The Michael Knowles Show - May 28, 2019


Daily Wire Backstage: Summer Is Here But Harambe Is Not


Episode Stats

Length

1 hour and 33 minutes

Words per Minute

205.90065

Word Count

19,199

Sentence Count

230

Misogynist Sentences

33

Hate Speech Sentences

78


Summary

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


Transcript

00:00:00.080 Hey everybody, this is Michael.
00:00:01.980 You're about to listen to our latest episode
00:00:03.980 of Daily Wire Backstage,
00:00:05.420 where I join Ben Shapiro, Andrew Klavan,
00:00:07.680 and the man who will one day fire me for real,
00:00:10.260 Daily Wire God King Jeremy Boring,
00:00:12.240 for a great conversation on politics and culture,
00:00:15.000 and where we answer questions from Daily Wire subscribers.
00:00:18.300 Without further ado, here is Backstage.
00:00:20.880 Fake laugh in three, two.
00:00:25.780 Welcome to the Daily Wire Backstage.
00:00:27.740 Summer is here, but Harambe is not special edition, guys.
00:00:30.600 Wow.
00:00:30.980 It's been three years, can you believe it?
00:00:32.320 Too soon, too soon, too soon, too soon.
00:00:34.720 I'm Jeremy the God King Boring, lowercase g, lowercase k,
00:00:37.880 in case the real guys listen.
00:00:39.520 Tonight we're gonna talk through politics,
00:00:41.000 Game of Thrones, Memorial,
00:00:41.960 literally, guys, we have nothing to talk about.
00:00:44.540 Nothing has happened in the news in the weeks.
00:00:46.880 Joining me, as always, tonight are Ben,
00:00:49.660 the Nazi leader Shapiro.
00:00:51.700 Thank you for that.
00:00:54.080 Andrew Klavan, Michael Knowles,
00:00:55.680 the lovely Elisha Krauss,
00:00:57.140 who's gonna tell you how to get your questions answered
00:00:59.660 for the evening.
00:01:01.300 Elisha.
00:01:01.860 Hey, guys, thanks so much for being there.
00:01:03.840 I guess the Zodiac Killer moved me out of my seat
00:01:07.340 as I'm back in the broom closet.
00:01:11.400 But for everyone watching at home,
00:01:13.580 this is a very special episode of Backstage,
00:01:15.660 in case you didn't see him there,
00:01:16.800 with Senator Ted Cruz.
00:01:17.800 We're excited to have him here.
00:01:19.240 Even though, you know, being an okey,
00:01:20.640 I just have to say boomer real quick.
00:01:22.000 So, if you want to ask him or any of the guys
00:01:25.220 some questions tonight,
00:01:26.400 be sure to head on over to thedailywire.com
00:01:28.820 and type all of your questions into the chat box
00:01:31.140 on the live stream at dailywire.com.
00:01:33.520 And remember, only subscribers get to ask the questions.
00:01:36.420 So, if you're not a subscriber,
00:01:37.680 my main question would be,
00:01:38.940 why the heck not?
00:01:39.720 You can become one tonight
00:01:41.020 and get your questions in
00:01:42.180 for all of the guys here on Backstage.
00:01:44.700 And be sure to head over to Facebook
00:01:46.460 because we have a special,
00:01:48.640 you know, very summery,
00:01:49.940 kickoff for summer Daily Wire poll
00:01:52.580 over on the Daily Wire page.
00:01:54.680 The question is,
00:01:55.420 what's the best part of summer?
00:01:57.040 Is it A, less work,
00:01:58.720 B, less rain,
00:02:00.100 C, the climate change,
00:02:01.420 or D, the movies?
00:02:04.060 Well, thank you, Elisha,
00:02:05.260 and thank you for stealing my Zodiac Killer joke.
00:02:07.080 We are, though,
00:02:09.940 welcoming a very special guest on the show tonight,
00:02:12.860 the beautiful, beautiful Ted Cruz.
00:02:17.220 Senator, welcome.
00:02:18.100 Well, thank you, Jeremy.
00:02:19.100 I will say I saw on Twitter today
00:02:20.720 you talked about Haranby,
00:02:21.980 and I guess it's the anniversary of his killing,
00:02:24.660 and someone tweeted on this anniversary,
00:02:26.900 how is it that Ted Cruz's dad is still on the loose?
00:02:33.240 I almost retweeted it.
00:02:34.940 I think I would have gotten in trouble today.
00:02:36.460 Right after the election,
00:02:37.820 I actually created a meme called Justice for Jack
00:02:40.300 with this very somber portrait of Jack Kennedy,
00:02:43.220 and I started trying to get traction behind it.
00:02:46.040 I wanted the president to open an inquiry,
00:02:47.820 but eh, so far.
00:02:49.360 You get nowhere in this.
00:02:50.840 You get nowhere in this.
00:02:51.420 Look, there's a reason I suppressed
00:02:53.380 the Warren Commission findings.
00:02:56.800 So, guys, legitimately nothing has happened.
00:02:59.020 Should we do Game of Thrones, then?
00:03:00.720 We should do Game of Thrones,
00:03:01.820 but I actually have one thing
00:03:03.000 that I want to talk about,
00:03:04.060 and that's this amazing story put out by BuzzFeed
00:03:07.120 that suggests that our own Ben Shapiro
00:03:09.780 is a gateway drug to Nazi propaganda.
00:03:13.640 Well, he has been for me.
00:03:14.780 I've been saying it for years.
00:03:17.280 I mean, what can you say?
00:03:19.540 They've discovered me.
00:03:20.540 The nefarious Jews working their Jew magic again.
00:03:23.560 So, to get this straight,
00:03:26.040 I'm an Orthodox Jew who gateways people to the Nazis
00:03:29.220 so that they attack synagogues where my friends go.
00:03:33.220 Man, I'm good.
00:03:34.040 You guys are really sneaky.
00:03:35.100 You Jews.
00:03:35.460 It is amazing that after literally three years
00:03:41.060 of enduring a kind of anti-Semitism
00:03:43.180 that I legitimately now did not know existed in our country
00:03:46.500 and certainly didn't know existed on the right in our country,
00:03:50.060 although certainly not among conservatives,
00:03:51.480 but among right-wingers,
00:03:53.600 that now to find that the left's great attack on us
00:03:56.220 is that we are the anti-Semites.
00:03:59.120 Right.
00:04:00.020 It's weird.
00:04:00.960 I'll be honest with you.
00:04:02.060 I didn't see that one coming.
00:04:03.280 It was a twist.
00:04:04.120 It was like sixth sense right there.
00:04:06.540 But, yeah, it's been kind of bizarre
00:04:08.900 considering that three weeks ago
00:04:10.340 I had to file a police report
00:04:12.800 and the FBI arrested somebody
00:04:13.980 who is a white supremacist
00:04:14.920 for threatening my family
00:04:16.060 and targeting my home.
00:04:18.240 Yeah.
00:04:18.400 I believe he put out a tweet that said
00:04:20.300 it's time to start bombing synagogues.
00:04:22.320 Yeah, that guy was real solid.
00:04:24.480 In 2016, I was amused to see
00:04:26.180 that the Washington Post ran with that piece today
00:04:27.900 about this Indiana schmuck piece of garbage
00:04:30.860 who was swastika-ing a synagogue.
00:04:33.900 And then they ran the piece that,
00:04:35.440 I guess his lawyer contended
00:04:36.940 that this guy's underage wife
00:04:38.700 once read a column of mine, basically,
00:04:41.080 and that this was a gateway to Breitbart News,
00:04:42.940 which was a gateway to Stormfront,
00:04:44.140 which is a big jump right there.
00:04:45.240 Quite a jump.
00:04:45.520 I mean, you really got a jump.
00:04:46.720 And that, the Washington Post ran with that.
00:04:49.780 Didn't you write a story
00:04:50.720 for the Washington Post like a year ago?
00:04:52.380 I did, in fact.
00:04:53.100 I did write a story in 2016
00:04:54.480 that was specifically about
00:04:55.540 why the alt-right is evil
00:04:56.520 for the Washington Post.
00:04:57.740 And yet today, the Washington Post
00:04:58.880 ran a story about how I'm a gateway
00:05:00.360 to the alt-right.
00:05:00.980 So that's kind of a weird thing.
00:05:01.820 That sounds very convenient there, Ben.
00:05:03.380 You write a piece of the Washington Post
00:05:05.260 and then 4D chess later.
00:05:07.940 Yeah, I'm starting to believe
00:05:09.820 this may not all be in good faith.
00:05:13.360 It's starting to occur to me.
00:05:14.680 You know, right around the time
00:05:15.540 Media Matters starts, you know,
00:05:16.640 watching every episode of Everything I Do
00:05:18.220 and then clipping out
00:05:18.860 one-minute, 30-second segments
00:05:21.180 out of context to target me.
00:05:23.720 This does explain why you let
00:05:25.260 baby Hitler run free, though.
00:05:26.760 It does.
00:05:27.600 It comes together.
00:05:29.140 I mean, it's been quite a year
00:05:30.360 for my people.
00:05:31.840 But, wow.
00:05:33.440 I mean, yeah.
00:05:34.380 I actually want to talk...
00:05:35.220 But, I mean, obviously,
00:05:36.000 look, what this really is,
00:05:36.860 that all conservatives are Nazis.
00:05:37.960 All conservatives are outside
00:05:38.800 the Overton window.
00:05:39.740 I mean, I'm about as mainstream
00:05:41.020 a conservative as it's possible to be.
00:05:42.460 And this has a long history.
00:05:43.740 I talked about this on the radio show today.
00:05:45.300 But this goes all the way back
00:05:46.740 to when they tried to blame Rush
00:05:47.740 for the Oklahoma City bombing
00:05:48.820 back in the 90s.
00:05:50.040 It goes back further than that.
00:05:50.820 It actually does go back
00:05:51.600 to the assassination of Kennedy
00:05:52.860 when the left tried to maintain
00:05:54.420 that that wasn't communist,
00:05:55.580 that that was really about
00:05:56.520 evil right-wing rhetoric on race
00:05:58.200 that led to the assassination
00:05:59.120 of Jack Kennedy.
00:06:00.620 It's been really interesting
00:06:01.960 watching this EU election
00:06:03.240 with all these right-wing
00:06:04.360 nationalists coming in
00:06:05.400 and everybody complaining,
00:06:06.720 Angela Merkel,
00:06:07.680 complaining about their anti-Semitism.
00:06:09.320 When you can't walk around
00:06:11.200 with a yarmulke in Germany
00:06:12.620 under her.
00:06:13.520 So there's this study.
00:06:14.260 Did you see the study
00:06:14.800 that she was citing
00:06:15.380 in all these,
00:06:16.280 the New York Times editorial board
00:06:17.460 cited today
00:06:18.000 in which they suggested
00:06:19.240 that 89% of anti-Semitic attacks
00:06:21.480 in Germany
00:06:22.120 were the fault of right-wingers.
00:06:24.500 Now, listen,
00:06:25.140 the neo-Nazis are garbage people
00:06:26.760 and they should all burn in hell,
00:06:28.020 obviously.
00:06:28.760 I mean, I'm sorry to say
00:06:29.460 that's my own vote.
00:06:30.320 But they're the worst people.
00:06:35.460 But that statistic is sheer nonsense.
00:06:38.680 The EU did its own study last year
00:06:40.680 and what they found was
00:06:41.620 among German Jews,
00:06:43.520 when they reported
00:06:44.240 where the actual anti-Semitism
00:06:46.060 was coming from,
00:06:46.860 they reported that 41%
00:06:48.000 of all anti-Semitic incidents
00:06:49.160 were coming from Muslims in Germany
00:06:51.180 and 20% were coming
00:06:52.720 from the right-wing.
00:06:53.580 So how do you get to 89%
00:06:55.280 in that German study?
00:06:56.540 And the answer is you ignore
00:06:57.500 all the ones that don't fit
00:06:58.820 your particular study.
00:07:00.020 I mean, I have lots of friends
00:07:01.160 who are the Jews,
00:07:02.520 the Juden over in Europe,
00:07:03.400 and I can tell you,
00:07:04.560 they are obviously concerned
00:07:06.560 about the neo-Nazis,
00:07:07.860 but there is not,
00:07:08.700 it is not close.
00:07:09.640 I mean, when it comes to
00:07:10.420 who are you truly concerned about,
00:07:11.960 who is a threat to your safety,
00:07:13.260 why are there security guards
00:07:14.140 at every shul,
00:07:15.160 I can do not,
00:07:15.760 every single shul in France,
00:07:17.540 every single shul
00:07:18.220 and day school in Germany,
00:07:19.920 every single one.
00:07:20.860 Why are Jews moving
00:07:21.540 out of Malmo, Sweden
00:07:22.400 and moving to Israel?
00:07:23.220 Why did 5,000 Jews alone last year
00:07:25.100 move from France to Israel?
00:07:26.240 That is not because
00:07:27.340 of the rabid right-wing in France.
00:07:28.460 That is happening
00:07:29.040 because of the mass migration
00:07:31.080 of Muslims
00:07:31.980 from the Middle East.
00:07:32.760 And that is not an indicator
00:07:34.140 that every Muslim
00:07:34.920 is an anti-Semite
00:07:35.700 or anything like that.
00:07:36.740 It is to say
00:07:37.160 that when you have
00:07:37.520 unvetted immigration
00:07:38.780 from places
00:07:39.420 by which polls show
00:07:40.940 that there is high levels
00:07:41.740 of anti-Semitism,
00:07:42.700 you shouldn't be surprised
00:07:43.300 when those people
00:07:43.780 bring their anti-Semitism
00:07:44.460 with them.
00:07:45.100 It does speak to the
00:07:46.100 real dislike
00:07:47.420 the left seems to have
00:07:48.660 fostered in themselves
00:07:49.900 for the West
00:07:50.520 that this group of people,
00:07:52.380 these radical Muslims
00:07:53.420 who don't believe
00:07:55.000 in feminism,
00:07:55.660 don't believe in homosexuality,
00:07:57.060 don't like the Jews
00:07:57.840 or absolute big,
00:07:59.280 that they support them
00:08:00.440 and protect them.
00:08:01.040 The only thing
00:08:02.160 that they have going
00:08:02.720 for them
00:08:03.080 from the left's
00:08:03.580 point of view
00:08:04.020 is that they hate us.
00:08:07.300 That's their kind
00:08:07.920 of positive attribute.
00:08:08.580 Well, it does speak
00:08:09.000 to the Democratic Party's
00:08:09.860 defense of Ilhan Omar,
00:08:10.740 right?
00:08:10.920 I mean, Ilhan Omar is,
00:08:12.500 you know,
00:08:12.720 she's not a terrorist,
00:08:13.940 obviously.
00:08:15.300 I'm not going to call her
00:08:16.200 a radical Muslim
00:08:16.880 because I don't know
00:08:17.460 her religious beliefs.
00:08:18.340 I will say that
00:08:18.900 she's wildly anti-Semitic
00:08:20.020 and the Democratic Party
00:08:20.800 is obviously making room
00:08:22.160 for her,
00:08:22.640 making room for Rashida Tlaib
00:08:23.740 and they're doing that
00:08:25.200 for a reason.
00:08:26.340 I mean,
00:08:26.580 it's really,
00:08:27.680 it's amazing.
00:08:28.460 I mean,
00:08:28.540 Michael Oren is the former
00:08:29.460 foreign minister for Israel.
00:08:30.800 He tweeted out
00:08:31.400 in the aftermath
00:08:31.940 of that astonishing
00:08:32.880 New York Times editorial
00:08:33.720 today in which they blamed,
00:08:34.980 it was amazing,
00:08:35.480 they blamed the uptick
00:08:36.320 in anti-Semitism
00:08:36.920 in Europe and in Germany.
00:08:38.780 They blamed that uptick
00:08:39.480 on Benjamin Netanyahu.
00:08:41.580 I'm not joking.
00:08:42.440 They blamed it
00:08:42.900 on the prime minister
00:08:43.460 of Israel.
00:08:43.780 Well, they have the perfect
00:08:44.080 cartoon to run with that.
00:08:47.520 They've already got it.
00:08:48.480 Yeah, exactly.
00:08:49.260 And so Michael Oren
00:08:49.900 tweeted out like,
00:08:50.740 so you guys are missing
00:08:52.020 the irony of,
00:08:52.800 you guys are the actual
00:08:53.800 anti-Semites
00:08:54.500 and yet it is
00:08:55.320 Benjamin Netanyahu,
00:08:56.000 the prime minister
00:08:56.520 of the only Jewish state
00:08:57.400 on planet Earth
00:08:58.040 who's causing the anti-Semitism.
00:08:59.000 It's pretty convenient
00:08:59.660 when the only people
00:09:00.620 who seem to be causing
00:09:01.180 the anti-Semitism
00:09:01.740 are, you know,
00:09:02.540 orthodox Jews like me
00:09:03.520 or the prime minister
00:09:04.280 of Israel,
00:09:05.300 Benjamin Netanyahu.
00:09:05.960 Well, you were wearing
00:09:06.600 a pretty short skirt there, Ben.
00:09:07.960 I mean, don't you think
00:09:08.680 that you and prime minister
00:09:09.960 Netanyahu were asking for it?
00:09:11.380 And that's the law, right?
00:09:12.340 Yeah, that's right.
00:09:12.960 That's exactly right.
00:09:14.000 Wow.
00:09:14.280 Now, I am interested, though.
00:09:16.100 There is a rise,
00:09:18.360 at least from my perspective,
00:09:20.200 a rise in anti-Semitism.
00:09:21.300 And I've talked about before
00:09:22.420 how I grew up
00:09:23.500 in the greatest time,
00:09:25.040 apparently,
00:09:25.320 to grow up in the history of ever,
00:09:28.060 which was the 80s and the 90s.
00:09:29.580 And in the 80s and the 90s,
00:09:31.040 I believe that this country
00:09:32.380 had basically whipped racism.
00:09:34.080 Yes or no,
00:09:34.480 did you ever wear parachute pants?
00:09:35.920 I cannot tell a lot.
00:09:39.960 I'm just checking.
00:09:40.720 I had a pair of parachute pants
00:09:43.660 and I had a lot of neon.
00:09:45.580 So much neon.
00:09:46.660 And slap bracelets.
00:09:47.560 It was not...
00:09:48.040 So not everything.
00:09:49.020 Not everything about the 80s and the 90s.
00:09:51.280 But I do think in the 80s and 90s
00:09:52.920 in this country,
00:09:53.740 we basically had racism whipped.
00:09:56.960 This is on the run, no question.
00:09:58.520 I didn't grow up in a racist country.
00:10:00.400 I grew up in a rural town in Texas
00:10:02.500 where, nevertheless,
00:10:04.260 the most famous sports player
00:10:05.820 in the country was Michael Jordan.
00:10:07.040 The most famous guy on TV
00:10:08.380 was Bill Cosby
00:10:09.060 and the most famous person in music
00:10:10.160 was Michael Jackson.
00:10:11.400 It didn't exist.
00:10:12.540 If anything, it's worse now.
00:10:14.060 Much worse than it was then.
00:10:15.440 That particular trio
00:10:16.400 hasn't turned out too good.
00:10:17.540 Well, listen.
00:10:19.560 My hero is...
00:10:20.300 Jordan is still okay.
00:10:22.580 Agreed.
00:10:24.360 Greatest of all time,
00:10:25.380 Jordan or LeBron?
00:10:26.360 I'll take Jordan.
00:10:27.720 I'll take Jordan.
00:10:28.500 I think hands down, Jordan.
00:10:30.180 I mean, he has no one else on his team
00:10:31.780 and he doesn't get his coaches fired as often.
00:10:34.560 Well, and he actually made the playoffs.
00:10:37.720 It's a tough thing to say in L.A.
00:10:39.100 And then again, no reaction here.
00:10:41.060 But the rest of the country.
00:10:43.120 We'll go for it.
00:10:44.400 Yeah.
00:10:44.720 Now, Jordan over LeBron.
00:10:47.480 I mean, and this comes as a man
00:10:48.620 who's beaten Jimmy Kimmel in basketball.
00:10:51.040 Look, Jordan has six rings.
00:10:53.460 And at the end of the day,
00:10:54.420 they'll be the greatest of all time.
00:10:56.080 You've got to make it to the finals
00:10:57.560 and you've got to win.
00:10:58.640 And at the end of every game,
00:11:00.520 everyone knew Jordan was going to get the ball.
00:11:02.320 Everyone knew he was going to be
00:11:03.040 double or triple team.
00:11:04.580 And everyone knew he was going to make it.
00:11:05.740 By the way, fine, LeBron gets five or six rings.
00:11:08.440 He can have that conversation,
00:11:09.640 but he's not there yet.
00:11:10.320 But there's one other aspect to it,
00:11:11.820 which is the cultural aspect,
00:11:13.280 which is Jordan defined that sport for a generation
00:11:16.280 in a way that I just don't think
00:11:18.060 LeBron James could lay claim to.
00:11:19.740 Now, LeBron is freakishly talented.
00:11:21.600 He's amazing.
00:11:23.120 He is strong and fast and amazing.
00:11:26.700 I suspect he could out-shoot you
00:11:27.960 if you guys ever had a...
00:11:29.540 With his toes.
00:11:30.860 So I want to get back to this issue
00:11:35.620 of the rise in anti-Semitism.
00:11:37.040 But first, Ben,
00:11:38.100 as someone who has to defend himself,
00:11:39.940 or at least faces the specter
00:11:41.440 of having to defend himself.
00:11:42.360 That's right.
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00:11:47.500 I see guns.
00:11:48.540 Lots of guns.
00:11:49.880 And that is where
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00:11:52.560 When the founders crafted the Constitution,
00:11:53.960 the first thing they did
00:11:54.660 was make sacred
00:11:55.200 the rights of the individual
00:11:56.080 to share their ideas
00:11:57.120 without limitation by the government.
00:11:58.160 The second thing they did
00:11:59.140 is they enumerated
00:12:00.140 the right of the population
00:12:01.000 to protect that speech
00:12:01.840 and their own persons with force.
00:12:03.320 You know, I believe in these principles,
00:12:04.280 so does everybody else in this room.
00:12:05.340 I'm a gun owner.
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00:12:07.860 Building rifles is no different.
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00:12:23.780 This is not a sporting arms company.
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00:12:30.420 since I am not really a hunter.
00:12:32.120 I am mostly interested
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00:12:55.680 So I went to the YouTube channel
00:12:57.240 between the last backstage
00:12:58.320 and today
00:12:58.780 and I went so far down
00:13:01.060 the rabbit hole
00:13:02.460 watching videos about
00:13:03.740 it.
00:13:03.920 It's actually
00:13:04.460 it puts you in a trance
00:13:06.720 watching the kind of care
00:13:08.360 that it's a thing about me
00:13:09.960 that I can watch someone
00:13:10.980 engaged in some sort of
00:13:12.400 fine motor function.
00:13:13.900 So even just like
00:13:14.780 someone making a perfect
00:13:15.880 cup of coffee
00:13:16.460 like it pulls me in
00:13:17.860 and watching these videos
00:13:18.980 about the care
00:13:19.480 that these guys put into
00:13:20.380 creating their product
00:13:22.480 it's pretty
00:13:22.860 it's good TV.
00:13:24.260 How does it cook bacon?
00:13:25.660 Does it do
00:13:26.420 By the way
00:13:29.700 in that video
00:13:30.320 I overcooked the bacon.
00:13:33.040 I had three mags
00:13:35.120 and really two is plenty.
00:13:37.620 See that's the kind of care
00:13:38.460 BravoCompany would show.
00:13:40.840 Jeremy you were saying
00:13:41.640 you grew up in a non-racist
00:13:42.880 I grew up in a non-racist
00:13:43.800 country
