America First - Nicholas J. Fuentes - THIRD GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | America First Ep. 1246THIRD GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE | America First Ep. 1246

00:00:00.000 And there are dangers around us.

00:00:02.000 You know, everybody wants to talk about President Trump.

00:00:04.000 Well, I can talk about President Trump.

00:00:06.000 I can tell you that I think he was the right president at the right time.

00:00:09.000 I don't think he's the right president now.

00:00:12.000 I think that he put us $8 trillion in debt, and our kids are never going to forgive us for that.

00:00:17.000 I think the fact that he used to be right on Ukraine and foreign issues, now he's getting weak in the knees and trying to be friendly again.

00:00:24.000 I think that we've got to go back to the fact that we can't live in the past.

00:00:28.000 We can't live in other headlines.

00:00:30.000 We've got to start focusing on what's going to make America strong and proud.

00:00:34.000 And that's what I'm focused on doing.

00:00:36.000 Let's make sure we pay down our debt.

00:00:38.000 I think we need an accountant in the White House.

00:00:40.000 Let's make sure that we have transparency in the classroom.

00:00:43.000 As a mom, I know what that means.

00:00:45.000 Let's make sure we secure our borders so that our families are safe.

00:00:49.000 Let's get crime down because our families want to know that they can be safe no matter where they go.

00:00:53.000 And as the wife of a combat veteran, I will tell you, the military needs to know we have our back and we need to make sure that America is strong.

00:01:00.000 Ambassador, thank you very much.

00:01:07.000 Let me just caution the audience.

00:01:09.000 Let's not go down this road.

00:01:10.000 We've asked you to please, you know, keep restraining yourselves.

00:01:13.000 It would be helpful so we can hear the candidates because these are important issues and the voters want and need to hear them.

00:01:19.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, let me turn to you.

00:01:21.000 Please make your case.

00:01:23.000 Why should you be the nominee and not the former president?

00:01:27.000 I think there's something deeper going on in the Republican Party here.

00:01:29.000 And I am upset about what happened last night. 0.98

00:01:32.000 We've become a party of losers at the end of the day. 0.98

00:01:35.000 We as a cancer to the Republican establishment. 0.98

00:01:38.000 Let's speak the truth.

00:01:39.000 I mean, since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we have lost 2018, 2020, 2022, no red wave that never came.

00:01:45.000 We got trounced last night in 2023.

00:01:46.000 And I think that we have to have a

00:01:53.000 Yes!

00:02:22.000 Do you think the Democrats would actually hire Greg Gutfeld to host a Democratic debate?

00:02:27.000 They wouldn't do it.

00:02:28.000 And so the fact of the matter is, I mean, Chris, I'm going to use this time because this is actually about you in the media and the corrupt media establishment.

00:02:35.000 Ask you the Trump-Russia collusion hoax that you pushed on this network for years.

00:02:39.000 Was that real or was that Hillary Clinton made up disinformation? 1.00

00:02:44.000 Go.

00:02:44.000 Answer the question.

00:02:45.000 Woah! 0.99

00:02:46.000 Let's go!

00:02:50.000 Let's go!

00:02:51.000 We need accountability because this media rigged the 2016 election.

00:02:55.000 They rigged the 2020 election with the Hunter Biden laptop story.

00:02:58.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, your time is up.

00:03:00.000 Let me turn to Governor Christie.

00:03:02.000 Why you?

00:03:03.000 That was awesome!

00:03:05.000 Yeah!

00:03:06.000 Yeah!

00:03:07.000 Audience, let's not do this.

00:03:08.000 Let's not do this.

00:03:09.000 Let's let the candidate speak.

00:03:11.000 Governor Christie, why you and not former President Trump?

00:03:14.000 Well, Lester, look, you said it at the beginning of the debate.

00:03:20.000 We are dealing with extraordinarily important issues facing this country right now.

00:03:26.000 We have our greatest ally in the Middle East under fire from a terrorist group that has committed to wiping them and every Jewish person in this world off the map. 0.99

00:03:38.000 We have Ukraine with Vladimir Putin, a communist KGB dictator who wants to put the old band back together.

00:03:48.000 He's starting in Ukraine and he's going to move to the Baltics and Poland after that.

00:03:53.000 We have inflation in this country that is choking, choking every American family that wants to try to rise up and give their children a better life.

00:04:04.000 And tonight we need to decide

00:04:08.000 Which president is going to be the one to tackle the big issues?

00:04:11.000 Who's going to make this country look once again, not just inward, but look outward at the world?

00:04:17.000 And say, America is the country, the indispensable nation, that makes this a safer world.

00:04:24.000 And in a safer world, American innovation, American hard work, has always been the thing.

00:04:30.000 Senator Scott, you've said former President Trump can't win.

00:04:32.000 Make your case to Republican voters.

00:04:55.000 Why is he here?

00:04:56.000 Oh, stop off.

00:05:16.000 Are they?

00:05:17.000 Are they?

00:05:17.000 Oh my gosh.

00:05:18.000 OH NO!

00:05:47.000 Take a shot at McDonnell Taffanat! 0.72

00:05:48.000 Take another shot at McDonnell Taffanat!

00:06:06.000 I would be the president that helps us restore faith in God, faith in each other, and faith in our future.

00:06:13.000 Without that focus, none of the issues, the policies, matter.

00:06:19.000 We have to get back to being a nation that is, in fact, the city on the hill that believes in each other enough for us to fight for that future.

00:06:30.000 We're going to turn now to the challenges facing

00:06:30.000 Senator Scott, thank you.

00:06:34.000 The next Commander-in-Chief, you'll all be fielding questions first from me, and the Republican Jewish Coalition, and then from Kristen and Hugh.

00:06:42.000 So as we continue forward, the Israel-Hamas war is barely a month old.

00:06:47.000 Tonight, Israeli troops are fighting inside Gaza City with over 200 hostages who remain captive there, and civilian casualties mount inside Gaza.

00:06:57.000 As President of the United States, what would you be urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do at this moment?

00:07:03.000 Governor DeSantis.

00:07:05.000 I would be telling Bibi, finish the job once and for all with these butchers, Hamas. 1.00

00:07:11.000 They're terrorists. 1.00

00:07:14.000 They're massacring innocent people. 1.00

00:07:15.000 They would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could. 1.00

00:07:19.000 He cannot live with that threat right by his country.

00:07:23.000 Hamas should release every hostage and they should unconditionally surrender. 0.64

00:07:27.000 I'm sick of hearing the media, I'm sick of hearing other people blame Israel just for defending itself.

00:07:33.000 Israel is wrong. 1.00

00:07:34.000 It's Israel's fault. 1.00

00:07:59.000 Had we not acted, and I'll tell you this, I met the first plane load when they came to Florida, and one of the mothers pointed to a six-year-old daughter, and she said, my daughter had been saying the last two nights, Mommy, I don't want to hear any more bombs, no more rockets, I just want to get back to Florida.

00:08:15.000 So there's a difference between words and deeds.

00:08:17.000 We acted, and we saved lives.

00:08:20.000 Ambassador Haley, what would you do, what would you be urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do?

00:08:20.000 Thank you.

00:08:25.000 Would you consider a humanitarian pause, for example?

00:08:28.000 The first thing I said to him when it happened was, I said, finish them.

00:08:32.000 Finish them.

00:08:33.000 And the reason is, I worked on this every day when I was at the United Nations.

00:08:38.000 And we have to remember that they have to, one, eliminate Hamas. 0.91

00:08:43.000 Two, support Israel with whatever they need, whenever they need it.

00:08:46.000 And three, make sure we bring our hostages home.

00:08:49.000 We need to be very clear-eyed to know there would be no Hamas without Iran. 0.99

00:08:54.000 There would be no Hezbollah without Iran. 0.99

00:08:56.000 There would not be the Houthis without Iran. 1.00

00:08:58.000 And there wouldn't be the Iranian militias in Syria and Iraq that are trying to hit our military men and women if it hadn't been for Iran. 0.97

00:09:06.000 And who is funding Iran right now?

00:09:08.000 China is buying oil from Iran.

00:09:11.000 Russia is getting drones and missiles from Iran.

00:09:13.000 And there is an unholy alliance.

00:09:15.000 We need to be clear eyed.

00:09:17.000 The last thing we need to do is to tell Israel what to do.

00:09:20.000 The only thing we should be doing is supporting them in eliminating Hamas. 0.95

00:09:24.000 It is not that Israel needs America.

00:09:28.000 America needs Israel. 0.98

00:09:29.000 They are the tip of the spear when it comes to this Islamic terrorism and we need to make sure that we have their backs in that process. 1.00

00:09:37.000 Thank you.

00:09:37.000 Mr. Ramoswamy.

00:09:38.000 No, they need us, that's why we're giving them money.

00:09:40.000 Mr. Ramoswamy, any daylight between you and the candidates we just heard on this issue?

00:09:43.000 On what you would tell the Prime Minister?

00:09:45.000 Not in terms of what I would tell the Prime Minister, no.

00:09:47.000 In fact, I would go one step further.

00:09:49.000 The founding vision of Israel was based on the idea that they don't want to depend on anybody else's sympathy or direction in defending themselves.

00:09:57.000 So what I would tell Bibi is that Israel has the right and the responsibility to 0.84

00:10:02.000 We're good to go.

00:10:21.000 Corrupt politicians in both parties spent trillions, killed millions, made billions for themselves in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, fighting wars that sent thousands of our sons and daughters, people my age, to die in wars that did not advance anyone's interests, adding $7 trillion to our national debt.

00:10:39.000 And Joe Biden sold off our foreign policy.

00:10:42.000 Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, got a $5 million bribe from Ukraine.

00:10:45.000 That's why we're sending $200 billion back to that same country.

00:10:49.000 The fact of the matter is the Republican Party is not that much better.

00:10:52.000 You have the likes of Nikki Haley who stepped down from her time at the UN.

00:10:55.000 Bankrupt or in debt was her family.

00:10:58.000 Then she becomes a military contractor.

00:11:00.000 She joins the board of Boeing and is now a multi-millionaire.

00:11:03.000 So I think that's wrong when Republicans do it or Democrats do it.

00:11:06.000 That's the choice we face.

00:11:08.000 Do you want a leader from a different generation who's gonna put this country first? 0.93

00:11:12.000 Or do you want Dick Cheney in three-inch heels? 1.00

00:11:16.000 That was great!

00:11:16.000 Oh!

00:11:17.000 There's two of them he said.

00:11:18.000 That's awesome dude.

00:11:20.000 Let's go.

00:11:20.000 The Mac is killing it today.

00:11:40.000 We will support you.

00:11:41.000 We will be there with you.

00:11:42.000 We'll stand shoulder to shoulder.

00:11:43.000 There will be no daylight.

00:11:45.000 But I would change the station a little bit though and head back home to America.

00:11:49.000 I would say to President Biden, diplomacy only is a weak strategy.

00:11:57.000 Appeasement leads to war. 0.88

00:12:00.000 From President Obama to President Biden.

00:12:03.000 Obama sent millions to Iran.

00:12:05.000 Frankly, President Biden has sent billions to Iran.

00:12:09.000 That is why I said that there's blood dripping from the hands of President Obama and President Biden.

00:12:15.000 I would tell President Biden with great clarity.

00:12:18.000 If you want to stop the 40-plus attacks on military personnel in the Middle East, you have to strike in Iran. 1.00

00:12:26.000 If you want to make a difference, you cannot just continue to have strikes in Syria on warehouses.

00:12:32.000 You actually have to cut off the head of the snake, and the head of the snake is Iran and not simply their proxies. 0.85

00:12:41.000 In order for us to have a powerful response,

00:12:45.000 From America, we have to be in a position of strength. 0.99

00:12:49.000 As President of the United States, my foreign policy is simple.

00:12:52.000 You cannot negotiate with evil.

00:12:54.000 You have to destroy it.

00:12:57.000 Alright, Senator Scott, thank you.

00:12:58.000 Governor Christie, I want to get you to weigh in here.

00:13:01.000 Look, Lester, these problems are so big and serious that the first thing I would say to Prime Minister Netanyahu is pretty simple.

00:13:10.000 America is here no matter what it is you need at any time to preserve the State of Israel.

00:13:17.000 Remember that Hamas's main goal is to get rid of Israel.

00:13:22.000 Is to get Israel absolutely off the map. 0.90

00:13:24.000 Now, there are three things I think I would say to him when he asked for advice.

00:13:29.000 The first I would say is that it is absolutely your obligation to protect the territorial integrity of Israel.

00:13:36.000 Secondly, to make sure you protect the security and the safety of your people.

00:13:40.000 Every time something happens to compromise either one of those things, it creates greater unrest in the entire region.

00:13:47.000 Second, you must go in and make sure that Hamas can never do this again. 0.56

00:13:52.000 The fact is that Israel and their intelligence community failed.

00:13:57.000 They failed here, and they failed the people of the state of Israel.

00:14:00.000 And so we need to work closely and better together to make sure, one, that they're degraded, and two, that we know everything that's going on inside the Gaza Strip, when it's going on, so that something like this can't happen to kill 1,400 individuals again.

00:14:14.000 And the third thing is to keep your eye on the ball.

00:14:17.000 Make sure that we continue to isolate Iran. 1.00

00:14:20.000 Work with the reasonable nations in the Middle East, the other Arab nations who want to partner with you.

00:14:26.000 And make sure that we continue to isolate Iran so that their only friends in the world are the part of the evil foursome. 1.00

00:14:31.000 China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

00:14:34.000 Governor Christie, thank you very much.

00:14:35.000 We're going to continue in this vein right now with a question from Matthew Brooks, the CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, a partner of the Republican National Committee in this debate.

00:14:45.000 Here it is.

00:14:48.000 Given attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S.

00:14:51.000 military bases in Syria and Iraq, attacks that have wounded approximately two dozen of our U.S.

00:14:59.000 servicemen, do you support the use of military force by the United States against Iran?

00:15:05.000 Do you support the use of military force against Iran?

00:15:08.000 Yes, I'd first like to say they're five-inch heels and I don't wear them unless you can run in them.

00:15:15.000 The second thing that I will say is I wear heels they're not for a fashion statement they're for ammunition.

00:15:23.000 What we need to be doing for Iraq and Syria is first of all the idea that our men and women could be targeted and that we've allowed almost a hundred hits to happen

00:15:34.000 Under Biden's watch is unthinkable.

00:15:36.000 We need to understand this is Iran giving the green light, telling them what to do, and we shouldn't be doing the tit-for-tat like what Joe Biden has done.

00:15:45.000 We need to go and take out their infrastructure that they are using to make those strikes with so they can never do it again.

00:15:51.000 Iran responds to strength. 0.62

00:15:54.000 You punch them one and you punch them hard and they will back off.

00:15:57.000 But what we don't need is Biden falling all over himself to get back in the Iran deal.

00:16:02.000 Him giving six billion dollars to get five hostages home.

00:16:06.000 Him telling Netanyahu now that he needs a pause or a ceasefire.

00:16:10.000 We don't need him going and sitting there tiptoeing around Iran because he thinks they're going to do something.

00:16:15.000 You don't respond to an enemy and a terrorist with fear, you respond with strength.

00:16:21.000 When you do that, that's when the world pays attention and that's when Iran stops. 0.62

00:16:26.000 Governor DeSantis, if I can continue with you, just today the U.S.

00:16:26.000 Thank you.

00:16:30.000 launched another one of its limited airstrikes against targets in Syria, this time Iranian-linked facility.

00:16:37.000 How far would you go militarily to hold Iran accountable? 0.66

00:16:41.000 Well, first, Matt, thanks for your question, and I appreciate what you've done over the last month.

00:16:45.000 I know it's been very difficult for the community, and I appreciate you guys rallying together in difficult times.

00:16:50.000 I actually served in Iraq back in the day, and we had al-Qaeda in Iraq.

00:16:55.000 You had Shia militias that were funded by Iran that were killing hundreds and hundreds of U.S.

00:17:01.000 troops.

00:17:02.000 And as Commander-in-Chief, I am not going to put our troops in harm's way

00:17:08.000 Unless you're willing to defend them with everything you have.

00:17:12.000 Biden has them out there. 0.67

00:17:14.000 They're sitting ducks.

00:17:15.000 He's doing glancing blows.

00:17:17.000 That's just inviting more attacks from the Iranians. 1.00

00:17:21.000 I would say you harm a hair on the head. 0.94

00:17:24.000 I don't know. 0.72

00:17:51.000 Jewish students across the country are threatened and under attack.

00:17:55.000 What do you say to Jewish students on college campuses who feel unsafe given the dramatic rise in anti-Semitism?

00:18:03.000 And what do you say to university presidents and college presidents who have not met the moral clarity moment to forcefully condemn Hamas terrorism? 0.81

00:18:13.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, would you like to take that one?

00:18:15.000 Absolutely.

00:18:16.000 I think the scourge of anti-Semitism across this country, including at places like my alma mater's and places like Brooklyn Bridge in New York, it's sad to see, but here's what history teaches us.

00:18:26.000 I'm happy.

00:18:26.000 Anti-Semitism is a symptom of a deeper cancer in a country, in a society that is lost.

00:18:33.000 And we are lost. 0.99

00:18:34.000 Several years ago when I wrote my first book, Woke Inc., I was talking about they were chanting death to America, death to white people, death to Christians. 0.99

00:18:41.000 Nobody was waking up that day. 0.55

00:18:43.000 Now it's even bad.

00:18:44.000 Now they're saying death to Israel and worse.

00:18:46.000 So it is wrong, but we have to get to the root cause here.

00:18:50.000 Now I think it's really important that we do this through leadership, not censorship.

00:18:54.000 Leadership means fill that void with purpose and meaning.

00:18:58.000 Dilute this wokeism and anti-semitism to irrelevance.

00:19:02.000 These kids, they have no idea what the heck they're even talking about when they're siding with Hamas over Israel. 1.00

00:19:07.000 They are fools. 0.99

00:19:08.000 But I also want to caution here, if we go the direction of Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley, with whom I respectfully disagree on this issue, pro-censorship, telling student groups to disband, mark my words, soon they will say if you question a vaccine and its side effects, you're a bioterrorist. 0.99

00:19:23.000 Soon they will say that if you show up at a school board meeting, you're a domestic terrorist.

00:19:27.000 Soon if they say that J6 prisoners should be released, you're an insurrectionist terrorist. 0.97

00:19:32.000 So that's where this road ends.

00:19:33.000 We don't quash this with censorship because that creates a worse underbelly.

00:19:38.000 We quell it through leadership by calling it out.

00:19:40.000 These university administrators have lost their way and we need leadership at the top in the United States of America that restores our founding values and that has no place for this kind of anti-Semitic hate.

00:19:52.000 That's where I stand while respecting our Constitution.

