 One person can be a Democrat
00:21:44.140 and still be fair.
00:21:44.860 A room full of Democrats
00:21:45.940 can't be fair.
00:21:46.800 And the idea
00:21:47.420 that they have allowed
00:21:48.300 the news media
00:21:49.100 to become that,
00:21:50.360 a spokesperson,
00:21:51.400 basically,
00:21:51.900 a spokesman arm
00:21:52.560 for the Democrat party.
00:21:52.720 When the Lear Center
00:21:54.060 gives the Excellence
00:21:55.400 in Journalism Award
00:21:56.540 to CNN
00:21:57.440 for the Parkland Town Hall,
00:21:59.560 the most egregious
00:22:00.520 single media event
00:22:01.220 I've seen in 10 years.
00:22:02.400 And the NAACP,
00:22:03.660 by the way,
00:22:03.960 just nominated
00:22:04.760 Jussie Smollett
00:22:05.680 for an image award,
00:22:07.880 making me wonder,
00:22:08.540 yeah, his image is good.
00:22:09.700 But they should nominate
00:22:10.540 his two Nigerian attackers.
00:22:12.060 I think they should
00:22:12.700 have the image of it.
00:22:13.180 Those guys were
00:22:13.640 wearing whiteface,
00:22:14.260 though.
00:22:15.480 So last question
00:22:16.880 on this topic,
00:22:18.240 Michael, for you.
00:22:20.320 Why?
00:22:20.560 Why does...
00:22:21.760 I mean,
00:22:22.040 why are you asking?
00:22:23.660 I think his position
00:22:25.100 will be the most interesting
00:22:25.820 on this question.
00:22:27.500 Why is,
00:22:28.680 why was Donald Trump
00:22:30.000 so up Putin's ass
00:22:33.100 for the entirety
00:22:34.780 of the election?
00:22:35.460 The only thing
00:22:36.200 that Trump
00:22:36.620 was completely consistent about,
00:22:38.180 never equivocated
00:22:39.200 for even a moment
00:22:40.060 in 2016
00:22:40.980 during the election
00:22:41.700 was that
00:22:42.560 he respects
00:22:43.320 Vladimir Putin,
00:22:44.740 we're just like
00:22:45.340 Putin's Russia.
00:22:47.260 I mean,
00:22:47.480 you could not
00:22:48.320 get the guy
00:22:49.140 to criticize that.
00:22:50.720 There are plenty of...
00:22:51.100 First of all,
00:22:51.620 he was much less
00:22:52.340 up Putin
00:22:52.800 than Barack Obama
00:22:54.060 was when he said,
00:22:55.000 I have more flexibility
00:22:55.720 after my election
00:22:56.620 to Medvedev.
00:22:57.040 No, no,
00:22:57.320 I don't agree with that.
00:22:59.440 I mean,
00:22:59.680 he was actually
00:23:00.580 offering strategic
00:23:01.680 concessions to Trump.
00:23:02.040 Barack Obama
00:23:02.160 literally colluded
00:23:03.220 with the right.
00:23:03.400 That's right,
00:23:03.880 yeah, yeah,
00:23:04.280 that's right,
00:23:04.760 that's right.
00:23:05.260 But the question is,
00:23:06.080 why was Trump
00:23:06.940 a Putin sycophant
00:23:08.580 during the election?
00:23:08.960 I'll tell you exactly why.
00:23:09.860 Because one,
00:23:11.040 his view of politics
00:23:11.940 is much more
00:23:13.160 realpolitik,
00:23:15.320 for lack of a better term.
00:23:16.400 His view of politics
00:23:17.160 is not terribly
00:23:18.000 idealistic
00:23:18.860 or inspirational
00:23:20.360 or aspirational.
00:23:21.500 It is pretty brutal
00:23:22.440 and it's pretty New York.
00:23:23.720 He also talks
00:23:24.400 like a New Yorker.
00:23:25.360 So he tells jokes
00:23:26.240 such as,
00:23:27.080 hey,
00:23:27.360 what do you think?
00:23:27.820 Do you think
00:23:28.040 the Russians
00:23:28.420 are hacking
00:23:28.900 the emails
00:23:29.900 of Hillary Clinton?
00:23:31.000 I don't know,
00:23:31.480 but we can't find them,
00:23:32.440 so I sure hope
00:23:33.020 they release them.
00:23:33.540 So in the final analysis,
00:23:35.160 it can only be
00:23:35.840 that Donald Trump
00:23:37.040 did not believe
00:23:38.020 he was going
00:23:38.400 to be president
00:23:38.960 and was buttering up Putin
00:23:40.360 so that he could
00:23:40.840 build condos
00:23:41.580 in Moscow.
00:23:42.200 I don't think it's that.
00:23:42.880 Or,
00:23:43.300 it's that Donald Trump's
00:23:45.100 view of politics
00:23:46.360 is you flatter strong men,
00:23:48.500 you never criticize strong men.
00:23:49.500 Well, not that.
00:23:50.320 You'll notice with Donald Trump,
00:23:51.660 he only attacks people
00:23:52.820 who attack him first.
00:23:54.220 The classic example,
00:23:55.400 this is Rosie O'Donnell.
00:23:56.220 This is the real answer.
00:23:57.220 Okay,
00:23:57.480 so all of your
00:23:58.080 intellectualization crap
00:23:59.140 is just intellectual.
00:24:00.600 He doesn't have
00:24:02.140 any real politic view
00:24:03.040 of anything.
00:24:03.540 He doesn't know
00:24:04.820 how to spell real polity.
00:24:05.960 He thinks that it has
00:24:06.660 a C and a K.
00:24:08.140 For a dummy,
00:24:09.000 he did a pretty good job.
00:24:09.980 He got himself elected
00:24:10.800 pretty well.
00:24:11.360 Okay, don't get it.
00:24:13.140 Seriously,
00:24:14.020 have you seen Congress?
00:24:15.660 All those people
00:24:16.040 got themselves elected.
00:24:17.020 They have a collective IQ
00:24:17.880 lower than the IQ
00:24:19.360 of this table.
00:24:19.900 That's true.
00:24:20.940 That's actually
00:24:21.880 the best answer
00:24:22.500 to that question.
00:24:23.540 But no,
00:24:24.360 the real answer
00:24:24.960 is that Donald Trump
00:24:26.200 loves people who flatter him
00:24:27.600 and he hates people
00:24:28.380 who do not.
00:24:29.060 He has done this
00:24:29.500 with Kim Jong-un.
00:24:30.280 It's not unique
00:24:31.080 to any of these people
00:24:32.600 and everybody knows this
00:24:33.940 which is why
00:24:34.540 even Justin Trudeau
00:24:36.400 tried to flatter him
00:24:37.240 for a little while
00:24:37.860 and then as soon as
00:24:38.660 Justin Trudeau hit him
00:24:39.380 suddenly Donald Trump
00:24:40.660 went from
00:24:41.000 I love Justin Trudeau
00:24:41.960 to Justin Trudeau
00:24:42.900 is Satan.
00:24:43.940 He's just handsome Satan.
00:24:45.000 Hasn't everybody
00:24:45.600 fallen for Putin?
00:24:46.600 I mean,
00:24:46.780 didn't Obama,
00:24:47.640 didn't George W. Bush?
00:24:48.180 George W. Bush said
00:24:49.060 I sold his soul.
00:24:49.960 The guy is a gangster.
00:24:51.000 Putin is Al Capone
00:24:52.360 running a country.
00:24:53.680 That's who he is.
00:24:54.280 And yet one president
00:24:55.220 after another thinks
00:24:56.000 well, I can deal with him.
00:24:56.260 I see his heart.
00:24:58.060 He is the constant temptation,
00:25:01.000 Putin,
00:25:01.520 because what Putin does
00:25:02.520 is he's like,
00:25:02.980 well,
00:25:03.360 if you could somehow get me
00:25:04.400 then the world
00:25:05.840 would be at peace
00:25:06.360 because we'd be allied
00:25:07.440 and you'd be allied
00:25:08.180 and everything would be great
00:25:09.400 and everybody is thinking
00:25:10.460 back to the end
00:25:11.020 of the Cold War
00:25:11.560 and they're thinking
00:25:12.020 it's so true
00:25:13.040 if we could finally
00:25:13.980 be on the same side.
00:25:14.800 They can't believe
00:25:15.260 he's as bad as he is.
00:25:16.360 Plus those concepts.
00:25:17.040 Right, that's the other thing
00:25:18.080 is that nobody
00:25:18.580 in modern politics
00:25:20.160 understands that
00:25:21.320 Vladimir Putin
00:25:22.020 is not a modern
00:25:23.300 political leader.
00:25:24.140 That's right.
00:25:24.320 Vladimir Putin is a thug
00:25:25.680 circa 1946.
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00:25:28.140 the guy has invaded
00:25:28.760 two separate countries
00:25:29.840 in the last decade.
00:25:31.180 There's no one else
00:25:31.920 on earth
00:25:32.220 who has invaded a country
00:25:33.320 in the last decade
00:25:34.580 at least in the
00:25:35.200 industrialized world.
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00:25:39.040 We invaded some countries
00:25:40.280 but not to annex
00:25:42.040 their territory.
00:25:42.640 Right, that's what I mean.
00:25:43.460 He legitimately tried
00:25:44.580 to annex both Georgia
00:25:46.280 and Crimea.
00:25:47.400 Yeah.
00:25:47.820 And an accomplishment
00:25:48.860 effectively.
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00:28:02.400 All right.
00:28:02.820 We do have some questions.
00:28:05.140 I think it's pretty funny
00:28:06.440 when the pregnant lady
00:28:07.860 is seen drinking
00:28:08.700 on camera.
00:28:10.100 Because, you know,
00:28:11.200 we're a traditional company
00:28:12.160 of family values.
00:28:14.820 Yeah.
00:28:16.520 You guys would all
00:28:17.360 probably be the ones
00:28:18.140 like in the cigar,
00:28:19.420 like in the waiting room
00:28:20.560 while your wife
00:28:21.260 is in labor
00:28:21.860 with the cigar
00:28:22.480 in the waiting room.
00:28:22.800 Oh, darn,
00:28:23.200 we're in a nice place.
00:28:24.480 That is untrue.
00:28:25.200 I watched my wife
00:28:25.800 give birth both times.
00:28:26.960 So did I.
00:28:28.100 I'm joking.
00:28:29.020 It's pretty great,
00:28:29.520 by the way.
00:28:29.820 It was fantastic.
00:28:30.280 It's unbelievable.
00:28:30.940 For me,
00:28:31.220 I mean,
00:28:31.320 I didn't have to do it.
00:28:33.060 No,
00:28:33.200 but one of the great experiences.
00:28:34.000 It was amazing.
00:28:34.540 I just want to be there
00:28:35.280 when Knowles' wife
00:28:36.140 eventually has to go
00:28:37.380 in the labor.
00:28:37.560 I don't know any
00:28:38.240 of my children,
00:28:39.020 but I assume
00:28:39.480 I was smoking a cigar
00:28:40.320 while they were being born.
00:28:41.800 Statistically.
00:28:42.460 Statistically speaking,
00:28:43.480 that's almost a certainty.
00:28:44.640 There's going to be
00:28:45.080 a Netflix documentary
00:28:46.120 about Michael Knowles
00:28:47.160 and all of his
00:28:47.660 illegitimate children
00:28:48.400 in like 10 years.
00:28:49.380 Why didn't we know?
00:28:50.260 We knew.
00:28:50.780 He was saying it on the show.
00:28:52.960 He was leaving backstage.
00:28:54.360 Michael Knowles.
00:28:55.040 Oh, Lord of mercy.
00:28:56.400 All right.
00:28:57.020 First question
00:28:57.640 comes from Lance.
00:28:59.040 He wants to know,
00:28:59.720 do you think that Trump
00:29:00.340 has pushed conservatives
00:29:01.340 towards a big government
00:29:02.620 mentality?
00:29:03.740 And why aren't we seeing
00:29:04.800 Democrats turn away
00:29:05.780 from a big government
00:29:06.520 mentality when they say
00:29:07.980 Trump has too much power?
00:29:09.820 I do not think
00:29:11.340 that Trump has pushed
00:29:12.660 conservatives toward
00:29:13.840 a bigger government
00:29:14.780 mentality.
00:29:15.380 I think he has dialed back
00:29:16.400 government in very
00:29:17.400 important ways,
00:29:19.200 especially in the
00:29:19.780 regulatory way,
00:29:20.580 which is one of the worst.
00:29:21.400 He's appointed judges
00:29:22.480 who seem more inclined
00:29:24.560 to limit the powers
00:29:25.440 of government
00:29:25.800 to those enumerated
00:29:27.020 in the Constitution
00:29:27.660 or something like.
00:29:28.600 The one thing he has
00:29:29.760 done,
00:29:30.240 has not done,
00:29:31.420 which is really a problem,
00:29:32.920 is that he has not
00:29:33.700 addressed entitlement
00:29:35.140 and spending.
00:29:36.240 And entitlement
00:29:36.800 and spending
00:29:37.520 are basically the same
00:29:38.480 thing.
00:29:38.980 He promised the people,
00:29:40.480 he knows the people
00:29:41.140 are dependent on that,
00:29:42.200 he knows the people
00:29:42.820 in the Midwest
00:29:43.320 who lost so many jobs
00:29:44.400 in the last administration
00:29:46.040 and the end of the
00:29:47.300 administration before,
00:29:48.300 he knows they need
00:29:49.020 that stuff,
00:29:49.700 and so he will not
00:29:50.580 come out and say,
00:29:52.280 look,
00:29:52.980 social security
00:29:54.260 was put in place
00:29:54.980 when people died
00:29:55.880 at 63.
00:29:56.920 It kicked in at 65.
00:29:58.360 When you live to 80,
00:29:59.360 you've got to work longer
00:30:00.420 to make more wealth
00:30:02.000 to live off
00:30:02.580 in your retirement.
00:30:03.700 It's true for individuals,
00:30:04.640 true for the country,
00:30:05.300 and that's the only thing,
00:30:06.340 the only way in which
00:30:07.100 I feel he's let the
00:30:08.200 government get out of control.
00:30:09.600 I think that the key here
00:30:11.300 is that the government
00:30:12.240 was already out of control
00:30:12.920 when Trump got there.
00:30:13.460 I think everybody
00:30:14.240 starts to think
00:30:14.820 that the world began
00:30:15.780 to spin when Trump
00:30:16.520 became president.
00:30:17.240 It's like when people
00:30:17.760 look at the 1996
00:30:19.080 Australia gun ban.
00:30:20.040 They say, oh, look
00:30:20.380 how the murder rate
00:30:20.900 went down after that.
00:30:21.720 And it's like, yeah,
00:30:22.080 look before that,
00:30:22.700 how the murder rate
00:30:23.160 was going down.
00:30:23.740 It's a straight line.
00:30:24.540 It continues in the same
00:30:25.320 direction after the gun ban,
00:30:26.640 so there's no actual
00:30:27.360 market effect.
00:30:28.340 The direction of the government
00:30:29.060 was already getting bigger
00:30:29.800 before Trump got there.
00:30:30.880 Trump got there.
00:30:31.540 He didn't make it any smaller.
00:30:32.720 It continues to grow
00:30:33.420 at record rates
00:30:34.000 because Republicans
00:30:34.960 are effectively full of crap
00:30:36.240 when it comes to spending.
00:30:37.180 And this has been true forever.
00:30:38.900 And also,
00:30:39.340 you can't get a consensus
00:30:40.180 on cutting anything
00:30:41.020 because the American people
00:30:42.360 lie to ourselves all the time.
00:30:43.860 We're always like,
00:30:44.280 we want a small government
00:30:45.100 with fewer services.
00:30:46.400 And then they're like,
00:30:46.960 okay, how about this one?
00:30:47.780 No, like that one.
00:30:49.700 Bill Maher is right about this.
00:30:51.340 Bill Maher says
00:30:51.840 Americans like socialism.
00:30:53.120 And my answer to that
00:30:54.000 is they like opiates too
00:30:55.060 just because they like it
00:30:55.860 doesn't mean it's good for you.
00:30:56.920 Well, we like socialism
00:30:57.740 without the cost.
00:30:58.740 Right.
00:30:59.480 That's what,
00:31:00.020 whenever they pull Medicare for all,
00:31:01.680 it's like, yeah.
00:31:02.320 And then they're like,
00:31:02.760 we're going to get rid
00:31:03.320 of your private health care plan
00:31:04.220 and your taxes
00:31:04.840 are going to be 60%.
00:31:05.840 And we're like, oh, wow.
00:31:06.840 Yeah.
00:31:07.340 Actually, we're kind of good.
00:31:08.880 Like, we're okay.
00:31:10.000 We're kind of good.
00:31:10.880 I mean,
00:31:11.220 the last Republican president
00:31:12.800 to cut spending
00:31:13.720 was Calvin Coolidge.
00:31:15.920 Nobody has done,
00:31:16.760 Reagan didn't do it,
00:31:17.600 Bush 1 didn't do it,
00:31:18.280 Bush 2 didn't do it.
00:31:18.940 So conservatives
00:31:19.820 have embraced
00:31:21.060 their bigger spending priorities
00:31:24.060 for a very long time.
00:31:25.220 But I actually think
00:31:25.960 even with the tariffs,
00:31:27.760 which many Republican presidents
00:31:29.900 have engaged in tariffs,
00:31:31.300 many conservatives
00:31:31.880 have liked tariffs.
00:31:33.320 Going back to Abraham Lincoln,
00:31:34.860 I think he's actually
00:31:35.840 a fairly mainstream
00:31:37.340 conservative guy,
00:31:39.460 at least in his governance.
00:31:40.760 Who knows about his ideology?
00:31:41.760 That's right.
00:31:42.480 That's right.
00:31:42.940 He also is pretty restrained
00:31:44.840 when it comes
00:31:45.240 to constitutional governance.
00:31:46.580 He waits for the courts
00:31:47.340 to make decisions.
00:31:48.300 He's never done,
00:31:49.240 I mean,
00:31:49.440 he's done some of the
00:31:50.100 executive order stuff
00:31:51.080 that Obama did,
00:31:52.200 but not anywhere near as badly
00:31:53.560 and not in the same kinds
00:31:54.980 of context.
00:31:56.160 He's actually,
00:31:57.040 for all the screaming
00:31:57.900 about what an authoritarian he is.
00:31:59.460 No, he hasn't fundamentally
00:32:00.660 broken the institutions.
00:32:01.320 He's colored within the lines.
00:32:02.360 Yeah.
00:32:03.060 That's right.
00:32:03.900 Alicia.
00:32:04.580 All right.
00:32:04.900 I think I know
00:32:05.460 who this subscriber is.
00:32:06.800 This question comes from Laurel.
00:32:08.560 She wants to know,
00:32:09.360 is it realistic to try
00:32:10.340 to become an artist these days
00:32:11.840 or is it a foolish thing
00:32:13.540 to pursue?
00:32:14.660 Michael,
00:32:15.060 I think we better
00:32:15.480 let you take this.
00:32:16.380 Hey, Laurel.
00:32:18.840 Well,
00:32:19.320 I would say,
00:32:20.420 and if you're the Laurel
00:32:22.100 I'm thinking of,
00:32:22.880 then you're a wonderful artist.
00:32:24.040 You might have seen on Twitter,
00:32:25.240 one of the Daily Wire viewers,
00:32:26.960 Laurel,
00:32:27.540 paints these pictures of us
00:32:28.620 and they're beautiful pictures.
00:32:29.560 You can be a very good artist.
00:32:31.000 I will say-
00:32:31.480 By the way,
00:32:31.860 if you're not the Laurel
00:32:32.960 that we think you are-
00:32:33.840 Then,
00:32:34.100 well,
00:32:34.240 that's a coincidence.
00:32:35.100 That's really,
00:32:35.640 yeah,
00:32:35.900 gosh,
00:32:36.260 who are you?
00:32:36.920 I will,
00:32:37.400 I think it's important
00:32:38.240 for me to answer this question
00:32:39.500 rather than say,
00:32:40.520 like,
00:32:40.820 Drew,
00:32:41.140 you know,
00:32:41.540 because Drew's a very,
00:32:42.500 very successful artist
00:32:44.100 who's made a lot of money
00:32:44.960 on his art.
00:32:45.620 It's an illusion.
00:32:46.160 And I think I've made
00:32:46.880 about $17
00:32:47.720 in my artistic life.
00:32:49.720 I think it's a wonderful
00:32:50.860 thing to do,
00:32:51.460 though.
00:32:51.700 If you want to
00:32:53.280 be an artist,
00:32:55.280 if you have something to say,
00:32:56.340 if you have some
00:32:57.280 artistic expression,
00:32:59.040 you should do it.
00:33:00.100 You shouldn't ruin
00:33:01.060 your life because of it.
00:33:02.080 You shouldn't allow
00:33:02.600 your life to fall apart
00:33:04.120 and sit around waiting
00:33:05.400 for the phone to ring
00:33:06.600 or some magic to happen.
00:33:07.740 You should be out there.
00:33:09.120 You were always working
00:33:09.960 a zillion jobs
00:33:10.880 while you were writing
00:33:11.620 your early novels,
00:33:12.840 I think.
00:33:13.440 Yes,
00:33:13.780 no,
00:33:14.160 no,
00:33:14.400 but I mean,
00:33:14.940 my answer to this question
00:33:15.840 is always,
00:33:16.280 if you can do anything else,
00:33:17.760 do it.
00:33:18.600 If you're like me
00:33:19.920 and you can't,
00:33:20.720 you literally can't stop,
00:33:22.400 then you're an artist
00:33:23.080 and you have to find a way
00:33:23.920 to make a living.
00:33:25.240 That's the answer.
00:33:26.220 But I will say that
00:33:27.120 the romance of poverty
00:33:28.420 does not apply to people
00:33:29.320 actually in poverty.
00:33:30.620 Absolutely.
00:33:31.440 Absolutely.
00:33:31.760 And there's this whole thing
00:33:32.640 with the starving artist
00:33:33.440 pauper and bull rap.
00:33:35.100 You know,
00:33:35.580 the greatest art of its time
00:33:37.500 is usually the art
00:33:38.280 that makes the most money.
00:33:39.520 When poetry was at its height
00:33:41.600 in England
00:33:42.300 during the Romantic period,
00:33:43.640 Keats, Wordsworth, Shelley,
00:33:44.740 all those great poets,
00:33:46.220 you got famous
00:33:46.920 if you got a best-selling poem.
00:33:49.100 God,
00:33:49.500 I hope that's not true now.
00:33:51.000 And Cardi B
00:33:51.600 is the greatest art
00:33:52.340 of our time.
00:33:53.140 The other point
00:33:54.000 on these famous artists,
00:33:56.380 like really the ones
00:33:57.120 we think,
00:33:57.460 T.S. Eliot,
00:33:58.420 Chekhov,
00:33:59.320 Wallace Stevens,
00:34:00.020 I'm talking about poets,
00:34:00.980 Dana Joya,
00:34:01.600 these guys,
00:34:02.500 all were working jobs
00:34:04.060 and taking care
00:34:04.840 of their families.
00:34:05.640 Good jobs,
00:34:06.840 insurance salesmen,
00:34:07.860 doctors,
00:34:08.520 all these sort of things.
00:34:09.520 They were doing it
00:34:10.300 and I so agree.
00:34:11.500 I have a lot of actor friends
00:34:12.860 who are really good,
00:34:13.960 who are really talented actors
00:34:15.260 and they're making $17 a hit
00:34:17.760 doing off-off Broadway theater
00:34:19.220 and they're living in misery
00:34:20.900 and they don't need
00:34:22.000 to live in misery.
00:34:23.440 They could actually
00:34:26.180 do something productive
00:34:27.300 with their time as well.
00:34:27.760 They could learn to code.
00:34:28.620 They could learn to code.
00:34:29.580 Now our show's
00:34:31.040 going to get kicked out.
00:34:32.480 One thing interesting
00:34:33.360 about the Laurel
00:34:34.200 that we know though
00:34:34.940 is she may be specifically
00:34:36.000 talking about visual art,
00:34:37.680 which is something
00:34:38.140 that none of the four of us
00:34:39.180 have a lot of experience with,
00:34:41.260 but I do have one thought
00:34:42.300 about it,
00:34:42.760 which is we live in an age
00:34:44.600 where we basically
00:34:47.480 have embraced the literal.
00:34:49.480 So if you think about
00:34:50.700 a film is more literal
00:34:53.120 than a play,
00:34:54.500 right?
00:34:54.820 And a YouTube video
00:34:55.800 is more literal
00:34:56.800 than a film.
00:34:57.360 And so everything,
00:34:58.440 all the trend,
00:34:59.180 a photograph is more literal
00:35:01.100 than a painting.
00:35:02.180 Than a painting.
00:35:03.220 So all art in the modern age
00:35:05.120 moves towards literalism.