00:13:44.040 and I didn't
00:13:45.500 listen I didn't know
00:13:46.180 any Jews
00:13:46.620 my vice principal
00:13:48.000 of my high school
00:13:48.700 a fellow named Bill Jolly
00:13:49.840 and he was Jewish
00:13:50.540 and he had a jet black
00:13:52.400 big bushy mustache
00:13:53.380 on one half
00:13:54.080 and snow white mustache
00:13:55.840 on the other
00:13:56.220 some genetic condition
00:13:57.040 but he was my only
00:13:58.240 real exposure to
00:13:59.500 to Judaism
00:14:01.180 and I went to
00:14:03.020 synagogue with him
00:14:03.820 one time
00:14:04.140 and he's a great guy
00:14:04.860 and invested kind of
00:14:05.500 in me and my
00:14:06.000 my youth
00:14:06.540 but I never met a Jew
00:14:08.260 but I certainly also
00:14:09.180 never encountered
00:14:09.760 any animus toward
00:14:10.680 toward the Jews
00:14:12.100 and I even had an
00:14:13.220 I distinctly remember
00:14:14.440 an argument that I had
00:14:15.160 with you in 2015
00:14:16.040 and which you were
00:14:17.740 trying to convince me
00:14:18.440 that anti-Semitism
00:14:18.980 is real
00:14:19.520 and I was saying
00:14:20.600 of course it
00:14:22.180 has been real
00:14:23.540 but it is not real
00:14:24.960 in our current experience
00:14:25.820 and you were saying
00:14:26.280 no you're missing something
00:14:28.180 there's something
00:14:28.580 that bubbles under the surface
00:14:29.660 I gotta say I'm on Drew's side now
00:14:31.080 wait this is a first
00:14:33.340 having 24-7 security
00:14:35.900 has sort of
00:14:36.380 made that happen for me
00:14:37.460 but something
00:14:38.640 even if you're right
00:14:39.840 and I'm willing to grant
00:14:40.520 that this was always
00:14:41.220 bubbling under the surface
00:14:42.060 it's not under the surface
00:14:43.540 at the moment
00:14:44.240 that's right
00:14:44.680 what is it about
00:14:45.500 our current political climate
00:14:47.160 that on both left
00:14:48.120 and right
00:14:48.800 at the far extremes
00:14:50.340 what I call
00:14:50.760 the asshole edge
00:14:51.560 of the left
00:14:52.540 and the asshole edge
00:14:53.200 of the right
00:14:53.680 they're sort of
00:14:55.060 joined by
00:14:55.840 this anti-Semitism
00:14:57.620 I gotta tell you though
00:14:58.720 there aren't
00:14:59.420 mainstream really
00:15:00.860 Republican congressmen
00:15:02.120 and senators
00:15:02.600 who are endorsing
00:15:04.120 these sort of
00:15:04.560 anti-Semitic ideas
00:15:05.460 that we see
00:15:05.960 in the Democratic
00:15:06.480 I will absolutely
00:15:07.180 agree with that
00:15:07.860 so yeah
00:15:08.760 I mean I've analyzed
00:15:09.360 it this way
00:15:09.820 when it comes to
00:15:10.620 the threat of anti-Semitism
00:15:11.620 the threat of anti-Semitism
00:15:13.140 so if somebody's gonna
00:15:14.200 come to your house
00:15:14.920 and shoot you
00:15:15.460 there's a good shot
00:15:16.500 the person who comes
00:15:17.060 to your house
00:15:17.360 and shoots you
00:15:17.920 is going to be
00:15:18.460 a white supremacist
00:15:19.220 because that's just
00:15:20.540 by numbers
00:15:21.360 so we live in a big
00:15:22.220 white country
00:15:22.740 well that is true
00:15:24.060 in Europe
00:15:25.260 if you're afraid
00:15:26.060 somebody's gonna come
00:15:26.620 to your house
00:15:27.060 and shoot you
00:15:27.480 it is going to be
00:15:28.180 a radical Muslim
00:15:29.100 by numbers
00:15:30.180 that is who it is
00:15:30.980 and if you're afraid
00:15:31.800 of governmental policies
00:15:32.860 that make room
00:15:33.560 for all of the worst
00:15:34.360 people in the world
00:15:34.940 it is going to be
00:15:35.680 people on the left
00:15:36.440 and that is Jeremy Corbyn
00:15:37.680 in Britain
00:15:38.540 and that is the Democratic Party
00:15:39.900 in the United States
00:15:40.800 unfortunately
00:15:41.040 there's also been
00:15:41.740 an important change
00:15:42.820 listen
00:15:43.680 Nazis the Klan
00:15:45.060 they've both been around
00:15:46.080 a long time
00:15:46.980 but Nazis and the Klan
00:15:48.400 are ignorant
00:15:49.480 bigoted morons
00:15:50.800 and anybody
00:15:51.640 with a shred of sense
00:15:53.160 gets that
00:15:54.180 I mean look
00:15:54.520 Nazis were literally
00:15:55.660 the bad guys
00:15:56.360 in Raiders of the Lost Ark
00:15:57.400 whose faces melt off
00:15:58.780 they are the archetype
00:16:00.700 of bad guy Nazi
00:16:01.980 and Klan guys
00:16:03.260 can compete with them
00:16:03.920 they can fight
00:16:04.400 for who's
00:16:05.140 in a worse circle
00:16:06.820 they're so bad
00:16:07.140 even Hollywood
00:16:07.660 will make films
00:16:08.240 exactly
00:16:09.940 but the difference
00:16:11.320 and the really
00:16:12.340 discouraging thing
00:16:13.480 and dangerous thing
00:16:14.420 is the rise
00:16:15.660 of the anti-Semitic left
00:16:17.080 and the paralysis
00:16:18.820 of so-called
00:16:19.960 mainstream Democrats
00:16:21.140 to denounce them
00:16:22.300 the inability
00:16:23.400 I mean you know
00:16:24.640 you have this freshman
00:16:25.620 trio
00:16:26.080 in the House
00:16:27.240 who make
00:16:28.320 anti-Semitic comment
00:16:29.440 after anti-Semitic comment
00:16:30.840 and the leadership
00:16:31.760 excuses it
00:16:32.620 well she just doesn't
00:16:33.500 know what she's saying
00:16:34.340 how about give a little
00:16:35.500 bit of credit
00:16:36.380 when you say
00:16:36.960 it's all about the Benjamins
00:16:38.400 it's not like
00:16:40.080 we're in the movie
00:16:40.560 Ghostbusters
00:16:41.280 and suddenly
00:16:41.860 she was animated
00:16:42.880 by a spirit
00:16:43.480 that made her type that
00:16:44.440 no she was expressing
00:16:45.760 a sentiment
00:16:46.280 an anti-Semitic trope
00:16:47.780 that has only been around
00:16:48.960 a couple of thousand years
00:16:50.720 and we saw
00:16:53.460 actually House Democratic
00:16:54.760 leadership
00:16:55.200 try to come together
00:16:56.260 on a simple resolution
00:16:57.840 condemning anti-Semitism
00:16:58.980 and the Democratic Party
00:17:00.140 broke in half
00:17:00.900 that is dangerous
00:17:02.700 when you have
00:17:04.400 one of the two
00:17:05.020 major parties
00:17:05.860 so terrified
00:17:07.160 of its base
00:17:07.980 that they're unwilling
00:17:09.140 to stand up
00:17:09.780 and speak out against
00:17:10.480 and they're also
00:17:10.960 they're conflating
00:17:11.840 anti-Zionism
00:17:12.520 and anti-Semitism too
00:17:13.540 and that's the big
00:17:14.320 move right
00:17:15.240 so can you talk
00:17:16.360 about that Ben
00:17:16.760 because one of the
00:17:17.880 now that everyone
00:17:18.800 because I stood up
00:17:19.560 for you against
00:17:20.220 some crazy
00:17:20.920 white supremacist
00:17:21.940 and now you get it
00:17:22.540 enjoy
00:17:22.760 and now they've all
00:17:23.500 decided that I'm
00:17:24.080 that I'm Jewish
00:17:24.680 welcome to the party
00:17:25.260 it's the only
00:17:25.860 I always thought
00:17:27.820 I thought I'd get
00:17:28.380 a gift basket
00:17:28.940 from the Illuminati
00:17:29.680 all I got was
00:17:31.980 this lousy t-shirt
00:17:32.680 but one of the
00:17:34.100 things that people
00:17:34.520 say to me
00:17:35.040 often is
00:17:36.380 you guys call
00:17:37.480 any criticism
00:17:38.080 of Israel
00:17:38.660 anti-Semitism
00:17:39.300 where is the
00:17:40.800 distinction
00:17:41.180 what is anti-Semitism
00:17:42.100 what is not
00:17:42.720 so I'll give
00:17:43.640 the State Department
00:17:44.180 definition of
00:17:45.060 anti-Semitism
00:17:45.540 on this stuff
00:17:46.100 which I think
00:17:46.360 is fairly accurate
00:17:47.040 so criticizing
00:17:47.920 policy of Israel
00:17:48.640 is not anti-Semitic
00:17:49.520 I criticize
00:17:49.960 policy of Israel
00:17:50.660 everyone in this room
00:17:51.360 I'm sure has
00:17:51.700 criticized policy of Israel
00:17:52.620 you can do it
00:17:53.180 from the left
00:17:53.560 you can do it
00:17:53.920 from the right
00:17:54.240 there's plenty
00:17:54.600 of policies
00:17:55.040 in Israel
00:17:55.440 that you can
00:17:55.760 criticize
00:17:56.060 if you say
00:17:57.060 that the state
00:17:57.560 of Israel
00:17:58.040 does not have
00:17:58.580 a right to exist
00:17:59.340 that's anti-Semitism
00:18:00.540 if you say
00:18:01.500 that the Jews
00:18:01.900 are the only people
00:18:02.480 on planet Earth
00:18:03.120 who cannot have
00:18:03.840 a state
00:18:04.200 that's anti-Semitism
00:18:05.240 if you suggest
00:18:06.260 that you're going
00:18:06.720 to hold the State
00:18:07.280 of Israel
00:18:07.560 to a standard
00:18:08.000 you would hold
00:18:08.400 no other country
00:18:09.120 that's anti-Semitism
00:18:10.260 so if you're calling
00:18:10.860 for a boycott
00:18:11.340 on Israel
00:18:11.700 but you would
00:18:12.400 never call
00:18:12.800 for a boycott
00:18:13.460 C.C. Ilhan Omar
00:18:15.540 you would never
00:18:15.920 call for a boycott
00:18:16.700 on Iran
00:18:17.460 right
00:18:18.200 Ilhan Omar
00:18:19.500 is saying
00:18:19.820 that we shouldn't
00:18:20.260 boycott Venezuela
00:18:20.880 but we should
00:18:21.320 definitely boycott Israel
00:18:22.420 that's anti-Semitism
00:18:23.780 because now
00:18:24.700 you're obviously
00:18:25.140 applying a standard
00:18:25.820 that only applies
00:18:26.740 to the Jews
00:18:27.300 that you wouldn't
00:18:27.960 apply to anybody else
00:18:28.960 and the reason
00:18:30.540 former chief rabbi
00:18:31.580 of Great Britain
00:18:33.040 actually had a really
00:18:33.940 interesting video on this
00:18:34.800 trying to explain
00:18:35.680 why when anti-Semitism
00:18:37.300 is anti-Zionism
00:18:38.640 and vice versa
00:18:39.160 so first of all
00:18:40.040 not every anti
00:18:41.460 and not every criticism
00:18:42.980 of Israel
00:18:43.380 makes you an anti-Semite
00:18:44.200 but there is not yet
00:18:45.020 an anti-Semite
00:18:45.780 who has been born
00:18:46.380 who doesn't spend
00:18:47.000 an inordinate amount
00:18:47.600 of time criticizing Israel
00:18:48.680 it just doesn't exist
00:18:49.880 so the
00:18:51.220 although there are some
00:18:52.680 who say
00:18:53.660 well listen
00:18:54.380 I support the state
00:18:55.420 of Israel
00:18:55.880 all the Jews
00:18:56.640 should go there
00:18:57.160 and not get us
00:18:57.600 to fight their wars
00:18:58.300 right
00:18:58.560 and then they
00:18:59.340 what they don't
00:19:00.040 mean any of that
00:19:00.620 right
00:19:00.820 because they also
00:19:02.080 hate Israel
00:19:02.480 right exactly
00:19:03.060 but I get to meet
00:19:05.120 any of them
00:19:05.440 and yeah
00:19:06.100 I'm all for Jews
00:19:07.400 defending themselves
00:19:08.100 in Israel
00:19:08.460 that's not a thing
00:19:09.340 but what you see
00:19:11.680 is in history
00:19:13.420 the anti-Semites
00:19:15.400 have traditionally
00:19:16.020 targeted the largest
00:19:17.160 collective of Jews
00:19:18.140 so that could have
00:19:19.560 been a cultural
00:19:20.240 collective of Jews
00:19:20.980 so in Europe
00:19:21.860 in the 20th
00:19:22.660 and 19th centuries
00:19:23.280 it was the Jews
00:19:24.060 are too culturally powerful
00:19:25.040 so we will target
00:19:25.740 quote unquote
00:19:26.460 Jewish culture
00:19:27.240 before that
00:19:27.960 it was Jews
00:19:28.440 as a religion
00:19:28.960 so we'll target
00:19:29.500 their synagogues
00:19:30.080 we'll target
00:19:30.440 Jewish religion
00:19:31.040 now the current
00:19:31.900 largest collection
00:19:32.900 of Jews
00:19:33.340 is in Israel
00:19:34.300 so Israel becomes
00:19:34.920 the focal point
00:19:35.580 of the hatred
00:19:36.020 and again
00:19:37.340 criticizing Israel
00:19:38.160 is one thing
00:19:38.520 but you're seeing
00:19:39.460 the left
00:19:40.120 embrace this argument
00:19:40.980 that if you
00:19:41.500 couch your anti-Semitism
00:19:42.420 in anti-Israel terms
00:19:43.400 that it's okay
00:19:43.900 so the most obvious
00:19:44.900 example was in Germany
00:19:45.760 a couple of years ago
00:19:46.580 there was a synagogue
00:19:47.160 that was burned down
00:19:48.060 and the two guys
00:19:49.760 who burned down
00:19:50.480 the synagogue
00:19:50.760 radical Muslims
00:19:51.620 they claimed
00:19:52.500 that they'd burned down
00:19:53.140 the synagogues
00:19:53.580 because they were
00:19:53.960 anti-Israel
00:19:54.580 and the court
00:19:55.260 found with them
00:19:55.920 the court found
00:19:56.700 that they had
00:19:57.020 burned the synagogues
00:19:57.860 because they were
00:19:58.320 anti-Zionist
00:19:59.020 not because they were
00:19:59.600 anti-Semitic
00:20:00.240 so again
00:20:01.640 that conflation
00:20:03.200 is pretty ugly
00:20:04.080 I don't want the whole
00:20:04.660 episode to become
00:20:05.360 about anti-Semitism
00:20:06.400 but I do have
00:20:06.780 one more question
00:20:07.320 can Jews be
00:20:09.160 anti-Semitic?
00:20:10.140 sure
00:20:10.280 oh yeah
00:20:10.820 of course
00:20:11.260 so one of the things
00:20:14.240 that I think people
00:20:15.660 need to pay attention
00:20:16.840 to is it was funny
00:20:17.940 I said listen
00:20:18.480 I'm an Orthodox Jew
00:20:19.300 I'm by definition
00:20:20.500 not an anti-Semite
00:20:21.520 and people are like
00:20:22.200 well isn't that
00:20:22.600 identity politics
00:20:23.340 no because there's
00:20:24.260 the word Orthodox
00:20:24.820 before Jew
00:20:25.540 meaning that I am a Jew
00:20:27.740 who believes in the
00:20:28.720 principles of Judaism
00:20:29.680 which means that I care
00:20:31.080 about Judaism
00:20:31.900 I care about Jews
00:20:33.100 like if Noam Chomsky
00:20:34.680 is a Jew
00:20:35.600 genetically he's a Jew
00:20:37.080 ethnically he's a Jew
00:20:38.180 does he care about Israel?
00:20:39.980 no
00:20:40.220 does he hate Israel?
00:20:41.220 absolutely
00:20:41.580 there are a bunch of
00:20:42.160 people who are like that
00:20:43.100 being an ethnic Jew
00:20:44.140 has no
00:20:44.580 I don't care about that
00:20:45.420 at all
00:20:45.640 I care more about
00:20:46.320 your principles
00:20:46.880 and the values
00:20:47.500 that you hold
00:20:48.020 so the fact that
00:20:49.180 I stand for what
00:20:49.700 I stand for
00:20:50.240 is the reason
00:20:50.620 I'm not anti-Semitic
00:20:51.360 not because I was born
00:20:52.120 to a Jewish mother
00:20:52.700 or something
00:20:53.120 well one of the
00:20:55.180 loudest megaphones
00:20:56.760 for anti-Semitic sentiments
00:20:58.080 has been the New York Times
00:20:59.220 and just recently
00:21:01.080 I mean I made a joke
00:21:02.300 earlier about their cartoon
00:21:03.340 but they were forced
00:21:04.020 to actually apologizing
00:21:05.220 for running a
00:21:06.820 a baldly anti-Semitic cartoon
00:21:08.600 but rewind a little bit further
00:21:10.900 go back to
00:21:12.080 to a year ago
00:21:13.020 when America opened
00:21:14.240 our embassy in Jerusalem
00:21:15.320 I was there in Jerusalem
00:21:16.360 that day
00:21:16.900 the next day
00:21:18.640 the New York Times
00:21:19.360 ran a front page story
00:21:20.560 the headline of which
00:21:22.300 and I'm paraphrasing
00:21:23.120 I don't remember it exactly
00:21:23.940 but it was essentially
00:21:24.900 Israeli military
00:21:27.580 shoots
00:21:28.260 a number of Palestinians
00:21:30.000 and what they omitted
00:21:31.300 from the article
00:21:32.020 and I read this article
00:21:32.920 on the Senate floor
00:21:33.620 excerpts from it
00:21:34.420 is that these
00:21:35.280 innocent Palestinians
00:21:36.960 who were shot
00:21:37.600 were Hamas terrorists
00:21:38.820 which Hamas admitted
00:21:40.200 on its own website
00:21:41.360 these were terrorists
00:21:42.620 who were flying kites
00:21:44.300 with swastikas on them
00:21:45.580 and they were flying kites
00:21:47.100 with gasoline bombs
00:21:48.600 over the wall
00:21:49.940 in Gaza
00:21:50.460 to bomb
00:21:51.680 within Israel
00:21:53.120 and the narrative
00:21:54.800 that the New York Times
00:21:55.820 tells us
00:21:56.780 for some
00:21:57.420 mysterious reason
00:21:59.680 these Israeli soldiers
00:22:01.000 shot these peaceful protesters
00:22:03.860 I'm sorry
00:22:04.460 terrorists seeking
00:22:05.520 to murder you
00:22:06.320 are not peaceful protesters
00:22:07.580 and when Ilhan Omar
00:22:08.600 made her comments
00:22:09.540 the New York Times
00:22:10.280 ran the headline
00:22:10.920 that she had reopened
00:22:12.220 the conversation
00:22:12.780 about whether Israel
00:22:13.460 was too powerful
00:22:14.180 I thought like
00:22:15.160 that's not the conversation
00:22:16.140 she's reopened
00:22:16.900 she has not made
00:22:19.800 Ilhan Omar's
00:22:20.780 a perfect example
00:22:21.360 she has yet to make
00:22:22.360 an actual criticism
00:22:23.040 of Israel
00:22:23.460 every criticism
00:22:24.660 that she has made
00:22:25.460 is not about Israel
00:22:26.520 she says that
00:22:27.360 not Israeli policy anyway
00:22:28.700 she says that Israel
00:22:29.360 basically buys power
00:22:30.680 in the United States
00:22:31.560 she suggests that
00:22:32.680 anybody who supports
00:22:33.960 Israel has dual loyalty
00:22:35.160 nothing she says
00:22:36.580 is a criticism
00:22:37.240 of anything that Israel
00:22:38.500 actually does
00:22:39.500 it's a criticism
00:22:40.400 of Israel
00:22:41.000 like if you replaced
00:22:41.700 Israel with Jews
00:22:42.320 in the sentence
00:22:42.740 it would mean
00:22:43.440 exactly the same thing
00:22:44.060 the nearest thing
00:22:44.620 to a direct criticism
00:22:45.900 of Israel she made
00:22:46.940 was Israel has hypnotized
00:22:49.680 the world
00:22:50.340 we pray that Allah
00:22:51.760 awaken people
00:22:52.740 to the evils of Israel
00:22:53.980 that is not the sort
00:22:54.940 of language you use
00:22:55.740 when you criticize
00:22:56.440 trade policy in Germany
00:22:58.160 that is not the sort
00:22:59.000 of language we would
00:22:59.960 apply to any other state
00:23:01.080 can I just broaden
00:23:02.140 the conversation
00:23:02.600 just a little bit though
00:23:03.420 I think there is
00:23:04.080 what we saw
00:23:04.800 in this EU election
00:23:06.140 there is a struggle
00:23:07.880 between people
00:23:08.700 between nationalists
00:23:09.740 people who believe
00:23:10.440 in countries
00:23:10.960 believe that their country
00:23:11.880 is good
00:23:12.380 would like to keep
00:23:13.100 and globalists
00:23:14.980 let's call them globalists
00:23:15.940 and the old cliche
00:23:17.840 about the Jews
00:23:18.700 was they were cosmopolitan
00:23:20.000 in a bad sense
00:23:20.700 of that word
00:23:21.240 meaning they didn't
00:23:22.120 have national loyalties
00:23:23.040 they had double loyalties
00:23:24.000 they wanted a global
00:23:25.380 world run on finance
00:23:27.800 because they were good
00:23:28.640 at that
00:23:28.900 they had traditionally
00:23:30.000 moved from place
00:23:31.040 to place
00:23:31.420 which made them
00:23:31.960 good at trade
00:23:32.540 and all these things
00:23:33.200 and we're actually
00:23:34.900 living in a moment
00:23:35.760 when some of those
00:23:37.680 old tropes
00:23:39.260 are on the table
00:23:39.960 but they're actually
00:23:40.540 not connected to Jews
00:23:41.580 I mean the Jews
00:23:42.860 as they were in Germany
00:23:44.920 and they are here
00:23:45.960 were the most patriotic
00:23:47.160 and loyal of Americans
00:23:48.560 we could possibly
00:23:49.360 ask for
00:23:50.440 and so when people
00:23:51.640 are saying
00:23:52.400 are putting forward
00:23:53.520 nationalism
00:23:54.060 they're not necessarily
00:23:55.160 putting forward
00:23:56.120 anti-Semitism
00:23:56.700 there was an article
00:23:58.460 attacking Orban
00:23:59.820 in Hungary
00:24:00.520 as an anti-Semite
00:24:01.700 and they really
00:24:02.100 couldn't come up
00:24:02.640 with an example
00:24:03.300 of anything truly
00:24:04.400 anti-Semitic
00:24:05.020 he had done
00:24:05.380 whereas the examples
00:24:06.240 of the pro-Jewish
00:24:07.620 stuff he has done
00:24:08.340 are all over the place
00:24:09.760 he's given a lot of money
00:24:10.600 to Jews
00:24:11.440 and Jews in Hungary
00:24:12.100 say they're safer
00:24:12.660 than anywhere else in Europe
00:24:13.540 the leading modern philosopher
00:24:15.440 and proponent of nationalism
00:24:16.620 is an Israeli philosopher
00:24:17.960 named Yoram Hazani
00:24:18.940 who wrote a book
00:24:19.540 called The Virtues of Nationalism
00:24:21.120 that seems to always
00:24:22.080 be left out
00:24:22.820 of the mainstream media coverage
00:24:24.260 over resurgent nationalism
00:24:26.540 versus globalism
00:24:28.740 but I mean
00:24:29.080 it does
00:24:29.600 for those of us
00:24:30.560 you know
00:24:31.080 who can at least
00:24:32.020 historically remember
00:24:33.220 you know
00:24:34.020 the 40s
00:24:34.960 I can't live
00:24:35.460 not in my living memory
00:24:36.620 but I can
00:24:37.000 there is a discomfort
00:24:38.900 I have
00:24:39.420 you know
00:24:39.640 with people
00:24:40.320 you know
00:24:40.860 it was a national
00:24:42.500 socialist movement
00:24:43.520 and it wasn't really
00:24:44.240 a socialist movement
00:24:45.020 no matter what
00:24:45.520 right-wingers like to say
00:24:46.460 no
00:24:46.860 but Hitler actually
00:24:47.860 redefined socialism
00:24:48.900 in Mein Kampf
00:24:49.520 to fit his own standards
00:24:50.980 it's a little disingenuous
00:24:51.620 and he was
00:24:52.040 he was an anti-Marxist
00:24:53.300 and he killed
00:24:54.400 the socialist
00:24:54.880 he was right-wing
00:24:55.300 by European standards
00:24:56.160 and left-wing by American standards
00:24:57.000 and he killed