00:20:00.000 Let me just say to every single university president in America, federal funding is a privilege, not a right.

00:20:09.000 Number one.

00:20:11.000 Number two.

00:20:12.000 To every student who's come to our country on a visa to a college campus, your visa is a privilege, not a right.

00:20:22.000 Number three.

00:20:24.000 Any campus that allows for anti-Semitism and hate, to allow students to encourage terrorism, mass murder, mass murder and genocide, you should lose your federal funding today.

00:20:38.000 Period. 0.84

00:20:39.000 To all the students on visas who are encouraging Jewish genocide, 1.00

00:20:45.000 I would deport you from those campuses. 0.99

00:20:48.000 We have to stand strong with our Jewish Americans.

00:20:52.000 At the end of the day, we should not have our Jewish students in a library being told to hide.

00:21:00.000 This echo is not good.

00:21:01.000 On our streets in New York, a Jewish citizen has the right to walk on the streets of America with no fear.

00:21:09.000 They have the right to go to college campuses, go to class and not fear.

00:21:14.000 We will restore that.

00:21:16.000 I started working on anti-Semitism on college campuses in 2017 because even then there was a rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses.

00:21:28.000 We must

00:21:29.000 FORCE THE PEOPLE OFF THOSE CAMPUSES.

00:21:52.000 Second, I have friends here in Florida who, their kids do not feel safe even going to university campus at all outside of the state of Florida.

00:22:02.000 You have Jewish students fleeing for their lives at Cooper Union.

00:22:06.000 Joe Biden should have the Department of Justice on these college campuses and holding the universities accountable for civil rights violations.

00:22:14.000 When you have, you should not have money going to these places.

00:22:18.000 I already acted in Florida.

00:22:19.000 We're good to go.

00:22:38.000 He is launching an initiative to combat so-called Islamophobia.

00:22:43.000 No, it's the anti-Semitism that's spiraling out of control.

00:22:46.000 That is what we have to confront.

00:22:48.000 And as president, I can tell you this.

00:22:50.000 We are not going to stand for this on college campuses any longer.

00:22:54.000 All right, Governor, thank you.

00:22:55.000 Let me turn to Governor Christie, and considering what he just said, you led a state with a sizable Muslim population.

00:23:01.000 Last month, as you know, a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy was killed in Illinois by his landlord.

00:23:08.000 His mother was also stabbed more than a dozen times in what has been charged as a hate crime.

00:23:13.000 What do you say to Muslim Americans who are also feeling afraid for their safety right now?

00:23:18.000 Ambassador, I'm the only one in this state who's actually had experience in dealing with this.

00:23:22.000 I was appointed by President Bush to be the U.S.

00:23:24.000 Attorney in New Jersey on September 10th, 2001.

00:23:27.000 And when I took over that job after the September 11th attacks, I had to deal with a situation in our state that was explosive.

00:23:37.000 We're the most ethnically diverse state in this country.

00:23:40.000 And so first, we heard

00:23:43.000 We're good to go.

00:23:53.000 We made sure that we sent federal agents to those synagogues and we protected them. 0.94

00:23:57.000 The same thing should be being done now.

00:23:59.000 At the very same time, I personally went from mosque to mosque in New Jersey and met with the leaders of those mosques and with the members of the mosques.

00:24:11.000 And I said to them, law enforcement is on your side to protect you regardless of your religion.

00:24:17.000 If you are going to comply with the law.

00:24:20.000 And we developed fabulous relationships with Muslim Americans all across the state of New Jersey.

00:24:26.000 And we stopped any hate crimes that were going on either against Jewish Americans in New Jersey or Muslim Americans in New Jersey.

00:24:34.000 It takes leadership, Lester, to know how to do this.

00:24:37.000 You must work with both sides.

00:24:39.000 Both sides need to know it, but let us never have

00:24:42.000 No applause!

00:25:00.000 I think, you know, you look at the country and the country is all out of sorts.

00:25:04.000 I think, look at what these kids are dealing with on college campuses.

00:25:08.000 What makes me so angry is, not only do you have the kids barricaded in the library, they've said they were going to shoot up the kosher dining hall.

00:25:16.000 You've got kids' dorm rooms who are being set on fire because they have something related to Israel on their doors.

00:25:23.000 No person should ever feel in danger like this.

00:25:26.000 And this is what I would say about our college presidents.

00:25:29.000 Is if the KKK were doing this, every college president would be up in arms.

00:25:35.000 This is no different.

00:25:37.000 You should treat it exactly the same.

00:25:40.000 Anti-Semitism is just as awful as racism, and we've got to make sure they're protected.

00:25:45.000 And for everybody that's protesting on these college campuses in favor of Hamas, let me remind you something. 0.51

00:25:52.000 Hamas said death to Israel and death to America.

00:25:55.000 They hate

00:25:56.000 And the idea that they're talking about genocide for the Jewish people, that's not the values of America.

00:26:03.000 That's not us.

00:26:04.000 We're better than that.

00:26:05.000 We don't need to celebrate terrorists.

00:26:07.000 We don't need to celebrate genocide.

00:26:10.000 We don't need to celebrate violence towards anybody.

00:26:13.000 We need to go back and soul search in our country and remember what we are about.

00:26:18.000 And we are about taking care of people, not going and making them live in fear because some other

00:26:23.000 That's what they're doing in Gaza.

00:26:25.000 That's what Israel is doing in Gaza right now.

00:26:28.000 Lester, thank you.

00:26:29.000 This is another question for the entire field, so you will all get a chance to respond, but Senator Scott, I'd like to start with you.

00:26:35.000 The United States has given Ukraine financial and military support since the war began more than 600 days ago.

00:26:43.000 President Zelensky told me on Sunday, if Russia isn't stopped now, quote, the price will be higher for the United States.

00:26:50.000 I certainly have.

00:27:07.000 States what is America's national vital interest in Ukraine?

00:27:11.000 It is actually in degrading the Russian military.

00:27:15.000 We've been very effective using our resources and our weaponry and the incredibly high price of Ukrainian blood to achieve that objective. 0.81

00:27:25.000 Every day we get closer to the degradation of the Russian military and that's good news. 1.00

00:27:30.000 But the American people are frustrated that they do not have a president who reminds us and tells us, where's the accountability?

00:27:37.000 Where are those dollars?

00:27:38.000 How are those dollars being spent?

00:27:39.000 We need those answers for us to continue to see the support for Ukraine.

00:27:45.000 And at the same time, I would say that a package, a package that's been offered by the president for Ukraine and Israel

00:27:54.000 That's the wrong approach.

00:27:55.000 We need to focus specifically on providing Israel with the $14 billion that they need so that we show the world that we are 100% undeniably standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel.

00:28:09.000 And then as we turn away from that direct support for Israel, we should go to our southern border and close our southern border with the resources necessary. 0.83

00:28:19.000 I believe that we have sleeper terrorist cells in America.

00:28:23.000 Thousands of people have come from Yemen, Iran, Syria, and Iraq.

00:28:28.000 If we're going to deal with a national security emergency at our border, we have to do it now.

00:28:34.000 Senator Scott, thank you, but just to be very clear, if you were president, if you were in the Oval Office today, would you sign off on more military funding for Ukraine or would you discontinue it?

00:28:45.000 Bottom line is we have to first have the level of accountability that allows the American people to understand where the resources have gone.

00:28:53.000 Number two, after we have that responsibility taken care of and accountability, then we have an opportunity to look at the overall strategy that helps us degrade the Russian military while we use our resources and frankly keeping 0.92

00:28:53.000 Number one. 0.92

00:29:07.000 Our NATO partners safe from the Russian military is absolutely essential.

00:29:13.000 As you understand, Article 5 would require to support and to defend NATO, our troops on the ground.

00:29:19.000 The fastest way for us to eliminate that possibility is for us to destroy, to make it possible, the Russian military. 1.00

00:29:27.000 By doing so, we actually achieve the objective of keeping our military home. 0.52

00:29:32.000 And that's good news.

00:29:33.000 Thank you, Senator Scott.

00:29:34.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, are you persuaded by President Zelensky's urgent new plea?

00:29:38.000 Where do you stand on more funding?

00:29:39.000 I'm absolutely unpersuaded.

00:29:41.000 I'm actually enjoying watching the Ukraine hawks quietly, delicately tiptoe back from their position as this thing has unwound into a disaster. 0.99

00:29:50.000 The first half of this race, I was the only person standing for it. 0.99

00:29:52.000 Now they're actually quietly coming around to being more cautious as they should.

00:29:57.000 Level with the American people here.

00:29:58.000 Ukraine is not a paragon of democracy.

00:30:01.000 This is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties.

00:30:04.000 It has consolidated all media into one state TV media arm.

00:30:08.000 That's not democratic.

00:30:09.000 It has threatened not to hold elections this year unless the U.S.

00:30:12.000 forks over more money.

00:30:13.000 That is not democratic.

00:30:15.000 It has celebrated a Nazi in its ranks, the comedian in cargo pants, a man called Zelensky, doing it in their own ranks. 0.77

00:30:20.000 That is not democratic.

00:30:22.000 More facts for you that you won't hear from the mainstream in either party or the mainstream media.

00:30:27.000 The regions of Ukraine that are occupied by Russia right now, in the Donbas, Luhansk, Donetsk, these are Russian-speaking regions that have not even been part of Ukraine since 2014, that other people probably couldn't name those provinces for you.

00:30:42.000 Those are the hard facts.

00:30:44.000 And so to frame this as some kind of battle between good versus evil,

00:30:48.000 Don't buy it.

00:30:49.000 And I'd like the likes of the sharpest of the war hawks on Ukraine, Nikki Haley, to have some accountability and answer.

00:30:54.000 Do you want to use U.S.

00:30:56.000 taxpayer money to fund the banning of Christians?

00:31:00.000 That is actually what's happening.

00:31:01.000 They're using the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

00:31:04.000 They have banned them.

00:31:05.000 The Ukrainian Parliament just did this last week, supported by our dollars.

00:31:08.000 And I think you owe it to the American people, Nikki, to at least this one time at least condemn their banning of Christians.

00:31:17.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, thank you.

00:31:19.000 We asked the questions.

00:31:20.000 Ambassador Haley, what is your take on more funding for Ukraine?

00:31:27.000 I am telling you, Putin and President Xi are salivating at the thought that someone like that could become president.

00:31:33.000 They would love to see it.

00:31:34.000 The fact of the matter is she doesn't answer the question.

00:31:37.000 We're driving Russia into China's hands. 0.99

00:31:39.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, you had your time to talk.

00:31:42.000 The ambassador has the floor.

00:31:44.000 Thank you.

00:31:44.000 The first thing I'll tell you is

00:31:47.000 We all remember what that thug did when he invaded Ukraine.

00:31:51.000 We all know that half a million people have died because of Putin.

00:31:56.000 And here is a freedom-loving, pro-American country that is fighting for its survival and its democracy.

00:32:03.000 No, I don't think we should give them cash.

00:32:05.000 I think we should give them the equipment and the ammunition to win.

00:32:08.000 And I'll tell you, if Biden had done it when they first asked for it, this war would be over.

00:32:12.000 But let's also remember this.

00:32:15.000 When you left Afghanistan in shambles and left them with a ton of weapons and money, it's not that we left, it's how we left. 0.73

00:32:23.000 When you look at Ukraine, don't think for a second, now everybody wants to move away from Ukraine, they'll want to move away from Israel a year from now. 0.98

00:32:31.000 America can never be so arrogant to think we don't need friends.

00:32:35.000 After 9-11, we needed a lot of friends.

00:32:37.000 Now is the time to get partnerships.

00:32:39.000 This unholy alliance between Russia, Ukraine, and China is real. 0.97

00:32:44.000 There is a reason the Taiwanese want us to support the Ukrainians. 1.00

00:32:48.000 It's because they know that China is coming after them next.

00:32:51.000 There is a reason Ukrainians want us to support Israelis. 1.00

00:32:54.000 Because they know that if Iran wins, Russia wins. 0.92

00:32:58.000 We have to see the combination of the three.

00:33:00.000 Governor Christie, what is your take?

00:33:03.000 And how long should Americans be expected to help fund the war in Ukraine?

00:33:09.000 Kristen, let's remember the last time that we turned our back on a shooting war in Europe.

00:33:14.000 It bought us just a couple of years.

00:33:16.000 And then 500,000 Americans were killed in Europe to defeat Hitler.

00:33:21.000 This is not a choice.

00:33:23.000 This is the price we pay for being the leaders of the free world.

00:33:27.000 And the fact is, this alliance is not just with Russia and China.

00:33:33.000 Governor Haley knows this.

00:33:35.000 Iran is in the middle of this as well, and so is North Korea.

00:33:38.000 And they are all working to support Russia right now.

00:33:42.000 And the reason they're doing it is because dictators work together.

00:33:47.000 People who believe in democracy work together.

00:33:49.000 We must stand with all of those that are standing up for democracy and freedom in this world.

00:33:54.000 And by the way, let's remind everybody of this.

00:33:58.000 In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine.

00:34:01.000 We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you. 0.56

00:34:09.000 An American promise that's 31 years old is no different than an American promise that's made tonight on this stage.

00:34:16.000 We need to stand by it.

00:34:18.000 And those of us who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

00:34:21.000 I'd like to respond.

00:34:25.000 And the absolute giving in to dictators, which is being suggested on this stage, just shows the immaturity of the approach.

00:34:34.000 Governor Christie, thank you.

00:34:35.000 Governor DeSantis, I'd like you to weigh in on this idea.

00:34:39.000 Are you concerned that this could become a wider war if Putin is not stopped now?

00:34:45.000 Well, any suggestion by Zelensky or anyone else that we should, that we're going to eventually have U.S.

00:34:49.000 troops there, I can tell the American people, when I'm president, that will not happen.

00:34:52.000 We are not going to send your sons and daughters to Ukraine.

00:34:55.000 I am going to send troops to our southern border.

00:34:57.000 If you look at the threats that we face, terrorists have come in through our southern border.

00:35:02.000 I'm going to shut it down.

00:35:03.000 I'm going to have the military, and I'm going to deport the people who've come, particularly under Biden, who've come from the Middle East, come from all these places. 0.99

00:35:10.000 Now, Biden wants $105 billion.

00:35:12.000 I think?

00:35:29.000 Thank you Governor.

00:35:30.000 In fact, we are going to go from the hot wars in

00:35:59.000 Ukraine and Gaza and Israel to what many people are calling the new Cold War with China and I remind the audience that it's important for our visitors at home to be able to hear you and especially for the people in Beijing to hear you.

00:36:11.000 Many Republicans believe that the Chinese Communist Party and General Secretary Xi is an existential threat to the United States.

00:36:18.000 The flashpoint is Taiwan. 0.92

00:36:20.000 For decades and decades, the American military, but primarily the United States Navy, has deterred an attack from China to the island state of Taiwan.

00:36:29.000 But Ronald Reagan's Navy of 600 ships is gone.

00:36:32.000 Now, the question to you is, and I'll start with you, Ambassador Haley, because you were in President Trump's cabinet.

00:36:37.000 His goal was a 355-ship Navy.

00:36:40.000 That's what he pushed for.

00:36:41.000 He got to 300.

00:36:42.000 It's now at 291.

00:36:43.000 Is that big enough to deter and, if necessary, defeat an invasion of Taiwan?

00:36:50.000 China has the largest naval fleet in the world.

00:36:52.000 They have 350 ships.

00:36:54.000 They'll have 400 ships in two years.

00:36:56.000 We won't even have 350 ships in two decades.

00:36:59.000 China has built up their military.

00:37:01.000 It's not just land, air, and sea.

00:37:03.000 They're doing cyber, they're doing artificial intelligence, they're doing space.

00:37:07.000 America needs to modernize our military.

00:37:10.000 We need to do everything we can.

00:37:12.000 The first thing is, you go and you make sure you have the backs of Ukraine. 0.97

00:37:16.000 That's why the Taiwanese want us to support Ukraine, because they know that sends the biggest message to China. 0.89

00:37:21.000 The second thing is, we go to China and we start being tough on them. 1.00

00:37:25.000 What?

00:37:25.000 End trade with China?

00:37:50.000 When we modernize it with the focus of cyber, artificial intelligence, and space, when we make sure that we have the backs of our friends, whether it's in Israel, whether it's in Ukraine, and we should be arming Taiwan. 0.55

00:38:03.000 Make sure they have the equipment they need.

00:38:05.000 Make sure they have the training they need now.

00:38:07.000 There's nothing China fears more than knowing that America will have Taiwan's back.

00:38:11.000 Let's make sure that we show it by making sure they have the equipment they need.

00:38:15.000 Governor DeSantis, my question is specifically about the Navy.

00:38:18.000 It's at 291, it's going to go down perhaps as low as 280.

00:38:22.000 Is it enough?

00:38:23.000 And what would you build if you were going to build more?

00:38:25.000 Not enough.

00:38:26.000 We have to have the ability to back up a strategy of denial of President Xi's ambitions.

00:38:32.000 And if China's able to be the world's leading superpower, that will affect you and your family in ways that are going to be very bad. 0.97

00:38:39.000 Exactly.

00:38:56.000 I think?

00:39:15.000 She welcomed them into South Carolina, gave them land near a military base, wrote the Chinese ambassador a love letter saying what a great friend they were.

00:39:24.000 That was like their number one way to do economic development.

00:39:27.000 In Florida, I banned China from buying land in this state, and we kicked out. 0.99

00:39:32.000 Senator Scott!

00:39:54.000 Two major problems with the question.

00:39:56.000 Number one, we do not have currently a defense industrial bank to allow us to have the kind of production that we need in order to keep America safe.

00:40:06.000 Frankly, if we are not prepared to fight and engage in three continents at the same time,

00:40:11.000 Three! 1.00

00:40:11.000 Now it's three. 1.00

00:40:35.000 To fight three different continents at the exact same time.

00:40:39.000 We're going to have to invest heavily in our military, but we're also going to have to invest heavily in an industrial base so that we can hit our objectives from a military perspective.

00:40:51.000 Not only with our ships, but also with our planes.

00:40:55.000 We are so old as a military that in order for us to recalibrate, we're going to have to invest.

00:41:02.000 One of the things I do in my

00:41:04.000 Where would you build it?

00:41:04.000 What would you build?

00:41:05.000 When would they be in the water?

00:41:07.000 How big would the fleet get?

00:41:33.000 First answer is end the toxic divest to invest program.

00:41:38.000 For people who don't know about that, we're decommissioning ships in the South China Sea.

00:41:42.000 The foundation of war is economics.

00:41:44.000 Rebuild our defense industrial base at home.

00:41:46.000 But here's the dirty little secret.