00:35:07.360 And the problem with literalism
00:35:08.780 is that it's,
00:35:10.880 you know,
00:35:11.120 it leaves someone like Laurel,
00:35:12.560 the Laurel we know anyway,
00:35:14.040 in a place where it would
00:35:15.120 probably be very difficult
00:35:16.220 to understand how,
00:35:17.380 what is the role
00:35:18.180 of visual artistic expression,
00:35:20.780 you know,
00:35:20.920 painting,
00:35:21.440 drawing,
00:35:22.260 in a world that has so embraced
00:35:24.200 more literal forms.
00:35:25.980 Is there a place
00:35:27.180 for a painter?
00:35:28.680 Is there a place
00:35:29.320 for a sketch artist
00:35:31.500 in today's society?
00:35:32.220 It may be a dated,
00:35:33.360 you know,
00:35:33.560 impressionism comes in
00:35:34.520 as photography comes in
00:35:35.620 and it may be,
00:35:36.320 in fact,
00:35:36.700 a dated form.
00:35:37.600 That doesn't mean
00:35:38.120 that no great artist
00:35:39.020 will ever come along,
00:35:39.860 just like there are
00:35:40.280 great playwrights,
00:35:41.160 even though the theater
00:35:41.860 is no longer our main form
00:35:43.340 of talking to one another.
00:35:44.320 I mean,
00:35:44.460 I think there's great art
00:35:45.120 being made in the digital space.
00:35:46.240 Well,
00:35:46.620 that's what I was going to say.
00:35:47.440 I mean,
00:35:47.520 in the digital space,
00:35:47.960 it's unbelievable.
00:35:48.340 Some of the video games
00:35:49.820 and the fact that you can
00:35:50.660 enter into those worlds
00:35:51.760 as you play,
00:35:52.820 that's something new
00:35:53.600 and I've never seen it
00:35:54.280 before and it's brilliant.
00:35:55.100 Did you see this?
00:35:55.740 There's this new Netflix series
00:35:57.300 and it's not all good
00:35:58.340 but there's something
00:35:59.000 that's called
00:35:59.260 Love, Death, and Robots
00:36:00.380 and it was made by David Fincher
00:36:02.800 and a lot of it
00:36:04.100 is just different types
00:36:04.920 of animation
00:36:05.400 and it doesn't all work
00:36:07.500 but it's like these
00:36:08.660 little 10 minute snippets.
00:36:09.540 You just decided
00:36:09.980 we're going to make the series
00:36:10.680 and we're not going to make it
00:36:11.260 half an hour long.
00:36:12.060 All these things are
00:36:12.500 8 to 10 minutes
00:36:13.300 and it's all different types
00:36:15.120 of art
00:36:15.340 and the art is just
00:36:16.220 astonishingly great.
00:36:17.120 It's amazing
00:36:17.720 and the experience
00:36:19.040 of playing a game,
00:36:20.100 I mean,
00:36:20.280 we've talked about this before
00:36:21.160 but the experience
00:36:21.680 of playing a game
00:36:22.180 is so immersive
00:36:23.060 that you get that thing
00:36:24.600 that you used to have
00:36:25.320 to use your imagination for.
00:36:26.060 There's still great art.
00:36:26.600 I mean,
00:36:26.820 Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
00:36:28.020 is a piece of art.
00:36:29.260 Into the Spider-Verse
00:36:30.040 is a beautiful piece of art.
00:36:30.900 And maybe this is part
00:36:31.700 of the answer
00:36:32.420 for someone like Laurel
00:36:33.540 is that you have to find
00:36:35.580 a modern application
00:36:36.920 for those sort of
00:36:38.600 antiquated skills
00:36:39.380 and that could be
00:36:40.040 in the form of animation.
00:36:41.060 We have great illustrators
00:36:41.960 and animators
00:36:42.600 who work for us.
00:36:43.800 It could be
00:36:44.460 some sort of graphic design
00:36:46.040 for which there's
00:36:46.640 a huge home.
00:36:47.460 It could be video game
00:36:48.340 design for which there's,
00:36:50.360 I mean,
00:36:50.560 it's bigger than Hollywood,
00:36:51.440 one of the biggest
00:36:51.900 markets.
00:36:52.900 But I do think,
00:36:53.740 you know,
00:36:54.560 art has always been
00:36:55.420 subsidized by the wealthy.
00:36:56.560 This is correct.
00:36:57.240 Even in America,
00:36:58.620 art is ultimately
00:37:00.060 subsidized by the wealthy.
00:37:01.660 But you do have to find
00:37:02.700 the place where the wealthy
00:37:03.500 are willing to exploit it,
00:37:04.640 where they're willing
00:37:05.060 to subsidize it.
00:37:06.300 So part of it is
00:37:07.520 finding some application
00:37:09.160 for your...
00:37:09.820 There's nothing artistic
00:37:10.600 about rejecting
00:37:11.280 the reality of the world.
00:37:12.900 So true.
00:37:13.660 There's this thing
00:37:14.620 I see among young artists,
00:37:15.900 particularly people
00:37:16.540 who are actors
00:37:17.140 who have scripts
00:37:17.900 and are working
00:37:18.280 at Coffee Bean
00:37:18.740 where it's like,
00:37:19.380 if only the world
00:37:20.060 were fair,
00:37:20.940 if only there were
00:37:21.520 a market for this
00:37:22.200 thing that I'm doing.
00:37:23.300 And it's like,
00:37:23.580 well,
00:37:24.520 the unhappiest people
00:37:25.800 in the world
00:37:26.440 are the people
00:37:26.800 who argue
00:37:27.200 with fundamental realities
00:37:28.240 that they cannot control.
00:37:29.620 It's why teachers
00:37:30.460 always get so bent
00:37:31.160 out of shape
00:37:31.580 about their pay,
00:37:32.280 right?
00:37:32.480 They're always like,
00:37:32.980 you know,
00:37:33.480 teachers should make
00:37:34.380 more than Congress people.
00:37:35.520 And I always think,
00:37:36.260 well,
00:37:36.400 I mean,
00:37:36.720 there's only 435 Congress
00:37:38.680 people in the country.
00:37:39.640 Like,
00:37:39.740 they got themselves
00:37:42.040 elected to something
00:37:42.620 unique and special.
00:37:43.720 Break the teachers' unions
00:37:44.800 and then you get paid
00:37:45.420 a lot more.
00:37:46.280 But it is this thing
00:37:47.200 of like,
00:37:48.160 teachers have never
00:37:49.080 gotten paid more
00:37:49.760 than this.
00:37:50.560 When you decided
00:37:51.720 to pursue becoming
00:37:52.900 a teacher,
00:37:53.960 there was an understanding
00:37:55.340 of what the reality,
00:37:56.620 maybe it's fair,
00:37:58.200 maybe it's,
00:37:58.700 I think it's fair,
00:37:59.680 maybe you think
00:38:00.080 it's not fair,
00:38:00.620 but it is.
00:38:01.540 And one of the great
00:38:02.120 lessons that you helped
00:38:02.860 me learn in my own career
00:38:03.800 as a young artist
00:38:04.560 who wasn't making any money,
00:38:06.000 I was once young,
00:38:07.100 and I once didn't
00:38:07.820 make any money.
00:38:08.280 And Ben helped me
00:38:12.000 understand,
00:38:12.920 it is not,
00:38:14.560 there is no pathway
00:38:15.540 to a happy life
00:38:16.540 peeing into the wind.
00:38:19.560 And the answer isn't
00:38:20.800 that you have to stop peeing,
00:38:22.600 it's that you have
00:38:23.120 to turn around.
00:38:24.000 Well,
00:38:24.260 but it's also,
00:38:25.400 it's also,
00:38:25.420 it's beautiful.
00:38:26.220 It was good advice.
00:38:27.260 It is my life.
00:38:27.960 But everything is a choice.
00:38:28.980 Everything is a choice.
00:38:29.800 You know,
00:38:29.900 we live in a city
00:38:30.640 where some handsome Dan
00:38:32.360 who's never done a thing
00:38:33.160 for anybody
00:38:33.660 can get paid
00:38:34.280 a quarter of a million dollars
00:38:35.340 a week
00:38:35.980 pretending to be
00:38:37.160 a police officer
00:38:37.960 who risks his life,
00:38:39.300 right?
00:38:39.720 Where if you're a police officer
00:38:40.620 you make maybe 60,000.
00:38:41.540 who was victimized
00:38:42.180 by a racial police
00:38:43.080 in Chicago.
00:38:43.780 Exactly.
00:38:44.680 But if you are
00:38:46.000 an actual police officer
00:38:47.920 actually helping people
00:38:48.840 risking your life,
00:38:49.660 you make what
00:38:50.220 Jesse Smollett makes
00:38:51.360 a week in a year.
00:38:53.320 That's right.
00:38:53.780 And so you just have to say
00:38:54.760 this is the choice I'm making.
00:38:56.180 That's the choice.
00:38:56.900 You can't say,
00:38:57.760 oh,
00:38:57.860 I should be paid more.
00:38:58.780 You say,
00:38:59.060 this is the choice I made
00:38:59.900 because I love helping people
00:39:01.180 because I love getting shot at
00:39:02.300 and treated badly
00:39:03.120 by the press.
00:39:04.080 And that's what I'm doing.
00:39:05.300 Racing into buildings
00:39:07.020 that are on fire.
00:39:07.740 Or putting up with kids.
00:39:09.320 I mean,
00:39:09.540 really,
00:39:09.860 teachers do do a heroic,
00:39:11.760 I don't want to sound like
00:39:12.300 I'm down on teachers.
00:39:13.220 Mostly I just want to clip that
00:39:14.240 and we can use it
00:39:14.760 in the LAPD press release.
00:39:19.040 Alicia,
00:39:19.500 one more question.
00:39:20.320 I'm still really bummed
00:39:21.420 that y'all were knocking
00:39:22.280 Cardi B.
00:39:23.000 I mean,
00:39:23.300 everyone knows
00:39:23.840 that she just makes
00:39:24.520 money moves.
00:39:25.540 That's true.
00:39:26.020 She does make money moves
00:39:26.720 by drugging men
00:39:27.400 and then robbing men.
00:39:28.580 That works, right?
00:39:29.300 She didn't have to specify
00:39:30.960 in that song
00:39:31.600 how she made money moves.
00:39:33.340 But then later she did
00:39:34.440 and that was great.
00:39:35.640 She does that like
00:39:36.320 thing.
00:39:37.080 I don't know how she does it.
00:39:38.080 I really want to master it though
00:39:39.300 and just annoy
00:39:40.280 the heck out of Ben
00:39:41.360 when I do it.
00:39:41.820 I don't even know
00:39:42.420 if you want to know
00:39:43.560 how she got to know
00:39:44.140 how to do that.
00:39:44.700 Alicia,
00:39:44.880 I would really know.
00:39:46.340 Alicia,
00:39:46.780 the question.
00:39:47.980 For God's sakes,
00:39:49.100 Alicia.
00:39:49.580 Dear God.
00:39:50.720 Sam,
00:39:51.140 I'm going down
00:39:51.620 the wrong path.
00:39:52.580 Sam wants to know,
00:39:53.480 will the left's
00:39:54.040 newfound anti-Semitism
00:39:55.100 really alienate
00:39:56.480 left-leaning Jews
00:39:57.440 considering that many
00:39:58.560 are already reform
00:39:59.740 or secular
00:40:00.300 and will likely favor
00:40:01.700 their political identity
00:40:03.160 over their religious identity?
00:40:04.520 I think the only person
00:40:05.300 allowed to answer
00:40:05.860 that question
00:40:06.400 is Dr. Perry.
00:40:06.540 Yes, let's hear it.
00:40:07.640 Why, hello.
00:40:10.040 So the answer is,
00:40:11.480 as always,
00:40:12.460 that Jews who care
00:40:13.060 about Judaism
00:40:13.520 are going to be offended
00:40:14.280 by this
00:40:14.620 and Jews who do not
00:40:15.200 care about Judaism
00:40:15.740 are not going to be offended
00:40:16.560 by this because they
00:40:17.120 don't care about Judaism.
00:40:18.240 This is like saying,
00:40:19.200 will Maisie Hirono's
00:40:20.340 anti-Catholic rhetoric
00:40:21.440 alienate Catholics?
00:40:22.500 And the answer is,
00:40:23.200 if you are a practicing Catholic,
00:40:24.500 yes, it will.
00:40:25.100 And if you are not
00:40:25.760 a practicing Catholic,
00:40:26.580 you won't give two dams about it.
00:40:27.960 And this is true for Jews also.
00:40:29.360 There's this weird thing
00:40:30.340 in the press
00:40:30.760 because many members
00:40:32.040 of the press
00:40:32.300 are secular Jews
00:40:33.000 who still have
00:40:33.460 cultural affiliation
00:40:34.380 with Jewishness,
00:40:35.100 which means they have
00:40:36.060 a bagel once in a while.
00:40:36.880 They like matzah ball soup.
00:40:37.680 They've seen Fiddler
00:40:38.220 on the Roof
00:40:38.660 like three times,
00:40:40.260 maybe even a fourth time.
00:40:41.820 And then they go to a synagogue
00:40:43.200 like once a year, maybe,
00:40:44.700 and then they break
00:40:45.120 for lunch on Yom Kippur.
00:40:46.320 And it's like,
00:40:46.640 well, now I'm Jewish
00:40:47.220 because I'm not a white person.
00:40:48.280 I'm a Jewish person.
00:40:49.420 And it allows them
00:40:50.140 a certain level
00:40:50.640 of minority status.
00:40:51.840 And that's what they care
00:40:52.640 about in Judaism.
00:40:53.860 That's not Jewishness, right?
00:40:55.220 That's cultural Jewishness,
00:40:56.640 sort of,
00:40:57.260 but it's not really
00:40:57.860 anything related
00:40:58.560 to the Jewish religion
00:40:59.720 or Jewish principles
00:41:01.000 or the Torah.
00:41:02.480 It's Jew-ish.
00:41:04.580 I would say culturally Jewish,
00:41:06.080 but not religiously Jewish
00:41:07.080 in any sense.
00:41:08.180 And then the media
00:41:08.940 pull people
00:41:09.500 by ethnic Judaism,
00:41:10.700 which again makes no sense
00:41:11.720 because there are plenty of people.
00:41:13.120 Noam Chomsky is an ethnic Jew.
00:41:14.340 He's also a piece of crap.
00:41:15.360 So like,
00:41:15.700 why would I,
00:41:16.400 Bernie Sanders is an ethnic Jew.
00:41:17.940 What does he care about Judaism?
00:41:18.780 He's an open militant atheist
00:41:20.960 who hates Israel
00:41:22.120 and thinks that the Bible
00:41:23.240 is antiquated.
00:41:23.920 Like,
00:41:24.140 why would I pull him?
00:41:25.240 So my answer is
00:41:26.800 the people who care about principles
00:41:28.260 that Judaism stands for
00:41:29.960 are going to be offended by this.
00:41:31.480 I think there'll be main,
00:41:32.260 there's a group of older Jews,
00:41:33.480 particularly people
00:41:34.080 who are above the age of 60
00:41:34.980 who've historically voted Democrat,
00:41:36.560 who still care about
00:41:37.160 the state of Israel,
00:41:38.020 who still care about
00:41:39.040 going to synagogue,
00:41:40.460 even if it's conservative reform,
00:41:41.880 and they will be offended.
00:41:42.860 And you'll see a little bit
00:41:43.460 of drop off there.
00:41:44.180 But young Jews
00:41:44.960 who don't have any affiliation
00:41:46.100 aren't religious.
00:41:47.100 Honestly, I'm so bewildered
00:41:49.560 why people would think
00:41:50.260 it would be any different.
00:41:51.600 This question is so bewildering.
00:41:52.620 Whenever anybody asks me
00:41:54.060 a question about
00:41:54.560 why do the Jews vote Democrat,
00:41:55.760 I say they don't.
00:41:57.260 The Orthodox Jews vote
00:41:58.800 70-30 or 80-20 Republican.
00:42:00.680 A follow-up question.
00:42:02.160 Toast sliced bagels,
00:42:03.440 yes or no?
00:42:04.100 What the F was that?
00:42:05.740 What was that?
00:42:06.980 Did you see that?
00:42:07.780 The bagel,
00:42:08.380 they sliced it vertically?
00:42:09.480 I mean, my feeling is
00:42:10.460 you can't do a bagel wrong,
00:42:14.280 so it's not terrible.
00:42:15.220 But where do you put
00:42:15.980 all the lox
00:42:16.780 and the scallion cream cheese?
00:42:18.600 Where do you put that
00:42:19.380 on a sliced...
00:42:20.340 You want to know something true?
00:42:21.420 It's absolutely 100% true.
00:42:23.920 I'm from Texas.
00:42:25.460 I have never had a bagel.
00:42:26.320 Oh my lord.
00:42:28.020 How are you my business partner?
00:42:30.000 I'm pretty sure
00:42:30.720 that I made it 30 years
00:42:31.660 before I met anyone
00:42:32.480 who had had a bagel.
00:42:33.560 Okay, so,
00:42:34.200 okay, I'm going to tell
00:42:35.120 everybody in LA,
00:42:36.000 best bagels,
00:42:36.640 they are kosher.
00:42:37.380 Western bagel,
00:42:38.100 they have a factory
00:42:38.700 on Sepulveda Boulevard.
00:42:40.180 They bake them fresh.
00:42:41.220 So they take them
00:42:41.700 out of the factory,
00:42:42.200 they put them in the window.
00:42:43.360 They are the best bagels
00:42:44.300 in the history of mankind.
00:42:45.860 Oh, no, no, no.
00:42:47.080 Best bagels in the history
00:42:47.880 of mankind are in New York.
00:42:49.120 They are in New York.
00:42:49.840 Whatever, New York.
00:42:50.740 No, they are.
00:42:51.380 They have the bagel moss in New York.
00:42:52.440 Have you had Western bagels, though?
00:42:53.280 Yes.
00:42:53.660 They are really solid.
00:42:54.260 No, I got them.
00:42:54.900 You recommend them.
00:42:55.480 I got them.
00:42:56.180 But New York bagels
00:42:57.020 are another planet.
00:42:58.140 They really are.
00:42:58.920 I don't know.
00:42:59.120 Do you like the doughy
00:42:59.720 or do you like more of the air?
00:43:00.520 I like the big doughy ones.
00:43:01.660 Okay.
00:43:03.180 Plus, people from New York
00:43:04.040 don't know that there is
00:43:04.800 anything outside of New York.
00:43:05.940 It's the best New Yorker cover, right?
00:43:07.500 It's the best New Yorker cover ever.
00:43:08.760 That was the best New Yorker cover.
00:43:09.640 The New Yorker's view
00:43:10.280 of the United States.
00:43:11.120 Yes.
00:43:11.420 And it's just in the foreground
00:43:12.940 you see New York
00:43:13.540 and then you just see Chicago and L.A.
00:43:15.340 And there's nothing.
00:43:16.460 And all of the United States
00:43:17.380 is three inches wide.
00:43:18.420 Japan is a distance.
00:43:18.440 Yeah, exactly.
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00:44:49.320 And you're like,
00:44:49.980 no.
00:44:50.300 I can't, bro.
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00:44:51.660 The thing is though,
00:44:52.660 this week as we pitch this,
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00:45:04.180 So let's talk about
00:45:04.860 another one of the great stories
00:45:05.840 of the week.
00:45:06.500 Can we talk about
00:45:06.860 the Green New Deal thing
00:45:07.820 is the best cocaine Mitch.
00:45:10.620 I mean,
00:45:10.900 you gotta hand it to cocaine Mitch.
00:45:11.980 Hang on.
00:45:12.820 To Mitch.
00:45:13.220 To Mitch.
00:45:13.820 Oh yeah.
00:45:15.380 I'm gonna use the Tumblr for this one.
00:45:17.180 I mean,
00:45:17.540 oh yeah.
00:45:18.240 Mitch Escobar McConnell.
00:45:20.140 Yep.
00:45:21.640 Unbelievable.
00:45:22.680 So you,
00:45:23.940 undoubtedly you know the story,
00:45:25.580 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
00:45:27.040 Tell us the tales of cocaine Mitch.
00:45:27.820 Whom we must refer to
00:45:29.400 as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
00:45:31.160 or AOC
00:45:32.260 and not as Cortez.
00:45:33.860 No, no.
00:45:34.100 So fresh.
00:45:35.360 So face.
00:45:36.220 So face.
00:45:36.640 So face.
00:45:37.780 AOC comes up with this
00:45:39.720 piece of legislation
00:45:40.760 called the Green New Deal.
00:45:41.880 She writes it.
00:45:42.580 She writes it herself.
00:45:43.480 It basically outlaws
00:45:44.480 cow farts and everything.
00:45:45.840 Mm-hmm.
00:45:46.560 Literally all things
00:45:47.520 plus cow farts.
00:45:48.900 And costs $93 trillion.
00:45:50.640 And then they start
00:45:51.660 berating the right
00:45:53.360 for saying that
00:45:54.500 it's a ridiculous
00:45:54.960 piece of legislation.
00:45:55.960 They say this is
00:45:56.720 our World War II.
00:45:58.200 This is WWII.
00:45:59.460 We're fighting the Nazis
00:46:00.460 and we have to
00:46:02.060 put everything we have
00:46:03.420 The world will end
00:46:04.420 within 12 years.
00:46:05.240 In 12 years.
00:46:06.180 So this week
00:46:07.120 Mitch McConnell thinks
00:46:08.020 for a laugh
00:46:09.060 just to make our week
00:46:10.460 even better.
00:46:11.080 He thinks
00:46:11.380 let's give him a chance
00:46:12.260 to vote on the Green New Deal.
00:46:13.780 He brings it
00:46:14.360 to the floor of the Senate.
00:46:16.300 But by the way
00:46:16.880 all of the Senate Democrats
00:46:18.520 who are currently
00:46:19.340 running for president
00:46:20.140 co-sponsor the legislation.
00:46:22.420 12 co-sponsors
00:46:23.440 every one of them
00:46:24.660 running for president.
00:46:25.860 How many of them
00:46:26.460 voted Michael
00:46:26.980 for the Green New Deal?
00:46:27.900 Hold on let me
00:46:28.440 carry the Senate.
00:46:29.320 And none.
00:46:30.140 None of it.
00:46:30.860 No Senate Democrats
00:46:31.860 voted for the Green New Deal.
00:46:33.260 The best part
00:46:33.940 of the story though
00:46:34.580 is that AOC
00:46:35.520 gets asked on Twitter
00:46:36.960 why didn't the Senate Democrats
00:46:38.820 try to save the world?
00:46:39.880 You've condemned us to die.
00:46:40.920 And AOC's answer was
00:46:42.560 because I encouraged them
00:46:44.220 not to vote for it.
00:46:45.540 She's the boss.
00:46:46.040 She said she encouraged them
00:46:47.520 to vote present.
00:46:48.760 And that's how senators
00:46:49.800 make the decision
00:46:50.540 when the congresswoman
00:46:51.760 would first term.
00:46:53.960 And all I could think is
00:46:55.400 why has she condemned us
00:46:56.520 all to die
00:46:57.000 in 12 years?
00:46:58.200 I was assured by the press
00:46:59.940 it was not only important
00:47:01.360 it was deeply popular
00:47:02.140 I was told.
00:47:02.800 I was told that this was popular
00:47:03.900 particularly among the youngins
00:47:04.900 that they love
00:47:05.960 nothing but having
00:47:06.860 air travel banned
00:47:07.700 and every building
00:47:09.060 in the United States
00:47:09.660 retrofitted or destroyed.
00:47:10.860 That they were into
00:47:11.480 all of those things.
00:47:12.940 And every single Democrat
00:47:14.260 voted present
00:47:14.900 except for four
00:47:15.800 who voted against.
00:47:17.120 Right.
00:47:17.280 Those are the ones
00:47:17.880 in the red states.
00:47:18.740 That was Manchin
00:47:19.220 and Doug Jones
00:47:20.440 and Kyrsten Sinema
00:47:21.340 and then Angus King
00:47:22.480 up in Maine
00:47:22.880 who's an independent
00:47:23.540 but is a Democrat.
00:47:24.780 And the best reaction
00:47:26.780 was the reaction afterward.
00:47:28.800 Because afterward
00:47:29.500 they were all like
00:47:30.080 can't believe the Republicans
00:47:31.520 pulled this stunt.
00:47:32.660 We wanted to hold
00:47:33.480 debate on this.
00:47:35.620 But the purpose of debate
00:47:36.740 for legislation
00:47:37.380 usually is to get to the floor.
00:47:40.060 To get to the vote.
00:47:40.960 And you guys were all like
00:47:42.200 no you know
00:47:42.820 we can't vote for this.
00:47:43.760 Sorry.
00:47:44.060 We just don't want
00:47:44.760 to be associated.
00:47:45.720 You know it's a little bit much.
00:47:47.300 It's a little much.
00:47:48.640 Also Alexandria
00:47:49.340 I call her occasional cortex
00:47:51.000 but Alexandria
00:47:52.460 made a speech afterwards
00:47:54.020 that was pure word salad.