00:24:57.960 the socialist wing
00:24:58.760 of the Nazi party
00:24:59.520 I mean basically
00:25:00.060 along with everybody else
00:25:01.480 but no
00:25:03.120 I mean
00:25:03.460 I think there is
00:25:04.220 this discomfort
00:25:04.900 because of that history
00:25:06.940 but really
00:25:07.580 I believe that
00:25:08.880 anti-Semitism
00:25:09.580 is detached
00:25:10.440 from the issues
00:25:11.800 of the day
00:25:12.320 I believe it is
00:25:13.120 a disease
00:25:14.160 in the human mind
00:25:15.200 and in the western mind
00:25:16.400 maybe specifically
00:25:17.300 that comes up
00:25:18.520 basically whenever
00:25:19.840 people get off track
00:25:21.000 whenever people
00:25:21.600 lose
00:25:22.400 the narrative
00:25:24.480 of freedom
00:25:25.160 and independence
00:25:26.380 and decency
00:25:27.640 that the west
00:25:28.080 represents
00:25:28.340 well I think decency
00:25:28.940 is the right word
00:25:29.420 but what seems to me
00:25:30.800 to happen
00:25:31.140 is just that
00:25:32.220 anti-Semitism
00:25:33.220 is such a shape-shifter
00:25:34.160 because it really is
00:25:34.780 just a giant conspiracy theory
00:25:35.920 so people rely on
00:25:37.660 conspiracy theories
00:25:38.340 when they're unhappy
00:25:39.020 when they feel like
00:25:39.880 their life is not
00:25:40.540 in their own control
00:25:41.320 and so for a variety
00:25:42.680 of reasons
00:25:43.040 a lot of people
00:25:44.000 are feeling that way
00:25:44.700 right now
00:25:45.160 and so they are
00:25:46.220 a lot of those people
00:25:47.520 are immediately going to
00:25:48.520 okay well there is
00:25:49.160 a grand conspiracy
00:25:49.840 and the Jews are behind it
00:25:50.800 so from the perspective
00:25:52.020 of the far right
00:25:52.600 the Jews are the globalists
00:25:53.600 and they're the George Soros's
00:25:54.680 and the Tom Steyer's
00:25:55.580 and the Bernie Sanders's
00:25:56.900 and then from the left
00:25:58.520 the Jews are the
00:25:59.500 ultra-nationalists
00:26:00.520 with the Israeli uniforms on
00:26:01.920 and then in the Muslim world
00:26:03.060 the Jews are the people
00:26:03.820 who are keeping everybody
00:26:04.580 down with their evil
00:26:05.380 little state
00:26:05.920 it's amazing how the Jews
00:26:07.300 shape-shift that way
00:26:08.200 really
00:26:08.540 and they do have
00:26:09.340 I mean because of the Bible
00:26:10.600 written by Jews
00:26:12.300 they do have this
00:26:13.740 tremendous psychological
00:26:14.900 and ethical
00:26:16.000 and spiritual influence
00:26:18.200 on the formation
00:26:19.240 of the West
00:26:20.420 and if you hate the West
00:26:21.600 there may be
00:26:23.540 and I think there's
00:26:24.040 an actual spiritual component
00:26:25.120 to it
00:26:25.380 we've talked about this before
00:26:26.480 but it's interesting to me
00:26:28.400 that you never meet
00:26:29.100 someone with mental illness
00:26:30.360 standing on a street corner
00:26:31.840 saying
00:26:32.360 I'm so happy
00:26:33.960 everything is going so well
00:26:35.900 you also never meet
00:26:36.980 someone standing
00:26:37.640 on the street corner
00:26:38.320 saying
00:26:38.680 the Jews are fabulous
00:26:40.600 look at all the great science
00:26:43.540 I don't have polio
00:26:45.820 I don't have polio
00:26:46.960 it's a strange connection
00:26:48.500 that's right
00:26:48.960 so we can't talk about
00:26:50.080 something other
00:26:50.580 than anti-Semitism
00:26:51.620 it seems like we ought to
00:26:52.440 but first
00:26:53.540 policy genius
00:26:55.100 you must be a professional
00:27:01.900 broadcaster
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00:27:57.320 and more time
00:27:58.080 doing literally anything else
00:27:59.320 and I know right now
00:28:00.140 you're sitting there screaming
00:28:00.940 I want to hear
00:28:01.700 what they have to think
00:28:02.500 on Game of Thrones
00:28:03.340 but we're not going to tell you
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00:28:13.180 well I mean that
00:28:14.960 to be fair to policy genius
00:28:16.320 we can make a better sale
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00:28:20.920 seriously
00:28:21.100 there's something
00:28:21.420 without any flattery
00:28:23.160 there's something
00:28:23.540 that's bothering me
00:28:24.260 as I'm sitting here
00:28:24.780 without any flattery
00:28:25.660 I think we can all say
00:28:26.360 that the people in this room
00:28:27.480 are great respecters
00:28:29.060 of Senator Cruz
00:28:29.740 we all
00:28:30.220 I think we all
00:28:30.860 supported him
00:28:31.380 I may have to dissent on that
00:28:32.900 okay with an exception
00:28:34.680 half of us did commercials
00:28:35.660 for Senator Cruz
00:28:36.180 if Senator Cruz
00:28:36.940 has descended to
00:28:37.960 hanging out with us
00:28:38.820 is our country screwed
00:28:39.920 yes
00:28:40.280 I'm Cuban Irish
00:28:45.120 and Italian
00:28:45.640 all you had to do
00:28:46.320 was offer me a good score
00:28:47.300 that makes me feel
00:28:49.040 a little better
00:28:49.560 Senator
00:28:50.880 while we have you here
00:28:53.180 you actually come up
00:28:54.140 on the show quite often
00:28:54.980 and the reason is because
00:28:56.620 I always on the show
00:28:57.800 point out that Ben
00:28:58.540 has many many many friends
00:29:00.040 in the United States Senate
00:29:01.720 and I have
00:29:02.520 I know one guy
00:29:03.780 I don't want to
00:29:05.980 call you out as a friend
00:29:07.760 on the air
00:29:08.160 but
00:29:08.300 I can feel your ratings
00:29:11.580 tanking
00:29:12.020 you're the only person
00:29:15.360 that I know
00:29:16.720 who has been through
00:29:17.740 the gauntlet
00:29:18.660 of running for national office
00:29:20.680 of running to be
00:29:21.220 president of the United States
00:29:22.160 what was it like?
00:29:24.920 Happy to tell you
00:29:25.640 but I gotta make a comment first
00:29:27.020 just because I was sitting here
00:29:28.260 listening
00:29:28.760 to the
00:29:30.740 product plugs
00:29:32.160 which is very cool
00:29:33.220 and I was thinking about
00:29:34.040 in the world of politics
00:29:35.380 we don't get to do that
00:29:36.480 and can you imagine
00:29:38.300 the democratic debates
00:29:39.980 with product plugs
00:29:41.200 just think about it
00:29:43.200 just think about Bernie Sanders
00:29:44.640 and let me stop
00:29:45.820 and embrace
00:29:46.440 Bolshevik tax collectors
00:29:48.020 we'll kick in your door
00:29:49.180 and take everything you own
00:29:50.860 and then a special cameo
00:29:52.940 from AOC
00:29:53.680 let me stop
00:29:54.800 and endorse
00:29:55.280 not Amazon
00:29:56.400 get the hell out of our house
00:29:58.080 I mean this is a whole
00:29:59.940 new territory
00:30:00.820 that you guys
00:30:01.920 are
00:30:02.140 are you too employed
00:30:03.520 well I've got a product
00:30:04.780 for you
00:30:05.320 not Amazon
00:30:06.880 is my favorite
00:30:07.500 new website
00:30:08.100 Joe Biden
00:30:10.420 for hair plugs
00:30:11.020 that's too real
00:30:12.920 too soon
00:30:13.660 too real
00:30:15.920 I heard Kim Jong
00:30:16.640 that's what Kim Jong
00:30:17.280 said
00:30:17.580 that's just what he said
00:30:18.940 hold on
00:30:19.260 that guy
00:30:19.580 that's what he said
00:30:20.040 I mean
00:30:20.280 and that guy's honest
00:30:21.140 I don't know about you
00:30:21.840 I believe that
00:30:22.840 you're a straight talker
00:30:23.660 if anything you're defending
00:30:24.420 Vice President Biden
00:30:25.280 that's exactly right
00:30:25.940 you should hear what he told me
00:30:27.020 in private Kim Jong
00:30:27.700 what he told me in private
00:30:28.740 is so much worse
00:30:29.360 than what I just conveyed to you
00:30:30.280 I'm just saying this
00:30:31.320 I will pay money
00:30:32.560 to see Bernie
00:30:33.960 make fun of Biden's hair
00:30:35.600 that'll never
00:30:37.900 that's such a win
00:30:38.660 actually
00:30:39.140 I feel a little bad
00:30:39.960 for Biden
00:30:40.400 because they're so good
00:30:41.920 at hair transplant surgery
00:30:43.000 now
00:30:43.600 it's all time
00:30:50.240 life is all time
00:30:54.160 and by the way
00:30:54.620 has anyone seen Joe Biden
00:30:55.640 in the last
00:30:56.260 no
00:30:56.740 no he's hidden
00:30:57.440 he said his campaign strategy
00:30:59.400 is not to campaign
00:31:00.160 which is my jogging strategy
00:31:01.300 you know
00:31:03.360 it is true
00:31:04.500 he's doing very well
00:31:05.240 in the polls
00:31:05.720 probably not a great sign
00:31:07.200 if your campaign strategy
00:31:08.340 is just hide
00:31:09.320 and hope it's over soon
00:31:10.500 I think that's the smartest thing
00:31:13.620 he could possibly be doing
00:31:14.500 what else can he do
00:31:15.460 well also because
00:31:16.200 like the clown car over there
00:31:17.560 they're just going to
00:31:17.960 beat the crap out of each other
00:31:18.940 and he's sitting over here
00:31:20.020 just ignoring them
00:31:21.060 I'm not sure I agree
00:31:21.840 it almost never works
00:31:23.360 to hold your fire in politics
00:31:24.620 correct me if I'm wrong
00:31:25.860 to sit things out
00:31:27.120 and actually let me push back
00:31:27.560 for a second
00:31:28.060 on them beating each other up
00:31:30.560 I think there's a possibility
00:31:32.320 that the democratic debates
00:31:34.000 are going to be the most boring
00:31:34.940 things on earth
00:31:35.720 because they're not attacking each other
00:31:37.980 they're unified by one thing
00:31:39.500 they hate Donald Trump
00:31:40.680 and the debates are liable
00:31:42.200 to be one person saying
00:31:43.160 I hate Donald Trump
00:31:44.000 and the next person
00:31:44.420 I really really hate Donald Trump
00:31:46.800 and it's just
00:31:47.880 after a while
00:31:49.380 look I mean
00:31:50.100 you know
00:31:50.820 you talked about
00:31:51.460 the 2016 campaign
00:31:52.760 listen on the republican side
00:31:53.960 we had our fireworks
00:31:54.980 I mean
00:31:55.360 let me tell you
00:31:58.380 I was standing
00:31:59.320 on that debate stage
00:32:00.500 next to Chris Christie
00:32:01.480 in New Hampshire
00:32:02.620 when he unloaded on Marco
00:32:04.880 and I got to say
00:32:06.000 that was a moment
00:32:06.840 on that stage
00:32:07.760 where all the rest of us
00:32:09.160 I was just like
00:32:09.720 let me read back here
00:32:10.520 and read my paper
00:32:11.220 you go on ahead
00:32:12.940 and you know
00:32:14.440 it's not often
00:32:15.080 that you're a witness
00:32:15.640 to an actual political murder
00:32:16.800 suicide
00:32:17.260 taking place
00:32:17.980 on the stage
00:32:18.600 right before you
00:32:19.520 I mean
00:32:19.900 it
00:32:20.180 I don't know
00:32:21.560 that we'll see that
00:32:22.180 on the democratic side
00:32:23.040 that's possible
00:32:23.760 although I don't think
00:32:25.240 that Kamala Harris
00:32:25.980 and Cory Booker
00:32:26.540 are going to be able
00:32:26.940 to hold their fire
00:32:27.540 too much longer
00:32:28.120 I think that
00:32:29.040 they understand
00:32:29.580 that Biden has 60%
00:32:30.760 or what is it
00:32:31.640 40% of all black voters
00:32:33.100 right now
00:32:33.540 are supporting Biden
00:32:34.640 so I
00:32:35.460 if Kamala wants
00:32:36.600 to win the nomination
00:32:37.240 she's going to have
00:32:37.920 to open fire on him here
00:32:38.940 at some point
00:32:40.000 I wouldn't be surprised
00:32:41.820 to see Buttigieg
00:32:42.320 open on Biden
00:32:43.340 pretty soon
00:32:43.900 on the gay marriage stuff
00:32:44.800 because he voted for DOMA
00:32:45.880 Biden did
00:32:46.640 but if you're Biden
00:32:48.100 honestly the worst thing
00:32:49.260 you can do
00:32:49.620 gay marriage is probably
00:32:50.540 legal in the country today
00:32:51.600 because of Joe Biden
00:32:52.400 I mean it's going
00:32:53.480 to be hard
00:32:53.780 he was the first one
00:32:54.620 who came out
00:32:55.240 and said right
00:32:55.820 the cascade
00:32:56.320 the cascade happens
00:32:57.480 I mean yeah
00:32:58.500 the smartest thing
00:33:00.020 that he can do
00:33:00.480 is just let them
00:33:01.140 all whine about him
00:33:02.000 and then just sit out
00:33:03.700 and do nothing
00:33:04.060 because the more he talks
00:33:04.820 the more gaffes he makes
00:33:05.700 and if he just hides
00:33:07.980 all the others
00:33:09.180 are so desperate
00:33:09.780 for attention
00:33:10.320 I just don't see them
00:33:11.980 touching him really
00:33:12.860 like unless the media
00:33:14.240 please don't talk
00:33:15.020 about touching Joe Biden
00:33:15.940 he likes it
00:33:19.140 alright I'm going to make
00:33:20.240 a confession right here
00:33:21.300 I think I am probably
00:33:23.640 the only person
00:33:24.460 in this room
00:33:25.080 who has been
00:33:26.240 on the receiving ends
00:33:27.460 of a Joe Biden back rub
00:33:28.740 oh wow
00:33:30.100 you do have very nice hair
00:33:31.680 Senator
00:33:31.900 I have to say
00:33:33.240 so this is
00:33:34.940 how is that
00:33:35.320 2013
00:33:35.920 2013
00:33:36.880 I'm newly elected
00:33:38.420 to the Senate
00:33:38.920 and the Democrats
00:33:40.320 are making a big push
00:33:41.400 for gun control
00:33:42.040 and they're going
00:33:43.940 all in on gun control
00:33:45.380 and I'm a brand new
00:33:46.360 freshman trying to fight
00:33:47.420 to defend the second amendment
00:33:48.440 we beat them all back
00:33:49.620 and defeated those efforts
00:33:50.880 but if you remember
00:33:52.240 one of the provisions
00:33:53.640 there was the
00:33:54.240 Manchin-Toomey provision
00:33:55.200 that was expanding
00:33:57.100 I do not
00:33:57.460 yeah
00:33:57.760 but I will nod
00:34:00.120 as if I know
00:34:00.600 what you're talking about
00:34:01.100 it was expanding
00:34:03.300 background checks
00:34:04.600 to
00:34:04.940 transactions
00:34:06.480 between private individuals
00:34:08.580 to it would have
00:34:09.280 extended
00:34:09.760 that if a grandfather
00:34:10.940 gives his grandson
00:34:12.080 a shotgun
00:34:13.600 for Christmas
00:34:14.440 that the grandfather
00:34:15.520 has to go
00:34:16.100 and run a background check
00:34:17.060 and so a number of us
00:34:18.220 opposed that
00:34:18.640 and we defeated it
00:34:19.320 and I was on the Senate floor
00:34:21.320 and I went to Joe Manchin
00:34:24.220 who is a really
00:34:25.580 everyone likes Joe
00:34:26.360 he's a really nice guy
00:34:27.360 and I went over to Joe
00:34:29.120 on the Democratic side
00:34:30.160 of the floor
00:34:30.480 and I said Joe
00:34:30.980 I just wanted to say
00:34:31.660 thank you for how
00:34:32.620 you conducted this debate
00:34:33.620 because you know
00:34:34.020 Manchin didn't get personal
00:34:35.080 he didn't get nasty
00:34:35.860 he argued for the policy
00:34:36.980 I disagreed with the policy
00:34:38.020 but he did it
00:34:38.820 in an honorable
00:34:39.520 and principled way
00:34:40.220 yeah
00:34:40.440 so Biden was there
00:34:42.360 as vice president
00:34:43.720 because he was prepared
00:34:45.220 to gavel in
00:34:46.200 this historic
00:34:46.960 gun control provision
00:34:48.020 and it ended up
00:34:48.860 getting beaten badly
00:34:49.640 and
00:34:50.800 I like the story
00:34:52.520 Biden came around
00:34:53.860 to the Senate floor
00:34:55.220 I'm talking to Joe
00:34:56.780 on the Democratic side
00:34:57.720 and Biden comes behind me
00:34:59.320 and he puts both hands
00:35:00.400 on my shoulders
00:35:01.160 and begins rubbing
00:35:02.720 my shoulders
00:35:03.280 and kind of rocking
00:35:04.140 back and forth
00:35:05.100 and I'm kind of like
00:35:07.240 this is the Senate
00:35:07.720 dude what
00:35:08.760 like
00:35:09.160 and he turns to Manchin
00:35:12.720 and he says
00:35:13.140 you know
00:35:13.500 there's nothing worse
00:35:15.120 than a smart Republican
00:35:17.020 and I'm just kind of like
00:35:21.180 I'm not usually
00:35:23.480 at a loss for words
00:35:24.460 I'll admit
00:35:24.980 I had nothing to say
00:35:26.680 and was really hoping
00:35:27.920 someone would distract
00:35:28.720 the vice president
00:35:29.340 then you accidentally
00:35:30.080 voted for the bill
00:35:31.200 all right I give in
00:35:34.060 piercing eyes
00:35:36.320 he just got lost
00:35:38.180 although actually
00:35:38.740 to Biden's credit
00:35:39.700 Biden is a charming
00:35:41.060 and funny guy
00:35:41.760 his policies are terrible
00:35:43.380 but he
00:35:44.640 everybody likes him
00:35:45.940 yeah so that's
00:35:46.600 an interesting thing
00:35:47.220 you're running for
00:35:48.560 president
00:35:49.680 and you're running
00:35:51.120 against guys
00:35:51.700 who are your colleagues
00:35:52.560 guys who are
00:35:53.220 who I assume
00:35:55.200 you're friendly with
00:35:55.840 at least on some level
00:35:56.600 you have a
00:35:57.000 and I'm sure it's the same
00:35:58.000 when you run against
00:35:59.020 you know
00:35:59.700 when you run against
00:36:00.800 certain Democrats
00:36:01.340 but probably more pronounced
00:36:02.920 when you're running
00:36:03.260 against Republicans
00:36:03.860 and you have to
00:36:05.740 defeat each other
00:36:06.520 you have to
00:36:07.260 highlight each other's
00:36:08.500 weaknesses
00:36:08.800 you have to highlight
00:36:09.460 each other's flaws
00:36:10.280 how do you survive
00:36:12.200 that on a personal level
00:36:13.100 how do you recover
00:36:13.740 those relationships
00:36:14.900 I mean
00:36:15.340 from all
00:36:17.140 outside
00:36:18.240 what's possible
00:36:18.940 for us to observe
00:36:19.500 from the outside
00:36:20.160 you have a very good
00:36:21.420 working relationship
00:36:22.140 with the president
00:36:22.760 yeah
00:36:23.100 and talk about
00:36:25.020 some slings and arrows
00:36:26.480 that came your way
00:36:28.060 no I didn't notice
00:36:29.140 no
00:36:29.520 I'm like with Donald
00:36:32.000 yeah
00:36:32.340 listen I think
00:36:33.740 that he was just
00:36:34.120 afraid of your father
00:36:35.060 if I win this
00:36:37.240 okay
00:36:37.480 so I will say
00:36:38.420 I will say
00:36:39.640 at the Republican
00:36:40.280 convention
00:36:40.840 in the summer
00:36:41.400 of 16
00:36:42.220 I did ask
00:36:43.160 more than a few
00:36:43.780 secret service agents
00:36:44.820 so how is
00:36:47.020 my father was a delegate
00:36:47.800 from Texas
00:36:48.300 and I said
00:36:48.720 how is it
00:36:49.340 that you let
00:36:49.920 into this convention
00:36:50.940 someone who's
00:36:52.140 already taken out
00:36:52.860 one person
00:36:53.300 and this guy knows
00:36:56.140 but how does
00:36:58.720 one absorb
00:36:59.500 that
00:37:00.800 and still maintain
00:37:01.700 your humanity
00:37:02.340 and also maintain
00:37:03.640 your ability
00:37:05.940 to work with
00:37:06.560 the people across
00:37:07.200 from you
00:37:07.480 or get along
00:37:08.100 with the people
00:37:08.460 across from you
00:37:09.120 oh look
00:37:09.640 part of it
00:37:10.140 is you gotta
00:37:10.480 have a sense
00:37:10.880 of humor
00:37:11.240 don't take
00:37:12.380 life so seriously
00:37:13.420 it's one of the
00:37:14.020 worst things
00:37:14.540 about the left
00:37:15.260 is that everything
00:37:16.800 is so damn
00:37:17.980 serious
00:37:18.500 you know
00:37:20.120 there's an old joke
00:37:20.860 how many radical
00:37:21.520 leftists does it
00:37:22.280 take to screw
00:37:22.760 in a light bulb
00:37:23.280 how many
00:37:24.040 that's not funny
00:37:24.940 like guys
00:37:28.000 just relax
00:37:29.220 like let it go
00:37:31.180 and so
00:37:32.140 you know
00:37:32.480 this is a contact
00:37:33.360 sport
00:37:33.880 and I'll
00:37:35.740 give an example
00:37:36.820 in 2016
00:37:39.420 Lindsey Graham
00:37:40.160 my colleague
00:37:40.760 publicly said
00:37:42.260 if you killed me
00:37:42.960 on the floor
00:37:43.380 of the senate
00:37:43.860 that no one
00:37:44.820 would convict me
00:37:45.580 and that
00:37:45.960 by the way
00:37:47.260 it is true
00:37:47.740 for any newspaper
00:37:48.580 reporter
00:37:49.040 if you're writing
00:37:49.500 any story about me
00:37:50.400 it's obligatory
00:37:51.020 you quote that
00:37:51.660 Lindsey Graham
00:37:52.140 that is in every story
00:37:53.620 I think the editors
00:37:54.700 put it in there
00:37:55.340 well fast forward
00:37:57.080 after Lindsey dropped out
00:37:58.160 Lindsey endorsed me
00:37:58.880 in the campaign
00:37:59.380 and as I said
00:38:01.760 when Lindsey endorsed me
00:38:02.700 I said you know what
00:38:03.280 this is the first time
00:38:04.800 in my life
00:38:05.400 I've ever been endorsed
00:38:06.600 by someone
00:38:07.380 who's publicly called
00:38:08.120 for my murder
00:38:08.600 I never understood
00:38:11.160 that line
00:38:11.840 from Senator Graham
00:38:12.900 because everyone's
00:38:14.120 running in the race
00:38:14.880 and they say
00:38:15.300 Washington is broken
00:38:16.520 everyone here is a crook
00:38:18.020 and a rat
00:38:18.520 and a liar
00:38:19.080 and they all hate
00:38:20.120 Ted Cruz
00:38:20.780 sounds like
00:38:23.180 sort of an endorsement
00:38:23.960 maybe he endorsed you
00:38:24.660 in that debate
00:38:25.060 there you go
00:38:25.680 so
00:38:27.520 thick skin
00:38:29.100 you laugh
00:38:31.380 and you remember
00:38:31.920 what you're doing
00:38:32.520 you remember
00:38:32.900 why you're doing it
00:38:33.860 there seems to be
00:38:34.380 tremendous pressure
00:38:35.180 from the people
00:38:36.020 for you to hate each other
00:38:37.040 the people don't like it
00:38:38.080 when you're convivial
00:38:38.860 with the opposition
00:38:39.760 well we've become