00:41:48.000 Our actual defense industrial base depends on China for the supply chain, for the F-35 jets, for the ships that we're building.

00:41:55.000 Think about this.

00:41:56.000 Why are we stockpiling that if it isn't to actually be strong against our enemy, China? 0.79

00:42:00.000 We depend on them for that.

00:42:02.000 Just like we depend on them for pharmaceuticals. 0.59

00:42:04.000 Just like we depend on them for semiconductors.

00:42:07.000 So here's why we can't get tough with China. 0.91

00:42:09.000 It's because we depend on them for our modern way of life.

00:42:13.000 And we have to declare economic independence from our enemy.

00:42:17.000 That's the Declaration of Independence that Thomas Jefferson, at the age of 33, would have signed.

00:42:21.000 And today, if you were alive, that's the Declaration of Independence that I will sign as the next president.

00:42:26.000 I do have to recognize that Rhonda Sanders was correct about acknowledging Nikki Haley's tough talk when she was ambassador to the UN, calling China our great friend, bringing the CCP to South Carolina. 0.99

00:42:36.000 Hey, let's go! 0.99

00:42:57.000 You are done buying land in this country.

00:42:59.000 You will not donate to universities in this country.

00:43:01.000 U.S.

00:43:02.000 businesses won't expand into the Chinese market until you play by the same set of rules.

00:43:05.000 You're kicked out of the WTO, and you actually have to have accountability for the COVID-19 pandemic financially, which unleashed hell on the world. 0.53

00:43:14.000 We have to hold them accountable.

00:43:17.000 I think that we need to increase our naval capacity by at least 20% over the course of the next several years.

00:43:26.000 ...be able to meet our AUKUS agreement standards.

00:43:29.000 Right now we are at risk of not even being able to meet our AUKUS standards with Australia and the UK.

00:43:35.000 So what we need to do is have a plan that reverses the trajectory of the Divest-to-Invest program by 20% over the next three years.

00:43:42.000 Governor Christie?

00:43:43.000 You know, my first observation, Hugh, is that nobody answers your...

00:43:48.000 And my second observation is these three in the middle think they're the enemy.

00:43:52.000 I know China is the enemy. 0.94

00:43:54.000 And that's what we should be focused on.

00:43:55.000 So let's be really clear.

00:43:57.000 The nuclear submarines in this United States Navy is the greatest deterrent to Chinese aggression, and that is the first place I would go to increase American naval power.

00:44:08.000 Our nuclear submarines are able to move stealthily, quietly, and effectively, and if we are going to deter China from invading Taiwan, the only way we're going to do it is to make sure that they don't know. 0.66

00:44:20.000 Whether how many nuclear submarines from the United States of America are in the South China Sea and in that area and ready to strike on them if they decide to move on Taiwan.

00:44:30.000 And so we, as our first priority, need to go directly to our nuclear sub-program queue and we need to increase it drastically.

00:44:38.000 That would be priority number one.

00:44:39.000 Ships would come next, but to me, the ships are secondary choice here.

00:44:44.000 The submarines are the single most important thing that we could be deterring, that we could be using to deter China. 0.98

00:44:50.000 But the other thing we could do to deter China is to let them know that the blood money they're spending for Russia in Ukraine right now will not be effective.

00:44:58.000 That we send Putin home with his tail between his legs and make them understand that the same fate waits for them if they decide to move towards Taiwan with a more aggressive nuclear sub-program.

00:45:09.000 We'll be able to make that threat real.

00:45:11.000 Thank you, Governor.

00:45:11.000 We're going to take a brief pause now and we'll be back to the Republican presidential primary debate.

00:45:16.000 Please stay tuned.

00:45:19.000 Honestly, pretty good debate so far.

00:45:21.000 The second one, if you remember, was terrible.

00:45:24.000 It was just very poorly run.

00:45:26.000 Everybody was interrupting each other, talking over each other.

00:45:29.000 They didn't even do closing statements.

00:45:31.000 So, if you remember, if you're with me for the second one, the second one was just like a total disaster.

00:45:37.000 So this one was pretty good.

00:45:38.000 I thought the moderators were on top of it.

00:45:40.000 There wasn't any interrupting, with the exception of Vivek jumped in there a little bit.

00:45:45.000 The questions have been good, relevant.

00:45:47.000 Obviously, you know, the Gaza War is in the news.

00:45:52.000 So I think the debate's been pretty good so far, and I think Vivek is doing a really good job.

00:45:58.000 I think he took my advice.

00:46:00.000 I don't know if he literally saw my show, because he's on top of it.

00:46:04.000 He came out swinging right at the beginning, a lot stronger.

00:46:08.000 He's not smiling as much.

00:46:09.000 He's not as congenial or whatever.

00:46:14.000 So to me, he's coming across a lot tougher, which I like.

00:46:18.000 That's my biggest criticism of him so far.

00:46:21.000 We're good to go!

00:46:41.000 Honestly, none of these candidates can really come out against Israel and just be political suicide.

00:46:46.000 I recognize that.

00:46:47.000 You know what I'm about.

00:46:49.000 You know how I choose to talk on these issues, but running for national office at a time like this, it's suicide to be anything but completely supportive, more or less.

00:47:01.000 And so I thought Vivek, he navigated in sort of a clever way, like he was asked about the colleges.

00:47:07.000 And he said, he sort of did a direct pivot and said, well anti-Semitism is one thing, but they were anti-white and anti-Christian first.

00:47:16.000 I don't think I've ever heard anti-white on the debate stage, ever.

00:47:20.000 From either side, Republicans or Democrats.

00:47:38.000 And that's really critical because that is what DeSantis has done and that's what they would like to implement at the national level.

00:47:44.000 So protecting the First Amendment on this is protecting criticism of Israel and independence to some extent of action from Israel in American life.

00:47:54.000 So that was good.

00:47:56.000 I also thought a statement on Ukraine was phenomenal.

00:47:58.000 I mean he really went for the jugular on Ukraine.

00:48:01.000 He got a great attack across on Nikki Haley.

00:48:04.000 What else did he say at the beginning?

00:48:06.000 I think he said about... He had one other really excellent answer.

00:48:11.000 His opening statement was great.

00:48:15.000 What did he say in the opening statement?

00:48:16.000 I already forget, honestly.

00:48:19.000 Nikki Haley went for Trump.

00:48:21.000 I said at the beginning it was sort of an innovation.

00:48:24.000 She said, well, Trump was the right guy for the right time, but he's wrong for now.

00:48:28.000 And you know what that represents to me?

00:48:29.000 Nikki Haley is becoming competitive. 0.92

00:48:31.000 I think that she's competing for this spot to take on Trump on behalf of the establishment. 1.00

00:48:37.000 She's competing with DeSantis for this.

00:48:40.000 And DeSantis has very cautiously avoided attacking Trump too directly because he recognizes that

00:48:49.000 It would be very difficult for him to win the nomination if he goes all in on Trump.

00:48:52.000 But Haley went in on Trump in a unique way, where she sort of recognized Trump's success in the beginning and his popularity, but criticized him for his record.

00:49:01.000 But what she represents is the backsliding towards the establishment, where she said he's getting weak in the knees on foreign policy.

00:49:09.000 And what that means is, like, he's too anti-war to be a Republican.

00:49:13.000 And the Republican Party, as evidenced by this debate, is going to be the pro-war party again.

00:49:18.000 against Russia, China, Iran.

00:49:21.000 Anyway, but we're back here.

00:49:22.000 Vivek's doing a phenomenal job.

00:49:24.000 I'm giving him like 9 out of 10 right now.

00:49:26.000 Very good.

00:49:38.000 I agree 100% with Chairman Gallagher, and let me say this.

00:49:40.000 TikTok is not only spyware.

00:50:07.000 It is polluting the minds of American young people all throughout this country, and they're doing it intentionally. 0.88

00:50:15.000 And when you saw what happened in the last few weeks with all of this anti-Semitic, horrible stuff that their algorithms were pushing out at a gargantuan rate,

00:50:28.000 This is China trying to further divide the United States of America. 0.95

00:50:33.000 And this is one of the big failings among many of the Trump administration.

00:50:36.000 He talked tough about TikTok.

00:50:39.000 I heard him do it many times.

00:50:41.000 But when it came down to it, he did not ban them when he could have and should have.

00:50:46.000 And now since then, we've had an additional nearly six years

00:50:52.000 What a joke.

00:51:16.000 X is not in China.

00:51:19.000 They're not permitting a free flow of information to the Chinese people from our social media companies, yet we just open the door and let them do what they're doing.

00:51:28.000 TikTok should be banned because they are poisoning American minds, and I would do it week one.

00:51:33.000 Thank you, Governor.

00:51:34.000 I want to go to Governor DeSantis.

00:51:36.000 Would you ban or force the sale of TikTok regardless of whether or not China allowed American apps to operate in China?

00:51:43.000 Yes, I think that China's the top threat we face. 1.00

00:51:46.000 They've been very effective at infiltrating different parts of our society.

00:51:50.000 So my policy on China and the Chinese Communist Party is very simple.

00:51:54.000 We win, they lose.

00:51:56.000 And in order to do that, it's not just military, it's economic and it's cultural.

00:52:01.000 And as the dad of a 6'5 and a 3-year-old, I'm concerned about the data that they're getting from our young people and what they're doing to pollute the minds.

00:52:10.000 Thank you Governor.

00:52:40.000 Ambassador Haley, speak to the parents out there.

00:52:42.000 They're probably TikTok apps on half the phones in this auditorium.

00:52:46.000 No, I'm going to speak to the fact that two people hit me and you didn't let me respond.

00:52:50.000 So let's first talk about the fact that they want to talk about the Chinese land from 10 years ago.

00:52:56.000 Yes, I brought a fiberglass company 10 years ago to South Carolina.

00:52:59.000 But Ron, you are the chair of your Economic Development Agency, that as of last week,

00:53:06.000 We're good.

00:53:25.000 Thank you Ambassador Haley.

00:53:26.000 Mr. Ramaswamy.

00:53:54.000 Uh, we've talked about this.

00:53:55.000 You campaign on TikTok.

00:53:57.000 How do you get TikTok banned if you use it?

00:54:00.000 Well, I want to laugh at why Nikki Haley didn't answer your question, which is about looking at families in the eye.

00:54:05.000 In the last debate, she made fun of me for actually joining TikTok while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time, so you might want to take care of your family first.

00:54:16.000 The next generation of Americans will use it.

00:54:19.000 And that's actually the point.

00:54:21.000 You have her supporters crapping her up.

00:54:23.000 That's fine.

00:54:24.000 Here's the truth.

00:54:25.000 The easy answer is actually to say that we're just going to ban one app.

00:54:28.000 We got to go further.

00:54:30.000 We have to ban any U.S. 1.00

00:54:31.000 company actually transferring U.S.

00:54:34.000 data to the Chinese.

00:54:35.000 Here's a story most people don't know.

00:54:37.000 Airbnb hands over U.S.

00:54:40.000 user data to the CCP.

00:54:43.000 Now that's a U.S.

00:54:44.000 owned company.

00:54:44.000 So this is the problem when you have Republicans that temporarily go the way the winds blow and now it's popular to talk tough on China when she was U.N.

00:54:51.000 ambassador, called them literally her words, not mine, our great friend.

00:54:55.000 You can't be fair weather fans of the right policy. 1.00

00:54:58.000 Get to the root cause.

00:54:59.000 Even U.S. 0.72

00:55:00.000 companies in Silicon Valley are regularly doing it.

00:55:04.000 Cut the virtue signaling.

00:55:05.000 The fact of the matter is Democrats are on TikTok today.

00:55:08.000 The only person, one of the few people, who is putting up content the way the actual algorithms work, speaking for pro-Israel views or others, is me.

00:55:16.000 More Republicans will join it.

00:55:18.000 But stop U.S. 0.95

00:55:19.000 companies from turning over data to Chinese companies.

00:55:26.000 Thank you very much.

00:55:27.000 You know, when he talks about me praising China, he doesn't know the fact that the reason China was praised was because I negotiated with China and Russia the largest set of sanctions against North Korea in a generation.

00:55:38.000 We are the—that is literally the reason North Korea stopped testing ballistic missiles.

00:55:43.000 So I said China did good on their part.

00:55:45.000 That was a negotiation— You said they were our great friend, is what you said, Nikki.

00:55:48.000 Those are your words, not mine, and so just own up to it.

00:55:50.000 You would never—

00:55:51.000 I have fought against China my entire career at the United Nations. 0.99

00:56:08.000 Call them out on human rights.

00:56:10.000 I did it by making sure that we held them accountable on everything that they did.

00:56:14.000 That's the reason we got out of the Human Rights Council.

00:56:16.000 That's the reason we called them out.

00:56:18.000 And I have, there's nothing to say I haven't started.

00:56:20.000 Senator Scott, it is your turn.

00:56:24.000 Everybody else is hanging on to the rules here, Mr. Ramaswamy.

00:56:27.000 Senator Scott.

00:56:31.000 I appreciate y'all clapping for me already.

00:56:36.000 What we should do is ban TikTok, period.

00:56:40.000 Now we saw under former President Trump, he tried to ban TikTok twice, but was struck down by our federal courts.

00:56:47.000 If you cannot ban TikTok, you should eliminate the Chinese presence on the app. 1.00

00:56:52.000 Period.

00:56:53.000 We also should provide, in my parents' Bill of Rights, we give parents the opportunity to give their kids permission under 14 to be on those apps.

00:57:03.000 I think it's incredibly important for us as Americans to take back control of the information, especially of our kids.

00:57:11.000 Where does it go?

00:57:12.000 We should know that.

00:57:14.000 One of the ways that we get to know that is by having a parental consent.

00:57:18.000 But if we can eliminate TikTok, that is a first step.

00:57:22.000 But it's not just TikTok.

00:57:24.000 China continues to spy on our kids, but they're also buying our farmlands. 0.95

00:57:29.000 We talked about this several times there.

00:57:31.000 We have to make sure that we use the tools

00:57:34.000 Thank you, Senator.

00:57:35.000 Kristen.

00:58:03.000 Thank you so much.

00:58:04.000 We're now going to talk about Venezuela, where millions have fled political and economic turmoil.

00:58:09.000 Many Venezuelan immigrants are settling right here in Florida.

00:58:13.000 Former President Trump and President Biden have taken different approaches to Nicolás Maduro's regime with little result.

00:58:20.000 Former President Trump put economic pressure on Venezuela and backed one of Maduro's rivals.

00:58:25.000 President Biden temporarily eased sanctions to encourage electoral reforms.

00:58:30.000 Governor DeSantis, do you see the political situation in Venezuela as a threat to the United States and what would your approach be?

00:58:38.000 We should never rely on Venezuela for oil like Biden has had to go beg.

00:58:44.000 I'm going to unleash all of America's energy potential.

00:58:47.000 On day one, I'm taking all the Biden regulations, the Green New Deal, ripping it up and throwing it in the trash can where it belongs.

00:58:55.000 We're going to lower your gas prices.

00:58:57.000 We're going to create jobs, we're going to lower energy costs, but we're also going to be more energy independent and secure.

00:59:03.000 We'll choose Midland over Moscow, we'll choose the Marcellus over the Mulas, and we'll choose Bakken over Beijing.

00:59:10.000 That is good for America's national security.

00:59:13.000 Biden's Green New Deal, that's good for Venezuela, it's good for Russia, it's good for Iran, and it's good for China.

00:59:20.000 So I would turn the screws on the Venezuelan regime.

00:59:22.000 I think it's a corrupt dictatorial regime and we should never go hat in hand begging for oil from them.

00:59:30.000 Just to be clear, would you reimpose the sanctions?

00:59:32.000 Yes, absolutely.

00:59:33.000 Ambassador Haley, what would your approach be?

00:59:36.000 You know, I stood on the Simon Boulevard Bridge and watched thousands of Venezuelans cross for hours in the hot sun, holding their babies to get the one meal they might get that day, going from Venezuela to Colombia.

00:59:48.000 They were fleeing socialism and begging for freedom.

00:59:51.000 We need to make sure that we do everything we can to sanction Maduro.

00:59:55.000 We shouldn't be getting dirty oil.

00:59:57.000 And Biden just gave 500,000 Venezuelans

01:00:00.000 That's not true.

01:00:18.000 He was praised by the Sierra Club, and you're trying to make up for it and act like you weren't a liberal when it comes to the environment.

01:00:25.000 You always have been.

01:00:25.000 You were.

01:00:26.000 Just own it, if that's the case.

01:00:28.000 But don't keep saying you're something that you're not.

01:00:30.000 Let me respond to that.

01:00:32.000 So, our whole energy plan, you can't get the shale without fracking.

01:00:37.000 We are absolutely going to frack, but I disagree with Nikki Haley.

01:00:41.000 I don't think it's a good idea to drill in the Florida Everglades, and I know most Floridians agree with me.

01:00:46.000 You banned fracking.

01:00:47.000 Thank you very much.

01:00:50.000 Thank you.

01:00:50.000 Let's turn to one of the biggest issues for voters, that of course is the economy.

01:00:55.000 This is a question that will go to all of you.

01:00:57.000 An Iowa voter recently told NBC News, how am I going to make sure my pantry stock without breaking the bank?

01:01:04.000 You've all said the best way to deal with rising prices is to cut government spending.

01:01:08.000 But that would take time to play out and Americans are struggling right now.

01:01:12.000 Senator Scott, I'll start with you.

01:01:14.000 What would you do the moment you take office to help Americans manage the cost of living?

01:01:19.000 So we're talking about short term here.

01:01:21.000 My mother was a single mother who raised me and my brother in a very challenging economic situation.

01:01:27.000 The first thing I can tell you is that when your gas prices are 40% higher right now than they were just a little over two years ago, that's not a problem for my mama. 0.99

01:01:36.000 That was a crisis.

01:01:37.000 The first thing I would do as President of the United States is I would sign the XL Keystone Pipeline and start seeing resources flow.

01:01:45.000 Second thing I would do is make sure that there's certainty and predictability

01:01:48.000 So

01:02:07.000 Any other country on the planet.

01:02:11.000 We can reduce the price of energy.

01:02:13.000 We can reduce the price of food and the price of electricity if we focus on my build here, don't borrow from China plan that is embedded.

01:02:25.000 The made in America strategy creates 10 million new jobs in three different areas.

01:02:32.000 One is innovation.

01:02:34.000 Second is the high-tech manufacturing.

01:02:36.000 And the third is the energy economy.

01:02:39.000 We have an opportunity as Americans to actually export the surplus energy that we create in our nation and disconnect from China and from murderous dictators and tyrants around the world.

01:02:53.000 Your time is up, but let me just follow up.

01:02:54.000 The idea of pumping gas, of turning on pipelines, that doesn't make gas cheaper that day.

01:03:00.000 I'm talking about you become president.