00:47:55.780 She was talking about
00:47:56.320 Flint, Michigan
00:47:57.060 where this Democrat town
00:47:58.580 poured
00:47:59.240 took the water
00:48:00.540 out of the river
00:48:01.140 and killed people with it
00:48:02.500 while the Republicans
00:48:03.260 were saying
00:48:03.620 don't do that.
00:48:04.680 Don't do that.
00:48:05.300 What does that have to do
00:48:06.000 with climate change?
00:48:07.080 It has nothing to do
00:48:07.780 with climate change.
00:48:08.040 My favorite thing was
00:48:08.820 have you seen the polls on her?
00:48:10.240 They're brutal.
00:48:10.960 I mean people do not like her.
00:48:12.100 Trump is more popular
00:48:13.020 in New York than she is.
00:48:14.100 It turns out that
00:48:15.080 after all this media coverage
00:48:16.400 after putting her
00:48:17.000 on the cover of Time Magazine
00:48:18.180 after treating her
00:48:19.080 as though she is
00:48:20.160 the face of the
00:48:21.120 new Democratic Party
00:48:21.900 the more people see her
00:48:22.740 the more they dislike her.
00:48:23.780 Because when you see her
00:48:24.660 at the beginning
00:48:25.240 you're like oh she's enthusiastic
00:48:26.400 and kind of fun
00:48:27.120 and then you listen to the
00:48:28.180 things coming out of her face
00:48:29.580 and you're like
00:48:30.180 these are bad things
00:48:30.980 that come out of your face.
00:48:31.660 But she's also mean.
00:48:32.500 She's not a nice person.
00:48:33.540 No.
00:48:33.640 She really is.
00:48:34.100 You see this about
00:48:34.740 Ilhan Omar also.
00:48:35.600 I mean Ilhan Omar
00:48:36.940 is just a nasty
00:48:38.100 She's a horrible piece of work.
00:48:39.400 She's especially mean
00:48:40.280 to guys like you.
00:48:42.620 Something about you
00:48:43.560 she doesn't like.
00:48:44.180 I'm not sure what it is.
00:48:45.000 Guys it's just that
00:48:46.040 he's a supporter of Israel.
00:48:48.620 That's her only problem.
00:48:50.400 This was one of the great moments
00:48:51.620 and then Mike Lee
00:48:52.680 getting up on the floor
00:48:53.640 of the Senate.
00:48:54.240 That was.
00:48:54.620 He was.
00:48:55.020 It was magnificent.
00:48:56.080 He deserves some kind of award.
00:48:56.720 Oh it was so great
00:48:57.540 because for those
00:48:58.520 who didn't see it
00:48:58.940 you should go watch it.
00:48:59.840 He did basically
00:49:01.500 a Bob Newhart routine.
00:49:02.400 He got up there
00:49:03.180 and he's very low key Mike Lee.
00:49:05.360 He's a very serious guy.
00:49:07.000 He was considered
00:49:07.480 pretty seriously
00:49:08.160 for the Supreme Court
00:49:08.980 for the last vacancy
00:49:10.580 and he gets up there
00:49:11.840 with a picture
00:49:12.820 of Ronald Reagan
00:49:14.340 riding a velociraptor
00:49:16.360 while firing a machine gun
00:49:17.940 with an RPG strapped
00:49:19.220 to his back
00:49:19.700 and he gives an entire
00:49:21.020 disposition describing
00:49:22.060 the immense patriotism
00:49:23.760 of the velociraptor
00:49:24.660 that is holding
00:49:25.240 the flag
00:49:26.220 in its tattered flag
00:49:28.320 and then he says
00:49:29.920 this has as much to do
00:49:30.960 with the Green New Deal
00:49:32.080 as the Green New Deal
00:49:32.800 has to do with stopping
00:49:33.560 climate change
00:49:34.440 and then the press
00:49:35.700 does what the press do
00:49:36.320 and this is why
00:49:36.880 the common theme
00:49:38.720 of Donald Trump's presidency
00:49:40.320 and it is why
00:49:41.000 he is president
00:49:41.500 and it pre-existed Trump
00:49:42.520 and it will post-exist Trump
00:49:43.560 we hate the media
00:49:44.680 and we deserve to hate the media
00:49:46.240 because they are sheer
00:49:47.540 freaking burning
00:49:48.920 flaming piles of garbage
00:49:50.420 the way that they covered
00:49:51.840 the Mike Lee thing
00:49:52.540 was such evidence
00:49:53.720 of intellectual dishonesty
00:49:54.960 like I will acknowledge
00:49:56.120 that Stephen Colbert
00:49:57.140 is a comedian
00:49:57.700 and he was doing jokes
00:49:58.780 and I will acknowledge
00:49:59.600 that Jon Stewart
00:50:00.200 who I really dislike
00:50:01.360 is doing jokes
00:50:02.400 I will acknowledge
00:50:03.220 all of that
00:50:03.620 but he is doing
00:50:04.560 an obvious riff
00:50:05.540 Mike Lee
00:50:05.940 it is obviously a joke
00:50:06.800 he is obviously making fun
00:50:07.940 of the stupidity
00:50:08.800 of a bill so bad
00:50:10.560 not a single democrat
00:50:11.460 voted in favor of it
00:50:12.520 and the headlines were
00:50:13.360 Mike Lee makes bizarre attack
00:50:15.000 on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
00:50:16.880 using silly painting
00:50:18.280 it is like
00:50:18.820 that is called a comedy
00:50:20.040 yeah
00:50:20.420 and it was genuinely funny
00:50:21.920 which is really rare
00:50:22.780 in government
00:50:23.220 I wish that Senator Ted Cruz
00:50:25.700 hashtag the only senator I know
00:50:27.360 would have gotten up
00:50:29.880 during his remarks
00:50:31.260 and just bread
00:50:31.960 green eggs and ham
00:50:32.700 it would have made it
00:50:34.020 such a perfect week
00:50:34.740 for me
00:50:35.000 I know
00:50:35.340 it's pretty close
00:50:36.860 to a perfect week
00:50:37.540 it is a really good week
00:50:38.680 this is
00:50:39.060 well yeah
00:50:39.880 since Kavanaugh
00:50:41.080 I've not been this
00:50:41.740 guys even on the
00:50:42.780 Green New Deal
00:50:43.280 this story went unreported
00:50:45.200 but it happened
00:50:45.920 during the throes
00:50:46.880 it actually happened
00:50:47.580 on the greatest day ever
00:50:48.820 when you
00:50:49.160 you were out
00:50:49.840 you were getting
00:50:50.800 I was having propofol
00:50:51.740 and well
00:50:52.340 we missed one of these
00:50:53.220 right
00:50:53.440 so I go in
00:50:55.000 to get an endoscopy
00:50:55.760 because I have
00:50:57.120 esophagitis
00:50:57.780 which is this weird
00:50:58.380 esophageal thing
00:50:59.040 and I go in
00:50:59.980 I get drug
00:51:00.420 and as I come out
00:51:03.360 of my drug induced coma
00:51:05.440 I read that Michael Avenatti
00:51:08.020 has been arrested
00:51:08.740 oh yeah
00:51:09.460 and I thought to myself
00:51:10.520 this can't be happening
00:51:11.880 like on the same day
00:51:13.520 they released the Mueller report
00:51:14.420 Michael Avenatti
00:51:15.180 has been arrested
00:51:16.360 for running the stupidest scam
00:51:18.540 in legitimately
00:51:19.740 all of human history
00:51:20.600 and he's getting
00:51:21.340 and he's getting
00:51:22.300 dunked on
00:51:22.620 it didn't really happen right
00:51:23.300 he's getting dunked on
00:51:24.380 by Stormy Daniels
00:51:25.840 right who's saying
00:51:26.460 yeah he was a crappy
00:51:27.300 he was a crappy lawyer
00:51:28.300 and I legitimately
00:51:30.220 woke up and I thought
00:51:31.060 like Michael Jackson
00:51:32.180 I died of a propofol
00:51:33.020 I don't know
00:51:34.080 what's going on here
00:51:34.820 and don't forget
00:51:35.260 it's not
00:51:35.700 so Avenatti
00:51:36.400 who was on CNN
00:51:37.400 and MSNBC
00:51:38.100 108 times
00:51:39.200 between last March
00:51:40.180 and last May
00:51:40.720 108 times
00:51:42.460 Avenatti goes down
00:51:43.680 frequent CNN guest
00:51:44.680 his co-conspirator
00:51:46.200 is Mark Garagos
00:51:47.320 the CNN legal analyst
00:51:49.380 he goes down
00:51:50.280 in the scheme
00:51:50.740 and then
00:51:51.240 I'm reading
00:51:52.000 I'm literally just
00:51:52.860 reading the news
00:51:53.520 as I'm on the air
00:51:54.440 and I see
00:51:55.460 this little underreported story
00:51:57.540 the world's fastest
00:51:59.320 melting glacier
00:52:00.240 we're getting ready
00:52:01.020 for the Green New Deal vote
00:52:01.980 the world's fastest
00:52:03.100 melting glacier
00:52:03.920 on Monday
00:52:04.720 stopped melting
00:52:06.860 and started gaining ice
00:52:08.680 global warming
00:52:09.820 itself ended
00:52:10.840 this week
00:52:11.400 it's like
00:52:12.300 Franklin Graham
00:52:13.280 from the
00:52:14.420 president's inauguration
00:52:15.700 Mr. President
00:52:16.520 God has blessed us
00:52:17.820 with rain
00:52:18.260 just as he started
00:52:19.000 to speak
00:52:19.320 Mr. President
00:52:20.280 God
00:52:20.880 stop global warming
00:52:22.720 just as you were
00:52:23.840 being
00:52:24.220 you know what I love
00:52:25.600 about the Michael
00:52:26.100 Avenatti story
00:52:26.940 though
00:52:27.120 everything
00:52:27.620 yeah
00:52:28.120 everything
00:52:28.820 but they hit Trump
00:52:30.260 on being associated
00:52:31.280 with Michael Cohen
00:52:31.960 a fair hit
00:52:32.800 you shouldn't associate
00:52:33.620 with guys like Michael Cohen
00:52:34.640 he's a slime
00:52:35.720 right
00:52:35.980 true
00:52:36.460 but they associated
00:52:37.760 with Michael Avenatti
00:52:38.600 they love this guy
00:52:39.620 Bill Maher said
00:52:40.240 oh he's Donald Trump's
00:52:41.380 worst nightmare
00:52:41.960 if that's Donald Trump's
00:52:43.460 worst nightmare
00:52:44.000 I'm the queen of Romania
00:52:45.460 you know
00:52:45.860 by the way
00:52:46.160 that quote from him
00:52:47.300 I mean it was so perfect
00:52:48.280 the writers of the season
00:52:49.280 are just
00:52:50.000 doing great work
00:52:51.280 and they plant these clues
00:52:52.960 like a season earlier
00:52:54.140 and then they come
00:52:54.720 to fruition
00:52:55.220 I mean it really
00:52:55.800 like the real payoffs
00:52:56.700 right
00:52:56.900 he like goes on the view
00:52:57.920 and he says
00:52:58.280 all my fantasies
00:52:59.040 involve handcuffs
00:52:59.880 and then he ends up
00:53:02.160 being arrested
00:53:03.060 and he's arrested
00:53:05.060 for trying to bully Nike
00:53:06.360 right
00:53:07.140 the company
00:53:07.640 of Colin Kaepernick
00:53:08.880 and he's trying
00:53:09.700 to bully them
00:53:10.400 what is it also
00:53:11.220 with these lawyers
00:53:11.920 pretending to be gangsters
00:53:13.080 say what you will
00:53:13.780 about gangsters
00:53:14.360 they're gangsters
00:53:15.240 they're really dangerous
00:53:16.060 characters
00:53:16.460 when they threaten you
00:53:17.160 you're afraid
00:53:17.780 right
00:53:18.000 these guys come
00:53:18.720 and say Nike
00:53:19.300 I'm gonna take you down
00:53:20.640 I'm gonna tweet Nike
00:53:21.720 here's the thing about that
00:53:24.220 Michael Avenatti knows
00:53:25.120 he can get on CNN
00:53:25.800 that's why he was able
00:53:26.820 to do that
00:53:27.360 right
00:53:27.540 the part of that story
00:53:28.640 that is under reported
00:53:29.520 is that when he says
00:53:30.540 I'll take your market cap
00:53:31.560 down a billion dollars
00:53:32.520 what he means by that
00:53:33.480 is I will go on CNN
00:53:34.300 tonight
00:53:34.620 with all of my friends
00:53:35.760 like Don Lemon
00:53:36.280 and Chris Cuomo
00:53:36.820 and I will talk
00:53:37.600 very bad things
00:53:38.300 about your company
00:53:39.060 that's what he meant
00:53:39.980 and he knows
00:53:40.420 he can do that
00:53:40.880 because he's on
00:53:41.420 speed dial
00:53:41.800 with the producers
00:53:42.300 at CNN
00:53:42.620 and Brian Stelter
00:53:43.200 said to him
00:53:43.660 I take you seriously
00:53:44.640 as a presidential candidate
00:53:45.560 because you've been
00:53:46.040 on cable news so much
00:53:47.060 that's what he said
00:53:47.760 so they build him up
00:53:49.580 they actually are talking
00:53:50.980 about him
00:53:51.560 as a presidential candidate
00:53:52.700 one thing you gotta say
00:53:53.380 about Trump
00:53:53.740 he never talked about
00:53:54.620 Michael Cohen
00:53:55.080 running for president
00:53:55.860 the press did that
00:53:58.320 with Michael Avenatti
00:53:59.200 Alicia we want to hear
00:54:00.200 from a few more
00:54:00.740 of our Daily Wire
00:54:01.540 subscribers
00:54:02.320 after all
00:54:03.420 they pay for my house
00:54:04.380 by going over
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00:54:11.120 and if you do it
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00:54:17.140 to you know
00:54:18.320 sit in and watch us
00:54:19.820 do whatever this thing
00:54:20.620 is that we do
00:54:20.980 what are we doing
00:54:21.380 so Alicia
00:54:21.840 what are our subscribers
00:54:23.280 asking us right now
00:54:23.960 oh I'm real glad
00:54:24.520 you didn't ask me
00:54:25.100 what are we doing
00:54:25.720 because you know
00:54:26.660 let's have that answer
00:54:27.660 no chance
00:54:28.920 before we get to those
00:54:30.360 awesome subscriber questions
00:54:31.620 that make it possible
00:54:32.440 for all of us
00:54:33.040 to be stuck here
00:54:33.820 me in you know
00:54:34.860 a non-smoke filled room
00:54:35.920 so thanks for that guys
00:54:36.980 we do have our
00:54:38.320 Facebook polling results
00:54:39.720 turns out that
00:54:40.860 people think that
00:54:41.460 The Economist
00:54:42.140 having to apologize
00:54:43.600 to Ben
00:54:44.280 and change their headline
00:54:45.300 got 7% of the vote
00:54:46.860 about the craziest
00:54:48.300 slash greatest news week ever
00:54:49.800 Jussie Smollett
00:54:50.600 comes in at 10%
00:54:51.600 the Green New Deal
00:54:52.620 utterly failing
00:54:53.420 and no Democrats
00:54:54.120 voting for it
00:54:54.800 came in at 23%
00:54:56.300 but of course
00:54:57.200 the Mueller report
00:54:58.180 showing absolutely
00:54:59.420 no collusion
00:55:00.180 you know
00:55:00.920 either Trump
00:55:01.520 is a really
00:55:02.320 super secret Russian spy
00:55:04.160 or he's really dumb
00:55:05.040 Democrats can't have it
00:55:06.260 both ways
00:55:06.760 60% of the people
00:55:07.960 say that the Mueller report
00:55:08.860 results showing
00:55:09.540 no collusion with Russia
00:55:10.580 is the story of the week
00:55:11.940 I can't believe
00:55:12.700 that our Daily Wire
00:55:14.000 audience could be so wrong
00:55:15.540 clearly the Economist
00:55:17.720 having to apologize
00:55:18.580 to Ben today
00:55:19.380 is the biggest news story
00:55:20.440 of the week
00:55:20.760 this was the first thing
00:55:21.680 I saw this morning
00:55:22.440 it was trending on Twitter
00:55:24.480 it was trending on Twitter
00:55:26.500 Ben who writes a book
00:55:28.180 about philosophy
00:55:29.300 without his picture
00:55:30.600 on the cover
00:55:31.140 so like
00:55:31.880 a guaranteed
00:55:33.240 three copies
00:55:34.680 sold to your grandmother
00:55:35.660 each one autographed
00:55:37.280 for her friends
00:55:37.960 Ben made the
00:55:40.280 New York Times
00:55:41.260 number one
00:55:42.020 best selling book
00:55:42.900 in the country
00:55:43.880 this week
00:55:44.880 unseating
00:55:45.640 Michelle Obama
00:55:46.440 who's held on
00:55:47.260 to that number one spot
00:55:48.080 with her
00:55:48.520 becoming second place book
00:55:50.140 that's what I'm calling it
00:55:51.060 her becoming book
00:55:52.920 for the last minute
00:55:53.760 and then
00:55:54.560 the Economist
00:55:55.260 does what
00:55:55.660 I actually think
00:55:56.440 in fairness
00:55:56.780 was quite a nice
00:55:57.600 the interview
00:55:58.360 was good
00:55:58.580 I thought so too
00:55:59.960 I didn't mind the interview
00:56:00.580 at all
00:56:00.820 and then they
00:56:01.500 tweet out
00:56:02.400 the story today
00:56:03.660 under the headline
00:56:05.240 you'll get it right
00:56:06.180 Ben Shapiro
00:56:07.000 the alt-right
00:56:08.180 sage without the rage
00:56:09.600 which is wrong
00:56:10.460 in two ways
00:56:11.020 right
00:56:11.260 I mean I'm surprised
00:56:13.500 you didn't say three
00:56:14.040 but yeah
00:56:14.440 the alt-right
00:56:18.340 man
00:56:18.720 and I was like
00:56:20.500 really
00:56:21.220 it's the yarmulke
00:56:22.180 with the swastik on it
00:56:23.380 this is where they're going
00:56:25.060 like do they not have
00:56:25.900 there's a company
00:56:27.140 it's called Google
00:56:27.620 and when you type things
00:56:28.840 into the Google machine
00:56:30.200 it tells you things
00:56:31.240 about people
00:56:31.860 so if you typed in
00:56:32.860 Ben Shapiro alt-right
00:56:33.780 the first results
00:56:34.500 would have been
00:56:34.980 me ripping the alt-right
00:56:36.060 in the Washington Post
00:56:36.980 and probably the second results
00:56:38.260 would have been
00:56:38.520 me doing an entire episode
00:56:39.440 ripping the alt-right
00:56:40.100 on my show
00:56:40.720 then it would be
00:56:41.280 the alt-right ripping you
00:56:42.260 right
00:56:42.600 then it would be
00:56:42.880 the alt-right ripping me
00:56:43.680 I've spent the last
00:56:45.100 four years
00:56:45.780 doing open war
00:56:46.780 with the alt-right
00:56:47.640 if they had bothered
00:56:48.760 to do a control F
00:56:49.560 inside my book
00:56:50.300 I referenced the alt-right
00:56:51.160 four times
00:56:51.720 all four times
00:56:52.440 I called them
00:56:52.860 racist pieces of crap
00:56:53.840 so this seemed
00:56:55.380 to be a bit odd
00:56:56.280 and so I
00:56:57.300 I mean I never
00:56:58.140 go to war with media
00:56:59.040 people who attack me
00:57:00.180 because I get attacked
00:57:00.820 a lot as it turns out
00:57:01.740 this one I was not
00:57:02.960 going to stand for
00:57:03.520 so I really went
00:57:04.260 after them on Twitter
00:57:04.920 I mean I called
00:57:05.880 I said
00:57:07.300 you need to apologize
00:57:08.180 you need to pull this down
00:57:09.140 and you need to change
00:57:09.660 the title
00:57:10.060 I said
00:57:11.240 I threatened to get
00:57:12.020 a solicitor
00:57:12.480 in Britain
00:57:13.200 because the libel laws
00:57:14.400 in Britain
00:57:14.700 are a lot looser
00:57:15.580 than the libel laws
00:57:16.320 here
00:57:16.460 so they're going to
00:57:16.960 play by those rules
00:57:17.540 and when people call you
00:57:17.840 Nazis
00:57:18.220 you probably
00:57:19.080 have a good libel
00:57:20.560 yeah exactly
00:57:21.640 and so within
00:57:22.560 four hours
00:57:23.320 they pulled down
00:57:23.980 the original headline
00:57:25.000 they changed
00:57:25.420 now I'm a radical
00:57:26.140 conservative
00:57:26.860 I'm no longer
00:57:27.620 the alt-right sage
00:57:28.300 without the rage
00:57:28.800 they defended it
00:57:28.980 first though
00:57:29.460 they defended their
00:57:30.400 headline
00:57:30.800 as long as they could
00:57:31.900 and then I guess
00:57:32.340 they didn't want
00:57:32.740 to lawyer up
00:57:33.320 so they changed it
00:57:33.920 yeah something happened
00:57:34.900 and they decided
00:57:35.360 to change
00:57:35.740 and then they issued
00:57:36.220 a full apology
00:57:36.960 they said
00:57:37.300 as it turns out
00:57:39.120 Ben Shapiro
00:57:40.060 is a long time
00:57:40.540 critic of the alt-right
00:57:41.320 we apologize
00:57:42.200 and they spelled it
00:57:42.780 with an S
00:57:43.140 which just shows
00:57:43.760 what jerks they are
00:57:44.800 oh man
00:57:45.220 they probably put a U
00:57:45.920 in color
00:57:46.320 it's ridiculous
00:57:47.000 unbelievable
00:57:47.480 it is amazing though
00:57:48.620 because I thought
00:57:49.980 about this morning
00:57:50.580 how they could have
00:57:51.080 come to such a
00:57:51.800 patently absurd
00:57:53.300 conclusion
00:57:53.780 and then I realized
00:57:54.840 it's because
00:57:55.360 the left
00:57:56.480 and particularly
00:57:57.100 the left media
00:57:57.900 is so ensconced
00:57:59.180 in their ideological
00:58:00.180 bubble
00:58:00.700 that they legitimately
00:58:02.040 cannot discern
00:58:03.720 the difference
00:58:04.260 between the right
00:58:05.760 and the alternative
00:58:07.680 to the right
00:58:09.340 which is the alt-right
00:58:10.400 from their point of view
00:58:12.200 we are all
00:58:13.300 white supremacists
00:58:14.240 Nazi
00:58:14.660 racist
00:58:15.280 violent
00:58:16.200 anti-Semitic
00:58:17.900 jingoistic
00:58:18.660 one step away
00:58:20.320 from murder
00:58:20.440 I think that conflation
00:58:21.080 is one of the most
00:58:21.640 dangerous things
00:58:22.200 in public life
00:58:22.760 and the reason
00:58:23.140 that I say that
00:58:23.720 is because
00:58:24.140 of what it conveys
00:58:25.720 and also the view
00:58:26.360 that it springs from
00:58:27.020 so what it conveys
00:58:27.740 is that
00:58:28.480 if you are on the right
00:58:29.540 if you have a heterodox
00:58:30.380 opinion
00:58:30.700 you're a Nazi
00:58:31.260 we can't talk with you
00:58:32.700 and presumably
00:58:33.320 you should be banned
00:58:33.880 because Facebook
00:58:34.420 in the last couple of days
00:58:35.280 has said that
00:58:35.700 they are no longer
00:58:36.660 going to allow you
00:58:37.240 to post anything
00:58:37.740 that's white nationalist
00:58:38.440 or white supremacist
00:58:39.220 I hate white nationalism
00:58:40.400 I hate white supremacy
00:58:41.300 turns out they don't
00:58:41.920 like me much either
00:58:42.620 but I am deeply
00:58:43.640 uncomfortable
00:58:44.080 with the idea
00:58:44.720 of Facebook
00:58:45.480 using data
00:58:46.200 from media matters
00:58:46.920 in the SPLC
00:58:47.640 to determine
00:58:48.240 which speech
00:58:49.100 should be banned
00:58:49.740 the thing is
00:58:51.140 you and Jordan Peterson
00:58:52.180 there's not much
00:58:53.200 to go after you
00:58:53.920 about
00:58:54.280 you know
00:58:54.540 I mean
00:58:54.740 you're not a racist
00:58:55.360 you're obviously
00:58:55.900 not a white
00:58:56.260 but they always
00:58:57.140 go after you
00:58:57.700 on this
00:58:58.000 transgender thing
00:58:59.360 here's a thing
00:58:59.960 that didn't exist
00:59:00.780 like two years ago
00:59:01.720 I mean