00:38:41.400 so polarized
00:38:42.100 there's no
00:38:43.920 middle ground
00:38:45.840 on humanity
00:38:46.620 everyone is
00:38:47.880 evil
00:38:49.420 I mean look
00:38:50.260 Jim Carrey
00:38:51.420 recently painted
00:38:52.400 I mean he paints
00:38:54.040 lots of
00:38:54.720 pretty wretched paintings
00:38:55.920 but this latest one
00:38:57.320 of the governor
00:38:59.060 of Alabama
00:38:59.640 Kay Ivey
00:39:00.520 he painted her
00:39:02.060 as an unborn child
00:39:03.340 being aborted
00:39:04.160 and he's reveling
00:39:05.540 in this
00:39:06.080 I mean that's a level
00:39:08.240 of just
00:39:09.320 hatred
00:39:10.840 he's mentally ill
00:39:11.780 though
00:39:12.000 that
00:39:12.260 you know
00:39:14.180 and I engaged
00:39:14.880 with him on Twitter
00:39:15.500 and I said
00:39:15.860 listen I disagree
00:39:16.640 with Jim Carrey's
00:39:17.380 politics
00:39:17.860 but I'm going to
00:39:19.160 treat him with decency
00:39:20.360 and respect his humanity
00:39:21.520 you know
00:39:22.840 but
00:39:23.060 the left
00:39:25.240 in a lot
00:39:27.160 of ways
00:39:27.680 Donald Trump
00:39:28.300 broke the
00:39:28.780 Democratic Party
00:39:29.500 they hate him
00:39:31.120 so much
00:39:31.800 that they've
00:39:32.280 unleashed
00:39:32.860 just this
00:39:33.560 this rage
00:39:35.200 that blinds
00:39:36.440 everything else
00:39:37.280 we've got to
00:39:39.540 get past that
00:39:40.240 as a country
00:39:40.700 I was happy
00:39:41.600 that Kerry
00:39:42.240 painted that
00:39:42.780 thing
00:39:43.240 okay Ivy
00:39:43.840 not only because
00:39:44.400 it demonstrated
00:39:45.060 the animus
00:39:45.540 but also because
00:39:46.080 it's the first time
00:39:46.680 a Democrat
00:39:47.080 actually apparently
00:39:48.360 understands
00:39:48.900 what an abortion
00:39:49.380 is
00:39:49.620 at least they're
00:39:52.220 being honest
00:39:52.740 about what this
00:39:53.240 is now
00:39:53.560 okay
00:39:53.840 and more broadly
00:39:55.040 you say the
00:39:55.900 president has
00:39:56.500 broken the
00:39:57.340 Democrat Party
00:39:57.920 I think that's
00:39:58.320 probably true
00:39:58.900 he has made
00:40:00.040 them in a very
00:40:00.580 perverse way
00:40:01.380 much more honest
00:40:02.780 not just Jim Carrey
00:40:03.880 but nobody's
00:40:04.660 talking about
00:40:05.140 safe legal
00:40:05.640 and rare anymore
00:40:06.420 they're saying
00:40:07.000 safe and legal
00:40:08.380 until three days
00:40:09.800 after birth
00:40:10.480 even the press
00:40:11.520 isn't pretending
00:40:12.020 to be objective
00:40:12.600 anymore
00:40:12.960 he actually has
00:40:14.000 brought everybody
00:40:14.500 out of the bushes
00:40:15.000 we'll find out
00:40:16.520 if the breaking
00:40:16.980 is good or not
00:40:17.820 because
00:40:18.560 there is something
00:40:19.920 to the patina
00:40:20.540 of civility
00:40:21.200 and legitimacy
00:40:22.200 and it's
00:40:22.960 because people
00:40:24.220 are now openly
00:40:25.100 doing this sort
00:40:25.940 of stuff
00:40:26.300 it has ratcheted
00:40:27.580 things up to
00:40:28.100 such an extent
00:40:28.700 that I guess
00:40:29.960 the Overton
00:40:30.380 window for
00:40:30.920 civility
00:40:31.280 used to be
00:40:31.780 here
00:40:32.060 and now
00:40:32.480 since there
00:40:32.960 is no
00:40:33.380 civility
00:40:34.140 I agree
00:40:35.260 with that
00:40:35.520 I'm not in
00:40:36.580 favor of
00:40:36.840 civility
00:40:37.200 just as a
00:40:37.780 general
00:40:37.960 I want people
00:40:38.880 to speak
00:40:39.180 passionately
00:40:39.640 but the
00:40:39.900 character
00:40:40.340 attacks
00:40:40.680 are so
00:40:41.200 brutal
00:40:42.040 at this
00:40:42.360 point
00:40:42.560 my problem
00:40:42.880 is that
00:40:43.560 it's not
00:40:44.100 as if
00:40:44.440 the left
00:40:44.820 up until
00:40:45.280 this moment
00:40:45.740 was being
00:40:46.120 great
00:40:46.420 we're saying
00:40:47.260 we want to
00:40:48.020 put black
00:40:48.400 people back
00:40:48.900 in chains
00:40:49.700 and all
00:40:50.020 this
00:40:50.220 and they
00:40:50.680 had that
00:40:51.660 rhetoric
00:40:52.120 backed up
00:40:53.440 by the
00:40:53.740 news media
00:40:54.240 this enormous
00:40:55.160 enormous
00:40:55.760 institution
00:40:56.620 that was
00:40:57.080 all on one
00:40:57.760 side
00:40:58.040 and all
00:40:58.660 Trump has
00:40:59.040 done is
00:40:59.300 bring it
00:40:59.580 into the
00:40:59.880 open
00:41:00.080 I think
00:41:00.700 I give him
00:41:01.440 a pass
00:41:01.800 on this
00:41:02.060 I hate
00:41:03.020 the rudeness
00:41:03.540 I hate
00:41:04.060 the boorishness
00:41:04.700 I really do
00:41:05.340 but at the
00:41:06.060 same time
00:41:06.540 I can't
00:41:07.500 blame him
00:41:08.220 for simply
00:41:09.060 as with
00:41:10.020 China
00:41:10.400 he's
00:41:10.920 simply
00:41:11.140 bringing
00:41:12.580 out
00:41:12.880 what was
00:41:13.180 already
00:41:13.440 there
00:41:13.760 so
00:41:14.260 Ben
00:41:16.900 has
00:41:17.080 promised
00:41:17.640 a
00:41:17.820 Game
00:41:17.960 of
00:41:18.100 Thrones
00:41:18.380 review
00:41:18.660 and I
00:41:19.720 just want
00:41:19.960 to bring
00:41:20.180 that up
00:41:20.540 one more
00:41:20.940 time
00:41:21.120 obviously
00:41:23.540 we'll go
00:41:24.020 right over
00:41:24.460 first we have
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00:41:56.100 the fact is that
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00:41:58.360 the time
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00:42:02.580 all the different
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00:42:04.340 this is absolutely
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00:42:21.880 and the only reason
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00:42:23.340 to survive
00:42:23.880 that kind of
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00:42:24.940 is because we're
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00:42:34.360 and
00:42:34.620 and they're
00:42:35.320 fake allies
00:42:35.980 eight trolls
00:42:36.440 on Twitter
00:42:36.880 correct
00:42:37.240 well I will
00:42:38.080 tell you
00:42:38.780 not to suck
00:42:39.940 up too much
00:42:40.580 but look
00:42:42.200 one of the
00:42:42.560 joys of
00:42:42.980 traveling all
00:42:43.480 across Texas
00:42:44.060 and all across
00:42:44.620 the country
00:42:45.060 is I meet
00:42:45.640 lots of people
00:42:46.400 I cannot tell
00:42:47.420 you how many
00:42:48.360 young people
00:42:49.020 asked me
00:42:49.640 with almost
00:42:50.240 awe and
00:42:51.280 amazement
00:42:51.820 do you know
00:42:52.740 Ben Shapiro
00:42:53.460 I really was
00:42:55.220 hoping he was
00:42:55.640 going to say
00:42:55.900 do you know
00:42:56.200 Ben Shapiro
00:42:56.460 I mean
00:42:58.740 and it's
00:42:59.900 nobody else
00:43:00.740 in politics
00:43:01.480 nobody
00:43:02.100 you know
00:43:02.920 in Hollywood
00:43:04.220 it's like
00:43:04.880 do you know
00:43:05.720 Ben Shapiro
00:43:06.380 now I do
00:43:07.200 tell him
00:43:07.620 actually no
00:43:08.440 he's a robot
00:43:09.100 created in a
00:43:11.460 laboratory
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00:43:19.420 Alicia do you
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00:43:20.840 yeah I sure
00:43:21.440 do and I
00:43:21.920 want to remind
00:43:22.400 people that
00:43:22.960 the God King
00:43:23.500 did promise me
00:43:24.360 off air but
00:43:25.100 some of the
00:43:25.420 producers overheard
00:43:26.260 it that if we
00:43:26.900 get more
00:43:27.260 subscribers tonight
00:43:28.140 when this baby's
00:43:29.080 born I'll get a
00:43:29.660 bonus
00:43:30.020 what I said
00:43:32.220 is
00:43:32.580 listen I'm just
00:43:36.400 trying to be
00:43:36.800 fruitful and
00:43:37.340 multiply in this
00:43:38.220 very liberal state
00:43:39.040 of California
00:43:39.680 you guys got to
00:43:40.620 help me out
00:43:41.240 God bless you
00:43:42.280 and please name
00:43:42.980 her Jeremina
00:43:43.780 not on the
00:43:45.760 short list
00:43:46.140 this question is
00:43:48.280 for Senator Cruz
00:43:49.140 from a Daily Wire
00:43:49.900 subscriber named
00:43:50.660 Robert he wants
00:43:51.580 to know what do
00:43:52.580 you think the
00:43:52.980 chances are that
00:43:53.760 the recent pro-life
00:43:54.760 bills in different
00:43:55.580 states across the
00:43:56.300 country are able
00:43:57.280 to hold up in the
00:43:58.060 courts
00:43:58.400 you know I
00:44:00.240 think it depends
00:44:00.940 I'm glad to see
00:44:02.260 states that are
00:44:03.300 acting to defend
00:44:04.320 life and there's
00:44:05.980 a debate in the
00:44:06.540 pro-life community
00:44:07.260 does it make sense
00:44:08.920 to defend life
00:44:10.380 and to do it in
00:44:11.720 an incremental
00:44:12.280 way focusing on
00:44:13.620 initially some of
00:44:14.640 the more egregious
00:44:15.640 practices like
00:44:16.560 late term abortions
00:44:17.820 like requiring
00:44:20.100 parental consent
00:44:20.940 so that you know
00:44:21.780 a teenager needs
00:44:22.920 consent to get a
00:44:23.700 tattoo but not
00:44:24.940 to end the life
00:44:25.600 of her unborn
00:44:26.080 child I think
00:44:26.860 there's a lot to
00:44:28.000 be said for an
00:44:28.660 incremental battle
00:44:29.480 I think that's
00:44:30.060 part of why
00:44:30.780 we're winning
00:44:31.340 the battle of
00:44:33.100 public opinion
00:44:33.700 you look at
00:44:34.200 young people
00:44:34.700 that are more
00:44:35.180 pro-life today
00:44:36.000 than they've been
00:44:37.240 in a long long
00:44:38.180 time on the
00:44:39.620 other hand
00:44:40.000 there are others
00:44:40.400 who say you
00:44:41.240 know go for
00:44:42.280 legislation that
00:44:44.140 that is is a
00:44:45.840 direct direct
00:44:47.460 assault on a row
00:44:48.560 you know one of
00:44:49.520 the virtues of a
00:44:50.800 multiplicity of
00:44:51.560 strategies is the
00:44:52.700 way the Supreme
00:44:53.340 Court takes
00:44:53.940 appeals every year
00:44:56.200 the Supreme
00:44:56.680 Court's appeals
00:44:57.420 are discretionary
00:44:58.700 and the court
00:44:59.540 decides what
00:45:00.280 cases to take
00:45:00.980 so every year
00:45:02.400 the court will
00:45:03.220 get roughly
00:45:03.900 8,000 what are
00:45:05.720 called petitions
00:45:06.460 for certiorari
00:45:07.220 which are just
00:45:07.780 requests for the
00:45:08.980 court to take
00:45:09.560 take a case
00:45:10.160 and those come
00:45:10.800 typically either
00:45:11.880 from federal
00:45:12.360 courts of appeals
00:45:13.060 or state
00:45:13.460 Supreme Courts
00:45:14.200 these laws
00:45:15.360 particularly the
00:45:16.160 broader laws
00:45:16.900 are all going to
00:45:17.620 be struck down
00:45:18.200 in the lower
00:45:18.540 courts because
00:45:19.000 they're contrary
00:45:19.520 to Supreme
00:45:19.920 Court precedent
00:45:20.460 so it will be
00:45:20.980 up to the
00:45:21.400 Supreme Court
00:45:21.960 if and when
00:45:23.300 it chooses to
00:45:23.880 overturn it
00:45:24.500 but the court
00:45:25.560 out of those
00:45:26.060 8,000 cert
00:45:27.320 petitions
00:45:27.820 they take
00:45:28.380 typically about
00:45:29.140 80 a year
00:45:29.860 so about 1%
00:45:30.800 which means
00:45:32.380 that the justices
00:45:33.160 will make the
00:45:33.640 decision
00:45:34.000 do they want
00:45:34.540 to take
00:45:34.880 an incremental
00:45:35.340 case
00:45:35.800 or do they
00:45:36.160 want to take
00:45:36.820 a whole
00:45:37.980 scale challenge
00:45:39.720 and I'm
00:45:40.920 perfectly fine
00:45:41.780 with having
00:45:42.240 a multiplicity
00:45:43.200 of cases
00:45:44.340 for the justices
00:45:45.140 to choose
00:45:45.680 and any four
00:45:46.620 justices
00:45:47.260 can choose
00:45:48.600 to grant
00:45:49.000 cert
00:45:49.240 and so I'm
00:45:49.740 sure we will
00:45:50.280 see some
00:45:51.640 of these cases
00:45:52.240 make it to
00:45:52.720 the court
00:45:53.100 in time
00:45:53.680 I don't know
00:45:54.040 when they'll
00:45:54.380 take it
00:45:54.700 in the event
00:45:55.720 that Roe
00:45:56.180 were overturned
00:45:57.420 would that
00:45:57.840 hurt the
00:45:58.480 Republican Party
00:45:59.520 in elections
00:46:00.660 well one of the
00:46:03.780 things that's
00:46:04.220 worth understanding
00:46:05.120 on that
00:46:05.440 that a lot of
00:46:06.000 people the media
00:46:06.480 never tells you
00:46:07.280 if Roe vs. Wade
00:46:08.700 were overturned
00:46:09.860 it wouldn't
00:46:10.340 make abortion
00:46:10.920 illegal
00:46:11.220 the law in
00:46:13.100 this country
00:46:13.600 for 200 years
00:46:14.520 is that abortion
00:46:15.160 was a question
00:46:15.720 for the states
00:46:16.300 and different
00:46:17.100 states had
00:46:17.640 different standards
00:46:18.360 if Roe
00:46:19.240 were overturned
00:46:20.020 you'd have
00:46:20.320 50 states
00:46:20.940 and you'd have
00:46:21.260 50 different
00:46:21.760 standards
00:46:22.140 and nobody
00:46:23.120 thinks for example
00:46:24.200 the legislature
00:46:24.780 in California
00:46:25.580 is going to
00:46:26.040 vote anytime
00:46:26.480 soon
00:46:27.060 to prohibit
00:46:28.260 abortion
00:46:28.580 or even
00:46:29.180 in all likelihood
00:46:29.960 to restrict
00:46:30.540 it in any
00:46:30.860 meaningful way
00:46:31.400 part of the
00:46:33.260 virtue of
00:46:33.880 federalism
00:46:34.420 you know
00:46:35.180 Supreme Court
00:46:35.640 Justice Louis
00:46:36.260 Brandeis
00:46:36.780 referred to
00:46:37.480 laboratories
00:46:38.040 of democracy
00:46:38.880 50 states
00:46:39.780 is you'd see
00:46:40.840 50 different
00:46:41.920 standards
00:46:42.360 and people
00:46:42.780 could vote
00:46:43.200 with their feet
00:46:43.780 and they could
00:46:44.520 vote with their
00:46:45.020 values
00:46:45.480 and I think
00:46:46.080 abortion
00:46:46.480 would be
00:46:47.680 a far less
00:46:48.800 divisive
00:46:49.760 cultural
00:46:50.420 hot button
00:46:51.080 issue
00:46:51.440 if we'd
00:46:52.780 left it
00:46:53.160 to the
00:46:53.380 legislative
00:46:53.820 process
00:46:54.420 rather than
00:46:55.020 the Supreme
00:46:55.380 Court
00:46:55.660 in 1973
00:46:56.500 saying
00:46:57.240 you the
00:46:58.040 people
00:46:58.320 have no
00:46:58.740 right to
00:46:59.140 decide
00:46:59.480 on these
00:46:59.840 questions
00:47:00.300 we're taking
00:47:01.100 it out of
00:47:01.400 your hands
00:47:01.700 I think
00:47:02.280 our present
00:47:02.680 divisions
00:47:03.060 a lot of
00:47:03.900 it stemmed
00:47:04.280 from Roe v. Wade
00:47:04.920 a lot of
00:47:05.380 it stems
00:47:05.720 from the idea
00:47:06.260 that the
00:47:07.060 courts are going
00:47:08.200 to tell us
00:47:08.880 that we can't
00:47:09.720 decide these
00:47:10.200 things in our
00:47:10.580 states
00:47:10.860 there were states
00:47:11.000 already liberalizing
00:47:11.780 abortion law
00:47:12.300 before 1973
00:47:13.000 obviously
00:47:13.720 and the truth
00:47:14.760 is that on
00:47:15.320 a national level
00:47:15.960 in order for
00:47:16.640 anything to be
00:47:17.080 done by pro-lifers
00:47:17.820 you'd need
00:47:18.100 a constitutional
00:47:18.720 amendment
00:47:19.060 which is
00:47:19.780 something
00:47:19.980 basically
00:47:20.400 everybody
00:47:20.800 acknowledges
00:47:21.440 and also
00:47:21.960 is probably
00:47:22.420 not on the
00:47:23.020 table formally
00:47:23.560 at this point
00:47:24.080 as far as
00:47:25.060 the strategy
00:47:25.460 I've been
00:47:25.740 saying for a
00:47:26.120 long time
00:47:26.380 I think
00:47:26.600 it is highly
00:47:27.020 doubtful
00:47:27.440 that a
00:47:27.700 Roberts
00:47:27.960 Kavanaugh
00:47:28.340 swing on
00:47:28.780 the court
00:47:29.140 is in the
00:47:29.860 mood
00:47:30.000 to overrule
00:47:30.500 Roe
00:47:30.800 I think
00:47:31.140 that is
00:47:31.360 a wild
00:47:32.000 overreach
00:47:32.600 by not
00:47:33.420 pro-lifers
00:47:33.940 but I think
00:47:34.300 that anybody
00:47:34.760 who thinks
00:47:35.440 that because
00:47:36.120 Republicans
00:47:36.720 have appointed
00:47:37.280 five of the
00:47:38.200 justices on
00:47:38.760 the Supreme
00:47:39.080 Court
00:47:39.380 that that means
00:47:40.120 there's a
00:47:40.440 majority
00:47:40.680 to overrule
00:47:41.180 Roe
00:47:41.360 I don't even
00:47:41.760 think
00:47:41.920 there's a
00:47:42.160 majority
00:47:42.420 to restrict
00:47:42.860 Casey
00:47:43.220 which is
00:47:45.240 the secondary
00:47:45.740 case
00:47:46.100 that sort
00:47:46.680 of
00:47:46.840 pairs
00:47:47.300 back
00:47:47.700 Roe
00:47:47.960 a little
00:47:48.200 bit
00:47:48.360 and
00:47:48.480 creates
00:47:48.720 what's
00:47:48.940 called
00:47:49.060 the
00:47:49.180 undue
00:47:49.440 burden
00:47:49.660 standard
00:47:50.160 essentially
00:47:51.220 arguing
00:47:51.700 that
00:47:52.000 the states
00:47:52.660 are not
00:47:52.880 allowed
00:47:53.040 to unduly
00:47:53.620 burden
00:47:53.980 a woman's
00:47:54.440 ability
00:47:54.740 to get
00:47:55.020 an abortion
00:47:55.420 that's been
00:47:55.800 used
00:47:56.040 to
00:47:56.600 uphold
00:47:57.000 restrictions
00:47:58.240 on abortion
00:47:58.800 past the
00:47:59.200 20th week
00:47:59.580 but not
00:47:59.840 before the
00:48:00.200 20th week
00:48:00.600 I think
00:48:01.720 that people
00:48:02.660 who believe
00:48:03.520 that Justice
00:48:03.980 Kavanaugh
00:48:04.460 is on the
00:48:05.260 side of
00:48:05.520 overruling
00:48:05.900 Roe
00:48:06.060 I don't
00:48:06.360 know
00:48:06.540 what they're
00:48:06.820 smoking
00:48:07.120 it ain't
00:48:07.900 these cigars
00:48:08.360 I see no
00:48:09.920 indicators
00:48:10.260 of that
00:48:10.500 what kind of
00:48:12.780 Indiana case
00:48:13.760 today is a
00:48:14.220 very good
00:48:14.540 indicator
00:48:14.880 that this
00:48:15.220 is the
00:48:15.400 case
00:48:15.580 there's an
00:48:15.900 Indiana case
00:48:16.460 that went
00:48:16.720 to the
00:48:16.900 Supreme
00:48:17.080 Court
00:48:17.380 it included
00:48:18.380 two
00:48:18.560 provisions
00:48:18.920 one was
00:48:19.340 the disposal
00:48:19.780 of fetal
00:48:21.260 tissue
00:48:21.540 that provision
00:48:22.780 was ruled
00:48:23.460 in order
00:48:24.000 by the
00:48:24.280 court
00:48:24.440 basically
00:48:24.800 that's
00:48:25.060 fine
00:48:25.320 if you
00:48:25.880 want to
00:48:26.080 make
00:48:26.220 people
00:48:26.500 bury
00:48:26.880 or
00:48:27.340 cremate
00:48:28.020 fetal
00:48:28.320 tissue
00:48:28.520 as opposed
00:48:28.840 to tossing
00:48:29.200 in the
00:48:29.360 garbage
00:48:29.600 the way
00:48:29.880 that abortion
00:48:30.260 clinics
00:48:30.620 do
00:48:30.800 because
00:48:30.920 they're
00:48:31.020 disgusting
00:48:31.360 then that's
00:48:32.920 fine
00:48:33.120 but there's
00:48:33.660 a second
00:48:33.920 provision
00:48:34.260 that
00:48:34.460 effectively
00:48:34.920 restricted
00:48:35.540 abortion
00:48:36.000 passed
00:48:36.440 I think
00:48:36.620 it was
00:48:36.720 the eighth
00:48:37.020 week
00:48:37.320 and the
00:48:37.820 court
00:48:37.960 simply
00:48:38.200 refused
00:48:38.500 to take
00:48:38.820 it up
00:48:39.420 and that
00:48:40.180 same
00:48:40.860 bill
00:48:41.060 said
00:48:41.260 that
00:48:41.360 you're
00:48:41.440 not
00:48:41.540 allowed
00:48:41.720 to abort
00:48:42.200 a baby
00:48:42.720 for purposes
00:48:43.280 of racial
00:48:44.000 eugenics
00:48:44.580 or disabled
00:48:45.440 eugenics
00:48:46.300 and Justice
00:48:46.880 Thomas wrote
00:48:47.400 an amazing
00:48:47.900 he's about
00:48:48.660 to go
00:48:48.880 through the
00:48:49.160 roof
00:48:49.340 oh yeah
00:48:49.600 well I think
00:48:50.040 he's frustrated
00:48:50.600 and I think
00:48:50.960 he has a right
00:48:51.320 to be frustrated
00:48:51.800 I think he's
00:48:52.100 looking at his
00:48:52.480 other colleagues
00:48:52.940 on the court
00:48:53.260 going what
00:48:53.580 the living
00:48:53.960 hell is
00:48:54.360 this
00:48:54.540 why can't
00:48:55.100 I get
00:48:55.320 even four
00:48:55.820 votes
00:48:56.180 to get
00:48:56.780 a hearing
00:48:57.380 on a law
00:48:58.340 like this
00:48:58.740 that is
00:48:59.000 obviously
00:48:59.520 designed to
00:49:00.040 stop the
00:49:00.500 eugenic
00:49:00.900 killing
00:49:01.180 in many
00:49:02.340 cases
00:49:02.740 of racial
00:49:03.440 minorities
00:49:04.000 and females
00:49:04.680 how is this
00:49:05.400 possibly not
00:49:06.160 supreme court
00:49:07.140 worthy
00:49:07.560 but is the
00:49:08.100 court going to
00:49:08.440 be able to
00:49:08.840 punt on
00:49:09.600 Alabama
00:49:10.380 Georgia
00:49:11.160 100%
00:49:11.660 of course
00:49:12.560 all they have
00:49:12.960 to do is
00:49:13.240 allow the
00:49:13.580 district courts
00:49:14.080 to strike it
00:49:14.580 down in the
00:49:14.860 name of
00:49:15.080 row
00:49:15.200 remember the
00:49:15.700 precedent
00:49:15.960 that already
00:49:16.400 exists
00:49:16.880 can be
00:49:17.980 used
00:49:18.300 and by
00:49:19.180 pretty much
00:49:19.880 all legal
00:49:20.640 stare decisis
00:49:21.480 rulings
00:49:22.080 probably should
00:49:23.240 be
00:49:23.460 unless you're
00:49:24.120 going to
00:49:24.260 overturn old
00:49:24.760 case law
00:49:25.140 it's going to
00:49:25.380 be very
00:49:25.660 difficult to
00:49:26.180 argue that
00:49:26.400 under
00:49:26.640 Planned
00:49:27.480 Parenthood
00:49:27.720 versus Casey
00:49:28.300 that you
00:49:29.040 can actually
00:49:29.660 over
00:49:30.480 that Alabama
00:49:31.440 or Georgia
00:49:32.080 or Missouri
00:49:32.540 stand up
00:49:33.060 I just think
00:49:33.440 which is why
00:49:34.060 I'm a Thomas