01:03:03.000 What can you do specifically to help people feel better about their situation or be better with their situation?

01:03:08.000 Well actually it does, to be honest with you.

01:03:10.000 The way that the economy works is it works on the ability to anticipate excess supply versus the demand.

01:03:17.000 When that happens

01:03:18.000 Confidence drives our prices down because we know there's going to be a greater surplus.

01:03:23.000 When you allow for those who have leases to actually start drilling, to start using those leases for more energy excavation, you put our economy in the strongest position.

01:03:34.000 And as a result of that, prices start going down.

01:03:37.000 That is the kind of economy that, as President of the United States, I would lead this nation to making sure that we first use the resources in our own country and not going outside of our country in order to achieve our objective.

01:03:53.000 You know, Proverbs 22, 7 reminds us that the borrower is slave to the lender.

01:04:00.000 We have become an indentured servant too often to countries like China.

01:04:04.000 By having an energy economy, we start allowing this nation to once again return as a city on the hill.

01:04:12.000 He's doing as good as he can.

01:04:13.000 He's fighting for his life.

01:04:14.000 He's fighting and he's doing as good as he can.

01:04:24.000 So I started off working minimum wage jobs.

01:04:26.000 I did $6 an hour as an electrician's assistant.

01:04:29.000 I worked all kinds of things to be able to get through school, and I did that because I believed in America.

01:04:34.000 If you work hard and get the most out of your God-given ability, you can get ahead.

01:04:38.000 And what's happening now, many of you are working hard, and you're falling further and further behind.

01:04:44.000 I've met people in Iowa, New Hampshire, and all across the country who've talked about

01:04:48.000 All right.

01:05:12.000 What can you do on day one?

01:05:14.000 Here's what I'm going to do.

01:05:15.000 I'm going to take all the executive orders, the regulations, everything involving Bidenomics.

01:05:20.000 I'm going to rip it up.

01:05:21.000 I'm going to throw it in the trash can on day one where it belongs. 0.52

01:05:25.000 That is going to give the economy breathing room.

01:05:27.000 And I'm also going to rein in the Federal Reserve.

01:05:30.000 They have helped create with their reckless monetary policy what we have faced since the COVID-19 pandemic.

01:05:37.000 They botched it.

01:05:38.000 Congress botched it.

01:05:39.000 Both parties are to blame.

01:05:41.000 Fed should focus on stable prices.

01:05:43.000 They are not an economic central planner for the American people.

01:05:47.000 Governor, thank you.

01:05:48.000 Mr. Ramaswamy, weigh in on this.

01:05:50.000 Ways that you can improve people's financial condition in the short term.

01:05:54.000 Right, and as a CEO, the economic question is core to my vision and policy prescription for this country.

01:05:59.000 Increase the supply of everything.

01:06:01.000 It's the law of supplies and demand.

01:06:03.000 Increase the supply of energy.

01:06:04.000 That brings down the cost of energy, grows the economy.

01:06:07.000 Drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear.

01:06:10.000 Increase the supply of labor in this country.

01:06:13.000 Stop using our taxpayer money to pay people more to stay at home instead of to go to work.

01:06:19.000 Increase the supply of housing.

01:06:21.000 People don't talk about this one in the Republican Party.

01:06:23.000 The land use restrictions are constricting the supply of housing.

01:06:27.000 That's making housing more expensive for ordinary Americans across this country.

01:06:31.000 So that's the true answer.

01:06:32.000 And I think it takes a CEO in the White House who actually understands this to get this done.

01:06:37.000 Because Americans at home, they know that Bidenomics is a lie.

01:06:40.000 Prices are going up.

01:06:41.000 Interest rates and mortgages to buy your home are going up.

01:06:44.000 But wages have remained flat.

01:06:46.000 That's the hard diagnosis for our economy.

01:06:49.000 And this is about more than just our economy.

01:06:51.000 I say this as a member of my generation.

01:06:53.000 I'm 38 years old.

01:06:54.000 I'm the youngest person ever to run for U.S.

01:06:56.000 President as a Republican.

01:06:58.000 The reason my generation has lost our sense of national pride, in part, is because people in my generation feel like the American Dream isn't available to them.

01:07:06.000 And part of the reason why is we burdened them with four-year college degrees that did not serve their head start on the American Dream.

01:07:13.000 People will be more proud of a country if we're all making more money in that country.

01:07:18.000 This is how we revive national pride in our identity, and it will take a CEO in the White House with zero-based budgeting, by the way, to take on the federal debt to get this job done.

01:07:27.000 Let me turn to Governor Christie on that.

01:07:30.000 Lester, part of the entire premise of the question, and I agree with Tim on this, is absolutely energy is the key to this because it drives every one of those other prices.

01:07:40.000 Energy is key because you're all getting paid by energy.

01:07:45.000 And those truckers have to pay for fuel, for the higher fuel prices.

01:07:48.000 And when you go ahead and you tell people, we are going to unleash every bit of American energy,

01:07:55.000 Every bit of its potential.

01:07:57.000 What happens in the futures markets?

01:07:59.000 The prices go down.

01:08:00.000 Because those people who are believing that the Biden program will continue are the ones who are bidding this up.

01:08:06.000 And let me take the other place that's bidding it up.

01:08:08.000 In the Middle East.

01:08:09.000 And so if you don't believe that making sure that Israel and that Israel situation that's going on right now...

01:08:16.000 Isn't resolved and resolved quickly as President of the United States and brings stability back that will also not permit countries like Saudi Arabia and others to be able to jack their prices as well in what they say is in response to a crisis when it's really what it's in response to is putting more money in their pockets.

01:08:33.000 When they have an American president who knows that Israel must be defended not with humanitarian pauses and not with suggestions for ceasefire but with letting them know we will supply them with everything they need

01:08:45.000 No.

01:08:46.000 Supporting Israel does not fix inflation, it is.

01:09:09.000 An Iowa State University study found that last year inflation cost rural households about an extra $5,000.

01:09:16.000 How would you specifically help rural Americans who are suffering right now, Ambassador?

01:09:20.000 Well, I'm a product of rural America.

01:09:22.000 I grew up in rural South Carolina.

01:09:24.000 And I can tell you what we're seeing now in America is the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

01:09:29.000 We have to go and start beefing up the middle class.

01:09:32.000 And the first thing I would do is I would eliminate the federal gas and diesel tax in this country.

01:09:38.000 We'll cut taxes on the middle class. 0.96

01:09:40.000 But we have to stop this spending binge that's happening by Republicans and Democrats in Congress.

01:09:46.000 I will make sure, one, we claw back the $500 billion of unspent COVID dollars that are out there.

01:09:51.000 Instead of 87,000 IRS agents going after middle America, we'll go after the hundreds of billions of dollars of COVID fraud that exist, one out of every $7.

01:10:01.000 No, I didn't take any money.

01:10:02.000 I didn't even get a COVID check, okay?

01:10:05.000 So just pay back off.

01:10:05.000 Don't even.

01:10:06.000 I didn't get any PPP money.

01:10:07.000 I wish I did, though.

01:10:29.000 So no one can give you that number realistically without first tackling what's happening with the financial situation.

01:10:37.000 It would be a false number to give you that.

01:10:39.000 We have got to understand this is a crisis.

01:10:43.000 It is a national security concern.

01:10:45.000 If we don't deal with what's going to happen with that interest expense in a few years, we're going to look like Japan. 0.99

01:10:50.000 And we can't let that happen.

01:10:51.000 The strong dollar matters.

01:10:53.000 Ambassador, thank you very much.

01:10:54.000 Kristen.

01:10:55.000 Americans could see 0.91

01:10:58.000 Americans could see their Social Security benefits drastically cut in the next decade because the program is running out of money.

01:11:06.000 Former President Trump has said, quote, under no circumstances should Republicans cut entitlements.

01:11:11.000 Governor Christie, first to you, you have proposed raising the retirement age for younger Americans.

01:11:16.000 What would that age be specifically and would you consider making any other reforms to Social Security?

01:11:22.000 Sure, and we have to deal with this problem.

01:11:24.000 Now look, if we raise the retirement age a few years for folks that are in their 30s and 40s, I have a son who's in the audience tonight that's 30 years old.

01:11:32.000 If he can't adjust to a few year increase in social security retirement age over the next 40 years, I've got bigger problems with him than his social security payments.

01:11:41.000 And the fact is, we need to be realistic about this.

01:11:44.000 There are only three things.

01:11:46.000 I don't know if Warren Buffett is collecting Social Security, but if he is, shame on you.

01:11:49.000 You shouldn't be taking the money.

01:11:51.000 There are a lot of programs in this country that we all pay for.

01:12:14.000 That we don't get a direct benefit from.

01:12:17.000 Food stamps is one of them.

01:12:19.000 I've never, fortunately in my life, ever had me or my family on food stamps.

01:12:23.000 But I'm glad it's there so that no one in this country goes to bed hungry at night if they have availability to that program.

01:12:30.000 But I don't get a direct benefit.

01:12:31.000 The fact is on Social Security, remember why it was established.

01:12:35.000 It was established as a safety net program to make sure that no one would grow old in this country in poverty.

01:12:40.000 That's what we got to get back to.

01:12:41.000 Rich people should not be collecting Social Security.

01:12:44.000 Governor, can you give me a specific age?

01:12:46.000 69, 70, what would the age be?

01:12:47.000 No, look, that's going to be a power of negotiation with Congress, Kirsten.

01:12:51.000 And hell, I'm not going to start negotiating until I get there.

01:12:53.000 Alright, Ambassador Haley, let me have you weigh in on this because you said in June that you would be open to raising the retirement age.

01:13:01.000 Have you determined what that age would be specifically and what other reforms are you looking at?

01:13:06.000 So first of all, any candidate that tells you that they're not going to take on entitlements is not being serious.

01:13:11.000 Social Security will go bankrupt in 10 years, Medicare will go bankrupt in 8.

01:13:16.000 Right now you have Ron and Trump joining Biden and Pelosi saying they're not going to change or do any sort of entitlement reform.

01:13:23.000 What we need to do is keep our promises.

01:13:26.000 Those that have been promised should keep it.

01:13:28.000 But for like my kids in their 20s, you go and you say we're going to change the rules.

01:13:32.000 You change the retirement age for them. 0.87

01:13:34.000 Instead of cost of living increases, we should go to increases based on inflation.

01:13:38.000 We should limit

01:13:39.000 Limit benefits on the wealthy.

01:13:41.000 Bernie Marcus can tell you he hates getting that check.

01:13:44.000 Limit the benefits on the wealthy.

01:13:46.000 And then expand Medicare Advantage plans.

01:13:48.000 Seniors love that.

01:13:49.000 And let's make sure we do that so they can have more competition. 1.00

01:13:52.000 That's how we'll deal with entitlement reform and that's how we'll start to pay down this debt.

01:13:56.000 And can you give me a specific age?

01:13:57.000 Have you determined the age?

01:13:59.000 Again, you have to work with... Chris, what I can tell you is it's going to be those in their 20s just coming into the system and it should reflect more of life expectancy.

01:14:07.000 It doesn't do that now.

01:14:08.000 Alright, Mr. Ramaswamy, have you determined if you would touch entitlements and Social Security?

01:14:14.000 What, if any, reforms are you looking at?

01:14:16.000 So this is really important right now.

01:14:17.000 We're working within the last window, I believe, we will have to actually fix this problem while still leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits for current seniors intact.

01:14:27.000 I'll tell you how.

01:14:28.000 The other candidates assume, like Nikki, that it can't be done.

01:14:30.000 And on her math, she's right about it.

01:14:32.000 But her math assumes $7 trillion of our $33 trillion national debt going to fight wars like in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

01:14:41.000 Hey, let's go! 0.99

01:14:41.000 Minus that, our national debt would be $26 trillion right now. 0.99

01:14:46.000 Then you go to zero-based budgeting, which I've proposed as a CEO.

01:14:50.000 It's how I've run businesses.

01:14:51.000 It's how many CEOs run businesses.

01:14:53.000 Don't use last year's budget as the baseline.

01:14:56.000 Start with zero as the baseline and then ask what's actually necessary.

01:15:01.000 75% headcount reduction.

01:15:02.000 Yes, that is severe.

01:15:03.000 In the number of federal employees in the Washington, D.C.

01:15:06.000 bureaucracy.

01:15:07.000 Shut down redundant agencies that should not exist.

01:15:11.000 Deliver economic growth as a positive tailwind.

01:15:13.000 I think we can get to three, four, maybe even

01:15:16.000 Five percent GDP growth if we really take the regulatory shackles off of our economy.

01:15:21.000 And against that backdrop, I believe this is our last best window to be able to take care of our national debt problem through those severe measures, including sacrificing the foreign wars that many bloodthirsty members of both parties have a hunger for.

01:15:35.000 That's the one secret for how we're going to be able to do this, and that requires discipline.

01:15:39.000 So we can't have the first conversation we were having sending foreign aid willy-nilly to countries whose national debt per capita is less than ours.

01:15:48.000 But if we do this correctly, I think this is our last window and it'll take a CEO from the next generation to do it.

01:15:52.000 Thank you very much.

01:15:53.000 Senator Scott, weigh in here.

01:15:54.000 What are you looking at to keep Social Security sustainable?

01:15:58.000 The bottom line is a simple one.

01:16:00.000 We have to grow our economy and cut our spending.

01:16:03.000 Let me just say to my mama and every other mama or grandfather receiving Social Security, as President of the United States, I will protect your Social Security.

01:16:13.000 The fact is that we're spending today about 1.1 trillion dollars on Social Security, about 750 billion dollars on Medicare, about 300 billion dollars on Medicaid, about 400 billion dollars on veterans benefits, 1.7 trillion dollars on annual appropriations,

01:16:28.000 If we're going to actually tame this tiger, the way you do it is not by picking on seniors who have paid into a program that deserve their money coming back out to them.

01:16:39.000 The way you deal with it is, number one, you have to grow your economy.

01:16:43.000 My plan, Made in America, creates 10 million new jobs, grows our economy at 5%.

01:16:48.000 By doing so, you add trillions of dollars of economic activity and billions of dollars to your treasury.

01:16:53.000 You have to cut taxes.

01:16:55.000 When we cut taxes in 2017, I wrote the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

01:16:58.000 Everybody said, well, guess what?

01:17:01.000 Revenue will go down.

01:17:02.000 Well, in 2018, after we wrote it in 2017, what happened?

01:17:05.000 Revenue went up by 3%.

01:17:07.000 And the next year, it went up by another 3%.

01:17:09.000 So what we know is that the Laffer Curve still works.

01:17:13.000 The lower the tax, the higher the revenue.

01:17:15.000 And finally, if we're going to deal with it, we have to take our

01:17:19.000 All you have to do is go to a farm in Iowa.

01:17:43.000 And watch the hard work and the dedication.

01:17:47.000 You and I are having a conversation.

01:17:48.000 My answer is no, but listen to this, before you go on.

01:17:52.000 Thank you.

01:17:53.000 The fact of the matter is that the more physical your labor, a year or two or three more is actually challenging to the physical body.

01:18:04.000 You and I might have a different perspective, but for those farmers, they're working night and day.

01:18:09.000 Thank you Senator, I appreciate it.

01:18:10.000 Governor DeSantis, finally to you.

01:18:12.000 Would you be open to raising the retirement age and how would you keep Social Security sustainable?

01:18:17.000 Well look, as Governor of Florida, I know a few people on Social Security and I know it's important.

01:18:23.000 My grandmother lived till 91 and Social Security was her sole source of income and that's true for a lot of seniors throughout this country.

01:18:31.000 So what I'd say to seniors in America, promise made, promise kept.

01:18:35.000 I understand what you're going through with the rising prices, and you need that Social Security check.

01:18:41.000 So we'll make sure to get that done.

01:18:42.000 What can you do to help shore up Social Security?

01:18:44.000 One of the things that's causing problems is the inflation.

01:18:48.000 We have to reduce inflation.

01:18:50.000 When you have higher inflation, the seniors get a cost of living adjustment, which means the program's spending more, but it doesn't cover the increase in the actual inflation rate.

01:19:00.000 We're good to go.

01:19:19.000 Congress has a lot of dirty hands on this.

01:19:22.000 I'm going to force Congress to stop spending so much money.

01:19:25.000 And you know, one thing we have to talk about the retirement age is just something that's changed in the last four or five years.

01:19:30.000 Life expectancy in the United States is declining.

01:19:33.000 So Governor, yes or no, would you raise it?

01:19:35.000 Would you raise the retirement age?

01:19:37.000 When life expectancy is declining, I don't see how you could raise it the other direction.

01:19:41.000 So it's one thing to peg it on life expectancy, but we have had a significant decline in life expectancy in this country.

01:19:47.000 And that's just a fact.

01:19:48.000 Alright, Governor DeSantis, thank you.

01:19:50.000 Thank you, candidates.

01:19:51.000 And we will be right back after a quick break from Miami, Florida.

01:19:57.000 That's a good debate.

01:19:57.000 You know, I actually don't mind this debate that much because it cut out all the dead weight.

01:20:02.000 I mean, we were listening to, who was that guy, Burgum? 0.99

01:20:06.000 Doug Burgum and Mike Pence and just a lot of idiocy. 0.99

01:20:11.000 But this debate was pretty good. 1.00

01:20:12.000 I mean, these are the best guys.

01:20:14.000 These are the most well-spoken ones.

01:20:15.000 Not good in terms of what they're about.

01:20:19.000 I think Vivek is great.

01:20:33.000 As far as confronting China and the economy, I actually agree with all that stuff.

01:20:39.000 We do have to decouple from China. 1.00

01:20:41.000 We do have to re-industrialize America.

01:20:43.000 Tim Scott is right about the industrial base.

01:20:46.000 That is the problem.

01:20:47.000 China has the largest fleet because it builds ships at a much higher rate.

01:20:53.000 And same is true with Russia building ammunition.

01:20:58.000 We can't build like that because we don't have industry and Vivek is also right that our supply chains run through China.

01:21:05.000 So theoretically if we wanted to Confront China ever be a major problem because we get radar and sensors and all kinds of things through China even down to the raw materials that they have so I Agree with all that stuff and I agree on the entitlements. 0.91

01:21:23.000 I mean, it's just true that the

01:21:28.000 What is the expression about the chickens coming home to roost or whatever?

01:21:32.000 That we're finally reaching the end of the fiscal problem here.

01:21:38.000 And Nikki Haley said it, which is that the interest payment is going to be bigger than the defense budget soon.

01:21:43.000 And Social Security and Medicare going bankrupt.

01:21:45.000 Everybody knows that.

01:21:46.000 And the deficits have been out of control for the past, ever since COVID, for the past three years.

01:21:51.000 And DeSantis is right about the quantitative easing.