00:59:01.960 and suddenly
00:59:02.820 this is the worst
00:59:03.700 thing they can say
00:59:04.340 about you
00:59:04.660 also it's called biology
00:59:05.580 the truth is
00:59:06.400 the real reason
00:59:07.240 they're pissed
00:59:07.620 really
00:59:07.960 is because
00:59:08.560 if you look
00:59:08.980 at the people
00:59:09.660 that Jordan
00:59:10.160 speaks to
00:59:11.380 largely
00:59:12.000 it is young men
00:59:12.880 who are dispossessed
00:59:13.660 and he is trying
00:59:14.180 to make them better
00:59:14.940 right
00:59:15.300 right
00:59:15.760 and if you look
00:59:16.300 at my audience
00:59:16.860 which is actually
00:59:17.680 pretty diverse
00:59:18.840 it is very young
00:59:19.780 and it is very large
00:59:20.900 and that means
00:59:21.560 that if I am trying
00:59:22.160 to teach people
00:59:22.700 to be better
00:59:23.240 then all they have
00:59:24.080 to do is point out
00:59:24.880 people who are not
00:59:25.500 better and say
00:59:26.040 this is probably
00:59:26.680 your crowd
00:59:27.220 even though it
00:59:27.940 obviously is not
00:59:28.900 my crowd
00:59:29.180 but the real problem
00:59:29.980 I have is again
00:59:30.580 that conflation
00:59:31.400 is an attempt
00:59:32.180 to write conservatism
00:59:33.280 into Nazism
00:59:34.160 and then toss it
00:59:34.920 out the window
00:59:35.200 and the view
00:59:35.800 that that comes
00:59:36.320 from is such
00:59:37.500 a perverse view
00:59:38.240 of what western
00:59:38.720 civilization is
00:59:39.440 and this brings me
00:59:40.100 to the Joe Biden
00:59:41.340 quote that I think
00:59:41.940 is one of the worst
00:59:42.520 quotes I've seen
00:59:42.980 from a political
00:59:43.540 candidate in a decade
00:59:44.900 when Joe Biden
00:59:46.340 said at a rally
00:59:47.620 in front of
00:59:48.040 I think it was a
00:59:48.380 racial minority crowd
00:59:49.180 he said something
00:59:50.940 to the effect of
00:59:51.800 English jurisprudence
00:59:52.940 is white culture
00:59:53.960 and I thought to myself
00:59:55.980 and should be
00:59:57.180 and we have to get past it
00:59:58.680 and it needs to change
00:59:59.540 and I thought
01:00:01.080 first of all
01:00:01.660 English jurisprudence
01:00:02.460 Anglo-American jurisprudence
01:00:03.840 is one of the best things
01:00:04.840 that has ever happened
01:00:05.560 to humanity
01:00:06.060 and particularly
01:00:07.000 to minorities
01:00:07.680 because it turns out
01:00:08.460 that Anglo-American jurisprudence
01:00:09.560 is about the rights
01:00:10.140 of the individual
01:00:10.740 you know who don't have
01:00:11.680 a lot of minority rights
01:00:12.520 people who are living
01:00:13.340 in non-Anglo-American
01:00:14.460 jurisdictions
01:00:15.060 those people tend to be
01:00:16.860 charged head taxes
01:00:17.960 those people tend to be
01:00:18.960 victimized along racial
01:00:20.140 and religious lines
01:00:21.020 what the hell
01:00:22.300 are you talking about
01:00:23.020 but for the left
01:00:24.340 for the hard left
01:00:25.120 like Joe Biden
01:00:25.800 or for the intersectional left
01:00:26.940 western civilization
01:00:28.100 is a veneer
01:00:29.420 right
01:00:29.820 it's a post-facto
01:00:30.920 intellectual veneer
01:00:32.800 that we put on
01:00:33.260 power relations
01:00:34.000 and what western civilization
01:00:35.180 really is
01:00:36.200 is white people
01:00:37.100 cramming down
01:00:37.680 their viewpoints
01:00:38.180 on everybody else
01:00:38.860 and then giving
01:00:39.580 some sort of
01:00:40.060 post-facto justification
01:00:41.140 with a bunch of
01:00:41.840 nice pretty words
01:00:42.880 about freedom of speech
01:00:44.020 and equality under law
01:00:45.840 and so if we just
01:00:46.660 tear down that
01:00:47.360 western civilization
01:00:48.060 then the hierarchy
01:00:49.080 will go along too
01:00:50.280 that is exactly
01:00:51.240 the same thing
01:00:52.060 that the alt-right
01:00:52.900 actually says
01:00:53.800 except they like
01:00:54.340 western civilization
01:00:54.940 they say
01:00:55.600 that they like
01:00:56.860 the power hierarchy
01:00:57.740 in which white people
01:00:58.460 are more powerful
01:00:59.080 than everybody else
01:00:59.800 all the nice words
01:01:00.620 about freedom
01:01:01.100 and free markets
01:01:01.980 and all that stuff
01:01:02.440 that's a bunch of crap
01:01:03.220 that we say
01:01:03.700 just to sweeten the tea
01:01:04.980 a little bit
01:01:05.380 but the real tea
01:01:06.360 is white supremacy
01:01:07.080 and we like the white supremacy
01:01:08.240 so you're suggesting
01:01:08.960 that the two alternatives
01:01:10.360 to the right
01:01:11.080 the alt-right
01:01:12.180 and the left
01:01:12.900 agree that the right
01:01:14.180 is wrong
01:01:14.640 I want to talk more
01:01:15.620 about this
01:01:16.060 I also want to
01:01:16.860 finally get to those
01:01:17.500 questions that we promised
01:01:18.340 we were going to take
01:01:18.980 from our
01:01:19.480 dailywire.com subscribers
01:01:21.160 but first
01:01:21.860 we have a special guest
01:01:22.980 we promised that one day
01:01:24.600 this would happen
01:01:25.360 that from his lofty perch
01:01:28.760 on the American east coast
01:01:30.520 Matt Walsh would descend
01:01:32.760 and deign to spend
01:01:34.620 a little time with us here
01:01:35.860 people ask for this
01:01:36.900 all the time on Twitter
01:01:37.600 they're like
01:01:37.940 where's Matt Walsh
01:01:40.140 the dailywire guys
01:01:41.420 get together
01:01:41.820 and there's no Matt Walsh
01:01:42.900 Jeremy grew up here
01:01:44.160 just so that we wouldn't
01:01:44.980 notice that Matt Walsh
01:01:45.800 wasn't on the show
01:01:46.520 but we today
01:01:47.960 are demonstrating
01:01:48.760 our great power
01:01:50.120 because we got Matt Walsh
01:01:52.360 to come join the show
01:01:53.500 the host of the Matt Walsh show
01:01:55.080 if you aren't familiar
01:01:55.940 with the show
01:01:56.680 you're missing out
01:01:57.700 here's some clips
01:01:58.740 hey guys over on the Matt Walsh show today
01:02:00.640 was Jesus a socialist
01:02:02.140 no
01:02:02.640 you nitwits
01:02:03.820 he was not a socialist
01:02:05.100 Bernie Sanders
01:02:06.560 is an arrogant
01:02:07.400 power hungry
01:02:08.200 hypocritical
01:02:08.880 cowardly
01:02:09.480 morally deranged
01:02:10.440 communist
01:02:10.980 they're going to chemically
01:02:12.240 castrate this boy
01:02:13.880 he is being physically
01:02:15.300 psychologically
01:02:16.400 emotionally
01:02:17.360 abused
01:02:18.320 some old tweets
01:02:19.360 from Cory Booker
01:02:20.660 sleep and I broke up
01:02:22.100 a few nights ago
01:02:22.820 I'm dating coffee now
01:02:24.180 she's hot
01:02:25.040 the Green New Deal
01:02:28.740 is finally here
01:02:29.740 it's the kind of thing
01:02:30.880 that would sound brilliant
01:02:32.020 if you were high
01:02:33.240 that around half
01:02:34.280 of all millennials
01:02:35.040 find socialism
01:02:36.260 appealing
01:02:36.940 they want daddy
01:02:37.800 in Washington
01:02:38.480 to supplant
01:02:39.860 daddy at home
01:02:40.660 I think Cory Booker
01:02:41.500 might have a condition
01:02:42.260 actually
01:02:42.840 I'm kind of worried
01:02:43.560 about him
01:02:43.860 someone should probably
01:02:44.500 check on
01:02:44.900 Matt Walsh
01:02:52.100 thanks for being with us
01:02:53.020 you just appeared like that
01:02:54.400 it was a long drive
01:02:56.500 to get here
01:02:56.860 but I'm here
01:02:57.680 how many episodes
01:02:59.100 did you shoot
01:02:59.700 in transit
01:03:00.260 I got quite a few
01:03:01.820 of them done
01:03:02.220 so now I'm here
01:03:04.120 you didn't wear
01:03:05.000 your bathing suit
01:03:06.260 I got an email
01:03:07.340 I was told
01:03:08.180 this was spring break
01:03:09.320 edition
01:03:09.820 it was Catholic
01:03:10.520 bathing suit day
01:03:11.160 it was Catholic
01:03:11.640 bathing suit
01:03:12.260 no that is
01:03:12.940 that is too short
01:03:13.720 for Catholics
01:03:14.260 way too skimpy
01:03:16.940 I need like a big
01:03:17.460 alb or something
01:03:18.280 that's right
01:03:18.780 it's actually great
01:03:19.500 because he's sitting
01:03:20.060 between me
01:03:20.960 and he's the only person
01:03:21.620 more dour than I am
01:03:22.520 and you
01:03:23.300 and he's the only person
01:03:23.960 who's more Catholic
01:03:24.420 than you are
01:03:24.940 so there's kind of
01:03:26.400 a transition here
01:03:27.140 exactly
01:03:27.700 so Matt
01:03:29.360 we were just talking
01:03:30.080 about the conflation
01:03:31.680 of all conservatives
01:03:32.500 with the alt-right
01:03:34.000 and how the alt-right
01:03:36.100 and the left
01:03:37.000 actually agree broadly
01:03:38.520 on identity politics
01:03:39.740 they just disagree
01:03:40.460 about who the victor
01:03:41.780 should be
01:03:42.500 what makes us
01:03:44.220 different than the alt-right
01:03:45.180 well I mean
01:03:47.180 I'm sitting here
01:03:47.620 next to the leader
01:03:48.220 of the alt-right
01:03:48.720 which is kind of
01:03:49.340 which is pretty fun
01:03:51.800 from what I could tell
01:03:55.060 the main thing
01:03:55.700 that jumps out at me
01:03:56.360 about the alt-right
01:03:57.220 is that it's very nihilistic
01:03:58.300 I mean it's
01:03:59.280 identity politics
01:04:00.540 yes
01:04:00.840 but at the core of it
01:04:01.980 there doesn't appear
01:04:02.540 to be much of a moral
01:04:03.440 core
01:04:04.340 and so for me
01:04:05.260 conservatism
01:04:06.580 should be
01:04:07.140 should have that
01:04:07.700 moral foundation
01:04:08.520 that moral core
01:04:09.300 which is also
01:04:10.480 what makes the alt-right
01:04:11.400 related to the alt-left
01:04:12.540 and that at the end
01:04:13.220 of the day
01:04:13.520 it's relativistic
01:04:14.400 it's nihilistic
01:04:15.300 it's
01:04:16.960 you know
01:04:17.460 your truth
01:04:17.960 is whatever
01:04:18.280 your truth is
01:04:18.940 I think they both
01:04:19.660 share that
01:04:20.260 foundation
01:04:21.100 Michael you wrote
01:04:22.080 one of the earliest
01:04:22.760 pieces sort of
01:04:23.920 exposing the reality
01:04:24.900 of the alt-right
01:04:25.420 I think to a
01:04:25.900 mainstream audience
01:04:27.480 and one of the things
01:04:28.180 that you touched on
01:04:28.860 in that piece
01:04:29.420 was the sort of
01:04:30.700 religiosity
01:04:31.400 of the alt-right
01:04:32.320 and how it's
01:04:33.320 a religiosity
01:04:34.600 without any connection
01:04:36.320 to the spiritual
01:04:36.940 truths of religion
01:04:37.820 it's yeah
01:04:38.520 it's very post-modern
01:04:39.720 and this is an issue
01:04:40.660 I really wanted to
01:04:41.580 get out and explain
01:04:42.400 what the alt-right was
01:04:43.380 when that phrase
01:04:44.800 had meaning
01:04:45.520 which it no longer
01:04:46.580 does because Ben Shapiro
01:04:47.620 is now the leader
01:04:48.280 of the alt-right
01:04:48.800 anyone to the right
01:04:49.820 of Hillary Clinton
01:04:50.480 is they do this
01:04:51.360 to a lot of words
01:04:52.040 racism sexism
01:04:53.120 and they've done it
01:04:54.520 to the alt-right
01:04:54.960 but it does have
01:04:55.840 a meaning
01:04:56.380 and it's an alternative
01:04:58.340 to what we would call
01:04:59.540 the conservative tradition
01:05:00.640 and it's an alternative
01:05:01.940 that emphasizes
01:05:03.300 brutal power politics
01:05:05.760 it's a zero-sum game
01:05:07.760 it's rooted essentially
01:05:09.560 in racial identity
01:05:10.760 and the trouble with it
01:05:12.760 as the trouble
01:05:13.520 with so many
01:05:14.160 of these things
01:05:14.760 is that it inverts reality
01:05:16.760 you know Andrew Breitbart
01:05:17.920 who everyone in LA
01:05:19.180 knew except for me
01:05:19.920 because I got out here
01:05:20.540 too late
01:05:20.960 would talk about
01:05:22.520 how politics
01:05:23.020 is down from culture
01:05:23.820 and culture
01:05:24.340 as Russell Kirk says
01:05:25.420 is down from religion
01:05:26.520 from the cult
01:05:27.120 what they do
01:05:28.180 is they invert that
01:05:29.260 and so they substitute
01:05:30.560 rather than
01:05:31.380 talking about
01:05:32.580 recreating Christendom
01:05:35.000 recreating
01:05:36.100 western civilization
01:05:37.400 rooted in
01:05:38.580 the religion
01:05:39.460 that forms that
01:05:40.440 they say
01:05:41.320 no no no
01:05:41.820 we want all
01:05:43.160 the trappings
01:05:44.020 of Christendom
01:05:45.240 without the Christ
01:05:46.300 they want all
01:05:47.020 the trappings
01:05:47.560 of western culture
01:05:48.460 without the cult
01:05:49.460 that makes the culture
01:05:50.440 that actually is leftism
01:05:51.420 it is
01:05:51.820 well it reminds me
01:05:52.740 it's like the sort of
01:05:53.440 people who drink
01:05:54.140 decaf coffee
01:05:55.280 and diet coke
01:05:56.280 they eat
01:05:57.480 vegetarian bacon
01:05:58.720 they want the
01:05:59.560 semblance of the thing
01:06:00.560 but they don't want
01:06:01.400 the essence of the thing
01:06:02.600 and that's what
01:06:03.560 the alt-right does
01:06:04.280 so they use
01:06:04.780 the sort of language
01:06:05.620 that might get
01:06:06.640 some conservatives
01:06:07.480 excited
01:06:08.340 we need to go back
01:06:09.580 to our foundations
01:06:10.660 we need to go back
01:06:11.640 to western civilization
01:06:12.600 but they misunderstand
01:06:14.020 what western civilization
01:06:15.480 is essentially
01:06:16.780 probably because
01:06:17.500 they haven't read
01:06:18.000 the alt-right leaders
01:06:18.900 book on the right
01:06:20.400 side of history
01:06:20.920 you know if you can
01:06:21.620 get past the aesthetic
01:06:23.120 long enough to take
01:06:24.160 Michael seriously
01:06:24.780 he really knows
01:06:25.420 a lot of stuff
01:06:26.020 no no no
01:06:27.300 let's not understand
01:06:27.920 the case
01:06:28.180 you know there was
01:06:30.540 one time
01:06:30.920 there was one time
01:06:31.660 on the show
01:06:32.660 we were talking
01:06:34.260 about sort of
01:06:34.960 debates among
01:06:35.720 protestants and
01:06:36.900 catholics and eastern
01:06:37.720 orthodox
01:06:38.020 all these things
01:06:38.400 and we were in
01:06:38.980 this really intense
01:06:39.760 debate and I realized
01:06:40.800 it was Halloween
01:06:41.340 and I was wearing
01:06:41.940 a Moana costume
01:06:42.820 this is a great video
01:06:44.820 can we talk about
01:06:45.980 Jussie Smollett
01:06:46.680 oh can we not
01:06:47.660 talk about it
01:06:48.240 it's the great
01:06:49.780 to me
01:06:50.620 in a week of great
01:06:51.940 stories it is
01:06:53.000 the greatest
01:06:53.420 it is the most
01:06:54.020 fun story
01:06:54.560 it is the most
01:06:55.040 fun story
01:06:55.180 because there's
01:06:55.960 a schreidenfreude
01:06:56.520 to the Mueller
01:06:56.880 report
01:06:57.220 like two years
01:06:58.280 in the making
01:06:58.680 it's a long
01:06:59.300 wind up
01:06:59.660 when the pitch
01:07:00.120 comes it's
01:07:00.540 really great
01:07:00.980 but the Jussie
01:07:02.620 Smollett being
01:07:03.180 let off the hook
01:07:04.040 for being a racial
01:07:04.860 hoaxster
01:07:05.300 and now his lawyer
01:07:06.500 maintaining that he
01:07:07.360 was in fact
01:07:07.820 innocent
01:07:08.200 he was the victim
01:07:09.420 of a hate crime
01:07:10.140 from two
01:07:11.420 Nigerian brothers
01:07:13.100 who
01:07:13.840 in his employee
01:07:15.180 in his employee
01:07:16.120 his personal trainers
01:07:17.120 who are extras
01:07:17.880 on Empire
01:07:18.780 who beat him up
01:07:20.500 and now his lawyers
01:07:21.180 are saying
01:07:21.840 that they legitimately
01:07:23.320 beat him up
01:07:23.960 while wearing
01:07:24.800 white face
01:07:25.580 under their ski masks
01:07:27.160 under their ski masks
01:07:28.000 this is the actual
01:07:29.420 theory of the case
01:07:30.460 and I just think
01:07:31.280 this timeline
01:07:32.140 is freaking
01:07:32.980 great
01:07:33.560 and Michelle Obama's
01:07:35.620 friends are calling
01:07:36.440 up the DA
01:07:37.080 over there
01:07:37.680 and telling her
01:07:38.440 can you kick
01:07:38.920 this thing
01:07:39.500 and she's like
01:07:40.140 sure
01:07:40.480 and I'll pretend
01:07:41.340 to accuse myself
01:07:42.040 but I won't
01:07:43.000 and then
01:07:43.260 that was only meant
01:07:44.160 in the colloquial sense
01:07:45.380 in the colloquial sense
01:07:46.160 because that's what
01:07:46.680 lawyers do
01:07:47.140 we speak in the
01:07:47.820 colloquial sense
01:07:48.580 when I'm lawyering
01:07:49.600 what I always do
01:07:50.440 when I write a contract
01:07:51.060 is I say
01:07:51.420 I make it as colloquial
01:07:52.360 as I can
01:07:52.740 hey y'all
01:07:53.360 right exactly
01:07:54.180 can we do some stuff
01:07:54.920 here like
01:07:55.200 you'll do some stuff
01:07:55.780 I'll do some stuff
01:07:56.280 we'll be happy
01:07:56.700 that's how I write
01:07:57.180 all my contracts
01:07:57.800 Ben always says
01:07:58.580 hey y'all
01:07:59.340 you know
01:08:04.160 one of the things
01:08:04.720 I've always
01:08:05.320 why corruption
01:08:06.320 always makes me laugh
01:08:07.240 is because
01:08:07.520 when it gets as corrupt
01:08:08.700 as Chicago
01:08:09.300 they stop hiding it
01:08:10.680 it's so funny
01:08:11.240 you know
01:08:11.820 it's just like
01:08:12.300 what did you do
01:08:12.680 with the money
01:08:12.960 well I put it
01:08:13.380 in a little tin box
01:08:14.200 kind of thing
01:08:14.680 you know
01:08:14.920 and now
01:08:15.560 the thing about
01:08:16.920 this Smollett story
01:08:18.300 is nobody is clean
01:08:19.800 you know
01:08:20.220 you want to root
01:08:20.760 for the cops
01:08:21.260 I love the cops
01:08:22.060 they're you know
01:08:22.580 our first responders
01:08:23.360 and all this stuff
01:08:23.980 but the cops in Chicago
01:08:25.380 have been very
01:08:26.320 have not been so good
01:08:27.480 before this new guy
01:08:28.420 came in
01:08:29.020 you know
01:08:29.400 they hid that video
01:08:30.560 of Laquan McDonald
01:08:31.700 getting shot
01:08:32.500 they hid it
01:08:33.340 for something
01:08:33.620 like 13 months
01:08:34.540 Rahm Emanuel
01:08:35.960 was part of that
01:08:37.140 and that's the reason
01:08:38.640 this woman
01:08:39.360 who dumped the case
01:08:40.280 is in office basically
01:08:41.840 she came in saying
01:08:42.840 they're not treating
01:08:43.400 black people
01:08:43.860 so it's like
01:08:44.400 it's basically
01:08:45.240 bad democrats
01:08:46.060 versus evil democrats
01:08:46.940 but when you're too corrupt
01:08:47.780 for a guy
01:08:48.280 who legitimately
01:08:48.800 used to send fish
01:08:49.740 in newspaper
01:08:50.340 to his enemies
01:08:50.980 when he was on the hill
01:08:51.840 Rahm Emanuel
01:08:52.480 you may have gone
01:08:54.220 a little too far
01:08:55.660 you're like
01:08:56.300 you're past the rainbow
01:08:57.300 the rainbow left you
01:08:58.060 behind a while ago
01:08:58.680 the unmentioned
01:08:59.640 part of this though
01:09:00.440 because once he got
01:09:01.440 off the hook
01:09:02.080 once they said
01:09:02.780 okay you're not guilty
01:09:04.080 although they kept
01:09:04.920 the money
01:09:05.280 yeah yeah
01:09:05.780 you're not guilty
01:09:06.460 give us that 10 G's
01:09:07.480 and you have to go
01:09:08.140 do some work
01:09:08.760 for Jesse Jackson's
01:09:09.780 non-profit
01:09:10.460 retroactively
01:09:11.300 retroactively
01:09:12.000 but you're off the hook
01:09:13.260 but initially we heard
01:09:15.020 oh Empire
01:09:15.640 is going to hire him back
01:09:16.700 he's going to come back
01:09:17.600 on he's going to have
01:09:18.060 a career
01:09:18.420 everyone is forgetting
01:09:20.160 the federal charges
01:09:21.520 that could be brought
01:09:22.640 against him
01:09:23.180 for sending a hate hoax
01:09:24.940 through the mail
01:09:25.780 with white powder
01:09:26.800 will they bring
01:09:27.280 federal charges
01:09:27.940 I mean I certainly
01:09:29.780 hope so
01:09:30.140 although they didn't
01:09:30.680 say that he's not
01:09:31.240 guilty
01:09:31.520 because that's the
01:09:32.260 thing is the
01:09:32.800 prosecutors out there
01:09:33.980 saying that he's guilty
01:09:34.720 Kim Fox said that
01:09:36.020 yeah well we think
01:09:36.720 he's guilty
01:09:37.060 the charges made sense
01:09:38.580 so they're not making
01:09:39.960 any attempt to hide it
01:09:40.800 that's what really is
01:09:41.940 kind of scary about it
01:09:43.140 so it shows you
01:09:43.620 something about how
01:09:44.360 privilege really works
01:09:45.340 in our society
01:09:46.560 and it's not necessarily
01:09:48.360 tied to being white
01:09:49.300 straight and male
01:09:50.080 apparently
01:09:50.500 as Jussie Smollett
01:09:51.680 has shown us
01:09:52.300 or as Cardi B
01:09:53.620 has shown us
01:09:54.820 you know
01:09:56.520 it's privilege
01:09:57.720 it has a lot more
01:09:58.460 to do with
01:09:59.060 well certainly money
01:10:00.400 is the first thing
01:10:01.220 that matters
01:10:01.640 but also
01:10:03.360 you know
01:10:03.800 identity
01:10:04.520 the trendiest identity
01:10:05.780 is not white and male
01:10:06.700 as we've discovered
01:10:07.500 and connections
01:10:08.180 celebrity status
01:10:09.120 celebrity status
01:10:10.100 helps an awful lot
01:10:11.100 right
01:10:11.240 Joseph Epstein
01:10:12.920 down in Florida
01:10:13.580 getting off on
01:10:14.240 his charges
01:10:15.000 I mean that guy
01:10:16.080 should be in jail
01:10:16.600 forever
01:10:17.160 and never get out