00:49:34.500 guy not a
00:49:34.940 Scalia guy
00:49:35.380 I think
00:49:35.580 stare decisis
00:49:36.060 is a bunch
00:49:36.320 of crap
00:49:36.540 but you know
00:49:36.780 Justice Scalia
00:49:37.900 I got to
00:49:38.300 meet him
00:49:38.600 when I was
00:49:38.920 a student
00:49:39.360 and we
00:49:39.880 asked him
00:49:40.280 precisely
00:49:40.620 about this
00:49:41.260 we said
00:49:41.980 you acknowledge
00:49:44.060 stare decisis
00:49:44.900 you acknowledge
00:49:45.440 precedent
00:49:45.920 so why
00:49:46.980 doesn't that
00:49:47.500 hold up
00:49:48.000 for something
00:49:48.440 like Roe
00:49:48.900 versus Wade
00:49:49.400 and his
00:49:50.240 answer was
00:49:50.660 simple
00:49:50.940 which is
00:49:51.440 certain
00:49:52.080 decisions
00:49:52.520 are so
00:49:53.160 egregious
00:49:54.120 so
00:49:55.020 historically
00:49:56.180 egregious
00:49:56.720 they simply
00:49:57.280 must be overturned
00:49:58.040 yeah well
00:49:58.300 this is why
00:49:58.680 Thomas is a
00:49:59.140 better justice
00:49:59.560 than Scalia
00:49:59.980 stare decisis
00:50:00.560 can't be an
00:50:01.120 absolute principle
00:50:02.040 it's ridiculous
00:50:02.660 right
00:50:02.940 it shouldn't be
00:50:03.600 a principle
00:50:03.920 at all
00:50:04.220 stare decisis
00:50:04.760 is a bunch
00:50:05.000 of nonsense
00:50:05.460 well and one
00:50:06.140 of the best
00:50:06.960 examples of that
00:50:07.920 is Plessy
00:50:08.420 versus Fertin
00:50:09.020 exactly
00:50:09.340 was a decided
00:50:10.300 decision
00:50:10.780 that embraced
00:50:11.500 separate but
00:50:12.460 equal
00:50:12.720 it was a
00:50:13.280 horribly wrong
00:50:14.040 decision
00:50:14.480 the day it
00:50:15.300 was decided
00:50:15.900 and when it
00:50:16.280 was overruled
00:50:16.980 that was
00:50:17.340 absolutely right
00:50:18.300 the Constitution
00:50:18.880 protects
00:50:19.540 the equal rights
00:50:20.600 of every person
00:50:21.520 regardless
00:50:22.020 of your race
00:50:23.060 let me shift
00:50:24.700 though because you also
00:50:25.300 asked about the
00:50:25.860 political consequences
00:50:26.760 of this
00:50:27.260 and one of the
00:50:29.080 things that's
00:50:29.460 important to
00:50:29.900 understand
00:50:30.240 the modern
00:50:30.760 Democratic Party
00:50:31.680 is wildly out of
00:50:33.940 touch I believe
00:50:34.580 with the American
00:50:35.160 people and the
00:50:35.740 question of abortion
00:50:36.460 if you take
00:50:37.520 Hillary Clinton's
00:50:38.280 position on abortion
00:50:39.180 she supports
00:50:40.640 unlimited abortion
00:50:41.860 on demand
00:50:42.500 up until the
00:50:43.680 moment of birth
00:50:44.300 partial birth
00:50:45.160 with government
00:50:45.800 funding and no
00:50:46.940 parental notification
00:50:47.840 or consent
00:50:48.420 now nationally
00:50:49.880 9% of Americans
00:50:51.340 agree with that
00:50:51.920 91% of Americans
00:50:53.460 say whoa
00:50:54.360 that is not
00:50:55.120 my position
00:50:55.740 and as far
00:50:57.200 as I know
00:50:57.960 of the 346
00:50:59.640 Democrats
00:51:00.060 running this
00:51:00.740 year
00:51:01.040 every single
00:51:02.480 one of them
00:51:03.000 agrees with
00:51:03.540 Hillary
00:51:03.800 that is
00:51:04.480 that that is
00:51:05.440 required entrance
00:51:06.780 to the Democratic
00:51:07.560 primary
00:51:08.020 and so it's
00:51:08.500 out of step
00:51:09.060 with 91%
00:51:10.040 Joe Biden
00:51:10.400 reversed himself
00:51:10.900 on the Hyde
00:51:11.240 Amendment
00:51:11.480 right five
00:51:12.500 years ago
00:51:13.180 Joe Biden
00:51:13.540 was saying
00:51:13.880 that the Hyde
00:51:14.280 Amendment
00:51:14.540 needs to
00:51:15.400 remain
00:51:15.660 the Hyde
00:51:17.080 Amendment
00:51:17.240 says there
00:51:17.600 is no
00:51:17.840 federal funding
00:51:18.320 of abortions
00:51:18.880 so they'll
00:51:19.520 still fund
00:51:19.880 Planned
00:51:20.180 Parenthood
00:51:20.440 under the
00:51:20.980 lie
00:51:21.360 that Planned
00:51:21.740 Parenthood
00:51:22.180 is using
00:51:22.820 money
00:51:23.060 for non-abortions
00:51:24.000 but the
00:51:25.380 but Biden
00:51:26.180 used to be
00:51:26.720 in favor
00:51:27.060 of the Hyde
00:51:27.400 Amendment
00:51:27.580 they asked
00:51:27.940 him like
00:51:28.220 two weeks
00:51:28.820 ago
00:51:29.100 and he said
00:51:29.900 no no
00:51:30.460 I'm totally
00:51:31.200 in favor
00:51:31.480 of federal
00:51:31.780 funding
00:51:32.040 of abortions
00:51:32.560 meaning that
00:51:33.000 you and I
00:51:33.520 have to pay
00:51:33.960 taxes
00:51:34.380 so that
00:51:34.660 somebody else
00:51:35.040 can have
00:51:35.280 an abortion
00:51:35.680 which is
00:51:36.100 I mean
00:51:37.100 the founders
00:51:37.580 would be
00:51:38.380 spinning so
00:51:38.860 fast in
00:51:39.380 their graves
00:51:39.900 that they
00:51:40.140 would be
00:51:40.880 digging
00:51:41.360 brand new
00:51:42.180 steel tunnels
00:51:42.820 I mean
00:51:43.100 it's insane
00:51:43.580 look it was
00:51:44.100 just a few
00:51:44.580 months ago
00:51:45.180 that the video
00:51:46.100 of Ralph
00:51:46.500 Northam
00:51:47.100 surfaced
00:51:47.820 and it
00:51:48.060 was a radio
00:51:48.540 interview
00:51:48.880 he was doing
00:51:49.340 that was
00:51:49.620 videoed
00:51:50.220 by the way
00:51:50.680 who would
00:51:50.940 video a radio
00:51:51.500 interview
00:51:51.780 that's a little
00:51:52.200 crazy
00:51:52.440 but where he
00:51:54.540 argued for
00:51:56.020 not just
00:51:56.600 late term
00:51:57.100 abortion
00:51:57.540 but abortion
00:51:59.000 after birth
00:52:00.340 and he's a
00:52:01.020 doctor
00:52:01.300 and he described
00:52:02.280 how as a
00:52:03.100 doctor
00:52:03.420 he would
00:52:03.780 deliver a
00:52:04.320 child
00:52:04.600 he would
00:52:05.580 make the
00:52:06.060 child
00:52:06.460 comfortable
00:52:07.020 and then
00:52:07.300 he would
00:52:07.480 discuss
00:52:07.860 with the
00:52:08.180 parents
00:52:08.460 what to
00:52:08.860 do
00:52:09.020 with the
00:52:09.340 child
00:52:09.540 the obvious
00:52:09.960 implication
00:52:10.660 to be
00:52:11.260 whether to
00:52:12.140 kill
00:52:12.480 this infant
00:52:13.140 who was
00:52:13.480 already
00:52:13.740 born
00:52:14.120 listen
00:52:14.780 even people
00:52:15.400 who are
00:52:15.640 vocally
00:52:16.080 pro-choice
00:52:16.840 are utterly
00:52:18.780 horrified
00:52:19.440 with that
00:52:19.820 and by the
00:52:20.240 way
00:52:20.400 when I
00:52:20.900 spoke out
00:52:21.360 about it
00:52:21.760 the Houston
00:52:22.500 Chronicle
00:52:23.020 the head
00:52:24.940 of the
00:52:25.120 editorial page
00:52:25.740 blasted me
00:52:26.460 and said
00:52:26.720 this is a
00:52:27.700 lie
00:52:27.940 this is not
00:52:28.520 true
00:52:28.740 this is not
00:52:29.220 what Northam
00:52:29.680 said
00:52:30.000 and I
00:52:30.500 responded
00:52:30.820 here's a
00:52:31.620 link to
00:52:32.000 the video
00:52:32.360 and by the
00:52:32.780 way
00:52:32.880 my tweet
00:52:33.300 on it
00:52:33.560 said
00:52:33.740 watch
00:52:34.560 the video
00:52:35.300 so you
00:52:35.900 watch
00:52:36.300 you listen
00:52:36.740 to yourself
00:52:37.280 now let me
00:52:38.180 ask a question
00:52:38.820 when's the
00:52:39.860 last time
00:52:40.240 you heard
00:52:40.500 Ralph
00:52:40.740 Northam's
00:52:41.140 name
00:52:41.340 in
00:52:41.460 national
00:52:41.740 news
00:52:41.920 I know
00:52:42.480 he
00:52:42.800 disappeared
00:52:43.320 not only
00:52:44.200 does he
00:52:44.540 advocate
00:52:44.920 for post-birth
00:52:45.980 abortion
00:52:46.420 but then
00:52:46.860 of course
00:52:47.280 his
00:52:47.540 fame
00:52:48.700 yearbook
00:52:49.220 page
00:52:49.740 where
00:52:50.720 and let's
00:52:52.900 segue
00:52:53.140 let's go
00:52:53.540 back to
00:52:53.840 the Klan
00:52:54.160 so at a
00:52:55.120 yearbook
00:52:55.440 page
00:52:55.900 with one
00:52:56.340 person
00:52:56.780 in black
00:52:57.680 face
00:52:58.040 and another
00:52:59.020 person
00:52:59.420 in a
00:52:59.600 Klan
00:52:59.820 out
00:52:59.980 but he
00:53:00.480 doesn't
00:53:00.700 know
00:53:00.820 which one
00:53:01.160 he is
00:53:01.620 you put
00:53:06.020 your finger
00:53:06.580 on the
00:53:06.860 most important
00:53:07.460 piece of
00:53:07.920 this
00:53:08.060 so the
00:53:08.820 media
00:53:09.240 and
00:53:09.800 popular
00:53:10.440 culture
00:53:10.820 has this
00:53:11.260 the left
00:53:11.960 has this
00:53:12.360 weird
00:53:12.840 fixation
00:53:13.540 with black
00:53:14.020 things
00:53:14.320 yes
00:53:14.880 now I gotta
00:53:15.600 say look
00:53:15.880 I grew up
00:53:16.520 in Houston
00:53:16.840 but black
00:53:17.460 face wasn't
00:53:17.920 a thing
00:53:18.240 down there
00:53:18.740 and I
00:53:19.680 get that
00:53:20.180 there are
00:53:20.440 cultural
00:53:20.800 insensitivities
00:53:21.640 and it's
00:53:21.940 probably not
00:53:22.440 worth doing
00:53:22.880 black face
00:53:23.320 now I'll
00:53:23.720 mention
00:53:24.080 I think
00:53:25.220 two of the
00:53:25.680 three late
00:53:26.100 night comics
00:53:26.700 have appeared
00:53:27.120 in black
00:53:27.540 face
00:53:27.800 there are a
00:53:28.840 bunch of
00:53:29.260 Hollywood folks
00:53:29.920 that appeared
00:53:30.280 in black
00:53:30.600 face
00:53:30.760 but fine
00:53:31.200 I'll get
00:53:32.320 the times
00:53:32.880 of change
00:53:33.320 and I'll
00:53:33.520 even concede
00:53:34.040 some of
00:53:34.340 that
00:53:34.540 what was
00:53:35.680 amazing
00:53:36.100 though
00:53:36.300 is when
00:53:36.540 he publicly
00:53:37.100 said
00:53:37.500 his first
00:53:38.360 answer was
00:53:38.860 he may
00:53:39.100 have been
00:53:39.260 one of
00:53:39.480 the two
00:53:39.700 he wasn't
00:53:40.180 sure which
00:53:40.820 if you
00:53:42.920 cannot stand
00:53:43.740 up and say
00:53:44.300 unequivocally
00:53:45.020 I have never
00:53:45.780 in my life
00:53:46.720 worn a
00:53:47.440 Klan outfit
00:53:48.280 what the
00:53:50.280 hell is
00:53:50.680 wrong with
00:53:51.180 you
00:53:51.420 and think
00:53:52.820 about the
00:53:53.200 media
00:53:53.380 they call
00:53:53.920 it the
00:53:54.180 black face
00:53:54.680 scandal
00:53:55.100 and not
00:53:56.360 the Klan
00:53:56.840 scandal
00:53:57.260 he's like
00:53:58.600 yeah that
00:53:58.920 could have
00:53:59.200 been
00:53:59.300 and then
00:53:59.500 a day
00:53:59.820 or two
00:54:00.060 later
00:54:00.260 he changed
00:54:00.600 his mind
00:54:00.760 and said
00:54:00.900 no no
00:54:01.120 no that
00:54:01.320 wasn't
00:54:01.620 me
00:54:01.820 but not
00:54:03.960 a word
00:54:04.260 of that
00:54:04.580 in months
00:54:04.940 because the
00:54:05.540 fact that
00:54:06.020 you have
00:54:06.580 a democratic
00:54:07.540 it could
00:54:08.680 be in
00:54:08.880 disguise
00:54:09.260 and also
00:54:11.420 because if
00:54:11.940 all the
00:54:12.340 scandals
00:54:12.700 went then
00:54:12.940 a Republican
00:54:13.440 would be
00:54:13.800 in charge
00:54:14.100 of Virginia
00:54:14.480 and that's
00:54:14.760 why
00:54:14.980 that was
00:54:15.940 about the
00:54:16.540 most fun
00:54:16.880 week we've
00:54:17.240 had in
00:54:17.520 politics
00:54:17.800 what's
00:54:19.580 amazing
00:54:19.900 too
00:54:20.140 I mean
00:54:20.400 so the
00:54:20.700 Houston
00:54:20.920 Chronicle
00:54:21.280 asks you
00:54:21.760 who are
00:54:22.040 you going
00:54:22.240 to believe
00:54:22.680 the Houston
00:54:23.520 Chronicle
00:54:23.900 or your
00:54:24.180 lion eyes
00:54:24.940 but they
00:54:25.820 say well
00:54:26.220 Ralph
00:54:26.480 Northam
00:54:26.720 lion Ted
00:54:27.260 eyes
00:54:27.540 but then
00:54:30.520 they say
00:54:31.240 well listen
00:54:32.140 Ralph
00:54:32.400 Northam's an
00:54:32.940 idiot who
00:54:33.360 said something
00:54:33.800 stupid on
00:54:34.300 the radio
00:54:34.740 well you
00:54:35.500 don't need
00:54:35.760 to just
00:54:36.040 focus on
00:54:36.480 Ralph
00:54:36.700 Northam
00:54:37.000 look at
00:54:37.360 the governor
00:54:37.740 of New
00:54:38.080 York
00:54:38.380 who passed
00:54:39.460 a law
00:54:39.860 legalizing
00:54:40.720 abortion
00:54:41.080 up to
00:54:41.380 the point
00:54:41.680 of birth
00:54:42.020 changing
00:54:42.680 the penal
00:54:43.220 code
00:54:43.620 such that
00:54:44.320 if you
00:54:44.560 kill a
00:54:45.040 pregnant
00:54:45.300 woman
00:54:45.660 it is
00:54:46.380 no longer
00:54:46.840 double
00:54:47.140 murder
00:54:47.420 you're only
00:54:48.080 committing
00:54:48.420 a single
00:54:48.860 murder
00:54:49.160 what about
00:54:50.140 that guy
00:54:50.500 that is
00:54:50.800 a law
00:54:51.200 he celebrated
00:54:52.020 it
00:54:52.240 he lit
00:54:52.740 the buildings
00:54:53.760 in New
00:54:54.060 York
00:54:54.240 up in
00:54:54.540 pink
00:54:54.840 to celebrate
00:54:55.400 the law
00:54:55.760 and virtually
00:54:56.320 every news
00:54:57.060 story about
00:54:57.520 this
00:54:57.800 does what
00:54:58.720 you said
00:54:59.100 they say
00:54:59.540 Republicans
00:55:00.620 dishonestly
00:55:01.460 claim
00:55:02.020 that
00:55:02.820 Democrats
00:55:03.500 are in
00:55:03.760 favor of
00:55:04.100 infanticide
00:55:04.660 but it's
00:55:05.340 infanticide
00:55:05.860 listen my
00:55:06.780 quads are
00:55:07.160 real solid
00:55:07.600 from all
00:55:07.860 the pouncing
00:55:08.220 lately
00:55:08.560 I gotta say
00:55:09.780 it's a great
00:55:10.340 exercise
00:55:10.800 I'm pouncing
00:55:11.460 just every
00:55:12.160 day I get
00:55:12.520 up and I
00:55:12.800 pounce
00:55:13.000 endless
00:55:14.240 pouncing
00:55:15.660 endless
00:55:16.340 pouncing
00:55:16.760 great hamstrings
00:55:18.260 what's going
00:55:18.580 on with our
00:55:18.960 poll out
00:55:19.500 there
00:55:19.740 all right
00:55:20.400 it looks
00:55:20.960 as if
00:55:21.400 less work
00:55:22.120 isn't an
00:55:22.700 option for
00:55:23.160 most of our
00:55:23.580 daily wire
00:55:23.960 subscribers
00:55:24.480 our facebook
00:55:24.960 poll question
00:55:25.520 was what's
00:55:26.080 the best
00:55:26.620 part of
00:55:27.320 summer
00:55:27.680 less work
00:55:28.480 only got
00:55:28.840 16%
00:55:29.720 less rain
00:55:30.360 was 17%
00:55:31.460 the movies
00:55:32.480 was 22%
00:55:33.960 I mean
00:55:34.420 it's probably
00:55:34.800 because the
00:55:35.380 avengers has
00:55:35.900 come and gone
00:55:36.460 and I can't
00:55:36.960 think of another
00:55:37.440 movie I'm
00:55:37.900 excited to see
00:55:38.480 but the winner
00:55:39.800 of what's the
00:55:40.900 best part of
00:55:41.340 summer is
00:55:41.960 definitely
00:55:42.540 climate change
00:55:43.780 with 45%
00:55:44.980 it's changing
00:55:47.000 out there
00:55:47.340 I woke up
00:55:48.460 yesterday
00:55:48.820 and my wife
00:55:49.740 told me that
00:55:50.100 we were going
00:55:50.420 to a barbecue
00:55:50.860 she likes to
00:55:51.340 spring these
00:55:51.680 things on me
00:55:52.080 last minute
00:55:52.540 and I said
00:55:53.720 ah it is
00:55:55.260 overcast and
00:55:56.320 rainy I shall
00:55:57.340 wear a long
00:55:58.100 sleeve shirt
00:55:58.680 not three hours
00:56:00.520 later the
00:56:01.620 climate went
00:56:02.280 and changed
00:56:02.920 so rapidly
00:56:03.940 they say it's
00:56:04.500 going to warm
00:56:04.980 up four degrees
00:56:05.820 over the course
00:56:06.880 of a century
00:56:07.320 I'm not
00:56:07.960 exaggerating
00:56:08.860 it went up
00:56:09.440 20 degrees
00:56:10.380 by the time
00:56:11.480 afternoon came
00:56:12.600 that's because
00:56:12.800 I was driving
00:56:13.360 my car
00:56:13.920 how can the
00:56:14.660 deniers keep
00:56:15.360 denying this
00:56:16.160 this is an
00:56:17.100 emergency
00:56:17.460 every summer
00:56:18.100 we need to
00:56:18.640 bomb every
00:56:19.240 coal factory
00:56:19.800 in China
00:56:20.220 it's an
00:56:21.760 emergency
00:56:22.160 I've been told
00:56:22.740 we have 12
00:56:23.220 years to fix
00:56:23.760 this thing
00:56:24.160 and I've heard
00:56:24.760 it's just like
00:56:25.100 World War II
00:56:25.500 no no AOC
00:56:26.060 said how dare
00:56:26.800 you believe her
00:56:27.280 when she says
00:56:27.720 12 years
00:56:28.140 and then Beto
00:56:29.880 made a 10
00:56:30.820 who
00:56:31.280 yeah I don't
00:56:32.380 know some guy
00:56:33.200 he ran
00:56:34.040 he ran
00:56:34.600 I remember
00:56:36.320 I remember
00:56:36.340 in New Mexico
00:56:37.780 he's an Irish
00:56:38.300 fellow from Texas
00:56:40.680 right
00:56:40.920 oh yeah
00:56:41.560 did you happen
00:56:43.600 to see
00:56:44.260 his announcement
00:56:46.420 speech in El Paso
00:56:47.580 he gave part of
00:56:48.260 the speech in
00:56:48.780 Spanish
00:56:49.200 and AP
00:56:50.700 reported
00:56:51.440 Beto gave part
00:56:53.000 of the speech
00:56:53.720 in his native
00:56:54.520 tongue
00:56:54.900 and they had
00:56:57.100 to issue
00:56:57.620 a correction
00:56:58.340 because Beto
00:56:59.560 is of course
00:57:00.080 Robert Francis
00:57:00.780 O'Rourke
00:57:01.160 and I had
00:57:02.160 to have some
00:57:02.580 fun with this
00:57:03.060 on Twitter
00:57:03.480 and so I
00:57:03.980 retweeted
00:57:04.380 I said
00:57:04.620 that is
00:57:05.160 impressive
00:57:05.680 I have never
00:57:06.700 seen a political
00:57:07.460 speech given
00:57:08.100 in Gaelic
00:57:08.620 I have to say
00:57:11.200 I'm a little
00:57:11.540 offended right now
00:57:12.400 that we have
00:57:13.300 a white man
00:57:14.160 such as
00:57:14.620 Senator Rafael
00:57:15.300 Ted Cruz
00:57:15.820 here
00:57:16.060 criticizing
00:57:16.760 this obviously
00:57:18.580 Mexican man
00:57:19.340 named Robert
00:57:19.760 Francis O'Rourke
00:57:20.520 this is a
00:57:21.440 microaggression
00:57:22.180 the only reason
00:57:23.460 he'll get away
00:57:23.960 with it
00:57:24.240 is because
00:57:24.880 not one human
00:57:26.360 remembers Beto
00:57:27.040 O'Rourke
00:57:27.360 that guy
00:57:28.960 he got
00:57:29.960 Buttigieg'd
00:57:30.720 right out
00:57:31.600 of the national
00:57:32.080 conversation
00:57:32.900 brah
00:57:33.660 brah
00:57:34.300 morning
00:57:34.740 it's gonna be
00:57:35.360 amazing
00:57:36.280 he's got things
00:57:38.440 to do
00:57:39.480 one more question
00:57:40.340 go Alicia
00:57:41.160 go
00:57:41.520 well it seems
00:57:42.440 as if not
00:57:43.220 everyone
00:57:44.140 everyone is
00:57:44.940 pretty upset
00:57:45.460 with the Game
00:57:45.900 of Thrones
00:57:46.360 you know
00:57:46.760 finale
00:57:47.160 I'm glad
00:57:47.860 I never wasted
00:57:48.560 time on watching
00:57:49.340 any episodes
00:57:50.140 we're definitely
00:57:50.640 gonna talk about it
00:57:51.360 even Jon Snow
00:57:52.360 himself is so upset
00:57:53.220 he checked himself
00:57:53.880 into rehab today
00:57:54.860 but a question
00:57:56.700 comes from Jonathan
00:57:57.660 a Daily Wire
00:57:58.240 subscriber
00:57:58.640 he said
00:57:59.280 he wants to know
00:57:59.900 what you guys
00:58:00.320 think of Game
00:58:00.760 of Thrones
00:58:01.140 but what do you
00:58:02.200 think that the
00:58:02.580 next big show
00:58:03.360 will be now
00:58:04.140 that Game
00:58:04.560 of Thrones
00:58:04.960 is over
00:58:05.580 I'll tell you
00:58:06.460 what the best
00:58:06.760 show on TV
00:58:07.060 right now
00:58:07.460 is Chernobyl
00:58:08.100 so good
00:58:09.040 Chernobyl
00:58:09.400 is incredible
00:58:10.540 it's another level
00:58:11.260 of television
00:58:11.780 it's so good
00:58:12.460 it's like Band
00:58:12.960 of Brothers
00:58:13.300 level good
00:58:13.740 it's so good
00:58:15.120 have you guys
00:58:15.440 seen this
00:58:15.780 no
00:58:16.200 okay so
00:58:17.140 you wanna pitch
00:58:17.700 this through
00:58:18.080 because this
00:58:18.660 is your profession
00:58:19.120 what's the name
00:58:20.140 of the actor
00:58:20.840 I forget
00:58:21.180 is the lead actor
00:58:22.080 the guy from
00:58:22.900 Mad Men
00:58:23.880 yeah and also
00:58:25.360 he's been in
00:58:25.820 everything now
00:58:26.340 right he was also
00:58:26.940 in the one
00:58:28.140 about the Queen
00:58:28.580 he is like
00:58:29.200 Anthony Hopkins
00:58:29.960 level great
00:58:30.560 he's one of the
00:58:31.180 great actors
00:58:31.640 I can't remember
00:58:32.140 his name
00:58:32.500 this thing
00:58:33.400 is just
00:58:34.320 it's almost
00:58:34.840 like a documentary
00:58:36.340 a docudrama
00:58:37.280 yeah
00:58:37.620 and it's so
00:58:38.480 beautifully done
00:58:39.340 and it's a horror movie
00:58:40.940 it's a living
00:58:41.440 real horror movie
00:58:42.440 and it's filmed
00:58:43.120 like a horror movie
00:58:43.800 and it's basically
00:58:44.860 about how
00:58:46.120 Soviet communism
00:58:47.980 allowed
00:58:48.900 brought the world
00:58:50.320 this close to
00:58:51.020 annihilation
00:58:51.520 essentially
00:58:51.920 and it's
00:58:52.360 it's all true
00:58:52.960 right
00:58:53.160 I mean it's about
00:58:53.500 the meltdown
00:58:53.920 at Chernobyl
00:58:54.440 and it follows
00:58:55.280 the bureaucrat
00:58:56.540 like this one
00:58:57.140 bureaucrat
00:58:57.600 the one honest
00:58:58.260 bureaucrat
00:58:58.720 in the Soviet
00:58:59.700 system
00:59:00.020 who's trying
00:59:00.520 desperately
00:59:00.980 to tell the
00:59:02.080 bureaucracy
00:59:02.560 to tell the
00:59:03.080 Politburo
00:59:03.500 you guys need
00:59:04.140 to evacuate
00:59:04.580 this area
00:59:05.100 because you're
00:59:05.440 going to kill
00:59:05.680 300,000 people
00:59:06.700 if you do not
00:59:07.280 and you need
00:59:07.800 to bring in
00:59:08.200 these workers
00:59:08.600 to do this
00:59:09.100 and they're
00:59:09.360 going to die
00:59:09.940 it is the scene