01:21:53.000 So they're all right about that.

01:21:55.000 They're all right about entitlements.

01:21:57.000 We're good to go.

01:22:07.000 The VEC.

01:22:07.000 I honestly probably align the most with the VEC.

01:22:10.000 I think that America does not have its full economic potential with regulation, with housing, with energy, all that stuff.

01:22:20.000 And the other thing is tariffs.

01:22:22.000 No, that's the other thing.

01:22:23.000 Nobody talks about trade.

01:22:25.000 Nobody's been... The biggest thing that Trump innovated in 16 is that he brought trade back into the conversation.

01:22:31.000 Trade was a very big conversation in the 90s when this was happening.

01:22:35.000 When

01:22:37.000 NAFTA was signed and when America began to de-industrialize.

01:22:41.000 It's actually a relatively recent phenomenon that we've lost a manufacturing base.

01:22:46.000 So that was a big part of the election with Ross Perot and others.

01:22:51.000 And Trump put that issue back on the map with the discussion about tariffs and said, if you bring factories overseas, we will put a tariff on the goods that you export.

01:23:00.000 And so there's been no discussion about trade, which is interesting, but that's a huge part of this supply-side conversation.

01:23:09.000 So anyway, so I agree with them mostly.

01:23:11.000 The thing that pissed me off the most, though, is about TikTok.

01:23:15.000 They say that the TikTok is national security, but it's also culture.

01:23:19.000 They say that TikTok is polluting the minds of the youth.

01:23:23.000 You know this is coming from the national security state because all the social media companies are doing that.

01:23:29.000 TikTok is just the best.

01:23:31.000 TikTok is just the most competitive, innovative product.

01:23:35.000 It is attracting more users more quickly than any other major platform in the world.

01:23:41.000 There's poison coming from YouTube.

01:23:43.000 There's poison coming from Instagram and Facebook.

01:23:45.000 And what do you think Snapchat is for?

01:23:48.000 Snapchat is for middle schoolers to send nudes, or at least it was, you know, 10 years ago.

01:23:52.000 It's not as popular these days.

01:23:54.000 But they're saying that because it's Chinese.

01:23:56.000 So no one wants to take on big tech because they're probably receiving money from big tech and big tech's powerful.

01:24:02.000 So this, you know, going after TikTok is not tough. 0.99

01:24:07.000 It's a load of shit. 0.99

01:24:08.000 You know, TikTok is good. 1.00

01:24:12.000 We like fentanyl.

01:24:39.000 Number one, we should close our southern border.

01:24:41.000 For $10 billion, we could close our southern border.

01:24:44.000 For an additional $5 billion, we could use the currently available military technology to surveil our southern border, to stop fentanyl from crossing our border.

01:24:55.000 I've already led on legislation that would sanction the Mexican cartels, if you remember the path,

01:25:02.000 The precursors come from China, then they are manufactured in Mexican labs, and then the Mexican cartels bring them across our border. 0.80

01:25:11.000 By sanctioning their accounts and eliminating their cash, we starve them of what they need, number one.

01:25:16.000 Closing our southern border makes it nearly impossible to get in.

01:25:19.000 The military-grade technology is a backup, making sure that we not only stop 70,000 deaths

01:25:30.000 In the last 12 months because of fentanyl, it also allows us to deal with the human trafficking travesty that is entering in our country in the same path.

01:25:40.000 If we are going to deal effectively with 100,000 overdose deaths in our country and the 70,000 that is directly linked to fentanyl, we have to deal with our ports of entry and deal with our southern border.

01:25:57.000 If we do that effectively, we have started reducing the challenge from the outside, and then we have to deal with the challenge on the inside, which seems to be connected to a mental health crisis that is spreading throughout our nation.

01:26:11.000 Governor Christie, Senator Scott just mentioned ports of entry.

01:26:14.000 90% of the fentanyl that is seized in the United States is seized at ports of entry.

01:26:18.000 We don't know what's coming in across the open southern border.

01:26:21.000 You've been a United States attorney.

01:26:22.000 You've taken on cartels.

01:26:24.000 Can it really be done quickly?

01:26:25.000 What would you do as president?

01:26:27.000 It can be done quickly in two ways, Hugh, on fentanyl.

01:26:31.000 The first way is exactly as you suggest, the ports of entry.

01:26:36.000 We have to beef up what our law enforcement has in terms of technology.

01:26:40.000 I would invest in that as president.

01:26:42.000 We need to make sure that law enforcement has every tool at its disposal to do it.

01:26:46.000 Secondly, on day one, I would sign an executive order that would send the National Guard to partner with Customs and Border Patrol, both at ports of entry and at the open ports of our border.

01:26:56.000 Customs and Border Patrol agents are overwhelmed.

01:26:59.000 There's 200,000 encounters a month.

01:27:02.000 Over the last 11 months, we simply do not have the man and woman power at the border to be able to deal with it. 0.94

01:27:09.000 And so, dealing with both law enforcement, and you're right, we have done this, we can do this, but we've got to give them the tools to do it, and technology is one of the biggest tools that we don't have enough of at the ports of entry.

01:27:21.000 Now, we also need to lower demand, Hugh, in this country.

01:27:25.000 And the way to lower demand is to start treating people again.

01:27:28.000 You know, we started to do this before COVID, and we haven't done enough of it.

01:27:33.000 And for every family out there tonight who has lost a loved one.

01:27:38.000 Thank you Governor.

01:28:03.000 About using United States Special Forces to attack the cartels where they manufacture the chemicals that come from China.

01:28:10.000 How often?

01:28:11.000 How many?

01:28:12.000 What does that look like?

01:28:14.000 Well, first I was speaking to a dad who lost a son to a fentanyl overdose.

01:28:20.000 Son wasn't a drug addict.

01:28:21.000 He had taken some pill that happened to be laced with fentanyl and it was a fatal overdose.

01:28:25.000 And when he told me, obviously the pain of losing a child is as bad as it gets, but he said what was salt in the wounds

01:28:32.000 Is that these elites in D.C.

01:28:34.000 don't give a damn about what's going on in this country.

01:28:37.000 They don't care that we have tens of thousands of opioid deaths that the fentanyl is pouring in.

01:28:43.000 They are not taking the type of action we need to.

01:28:45.000 We're declaring it a national emergency on day one.

01:28:48.000 I'm sending U.S. 1.00

01:28:49.000 military to the border.

01:28:50.000 I'm going to stop the invasion cold. 0.91

01:28:52.000 I am going to deport people who came illegally. 1.00

01:28:55.000 And I'm even going to build the border wall and have Mexico pay for it like Donald Trump promised.

01:28:59.000 Are you gonna do it?

01:29:31.000 Ambassador Haley, if the United States uses special forces in Mexico without prior notice to the Mexican allies to our south, what would your colleagues at the United Nations think about that?

01:29:47.000 I don't care what my colleagues at the United Nations think.

01:29:49.000 What I'll tell you is...

01:29:52.000 First of all, you have to go to the source.

01:29:56.000 We have lost more Americans than the Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq wars combined.

01:30:02.000 We lost 75,000 Americans last year.

01:30:06.000 Go to the source.

01:30:07.000 It is the reason why we'll continue to say we will end all normal trade relations with China until they stop murdering Americans. 1.00

01:30:14.000 You watch how quick that flow stops.

01:30:17.000 The second thing is we'll send special operations in to take out the cartels.

01:30:21.000 We need to go to where they're distributing it, where the supply centers are, and take them out.

01:30:25.000 We'll put 25,000 more Border Patrol and ICE agents on the ground and let them do their job.

01:30:32.000 We will defund sanctuary cities.

01:30:34.000 We will go back to the remain-in-Mexico policy so that everybody stays in Mexico and they never get here in the first place. 0.99

01:30:40.000 And instead of catch-and-deport, we'll go to catch-and-release.

01:30:43.000 I'm sorry, instead of catch-and-release, we'll go to catch-and-deport.

01:30:46.000 That is the way we'll deal with the border.

01:30:48.000 Those are the things that we have to do going forward, but I do agree with Chris.

01:30:52.000 One of the first things that we have to do is really focus on mental health and addiction centers.

01:30:58.000 It is something that is needed in our country terribly, because we don't deal with mental health, and someone who doesn't get care for mental health falls into addiction, and we owe it to them to treat it like the cancer that it is.

01:31:09.000 Why don't we have a society where people are mentally ill? 1.00

01:31:12.000 Special Forces in Mexico shoot them a stone cold dead at the border?

01:31:16.000 One thing I just want to say in how we're talking about this issue is, you know, like Ron, I've actually met many parents across this country who have lost their kids to laced pharmaceuticals that have fentanyl in them.

01:31:26.000 The only thing I would ask, Ron, I think you'd be on the same page with me on this.

01:31:29.000 Let's not even call that an overdose.

01:31:31.000 That is not an overdose.

01:31:33.000 That is poisoning.

01:31:35.000 If you put that fentanyl in a Big Mac, we would not call that an overdose.

01:31:39.000 You'd call it what it is.

01:31:40.000 It's closer to bioterrorism.

01:31:43.000 And I say that because as it uniquely relates to this crisis, that does warrant more aggressive means to deal with it.

01:31:51.000 So there's a new presidential election in Mexico in 2024.

01:31:54.000 People may not be aware of that.

01:31:55.000 It's going to be someone other than Obrador, who has been a disaster in Mexico.

01:31:58.000 I think he's even mentioned me obliquely in speeches to say that somebody who would do this shouldn't get anywhere near the White House.

01:32:03.000 Well, AMLO, get out of the way.

01:32:05.000 There's going to be someone else in charge.

01:32:07.000 I hope to have built a good relationship with that next president of Mexico.

01:32:11.000 We'll use our own military to seal our own southern border. 0.75

01:32:15.000 What we need to do is stop using our military to protect somebody else's border halfway around the world when we're short right here at home.

01:32:21.000 Get serious about protecting this border.

01:32:23.000 And then the other thing that hasn't been discussed is the northern border.

01:32:26.000 I'm the only candidate on the stage, as far as I'm aware, who has actually visited the northern border.

01:32:31.000 There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans.

01:32:37.000 So we gotta just skate to where the puck is going, not just where the puck is.

01:32:41.000 Don't just build the wall, build both walls.

01:32:43.000 Can't just complete the wall, use the military to seal the Swiss cheese for the tunnels that they're actually building underneath that wall.

01:32:49.000 Thank you, Mr. Ramaswamy.

01:32:50.000 We have to be practical and actually get this job done.

01:32:52.000 Thank you.

01:32:53.000 Kristen.

01:32:54.000 Thank you, Mr. Ramaswamy.

01:32:57.000 Let's talk now about last night's election results.

01:33:00.000 Abortion rights supporters saw victories in Ohio and Virginia, following earlier wins in states like Kansas and Kentucky.

01:33:08.000 Governor DeSantis, first to you, how do you see the path forward for Republicans on this issue?

01:33:14.000 Well, I stand for a culture of life, and I understand that it's important that everyone gets a shot.

01:33:20.000 I'm reminded of a story about a young mother who was struggling in Jamaica about 40 years ago, 45 years ago.

01:33:26.000 She was counseled to not have a baby because she was poor, baby wouldn't have opportunity, and she came close to having an abortion.

01:33:34.000 But she decided to have the baby, born poor in Jamaica.

01:33:37.000 And the reason I know that story is because that baby girl ended up emigrating to the state of Florida,

01:33:43.000 Uh, becoming a lawyer and a judge.

01:33:45.000 And I appointed her to the Florida Supreme Court in August of 2022.

01:33:48.000 We're better off when everybody counts.

01:33:51.000 Uh, we're better off when we can promote a culture of life.

01:33:54.000 At the same time, I understand that some of these states are doing it a little bit different.

01:33:59.000 Texas is not gonna do it the same as New Hampshire.

01:34:01.000 Iowa's not necessarily gonna do it the same as Virginia.

01:34:04.000 So you gotta work from the bottom up.

01:34:06.000 Uh, you gotta do a better job on these referenda.

01:34:09.000 I think of all the stuff that's happened to the pro-life cause, uh, they have been caught flat-footed on these referenda, and they have been losing the referenda.

01:34:17.000 A lot of the people who are voting for the referenda are Republicans who would vote for a Republican candidate.

01:34:22.000 So you gotta understand how to do that.

01:34:24.000 But let's just be clear.

01:34:25.000 The Democrats have taken a position they will not identify the point at which there should be any protection all the way up until birth.

01:34:33.000 That is wrong, and we cannot stand for that.

01:34:35.000 Alright, Governor DeSantis, thank you.

01:34:37.000 Ambassador Haley, let me have you weigh in.

01:34:38.000 Former President Trump has consistently blamed the abortion issue and how Republican candidates have talked about it for their electoral losses.

01:34:46.000 How do you see the path forward?

01:34:48.000 I've said it before, I think you have to be honest with the American people.

01:34:51.000 This is a personal issue for every woman and every man.

01:34:55.000 I am unapologetically pro-life, not because the Republican Party tells me to be, but because my husband Michael was adopted and I had trouble having both of my children, so I'm surrounded by blessings.

01:35:06.000 Having said that, when you look post-Roe, a wrong was made right. 0.87

01:35:10.000 They took it out of the hands of unelected justices, and they put it in the hands of the people.

01:35:14.000 And now we're seeing states vote.

01:35:16.000 And what I'll tell you is, as much as I'm pro-life, I don't judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don't want them to judge me for being pro-life.

01:35:23.000 So when we're looking at this, there are some states that are going more on the pro-life side.

01:35:27.000 I welcome that.

01:35:28.000 There are some states that are going more on the pro-choice side.

01:35:31.000 I wish that wasn't the case, but the people decided.

01:35:34.000 But when it comes to the federal law, which is what's being debated here, be honest.

01:35:38.000 It's going to take 60 Senate votes, a majority of the House, and a president to sign it.

01:35:43.000 So no—we haven't had 60 Senate votes in over 100 years.

01:35:47.000 We might have 45 pro-life senators. 0.93

01:35:50.000 So no Republican president can ban abortions any more than a Democrat president can ban these state laws.

01:35:56.000 So let's find consensus.

01:35:58.000 Let's agree on how we can ban late-term abortions.

01:36:01.000 Let's make sure we encourage adoptions and good quality adoptions.

01:36:05.000 Let's make sure we make contraception accessible. 1.00

01:36:08.000 Let's make sure that none of these state laws put a woman in jail or give her the death penalty for getting an abortion. 1.00

01:36:13.000 Let's focus on how to save as many babies as we can and support as many moms as we can.

01:36:18.000 And stop the judgment.

01:36:20.000 We don't need to divide America over this issue anymore.

01:36:30.000 Senator Scott, I'd like you to weigh in.

01:36:33.000 How do you see the path forward and what do you make of what Ambassador Haley just said?

01:36:37.000 Do you see this as a consensus issue?

01:36:40.000 Well, I'm 100% pro-life.

01:36:42.000 I have a 100% pro-life voting record.

01:36:45.000 I would certainly, as President of the United States, have a 15-week national limit.

01:36:50.000 I would not allow states like California, Illinois, or New York to have abortion up until the day of birth.

01:36:58.000 I certainly would not allow for governors, former governor, Democratic governor of Virginia, who talked about infanticide.

01:37:06.000 We need a 15-week federal limit.

01:37:10.000 Three out of four Americans agree with a 15-week limit.

01:37:16.000 47 out of 50 countries in Europe agree with a 15-week limit.

01:37:20.000 I would challenge both Nikki and Ron to join me at a 15-week limit.

01:37:26.000 It is in our nation's best interest, and frankly, I think it's unethical and immoral

01:37:33.000 To allow for abortions up until the day of birth.

01:37:36.000 We have an opportunity in this nation to stop that reckless behavior from states like California, New York, and Illinois.

01:37:45.000 I'd go a step further.

01:37:46.000 In my parents' plan, we start by talking about funding, block granting resources to crisis pregnancy centers.

01:37:54.000 We should support adoption.

01:37:56.000 There are a number of ways that we can say to the expectant mother,

01:38:00.000 That we stand with you.

01:38:02.000 We should not only be pro-life before the child is born, we should be pro-life after the child is born just as much.

01:38:08.000 Senator Scott, thank you.

01:38:09.000 Ambassador Haley, your name was invoked.

01:38:11.000 Would you support a 15-week federal limit?

01:38:13.000 I would support anything that would pass because that's what would save more babies and support more moms.

01:38:18.000 But you have to be honest with the American people, and I appreciate that Tim keeps calling me out for this, but Tim, there was a bill last year.

01:38:26.000 Lindsey Graham sponsored it.

01:38:28.000 You didn't even co-sponsor the bill, and then when you first were interviewed on this, when you ran, you wouldn't even say you were for 15 weeks.

01:38:35.000 What I am saying to the American people is, let's see what we can agree on.

01:38:40.000 Let's bring people together and decide what we can agree on.

01:38:43.000 I will sign anything where we can get 60 Senate votes, but don't make the American people think that you're going to push something on them when we don't even have the votes in the Senate.

01:38:52.000 It's important that we're honest about that.

01:38:54.000 Let me go to Mr. Ramaswamy.

01:38:55.000 Would you support a 15-week federal ban?

01:38:57.000 And what is the path forward on this issue?

01:38:59.000 I just want to say, I mean, I think Nikki Haley did invoke being honest.

01:39:01.000 And I just want to give credit to Tim Scott.

01:39:03.000 He's honest about where he stood.

01:39:05.000 And I think you should be honest, not making a political calculus, but to say, if a bill is served up, would you sign it?

01:39:11.000 Here's my view on this.

01:39:12.000 Speaking as a man, they say men have trouble speaking on this issue.

01:39:15.000 I don't think we need to be that way.

01:39:17.000 It was my home state of Ohio.

01:39:18.000 I'm upset about this.

01:39:19.000 Yesterday.

01:39:20.000 That passed a constitutional amendment that now effectively codifies a right to abortion all the way up to the time of birth without parental consent.

01:39:29.000 Why?

01:39:29.000 It's back to that Republican culture of losing.

01:39:31.000 The Republicans did not have an alternative amendment or vision on the table.

01:39:36.000 I know Ohio.

01:39:36.000 I was born, raised, and I lived there.

01:39:38.000 It's representative of the country.

01:39:40.000 If in the state of Ohio we talked about access to contraception, adoption, and also here's the missing ingredient in this movement.

01:39:47.000 Sexual responsibility for men. 0.53

01:39:50.000 We live in an era of reliable genetic paternity tests that are 100% reliable.

01:39:56.000 So we can say men deserve more responsibility.

01:39:59.000 So we can tell women, we're all in this together.

01:40:02.000 It's not men's rights versus women's rights.

01:40:05.000 It's about human rights.