01:10:17.720 for 100% of time
01:10:18.700 yeah exactly
01:10:19.540 honestly I'll be honest
01:10:21.440 I'm really looking forward
01:10:22.440 to them finally breaking
01:10:23.720 all the people
01:10:24.360 who visited his sex slave island
01:10:25.980 and all of their activities
01:10:27.080 I want all this stuff
01:10:28.360 out in the public
01:10:28.840 because I want to know
01:10:29.520 Jeffrey Epstein
01:10:30.120 Jeffrey Epstein
01:10:30.740 thank you
01:10:31.340 I'm just going to head
01:10:33.240 out of here guys
01:10:34.080 before that story breaks
01:10:35.840 nobody ever invited you
01:10:38.040 to any island
01:10:38.500 I think part of the problem
01:10:40.680 too is that
01:10:41.760 there's so little integrity
01:10:43.740 on either side
01:10:44.560 of the aisle anymore
01:10:45.300 so that's how people
01:10:46.080 get away with things
01:10:46.900 is that they always
01:10:47.640 have their own side
01:10:48.580 that's going to overlook
01:10:49.460 it because
01:10:50.300 and it happens
01:10:51.220 on the other side too
01:10:52.260 so that's part of the problem
01:10:53.520 is that the peanut gallery
01:10:54.460 who should be
01:10:55.640 demanding justice
01:10:57.000 we're always looking
01:10:58.380 at things through
01:10:58.800 a political lens
01:10:59.600 and so now the left
01:11:00.480 is looking at
01:11:00.900 Jesse Smollett
01:11:01.460 and saying
01:11:01.860 well I guess
01:11:02.720 he's kind of ours
01:11:03.460 and so we have to
01:11:04.500 sort of
01:11:05.080 at least look the other way
01:11:06.500 it was that thing
01:11:06.980 that the black community
01:11:08.360 said after O.J. Simpson
01:11:09.540 I realize that's
01:11:10.080 a long time ago
01:11:10.740 where they basically said
01:11:12.220 you owe us one
01:11:13.240 like we know he's guilty
01:11:14.420 but you just owe us one
01:11:15.920 and I feel like
01:11:16.580 that's one of the problems
01:11:18.500 with identity politics
01:11:19.320 yes on both sides
01:11:20.640 of the aisle
01:11:21.120 is that we tend to want
01:11:22.960 this sort of
01:11:24.260 broad sense of justice
01:11:26.680 like a correction
01:11:27.500 against broad injustice
01:11:28.460 but there can't be
01:11:30.320 broad justice
01:11:31.580 without individual instances
01:11:33.140 of justice
01:11:34.160 you can't get to justice
01:11:35.360 through injustice
01:11:35.960 one way you know
01:11:36.620 and once it's over
01:11:37.260 you can't do a thing
01:11:38.020 about it
01:11:38.360 you can't correct slavery
01:11:39.400 you can't punish
01:11:40.220 a guy just because
01:11:41.280 he's white
01:11:41.740 for holding slaves
01:11:42.780 which he never held
01:11:43.460 it just doesn't work
01:11:44.300 that way
01:11:44.560 and the left
01:11:45.300 frequently thinks
01:11:46.080 without time
01:11:46.740 like with abortion
01:11:48.060 when they say
01:11:48.720 oh well that's not
01:11:49.620 really a person
01:11:50.240 you think like
01:11:50.800 yes it is
01:11:51.840 it's a person
01:11:52.300 at a certain time
01:11:53.200 in this time
01:11:54.560 that is his life
01:11:55.260 and I think that
01:11:56.140 the left does this
01:11:56.780 all the time
01:11:57.240 they just eliminate
01:11:57.880 the dimension of time
01:11:59.380 when they think
01:11:59.940 because how can you
01:12:01.060 how can you recompense
01:12:02.240 people who are dead
01:12:02.900 you can't
01:12:03.340 that's what injustice is
01:12:04.560 so this is a
01:12:05.580 legitimate question
01:12:06.300 for you guys
01:12:06.660 about Jussie Smollett
01:12:07.580 I referenced OJ
01:12:09.800 and one of the most
01:12:10.400 interesting things
01:12:11.060 to me about OJ
01:12:11.800 is that he didn't
01:12:12.500 get away with anything
01:12:13.340 right
01:12:14.060 he got away
01:12:15.520 in the moment
01:12:16.680 but there is
01:12:17.780 a kind of justice
01:12:18.760 a supernatural justice
01:12:19.880 that seems to exist
01:12:20.880 on earth
01:12:22.120 and in the act
01:12:23.940 of getting away with it
01:12:24.840 I think OJ Simpson
01:12:26.480 was so
01:12:27.120 not only
01:12:28.560 not only corrupted
01:12:29.340 because he's a murderer
01:12:30.120 but corrupted
01:12:31.240 by the idea
01:12:32.000 of his own
01:12:32.500 invulnerability
01:12:33.320 in the face
01:12:34.080 of the law
01:12:34.840 that it led him
01:12:35.960 to do other
01:12:36.520 terrible things
01:12:37.480 which eventually
01:12:38.060 caught up with him
01:12:39.020 will a similar justice
01:12:40.540 track Jussie Smollett
01:12:42.360 at some point
01:12:42.960 well the problem
01:12:43.280 is he's going to
01:12:43.760 need publicity
01:12:44.280 for something else
01:12:45.200 because if he just
01:12:46.140 disappears into the ether
01:12:47.100 and the last we hear
01:12:47.840 of him is this nonsense
01:12:48.940 then he's never
01:12:49.900 going to get hired again
01:12:50.760 you know maybe
01:12:52.000 although I will say
01:12:53.340 that the nice thing
01:12:54.480 OJ was never
01:12:55.500 he was in Hollywood
01:12:56.740 but he really was not
01:12:57.520 of Hollywood
01:12:58.300 I mean Jussie Smollett
01:12:59.780 is a Hollywood person
01:13:00.560 which means that
01:13:01.140 everybody gets a second shot
01:13:02.300 in Hollywood
01:13:03.000 five years from now
01:13:04.200 Jordan Peele will cast him
01:13:05.140 in a movie or something
01:13:05.840 and it'll just be
01:13:07.200 kind of a big joke
01:13:08.000 that he did this
01:13:08.820 five years ago
01:13:09.360 and we'll all laugh
01:13:09.920 about it
01:13:10.380 and he'll be like
01:13:11.140 oh well isn't that funny
01:13:11.920 that now he's back
01:13:12.700 doing this sort of stuff
01:13:13.640 although you have to be
01:13:14.340 pretty crazy
01:13:15.340 to do what he did
01:13:16.140 so maybe that'll catch up
01:13:17.200 he's a self-destructive human
01:13:19.680 he's a self-destructive human
01:13:19.700 I mean that's absolutely
01:13:20.620 when you believe
01:13:21.900 that everyone believes
01:13:23.520 your lie
01:13:24.080 I mean it's pretty audacious
01:13:25.380 to have the police
01:13:27.080 say you're guilty
01:13:27.740 the mayor say you're guilty
01:13:28.760 even the prosecutor
01:13:29.660 who just dropped the charges
01:13:30.720 say you're guilty
01:13:31.660 and the court
01:13:32.340 keep the bail money
01:13:34.240 yeah
01:13:34.540 and then your press conference
01:13:36.200 isn't
01:13:36.540 I'm really sorry about this
01:13:38.580 I'm very glad
01:13:40.000 obviously that
01:13:40.820 I'm not facing
01:13:41.640 worse charges
01:13:42.660 but instead you're
01:13:43.540 no I was a victim
01:13:44.920 I was always telling the truth
01:13:46.160 I wouldn't be able
01:13:47.100 to face my mama
01:13:47.900 if I had been alive
01:13:48.720 you talk like someone
01:13:50.140 who's never met an actor
01:13:51.000 which I know
01:13:51.500 but it's actually true
01:13:53.320 of everybody right
01:13:53.920 I mean brazening it out
01:13:54.780 is always the best thing
01:13:56.160 to do in modern politics
01:13:57.180 and anywhere in modern life
01:13:58.900 I mean we talked about
01:13:59.580 this a couple of episodes ago
01:14:00.540 in the graceless society
01:14:01.560 in the graceless society
01:14:02.380 if you were to apologize
01:14:03.180 then it'd be like
01:14:03.660 okay he can't work again
01:14:04.640 maybe because then
01:14:05.560 he's acknowledged his guilt
01:14:06.440 but if he never
01:14:07.260 acknowledges his guilt
01:14:08.020 then he can continue
01:14:08.720 to maintain that he was
01:14:09.420 beat up by two Nigerian
01:14:10.380 brothers in white face
01:14:11.400 under their ski masks
01:14:12.140 under their ski masks
01:14:13.580 I mean my going theory
01:14:14.820 of the case by the way
01:14:15.500 is that it wasn't
01:14:16.000 the Nigerian brothers at all
01:14:17.000 it was Ralph Northam
01:14:17.700 in black face
01:14:18.240 in white face
01:14:18.820 which is why
01:14:20.360 I think
01:14:21.720 I have no problem
01:14:23.140 with them dropping the charges
01:14:24.140 all they had to do
01:14:24.960 I thought that that would
01:14:25.920 actually be the best case scenario
01:14:27.240 is if they drop the charges
01:14:28.340 on the condition
01:14:29.320 that he go out
01:14:30.400 on the courthouse steps
01:14:31.300 and admit what he did
01:14:32.340 and then that's no problem
01:14:33.600 then they can say
01:14:34.160 yeah you're fine
01:14:34.900 because even if they had
01:14:36.480 given him two weeks
01:14:37.160 of jail time
01:14:37.640 and he could maintain
01:14:39.340 his innocence
01:14:39.740 then he still wins
01:14:40.940 in some respects
01:14:41.520 so that's what makes
01:14:42.460 this such a travesty
01:14:43.380 is that if they want
01:14:44.520 to claim
01:14:44.820 oh it wasn't worth
01:14:45.900 going through the whole
01:14:46.800 rigmarole of a trial
01:14:47.620 fine I get that
01:14:48.780 so then tell him
01:14:50.140 that he needs to go
01:14:51.040 the fact that you let him
01:14:52.100 go out on the courthouse steps
01:14:53.280 and claim innocence
01:14:55.640 is what makes this
01:14:56.920 such a travesty
01:14:57.360 and the fact that they
01:14:57.980 sealed the court records
01:14:59.440 means we don't even know
01:15:00.380 the deal that they
01:15:01.000 they banished them
01:15:01.120 did you see what
01:15:02.060 Kim Foxx said about that
01:15:02.880 she said we accidentally
01:15:03.820 applied to have
01:15:04.540 the court records sealed
01:15:05.240 she said we're now
01:15:06.100 applying to have them
01:15:06.840 unsealed
01:15:07.260 Chicago way
01:15:07.800 sure
01:15:08.340 they were saying
01:15:11.220 that this best week
01:15:12.060 ever with all this
01:15:12.700 crazy news
01:15:13.360 this the Jussie Smollett
01:15:14.940 thing that was why
01:15:15.720 I was a little too bad
01:15:16.760 because that was injustice
01:15:17.700 he got off the hook
01:15:18.640 no way
01:15:20.180 what are you
01:15:20.580 that's the
01:15:21.060 that's a little cherry
01:15:22.280 on top of the sundae
01:15:23.380 because now
01:15:24.240 it's such a gross
01:15:25.160 injustice
01:15:25.640 there is a chance
01:15:26.800 that the feds
01:15:27.340 look into this
01:15:27.880 look into both
01:15:28.500 how he got his deal
01:15:29.460 and look into the
01:15:30.420 fake hate mail hoax
01:15:31.600 but also
01:15:32.400 Republicans get to
01:15:33.740 point to this
01:15:34.620 as such an egregious
01:15:36.340 example of
01:15:37.340 of hoaxes
01:15:37.980 and identity politics
01:15:38.980 gone wrong
01:15:39.460 we can use this
01:15:40.280 for two years
01:15:40.740 the media coverage
01:15:41.980 of Smollett
01:15:42.520 has been hysterically
01:15:43.520 funny
01:15:43.860 Brian Stelter
01:15:44.960 the ombudsman
01:15:45.800 over at CNN
01:15:46.860 doing reliable sources
01:15:48.040 he gets on TV
01:15:49.060 after all this happens
01:15:49.940 and he goes
01:15:50.240 we may never know
01:15:51.200 what happened
01:15:51.520 with Jussie Smollett
01:15:52.340 because no one was there
01:15:53.480 I wasn't there
01:15:54.020 you weren't there
01:15:54.440 we may never know
01:15:55.280 what happened
01:15:55.740 with Jussie Smollett
01:15:56.760 weird because for two years
01:15:57.800 your entire network
01:15:58.380 was proclaiming
01:15:58.980 that President Trump
01:15:59.600 was a cat's paw
01:16:00.240 of the Russians
01:16:00.720 and he had no evidence
01:16:02.120 and it turned out
01:16:02.540 to be false
01:16:03.060 and he still wouldn't
01:16:04.020 apologize
01:16:04.320 for that
01:16:04.860 we have this way
01:16:05.300 of finding out
01:16:05.700 called a trial
01:16:06.820 the reason we don't know
01:16:09.240 this doofus
01:16:10.100 signed a personal check
01:16:11.920 to the people
01:16:12.920 who committed
01:16:13.400 a hate crime
01:16:14.040 against him
01:16:14.520 and called them
01:16:15.120 on the phone
01:16:15.700 an hour before
01:16:16.700 it happened
01:16:17.280 how many times
01:16:18.240 have you been
01:16:18.480 hate crimed
01:16:18.940 over that
01:16:19.300 guys he didn't
01:16:20.280 drop the Subway sandwich
01:16:21.360 we have all the proof
01:16:22.620 we need
01:16:22.880 that by the way
01:16:23.760 is the best
01:16:24.080 that will never die
01:16:25.080 that is the best part
01:16:26.100 of the story
01:16:26.540 those are good sandwiches
01:16:26.840 you don't want to
01:16:28.000 let go of your Subway sandwich
01:16:28.860 I gotta say
01:16:29.920 that if Subway
01:16:30.680 does not hire him
01:16:31.580 for a commercial campaign
01:16:33.360 after this
01:16:34.020 they've really
01:16:34.560 missed their opportunity
01:16:35.400 I mean if their two
01:16:36.500 spoke people
01:16:37.040 are not Jared
01:16:37.660 and Jussie
01:16:38.800 I mean that's
01:16:40.240 pretty fantastic
01:16:41.220 so Elisha
01:16:42.340 while we've got Matt here
01:16:43.360 let's see if any of our
01:16:44.460 Daily Wire subscribers
01:16:45.140 have questions
01:16:45.880 that he might know
01:16:46.440 the answer to
01:16:47.100 Lord knows we do not
01:16:48.680 Elisha
01:16:53.260 Elisha
01:16:53.740 oh sorry
01:16:55.120 you guys didn't even
01:16:56.100 give me a working umbrella
01:16:57.320 dear lord
01:16:58.500 there's not even
01:16:59.040 a working sun
01:16:59.820 where you are
01:17:00.400 I mean
01:17:00.840 well I don't know
01:17:01.920 it's a good thing
01:17:02.620 there's no working sun
01:17:03.500 because you don't pay me
01:17:04.220 enough to get Botox
01:17:05.040 so alrighty
01:17:06.560 that's true
01:17:07.120 this question
01:17:08.120 I guess it's for all
01:17:09.060 the guys
01:17:09.500 Charles wants to know
01:17:10.780 what would be your
01:17:11.620 advice to somebody
01:17:12.380 who yearns for the
01:17:13.360 freedom of the world
01:17:14.120 of philosophical commentary
01:17:15.440 but also wishes
01:17:16.540 to keep the security
01:17:17.520 of a full time job
01:17:18.760 they consider a bore
01:17:19.900 and mundane
01:17:20.760 give up that dream
01:17:24.720 that's not good
01:17:25.200 he did know the answer
01:17:28.960 that's the problem
01:17:30.880 these days
01:17:31.400 and that's what
01:17:32.620 makes it easier
01:17:33.140 people say to me
01:17:34.100 all the time
01:17:34.540 well how do you have
01:17:35.240 the courage
01:17:36.380 to speak your mind
01:17:37.320 well it's easy for me
01:17:38.860 because it's my job
01:17:39.780 to be a loud mouth
01:17:40.480 and have opinions
01:17:41.160 and we're all
01:17:42.900 in the same boat
01:17:43.500 our job is opinions
01:17:45.040 but it's a lot harder
01:17:46.460 when you have a real job
01:17:47.820 and then you're trying
01:17:50.120 to balance that
01:17:51.140 and being
01:17:51.900 the prudence of
01:17:52.800 when do I speak up
01:17:53.860 so that's a much
01:17:55.520 more difficult thing
01:17:56.440 which is why I think
01:17:57.880 people that are
01:17:59.320 in the opinion realm
01:18:00.620 would get way too much
01:18:01.260 credit I think
01:18:01.920 for being warriors
01:18:03.460 for truth
01:18:04.060 when really
01:18:04.520 this is what we do
01:18:06.080 this is definitely true
01:18:06.960 I will also say
01:18:07.820 that everybody
01:18:09.260 I think underlying
01:18:10.200 that question is
01:18:10.860 how do I get into
01:18:11.900 sort of the opinion business
01:18:13.180 and the answer is
01:18:14.460 you do a lot of stuff
01:18:15.700 for free
01:18:16.180 for a very long time
01:18:17.240 I mean really
01:18:18.120 like everybody
01:18:18.580 sort of wants to go
01:18:19.320 to immediately
01:18:19.940 Charles Krauthammer status
01:18:21.300 where just you're
01:18:22.520 on Fox News every night
01:18:23.500 or how did you get
01:18:24.520 where you are
01:18:25.080 how did you do this
01:18:25.560 I'm in year 18
01:18:28.060 of this project
01:18:28.860 I'm 35 years old
01:18:30.060 so I look
01:18:30.560 somewhat young
01:18:31.680 at this point still
01:18:32.620 I've been doing this
01:18:33.700 for nearly two decades
01:18:34.520 and for nearly no pay
01:18:36.160 for most of that time
01:18:37.120 and you also
01:18:37.600 acquired an expertise first
01:18:39.420 you are a Harvard lawyer
01:18:40.880 you've had a varied
01:18:41.940 career in show business
01:18:42.720 I have no idea
01:18:43.660 what normal
01:18:43.940 yeah well the real way
01:18:44.800 to do it
01:18:45.280 is to not write a book
01:18:46.720 I mean I hate
01:18:47.580 to disagree with you
01:18:48.360 this is actually
01:18:48.860 an interesting
01:18:49.200 because you know
01:18:49.720 I like to bring in
01:18:50.360 a little business advice
01:18:51.440 for how people
01:18:52.120 might be able
01:18:52.580 to make themselves
01:18:53.100 successful
01:18:53.560 so I like a question
01:18:54.480 like this
01:18:54.940 you bring up
01:18:55.780 working for free
01:18:56.620 one of the amazing
01:18:57.660 things that you
01:18:58.260 will hear people
01:18:58.960 say routinely
01:19:00.020 especially young people
01:19:01.260 is I know my value
01:19:02.240 I know what I'm worth
01:19:03.260 you'll say hey
01:19:04.060 I mean if you want
01:19:05.200 to write something for us
01:19:06.080 submit it
01:19:07.280 and we'll review it
01:19:08.100 and if we like it
01:19:08.600 I don't write for free
01:19:09.920 I know my value
01:19:11.020 I know my worth
01:19:12.060 I do too
01:19:13.120 I offered it to you
01:19:14.940 you have no worth
01:19:16.720 you have no value
01:19:17.720 your time
01:19:18.780 is not automatically
01:19:20.300 valuable
01:19:20.960 the fact that you
01:19:22.320 typed into a computer
01:19:23.760 does not create
01:19:25.240 value for me
01:19:26.160 value is when
01:19:27.880 I can take
01:19:28.540 what you've created
01:19:29.680 and I can monetize
01:19:31.180 it in some way
01:19:32.000 that brings in money
01:19:33.260 and then I can keep
01:19:34.080 some of that money
01:19:34.760 and I can give
01:19:35.460 some of the money
01:19:35.960 to you
01:19:36.200 that's the definition
01:19:37.080 of value
01:19:38.160 and in order
01:19:39.560 to gain value
01:19:40.540 as a commentator
01:19:41.800 you have to write
01:19:43.120 a lot of commentary
01:19:44.260 it's when people
01:19:45.280 in Hollywood
01:19:45.800 people will tell me
01:19:46.920 they want to move
01:19:47.400 to Hollywood
01:19:47.880 they'll say
01:19:48.380 you know in my hometown
01:19:49.300 I'm an actor
01:19:50.040 acting is my dream
01:19:51.640 so I want to move
01:19:52.320 to Hollywood
01:19:52.900 and I'll say
01:19:53.460 well you have
01:19:53.960 the wrong dream
01:19:54.540 because when you
01:19:55.600 move to Hollywood
01:19:56.180 the first thing
01:19:56.720 that happens
01:19:57.100 is you stop acting
01:19:58.080 you could do
01:19:59.520 you could do
01:20:00.180 high end
01:20:01.160 regional theater
01:20:03.040 or community theater
01:20:04.640 in your hometown
01:20:05.460 some of it very good
01:20:07.460 and you could probably
01:20:08.980 act in six shows a year
01:20:10.600 if you're worth your salt
01:20:12.560 back where you are
01:20:13.500 you move to LA
01:20:14.600 you may not act
01:20:15.540 for years
01:20:16.220 75 auditions
01:20:17.800 to book a role
01:20:19.320 is basically the average
01:20:20.580 for an actor
01:20:21.100 in Hollywood
01:20:21.800 and the role
01:20:22.180 might be one line
01:20:23.040 one day
01:20:23.640 same with musicians
01:20:25.260 people will say
01:20:26.000 you know I have this band
01:20:27.680 we play in bars
01:20:28.540 all around my hometown
01:20:29.380 my passion is playing music
01:20:31.820 so I'm going to move
01:20:32.400 to LA or Nashville
01:20:33.380 and make that
01:20:33.800 well you have the wrong
01:20:35.120 dream
01:20:35.900 you play music
01:20:37.200 where you are
01:20:37.860 moving to Nashville
01:20:39.000 is a way to not
01:20:40.060 play music anymore
01:20:41.080 because they don't
01:20:41.920 pay you 200 bucks
01:20:43.660 to play in a restaurant
01:20:45.160 in Nashville
01:20:45.800 because everyone
01:20:47.200 in Nashville plays music
01:20:48.200 the market is saturated
01:20:49.360 they do pay you that
01:20:51.520 in your small town
01:20:52.280 and even if they did
01:20:53.000 in Nashville
01:20:53.340 you couldn't live off
01:20:54.020 the 200 bucks
01:20:54.700 the way you can
01:20:55.640 in your small town
01:20:56.500 your actual ambition
01:20:58.220 is misstated
01:20:59.040 what you really mean
01:21:00.620 but you don't want to say
01:21:01.480 because it sounds terrible
01:21:02.380 is I would rather
01:21:04.520 act less
01:21:05.520 I would rather
01:21:06.920 play music less
01:21:08.300 for the opportunity
01:21:09.680 to gain a higher
01:21:11.960 level of recognition
01:21:12.740 or to play
01:21:14.060 at a higher level
01:21:14.820 with better people
01:21:15.420 or play on a greater
01:21:16.720 stage with a greater
01:21:17.680 audience
01:21:18.840 but that sounds
01:21:20.180 you know people
01:21:21.120 don't like to say
01:21:21.700 honest things about
01:21:22.340 themselves
01:21:22.640 so they say
01:21:23.460 my dream is acting
01:21:24.560 or my dream is
01:21:25.100 stay where you are
01:21:26.040 and at the end
01:21:28.220 of the day
01:21:28.680 what it takes
01:21:29.380 to be a musician
01:21:30.900 is playing music
01:21:31.760 and what it takes
01:21:32.280 to be an actor
01:21:33.280 is acting
01:21:33.720 what it takes
01:21:34.120 to be a commentator
01:21:34.980 is commentating
01:21:36.080 and over time
01:21:37.200 and learning things
01:21:38.120 and learning things
01:21:38.860 and getting good
01:21:39.600 you develop skill
01:21:41.180 and you
01:21:41.420 I will say
01:21:42.020 that the YouTube
01:21:42.440 culture has really