00:59:11.360 where Emily Watson
00:59:12.120 is a physicist
00:59:12.720 goes in
00:59:13.340 to a Soviet
00:59:14.560 official
00:59:14.960 and says
00:59:15.660 you know
00:59:15.900 this is a real
00:59:16.500 disaster
00:59:17.040 and he says
00:59:17.700 well I have a
00:59:18.100 different opinion
00:59:18.600 and she says
00:59:19.360 before you did
00:59:19.960 this you ran
00:59:20.640 a shoe store
00:59:21.200 and he says
00:59:21.800 power to the
00:59:22.440 workers
00:59:22.820 she says
00:59:24.480 I'm a nuclear
00:59:25.080 physicist
00:59:25.520 you ran a
00:59:26.580 shoe store
00:59:26.960 and it is
00:59:27.680 an amazing
00:59:28.500 amazing
00:59:28.980 first of all
00:59:29.460 the acting
00:59:30.060 every actor
00:59:30.960 and it is
00:59:31.380 great
00:59:31.620 the writing
00:59:32.240 is beautiful
00:59:32.760 it's amazing
00:59:33.240 it is
00:59:34.000 it is the
00:59:34.360 best thing
00:59:34.760 I've seen
00:59:35.020 in TV
00:59:35.400 in a very
00:59:36.240 long time
00:59:36.480 and it literally
00:59:37.000 I'm not even
00:59:37.500 finished with it yet
00:59:38.060 it has me
00:59:38.500 on the edge
00:59:38.960 of my seat
00:59:39.420 every episode
00:59:40.220 who plays
00:59:40.560 the dragon
00:59:41.360 so I will
00:59:43.740 confess
00:59:44.140 the nuclear
00:59:44.920 meltdown
00:59:45.320 I'm having
00:59:45.640 the most fun
00:59:46.120 watching
00:59:46.460 is the
00:59:46.700 Democratic
00:59:47.060 presidential
00:59:47.420 and you
00:59:50.840 know what
00:59:51.280 the line
00:59:52.100 I'm a shoe
00:59:52.620 salesman
00:59:53.080 there are
00:59:53.280 actually quite
00:59:53.720 a few
00:59:53.980 of them
00:59:54.260 that could
00:59:54.980 say that
00:59:55.340 as well
00:59:55.660 because that's
00:59:56.080 what they know
00:59:56.460 about running
00:59:56.820 an economy
00:59:57.300 as well
00:59:57.880 Senator Cruz
00:59:59.220 is literally
00:59:59.780 running around
01:00:00.360 saying
01:00:00.620 I am a
01:00:01.580 professional
01:00:02.260 politician
01:00:02.880 this is not
01:00:04.500 going to work
01:00:05.260 but as far
01:00:07.280 as Game of Thrones
01:00:07.800 okay
01:00:08.140 did everybody
01:00:08.800 see it
01:00:09.180 yes
01:00:09.720 you saw it
01:00:10.760 well
01:00:11.060 my favorite
01:00:12.440 part of the
01:00:13.380 whole finale
01:00:13.780 was when
01:00:14.380 Gandalf
01:00:15.140 shut up
01:00:16.240 shut up
01:00:16.980 I have not
01:00:17.900 seen one episode
01:00:18.540 I've not seen
01:00:19.400 15 episodes
01:00:20.000 I've seen every
01:00:20.640 single episode
01:00:21.140 every single one
01:00:22.440 me too
01:00:22.700 I saw every episode
01:00:23.520 I think the four
01:00:24.500 of us have all
01:00:24.900 seen all the episodes
01:00:25.520 I'm dreading this
01:00:26.080 because I know
01:00:26.500 I'm in the minority
01:00:27.180 because I like it
01:00:27.700 oh you liked it
01:00:28.560 oh you are so wrong
01:00:29.980 as per our usual
01:00:31.520 arrangement
01:00:32.080 alright you are
01:00:32.840 incorrect
01:00:33.280 give us the pitch
01:00:33.920 for King Brian
01:00:34.840 I'm going to need
01:00:35.260 to hear this
01:00:35.660 slowly
01:00:36.660 in short sentences
01:00:37.480 I thought
01:00:38.320 that it
01:00:38.820 I don't
01:00:39.740 first of all
01:00:40.180 I think there is
01:00:40.680 something inherently
01:00:41.580 damaging about telling
01:00:43.460 a story over that
01:00:44.180 length of time
01:00:44.800 with input coming
01:00:46.460 in from the public
01:00:47.160 so I think that
01:00:47.720 no television show
01:00:48.720 including television
01:00:49.660 shows I've loved
01:00:50.540 like The Wire
01:00:51.480 and Breaking Bad
01:00:52.900 have really
01:00:53.640 Breaking Bad
01:00:54.280 was awesome
01:00:54.880 it was awesome
01:00:55.380 but it didn't sustain
01:00:56.700 I can pick it apart
01:00:58.080 in its narrative
01:00:59.460 because as a writer
01:01:01.040 if you're writing a story
01:01:01.860 you start reacting
01:01:02.980 to the crowd
01:01:03.300 and it had all those
01:01:04.140 problems
01:01:04.500 and I thought the
01:01:05.080 penultimate season
01:01:05.940 was terrible
01:01:06.480 I think it was the
01:01:07.420 penultimate season
01:01:07.980 where they went
01:01:08.300 however
01:01:09.800 however
01:01:10.560 first of all
01:01:11.800 I was grippingly
01:01:14.060 entertaining
01:01:14.500 every step of the way
01:01:15.700 every step of the way
01:01:16.640 it was never
01:01:17.260 not entertaining
01:01:18.220 there was a moment
01:01:18.940 in the middle
01:01:19.800 of the last season
01:01:20.580 where I thought
01:01:21.060 I care more
01:01:21.880 about who wins
01:01:22.840 that throne
01:01:23.420 than I care about
01:01:24.260 the 2020 election
01:01:25.140 I was so
01:01:26.040 I was so
01:01:27.040 taken with
01:01:27.760 and anytime a story
01:01:28.700 does that
01:01:29.240 it's good
01:01:30.000 it is a good story
01:01:31.320 if you are telling
01:01:32.040 a story
01:01:32.480 and you are that gripped
01:01:33.740 and that carried away
01:01:35.300 it's a good story
01:01:36.100 I thought that weirdly
01:01:38.520 and it turned out
01:01:39.260 like Eric Garcetti
01:01:40.120 ended up
01:01:42.600 weirdly
01:01:43.320 it imitated
01:01:44.220 it imitated
01:01:47.400 real life
01:01:48.220 in the sense
01:01:48.800 that wars begin
01:01:49.860 with big questions
01:01:51.580 and great enthusiasm
01:01:52.600 and racial intensity
01:01:54.520 and they end
01:01:55.580 with a bunch of bureaucrats
01:01:56.500 setting up the sewer system
01:01:57.720 and I thought that
01:01:58.580 that was basically
01:01:59.300 what happened
01:01:59.740 in Game of Thrones
01:02:00.380 I thought the tragic
01:02:01.780 love affair
01:02:03.000 between Jon Snow
01:02:04.140 and Daenerys
01:02:05.000 was absolutely terrific
01:02:06.820 I was wrapped up
01:02:07.840 in that till the end
01:02:08.380 did you see her
01:02:08.800 turning bad
01:02:09.300 yeah
01:02:10.040 see that's the other thing
01:02:11.080 people keep saying
01:02:12.540 that wasn't set up
01:02:13.420 but I saw it like
01:02:13.960 two seasons ago
01:02:14.920 and when
01:02:15.700 I saw it in season one
01:02:17.780 yeah
01:02:18.040 she watched her brother
01:02:19.040 get burned to death
01:02:19.660 with molten gold
01:02:20.700 at that point
01:02:21.160 you're like yeah
01:02:21.840 she crucifies hundreds
01:02:23.000 of people
01:02:23.480 I saw the possibility
01:02:24.660 I just didn't know
01:02:25.220 if they would go there
01:02:25.840 so when it happened
01:02:26.660 all these people
01:02:27.680 said it wasn't set up
01:02:28.540 I thought it was
01:02:29.020 pretty well set up
01:02:29.760 I mean
01:02:30.300 and I just thought
01:02:31.740 it was just
01:02:32.740 a terrific story
01:02:34.200 that really understood
01:02:35.420 power
01:02:35.860 understood how power works
01:02:37.380 and what it does
01:02:37.840 to people
01:02:38.240 and it understood
01:02:39.280 the randomness
01:02:40.100 of life
01:02:41.220 I don't think
01:02:41.840 the idea
01:02:42.860 that they killed
01:02:43.440 people randomly
01:02:44.200 wasn't quite true
01:02:45.480 but they gave the impression
01:02:46.440 that they were doing that
01:02:47.600 and I just thought
01:02:48.420 it was a terrific show
01:02:49.200 and it didn't bother me
01:02:50.420 that it didn't resolve
01:02:53.280 in the way
01:02:54.620 that I wanted it to resolve
01:02:55.640 I don't think
01:02:56.000 that's a story's job
01:02:56.880 so here's my problem
01:02:58.060 I don't even care
01:02:59.380 that Bran
01:02:59.980 becomes king
01:03:01.600 although I think
01:03:02.640 it's idiotic
01:03:03.840 from basic storytelling 101
01:03:05.620 once you melt
01:03:06.880 the iron throne
01:03:07.800 you then can't have
01:03:09.100 in the next scene
01:03:09.720 we choose a king
01:03:10.500 because the entire point
01:03:11.940 of melting the iron throne
01:03:12.960 was to break the wheel
01:03:13.900 to change
01:03:14.540 the whole concept
01:03:15.620 that we're going to have
01:03:16.400 these kings
01:03:16.740 but I'm even willing
01:03:17.620 to grant them
01:03:18.100 that they don't understand
01:03:18.860 what symbolism is
01:03:19.600 the worst thing
01:03:22.360 that happened
01:03:22.840 in the finale
01:03:24.120 is not Bran
01:03:25.100 becoming the king
01:03:25.920 the worst thing
01:03:26.400 that happens
01:03:26.740 in the finale
01:03:27.220 is that after
01:03:28.160 the most consequential thing
01:03:29.540 that has happened
01:03:30.580 in the entire series
01:03:31.580 which is Jon Snow
01:03:32.640 kills Daenerys Targaryen
01:03:34.760 they fade to black
01:03:36.740 they fade to black
01:03:38.380 and they say
01:03:39.180 three weeks later
01:03:40.360 and three weeks later
01:03:41.720 the bureaucrats
01:03:42.320 are sitting
01:03:42.620 so what they
01:03:43.280 what they did
01:03:43.920 is they faced
01:03:44.880 the most difficult question
01:03:46.320 that they were going
01:03:47.460 to have to face
01:03:48.180 as screenwriters
01:03:49.140 and they got so terrified
01:03:51.240 of coming up
01:03:52.060 with the wrong answer
01:03:52.860 that they punted
01:03:53.920 and they gave no answer
01:03:55.400 so you're saying
01:03:56.160 you don't think
01:03:56.600 the Unsullied
01:03:57.100 would have reacted
01:03:57.680 well to that
01:03:58.280 I'm saying
01:03:58.840 I'm saying
01:03:59.920 when the Unsullied
01:04:00.560 come in
01:04:01.040 Jon Snow
01:04:02.000 does not come out
01:04:02.720 the obvious way
01:04:05.300 to end that story
01:04:06.140 the way that
01:04:06.620 everything had built to
01:04:07.640 even the whole fact
01:04:08.740 of Jon's
01:04:09.860 actual lineage
01:04:10.960 as a Targaryen
01:04:12.200 faded to black
01:04:13.860 nothing matters
01:04:14.900 the obvious way
01:04:16.200 to end the story
01:04:16.820 and you could have
01:04:17.320 you could have played
01:04:17.920 every single scene
01:04:19.180 the bureaucrats
01:04:20.720 Bran
01:04:21.140 you could have played
01:04:21.620 100% of that the same
01:04:22.780 if
01:04:23.660 he kills
01:04:25.020 Daenerys Targaryen
01:04:26.220 the dragon
01:04:27.060 doesn't burn the throne
01:04:28.080 because the dragon
01:04:28.700 is an animal
01:04:29.240 and doesn't understand
01:04:29.920 symbolism any better
01:04:30.740 than the writers
01:04:31.260 the dragon
01:04:32.560 tries to burn
01:04:33.500 Jon Snow
01:04:34.260 and he doesn't burn
01:04:34.940 and he doesn't burn
01:04:35.800 and then
01:04:36.640 now his lineage
01:04:38.200 has been proven
01:04:39.260 now he is the master
01:04:41.020 of the dragon
01:04:41.620 he flies out
01:04:42.780 on that dragon
01:04:43.380 which keeps the Unsullied
01:04:44.340 from being an issue
01:04:45.060 and he melts
01:04:46.160 the Iron Throne
01:04:46.780 and he says
01:04:47.620 look
01:04:48.180 I'm obviously
01:04:49.340 the chosen one
01:04:50.120 history
01:04:51.260 fate
01:04:51.780 magic
01:04:52.280 raised from the dead
01:04:53.160 bloodline
01:04:54.080 the whole thing
01:04:54.760 built to this
01:04:55.400 and I say
01:04:55.980 screw the Iron Throne
01:04:56.900 I'm receding
01:04:57.740 into the north
01:04:58.320 you guys figure it out
01:04:59.480 and if they had done that
01:05:00.660 and then all the other scenes
01:05:01.920 are the same
01:05:02.300 they sit around
01:05:02.900 they pick Bran
01:05:03.720 it still wouldn't have
01:05:04.840 made any sense
01:05:05.340 that Bran
01:05:05.780 but I wouldn't have cared
01:05:07.180 because yes
01:05:07.840 they rob Jon
01:05:09.280 of his agency
01:05:09.960 they rob him
01:05:11.060 of his agency
01:05:11.540 they turn Jon
01:05:12.360 into a passive character
01:05:13.320 in the final season
01:05:14.140 spends the entire season
01:05:15.480 doing nothing
01:05:16.040 until he kills Daenerys
01:05:17.280 at which point
01:05:17.920 they imprison him
01:05:18.980 and then forcibly
01:05:19.740 send him back to the north
01:05:20.880 which again makes no sense
01:05:21.800 since the Unsullied
01:05:22.380 have now left
01:05:23.040 and who is the queen
01:05:24.080 of the north
01:05:24.380 oh right
01:05:24.720 his sister
01:05:25.220 who could theoretically
01:05:26.380 just be like
01:05:26.860 yeah we're not doing
01:05:27.640 any of that stuff
01:05:28.260 the Unsullied are gone
01:05:28.980 to turn him into a prisoner
01:05:31.020 and then send him back north
01:05:32.180 makes no sense whatsoever
01:05:33.420 he has to take the throne
01:05:34.540 and then abdicate the throne
01:05:35.540 that makes perfect sense
01:05:36.740 because then he's an active character
01:05:38.020 then he's done all the things
01:05:39.460 he needs to do
01:05:40.000 although he's kind of been
01:05:41.040 a passive character throughout
01:05:42.140 I mean yes and no
01:05:43.540 I mean he does charge directly
01:05:44.620 into the
01:05:45.100 in front of a 6,000 person army
01:05:46.980 he's a brave guy
01:05:47.420 but he's a lone wolf
01:05:48.200 but that's fine for him
01:05:49.480 to be a lone wolf
01:05:50.000 which is why he could
01:05:51.720 abdicate
01:05:51.980 that's why it would have been
01:05:52.720 satisfying for him
01:05:53.640 to finally say
01:05:54.500 okay you know what
01:05:55.260 my whole character has been
01:05:56.840 me being unwilling
01:05:57.900 to step up
01:05:58.500 and take leadership
01:05:59.060 even though people
01:05:59.580 keep trying to thrust
01:06:00.280 leadership on me
01:06:00.920 so for just this moment
01:06:02.860 I have to do it
01:06:03.740 because it's the only way
01:06:04.500 for all these people
01:06:05.060 to survive
01:06:05.520 that would have made sense
01:06:06.900 there were a couple beats
01:06:08.180 in the final episode
01:06:09.120 with him and Daenerys
01:06:10.080 that make no sense
01:06:10.900 that whole conversation
01:06:11.600 with Tyrion
01:06:12.100 where he's like
01:06:12.820 ah but she's still my queen
01:06:14.080 you just watched her
01:06:15.040 roast a million people
01:06:16.120 that ship has sailed
01:06:17.400 my friend
01:06:17.920 if you had just
01:06:18.840 you know had sex
01:06:19.720 with her two episodes
01:06:20.460 you'd go
01:06:20.700 everything's hunky dory
01:06:21.640 right
01:06:22.100 she was basically like
01:06:23.100 marry me
01:06:23.740 have sex with me
01:06:24.380 and everything's good
01:06:25.240 and he's like no
01:06:25.980 and she burns a million people
01:06:27.140 and he's like
01:06:27.360 now I'm into her
01:06:28.220 what
01:06:28.780 wait what now
01:06:29.880 I'm confused
01:06:30.680 I don't know
01:06:32.800 how anybody dates you man
01:06:33.580 I mean like that's
01:06:34.020 that's a very confused
01:06:34.980 you're sending some
01:06:35.520 mixed signals here
01:06:36.220 I guess what I'm saying
01:06:36.840 and then
01:06:37.580 the whole final scene
01:06:39.380 with Tyrion
01:06:40.040 where Tyrion gets up
01:06:41.480 in front of the council
01:06:42.400 and Unsullied guy
01:06:44.080 is like well
01:06:44.920 Grey Worm
01:06:45.360 is like well
01:06:46.040 you don't talk
01:06:46.760 and then he's like
01:06:47.280 okay
01:06:47.640 and then he proceeds
01:06:48.520 to give a seven minute speech
01:06:49.640 to all of Sansa's
01:06:51.880 direct relatives
01:06:52.680 right
01:06:53.420 I mean everybody there
01:06:54.380 is a direct relative
01:06:55.340 of Bran
01:06:55.860 right
01:06:56.080 every single person there
01:06:57.140 with I think two exceptions
01:06:58.200 is a direct relative
01:06:59.220 so it's pretty obvious
01:06:59.860 how this particular election
01:07:00.840 is going to go
01:07:01.920 and when he gives his speech
01:07:03.280 first of all
01:07:03.920 there's nothing I hate more
01:07:04.920 in TV
01:07:05.680 than this
01:07:06.440 this pathetic nonsense
01:07:08.460 where writers justify
01:07:09.760 their own job
01:07:10.440 to the audience
01:07:11.000 I hate this crap so much
01:07:12.400 so you have him
01:07:13.380 give a speech
01:07:13.760 the only thing that matters
01:07:14.860 is story
01:07:15.520 oh that was terrible
01:07:16.360 shut your freaking head
01:07:18.300 I agree
01:07:18.600 that's a bunch of nonsense
01:07:19.560 that's that Yuval Harari crap
01:07:20.980 I hate that
01:07:21.740 it's garbage
01:07:23.060 it's garbage in sociology
01:07:24.200 and it's garbage
01:07:24.980 when it comes to
01:07:25.700 writers justifying
01:07:26.920 why I'm watching your show
01:07:27.660 I don't need you to lecture me
01:07:28.460 on why I just watched your show
01:07:29.580 I got it
01:07:30.600 it was entertaining
01:07:31.160 I don't need you to tell me
01:07:32.280 stories are the only thing
01:07:33.320 that matters
01:07:33.740 and all this kind of nonsense
01:07:34.380 and then
01:07:35.300 for him to say
01:07:35.840 and the best story
01:07:36.740 is Bran
01:07:37.620 the Broken
01:07:38.300 who was thrown off a tower
01:07:40.060 his story
01:07:40.680 his story is so good
01:07:41.840 that he set out a season
01:07:43.360 right
01:07:43.900 one entire season
01:07:45.400 my favorite thing there
01:07:46.760 was that
01:07:47.480 Tyrion is saying things like
01:07:49.380 and then he
01:07:50.160 he became the Three-Eyed Raven
01:07:51.700 now
01:07:52.140 no one in that room
01:07:54.200 knows what the F
01:07:55.160 Tyrion is talking about
01:07:56.280 he goes he became
01:07:57.020 no one knows what
01:07:57.920 the Three-Eyed Raven is
01:07:58.860 the only person who knows
01:07:59.940 what the Three-Eyed Raven is
01:08:01.000 is maybe Sansa
01:08:02.440 maybe
01:08:03.100 and also Sansa's
01:08:04.200 sitting right there
01:08:04.640 and she's like
01:08:04.880 well I gotta be honest
01:08:05.720 my story's kind of
01:08:06.440 better than this
01:08:06.920 my story was
01:08:07.960 I got forcibly married
01:08:09.480 to this guy
01:08:09.940 he got killed
01:08:10.540 and then I got married
01:08:11.320 to Tyrion
01:08:11.780 and then I got shipped
01:08:12.640 off to get raped
01:08:13.360 and I suddenly became
01:08:14.260 queen of the North
01:08:14.820 Daenerys' story
01:08:16.020 she's one of the best
01:08:16.720 female characters
01:08:17.400 anybody's written
01:08:18.060 actually Arya is pretty
01:08:19.260 pretty good
01:08:19.760 Arya has a good
01:08:20.760 so basically
01:08:21.580 everyone there
01:08:22.400 including the weird uncle
01:08:23.660 who gets up
01:08:24.200 and tries to take
01:08:24.860 the crown for a second
01:08:25.620 has a better story
01:08:26.540 than Bran
01:08:27.020 and he's like
01:08:27.740 but story
01:08:28.260 story's everything
01:08:28.820 first of all
01:08:29.440 you know
01:08:29.620 I guarantee you
01:08:30.520 the weird uncle
01:08:31.080 is a US Senate
01:08:31.760 final note
01:08:34.720 final note
01:08:35.200 when he
01:08:35.920 when he says
01:08:36.540 story is everything
01:08:37.440 this has never been
01:08:38.800 true in Westeros
01:08:39.640 ever
01:08:39.960 ever
01:08:40.960 it is a lie
01:08:41.980 right
01:08:42.360 when he says
01:08:42.840 story is everything
01:08:43.480 so yeah
01:08:44.040 the people are just
01:08:44.680 going to suddenly
01:08:45.080 accept this weirdo
01:08:46.480 as the head
01:08:46.940 as the head
01:08:47.480 of the Iron Throne
01:08:48.020 my only point
01:08:48.940 my only point
01:08:49.660 though is
01:08:50.040 and all of this
01:08:51.020 I think is
01:08:51.380 absolutely great
01:08:52.400 I would sit
01:08:52.820 and listen to it
01:08:53.400 forever
01:08:53.680 when
01:08:54.780 little Nell died
01:08:56.600 right
01:08:56.860 people gathered
01:08:57.580 on the ports
01:08:58.380 in America
01:08:59.120 waiting for the
01:08:59.900 chapter to come
01:09:00.440 and screaming
01:09:00.960 as the boat
01:09:01.720 came in
01:09:02.180 they screamed
01:09:02.660 does she live
01:09:03.420 or does she die
01:09:04.100 when you do that
01:09:04.900 to somebody
01:09:05.240 you've done a great job
01:09:06.520 they did
01:09:07.120 they did a great job
01:09:08.200 they fumbled
01:09:08.860 at the one yard line
01:09:10.420 but the fact
01:09:11.180 even the fact
01:09:11.880 that we're sitting
01:09:12.260 here talking about it
01:09:13.180 indicates what a great job
01:09:14.340 I don't think
01:09:14.680 that's fair
01:09:15.080 yes they did
01:09:16.420 a great job
01:09:17.360 for eight seasons
01:09:18.660 and five episodes
01:09:20.140 that doesn't mean
01:09:21.260 the fact that we were
01:09:22.220 that invested
01:09:22.660 doesn't mean
01:09:23.180 that they actually
01:09:23.680 carried the ball
01:09:24.420 across
01:09:24.620 and Lost was great
01:09:25.300 for five seasons
01:09:25.940 but it's also
01:09:27.320 the whole thing
01:09:28.060 the whole thing
01:09:28.700 is based
01:09:29.000 on the War of the Roses
01:09:32.020 yeah
01:09:32.820 and the War of the Roses
01:09:34.660 doesn't end
01:09:35.700 with you take the person
01:09:37.120 with the best claim
01:09:38.560 to the throne
01:09:39.220 and you send them
01:09:40.380 over to Normandy
01:09:41.860 because guess
01:09:42.640 what that person
01:09:43.380 does less than
01:09:44.660 a generation later
01:09:45.520 it has to end
01:09:48.340 with the murder
01:09:49.080 of all of your opponents
01:09:50.120 that's the only way
01:09:50.860 that it can
01:09:51.120 well you know
01:09:51.640 Hollywood has gotten
01:09:52.380 so political
01:09:53.080 there are two
01:09:53.780 alternative endings
01:09:54.580 they could have done
01:09:55.260 that would have
01:09:55.680 mirrored the 2020 election
01:09:56.960 they could have
01:09:59.140 number one
01:09:59.940 made Ned Stark
01:10:01.480 the king
01:10:03.220 because like
01:10:04.560 the 2020 Democrats
01:10:05.700 he has no brain
01:10:06.900 and lost his head