01:40:06.000 And I've come back to that case that Clarence Thomas spoke of.

01:40:09.000 A pregnant woman walking down the street.

01:40:11.000 She's assaulted.

01:40:12.000 The unborn child dies in that assault.

01:40:16.000 You find me one person in this country who says that that criminal does not deserve liability for that death.

01:40:24.000 You won't find one.

01:40:26.000 That says we share the same instincts on this issue, but we require, I believe, a different generation of leadership to actually lead us forward and unite the country on this with honesty.

01:40:35.000 Thank you, Mr. Ramaswamy.

01:40:36.000 Governor Christie, as you know, federal limits are important to a lot of Republicans.

01:40:41.000 Where do you stand on this issue, and what is the path forward for Republicans?

01:40:45.000 For 50 years, conservative lawyers have been arguing that the federal government should have absolutely nothing to do with this issue constitutionally because it's nowhere in the Constitution.

01:40:56.000 And then Dobbs comes and we finally gain that victory.

01:41:00.000 Which was the creation of a constitutional right out of thin air that didn't exist.

01:41:05.000 And now we have people running to say, let's short circuit the states from doing what they need to do. 0.91

01:41:11.000 And let's go right to some type of federal ban at a certain number of weeks.

01:41:15.000 And people on the stage have been all over the place.

01:41:18.000 20 weeks, 15 weeks, 12, 6.

01:41:21.000 Look, the frowns were really smart.

01:41:24.000 And this is an issue that should be decided in each state.

01:41:27.000 And I trust the people of this country.

01:41:31.000 State by state to make the call for themselves.

01:41:33.000 Now that's going to lead to a lot of divergence.

01:41:35.000 In Oklahoma, you can't get an abortion unless the life of the mother is at risk.

01:41:38.000 In my home state of New Jersey, it goes up to nine months that you get an abortion.

01:41:42.000 I find that morally reprehensible.

01:41:45.000 But that is what the people of our state have voted for.

01:41:47.000 And we should not short-circuit that process until every state's people have the right to weigh in on it.

01:41:54.000 But here's the bigger issue, Kirsten.

01:41:56.000 Like Trump!

01:41:58.000 That's what Trump does.

01:41:59.000 That's why Trump's awesome.

01:42:02.000 To be pro-life for the whole life means that the life of a 16-year-old drug addict on the floor of the county lockup is precious, and we should get treatment for her to restore her life.

01:42:11.000 The 52-year-old who's drug addicted should make sure that any of his children who he's passed that addiction on to are treated well, too.

01:42:18.000 Pro-life's not just in the womb, Kirsten.

01:42:20.000 It's for the whole life.

01:42:21.000 All right.

01:42:22.000 Governor, thank you.

01:42:23.000 Candidates, thank you.

01:42:24.000 We're going to take a final break, and when we come back, we'll hear from all of you with your closing statements.

01:42:28.000 All right, yeah, the abortion thing is like, it just doesn't interest me because they're all lying.

01:42:35.000 You know, and I, at least Trump came out and said, oh well, like, you guys are gonna vote for me if I talk about it.

01:42:42.000 So that's why I love, that's why I love Trump.

01:42:44.000 Trump is like fighting the pro-lifers. 0.99

01:42:46.000 He's like, you pussies don't win elections, I do. 1.00

01:42:49.000 You don't win elections, shut the fuck up. 1.00

01:42:51.000 I deliver daubs, so shut the fuck up and let me, let me, uh, not, you know, talk about it because it'll lose me the election. 1.00

01:42:59.000 But these guys, they have to stretch out this long thing about... And basically what they're saying is, well, I'm pro-life, but if I come across as too pro-life, like, all the women will vote for the Democrats. 0.99

01:43:13.000 I feel like you should just say that.

01:43:16.000 Just come right out.

01:43:16.000 It's like, we're not children.

01:43:18.000 Everyone recognizes that that's what's happening.

01:43:20.000 Everyone recognizes that's a political reality.

01:43:23.000 The political reality is that women voted 60%. 0.99

01:43:29.000 In favor of this amendment to the Ohio State Constitution last night.

01:43:35.000 And it's that simple. 0.95

01:43:38.000 Women will kill the GOP if it's too pro-life. 1.00

01:43:44.000 That's just what it is.

01:43:47.000 And so Republicans recognize that they can't push for any kind of federal ban

01:43:53.000 With any teeth or even some say at all.

01:43:57.000 That's why Nikki Haley says, well, let's just work on it when I'm president. 0.97

01:44:01.000 That's because she doesn't want to risk alienating.

01:44:04.000 There can't even be a whiff that she's going to ban abortion federally because she'll get murdered by women. 1.00

01:44:13.000 So, that's why I can't stand that issue when people, when you hear about it on the debate stage, because they're all just making shit up, you know? 0.99

01:44:23.000 And the thing is, what's funny when they say, well, think about it this way. 0.97

01:44:31.000 When they talk about drugs and abortion and stuff, they're like, we need more treatment centers, and we need more Social Security, and we need more adoption centers, and it's like, what if we had a country where nobody wanted to abort babies so it wasn't an issue?

01:44:46.000 What if we had a country where nobody was on drugs because they didn't want to commit suicide?

01:44:51.000 What if we had a country where people were wealthy enough that they didn't need Social Security, they had a private retirement plan because they made money?

01:45:02.000 And the point is, is like, we have to restructure the society.

01:45:06.000 If you have a society where everyone's on drugs or doing abortions on a large scale, something has gone wrong.

01:45:13.000 You know?

01:45:14.000 And like Vivek said, it's one thing if somebody, I don't know, gets poisoned with fentanyl, but addiction is a major problem in the country.

01:45:22.000 And addiction is a symptom of a deeper problem.

01:45:25.000 People don't get addicted to drugs for no reason.

01:45:28.000 People get addicted to drugs because

01:45:32.000 They feel their lives aren't worth living, so they'd like to alter their state of consciousness.

01:45:38.000 So...

01:45:40.000 Nobody's talking about how the society has gotten to the point where everybody wants to be addicted, why there's a suicide epidemic, why there's abortion.

01:45:49.000 Like, they're talking about access to contraceptives.

01:45:52.000 What if we had a country where marriage was a sacred institution?

01:45:54.000 And listen, I know it's a presidential debate, so they are talking about policies, and policies are reactive as opposed to proactive, but it would be good to have some vision

01:46:07.000 From a candidate.

01:46:08.000 Like Vivek.

01:46:09.000 Vivek is the closest to that, but he's really just offering up these kind of like clever, interesting, novelty opinions.

01:46:17.000 But it's not really getting at a unified vision for the country.

01:46:20.000 So that, whenever people talk about that stuff, that's how I feel.

01:46:23.000 It's like, we need more addiction centers.

01:46:25.000 It's like, well we have all these addicts.

01:46:27.000 Shouldn't we ask why everyone's addicted in the first place rather than let's have a country of people in rehab?

01:46:34.000 Like, isn't that a problem if you have to build rehabs?

01:46:36.000 We're gonna build more rehabs! 0.99

01:46:38.000 It's like, uh, what?

01:46:40.000 That's a problem.

01:46:41.000 Like, isn't that a problem by itself?

01:46:43.000 They've been to focus on any topic you didn't have time to address and why you and not former President Trump would be the party's best choice to tackle these important issues.

01:46:53.000 You each have a minute.

01:46:54.000 Senator Scott, we'll start with you.

01:46:55.000 One minute.

01:46:56.000 There's a crisis that is growing in our nation and that crisis is cultural and spiritual.

01:47:02.000 We need a renewal, a great awakening.

01:47:06.000 We should reject the less valueless, faithless, fatherless society.

01:47:12.000 We should turn back to faith, 0.66

01:47:15.000 Wow.

01:47:16.000 Oh.

01:47:38.000 If you commit a violent crime, you go to jail.

01:47:42.000 And if God made you a man, you play sports against men. 0.92

01:47:46.000 I do not just want to... Audience, please.

01:47:49.000 I do not just... I do not just want to win the battle against Joe Biden.

01:47:55.000 I want us together to win the war.

01:47:58.000 The war for our Christian conservative values that changed my life.

01:48:02.000 Senator Scott, thank you.

01:48:03.000 Governor Christie, you have won.

01:48:04.000 That's why I'm asking you for your vote.

01:48:09.000 I'm my mama!

01:48:10.000 My mama.

01:48:11.000 Oh my gosh. 1.00

01:48:11.000 Shut up! 1.00

01:48:24.000 And I can see in the eyes of Americans their exhaustion. 1.00

01:48:28.000 Their exhaustion from the petty personal politics that have taken over this country over the last number of years.

01:48:35.000 I'm running for president to be a president of consequence.

01:48:39.000 To do the big things.

01:48:40.000 To make sure that America's role in the world stays number one. 0.64

01:48:43.000 That we stand up for our friends and allies around the world.

01:48:48.000 And we stand up for what we believe in right here at home.

01:48:51.000 And it's not to eliminate our differences.

01:48:53.000 Our differences has always been our strength as a country, not our weakness.

01:48:58.000 But you can't truly say you love America unless you're ready to open up your heart to every American.

01:49:04.000 I'm going to open up my heart to every American as president, and I will make sure that I return honesty, integrity to the Oval Office.

01:49:12.000 We deserve and should accept nothing less.

01:49:14.000 Governor, thank you very much.

01:49:16.000 Let's go to Mr. Ramaswamy now.

01:49:18.000 You have one minute.

01:49:21.000 We've talked a lot about foreign wars tonight, but we're in the middle of a war right here at home.

01:49:26.000 It's a war not between black and white or Democrat and Republican.

01:49:29.000 It's between those of us who believe in our founding ideals and love this country, and a fringe minority who hates the United States of America.

01:49:36.000 And I think it's going to take a commander-in-chief to lead us to victory in that war, who first of all knows that we're in a war.

01:49:43.000 Second of all, can't be captured by the special interests along the way.

01:49:47.000 But third is from the next generation, somebody with fresh legs to lead us to victory.

01:49:52.000 I'll shut down the deep state, I'll declare economic independence from China, I'll keep us out of World War III, and then revive national pride in this country. 0.82

01:50:01.000 I also want to close with one message to the Democrat Party.

01:50:04.000 End this farce that Joe Biden is going to be your nominee.

01:50:07.000 We know he's not even the President of the United States. 0.86

01:50:09.000 He's a puppet for the managerial class.

01:50:12.000 So have the guts to step up and be honest about who you're actually going to put up, so we can have an honest debate.

01:50:17.000 Biden should step aside, end his candidacy now, so we can see whether it's Newsom or Michelle Obama or whoever else.

01:50:23.000 Just tell us the truth, so we can have an honest debate.

01:50:32.000 Ambassador Haley, you have one minute for your closing.

01:50:36.000 Thank you.

01:50:37.000 The world is on fire.

01:50:39.000 We have a war in Europe.

01:50:41.000 We've got a war in the Middle East.

01:50:42.000 We've got China on the march. 0.98

01:50:45.000 It is very important that we know how to defend our freedoms and how to defeat terrorism and socialism.

01:50:52.000 We have to know the difference between good and evil.

01:50:55.000 We have to know the difference between right and wrong.

01:50:57.000 We need to know that a strong America doesn't start wars.

01:51:00.000 A strong America prevents wars.

01:51:03.000 And the way we can focus on that is to make sure we go back to the soul of America and be strong and proud again.

01:51:10.000 And we can't do that.

01:51:12.000 We can't win the fights of the 21st century with politicians from the 20th century.

01:51:18.000 We have to move forward.

01:51:20.000 And we can do this.

01:51:22.000 I know we can do this.

01:51:23.000 So join our movement.

01:51:25.000 Go to NikkiHaley.com.

01:51:26.000 And we will once again show what an America that's strong and proud looks like.

01:51:31.000 God bless.

01:51:40.000 We must reverse our country's decline, and that is going to require leadership.

01:51:45.000 I will take the hits, I will take the arrows, I will take the barbs, because it's not about me, it's about you.

01:51:52.000 It's not about the past, it's about your future.

01:51:55.000 We are going to fight for you.

01:51:57.000 I am going to win for you and your family, and I am going to lead this country's revival.

01:52:03.000 As a veteran of the Iraq War and in the Navy, I will always put service above self as president.

01:52:10.000 As the father of three young kids, I'm going to ensure that this country is left to the next generation in better shape than we found it.

01:52:17.000 And as the governor of Florida, I delivered on all my promises, and you can trust me to deliver for you as the president of the United States.

01:52:25.000 I am asking for your vote.

01:52:27.000 I'll be a nominee that will be able to win the election.

01:52:30.000 I will be a leader you can be proud of, and as your president, I will not let you down.

01:52:35.000 God bless you.

01:52:36.000 Governor DeSantis, thank you.

01:52:39.000 There's that face.

01:52:40.000 I thought it would be better this time, but it was worse.

01:52:46.000 That is going to conclude our debate.

01:52:48.000 What was that face he made at the end?

01:52:53.000 Just look at the face.

01:52:54.000 Focus on the face.

01:53:01.000 A veteran of the Iraq War and in the Navy, I will always put service above self as president.

01:53:09.000 We will not let you down.

01:53:10.000 God bless you.

01:53:11.000 Governor DeSantis.

01:53:13.000 Thank you.

01:53:21.000 Alright, well that was exhausting.

01:53:22.000 Exhausting debate. 0.99

01:53:26.000 You know, DeSantis and Haley and everyone on that stage is a psychopath like warmonger. 0.98

01:53:33.000 Every one of them except for Vivek. 0.98

01:53:36.000 These neocons, man.

01:53:39.000 I don't think so.

01:53:58.000 When Trump arrived in 2016, there was this idea that he would realign the Republican Party or realign American politics with a new contour and that the Republican Party would be anti-war and against free trade.

01:54:13.000 I don't know.

01:54:29.000 We're good to go.

01:54:45.000 And so without Vivek, who is really an exception to the rule, seven years, eight years really, because it's 24, after Trump ran, the Republican Party is just as bad as it was before.

01:54:56.000 If you don't have Trump, and if this Vivek phenomenon isn't happening, DeSantis, Haley, Scott, Christie, they're the same as the GOP before Trump.

01:55:06.000 And what that shows is that he didn't institutionally change the GOP.

01:55:11.000 They're not talking about... Immigration was not discussed.

01:55:15.000 In this debate, it was hardly discussed.

01:55:17.000 Trade, somehow, was not discussed, other than outside the context of a war with China.

01:55:24.000 Even the foreign wars, they're in favor of foreign wars.

01:55:27.000 They want to double down and recommit.

01:55:29.000 They're saying, if you touch a hair on the head of our soldiers in Iraq, we're gonna bomb you.

01:55:33.000 So we're gonna go to war with the whole Middle East now? 0.96

01:55:35.000 We're gonna fight Iran in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen? 0.91

01:55:38.000 Like, what?

01:55:41.000 So,

01:55:42.000 The issues are all wrong.

01:55:44.000 The positions are all wrong.

01:55:46.000 If you don't have Trump and Vivek running, it's just as bad as it was 10 years ago.

01:55:51.000 And this is what I said throughout the first term.

01:55:53.000 I said you have to secure institutionalization and succession.

01:55:59.000 The changes that Trump made need to be institutionalized, meaning that they're not going to die with him.

01:56:05.000 They will live on past him.

01:56:08.000 And you also need a successor, which means a

01:56:13.000 Another guy who could be the president, another guy who could be the nominee or lead the party, who can maintain those changes, who can oversee that and make sure that MAGA and America First has staying power.

01:56:26.000 And neither of those things have been accomplished.

01:56:28.000 There's been no institutionalization.

01:56:30.000 There is no clear successor.

01:56:32.000 So, it's a big problem that the GOP is just as bad, because it means that there's effectively no opposition.

01:56:39.000 There's a left-wing Democrat Party, and then the Republican Party is captured by foreign lobbyists.

01:56:45.000 The Republican Party is basically just as bad.

01:56:48.000 They're really hardly any different than the Democrats.

01:56:50.000 Nothing that they said tonight was very radical.

01:56:54.000 But the country needs radical change, like that Trump promised.

01:56:58.000 So, if the Republican Party does not institutionally reflect the changes that Trump made, if there's no successor to oversee that, then we're back to where we started.

01:57:06.000 It's like the Trump Revolution never happened.

01:57:09.000 So, we're in real trouble politically.

01:57:14.000 The good news is that the technology is changing the game.

01:57:18.000 Internet, social media, and the acquisition of X by Elon Musk.

01:57:23.000 The technology is going to exert pressure on the government in a way that is greater than politics.

01:57:30.000 What I mean by that is, you know, just the force of the interconnectivity of mobile phones, smartphones, social media, and, you know, Elon Musk is just downstream from that.

01:57:44.000 The acquisition of Twitter and the opening up of the conversation has shown how public opinion can change, how rapidly public opinion can change, and

01:57:53.000 How power can be decentralized or at least information opinion making can be decentralized.

01:58:02.000 And so that is going to have a huge pressure that's even greater than what's happening with political actors in the political process.

01:58:09.000 So that's the white pill.

01:58:10.000 The white pill is that now that more or less free speech has been secured on the internet, that's the real battle.

01:58:18.000 We don't necessarily... it lessens the blow of sort of losing the political struggle.

01:58:23.000 Trump is sunsetting.

01:58:24.000 Maybe he wins, maybe he doesn't.

01:58:26.000 If he wins, it changes things a little bit.

01:58:28.000 But if he loses, the Trump revolution has sunsetted.

01:58:32.000 The sun has set.

01:58:33.000 It's over.

01:58:34.000 Now it's going to be a knife fight between backsliding GOP types.

01:58:40.000 So... But the blow of that is lessened by the fact that we have

01:58:47.000 We're good to go!

01:59:04.000 So, um... At the same time, it also goes hand-in-hand with, like, foreign intelligence and this question over national sovereignty.

01:59:11.000 You know, it's no coincidence that Arab Spring happens in 2011, along with the color revolutions, and they talk about the role of, like, Facebook, and then five years later you get Trump.

01:59:23.000 And Breitbart.

01:59:24.000 And Hillary Clinton says that Putin's the godfather of the alt-right.

01:59:28.000 And there's these spy battles that are going on with Saudi Arabia and Israel and Russia and China.

01:59:34.000 So, you know, these things are all mapped on top of each other, but... Anyway, so that's my take.

01:59:40.000 I mean, Vivek did pretty good with what he has.

01:59:42.000 I mean, the thing is, he's just corny.

01:59:44.000 Like, he doesn't really have the look.

01:59:47.000 He doesn't have the presence.

01:59:48.000 I mean, he's a clever guy.

01:59:49.000 Like, he's clearly a smart guy, but he's not... he doesn't have that, um...

01:59:54.000 This sort of ineffable leadership quality that you need to be the president.