01:21:43.100 hurt us in this way
01:21:44.380 because there are
01:21:45.280 people who
01:21:45.860 somehow soar to stardom
01:21:47.520 without ever having
01:21:48.500 done anything
01:21:49.500 or learned anything
01:21:50.520 and listen
01:21:51.040 when I was younger
01:21:52.420 the dues paying stuff
01:21:53.740 pissed me off
01:21:54.860 really pissed me off
01:21:56.340 because I knew
01:21:56.960 I was more talented
01:21:57.720 than half the people
01:21:58.520 that I was watching
01:21:59.220 I knew that I knew
01:22:00.280 more stuff than they did
01:22:01.160 and I felt
01:22:01.840 it was a grave injustice
01:22:03.200 that I was not getting
01:22:03.980 more recognition
01:22:04.580 for the fact
01:22:05.180 that my writing
01:22:05.660 was very good
01:22:06.760 and that I'd really
01:22:07.560 studied these issues
01:22:08.440 but the fact is
01:22:09.880 that that required me
01:22:11.280 to put in more time
01:22:12.160 and the world
01:22:12.560 didn't owe me anything
01:22:13.660 and the same thing
01:22:14.580 I feel like
01:22:15.140 I mean Drew
01:22:15.620 how many scripts
01:22:16.200 have you written
01:22:16.580 and how many
01:22:16.960 have actually
01:22:17.280 made it to screen
01:22:17.920 oh my
01:22:18.320 I wrote I think
01:22:19.780 four novels
01:22:20.720 before I published one
01:22:21.940 and though
01:22:23.800 the thing about screenwriting
01:22:25.120 is you can make
01:22:25.660 a good living
01:22:26.060 without ever having
01:22:26.840 them get to screen
01:22:27.860 almost none
01:22:28.960 of the screenplays
01:22:29.520 I sold
01:22:30.020 for good money
01:22:31.060 made it to the screen
01:22:31.880 I mean that's
01:22:32.380 the movie business
01:22:32.960 I even want to puncture
01:22:33.960 one of the great dreams
01:22:35.200 that I get asked
01:22:36.420 this question
01:22:36.860 at every campus speech
01:22:37.880 because I actually
01:22:39.440 did get paid
01:22:40.080 a ton of money
01:22:40.740 to do nothing
01:22:41.380 I actually
01:22:41.980 like literally
01:22:42.560 nothing
01:22:43.080 now you're a number
01:22:44.360 one New York Times
01:22:45.020 best selling author
01:22:45.740 so that does
01:22:46.420 kid above
01:22:47.120 you know
01:22:47.400 but this was a
01:22:48.260 number one
01:22:48.760 best selling blank book
01:22:49.660 I worked
01:22:51.000 for
01:22:52.060 from the age of 18
01:22:53.480 to I don't know
01:22:54.660 when did I do the book
01:22:55.240 27 or something
01:22:56.160 I worked for Peanuts
01:22:57.640 all that time
01:22:58.840 I worked a million
01:22:59.560 political campaigns
01:23:00.440 I did a ton
01:23:01.420 of off
01:23:02.300 off off
01:23:02.780 off Broadway plays
01:23:04.100 for making pennies
01:23:05.020 and it
01:23:05.960 the only thing
01:23:07.040 that keeps you
01:23:07.740 going through that
01:23:08.660 is because you
01:23:09.260 want to do the thing
01:23:10.160 because you want
01:23:10.480 to write the columns
01:23:11.200 because you want
01:23:11.760 to write the books
01:23:12.360 because you want
01:23:12.940 to be in it
01:23:13.580 you want to do plays
01:23:14.500 you got to do it
01:23:15.760 for that
01:23:16.040 if you think
01:23:16.500 you're going to
01:23:16.800 get a payday
01:23:17.500 for it
01:23:18.440 I want to challenge
01:23:19.920 people used to
01:23:20.620 interview me
01:23:21.020 when I started
01:23:21.500 to hit it big
01:23:22.160 and get big money
01:23:23.180 for novels
01:23:23.820 and they would say
01:23:24.420 well you really
01:23:24.940 made a lot of money
01:23:25.600 I said we've got
01:23:26.180 to prorate it
01:23:26.940 that's right
01:23:28.300 we've prorated
01:23:29.220 over all the things
01:23:29.980 I wrote
01:23:30.260 for years
01:23:30.920 I've been writing
01:23:31.600 a syndicated column
01:23:32.300 since I was 17 years old
01:23:33.340 it started to make
01:23:34.980 any sort of money
01:23:35.960 that would even
01:23:36.300 look like money
01:23:36.960 in the last
01:23:37.640 three years
01:23:38.640 maybe
01:23:39.180 but I want to
01:23:40.720 challenge even this
01:23:41.360 thing
01:23:41.500 you said
01:23:41.880 it's kind of
01:23:42.480 unfortunate
01:23:42.800 we live in
01:23:43.180 the age of
01:23:43.500 YouTube
01:23:43.720 and people
01:23:44.420 can legitimately
01:23:45.120 become superstars
01:23:46.700 who've done
01:23:47.180 nothing
01:23:47.500 and it is true
01:23:48.720 and it's always
01:23:49.640 been true
01:23:50.040 in every medium
01:23:50.600 some guy
01:23:51.320 scratches out
01:23:51.920 nothing
01:23:52.260 on the page
01:23:53.140 and it becomes
01:23:54.220 a best-selling book
01:23:55.200 I mean that
01:23:55.540 that's a tale
01:23:56.420 as old as time
01:23:56.680 but that's not the norm
01:23:57.420 I mean that's not
01:23:58.240 but not only is it
01:23:59.300 not the norm
01:23:59.800 as you famously
01:24:00.920 have said
01:24:01.280 luck is not a business
01:24:02.240 model
01:24:02.480 but there is more
01:24:03.560 to it
01:24:03.980 which is
01:24:04.940 they may attain
01:24:06.500 a small measure
01:24:08.280 of fame
01:24:08.980 a large measure
01:24:09.960 of fame
01:24:10.380 rapidly on the
01:24:11.400 basis of nothing
01:24:12.120 but they won't
01:24:12.980 preserve fame
01:24:14.300 on the basis
01:24:14.700 of nothing
01:24:15.080 and a great example
01:24:16.020 of this
01:24:16.520 is Logan Paul
01:24:18.180 so Logan Paul
01:24:19.500 and his brother
01:24:20.280 are YouTube stars
01:24:22.040 Logan Paul
01:24:23.300 I'm not a connoisseur
01:24:25.280 of this content
01:24:25.960 as far as I can tell
01:24:27.180 he became very
01:24:27.960 very famous
01:24:28.740 for doing very
01:24:29.820 very dumb things
01:24:30.660 while a camera
01:24:31.200 was rolling
01:24:31.640 and you look at him
01:24:32.860 and he makes like
01:24:33.620 600 trillion dollars
01:24:35.620 he has a staff
01:24:37.040 of Logan Paul
01:24:37.960 and his buddies
01:24:38.580 they live in a
01:24:39.600 giant mansion
01:24:40.180 and it is
01:24:41.060 manna from heaven
01:24:41.840 and beautiful women
01:24:42.780 rain down upon them
01:24:43.580 and you wonder
01:24:44.300 like how is such
01:24:45.580 a thing possible
01:24:46.500 it seems like
01:24:47.520 an injustice
01:24:48.080 this week
01:24:50.140 Logan Paul
01:24:51.340 put out a video
01:24:52.600 a documentary
01:24:53.840 of his examination
01:24:55.440 of the flat earth
01:24:57.660 conspiracy theory
01:24:59.100 which is
01:25:00.640 as good
01:25:02.520 as any comedy film
01:25:04.300 made in the last decade
01:25:05.760 it's a 50 minute
01:25:07.140 feature
01:25:07.920 the production value
01:25:09.380 unbelievable
01:25:10.440 the skill
01:25:11.660 the directing
01:25:13.440 the editing
01:25:14.220 the performance
01:25:15.480 his performance
01:25:16.460 is subtle
01:25:17.120 it's self-deprecating
01:25:18.080 it's
01:25:18.880 brilliantly conceived
01:25:21.020 it took
01:25:21.860 stones
01:25:22.880 the size
01:25:24.520 of beach balls
01:25:25.820 to actually
01:25:27.220 put himself
01:25:28.360 in the environments
01:25:29.040 that he did
01:25:29.600 in order to
01:25:30.180 create this piece
01:25:31.220 of entertainment
01:25:32.240 and what I'm
01:25:32.980 I guess what I'm
01:25:33.540 trying to tell you
01:25:34.060 is Logan Paul
01:25:35.120 may have gotten
01:25:36.740 famous
01:25:37.280 for filming himself
01:25:38.920 do stupid things
01:25:39.820 and he may have
01:25:40.360 ridden a wave
01:25:41.180 that seems from the
01:25:42.400 outside to be
01:25:43.020 kind of unfair
01:25:43.740 he has maintained
01:25:45.440 his level of fame
01:25:46.800 he and many many
01:25:47.680 PewDiePie
01:25:48.600 and others
01:25:49.000 who have created
01:25:50.280 enormous brands
01:25:51.760 creating a brand
01:25:52.920 difficult
01:25:53.680 maintaining a brand
01:25:54.820 nearly impossible
01:25:55.960 improving your brand
01:25:57.580 he also generates
01:25:58.400 an insane amount
01:25:59.440 of content
01:25:59.940 that's right
01:26:00.760 spoiler alert
01:26:01.800 we've met
01:26:02.220 Logan Paul
01:26:02.760 and another
01:26:03.480 spoiler alert
01:26:04.040 he called me
01:26:04.520 a mother bleeping G
01:26:05.360 which was a really
01:26:06.680 interesting experience
01:26:07.440 but Logan Paul
01:26:09.300 told me
01:26:10.040 because I asked him
01:26:10.700 what's your daily schedule
01:26:11.500 I asked this to
01:26:12.060 kind of everybody
01:26:12.540 famous who comes by
01:26:13.260 what's your daily schedule
01:26:14.000 and he said
01:26:14.840 well I have a camera
01:26:15.940 on me for 10 hours a day
01:26:17.060 and then we spend
01:26:17.900 7 hours at night editing
01:26:19.020 that's right
01:26:19.740 he works 17 hours a day
01:26:21.320 I think that's one of the
01:26:22.140 that is one of the great things
01:26:23.060 that we talk about
01:26:23.540 paying your dues
01:26:24.080 and everything
01:26:24.400 but these days
01:26:26.040 you could cut out
01:26:26.620 the middle man
01:26:27.200 and if you do have
01:26:28.460 talent
01:26:29.020 you can just go right
01:26:29.900 to the people
01:26:31.720 and there are
01:26:32.600 some people
01:26:33.280 I tend to think
01:26:34.580 if you do manage
01:26:36.080 to attract a huge audience
01:26:37.340 that probably means
01:26:39.140 you have some sort
01:26:40.040 of talent
01:26:41.040 because there are
01:26:41.980 a billion people
01:26:42.760 on the internet
01:26:43.120 trying to do it
01:26:43.840 that's right
01:26:44.260 and so if you manage
01:26:45.440 to do it
01:26:45.820 it probably means
01:26:46.560 that you've got
01:26:47.420 something going on
01:26:48.080 so it is different now
01:26:49.380 the paying your dues thing
01:26:50.820 I think looks a little bit
01:26:52.060 different than it used to
01:26:52.960 it is also a matter
01:26:54.060 of investment
01:26:54.600 meaning that
01:26:55.540 what I see a lot
01:26:56.540 is people who
01:26:57.100 don't actually want
01:26:58.200 to invest
01:26:58.800 either their time
01:26:59.620 or their money
01:27:00.200 they want you
01:27:00.740 to invest your time
01:27:01.580 and your money
01:27:02.100 in them
01:27:02.520 and that's not a thing
01:27:03.780 either you've got to invest
01:27:04.980 an enormous amount
01:27:05.640 of time getting so good
01:27:06.440 at the thing
01:27:06.760 that I cannot turn down
01:27:07.920 the opportunity
01:27:08.480 to give you my money
01:27:09.340 or you have to put
01:27:10.980 in your own money
01:27:11.580 and risk
01:27:12.780 I mean you want the reward
01:27:13.980 you've got to take the risk
01:27:14.700 that's right
01:27:15.140 stuff like this
01:27:16.160 is a huge risk
01:27:16.940 that's the thing
01:27:17.860 with artists
01:27:18.560 and anybody who does
01:27:19.740 a creative job
01:27:20.520 you're risking your life
01:27:21.440 you're risking your whole life
01:27:22.420 because most people
01:27:23.340 who do this stuff
01:27:24.080 are smart enough
01:27:24.940 to have done something
01:27:25.720 much safer
01:27:26.360 you know
01:27:26.940 you could have been a lawyer
01:27:28.040 I mean you could have done
01:27:28.860 you know
01:27:29.120 I did
01:27:29.740 I worked at a law firm
01:27:30.600 right
01:27:30.840 and that's the thing
01:27:32.620 most of them are putting aside
01:27:34.000 a way of life
01:27:35.440 and taking this
01:27:36.460 incredible risk
01:27:37.460 with your whole life
01:27:38.080 you can wind up
01:27:38.680 and I've seen it happen
01:27:39.560 to people
01:27:39.880 you can wind up 50
01:27:40.880 with nothing
01:27:41.500 you know
01:27:42.100 not me boys
01:27:43.780 it was smooth sailing
01:27:44.900 all the way here
01:27:45.440 and absolutely nothing else
01:27:47.580 that I'm qualified to do
01:27:48.420 on earth
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01:28:36.880 do they?
01:28:37.420 oh I do have a question
01:28:39.460 after seeing that wide shot
01:28:40.760 now that Michael Knowles
01:28:41.700 is closer to that camera
01:28:43.300 he once asked me
01:28:44.960 for my waxer
01:28:45.840 and I thought it was
01:28:46.860 for his wife
01:28:47.620 it's very apparent
01:28:49.280 it was for his very own legs
01:28:50.720 and now I am mortified
01:28:52.060 listen I know that
01:28:53.220 transgenderism
01:28:54.480 is becoming
01:28:55.080 the new dominant theme
01:28:56.380 and listen
01:28:57.060 I'm just saying
01:28:57.760 there aren't a lot of roles
01:28:58.660 in Hollywood for men
01:28:59.680 half the roles
01:29:00.500 are for women
01:29:01.080 why wouldn't I
01:29:02.140 leave myself available
01:29:03.180 for that?
01:29:03.880 make it stop
01:29:04.780 make it stop
01:29:05.500 we've hit a new left
01:29:06.300 Joe frickin' Nameth
01:29:08.500 over here
01:29:08.840 hopefully we can end
01:29:10.560 on a high note
01:29:11.240 and tell Sam
01:29:12.220 where he can go
01:29:13.340 for the most
01:29:14.220 conservative vacation spot
01:29:16.000 considering that this
01:29:16.940 is a very special
01:29:17.680 spring break edition
01:29:18.860 Matt?
01:29:21.320 the best vacation spot?
01:29:23.140 yeah
01:29:23.280 the Vatican
01:29:23.720 yeah I've been living
01:29:25.420 in my car for 32 years
01:29:26.460 I don't go on vacation
01:29:29.500 so I don't know
01:29:30.240 Six Flags
01:29:30.900 I mean
01:29:31.200 I've got the most
01:29:33.260 conservative vacation spot
01:29:34.500 Waikiki Beach
01:29:36.640 in the
01:29:37.740 for some reason
01:29:38.540 it's a state
01:29:39.300 of Hawaii
01:29:40.260 this is the most
01:29:41.440 conservative thing
01:29:42.240 because one
01:29:43.000 it's beautiful
01:29:43.800 it's almost entirely
01:29:45.020 man made
01:29:45.620 on that beach
01:29:46.360 it is so gorgeous
01:29:47.720 everything has been
01:29:48.800 manicured perfectly
01:29:49.700 for you
01:29:50.160 you've got
01:29:50.800 steak houses
01:29:51.540 you've got
01:29:52.240 the cheesecake factory
01:29:53.460 you've got
01:29:54.360 every single
01:29:55.300 beautiful comfort
01:29:56.260 you want
01:29:56.880 no driving
01:29:57.860 no nothing
01:29:58.700 they hand you
01:29:59.400 big silly drinks
01:30:00.260 in big silly glasses
01:30:01.220 like this
01:30:01.780 it is
01:30:02.600 how's the cell service
01:30:03.480 and this
01:30:03.940 oh
01:30:04.280 you can be
01:30:06.700 Instagramming
01:30:07.420 it is the most
01:30:08.200 American
01:30:08.840 vacation spot
01:30:10.260 on earth
01:30:10.580 Andrew
01:30:11.060 I gotta say Rome
01:30:12.220 I gotta say Rome
01:30:13.020 all of Western history
01:30:14.280 is right there
01:30:14.920 you can turn over
01:30:15.780 Iraq
01:30:16.180 and you've got
01:30:16.660 like Catholic history
01:30:17.940 you can turn it over
01:30:18.460 you get the Roman Empire
01:30:19.660 you can turn it over
01:30:20.520 you get the Renaissance
01:30:21.600 you get the Jews
01:30:22.140 being oppressed
01:30:22.640 the Jews
01:30:23.000 keep turning it
01:30:23.700 part of Western
01:30:24.460 civilization right
01:30:25.260 I'll go one further
01:30:27.560 Delphi and Greece
01:30:28.940 I was once
01:30:30.440 by Moon
01:30:31.180 there's a true story
01:30:31.800 by Moonlight
01:30:32.560 broke into
01:30:33.960 the Oracle
01:30:35.060 hiked down the hill
01:30:36.460 around the security
01:30:37.500 station
01:30:38.500 came in
01:30:39.380 beautiful full moon
01:30:40.860 sat at the amphitheater
01:30:42.520 had one of the most
01:30:43.620 sort of transcendent
01:30:44.420 experiences of my life
01:30:45.520 lifted up a rock
01:30:46.540 looked under it
01:30:47.080 and it said
01:30:47.340 Socrates was here
01:30:48.260 Benjamin
01:30:50.540 in English
01:30:52.540 I'll take the other half
01:30:54.180 of Western civilization
01:30:54.940 so I still think
01:30:56.180 that visiting Israel
01:30:56.860 is probably the most
01:30:57.760 conservative place
01:30:58.380 that it can be
01:30:58.760 not only is it
01:30:59.520 a Western civilized
01:31:00.520 country in an area
01:31:01.940 that is not Western
01:31:02.740 or civilized
01:31:03.460 it is also the font
01:31:05.740 of the Judeo-Christian
01:31:08.160 morality that has
01:31:09.260 shaped the West
01:31:10.040 in the most profound
01:31:11.040 ways
01:31:11.340 and also
01:31:12.120 it is an order of
01:31:13.600 magnitude more ancient
01:31:14.400 than anything else
01:31:15.020 you will ever see
01:31:15.580 I mean you go there
01:31:16.720 and it is astonishing
01:31:17.820 every so often
01:31:19.160 it hits you
01:31:19.560 and it's funny
01:31:20.160 I know it hit you
01:31:21.000 Jeremy when you
01:31:21.440 visit it
01:31:21.780 but I remember
01:31:22.800 that I'm a big
01:31:23.780 history buff
01:31:24.360 and so when I was
01:31:25.000 younger I was very
01:31:25.540 into revolutionary war
01:31:26.580 history
01:31:26.820 this is my thing
01:31:27.480 and so when we
01:31:27.880 went to Philadelphia
01:31:28.420 I was like
01:31:28.720 oh my god
01:31:29.160 this is so cool
01:31:29.740 here's the Liberty Bell
01:31:30.580 and this stuff
01:31:31.280 is like
01:31:31.600 it's so old
01:31:32.720 I mean this stuff
01:31:33.260 is from like 1776
01:31:34.560 this stuff is like
01:31:35.420 225 years old
01:31:37.820 this is like 2000
01:31:38.540 it's like 225 years old
01:31:39.920 this is amazing
01:31:40.740 and then we go to Israel
01:31:41.780 and it's like
01:31:42.180 okay so take that
01:31:43.180 and now multiply it by 10
01:31:44.060 and that's
01:31:45.820 these are the stones
01:31:47.080 where the Judean revolt
01:31:49.520 was fought
01:31:50.820 right
01:31:51.540 I mean I have coins
01:31:52.500 in my house
01:31:52.920 actually I bought
01:31:53.820 a couple of ancient coins
01:31:55.340 so I have a coin
01:31:57.800 from the Hersanus regime
01:31:59.260 which predates Christ
01:32:00.920 by several hundred years
01:32:01.860 and then I have a coin
01:32:03.480 from the revolt
01:32:05.180 the Bar Kokhba revolt
01:32:06.020 and these things
01:32:07.820 are thousands of years old
01:32:09.560 and you're walking around
01:32:10.320 and you're like
01:32:10.500 okay well
01:32:10.860 what's great about it
01:32:12.000 is the description
01:32:13.200 of Jerusalem
01:32:13.680 in all of western literature
01:32:14.960 sort of the axis mundi
01:32:15.960 is the central pillar
01:32:17.080 of humanity
01:32:18.680 it's just true
01:32:20.080 when you're there
01:32:20.680 it does feel different
01:32:21.920 than any place else
01:32:22.640 I've ever been to Rome
01:32:23.460 it's amazing
01:32:24.080 it would be my second favorite
01:32:25.280 I mean I love Italy
01:32:26.580 it is spectacular
01:32:27.360 I've been to France
01:32:28.680 I've been to Britain
01:32:29.300 Britain is a wonderful place
01:32:30.360 you go to Israel
01:32:31.700 there's a different feel
01:32:32.760 to everything there
01:32:34.080 it's almost
01:32:34.520 it's like there's a different
01:32:35.600 spiritual dimension
01:32:36.540 to just being there
01:32:38.060 and then you're walking
01:32:38.940 through a valley
01:32:39.420 where David slew Goliath
01:32:40.800 I mean it's an actual place
01:32:42.140 you're like this
01:32:43.140 you know the civilization
01:32:44.480 we stand on the top
01:32:45.540 I mean this is the theme
01:32:46.140 of my book
01:32:46.460 but it really
01:32:47.360 it's moving to me
01:32:48.760 we stand on top
01:32:50.020 when you see a skyscraper
01:32:51.120 in New York
01:32:51.460 when you see a car
01:32:52.940 driving down the street
01:32:53.700 that is standing
01:32:54.700 all of that
01:32:55.420 is happening atop
01:32:56.480 the iceberg
01:32:57.660 and if you just keep
01:32:59.040 digging down
01:32:59.700 to the bottom of the iceberg
01:33:01.140 to the seabed
01:33:02.200 that's where Jerusalem is
01:33:03.800 and so we can talk
01:33:04.840 as much as we want
01:33:05.460 about all the beautiful
01:33:06.060 things that we built
01:33:06.640 up here at the top
01:33:07.220 of the iceberg
01:33:07.680 but the fact is
01:33:08.580 if you keep melting away
01:33:09.940 and chipping away
01:33:10.660 at the bottom of that iceberg
01:33:11.700 that stuff ain't gonna stand
01:33:13.400 it's just not gonna stand
01:33:14.360 and you don't realize that
01:33:15.180 until you actually study
01:33:16.060 your civilization
01:33:16.580 whether it is in Greece
01:33:17.660 or whether it's in Rome
01:33:18.440 or whether it's in Israel
01:33:20.440 which I think is the place
01:33:21.360 where it runs the deepest
01:33:22.360 I'm just so pleased
01:33:23.400 to have heard Ben
01:33:24.040 acknowledge the historicity
01:33:25.120 of Christ
01:33:25.800 Alicia
01:33:28.800 another question for us
01:33:32.820 alright Christian wants to know
01:33:34.220 should he get married
01:33:35.020 at 18
01:33:35.540 even if he has to live
01:33:36.880 on ends meet
01:33:37.600 and work a minimum wage job
01:33:39.220 if it will result
01:33:40.360 in long term happiness
01:33:42.920 down the road
01:33:43.620 yes
01:33:44.100 by show of hands
01:33:45.400 I say yes
01:33:47.960 but I didn't do it
01:33:48.840 I mean did you guys
01:33:49.640 get married at 18
01:33:50.720 I assume
01:33:51.520 I would have met the girl
01:33:52.540 you get married young
01:33:53.960 and then that is the foundation
01:33:55.820 of your adulthood
01:33:58.020 rather than it being
01:33:58.760 the capstone of it
01:33:59.740 you begin there
01:34:00.780 and then you go through
01:34:01.940 that journey
01:34:02.480 and having nothing
01:34:03.320 and that struggle
01:34:04.060 with your spouse
01:34:05.320 and then you bond over that
01:34:06.900 I think the problem is
01:34:07.960 when you have people
01:34:08.440 that you know
01:34:09.800 they have their own life