01:10:07.660 or if they gave in
01:10:11.320 to their political
01:10:12.040 predilections
01:10:12.760 they could have
01:10:13.420 made the White Walkers
01:10:14.900 the king
01:10:15.760 and said
01:10:16.480 that all Republicans
01:10:17.420 are Nazis
01:10:17.900 you know
01:10:20.480 that was
01:10:21.080 to be honest
01:10:22.120 that was my biggest
01:10:23.000 disappointment
01:10:23.480 in the show
01:10:23.860 was the White Walkers
01:10:24.580 I thought
01:10:25.160 I loved
01:10:25.900 I loved
01:10:26.440 that they introduced
01:10:27.060 that like
01:10:27.420 in the first episode
01:10:28.200 and then it just
01:10:29.100 kind of crept in
01:10:30.300 and it had a lot
01:10:31.280 of symbolic valence
01:10:33.260 the idea that
01:10:34.120 everybody has to
01:10:34.780 unite against death
01:10:35.520 because death
01:10:35.980 is a threat
01:10:36.360 to every single person
01:10:37.220 and then it just
01:10:38.180 kind of died
01:10:38.680 you never found out
01:10:39.660 who the Night King was
01:10:40.820 this is actually
01:10:42.360 the big problem
01:10:43.040 with the Night King
01:10:43.800 as a character
01:10:44.280 so somebody
01:10:45.100 pointed this out
01:10:46.220 online
01:10:46.440 I want to give credit
01:10:47.820 but I can't remember
01:10:48.320 who it is
01:10:48.660 they were saying
01:10:49.400 if you contrast Sauron
01:10:50.480 I think it was
01:10:50.860 Ross Studehet
01:10:51.360 if you contrast Sauron
01:10:53.520 as a character
01:10:54.200 with the Night King
01:10:55.040 as a character
01:10:55.540 the thing about Sauron
01:10:56.360 is that what's interesting
01:10:57.580 about Sauron
01:10:58.000 is not Sauron
01:10:58.800 what's interesting
01:10:59.300 about Sauron
01:10:59.640 is how everyone
01:11:00.080 reacts to Sauron
01:11:00.980 so in the middle
01:11:01.560 of the Battle of Gondor
01:11:02.940 you have Denethor
01:11:03.800 who's lighting his kid
01:11:04.740 on fire
01:11:05.260 because he's gone crazy
01:11:06.520 from having to make
01:11:07.880 these decisions
01:11:08.660 about what to do
01:11:09.500 with Sauron
01:11:10.080 by the way
01:11:10.620 I've just been
01:11:11.100 officially out geeked
01:11:12.160 you've got Saruman
01:11:15.660 who becomes
01:11:16.240 an actual emissary
01:11:17.280 of the Dark Lord
01:11:18.280 you have a bunch
01:11:18.980 of people reacting
01:11:19.680 in different ways
01:11:20.180 the problem with
01:11:20.780 the Night King
01:11:21.100 is because he is death
01:11:22.180 there's only one way
01:11:23.260 for the characters
01:11:23.880 realistically to act
01:11:25.620 toward him
01:11:26.100 which makes it
01:11:26.760 a very boring conflict
01:11:27.660 because everyone
01:11:28.380 is innately united
01:11:29.580 by this
01:11:30.600 the only person
01:11:31.260 the only exception
01:11:31.680 being Sauron
01:11:32.240 who makes a basic fact
01:11:32.920 the way to fix that
01:11:33.060 would have been to give him
01:11:33.440 a better story
01:11:34.260 to get the Night King
01:11:35.080 a better story
01:11:35.540 so a final point
01:11:36.860 on my Ned Stark theory
01:11:38.000 if you think
01:11:39.980 about his central theme
01:11:43.000 it is winter is coming
01:11:45.260 so it's climate change
01:11:46.760 Jay Inslee
01:11:47.900 is going to be
01:11:48.360 the Democratic nominee
01:11:49.320 Jay Inslee
01:11:50.700 is the brand of this race
01:11:51.740 he's just sitting there
01:11:52.880 all uselessly
01:11:53.780 I can't wait
01:11:55.300 until he gets the nomination
01:11:56.040 it's like
01:11:56.500 isn't there a nomination
01:11:58.260 it's like
01:11:58.600 I'm flying like a bird man
01:11:59.420 flying like a bird
01:12:00.780 don't disrespect Eric Solwell
01:12:02.660 actually you're right
01:12:05.720 he is like Bran
01:12:06.280 he just released a video
01:12:07.700 where he said
01:12:08.060 his job is to sit and listen
01:12:09.360 did you see that
01:12:10.320 and oddly enough
01:12:11.900 when you threaten
01:12:12.760 to launch thermonuclear weapons
01:12:14.320 at the voters
01:12:14.820 that turns out
01:12:15.540 not to be good politics
01:12:16.320 and just as a literal fact
01:12:19.240 Eric Solwell
01:12:20.040 campaigns on the slogan
01:12:21.360 I am you
01:12:22.160 so he actually is Bran
01:12:24.420 so he actually does
01:12:25.660 take control
01:12:27.100 at the end of the show
01:12:27.760 I have to say by the way
01:12:28.400 as someone who's not
01:12:29.200 a big fan
01:12:30.000 of the Game of Thrones
01:12:31.700 the Lord of the Rings
01:12:32.760 books
01:12:33.480 I love the movies
01:12:34.660 but I just thought
01:12:35.700 the books were just
01:12:36.300 almost an act
01:12:37.500 of insanity
01:12:38.600 however
01:12:39.560 J.R.R. Tolkien
01:12:41.020 was a brilliant guy
01:12:42.080 who had a vision
01:12:42.700 and put that vision
01:12:43.820 onto paper
01:12:44.680 and that is the problem
01:12:46.000 entirely with Game of Thrones
01:12:47.780 which I think
01:12:48.320 undermines it
01:12:48.960 from beginning to end
01:12:49.940 is that there is
01:12:50.680 no vision
01:12:51.320 in it
01:12:51.800 and nobody actually knows
01:12:53.480 I mean
01:12:53.920 there's a lord of light
01:12:55.280 in it
01:12:55.500 who brings people
01:12:56.140 back to life
01:12:56.720 repeatedly
01:12:57.360 but he's completely
01:12:58.900 irrelevant
01:12:59.300 and I think
01:13:00.060 that that actually
01:13:00.900 except that Melisandre
01:13:01.700 provides the services
01:13:02.700 of a grip
01:13:03.120 in that one episode
01:13:03.800 so we can see
01:13:04.180 what the hell
01:13:04.480 is going on
01:13:04.920 but that's very real
01:13:06.500 for people
01:13:06.980 like the author
01:13:07.800 it's very real
01:13:08.840 for the guy's
01:13:09.540 an atheist basically
01:13:10.420 and it's very real
01:13:11.520 that all the effects
01:13:12.760 of God is there
01:13:13.880 and they know it
01:13:14.580 but they're just
01:13:15.080 not going to react
01:13:15.760 they're just going
01:13:16.340 to ignore it
01:13:16.800 and I think
01:13:17.120 that that is
01:13:17.540 now it's time
01:13:18.940 for me to piss
01:13:19.380 on George R.R. Martin
01:13:20.140 so this guy
01:13:21.080 his last book
01:13:21.800 when did
01:13:22.080 last one come out
01:13:23.720 the book number five
01:13:25.440 came out
01:13:25.800 1982
01:13:26.720 I mean like
01:13:27.780 it came out
01:13:28.580 like seven
01:13:28.880 eight years ago
01:13:29.420 and so he sits around
01:13:30.320 doing nothing
01:13:30.960 and not contributing
01:13:31.700 anything
01:13:31.940 so that was Joe Biden's
01:13:32.460 sixth term
01:13:32.940 and he sits around
01:13:36.660 doing nothing
01:13:37.260 for years on end
01:13:38.260 and then
01:13:38.840 did you see this
01:13:41.020 the series finale
01:13:41.620 came out
01:13:42.360 and then they asked him
01:13:42.980 about it
01:13:43.140 he said
01:13:43.300 well you know
01:13:43.720 I'm going to write
01:13:44.060 the books differently
01:13:44.720 it's like
01:13:45.600 oh you are
01:13:46.480 just the worst
01:13:47.360 so you're willing
01:13:48.120 to take millions
01:13:48.700 of dollars from HBO
01:13:49.580 so they can buy
01:13:50.080 the rights to your stuff
01:13:50.940 and then you're going
01:13:51.560 to wait for everybody
01:13:52.300 to hate the ending
01:13:52.980 and then you're going
01:13:53.700 to crap all over
01:13:54.240 the people
01:13:54.640 who did the only
01:13:55.500 like he basically
01:13:56.340 abandoned the books
01:13:57.080 when it became clear
01:13:57.820 that he had no place
01:13:58.580 to go
01:13:58.980 I mean I've read
01:13:59.660 all the books
01:14:00.120 and books one
01:14:00.600 and three are good
01:14:01.060 and the rest are garbage
01:14:01.760 and he just ran
01:14:03.000 out of things to say
01:14:03.800 and so he just
01:14:04.220 stopped writing
01:14:04.720 and then other people
01:14:05.320 filled in his blanks
01:14:06.020 and now he's mad
01:14:06.380 at them for filling
01:14:06.880 in his blanks
01:14:07.220 but the weirdest thing
01:14:08.160 is when J.K. Rowling
01:14:09.160 came out
01:14:09.620 and said that Jon Snow
01:14:10.420 was always gay
01:14:11.460 it's so weird
01:14:17.360 there is this problem
01:14:18.900 with TV though
01:14:19.460 The Wire is a classic example
01:14:20.900 the last season
01:14:21.800 of The Wire
01:14:22.180 is some of the worst
01:14:22.820 television I've ever seen
01:14:23.840 and the first season
01:14:24.700 is some of the best
01:14:25.840 the first season's fantastic
01:14:26.540 yeah it's amazing
01:14:27.420 and third season's pretty good
01:14:28.560 there's a genuine problem
01:14:29.640 with writing a story
01:14:30.520 over that much time
01:14:31.200 with people in your head
01:14:32.320 House of Cards
01:14:33.380 had that same arc
01:14:34.240 the first two seasons
01:14:35.780 are spectacular
01:14:36.460 and then it steadily
01:14:37.400 went downhill
01:14:37.880 and almost every television show
01:14:39.320 is best in the first season
01:14:40.760 because that's the arc
01:14:41.640 and it's just part
01:14:43.280 of the business
01:14:43.740 of writing TV
01:14:44.440 that you have to throw in
01:14:45.220 everything you've got
01:14:46.040 in the first episode
01:14:47.260 and then explain it
01:14:48.380 over the first season
01:14:49.180 by the end of that
01:14:50.020 you're kind of done
01:14:50.720 this is why I'm a fan
01:14:52.020 of the streaming
01:14:52.520 because the truth is
01:14:53.780 the move toward miniseries
01:14:54.720 which I thought were dead
01:14:55.420 back in the 1980s
01:14:56.180 this was the big thing
01:14:56.820 in the 1980s
01:14:57.540 they actually had
01:14:58.040 all these great miniseries
01:14:59.100 that came out
01:14:59.640 and then they stopped
01:15:01.220 with the miniseries
01:15:01.820 and they went to
01:15:02.400 just series series
01:15:03.120 and that only works
01:15:04.680 for comedy
01:15:05.080 because you can write
01:15:05.620 the same characters
01:15:06.200 every single episode
01:15:07.000 but for a drama
01:15:07.700 that actually has
01:15:08.880 some sort of connection
01:15:09.480 between the episodes
01:15:10.200 if there's no character
01:15:11.320 development
01:15:11.720 then there's no place
01:15:13.020 to go
01:15:13.340 and if there is
01:15:14.020 character development
01:15:14.640 then there has to be
01:15:15.700 a termination point
01:15:16.540 for the characters
01:15:17.600 and so you end up
01:15:18.840 in this weird situation
01:15:19.600 where basically
01:15:20.140 you should basically
01:15:20.840 just say three seasons
01:15:21.740 and out
01:15:22.280 and every show here
01:15:23.400 would have been better
01:15:23.920 at three seasons
01:15:24.480 and out
01:15:24.820 that's what the British
01:15:25.040 used to do
01:15:25.760 and it's funny
01:15:26.440 because the only show
01:15:27.160 that's actually about this
01:15:28.060 and I think it's probably
01:15:29.160 one of the best works of art
01:15:30.480 of our time
01:15:31.080 is The Sopranos
01:15:31.880 which is actually
01:15:32.640 about the fact
01:15:34.200 that in TV
01:15:34.720 nobody ever changes
01:15:35.560 and so like
01:15:36.800 TV is actually
01:15:38.080 a lot more like life
01:15:39.080 than books and plays
01:15:41.280 because in a book
01:15:41.960 and a play
01:15:42.300 there's a character
01:15:42.860 who has an arc
01:15:43.460 but in real life
01:15:44.580 most people just don't change
01:15:45.940 they just do different things
01:15:47.220 like so if you're a cop
01:15:48.380 you're the same guy
01:15:49.300 when you started
01:15:49.880 but you handle
01:15:50.380 a lot of different cases
01:15:51.260 it's a lot more like television
01:15:52.520 and in The Sopranos
01:15:53.900 all this stuff happens
01:15:54.860 and everybody says
01:15:55.340 oh now I've got a revelation
01:15:56.360 and then the next episode
01:15:57.920 like in The Simpsons
01:15:58.900 they're exactly back
01:16:00.160 where they started
01:16:00.780 and that I thought
01:16:01.460 was just genius
01:16:02.180 because I thought
01:16:02.580 that was what the show
01:16:03.260 was about
01:16:03.660 and that one
01:16:04.320 does hold up
01:16:05.080 it worked right
01:16:05.720 it worked through all
01:16:06.460 of the seasons
01:16:06.780 yeah it does
01:16:07.060 it's an amazing show
01:16:07.800 to quote The Bard
01:16:08.560 things in this life
01:16:09.440 change very slowly
01:16:10.480 if they ever change at all
01:16:11.860 which Bard is it?
01:16:14.340 Don Henley
01:16:15.040 whenever I say The Bard
01:16:16.020 it's always Don Henley
01:16:16.800 if you guys want to know
01:16:17.420 listen
01:16:18.640 the one that I'm excited
01:16:20.800 about right now
01:16:21.460 and it's a one time thing
01:16:22.760 it's an event
01:16:23.260 it's not going to be
01:16:24.480 a new series
01:16:25.060 John Wick 3
01:16:26.180 Ben is so into John Wick 3
01:16:28.320 oh my god
01:16:29.240 don't tell me
01:16:29.820 I've seen 1 and 2
01:16:30.700 I haven't seen 3
01:16:31.320 okay so I won't spoil it
01:16:32.220 all I will say
01:16:32.800 isn't there a pretty
01:16:34.440 tough dog in it?
01:16:35.580 yeah
01:16:35.760 all I will say
01:16:37.040 okay so it's all
01:16:37.760 in the preview
01:16:38.160 he's riding a horse
01:16:39.300 okay man
01:16:39.920 he rides a horse
01:16:40.960 and also
01:16:41.560 there are three
01:16:43.060 action sequences
01:16:43.900 that open the film
01:16:44.720 and they are
01:16:45.440 maybe the three
01:16:46.380 best action sequences
01:16:47.360 ever
01:16:47.700 okay stop talking
01:16:48.600 stop talking
01:16:48.960 because I haven't seen it
01:16:49.480 they're so good
01:16:50.060 oh my goodness
01:16:51.080 Deadwood
01:16:51.700 oh yeah
01:16:52.600 on the 31st
01:16:53.940 we get a finale
01:16:54.640 to Deadwood
01:16:55.500 which I think
01:16:56.460 the first season
01:16:57.000 of Deadwood
01:16:57.480 the first four episodes
01:16:58.520 of Deadwood
01:16:58.780 are unbelievably good
01:17:00.420 and then it's just
01:17:01.820 a lot of cursing
01:17:03.240 every now and again
01:17:05.860 in Deadwood
01:17:06.200 there's a great episode
01:17:07.340 that's right
01:17:07.820 like it'll go for
01:17:08.380 like five episodes
01:17:09.440 and it'll be terrible
01:17:09.980 and then suddenly
01:17:10.700 you go like
01:17:11.000 whoa
01:17:11.460 what was that?
01:17:12.040 yeah that's exactly
01:17:12.820 right
01:17:12.960 Ben you talk about
01:17:14.080 shows with a lot
01:17:14.740 of cursing
01:17:15.460 one of my favorite
01:17:16.220 movies one of the
01:17:16.880 funniest movies ever
01:17:17.780 I think is Team America
01:17:18.900 yeah
01:17:19.540 I mean it's just
01:17:20.400 side splitting
01:17:21.200 but I will say
01:17:22.380 when Heidi and I
01:17:23.100 were fairly newly
01:17:24.280 married and Heidi
01:17:25.060 and I watched
01:17:25.560 together she's not
01:17:26.180 a movie person
01:17:26.780 but she laughed
01:17:28.540 so hard she almost
01:17:29.300 fell out of the chair
01:17:30.020 so we then were
01:17:31.440 on a family vacation
01:17:32.320 with her parents
01:17:33.000 and we're like
01:17:33.380 okay this is so funny
01:17:34.520 let's put it on
01:17:35.780 and I guess we'd
01:17:37.380 sort of forgotten
01:17:38.260 just how much
01:17:39.180 cursing there is
01:17:40.120 so I'm sitting
01:17:41.060 there with my
01:17:41.680 in-laws
01:17:42.120 watching this
01:17:43.160 like
01:17:43.440 it was really
01:17:45.300 okay don't go
01:17:46.400 down that road
01:17:47.100 do not watch
01:17:47.880 Team America
01:17:48.300 with your in-laws
01:17:48.840 bad bad
01:17:49.680 the puppet sex
01:17:50.760 scene
01:17:51.080 would be like
01:17:52.340 marriage and
01:17:53.060 I did tell my
01:17:54.700 dad
01:17:54.840 so my dad
01:17:55.440 had seen the
01:17:55.920 movie
01:17:56.180 and my mom
01:17:56.840 said can't you
01:17:57.300 watch him
01:17:57.560 I said no
01:17:57.920 this is too old
01:17:58.420 for you
01:17:58.800 even I cringe
01:18:03.020 during the puppet
01:18:03.560 section
01:18:03.760 so I want to
01:18:05.880 take two more
01:18:06.400 questions from
01:18:07.040 our Daily Wire
01:18:07.620 subscribers
01:18:08.120 since you know
01:18:08.980 they keep us
01:18:09.500 all in business
01:18:09.980 so we're going
01:18:10.840 to kick it
01:18:11.160 back over to
01:18:11.980 Elisha at
01:18:12.840 Daily Wire
01:18:13.440 headquarters
01:18:13.840 you can put
01:18:14.620 in your
01:18:14.980 it's not too late
01:18:15.900 to get in a
01:18:16.240 question for
01:18:16.780 any of us
01:18:17.240 or for
01:18:17.560 Senator Cruz
01:18:18.220 over at
01:18:19.120 www.dailywire.com
01:18:21.320 slash subscribe
01:18:22.700 Elisha what have
01:18:23.980 you for us
01:18:24.920 I'm sorry
01:18:25.520 I'm just burning
01:18:26.200 up over here
01:18:26.820 because I have
01:18:27.240 my own personal
01:18:27.800 space heater
01:18:28.400 that is my
01:18:28.980 33 week old
01:18:30.180 baby
01:18:30.540 and I got
01:18:31.600 it's not a baby
01:18:31.960 it's a cluster of cells
01:18:32.740 oh sorry
01:18:33.320 sorry fetus
01:18:34.560 the heartbeat
01:18:35.480 isn't real either
01:18:36.160 I heard some
01:18:37.020 idiots say that
01:18:37.560 on Twitter too
01:18:38.380 but I got like
01:18:39.640 Michael and I
01:18:40.620 got his and hers
01:18:41.260 matching velvet
01:18:42.000 smoking jackets
01:18:42.600 and I'm still
01:18:43.640 really hurt
01:18:44.820 that I got
01:18:45.520 kicked out of the room
01:18:46.500 and this velvet
01:18:47.420 jacket is burning up
01:18:48.880 and I can't
01:18:49.440 handle it anymore
01:18:50.140 but I will
01:18:51.640 keep it on
01:18:52.260 for our subscribers
01:18:53.180 best dedication
01:18:55.040 Rune wants to know
01:18:56.580 and this question
01:18:57.460 is for everyone
01:18:58.140 so I'd really like
01:18:59.160 everyone's feedback
01:18:59.800 especially since we
01:19:00.660 have a guy that
01:19:01.040 actually ran for
01:19:01.860 president in the room
01:19:02.760 tonight the question
01:19:04.080 for everyone is
01:19:05.120 who do you think
01:19:06.180 is the most genuine
01:19:07.240 democratic presidential
01:19:08.560 candidate
01:19:09.000 genuine
01:19:09.860 the most genuine
01:19:10.620 Bernie
01:19:11.020 Bernie is not afraid
01:19:13.180 to fully be Bernie
01:19:14.040 Bernie says what
01:19:15.000 Bernie believes
01:19:15.700 Bernie shouts
01:19:16.860 what Bernie believes
01:19:17.680 Bernie sings
01:19:18.920 what Bernie believes
01:19:19.880 topless in the
01:19:20.560 Soviet Union
01:19:21.200 at no point is
01:19:25.700 Bernie anything
01:19:26.520 other than Bernie
01:19:27.280 and let me plead
01:19:28.840 with the other
01:19:29.320 democratic candidates
01:19:30.160 please don't follow
01:19:30.920 that particular
01:19:31.480 Ben what do you
01:19:35.300 think
01:19:35.880 well I think
01:19:36.360 you've answered
01:19:37.120 the question
01:19:37.500 we all have the
01:19:37.960 same answer
01:19:38.220 okay next question
01:19:38.860 next question
01:19:39.400 all right
01:19:40.100 this one is for
01:19:40.920 Senator Cruz
01:19:41.560 and comes from
01:19:42.160 a subscriber named
01:19:43.440 John
01:19:43.780 he wants to know
01:19:44.360 can you give us
01:19:45.200 some insight into
01:19:46.060 what it's actually
01:19:47.000 like behind the
01:19:47.740 closed doors of
01:19:48.360 Congress
01:19:48.720 are people
01:19:49.520 actually civil
01:19:50.880 or is it exactly
01:19:52.440 how we see it
01:19:53.160 in the media
01:19:53.560 you know
01:19:53.980 talking heads
01:19:54.900 yelling at each
01:19:55.600 other all the time
01:19:56.140 it varies a lot
01:19:57.860 one of the things
01:19:58.640 is there's very
01:19:59.180 little debate
01:19:59.620 in Congress
01:20:00.120 so like if you
01:20:01.460 go speak on the
01:20:02.280 Senate floor
01:20:02.840 you know
01:20:03.200 you have
01:20:04.980 visions of
01:20:05.800 Mr. Smith
01:20:07.140 going to
01:20:07.640 Washington
01:20:08.080 and you're
01:20:09.380 passionately
01:20:10.080 persuading your
01:20:10.780 colleagues
01:20:11.280 truth of the
01:20:12.100 matter is when
01:20:12.440 you speak on
01:20:12.840 the Senate floor
01:20:13.420 it's usually
01:20:13.900 a completely
01:20:14.760 empty chamber
01:20:15.580 and you're just
01:20:16.100 talking to the
01:20:16.720 C-SPAN
01:20:17.260 camera
01:20:18.380 if you remember
01:20:19.760 the first year
01:20:20.740 I was in the
01:20:21.200 Senate
01:20:21.400 we were debating
01:20:22.120 gun control
01:20:22.740 and I tried
01:20:24.680 to engage
01:20:26.040 Dianne Feinstein
01:20:27.160 on the second
01:20:28.460 amendment
01:20:28.760 and actually have
01:20:29.680 a constitutional
01:20:30.260 debate
01:20:30.680 where her gun
01:20:31.880 control bill
01:20:32.600 specified
01:20:33.860 about 2,000
01:20:35.720 different
01:20:36.240 guns that would
01:20:38.480 be banned
01:20:38.880 and she specifically
01:20:39.920 named which guns
01:20:40.740 would be banned
01:20:41.200 and which wouldn't
01:20:42.260 and I asked her
01:20:43.340 I said look
01:20:43.820 you've specified
01:20:44.680 you're going to
01:20:45.660 ban some guns
01:20:46.360 and not others
01:20:46.960 now the language
01:20:48.040 of the second
01:20:49.040 amendment
01:20:49.460 that talks about
01:20:52.060 the right of the
01:20:52.640 people to keep
01:20:53.180 and bear arms
01:20:53.900 shall not be
01:20:54.480 infringed
01:20:55.020 that's exactly
01:20:55.820 the same language
01:20:56.720 that you find
01:20:57.920 in other parts
01:20:58.820 of the bill
01:20:59.120 of rights
01:20:59.480 including the
01:21:00.020 first amendment
01:21:00.640 the right of the