01:59:59.000 He was tougher tonight.

02:00:00.000 I think it was his best performance so far.

02:00:02.000 And the substance was as good as it's been.

02:00:07.000 But he just doesn't really have it.

02:00:08.000 He's not gonna win, you know.

02:00:10.000 But the dynamics of the race is that the race is obviously consolidating.

02:00:15.000 Tim Scott and Chris Christie will drop out soon.

02:00:19.000 And it's gonna narrow to a race between Vivek Trump and DeSantis and Haley.

02:00:24.000 And it's gonna be a fight between DeSantis and Haley for that non-Trump, anti-Trump vote. 0.99

02:00:32.000 And it's gonna narrow soon because Iowa's coming up.

02:00:35.000 Iowa's gonna be, what, January, February?

02:00:37.000 So... I don't know how many more of these there's gonna be, but...

02:00:42.000 And these debates don't even matter.

02:00:44.000 I don't think anybody's even watching them anymore, and people have decided already.

02:00:48.000 It's just really a vehicle for, really, Haley to springboard.

02:00:52.000 The race is Trump versus non-Trump with DeSantis leading the pack, and the debates are really a vehicle for Haley potentially to overtake DeSantis as number two, but I don't even think that's gonna happen.

02:01:03.000 She had a very bad performance tonight.

02:01:06.000 She got flustered. 1.00

02:01:07.000 She got shit on. 1.00

02:01:09.000 And DeSantis is, you know, he's consistently pretty good. 1.00

02:01:12.000 I mean, he's very articulate.

02:01:14.000 He clearly is a policy wonk.

02:01:16.000 He's not charismatic, but he's well-spoken.

02:01:19.000 There's a difference.

02:01:20.000 He's articulate.

02:01:21.000 He knows his stuff.

02:01:23.000 He would have been a good vice president.

02:01:25.000 He should have angled for that.

02:01:26.000 He would have been a great vice president, but... I don't know why he didn't do that.

02:01:33.000 Because he's, I mean, I think he's a shill, obviously, and he's not really a revolutionary, but he's well-spoken.

02:01:39.000 He would have been a good number two guy.

02:01:42.000 So, he's always decent.

02:01:45.000 Not great, but decent.

02:01:48.000 So that's that.

02:01:48.000 Okay.

02:01:49.000 Let's take a look at our Super Chats.

02:01:51.000 Let's see what we got here, and then I'm gonna get out of here.

02:01:54.000 But it's been a pretty great day.

02:01:56.000 We had about 13,000 watching.

02:01:57.000 Well, we got 13,000 watching right now.

02:02:01.000 Pretty, and it's a pretty even split.

02:02:02.000 I think I have 6,400 on Cozy, 6,400 on Rumble.

02:02:07.000 That's pretty cool.

02:02:08.000 I got 6,400 on Bold Plot.

02:02:11.000 I grew Rumble so that I get 6,000 people watching on Cozy, which is what it's been for a couple years.

02:02:17.000 Now I have twice that with another 6,000 on Rumble, which is pretty sweet.

02:02:23.000 So we got about 12,000-13,000 watching tonight, which is awesome.

02:02:27.000 Had about 7,000 watching the stream all day.

02:02:29.000 It's already at 70,000 views.

02:02:32.000 So I'm pretty happy.

02:02:33.000 Pretty successful day.

02:02:34.000 I hope you guys like all the content today.

02:02:37.000 If you missed it, I did a 5 or 6 hour casual stream.

02:02:41.000 So if you're watching on Cozy, check it out on Rumble.

02:02:44.000 Follow me on Rumble.

02:02:45.000 And if you're on Rumble now, follow me.

02:02:47.000 If you're watching this on Rumble, follow me to get a push notification when I go live, okay?

02:02:53.000 Follow me now.

02:02:54.000 I need the followers.

02:02:56.000 And check me out on Cozy.

02:02:57.000 Okay, but I'm gonna get into the Super Chats.

02:02:58.000 The show's not over quite yet.

02:03:00.000 Just want to say it's been a great day.

02:03:02.000 A lot of great content.

02:03:04.000 I think you guys have been enjoying it.

02:03:06.000 The viewership's been great, so I appreciate everybody watching today.

02:03:12.000 I'm going to put something else on, and then I am going to read the Super Chats.

02:03:19.000 Am I on the front page, by the way?

02:03:20.000 Let's see.

02:03:23.000 Why am I not on the front page?

02:03:25.000 Dude!

02:03:26.000 Whenever they do a debate, they take me off the front page.

02:03:29.000 I think they take me off the front page during the debates because they don't want people to see me.

02:03:35.000 When everybody's watching and it's like the RNC is partnered with Rumble, they're like, no, but get this kid out of here.

02:03:40.000 We don't... I have 6,6500 even though I'm not even on the front page like everybody else.

02:03:47.000 I have a thousand more than War Room, and this is split between two platforms, and I'm not on the front page.

02:03:54.000 What the heck, man?

02:03:54.000 That's just a load.

02:03:58.000 And they tell me, oh, it's a glitch.

02:04:00.000 It's a glitch.

02:04:01.000 Well, I'm the number three stream on your website during your biggest night.

02:04:01.000 Really?

02:04:06.000 So maybe you gotta manually go in and fix it.

02:04:08.000 You know what I mean?

02:04:09.000 Whenever I complain that I'm not on the front page, they backchannel and they say,

02:04:14.000 Oh, you know, we didn't take you.

02:04:16.000 Oh, it's a glitch.

02:04:17.000 We don't know what happened.

02:04:18.000 It's like, I'm your third biggest stream on a pretty big night.

02:04:21.000 You need to go in and manually put me on the front page, I think.

02:04:25.000 Otherwise, you're lying, you know?

02:04:27.000 Like, otherwise, that's kind of a lie. 0.79

02:04:29.000 Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

02:04:31.000 If that's how it is, just say it.

02:04:33.000 But I'm so sick of every time they say, oh, no, no, it's a glitch.

02:04:38.000 We didn't manually remove you from the front page.

02:04:41.000 It's like, well, maybe you should manually put me on.

02:04:44.000 It's not like I'm some jagoff with 30 views.

02:04:47.000 Right.

02:04:47.000 This is a big night.

02:04:48.000 This is the RNC partnered with Rumble debate.

02:04:53.000 And I'm number three behind Steve Crowder and the Trump rally.

02:04:58.000 You can't go in there and put me on the front page?

02:05:01.000 It's been like that for two hours?

02:05:02.000 Seriously?

02:05:03.000 What a joke.

02:05:05.000 Charlie Kirk's at 2,400.

02:05:06.000 Nice.

02:05:07.000 40 million a year and he's got a fraction of the viewership.

02:05:15.000 Whatever.

02:05:15.000 I mean, it's a good night, but when I see that, I'm like, seriously?

02:05:19.000 Whatever.

02:05:19.000 That just goes to show, I am playing on Deity mode.

02:05:23.000 Like, my life is on Deity, like, impossible.

02:05:27.000 I'm on Iron Man, Deity, impossible mode.

02:05:32.000 I was just talking to Veda the other day, a friend of mine, and he's telling me, oh, you know, he's into numerology because he watches Zirka and he's like, you need a 33, you need a Spellcaster Handler because, you know, you gotta hang out with Aiden Ross.

02:05:49.000 I'm like, bro, Aiden Ross literally got a call and they said if you keep calling Nick Fuentes, rappers won't go on your stream, you'll get cancelled.

02:05:59.000 It's like I'm on deity level difficulty and I'm still crushing it.

02:06:02.000 I mean, Destiny had 10k on YouTube.

02:06:05.000 I had 7k on Rumble on a channel I started this year and that's- I don't even use this platform primarily.

02:06:12.000 Anyway, you don't want to hear me complain.

02:06:14.000 I'm just- I'm just saying it's a little ridiculous. 0.96

02:06:18.000 Not- not to just, uh, bitch and moan or whatever, but it is a little bit frustrating. 0.90

02:06:22.000 And it's going up!

02:06:23.000 I'm going up to like 6,700 now?

02:06:24.000 What the?

02:06:27.000 So yeah, I'm a little frustrated at that.

02:06:32.000 I'm not on the front page?

02:06:33.000 Really? 0.97

02:06:33.000 I mean, they're just cucking me. 0.97

02:06:34.000 I appreciate that they haven't banned me. 0.95

02:06:37.000 You know, I should say that.

02:06:40.000 I do appreciate they have a commitment to free speech.

02:06:42.000 They haven't banned me.

02:06:43.000 I just wish there was some transparency.

02:06:45.000 If you can't have me on the front page during the debate, I get it.

02:06:49.000 I'm an adult.

02:06:49.000 Just say that.

02:06:52.000 You know, they're partnered with the RNC, that RNC is gonna stream the debate exclusively on NBC and Rumble.

02:06:59.000 I get that they wouldn't want me with all the heat that I come with on the front page.

02:07:03.000 If they need to restrict it a little bit, uh, okay.

02:07:08.000 It is what it is.

02:07:09.000 I mean, I don't like that.

02:07:10.000 I'm not happy about that, but whatever.

02:07:12.000 But every time I complain, they gaslight me, and they're like, no, no, it's a glitch.

02:07:16.000 You did something wrong.

02:07:17.000 It's like, I did something wrong?

02:07:18.000 I mean, I'm live on your website, and I have more views than almost everybody.

02:07:22.000 Shouldn't that put me on the front page?

02:07:24.000 They're like, no, but you need to do this, this, this, this, this.

02:07:28.000 It's like, what?

02:07:28.000 Is this a puzzle box?

02:07:30.000 Like, I go live, I have the most viewers, shouldn't I be on the top of the leaderboard?

02:07:34.000 Why do I have to go and do a hundred steps?

02:07:40.000 You know, if you can't put me on the front page during the debate, just say it.

02:07:45.000 Whatever.

02:07:46.000 I guess I should be appreciative that they haven't banned me, but then again, it's like they promised free speech, so... Whatever.

02:07:55.000 Anyway, I don't want to sour!

02:07:56.000 It's a good night, we got great viewership, I love you guys, the content's been good, but it's like, bruh.

02:08:02.000 Let me be on the front page!

02:08:04.000 What the heck?

02:08:04.000 I could be... Dude, there's like 100,000 people on the site right now.

02:08:08.000 There's like 200,000 people on the site right now, and if I was on the front page, like 10,000 more people would be watching me, maybe.

02:08:15.000 Maybe.

02:08:17.000 Whatever.

02:08:17.000 But Ruben's on there with his poultry 3K.

02:08:22.000 And this guy's putting phone calls out there to get people banned.

02:08:26.000 Dave Rubin, his entire shtick is, well, I'm a liberal, but we should be able to have a conversation to disagree.

02:08:34.000 Not only does Dave Rubin block me on Twitter and never talk to me, but he also picks up the phone and calls and tries to get people fired if they're not pro-Israel.

02:08:43.000 Do you know this?

02:08:46.000 I have multiple sources that have all confirmed firsthand that since the Gaza War started, Dave Rubin is calling people and saying, oh, so-and-so should be fired because they're not pro-Israel enough.

02:08:58.000 And this guy's whole shtick is free speech, free speech.

02:09:02.000 You should be able to have the conversation, but not when it comes to Israel. 0.97

02:09:08.000 And that's so typical, the hypocrisy. 0.99

02:09:10.000 And of course, he's Jewish. 1.00

02:09:11.000 He's gay, Jewish, and a Zionist.

02:09:14.000 And his business partner at Mines went to school in Israel. 0.98

02:09:20.000 Like, it's just so crazy, man.

02:09:21.000 But I get called an extremist for saying that.

02:09:23.000 But then everybody attacks me.

02:09:26.000 Like, the situation is so absurd.

02:09:30.000 All you have to do is just be honest.

02:09:32.000 Like, I'm not even loading it up with rhetoric.

02:09:35.000 I'm saying, like, look, the guy makes his bones being free speech, then he gets people cancelled when it's an issue that he's invested in.

02:09:43.000 And why is he invested?

02:09:45.000 Well, you know, that much is pretty obvious.

02:09:47.000 You can make your own inferences, I think.

02:09:51.000 So, whatever. 0.76

02:09:53.000 Just nuts.

02:09:54.000 Same thing with War Room.

02:09:55.000 Bannon tries to get me cancelled.

02:09:57.000 Whatever.

02:09:58.000 Okay okay okay enough enough complaining it's been a good night and hey let's be positive let's be positive good night good viewership and uh and Rumble has not banned me which is I appreciate that so kudos to them but I'd like to be on the front page next time please please and thank you okay but let's take a look at our super chats I'll put something on I'll put Fresh and Fit on and I'll read super chats

02:10:28.000 Whoa, Fresh and Fit just blew up.

02:10:29.000 They were at like 3k now.

02:10:31.000 They must have just went live.

02:10:34.000 All right, I'll put this out in the background.

02:10:36.000 I'll pull up our Super Chats and then I'm gonna get out of here.

02:10:39.000 It's been a long day.

02:10:43.000 Okay, let's see.

02:10:45.000 And probably won't be a lot of Super Chats because debate stream.

02:10:48.000 Usually I don't do a lot of Super Chats when it's a debate.

02:10:51.000 Okay.

02:10:56.000 Tim Scott sounds like he's trying to impersonate MLK but doesn't know what pauses are for.

02:11:01.000 Yeah, it was very weird.

02:11:02.000 He would just get slow in the middle of it, like he was blue screening.

02:11:08.000 It was very weird.

02:11:13.000 Here's a somewhat old head test.

02:11:15.000 Nick Ponte, where do the years go?

02:11:18.000 Real.

02:11:19.000 Days are long but the years are short.

02:11:20.000 Protestant Groy percent ten dollars.

02:11:23.000 Have you tried the new sauces of McDonald's?

02:11:25.000 Spicy Jam was okay but the Mambo sauce might be the best sauce they have.

02:11:29.000 Glad I got it when I did.

02:11:30.000 Now all locations in my area are sold out.

02:11:33.000 Uh yeah, I tried the Mambo. 0.98

02:11:34.000 I didn't try the Spicy Jam yet.

02:11:37.000 I don't like the Mambo.

02:11:38.000 It's weird.

02:11:40.000 Weird flavor profile.

02:11:41.000 I was surprised and I didn't like it.

02:11:45.000 Revanchists sent $5. 0.80

02:11:47.000 Nikki Haley be like Israel needs America? 0.70

02:11:50.000 America's purpose is to exist as a warm wet hole for Israel. 0.98

02:11:53.000 Okay, gross. 0.99

02:11:53.000 You didn't need to say it like that. 0.99

02:11:55.000 But true.

02:11:56.000 Nordicverlin sent $10.

02:11:58.000 Love ya, Nick.

02:11:59.000 Keep fighting the good fight, brother.

02:12:00.000 Thanks, buddy.

02:12:01.000 Appreciate it.

02:12:03.000 Armitageclips sent $100.

02:12:04.000 Whoa! 0.71

02:12:05.000 Thank you for all you do.

02:12:07.000 Hey, thank you for the big super chat, Armitageclips07.

02:12:11.000 I appreciate it.

02:12:12.000 God bless, buddy.

02:12:13.000 Thank you. 0.96

02:12:15.000 That's just dumb. 0.94

02:12:15.000 No, dude. 0.94

02:12:16.000 That's just dumb, dude. 0.92

02:12:17.000 Vivek is not gonna win the nomination, so... 0.99

02:12:37.000 Seriously, yeah, and you might as well just take your vote and rip it up and throw it in the air and say, well, I can't... Donald Trump is not pro-choice.

02:12:45.000 We have... Abortion was overturned in America because of Trump.

02:12:49.000 Because Trump forced through three judges.

02:12:52.000 Forced through... I mean, Gorsuch was a given.

02:12:55.000 And, you know, Kavanaugh, similar.

02:12:58.000 But forced through Amy Coney Barrett.

02:13:01.000 So Trump delivered that victory, and now Trump is being pragmatic about the issue.

02:13:06.000 And you know what?

02:13:07.000 Look, it is a little bit complicated.

02:13:10.000 Because of the electorate, because of the... Look, abortion is not helping the GOP right now. 0.83

02:13:17.000 It is what it is.

02:13:19.000 Republicans are losing elections.

02:13:21.000 They're losing referendums.

02:13:23.000 And so you can say, well, I'm only going to vote for someone that's as pro-life as possible.

02:13:29.000 But you know what's going to happen?

02:13:30.000 A Democrat's going to win.

02:13:32.000 They're going to pass these pro-abortion laws in states or at a federal level or, you know, pack the Supreme Court.

02:13:40.000 So that's just not pragmatic. 1.00

02:13:42.000 It's just stupid. 0.99

02:13:44.000 Well, I'm going to vote for Vivek. 1.00

02:13:46.000 Well, you can take it and shove it up your asshole because Vivek is not going to win any election. 1.00

02:13:51.000 He's not going to win the nomination. 1.00

02:13:53.000 I don't think he'll win a single primary.

02:13:56.000 He's not going to win if he were the nominee.

02:13:59.000 If everyone died and Vivek was the only guy left, he wouldn't win the general.

02:14:04.000 So... I mean, you should just vote for Tim Scott.

02:14:07.000 He was the most pro-life guy on the stage.

02:14:12.000 And Trump is not pro-choice.

02:14:14.000 It's just about being pragmatic and winning the election.

02:14:17.000 And it's a different battle now.

02:14:19.000 It was easy when it was just about nominating Supreme Court justices.

02:14:23.000 Now that it's about banning abortion at the federal level, it's a different story.

02:14:27.000 And you know what?

02:14:28.000 These states are going to vote for abortion because it's full of feminists and liberals. 1.00

02:14:32.000 And it's what it is.

02:14:33.000 It's a political problem.

02:14:35.000 You know?

02:14:36.000 No one's in favor of abortion here, but that just is what it is. 0.98

02:14:42.000 So, you're wrong about that.

02:14:44.000 Yeah, that's true.

02:14:45.000 Sounds like broken English. 1.00

02:14:47.000 Dude, this guy Rolo is such a clown. 0.97

02:14:49.000 Whenever I watch Fresh and Fit and he's on there. 0.94

02:14:50.000 She's kind of cute.

02:14:51.000 I kind of like her look.

02:14:53.000 She's got a cute look going on. 1.00

02:14:55.000 I don't like her. 1.00

02:15:12.000 I know she's white, but she just looks like a bitch. 1.00

02:15:15.000 She's chubby. 1.00

02:15:17.000 The other black one's bad. 1.00

02:15:19.000 Black one on the right.

02:15:20.000 Go back to the other angle.

02:15:31.000 She's busted.

02:15:36.000 Put Rolo on.

02:15:37.000 Okay, well, I don't know.

02:15:38.000 Maybe...

02:15:43.000 I want to get a close up on Rolo here.