01:34:11.040 and then they go get married
01:34:11.960 and so you have
01:34:12.660 a lot of these issues
01:34:13.440 where now you're trying
01:34:14.820 to merge these two
01:34:15.640 separate existences
01:34:16.600 instead of forging
01:34:18.020 one existence together
01:34:18.840 I will tell you
01:34:19.640 I married the girl
01:34:21.840 that I was dating at 18
01:34:22.860 I am one of these weird stories
01:34:24.400 where the whole culture
01:34:25.220 told us
01:34:25.700 split up
01:34:26.600 it's insane
01:34:27.800 especially I'm from New York
01:34:28.800 it's insane
01:34:29.780 you could never get married
01:34:30.900 that young
01:34:31.380 you gotta split up
01:34:32.120 go to college
01:34:32.620 whatever
01:34:32.860 and I ended up
01:34:34.580 fighting that culture
01:34:35.700 for years
01:34:36.940 and ended up marrying
01:34:38.320 the girl I dated at 18
01:34:40.340 if I had it to do over
01:34:42.000 I would have done it
01:34:42.600 years and years
01:34:43.200 and years earlier
01:34:43.700 and I have to say
01:34:44.540 having been married longer
01:34:45.840 probably than all you guys
01:34:46.640 put together
01:34:47.080 that you become
01:34:48.820 a true partnership
01:34:50.500 in a way that is mystical
01:34:51.900 I mean it is just
01:34:52.800 after a while
01:34:53.500 you are just
01:34:54.460 you know you start out
01:34:55.460 with all these things
01:34:56.120 like you're talking about
01:34:56.820 you have to merge
01:34:57.380 these two lives
01:34:58.100 and after a while
01:34:58.920 you're one life
01:34:59.560 and that's an incredibly
01:35:00.560 beautiful thing
01:35:01.160 it's funny the other day
01:35:02.100 I was talking to my wife
01:35:02.800 about something
01:35:03.240 and I can't remember
01:35:03.860 what it was
01:35:04.320 and I said
01:35:04.580 you remember when this
01:35:05.200 happened to me
01:35:05.740 and she said
01:35:06.260 no that happened to me
01:35:06.920 this is just something
01:35:08.100 that you end up doing
01:35:08.740 with your spouse
01:35:09.240 all the time
01:35:09.760 where your memories
01:35:10.400 become your spouse's memories
01:35:11.660 like you actually
01:35:12.580 you become two halves
01:35:14.500 of one whole
01:35:15.040 and that's
01:35:16.020 it is one of the great
01:35:16.820 tragedies of the West
01:35:18.100 that people are getting
01:35:19.240 married at 28
01:35:19.920 and not getting married
01:35:20.620 at 21
01:35:21.040 it is absolute stupidity
01:35:22.980 I mean
01:35:23.420 how old was everybody
01:35:24.640 when they got married
01:35:25.220 yeah I was about to say
01:35:25.820 Drew how old were you
01:35:26.420 well now when we moved
01:35:28.220 in together
01:35:28.760 I was about 21
01:35:30.700 but we got married
01:35:32.240 years later
01:35:32.860 but we lived together
01:35:33.620 before that
01:35:34.160 how long did you
01:35:34.920 live together first
01:35:35.440 four years
01:35:36.220 four years
01:35:36.720 Michael Helgren
01:35:37.640 I was 27 I guess
01:35:38.700 28
01:35:39.120 Matt
01:35:39.460 I was 25 years old
01:35:43.080 when we got married
01:35:43.760 24
01:35:44.260 24
01:35:44.800 I was the oldest
01:35:45.660 at 30
01:35:46.200 okay
01:35:46.820 that's old
01:35:47.440 I win again guys
01:35:48.320 listen there are
01:35:49.740 consequences to
01:35:50.380 getting married old
01:35:51.080 you know
01:35:51.600 higher likelihood
01:35:54.360 of divorce for one
01:35:55.240 higher likelihood of divorce
01:35:56.460 married
01:35:57.100 your options for marriage
01:35:59.060 do change
01:35:59.840 right
01:36:00.540 the nature of the
01:36:01.860 foundations of your marriage
01:36:02.780 is going to
01:36:03.220 necessarily
01:36:04.220 be different
01:36:05.660 and there are
01:36:06.800 biological consequences
01:36:07.780 to getting married
01:36:08.460 older as well
01:36:10.060 that's not to say
01:36:11.480 that people should be
01:36:12.820 completely foolish
01:36:13.560 although I do
01:36:14.300 I do generally say
01:36:16.020 that any
01:36:17.200 Christian
01:36:18.140 young man
01:36:20.200 can marry
01:36:20.580 any Christian young woman
01:36:21.740 and it can be
01:36:22.740 and it will work
01:36:23.300 if they believe
01:36:24.740 in the institution
01:36:26.200 of marriage itself
01:36:27.060 I'm not saying
01:36:28.060 that that's
01:36:28.520 necessarily
01:36:28.940 the preferred way
01:36:29.920 of going about this
01:36:31.400 although
01:36:31.600 it actually did work
01:36:33.340 for many thousands
01:36:33.920 of years
01:36:34.200 and I say Christian
01:36:35.140 I really mean
01:36:36.440 people who share
01:36:37.220 a foundational
01:36:38.180 you're right
01:36:38.720 that commitment
01:36:40.740 to the institution
01:36:41.600 of marriage
01:36:42.040 is actually
01:36:42.600 more important
01:36:43.560 than the soulmate
01:36:44.100 idea of marriage
01:36:44.640 so there's a really
01:36:45.200 interesting thread today
01:36:46.080 from the National
01:36:46.700 Foundation for Marriage
01:36:47.560 I think is what it's called
01:36:48.220 about
01:36:48.860 marriages are now
01:36:50.280 lasting longer
01:36:50.860 so we've actually
01:36:51.280 reversed the trend
01:36:52.000 and one of the
01:36:53.120 reasons that
01:36:54.320 is suggested
01:36:55.080 is that the 1980s
01:36:56.720 and 90s version
01:36:57.620 of what marriage
01:36:58.340 was supposed to be
01:36:58.900 the soulmate version
01:36:59.860 of marriage
01:37:00.400 which ended so poorly
01:37:01.860 because people thought
01:37:02.680 soulmate means
01:37:03.320 madly in love
01:37:04.540 passionate about each other
01:37:05.800 and just the way
01:37:06.400 that I was
01:37:06.760 the first six months
01:37:07.460 of the marriage
01:37:07.780 which is not true
01:37:08.620 for anyone
01:37:09.320 love changes
01:37:10.160 it transmutes
01:37:10.880 it becomes deeper
01:37:11.580 it becomes more profound
01:37:12.400 in many ways
01:37:12.960 but it's not quite as like
01:37:14.120 I can't wait to be
01:37:14.960 with the person
01:37:15.420 every single second
01:37:16.340 of every single day
01:37:17.280 the way that it is
01:37:18.060 when you're first
01:37:18.440 dating somebody
01:37:19.120 for example
01:37:19.840 that model
01:37:20.800 completely failed
01:37:21.700 and it's been
01:37:22.420 it's been replaced
01:37:23.160 by what they call
01:37:23.980 the all-factor view
01:37:24.740 of marriage
01:37:25.060 which is commitment
01:37:25.920 to common goals
01:37:27.560 common values
01:37:28.740 the institution itself
01:37:30.100 that's the good stuff
01:37:32.220 and it used to be
01:37:33.680 I mean
01:37:33.920 the separation of sex
01:37:35.140 from marriage
01:37:35.500 has had dire ramifications
01:37:37.100 for our society
01:37:37.880 in an incredibly serious way
01:37:38.900 the other problem
01:37:39.400 with the soulmate thing
01:37:40.380 is that if you say
01:37:41.420 well I'm looking
01:37:41.880 for my soulmate
01:37:42.520 someone was destined
01:37:43.240 in the stars
01:37:43.840 you know
01:37:44.180 we were meant
01:37:44.600 to be together
01:37:45.120 well okay
01:37:46.040 well then what happens
01:37:46.920 when you marry someone
01:37:48.140 you thought was your soulmate
01:37:49.160 and then that feeling dies
01:37:51.660 and then oh
01:37:52.200 you meet the secretary
01:37:53.120 at work
01:37:53.540 and you say
01:37:53.860 oh no
01:37:54.240 she was my soulmate
01:37:55.080 yeah I got this wrong
01:37:56.260 okay so I gotta leave
01:37:57.120 my wife and go to her
01:37:57.960 no it's
01:37:59.380 you know the person
01:38:00.440 becomes your soulmate
01:38:01.340 this is what the sacrament
01:38:02.160 of marriage is
01:38:02.800 in Christianity anyway
01:38:03.620 the person becomes
01:38:05.460 your soulmate
01:38:06.040 literally
01:38:06.520 in a metaphysical sense
01:38:08.260 when you marry them
01:38:09.300 they weren't your soulmate
01:38:10.320 before that
01:38:10.980 but in that moment
01:38:12.080 of bestowing that sacrament
01:38:13.720 onto each other
01:38:14.540 now you're locked
01:38:16.080 and that's why
01:38:17.420 Christianity
01:38:18.140 it's supposed to be
01:38:18.800 that you literally
01:38:19.660 cannot separate
01:38:21.480 and this is
01:38:22.800 that is such a good point
01:38:23.860 because I've asked people
01:38:25.480 before I got married
01:38:26.280 I said what's the secret
01:38:27.040 to a long marriage
01:38:27.860 to people who have done it
01:38:28.880 and they gave a lot of advice
01:38:30.160 patience
01:38:30.680 all this sort of thing
01:38:31.580 and don't get divorced
01:38:33.380 is what people told me
01:38:34.380 don't get divorced
01:38:35.260 and it is
01:38:35.820 in the traditional
01:38:36.880 Christian view
01:38:37.700 divorce is not permissible
01:38:40.000 and so if you go in
01:38:41.460 and you say look
01:38:42.120 we better
01:38:43.000 if there's a little tiff
01:38:44.180 we better work this out
01:38:45.260 because divorce
01:38:46.540 is not going to happen
01:38:48.020 so you better
01:38:49.640 work it out
01:38:50.180 there is a real
01:38:51.340 sense of security
01:38:52.240 and comfort there
01:38:52.980 you say you
01:38:53.680 you are by definition
01:38:55.120 my soulmate
01:38:55.880 so we're going to be together
01:38:57.000 I discovered this
01:38:57.960 backwards
01:38:58.460 I was not committed
01:39:00.200 to the institution
01:39:01.080 of marriage
01:39:01.420 or to anything
01:39:01.940 when I got married
01:39:02.700 I was too young
01:39:03.540 and too nuts
01:39:04.080 you know
01:39:04.380 and I think that
01:39:05.340 what I was committed to
01:39:06.560 I was madly in love
01:39:07.620 with my wife
01:39:08.120 as I am to this very day
01:39:09.460 and slowly
01:39:10.340 I began to notice
01:39:11.160 that there was a third thing
01:39:12.360 that bound us together
01:39:13.200 and it was really
01:39:14.120 this marriage
01:39:14.740 kind of purified
01:39:15.780 all our own
01:39:16.840 kind of shambolic
01:39:17.640 flaws and tendencies
01:39:19.360 and was actually better
01:39:21.060 than either of us
01:39:22.120 alone
01:39:22.720 and so I kind of
01:39:23.500 discovered the institution
01:39:24.620 of marriage
01:39:25.200 by providence
01:39:26.400 and it really
01:39:27.820 is a real thing
01:39:29.160 it's a real thing
01:39:30.000 and if you commit to it
01:39:30.940 I think that you're
01:39:32.360 in solid
01:39:33.500 because it's a beautiful
01:39:34.300 way to live
01:39:34.760 kids too
01:39:35.640 I mean that's what
01:39:36.540 you know
01:39:36.840 the kids need
01:39:38.520 the security
01:39:38.940 of knowing
01:39:39.400 that both parents
01:39:40.140 are devoted
01:39:42.680 to this marriage
01:39:43.520 and I can remember
01:39:44.160 when I was a kid
01:39:44.820 and all of my friends
01:39:46.680 all their parents
01:39:47.160 were getting divorced
01:39:47.720 and I talked to my mom
01:39:49.280 one night
01:39:49.840 and I was very upset
01:39:50.540 and I said
01:39:50.900 all my friends
01:39:52.140 are getting divorced
01:39:52.660 what if that happens
01:39:53.400 to you and dad
01:39:54.580 and she looked at me
01:39:55.180 and she said
01:39:55.620 we will never get divorced
01:39:57.580 period
01:39:58.060 it will never happen
01:39:59.080 and I believed her
01:40:00.620 and it was
01:40:01.380 but I needed to know that
01:40:02.680 that they both felt that way
01:40:04.340 no matter what happens
01:40:05.460 that is just not an option
01:40:07.180 it's not on the table
01:40:07.980 and for me
01:40:09.520 as a child
01:40:10.260 I needed that assurance
01:40:11.640 and there's a lot of kids
01:40:12.380 growing up
01:40:12.760 who don't have that security
01:40:14.400 and I think it wreaks havoc
01:40:15.560 on them
01:40:15.900 you know
01:40:16.240 when I see people
01:40:18.060 and I know a lot of them
01:40:19.200 who have left their wives
01:40:21.120 mostly I know guys
01:40:22.480 who have left their wives
01:40:23.340 with children
01:40:24.460 small children behind
01:40:25.600 and they always say to me
01:40:27.460 and I know women
01:40:28.540 who say this too
01:40:29.080 they always say
01:40:29.440 the kids will be fine
01:40:30.180 the kids will adapt
01:40:31.060 and I thought
01:40:31.640 yeah you blew up their planet
01:40:33.080 you blew their planet up
01:40:34.760 they're floating in space
01:40:35.620 they'll never be alright
01:40:36.640 they will never ever be
01:40:37.880 alright
01:40:38.220 and I think that that
01:40:39.440 it's such a travesty
01:40:41.140 for a momentary
01:40:42.400 you have that story
01:40:43.020 of the person
01:40:43.540 who got the divorce
01:40:47.160 and their child
01:40:49.640 became an adult
01:40:50.340 it was many years later
01:40:51.220 their child's 18, 19 years old
01:40:52.520 I'll ruin this story
01:40:53.420 it was 10 years later
01:40:54.820 and the child
01:40:55.280 went off the rails
01:40:55.920 and went so badly
01:40:57.360 off the rails
01:40:57.800 they finally had to do
01:40:58.560 that thing
01:40:58.820 where they virtually
01:40:59.340 kidnapped the kid
01:41:00.160 and take them
01:41:00.960 to a psychiatrist
01:41:01.740 and they all sat down
01:41:02.780 to the psychiatrist
01:41:03.460 and the first words
01:41:05.000 out of her mouth
01:41:05.520 were
01:41:05.700 why did you get divorced
01:41:06.920 and the mother said
01:41:08.600 that was 10 years ago
01:41:09.960 and it's like
01:41:11.340 yeah
01:41:11.880 you blow up somebody's planet
01:41:13.120 it sticks
01:41:14.020 you know
01:41:14.460 they remember
01:41:14.980 I mean
01:41:15.480 Jesus had a lot to say
01:41:17.080 about this
01:41:17.480 and I always
01:41:17.900 it always makes me laugh
01:41:19.080 when they cast
01:41:19.720 gay people out of the church
01:41:21.120 but they have a divorce workshop
01:41:23.080 you know
01:41:23.620 marriage is one of the few issues
01:41:27.960 divorce is one of the few issues
01:41:29.100 one of the few sort of
01:41:30.540 hot button societal issues
01:41:31.960 that Jesus spoke about
01:41:33.920 very directly
01:41:34.600 that's right
01:41:34.980 and he
01:41:35.300 because on a lot of
01:41:36.300 you know
01:41:36.700 he spoke in parables
01:41:37.580 and sometimes it's very frustrating
01:41:38.800 that you're trying to decipher
01:41:39.740 well what does that mean
01:41:40.560 on marriage though
01:41:42.020 he said
01:41:42.560 no you can't get divorced
01:41:43.660 can't do it
01:41:44.500 if you do that
01:41:45.160 you're an adulterer
01:41:46.380 if you remarry
01:41:47.680 then you're making that person
01:41:48.480 an adulterer
01:41:49.420 that's right there
01:41:50.540 it's in all the gospels
01:41:51.400 and yet Christians
01:41:52.900 still find a way to
01:41:53.880 yeah he said that
01:41:54.920 and we worked hard
01:41:56.480 you know
01:41:56.680 we worked hard
01:41:57.100 to keep the marriage going
01:41:58.060 I mean in the Old Testament
01:41:59.340 there's a very bizarre section
01:42:00.740 that's very hard to understand
01:42:01.720 about a husband
01:42:02.320 who accuses his wife
01:42:03.460 of being an adulteress
01:42:04.420 and so they're supposed
01:42:05.320 to go to the Kohen Godel
01:42:06.560 they're supposed to go to the priest
01:42:07.320 and he is supposed to
01:42:08.900 make her drink
01:42:09.520 this kind of magic potion
01:42:10.520 where he dissolves
01:42:11.040 the name of God
01:42:11.620 and then he makes her drink it
01:42:12.620 and then if she's an adulteress
01:42:13.960 then she dies essentially
01:42:15.380 and if she's not an adulteress
01:42:16.780 then she lives
01:42:17.260 and they have to get married
01:42:18.040 they have to stay married
01:42:18.880 and it's very puzzling
01:42:20.720 it's very weird
01:42:21.160 it's called the Sota section
01:42:22.200 of the Bible
01:42:22.980 this is in numbers right?
01:42:24.220 yes
01:42:24.600 and it's really strange
01:42:26.380 and people don't really understand it
01:42:27.600 the purpose of that whole
01:42:29.800 that whole situation
01:42:31.640 the purpose of that illustration
01:42:32.880 is that it is forbidden
01:42:34.180 in the Ten Commandments
01:42:35.540 to take God's name in vain
01:42:36.520 God is very serious
01:42:37.860 about you not destroying his name
01:42:38.960 in Jewish law
01:42:40.000 if there's a scroll
01:42:41.220 any piece of parchment
01:42:42.020 any piece of paper
01:42:42.760 where you write God's name out
01:42:44.100 this is why Orthodox
01:42:44.840 many Orthodox Jews
01:42:45.560 won't write even in English
01:42:47.040 the word God
01:42:47.580 they'll do G-D
01:42:48.660 because they don't actually
01:42:49.680 want to throw it in the trash
01:42:50.380 you actually have to take the scroll
01:42:51.220 you have to go bury it
01:42:51.900 it's how seriously
01:42:52.660 we take the name of God
01:42:53.640 you're not allowed to pronounce
01:42:55.140 what we call
01:42:56.520 you're not even allowed
01:42:57.720 to spell it
01:42:58.480 with the letters
01:42:59.100 that would be Jehovah
01:42:59.820 in the English transliteration
01:43:01.820 but in Latin
01:43:02.400 exactly
01:43:03.640 why
01:43:05.500 but the purpose there
01:43:08.700 is that God considers
01:43:09.700 the institution of marriage
01:43:10.740 so serious
01:43:11.460 that he is more willing
01:43:12.800 to have his own name
01:43:13.860 trampled and dissolved
01:43:14.980 than to allow marriage
01:43:16.360 to dissolve for bad reasons
01:43:17.580 that's the message there
01:43:19.320 I would say too
01:43:20.780 there are a lot of
01:43:21.660 divorced people
01:43:22.180 I'm married to someone
01:43:23.600 for whom our marriage
01:43:25.100 is not their first
01:43:25.860 and it is true
01:43:27.220 that Jesus says
01:43:27.980 that if you
01:43:28.420 the New Testament
01:43:29.460 holds that if you remarry
01:43:30.680 you make of your spouse
01:43:31.900 an adulterer
01:43:32.880 Jesus also says
01:43:34.640 that if you lust
01:43:35.340 you're an adulterer
01:43:36.080 not you're on the path
01:43:37.400 to adultery
01:43:38.060 not you're kind of
01:43:39.060 like an adulterer
01:43:39.840 I mean really
01:43:40.400 if you think about it
01:43:41.320 Jesus wasn't smoking pot
01:43:42.600 and they're like
01:43:42.900 oh it is kind of like that
01:43:44.320 Jesus made a lot
01:43:47.100 of very absolute statements
01:43:48.420 about the nature of morality
01:43:49.400 so that people
01:43:49.940 would understand
01:43:50.520 the absolute nature
01:43:51.480 of their state
01:43:53.640 and depravity
01:43:54.280 and one of the things
01:43:55.820 that bothers me
01:43:56.540 you'll hear evangelicals
01:43:58.500 of a certain stripe
01:43:59.400 sometimes say
01:44:00.120 oh you married
01:44:01.780 a divorced person
01:44:02.880 well you know
01:44:03.880 that in God's eyes
01:44:05.260 they're still married
01:44:06.260 to their first spouse
01:44:07.840 and I'm like
01:44:08.220 when did God
01:44:09.440 become an idiot
01:44:10.020 like that is
01:44:11.880 obviously not true
01:44:13.560 and if it were true
01:44:14.660 imagine what the morality
01:44:15.740 of it would be
01:44:16.580 over time
01:44:17.520 so let's say
01:44:18.800 you got married
01:44:19.700 when you were 18
01:44:20.480 you got divorced
01:44:21.320 when you were 22
01:44:22.280 you got remarried
01:44:23.600 when you were 30
01:44:24.380 you had four kids
01:44:26.260 now you're
01:44:27.360 pushing 50
01:44:28.540 and some evangelical
01:44:29.720 gets a hold of you
01:44:30.420 and says
01:44:30.640 well you know
01:44:30.940 in God's eyes
01:44:31.740 you're still married
01:44:32.320 to your first spouse
01:44:33.060 and you go
01:44:33.740 well holy crap
01:44:34.460 I don't want to
01:44:34.900 disappoint God
01:44:35.700 so you walk away
01:44:36.680 from the four kids
01:44:37.400 and you walk away
01:44:38.240 from the current husband
01:44:39.200 and you go find
01:44:40.380 I guess
01:44:40.800 some person
01:44:41.380 that you used to know
01:44:42.120 20 years ago
01:44:42.900 and see if maybe
01:44:43.880 they also believe
01:44:44.920 that you're still married
01:44:45.660 and you knock
01:44:46.600 on their door
01:44:47.200 and you're like
01:44:47.500 hey we're still married
01:44:48.200 and they're like
01:44:48.540 what the
01:44:49.160 God's not dumb
01:44:50.540 God
01:44:51.400 doesn't function
01:44:54.520 outside of reality
01:44:55.980 right
01:44:56.300 God isn't the
01:44:57.000 hypothetical God
01:44:58.100 God is the God
01:44:58.980 who is
01:44:59.440 and
01:45:00.740 while
01:45:02.500 divorce is
01:45:03.720 a terrible
01:45:04.420 terrible thing
01:45:05.100 is
01:45:06.180 is absolutely
01:45:07.480 a destruction
01:45:08.260 of
01:45:08.840 the great analogy
01:45:10.140 according to Paul
01:45:10.940 that God gave us
01:45:11.820 for our relationship
01:45:12.560 with him
01:45:13.040 is our relationship
01:45:14.440 between husband
01:45:15.060 and wife
01:45:15.540 in marriage
01:45:17.000 as in all things
01:45:18.340 God's a God
01:45:19.520 of grace
01:45:19.980 as well
01:45:20.500 and a God
01:45:20.920 who functions
01:45:21.340 within reality
01:45:22.100 a God
01:45:22.780 who actually
01:45:23.380 does know
01:45:23.880 what we are
01:45:24.340 I'm not saying
01:45:25.200 that if you remarry
01:45:25.940 you don't make
01:45:26.540 of your spouse
01:45:27.500 an adulterer
01:45:28.120 I'm saying
01:45:28.880 that the actual
01:45:29.520 takeaway from
01:45:30.400 the teachings
01:45:31.180 of Christ
01:45:31.620 is supposed to be
01:45:32.400 I'm an adulterer
01:45:33.860 not
01:45:34.200 how could I
01:45:35.120 possibly not
01:45:35.840 be an adulterer
01:45:36.320 no I agree
01:45:36.860 with this
01:45:37.120 because what