01:21:02.760 people to
01:21:03.100 peaceably assemble
01:21:03.940 to speak
01:21:06.400 and I said
01:21:07.740 would you allow
01:21:09.200 the same kind
01:21:09.820 of restrictions
01:21:10.300 on the first
01:21:10.980 amendment
01:21:11.360 specifying which
01:21:12.720 books are allowed
01:21:13.460 and which books
01:21:14.040 aren't that you're
01:21:14.600 willing to allow
01:21:15.120 on the second
01:21:15.520 amendment
01:21:15.780 and I sort
01:21:17.660 of naively
01:21:18.220 as a freshman
01:21:18.880 thought okay
01:21:19.320 that's a
01:21:19.620 constitutional question
01:21:20.480 we're in the
01:21:20.920 senate we're in
01:21:21.380 the judiciary
01:21:21.800 committee
01:21:22.380 we ought to
01:21:22.920 be able to
01:21:23.180 debate these
01:21:23.680 things
01:21:24.020 and you may
01:21:25.800 remember she
01:21:26.260 turned and
01:21:27.240 roared at me
01:21:28.900 I am not a
01:21:29.940 sixth grader
01:21:30.740 and she got
01:21:32.360 incredibly angry
01:21:33.620 with me
01:21:34.260 that I asked
01:21:35.320 her this question
01:21:35.900 the world's
01:21:36.520 greatest deliberative
01:21:37.220 if you had
01:21:37.720 been a sixth
01:21:38.020 grader she would
01:21:38.400 have yelled at you
01:21:38.920 you should have
01:21:39.960 visited her offices
01:21:40.840 and talked to her
01:21:41.440 about climate change
01:21:42.120 it would have been
01:21:42.540 great
01:21:42.780 that was actually
01:21:43.760 pretty spectacular
01:21:44.460 so I have hated
01:21:46.320 my senator my
01:21:47.020 entire life
01:21:47.580 this is my
01:21:48.140 senator and that
01:21:49.100 was the best
01:21:49.580 moment I have
01:21:50.260 ever seen
01:21:50.760 I actually did
01:21:53.080 compliment Diane
01:21:53.900 on that
01:21:54.300 when she turns
01:21:55.600 to the protester
01:21:56.340 the protester
01:21:57.000 said you know
01:21:58.920 what what was it
01:21:59.600 I'm sorry I
01:22:00.240 voted for you
01:22:00.780 she says how
01:22:01.180 old are you
01:22:01.980 16 well then
01:22:02.720 you didn't vote
01:22:03.260 for me
01:22:03.740 that was a
01:22:06.220 pretty remarkable
01:22:06.840 experience
01:22:07.140 the only time
01:22:07.320 I've thought that
01:22:07.900 Diane Feinstein
01:22:08.560 has earned my
01:22:09.340 vote it was so
01:22:10.080 great her owning
01:22:10.900 small children
01:22:11.580 I was like
01:22:12.280 absolutely
01:22:12.760 I love
01:22:13.360 Diane Feinstein
01:22:14.220 every single
01:22:15.200 moment that
01:22:15.680 Barbara Boxer
01:22:16.300 was in the
01:22:16.680 senate
01:22:16.860 I just thought
01:22:18.520 well if I've
01:22:19.480 only got two
01:22:20.120 I've got to be
01:22:21.000 employed
01:22:21.320 so but on the
01:22:23.340 question it
01:22:23.820 varies a lot
01:22:24.640 that there are
01:22:25.820 some senators
01:22:27.180 sort of like
01:22:27.820 every other
01:22:28.300 group of people
01:22:29.300 there's some
01:22:29.780 senators that are
01:22:30.540 nice that are
01:22:31.120 funny
01:22:31.460 you know there's
01:22:32.720 several of the
01:22:33.160 senators who are
01:22:33.780 running for
01:22:34.240 president on the
01:22:34.660 democratic side
01:22:35.300 who I really
01:22:35.960 like I get
01:22:36.480 along really well
01:22:37.280 with Amy
01:22:38.660 Klobuchar and
01:22:39.540 Kirsten Gillibrand
01:22:40.340 and Cory Booker
01:22:41.340 all three of
01:22:41.860 them I've had
01:22:43.700 dinner with I've
01:22:44.720 hung out with
01:22:45.420 they're other
01:22:46.200 than their
01:22:46.600 policies they're
01:22:47.580 perfectly nice
01:22:48.280 people there are
01:22:49.880 other people who
01:22:50.860 not so much and
01:22:52.520 so it it varies
01:22:53.920 quite a bit
01:22:54.420 have you ever
01:22:54.980 seen anybody in
01:22:56.000 the senate change
01:22:57.120 his or her mind
01:22:58.060 literally on the
01:22:59.740 basis of a
01:23:00.240 logical constitutional
01:23:01.500 argument even
01:23:02.600 off screen I mean
01:23:03.780 even off off the
01:23:04.720 senate floor
01:23:05.180 not often
01:23:08.200 I can tell you
01:23:11.660 a time when I
01:23:12.160 did okay
01:23:12.940 which actually
01:23:14.000 going back to
01:23:14.560 Gillibrand so
01:23:15.680 she and I
01:23:16.280 served served on
01:23:17.160 the senate armed
01:23:17.600 services committee
01:23:18.200 together and
01:23:18.820 she's been a
01:23:19.700 a leader in
01:23:21.280 changing how
01:23:21.860 sexual assault is
01:23:22.820 is prosecuted the
01:23:23.700 military and
01:23:24.360 tragically sexual
01:23:25.900 assault has been a
01:23:26.560 persistent problem
01:23:27.340 and she's been
01:23:28.500 advocating moving
01:23:29.520 the charging decision
01:23:30.600 for sexual assault
01:23:31.480 case from the
01:23:32.860 commanding officer
01:23:33.700 officer to a
01:23:34.820 military prosecutor
01:23:35.880 still a military
01:23:36.640 officer but someone
01:23:37.640 not in the direct
01:23:38.340 chain of command
01:23:38.900 and and I went
01:23:40.380 into to one of the
01:23:41.400 hearings or markups
01:23:42.200 we had on that and
01:23:42.980 I had an open mind
01:23:43.860 I didn't have really
01:23:44.580 a strong opinion on
01:23:46.380 it and she made a
01:23:47.440 whole series of
01:23:48.220 arguments that number
01:23:49.540 one we've been trying
01:23:50.460 for decades to fix it
01:23:51.580 and the military kept
01:23:52.280 saying let us fix it
01:23:53.120 let us fix it and
01:23:54.220 they weren't fixing it
01:23:55.080 the problem was
01:23:55.760 persisting number two
01:23:57.920 the argument the
01:23:58.540 military made is that
01:23:59.520 moving it out of the
01:24:00.240 commanding officer would
01:24:01.120 undermine good order
01:24:02.440 and discipline in the
01:24:03.200 military
01:24:03.640 she pointed out a
01:24:04.820 number of our
01:24:05.400 allies like like the
01:24:06.600 UK and Canada and
01:24:07.700 Israel have done this
01:24:08.660 and it hasn't
01:24:09.120 undermined good order
01:24:09.880 and discipline and I
01:24:11.100 listened to those
01:24:11.720 arguments and I said
01:24:12.360 you know what that
01:24:12.860 that is pretty
01:24:13.560 persuasive and I went
01:24:14.440 and told her afterwards
01:24:15.320 I agree with you I
01:24:16.620 joined her bill and
01:24:17.640 she and I have led
01:24:18.440 the fight to do that
01:24:19.460 and that was really an
01:24:20.980 instance where I
01:24:21.560 listened to the
01:24:22.000 arguments and was
01:24:22.960 persuaded on the
01:24:23.540 merits that makes me
01:24:24.640 feel better that's
01:24:25.480 nice that's the
01:24:27.340 nicest thing I've
01:24:27.820 heard about DC and
01:24:28.520 like you could only
01:24:29.100 name one example
01:24:29.940 and it's him
01:24:30.440 you know if
01:24:33.140 anything
01:24:33.500 Senator Cruz just
01:24:34.680 cares too much
01:24:35.400 I cannot count the
01:24:40.000 number of times I've
01:24:40.760 been told that
01:24:41.300 Alicia one more from
01:24:44.920 our Daily Wire
01:24:45.400 subscribers
01:24:45.940 all right this
01:24:46.700 question comes from
01:24:47.600 Dan and
01:24:48.180 congratulations Dan to
01:24:49.380 you and your wife he
01:24:50.100 says that they're
01:24:50.520 having their first
01:24:51.300 child in June and
01:24:52.680 wants to know what's
01:24:54.160 the best parenting
01:24:54.980 advice that you can
01:24:55.860 give for a new
01:24:56.900 parent
01:24:57.300 you're a parent
01:25:00.980 for a new parent
01:25:02.720 swaddle
01:25:04.520 all right all
01:25:06.640 right so so let's
01:25:07.360 go back so we our
01:25:08.320 girls Caroline and
01:25:09.200 Catherine are 11 and
01:25:10.120 8 when Caroline was
01:25:11.120 born okay one of the
01:25:12.240 things I didn't know
01:25:13.280 so when Caroline was
01:25:14.360 born she was up all
01:25:15.520 day and or up all
01:25:17.620 night and slept all
01:25:18.360 day and I remember we
01:25:19.080 went to the
01:25:19.440 pediatrician like like
01:25:20.760 a week into it I'm
01:25:21.840 like okay there's
01:25:22.340 something wrong with
01:25:22.940 this child what's
01:25:23.560 going on and and the
01:25:24.800 doctor begins laughing at
01:25:25.860 me and says look look
01:25:27.060 when when when the
01:25:28.100 baby is it is it is in
01:25:30.240 the womb during the
01:25:31.660 day the mom is walking
01:25:32.700 around and it's swaying
01:25:33.880 back and forth and so
01:25:35.000 the baby in the womb is
01:25:35.880 sleeping during the day
01:25:36.780 and then when the mom
01:25:37.420 goes to sleep the baby
01:25:38.260 wakes up and says for a
01:25:39.200 week or two the clocks
01:25:40.460 are inverted and I sort
01:25:41.300 of felt relieved okay
01:25:42.080 we're not doing
01:25:42.760 something wrong but
01:25:45.480 getting a child to go
01:25:47.020 to sleep the the you
01:25:50.960 will do anything you
01:25:51.960 will and and Caroline like
01:25:53.860 I would do some of the
01:25:54.640 late-night duty and
01:25:56.580 swaddling where you wrap
01:25:58.000 the baby tightly in a
01:25:59.360 cloth and it actually
01:26:00.240 simulates being squeezed
01:26:01.480 in the womb and then
01:26:02.680 rocking back and forth I
01:26:04.000 used to rock Caroline to
01:26:05.200 sleep swaddled and and
01:26:07.000 listening to Pavarotti
01:26:08.080 which oddly enough
01:26:08.920 comforted her and and so
01:26:11.300 with the parent of a
01:26:12.420 newborn getting your child
01:26:13.840 to bed is a victory that
01:26:16.500 will exceed the highest
01:26:17.940 points in your life to
01:26:18.900 that point yeah that's yeah
01:26:21.640 the ones that they
01:26:22.320 recommend are swaddling and
01:26:23.420 shushing and swinging so
01:26:25.420 those are those are those
01:26:26.420 are big um also I mean if
01:26:28.600 you don't live near family
01:26:29.420 make sure that you have a
01:26:30.680 parent come in for the
01:26:31.600 first few weeks to help
01:26:32.920 take shifts because this
01:26:34.580 is like I live very close
01:26:36.400 to my parents and that has
01:26:37.220 been extremely helpful for
01:26:39.000 me so that that is
01:26:40.840 definitely a big one and
01:26:42.360 then as they get older one
01:26:44.020 that I'm still having
01:26:44.740 trouble with but is
01:26:45.680 absolutely necessary is say
01:26:47.040 no and then stick to no
01:26:48.040 because it's you realize
01:26:50.480 that you know kids think
01:26:51.880 that you're saying no
01:26:52.720 because you're being mean
01:26:53.860 to them and the truth is
01:26:54.680 that it is much harder for
01:26:55.540 you to say no than it is
01:26:56.440 for them to hear no it is
01:26:57.940 very very difficult to say
01:26:59.140 no to your child because
01:27:00.460 half the time you're saying
01:27:01.480 no to something that you
01:27:02.300 also wish that you could
01:27:03.360 enjoy with the kid it's
01:27:04.320 like I we're not going to
01:27:05.660 go out to ice cream now
01:27:06.360 because you were bad it's
01:27:07.100 like well I want to take
01:27:07.700 you out for ice cream that's
01:27:08.340 fun to take you out for
01:27:09.040 ice cream I have a good
01:27:09.820 time taking my kids out for
01:27:10.760 ice cream but if you're
01:27:11.540 acting like a brat now I
01:27:12.400 got to do something about it
01:27:13.440 and that's harsh for me it's
01:27:15.480 hard for me to deal with
01:27:16.300 that being a parent is a
01:27:17.740 lot about recognizing
01:27:18.480 recognizing when you're
01:27:19.520 doing something for you
01:27:20.300 and when you're doing
01:27:20.820 something for for the kid
01:27:22.540 but yeah I mean the
01:27:23.940 biggest thing honestly is
01:27:25.500 just recognizing how hard
01:27:27.500 your life is going to
01:27:28.480 become when you know it
01:27:29.680 does radically shift your
01:27:30.480 life I mean as I've said
01:27:31.280 a thousand times basically
01:27:32.820 the the sort of spectrum
01:27:34.820 of happiness and misery in
01:27:36.640 life when you are single
01:27:37.440 single barring health
01:27:38.520 problems or something when
01:27:39.500 you're single your
01:27:40.300 spectrum of happiness and
01:27:41.460 misery you can get up to
01:27:42.600 like a seven in terms of
01:27:43.480 happiness and down to like
01:27:44.360 a two in terms of
01:27:45.140 unhappiness and then you get
01:27:46.240 married and it goes up to
01:27:47.060 like a ten in terms of
01:27:48.100 happiness and maybe a zero
01:27:49.400 in terms of unhappiness
01:27:50.500 because now you take on
01:27:51.640 your wife's problems or
01:27:52.980 your spouse's burdens and
01:27:54.640 that that's very difficult
01:27:55.460 and then and then you have
01:27:57.260 a kid and all limits are
01:27:58.900 eliminated and then the
01:28:00.080 greatest things that will
01:28:00.780 ever happen to you in your
01:28:01.800 life are the things that
01:28:02.700 your kids do and being with
01:28:03.740 your kids and watching your
01:28:04.620 kids laugh and the worst
01:28:05.760 things that will ever
01:28:06.520 happen to you in your life
01:28:07.740 bar none are all things
01:28:09.020 involving your kids I can
01:28:10.040 easily say that the three
01:28:11.600 four worst things in my
01:28:12.560 and my kids are only five
01:28:13.380 and three the three or four
01:28:14.460 worst things in my life that
01:28:15.580 have ever happened to me are
01:28:16.840 things that involve my
01:28:17.700 kids and I'm not just
01:28:18.720 talking about health
01:28:19.140 problems I mean thank God
01:28:20.120 we had some health
01:28:20.960 problems but thank God
01:28:21.740 those have been taken care
01:28:22.980 of I'm talking about like
01:28:24.060 even when your kids are
01:28:25.060 just being terrible or
01:28:26.280 mean to each other or
01:28:27.540 horrible and you have to
01:28:29.120 deal with it and then
01:28:30.360 here's the other thing
01:28:31.440 trust yourself a little bit
01:28:32.680 so everybody always has
01:28:33.600 input and advice the fact
01:28:34.740 is people have been doing
01:28:35.440 this for several thousand
01:28:36.220 years at this point and
01:28:37.540 barring cataclysmically bad
01:28:39.800 decision making you'll be
01:28:40.600 fine I agree with all of
01:28:42.300 that I think when you have a
01:28:43.440 kid it is as if you had
01:28:45.040 been living with what on
01:28:46.320 stage they call a scrim
01:28:47.400 which has the painted
01:28:48.400 scenery on it and suddenly
01:28:49.700 the thing goes up and he
01:28:50.600 goes oh no that now I see
01:28:51.900 the world in three
01:28:52.780 dimensions I completely
01:28:54.560 agree that you have to
01:28:55.480 stick to the consequences
01:28:56.560 one of the hardest things
01:28:57.580 if you make a threat you
01:28:59.540 got to carry it out so
01:29:00.460 that's why you don't my
01:29:01.100 son has learned that I
01:29:01.780 don't do this consistently
01:29:02.620 and he's eating me alive
01:29:04.120 yes and that's why you
01:29:05.340 don't threaten to kill
01:29:05.940 them because you're
01:29:07.040 probably not going to do
01:29:08.020 that yeah yeah yeah
01:29:09.120 because then you have to
01:29:09.680 do it the other thing as
01:29:11.020 they grow up you know
01:29:12.280 Wordsworth had a great
01:29:13.320 line about wise
01:29:14.060 passiveness and one of the
01:29:15.600 things about kids is they
01:29:16.640 are going to be themselves
01:29:17.560 and you can teach them your
01:29:19.340 values you should teach
01:29:20.240 them your values you can
01:29:21.080 teach them your vision of
01:29:22.080 the world but you got to
01:29:23.140 let them become themselves
01:29:24.140 that is the whole trick and
01:29:25.540 it's almost like it's almost
01:29:26.840 like being a column where
01:29:28.600 you're going to keep the
01:29:29.740 limits of where they can
01:29:31.460 go but you're going to
01:29:32.460 let them go up in their
01:29:33.720 own different their own
01:29:34.520 particular way and that is
01:29:35.720 one of the hardest things
01:29:36.580 to learn especially for
01:29:37.460 active people with strong
01:29:38.640 opinions you know you
01:29:39.460 raised one and a half
01:29:40.180 good kids I raised two of
01:29:42.720 the greatest human beings
01:29:43.780 on earth but however it
01:29:46.200 was my wife you were a kid
01:29:48.280 recently and I was in
01:29:51.460 college so I as far as I
01:29:53.220 know I don't have any kids
01:29:54.180 I have certainly I've
01:29:54.840 acknowledged any of them
01:29:55.860 and one of the great lines
01:29:56.680 in the Odyssey is it's a
01:29:57.920 wise man who knows his own
01:29:58.900 child so this is all advice
01:30:00.560 that I've taken in my
01:30:01.520 perspective parenting but as
01:30:03.140 for the practical parenting
01:30:04.220 I haven't done any of
01:30:05.200 them so I'm not a parent
01:30:06.340 but I you know I'm a lay
01:30:09.400 minister and I counsel
01:30:10.400 people through difficult
01:30:11.900 times in their life
01:30:12.720 you work in Hollywood so
01:30:13.620 you're familiar with
01:30:14.180 infants and and my parenting
01:30:18.000 advice that I give to
01:30:19.300 prospective parents is
01:30:20.380 among my friends I'm known
01:30:22.260 as the baby whisperer and
01:30:23.120 it's only because I know
01:30:23.800 the three S's because my
01:30:25.180 I'm the oldest of 20,000
01:30:26.600 grandchildren on my
01:30:27.840 maternal side and my
01:30:29.060 mother raised my whole
01:30:29.940 town so there are always
01:30:31.220 like little kids around
01:30:32.020 and it's amazing what just
01:30:32.900 wrapping them tight and
01:30:33.760 shushing them will
01:30:34.360 accomplish I've always
01:30:35.640 wanted to try this with an
01:30:36.340 adult somebody's
01:30:38.360 complaining too loudly
01:30:38.980 just grab a blanket you
01:30:39.820 swaddle them but I do have
01:30:42.400 one great piece of
01:30:43.320 parenting advice for our
01:30:45.060 subscriber and his wife
01:30:46.260 and that's a don't get a
01:30:48.220 divorce no it's great
01:30:49.660 advice yeah excellent your
01:30:51.140 your children you speak
01:30:52.980 about this all the time
01:30:53.780 your children have a
01:30:55.760 planet on which they live
01:30:57.000 and that planet is your
01:30:59.360 relationship with your
01:31:00.220 wife and when you choose
01:31:03.140 to sever that bond you are
01:31:05.120 blowing up their planet and
01:31:06.620 they they will not recover
01:31:08.500 and I had this argument with
01:31:09.680 a close friend recently and
01:31:11.660 he pushed back and said you
01:31:13.160 know kids are versatile they
01:31:15.300 they bounce back you know
01:31:16.300 they're made out of rubber
01:31:17.000 they and and all of that's
01:31:18.200 true people survive people
01:31:21.320 adapt and people survive but
01:31:24.120 the the fundamental damage
01:31:26.060 that you do to a child when
01:31:28.080 you sever from them the
01:31:29.240 relationship between their
01:31:30.100 mother and father cannot be
01:31:31.720 repaired won't be repaired
01:31:32.920 when they're in their 30s
01:31:34.460 they're going to struggle as
01:31:35.400 a result of it when they're
01:31:36.500 in their 50s they're going
01:31:37.400 to struggle as a result of
01:31:38.360 it when they are
01:31:39.160 grandparents themselves
01:31:40.420 they're going to struggle
01:31:41.120 as a result of it there
01:31:43.000 won't be a day of their life
01:31:44.140 that isn't marked by the
01:31:45.780 thing that you took away from
01:31:46.900 them in service of self and
01:31:48.880 ultimately I think what it
01:31:50.540 means to be a parent is not
01:31:52.360 to serve self as the
01:31:53.360 highest yeah yeah I think
01:31:55.060 all of that is great advice
01:31:56.160 and and to add to that just
01:31:57.620 to add to that a little
01:31:58.460 codicil is be nice to your
01:32:00.400 spouse you know I mean like
01:32:01.300 be grateful because because
01:32:02.400 spouses do all the stuff
01:32:03.360 that's invisible you know like
01:32:04.820 husbands put roofs over your
01:32:06.300 head and nobody nobody ever
01:32:07.440 looks up you know what was
01:32:08.420 that Chris Rock line nobody
01:32:09.740 ever says thanks dad it's
01:32:10.940 easy to read with this light
01:32:11.940 that works you know and and
01:32:14.240 and wives do a million things
01:32:16.420 that it's easy to ignore
01:32:17.540 but it's gratitude but you
01:32:19.040 you know marriage is hard
01:32:19.820 work you know one of the
01:32:21.340 things Heidi and I try to do
01:32:22.420 is we try to do date night
01:32:23.680 every week and actually our
01:32:25.060 girls get mad at us because
01:32:26.060 I'm on the road a lot and
01:32:26.960 they say why are you guys
01:32:27.720 going out together and and
01:32:28.940 I try to with our girls say
01:32:30.440 look this is important for
01:32:32.140 you and for the family for us
01:32:33.460 to keep a strong marriage and
01:32:35.080 and when y'all grow up and
01:32:36.140 are married and have kids you
01:32:37.120 need to keep a strong
01:32:38.140 marriage you need to marry a
01:32:40.000 man who loves you and and who
01:32:41.740 you are the best friend to
01:32:43.340 them in the world and and
01:32:44.320 that that's hopefully a good
01:32:47.640 example for kids to see this
01:32:49.260 is the best advice we've
01:32:50.080 ever given on the show
01:32:50.940 yeah this guy lucked out
01:32:52.820 whoever he was take our
01:32:53.980 advice on parenting but
01:32:55.060 don't drink and smoke for
01:32:56.120 God's sake don't do as we
01:32:59.160 do so thanks everybody for
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