01:45:37.540 Jesus says
01:45:38.140 is Moses
01:45:38.820 gave you a law
01:45:39.620 by which you
01:45:40.080 could get divorced
01:45:40.680 because he knew
01:45:41.240 your hearts
01:45:41.840 he knew
01:45:43.240 he knew
01:45:43.680 but from the beginning
01:45:45.160 divorce is a thing
01:45:46.300 in Judaism
01:45:46.680 I mean we are
01:45:48.000 anti-divorce
01:45:48.520 but it is a possibility
01:45:49.220 and I think
01:45:49.980 I think you're
01:45:51.160 absolutely right
01:45:51.860 we're not supposed
01:45:52.380 to live
01:45:52.860 in this savage way
01:45:54.080 where people get
01:45:54.700 stuck in a
01:45:55.940 I know
01:45:56.620 I know a lot
01:45:57.220 of people
01:45:57.480 who got divorced
01:45:58.120 like minutes
01:45:58.860 after they got
01:45:59.360 married
01:45:59.620 like you know
01:46:00.100 within months
01:46:00.520 and then got
01:46:01.140 a very happy
01:46:01.740 second marriage
01:46:02.280 I definitely think
01:46:03.820 that's a very
01:46:04.260 different thing
01:46:04.860 but it really
01:46:06.060 is a serious
01:46:06.960 business
01:46:07.440 to tear apart
01:46:09.320 what God
01:46:10.420 has brought
01:46:10.860 no question
01:46:11.600 I'm not making
01:46:12.100 any defensive
01:46:12.700 divorce
01:46:13.000 that's why
01:46:13.760 I think
01:46:14.220 the Catholic
01:46:14.880 Church
01:46:15.100 the concept
01:46:15.860 of annulment
01:46:16.480 which is
01:46:17.980 the idea
01:46:19.200 there is
01:46:19.840 it's also
01:46:21.240 not like
01:46:21.600 you're going
01:46:21.780 to get stuck
01:46:22.200 on a technicality
01:46:23.020 because God
01:46:23.440 is not going
01:46:23.760 to do that
01:46:24.020 so just because
01:46:24.620 you said
01:46:25.280 the words
01:46:25.660 it's not like
01:46:26.080 God is saying
01:46:26.600 well you're stuck
01:46:27.260 but there's
01:46:28.660 an investigation
01:46:29.300 to find out
01:46:30.460 so you could
01:46:31.860 have a situation
01:46:32.900 where you get
01:46:33.640 married
01:46:33.940 and you get
01:46:34.240 divorced
01:46:34.600 right away
01:46:35.220 it's obviously
01:46:35.940 you weren't
01:46:37.660 serious about
01:46:38.220 the vows
01:46:38.660 and in that
01:46:39.040 case
01:46:39.300 then it wasn't
01:46:39.860 the marriage
01:46:40.380 just never
01:46:40.840 occurred
01:46:41.180 you know
01:46:41.480 you go to
01:46:41.900 Las Vegas
01:46:42.540 or something
01:46:42.940 and get married
01:46:43.460 when you're drunk
01:46:44.300 you drink a giant
01:46:45.780 one of these
01:46:46.620 full of booze
01:46:47.520 but there's also
01:46:48.680 no question
01:46:49.120 that I would
01:46:49.680 assume in the
01:46:50.060 Catholic view
01:46:50.840 that that is
01:46:51.660 innately connected
01:46:52.580 because when you're
01:46:53.720 talking about
01:46:53.920 annulment
01:46:54.220 you're talking
01:46:54.620 about sexual
01:46:55.060 activity also
01:46:55.600 that's innately
01:46:56.040 connected to the
01:46:56.620 possibility of
01:46:57.220 bearing children
01:46:57.700 I mean the real
01:46:58.880 shift that has
01:46:59.420 happened in
01:46:59.740 Western culture
01:47:00.240 is the disconnection
01:47:01.100 of marriage
01:47:01.420 from childbearing
01:47:02.100 and it used to
01:47:03.500 be that the
01:47:04.320 I mean a
01:47:05.500 plurality of
01:47:06.220 people who got
01:47:06.700 married
01:47:07.040 the woman was
01:47:07.940 pregnant when they
01:47:08.440 got married
01:47:08.840 and this was
01:47:09.880 as late as the
01:47:11.280 1930s and 1940s
01:47:12.440 a huge number
01:47:14.000 of people
01:47:14.480 the majority
01:47:15.020 was it the
01:47:15.780 majority
01:47:16.040 it was either
01:47:16.640 the plurality
01:47:17.680 or the majority
01:47:18.080 a huge percentage
01:47:19.020 of people
01:47:19.440 were having
01:47:20.140 seven month
01:47:21.040 babies
01:47:21.340 right
01:47:22.040 because
01:47:22.440 people were
01:47:23.640 not
01:47:23.760 but the expectation
01:47:24.740 was
01:47:25.280 you know
01:47:26.100 you do the
01:47:27.420 crime
01:47:27.600 you do the
01:47:27.880 time
01:47:28.080 because
01:47:29.720 it's not
01:47:30.480 about you
01:47:31.120 it's not
01:47:31.800 about you
01:47:32.120 if marriage
01:47:32.440 is about
01:47:32.780 you
01:47:33.040 then you
01:47:33.700 ought not
01:47:34.020 get married
01:47:34.400 really
01:47:34.820 and this
01:47:35.060 is true
01:47:35.260 with your
01:47:35.460 spouse
01:47:35.700 it's true
01:47:35.980 with your
01:47:36.160 children
01:47:36.420 it's true
01:47:36.760 with your
01:47:36.960 God
01:47:37.280 if marriage
01:47:38.780 is about
01:47:39.160 you finding
01:47:40.140 a way to
01:47:40.580 personally
01:47:41.040 satisfy
01:47:41.680 yourself
01:47:42.240 then don't
01:47:43.560 get married
01:47:43.900 because honestly
01:47:44.360 marriage isn't
01:47:44.740 going to do
01:47:45.000 that for you
01:47:45.440 marriage is
01:47:45.800 not about
01:47:46.100 personal
01:47:46.420 satisfaction
01:47:46.960 marriage is
01:47:47.640 about
01:47:47.880 you becoming
01:47:49.280 a better
01:47:49.660 human being
01:47:50.200 that's what
01:47:50.780 marriage does
01:47:51.240 for you
01:47:51.540 the same way
01:47:52.140 that's what
01:47:52.680 religion is
01:47:53.120 supposed to
01:47:53.500 do for you
01:47:53.860 that's why
01:47:54.140 when people
01:47:54.440 look at
01:47:58.080 God really
01:47:59.880 doesn't
01:48:00.100 either
01:48:00.220 because God
01:48:00.640 has a bunch
01:48:01.080 of things
01:48:01.440 you are
01:48:01.720 supposed to
01:48:02.100 do that
01:48:02.320 he expects
01:48:02.800 of you
01:48:03.120 and that
01:48:03.640 are duties
01:48:04.080 your spiritual
01:48:04.960 fulfillment
01:48:05.280 is last
01:48:05.820 on his
01:48:06.100 list
01:48:06.360 yeah
01:48:06.560 Job wasn't
01:48:07.440 particularly
01:48:07.980 spiritually
01:48:08.700 satisfied
01:48:09.040 by the way
01:48:09.880 I mean
01:48:11.000 you know
01:48:11.520 Jesus better
01:48:11.960 than I do
01:48:12.260 but it doesn't
01:48:12.560 look like
01:48:12.920 if he were
01:48:13.660 a human
01:48:13.980 it would have
01:48:14.300 been a
01:48:14.520 particularly
01:48:14.800 satisfying
01:48:15.300 life
01:48:15.800 right
01:48:16.420 and if you
01:48:16.800 look at
01:48:17.020 Moses
01:48:17.600 Moses has
01:48:18.080 a pretty
01:48:18.300 miserable
01:48:18.620 life
01:48:19.000 and Moses
01:48:19.740 gets crapped
01:48:20.420 on by fate
01:48:21.080 one million
01:48:21.940 times
01:48:22.300 then dies
01:48:22.780 right before
01:48:23.280 he enters
01:48:23.760 the land
01:48:24.160 of Israel
01:48:24.480 so he never
01:48:24.840 even gets
01:48:25.120 to achieve
01:48:25.500 his lifelong
01:48:26.040 dream
01:48:26.400 he doesn't
01:48:26.860 even get
01:48:27.040 to pass
01:48:27.340 on the
01:48:27.560 leadership
01:48:27.740 to his
01:48:28.060 son
01:48:28.240 God says
01:48:28.580 pass it
01:48:28.880 on to
01:48:29.060 Joshua
01:48:29.380 you don't
01:48:29.680 get to
01:48:29.880 pass it
01:48:30.140 on to
01:48:30.340 your own
01:48:30.600 kids
01:48:30.820 these are
01:48:31.480 people who
01:48:31.860 live
01:48:32.040 I mean
01:48:32.460 David
01:48:32.840 fights civil
01:48:33.780 wars
01:48:34.140 with his
01:48:34.520 own
01:48:34.700 children
01:48:35.040 these are
01:48:35.620 people who
01:48:35.940 live hard
01:48:36.540 terrible
01:48:37.480 difficult
01:48:38.140 lives
01:48:38.440 because God
01:48:38.840 is the
01:48:39.080 God of
01:48:39.320 reality
01:48:39.700 this is
01:48:40.160 right
01:48:40.320 but he's
01:48:40.680 also
01:48:40.940 I have
01:48:41.760 to inject
01:48:42.120 this
01:48:42.340 I hate
01:48:42.620 to do
01:48:42.860 it
01:48:42.960 but he's
01:48:43.280 also
01:48:43.460 the God
01:48:43.760 of joy
01:48:44.180 and all
01:48:44.680 the things
01:48:45.060 you're
01:48:45.220 talking
01:48:45.440 about
01:48:45.740 actually
01:48:46.300 are a
01:48:46.740 great
01:48:46.940 joy
01:48:47.300 maybe
01:48:47.580 at a
01:48:47.860 different
01:48:48.080 level
01:48:48.400 than
01:48:49.020 picking
01:48:49.460 up a
01:48:49.720 girl
01:48:49.900 in a
01:48:50.160 bar
01:48:51.440 and going
01:48:51.780 home
01:48:51.980 with her
01:48:52.240 which can
01:48:52.820 be a
01:48:53.300 pleasure
01:48:53.640 but
01:48:54.420 the joy
01:48:55.340 is in
01:48:56.680 you
01:48:56.840 reshifting
01:48:57.420 your mind
01:48:57.740 to meet
01:48:58.020 him
01:48:58.240 not him
01:48:58.620 reshifting
01:48:59.020 reality
01:48:59.340 but that's
01:49:00.180 it
01:49:00.300 he rewards
01:49:01.440 you for
01:49:01.780 that
01:49:01.920 with joy
01:49:02.400 and I
01:49:02.680 think
01:49:02.820 even
01:49:03.100 people
01:49:03.500 like
01:49:04.000 Moses
01:49:04.340 like
01:49:04.620 Jesus
01:49:04.920 who
01:49:05.160 live
01:49:05.340 these
01:49:05.540 lives
01:49:06.240 of great
01:49:07.240 tragedy
01:49:07.700 and great
01:49:08.100 difficulty
01:49:08.540 there is
01:49:09.240 some kind
01:49:09.700 of
01:49:10.000 transcendent
01:49:10.900 feeling
01:49:11.240 when you
01:49:12.000 have met
01:49:12.620 your God
01:49:13.120 it
01:49:13.540 it talks
01:49:14.460 about
01:49:14.620 Moses
01:49:14.840 face
01:49:15.260 shining
01:49:15.660 so strongly
01:49:16.240 he has to
01:49:16.520 put on a
01:49:16.800 mask
01:49:16.980 when he
01:49:17.200 comes off
01:49:17.580 of Mount
01:49:17.840 Sinai
01:49:18.120 because the
01:49:18.560 idea is
01:49:18.880 that when
01:49:19.140 you have
01:49:19.380 aligned
01:49:19.780 this is the
01:49:20.460 natural law
01:49:20.940 of you
01:49:21.080 in Catholicism
01:49:21.640 when you've
01:49:21.940 aligned
01:49:22.240 yourself
01:49:22.740 with nature
01:49:25.040 as God
01:49:25.440 when you've
01:49:25.760 aligned
01:49:26.000 yourself
01:49:26.340 with the
01:49:27.180 God
01:49:27.380 who created
01:49:27.820 you
01:49:27.980 created
01:49:28.300 the cosmos
01:49:28.760 created
01:49:29.320 this entire
01:49:29.800 system
01:49:30.180 then that's
01:49:31.400 what's supposed
01:49:31.780 to give you
01:49:32.120 purpose
01:49:32.340 that's what's
01:49:32.740 supposed to
01:49:33.060 give you
01:49:33.280 meaning
01:49:33.520 and when you
01:49:34.060 disconnect
01:49:34.360 all that
01:49:34.740 stuff
01:49:34.920 and then
01:49:35.100 you demand
01:49:35.640 of reality
01:49:36.200 that reality
01:49:36.780 change
01:49:37.300 to fit
01:49:37.680 you
01:49:37.900 then you
01:49:39.100 are declaring
01:49:40.920 war
01:49:41.440 on the only
01:49:42.220 thing that
01:49:42.520 can make
01:49:42.800 you happy
01:49:43.180 because God
01:49:43.640 is the
01:49:43.980 God of
01:49:44.260 reality
01:49:44.620 and when
01:49:45.160 you love
01:49:45.840 him
01:49:46.060 suddenly
01:49:46.620 reality
01:49:47.040 makes a
01:49:47.560 whole bunch
01:49:48.040 of sense
01:49:48.380 it always gets
01:49:50.120 me when
01:49:50.380 somebody says
01:49:50.940 my wife
01:49:52.760 died in a
01:49:53.220 plane crash
01:49:53.640 and now
01:49:53.840 I've lost
01:49:54.160 my faith
01:49:54.600 and I
01:49:54.800 thought
01:49:54.980 why didn't
01:49:55.400 you lose
01:49:55.640 your faith
01:49:55.880 when somebody
01:49:56.200 else's wife
01:49:56.700 died
01:49:56.880 because that
01:49:57.960 is the
01:49:58.260 world
01:49:58.540 I think
01:49:59.360 one of the
01:49:59.980 great
01:50:00.340 messages
01:50:00.640 of the
01:50:01.140 Bible
01:50:01.460 Old and
01:50:01.800 New
01:50:01.940 Testament
01:50:02.260 is to
01:50:03.960 find joy
01:50:04.640 through
01:50:05.460 suffering
01:50:05.940 rather than
01:50:06.520 in modern
01:50:07.600 times we
01:50:07.960 find joy
01:50:08.620 we try to
01:50:09.160 find it
01:50:09.420 by getting
01:50:09.840 around
01:50:10.160 suffering
01:50:10.620 and it's
01:50:12.340 just not
01:50:12.680 out there
01:50:13.080 you've
01:50:13.300 got to
01:50:13.500 go through
01:50:13.860 it
01:50:14.120 but that
01:50:16.200 takes
01:50:16.420 patience
01:50:16.840 well this
01:50:17.480 is why
01:50:17.760 the entire
01:50:18.340 question
01:50:18.680 when people
01:50:19.020 say
01:50:19.200 how can
01:50:20.080 you
01:50:20.260 rectify
01:50:20.960 the idea
01:50:21.280 of a
01:50:21.460 good
01:50:21.620 God
01:50:21.880 with
01:50:22.040 suffering
01:50:22.820 in the
01:50:23.140 real
01:50:23.280 world
01:50:23.520 is because
01:50:24.380 God's
01:50:25.520 idea of
01:50:26.620 good
01:50:26.800 is not
01:50:27.060 your idea
01:50:27.560 of good
01:50:27.900 you are
01:50:28.260 not God
01:50:28.800 and this
01:50:29.120 whole idea
01:50:29.520 where God
01:50:29.900 is supposed
01:50:30.220 to conform
01:50:30.760 to your
01:50:31.160 idea of
01:50:31.700 what's right
01:50:32.000 and good
01:50:32.260 you don't
01:50:33.040 even know
01:50:33.380 as much
01:50:33.740 as the
01:50:34.040 basic
01:50:35.280 conglomeration
01:50:36.480 of humanity
01:50:36.920 that sets
01:50:37.260 the price
01:50:37.640 of a pencil
01:50:38.100 why do you
01:50:39.040 think that
01:50:39.300 you know
01:50:39.660 as much
01:50:40.460 as God
01:50:40.760 by the way
01:50:41.160 you're not
01:50:41.660 God is
01:50:42.120 God
01:50:42.380 you're not
01:50:42.760 God
01:50:43.080 is almost
01:50:43.840 the entirety
01:50:44.520 of the
01:50:44.840 gospel
01:50:45.100 I'm always
01:50:46.340 trying to
01:50:46.540 think
01:50:46.640 how can
01:50:47.700 you get
01:50:47.880 the gospel
01:50:48.460 down to
01:50:48.800 its simplest
01:50:49.340 form
01:50:49.780 the way
01:50:50.220 they always
01:50:50.540 put it
01:50:50.840 God is
01:50:51.140 not a
01:50:51.360 gumball
01:50:51.620 machine
01:50:51.940 people
01:50:52.480 expect
01:50:52.780 God
01:50:53.000 to be
01:50:53.160 a
01:50:53.240 gumball
01:50:53.480 machine
01:50:53.640 if I
01:50:53.880 do
01:50:54.000 X
01:50:54.180 Y
01:50:54.320 and Z
01:50:54.520 then I
01:50:54.780 will
01:50:54.900 get X
01:50:55.320 or
01:51:02.260 how this
01:51:02.480 works
01:51:02.720 so
01:51:03.180 if you
01:51:03.960 are 18
01:51:04.440 and you
01:51:04.780 are
01:51:04.920 contemplating
01:51:05.580 getting
01:51:06.500 married
01:51:06.780 I do
01:51:07.160 have a
01:51:07.720 patented
01:51:08.260 piece
01:51:08.740 of marriage
01:51:09.340 advice
01:51:09.700 I have
01:51:10.660 several
01:51:11.040 one is
01:51:11.540 two bathrooms
01:51:12.100 and a
01:51:12.340 king size
01:51:12.660 bed
01:51:12.900 I promise
01:51:14.300 you can't
01:51:14.540 go wrong
01:51:14.840 but you
01:51:15.160 may say
01:51:15.500 but Jeremy
01:51:16.120 I can't
01:51:17.640 afford
01:51:18.020 a king
01:51:19.000 size
01:51:19.200 bed
01:51:19.360 or I
01:51:19.540 can't
01:51:19.720 afford
01:51:19.920 get married
01:51:20.800 anyway
01:51:21.060 but this
01:51:21.460 is really
01:51:21.840 good advice
01:51:22.900 and no one
01:51:23.940 will tell
01:51:24.220 you this
01:51:24.580 go to bed
01:51:25.480 angry
01:51:25.760 this is my
01:51:26.800 great
01:51:27.760 marriage
01:51:28.560 advice
01:51:28.900 it's not
01:51:29.660 great marriage
01:51:30.340 advice
01:51:30.680 day to day
01:51:31.180 people will
01:51:31.600 tell you
01:51:31.860 never
01:51:32.160 go to bed
01:51:32.620 angry
01:51:32.880 and that's
01:51:33.500 fine advice
01:51:34.240 if you
01:51:34.760 lose
01:51:35.020 the never
01:51:35.420 what they
01:51:35.980 should say
01:51:36.420 is do
01:51:36.740 everything
01:51:37.020 you can
01:51:37.620 not to
01:51:38.240 go to bed
01:51:38.660 angry
01:51:38.960 but in
01:51:39.520 the final
01:51:40.040 analysis
01:51:40.520 sometimes
01:51:41.160 when you
01:51:41.460 try to
01:51:41.760 navigate
01:51:42.080 life
01:51:42.580 with another
01:51:43.340 human being
01:51:43.940 who is in
01:51:44.340 every way
01:51:44.900 different than
01:51:45.380 you
01:51:45.580 where you
01:51:46.080 can't even
01:51:46.680 agree on
01:51:47.320 the things
01:51:47.620 that you
01:51:47.840 think you
01:51:48.200 agree about
01:51:48.720 because you're
01:51:49.780 actually using
01:51:50.340 the same
01:51:50.660 words to mean
01:51:51.100 different things
01:51:51.660 you won't
01:51:51.940 figure it out
01:51:52.320 for 10
01:51:52.560 more years
01:51:52.920 when you're
01:51:54.140 in that
01:51:54.420 situation
01:51:54.820 you do
01:51:55.540 occasionally
01:51:56.180 come to
01:51:57.200 moments that
01:51:57.720 you simply
01:51:58.360 cannot resolve
01:51:59.800 in the
01:52:00.260 moment
01:52:00.540 and you're
01:52:01.400 in a
01:52:01.620 you sit
01:52:02.940 in that
01:52:03.180 moment of
01:52:03.560 complete
01:52:03.980 desperation
01:52:04.540 you do
01:52:05.360 not know
01:52:05.860 how to
01:52:06.140 reconcile
01:52:06.460 yourself
01:52:06.940 to your
01:52:07.220 spouse
01:52:07.500 and the
01:52:08.040 best thing
01:52:08.440 you can
01:52:08.680 do in
01:52:09.000 that
01:52:09.200 moment
01:52:09.540 go to
01:52:10.080 bed
01:52:10.260 and what
01:52:11.580 I mean
01:52:11.860 is go
01:52:12.600 to bed
01:52:12.880 literally
01:52:13.220 because you
01:52:14.240 will wake
01:52:14.560 up in the
01:52:14.880 morning
01:52:15.120 and you
01:52:15.880 will still
01:52:16.200 be married
01:52:16.660 the beauty
01:52:17.520 of marriage
01:52:18.080 is that
01:52:18.420 marriage
01:52:18.780 is you
01:52:19.820 don't have
01:52:20.280 to you
01:52:20.780 don't have
01:52:21.180 to create
01:52:21.900 marriage
01:52:22.560 on a daily
01:52:23.100 basis
01:52:23.480 marriage
01:52:24.160 will carry
01:52:24.840 you through
01:52:25.500 these problems
01:52:26.440 if you lean
01:52:27.040 on it as
01:52:27.460 an institution
01:52:28.020 given to you
01:52:28.920 by God
01:52:29.460 the only
01:52:30.320 thing you
01:52:30.700 can do
01:52:31.160 is break
01:52:32.000 your marriage
01:52:32.580 so if you
01:52:34.200 reach the
01:52:34.600 moment of
01:52:35.440 sort of
01:52:36.000 irreconcilable
01:52:37.240 conflict
01:52:37.940 stop trying
01:52:39.340 to reconcile
01:52:39.840 it and just
01:52:40.920 lean into
01:52:41.700 the reality
01:52:42.200 of your
01:52:42.680 marriage
01:52:43.000 lean into
01:52:43.500 the fact
01:52:43.820 that tomorrow
01:52:44.540 you will
01:52:44.880 still be
01:52:45.240 married
01:52:45.520 as long
01:52:46.040 as you
01:52:46.220 don't do
01:52:46.520 anything
01:52:46.760 stupid
01:52:47.160 like stop
01:52:47.720 being married
01:52:48.240 which has
01:52:48.780 been statistically
01:52:49.700 the cause
01:52:50.440 of 100%
01:52:51.440 of all
01:52:52.220 divorces
01:52:52.740 Elisha we
01:52:53.680 have one
01:52:54.160 last question
01:52:54.940 for the group
01:52:55.720 for the night
01:52:56.460 final question
01:52:57.400 of the night
01:52:57.800 is I think
01:52:58.300 a question
01:52:58.860 that is on
01:52:59.260 all of our
01:52:59.860 viewers minds
01:53:00.640 Michael do
01:53:01.700 you only
01:53:02.300 gym tan
01:53:02.940 laundry
01:53:03.380 everything else
01:53:04.500 on your body
01:53:05.260 besides your
01:53:06.320 legs and why
01:53:07.300 are they so
01:53:07.920 pale and why
01:53:09.360 is the control
01:53:10.060 room showing
01:53:10.680 them to me
01:53:11.240 again
01:53:11.460 I'll give you
01:53:13.120 the real reason
01:53:13.720 I can't handle
01:53:14.560 this I'm so
01:53:15.420 triggered this is
01:53:16.260 like sexual
01:53:16.780 harassment
01:53:17.280 I'm over this
01:53:18.300 I'm done
01:53:19.400 she's gone
01:53:19.960 she's out of
01:53:20.860 here
01:53:21.040 no wait
01:53:21.660 please don't
01:53:22.320 go
01:53:22.600 the real
01:53:25.220 answer for
01:53:25.740 this is
01:53:26.380 men should
01:53:27.700 not wear
01:53:28.160 shorts
01:53:28.560 I am doing
01:53:29.860 it for you
01:53:30.560 people
01:53:30.960 all right
01:53:31.440 this is the
01:53:32.260 spring break
01:53:32.760 edition
01:53:33.140 and you're
01:53:33.760 going to see
01:53:34.240 the only part
01:53:35.200 of my body
01:53:35.760 that is a
01:53:36.220 little more
01:53:36.620 on the white
01:53:37.100 side
01:53:37.340 this is the
01:53:37.760 white supremacy
01:53:38.340 of my body
01:53:39.000 right now
01:53:39.360 it's really
01:53:40.960 nice
01:53:41.600 you know
01:53:42.100 but really
01:53:42.800 this is the
01:53:43.560 problem
01:53:43.780 Tony Soprano
01:53:45.200 I think
01:53:45.540 said it
01:53:45.960 in the
01:53:46.880 Sopranos
01:53:47.360 he said
01:53:47.760 a Don
01:53:49.200 is not
01:53:49.540 supposed to
01:53:49.940 wear shorts
01:53:50.380 it's not
01:53:50.740 a good look
01:53:51.180 it's for
01:53:51.440 little boys
01:53:52.120 for grown
01:53:53.000 men
01:53:53.240 not a good
01:53:53.760 look
01:53:53.940 thank you
01:53:54.660 very much
01:53:55.080 for joining
01:53:55.440 us on
01:53:56.200 this
01:53:56.540 I think
01:53:57.220 rousing
01:53:57.780 edition
01:53:58.220 of the
01:53:59.560 Daily Wire
01:54:00.140 backstage
01:54:00.500 I want to
01:54:00.840 especially
01:54:01.080 thank Matt
01:54:01.840 Walsh and
01:54:02.300 all the people
01:54:02.760 who subscribed
01:54:03.240 during the
01:54:03.680 broadcast today
01:54:04.440 we're going to
01:54:05.120 be drawing a
01:54:05.660 name tomorrow
01:54:06.260 for someone
01:54:06.680 to win a
01:54:07.040 chance to
01:54:07.320 come out
01:54:07.560 here and
01:54:08.220 see us
01:54:08.620 thank you
01:54:08.920 to all
01:54:09.240 of our
01:54:09.480 subscribers
01:54:09.960 even the
01:54:10.600 ones who
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01:54:12.140 you keeping
01:54:12.640 Michael
01:54:13.440 Knowles in
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01:54:15.520 bottles of
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01:54:16.220 and we look
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01:54:17.860 back here
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