02:15:52.000 Give me a close up.

02:15:54.000 They're okay.

02:15:55.000 Look at this.

02:15:56.000 How old are you, dude?

02:15:58.000 How old?

02:15:59.000 In fairness, he looks good.

02:16:00.000 His arms are pretty big.

02:16:01.000 But how old are you?

02:16:02.000 You're like 70 and you're wearing like a beanie and like long hair and like a t-shirt and like a necklace.

02:16:08.000 What?

02:16:09.000 I can't stand... And even, you know, Michael Sartain.

02:16:12.000 I actually met him and he's a nice guy.

02:16:14.000 Like, he was respectful and... You know what?

02:16:17.000 I don't agree with him.

02:16:18.000 And I don't really agree with the lifestyle either, but... Like...

02:16:23.000 As a guy, I actually respect him.

02:16:24.000 He seems like a nice guy.

02:16:28.000 That being said, I really don't like the t-shirt thing.

02:16:31.000 Can I just say that?

02:16:33.000 I don't have the best wardrobe, I'll be honest.

02:16:35.000 Like, I'll wear the hypebeast stuff sometimes or a suit.

02:16:38.000 I am a younger guy.

02:16:40.000 But I really don't like the t-shirt thing.

02:16:43.000 I really wish these guys would bring back like a shirt and jacket.

02:16:47.000 If you're like a rich guy and you're older and you're in good shape, I think they should be wearing a shirt and tie.

02:16:55.000 That's all I mean by that.

02:16:56.000 Shirt and tie.

02:16:56.000 Doesn't mean you gotta wear a suit and a necktie and everything, but I really think the standards are declining and we're at the point now where the only way that older guys can dress cool, they wear like a leather jacket and like sneakers and jeans.

02:17:08.000 It's like once you're past the age of like 35, 40, you gotta get rid of the jeans, man.

02:17:15.000 Outside of a jeans specific occasion, like if you're at a, if you're at a football game or whatever, I mean even then,

02:17:24.000 I feel like we gotta raise the standards.

02:17:27.000 If you're past 40, you're wearing jeans and a t-shirt, making like a public appearance, what are we doing?

02:17:34.000 That's just my opinion.

02:17:35.000 And I know I don't always take my own advice, but that's just how I feel about it.

02:17:39.000 I know that they're in Miami, it's a vibe, you know, it's a certain thing, but... In my opinion, I feel like we should be... That's just my belief, I don't really practice it, but... When I get older, when I'm like 40 and up, I feel like I... You gotta bully me into wearing slacks and like a jacket, because we just totally gotten away from any kind of...

02:18:03.000 Standards.

02:18:04.000 People walk around now in like slippers and flip-flops and sneakers.

02:18:09.000 Everyone's wearing sneakers everywhere.

02:18:10.000 Do we really need to be wearing sneakers everywhere?

02:18:12.000 Can't anyone wear nice shoes or nice pants?

02:18:15.000 Everyone's dressed like a cowboy, Rough Riders.

02:18:19.000 Anyway, that's just how I feel.

02:18:22.000 And the other thing, I mean, I don't like Rolo at all.

02:18:25.000 The long hair and the beanie.

02:18:27.000 It's like, dude, act your age, man.

02:18:32.000 He's acting like he's 19 years old.

02:18:36.000 You're 60, bro.

02:18:38.000 Your beard's white.

02:18:39.000 You dye your hair. 0.94

02:18:41.000 You got liver spots, bro.

02:18:43.000 You got grandkids.

02:18:45.000 I'm not even saying that as a dig.

02:18:47.000 It's just like... Act your age.

02:18:52.000 I think it's so... Like, look at him.

02:18:55.000 You look like a grandpa.

02:19:00.000 You're a grandpa in like a t-shirt and a beanie and a black ponytail?

02:19:04.000 Come on, dude.

02:19:09.000 I don't know, that's just me. 1.00

02:19:11.000 But I'm a jerk. 1.00

02:19:13.000 But I'm a jerk. 1.00

02:19:15.000 I don't want to neg Fresh and Fit. 0.99

02:19:16.000 I, you know, I'm not trying to rain on... I love Fresh and Fit but Rolo I have a little beef with and just when I see the t-shirts I'm like, bro.

02:19:24.000 But I love, you know I love Myron, you know I love Fresh.

02:19:28.000 It's a great show.

02:19:29.000 Rollo I had beef with. 0.98

02:19:30.000 So I'm not trying to shit on them. 0.99

02:19:31.000 I just see it out of the corner of my eye. 0.96

02:19:32.000 I'm like, ah, the t-shirts.

02:19:35.000 The t-shirts, the ponytail.

02:19:37.000 Come on, man. 0.61

02:19:39.000 Clown Rape sent $5. 0.99

02:19:41.000 Ryan from censored.tv called you big daddy dumb this week. 0.99

02:19:45.000 They plug you a lot. 0.96

02:19:46.000 You should do another interview.

02:19:48.000 Maybe without yay this time. 0.64

02:19:49.000 Yeah, you know what?

02:19:50.000 They, um...

02:19:52.000 They had been trying to hook me up with an interview and I kind of blew them off because I don't know.

02:19:57.000 Lately I just am so bad at returning texts and phone calls.

02:20:01.000 I don't want to seem like a dick like I'm snubbing everybody but I just I just lose track of stuff.

02:20:07.000 I got like 0.80

02:20:09.000 A million things going on.

02:20:10.000 I'm trying to focus and people text me and I just forget and... So I was supposed to do an interview with them and I just completely slipped my mind so... I gotta hit him up.

02:20:19.000 I love Ryan.

02:20:20.000 Ryan's amazing.

02:20:21.000 I love that guy.

02:20:23.000 I've met him on a handful.

02:20:24.000 I met him when we did Yay!

02:20:26.000 and I met him I think in 2018.

02:20:28.000 2018 or 2019.

02:20:30.000 I met him on a few occasions.

02:20:33.000 He's a great guy.

02:20:34.000 I love Ryan.

02:20:35.000 I love Gavin.

02:20:36.000 They're awesome.

02:20:38.000 Bob Hitler sent $5. 0.64

02:20:40.000 It feels cruel that they keep letting Tim Scott on stage like this. 1.00

02:21:09.000 Yeah, he sucks. 0.99

02:21:10.000 He can't help it. 1.00

02:21:11.000 That's funny.

02:21:22.000 John Smith sent $50.

02:21:24.000 Good debate.

02:21:25.000 Thanks for putting in the shift today.

02:21:27.000 Great streams.

02:21:27.000 Hey, thank you for the super chat.

02:21:29.000 I appreciate it.

02:21:30.000 Glad you liked the stream.

02:21:31.000 Pretty Fly White Guy sent $3.264.

02:21:33.000 Oh, now I'm on the, what?

02:21:35.000 Chris Christie, a man and a woman.

02:21:37.000 Now I'm on the front page?

02:21:38.000 Okay, so I'll, maybe it, honest to God, it probably was a debate.

02:21:43.000 Or maybe they saw my stream and they're like, okay.

02:21:48.000 Yes, dear, we'll put you on the front page.

02:21:51.000 Okay, yeah.

02:21:53.000 Dude.

02:21:53.000 Crowder was at 80,000.

02:21:54.000 There were 130,000 people watching, and I was third.

02:21:54.000 RSVN was at 50,000.

02:22:05.000 Now, Crowder went offline and RSBN has 37,000.

02:22:10.000 So it's 130 down to 37.

02:22:13.000 And now they're like, oh, okay, now we'll put him on the front page.

02:22:15.000 Bruh.

02:22:17.000 But you know what?

02:22:18.000 It has to be.

02:22:19.000 The RNC probably told them.

02:22:20.000 The RNC was like, that was probably in the contract.

02:22:23.000 They're like, okay, we're gonna give you exclusive rights to our stream, but Nick Fuentes can't be anywhere fucking near the website when that happens.

02:22:32.000 Okay, fair enough.

02:22:33.000 Hey, I get it.

02:22:34.000 It's fine.

02:22:36.000 I'm not happy about it, but I get it.

02:22:38.000 I'm not gonna get on your case.

02:22:39.000 Like, I'm grateful to have the platform.

02:22:42.000 Okay, I get it.

02:22:44.000 Yeah, you can't open up the floodgates to the billion people watching the debate.

02:22:49.000 Yeah, fair enough.

02:22:52.000 Don't love it, but I understand it.

02:22:54.000 And I respect it.

02:22:58.000 That's fine.

02:22:59.000 That's funny though.

02:23:02.000 Well, I like this thumbnail.

02:23:05.000 That's funny. 0.95

02:23:08.000 Well, I'll do gay jokes with people I know, but if you're just a stranger, I don't know if you're coming on to me if you're actually gay. 0.63

02:23:15.000 If you know your friends aren't gay, you can make gay jokes, but if you're just being gay towards me and I don't even know who you are, how do I know you're not actually gay? 0.91

02:23:23.000 How do I know you're not actually hitting on me? 0.82

02:23:26.000 So, yeah, I don't know you like that, bro.

02:23:28.000 We're not there.

02:23:30.000 Mmm, I don't know about that.

02:23:32.000 I don't know, I think we missed our moment.

02:23:32.000 Uh, yeah, for sure.

02:23:53.000 You know, Italians aren't pouring into the country anymore.

02:23:55.000 We're losing our identity within America.

02:23:58.000 We're too assimilated.

02:24:01.000 So I don't know, maybe.

02:24:02.000 We're too short!

02:24:03.000 We're too short, too!

02:24:05.000 Anthony Scaramucci was too short.

02:24:08.000 We're a very small people.

02:24:10.000 You know?

02:24:12.000 My great-great-grandparents were like... like 4'10".

02:24:18.000 Thank God for my Irish...

02:24:18.000 You know?

02:24:20.000 Ancestors.

02:24:21.000 My great-uncle, he was like 6'1".

02:24:21.000 You know what, though?

02:24:23.000 He was Italian.

02:24:24.000 Well, he was.

02:24:25.000 He's dead, but... Yeah, so, I think we're too short to be president.

02:24:32.000 We're too fiery, you know?

02:24:35.000 You see the people that win the presidency, they're people that are like, well, let me be clear.

02:24:41.000 Except for Trump.

02:24:41.000 Trump was bombastic, but he was a little more like Jewish, Brooklyn Jewish-style situation.

02:24:51.000 Sour Queens, I guess. 1.00

02:24:52.000 Whatever.

02:24:55.000 Hey, God bless, buddy.

02:24:55.000 So, maybe.

02:24:57.000 Yeah, only in Ohio, man.

02:24:58.000 Ohio is over.

02:24:58.000 Boo.

02:24:59.000 Trump.

02:24:59.000 No.

02:24:59.000 Thank you.

02:25:20.000 Hey, thanks buddy.

02:25:21.000 Yeah, the mustache isn't full yet.

02:25:23.000 So I'll keep it until it gets a little bit more full and then maybe I'll get rid of it.

02:25:27.000 I don't know.

02:25:28.000 But hey, glad to hear it.

02:25:30.000 Very good.

02:25:30.000 Nice.

02:25:31.000 Yeah, true.

02:25:48.000 Um, research tips?

02:25:49.000 It's just about sources.

02:25:50.000 You gotta find good sources.

02:25:51.000 And, um...

02:26:10.000 You know, it's good to read wide and read deep.

02:26:12.000 You know, you gotta read a lot of stuff and... and the things that are really gonna be critical, you gotta read very deeply into them, you know?

02:26:21.000 So... I don't really... research to me is kind of a no-brainer, like...

02:26:27.000 You have to ask the right questions and then find the answers.

02:26:29.000 You need to find good sources that are credible and have the right information but you also have to consider the sources because when you do research it's like who's putting this information in front of me that you have to consider the the funding the bias the expertise so but it's kind of I mean it's not complicated like I don't think that's the hard part at all actually.

02:26:53.000 Like.1 sent $20, do you think someday young people will hear you talking about Trump and they'll feel the same way you do when you hear boomers talking about Reagan?

02:27:02.000 Uh, I don't know, because I don't have a crystal ball, so who knows.

02:27:08.000 Canuck89 sent $10.

02:27:10.000 The random guy at the bookstore that approached you from a month ago must have just finished reading The Globalization of Addiction, and felt the urge to strike up a conversation with a stranger.

02:27:19.000 It was unfortunate that he had zero riz and happened to face you of all people.

02:27:23.000 It was just weird, dude.

02:27:24.000 It was totally weird.

02:27:26.000 You know, he just, like, arrested me, and was, like, asking me all- peppering me with these questions.

02:27:32.000 It's like, why are you talking to me?

02:27:33.000 Like... Who does that?

02:27:37.000 Another same-aged male?

02:27:39.000 You gotta admit that's weird.

02:27:40.000 That's one thing if, like, two old guys start talking, or two older women, uh, or something, but, like, when you're a young guy,

02:27:50.000 You know what I mean?

02:27:51.000 Like, when I see same-aged guys, I'm not like... I'm not like, uh, hey, what are you up to? 0.86

02:27:59.000 You know, it just isn't done.

02:28:02.000 When I see a same-aged male, I'm like... 0.99

02:28:06.000 Who the fuck is this guy? 1.00

02:28:07.000 I'm like, who the fuck is this guy? 1.00

02:28:07.000 You know what I mean? 1.00

02:28:09.000 You fucking jacket and shoes. 1.00

02:28:11.000 Who do you think you are? 1.00

02:28:12.000 Get the fuck out of my space here. 1.00

02:28:14.000 I'm trying to look at books, faggot. 1.00

02:28:16.000 I'm trying to look at books, pussy. 1.00

02:28:19.000 Who is this pussy looking at books? 1.00

02:28:21.000 This is my bookstore. 1.00

02:28:23.000 You know, I don't know. 0.83

02:28:24.000 And listen, I'm like a friendly guy, but subconsciously, when you see a same-aged peer, I think from like adolescence onward, you're like, I'll kill this guy. 0.99

02:28:33.000 I'll kill you. 1.00

02:28:34.000 I will kill you. 1.00

02:28:36.000 You know? 1.00

02:28:39.000 So, for someone your own age, when you're young like that, to pull up and be like, Hey, what are you reading?

02:28:47.000 What do you do for a living?

02:28:48.000 It's like, what are you trying to date me?

02:28:51.000 What are you coming on to me?

02:28:52.000 What are you hitting on me?

02:28:52.000 What is this?

02:28:53.000 Who are you? 0.99

02:28:54.000 What are you, serial killer? 1.00

02:28:56.000 You trying to sell me something? 0.99

02:28:57.000 You, uh, proselytizing?

02:28:59.000 What is this?

02:29:00.000 So...

02:29:04.000 It was weird.

02:29:05.000 It was weird.

02:29:06.000 That whole scenario was weird.

02:29:09.000 And, you know, I don't even know.

02:29:12.000 What was the intro?

02:29:13.000 He's like... He said he liked my hat.

02:29:18.000 Okay, I could see giving a compliment.

02:29:20.000 Even that's a little weird.

02:29:21.000 Like, hey bro, cool hat.

02:29:23.000 It's like, again, is this flirtation?

02:29:28.000 He was rizzing me up.

02:29:30.000 You know, Keith Woods taught me how to rizz up a woman. 1.00

02:29:34.000 Like, he was walking me through the steps.

02:29:36.000 Keith Woods, in case you don't know, he's actually also a pickup artist.

02:29:39.000 He's a philosopher.

02:29:41.000 He is a prolific Twitter user, podcaster.

02:29:45.000 He's also a pickup artist.

02:29:47.000 And this guy, he's got it down.

02:29:49.000 He's got the tricks.

02:29:51.000 He's got the process.

02:29:53.000 And you know, this guy's a Chad. 0.81

02:29:54.000 He slays puss all day.

02:29:56.000 This guy's got a roster. 1.00

02:29:57.000 He is killing pussy every day. 1.00

02:29:59.000 That's another thing. 1.00

02:30:00.000 People don't know that side of him.

02:30:02.000 They just see, oh, he's like a, you know, genius, soft-spoken Irish guy. 1.00

02:30:08.000 He's also killing pussy every day. 0.99

02:30:10.000 And so when me and Keith were hanging out, he was kind of running me through the steps. 1.00

02:30:15.000 He's like, this is how you do it and blah blah blah.

02:30:17.000 And it hit all the ste- This nigga in the bookstore was hitting all the steps that Keith Woods, the pick-up artist school, taught me. 1.00

02:30:27.000 So... Yeah, I don't know what- if this guy was trying to, you know, do something weird. 0.97

02:30:34.000 Or kill me.

02:30:37.000 Convert me to some religion Jehovah's Witness or give me to buy something give me to buy a water filter Turmeric But it was bizarre and I eat this guy was not trying to be my friend this guy was weird So yeah, I didn't like it.

02:30:56.000 I didn't like it one bit.

02:30:57.000 I

02:31:01.000 But yeah, he kind of rizzed me a little bit.

02:31:04.000 You know, because he was walking me through the steps, and he's like, he's like, so, first, you have to literally get in front of the woman.

02:31:10.000 You have to literally, like, surprise her.

02:31:12.000 And he jumped in front of me, and I was like, whoa!

02:31:14.000 I was like, whoa!

02:31:15.000 I was like, hey, whoa, what are you jumping in front of me for?

02:31:19.000 And I said, that's probably why it works.

02:31:22.000 I'm like, because you're, you're, like, you just scared me. 0.52

02:31:24.000 Like, you just scared the shit out of me. 0.55

02:31:27.000 You startled me. 0.84

02:31:28.000 I said, and that's probably how it works, is you scare the woman 1.00

02:31:32.000 And she is in a fight-or-flight mode, and I'm sure that gets in the middle of her process. 0.91

02:31:39.000 So that's a pickup artist tip.

02:31:41.000 Keith Woods taught me, I will teach you.

02:31:43.000 The first, I'm not going to teach you the second step.

02:31:48.000 You have to buy my program.

02:31:49.000 The first step is you have to jump in front of the woman and physically block her path. 0.99

02:31:54.000 You have to physically get in her in her way and stop her in her tracks and like prevent her you have to create like a funnel and prevent her from moving like in basketball you have to jump in front of her and you know but he did that and I was like whoa hey

02:32:11.000 And, um, and I said that that's why it works.

02:32:14.000 Because if you just start talking to a woman, she's gonna be like, nope. 1.00

02:32:19.000 Unless you're a 10 out of 10, you know.

02:32:22.000 Unless you're totally hot.

02:32:23.000 She's gonna be like, nope. 0.86

02:32:24.000 I have a boyfriend.

02:32:25.000 Nope.

02:32:27.000 Get away from me.

02:32:28.000 But if you, like, startle her... 0.99

02:32:31.000 She's gonna be like, I have to be nice to this guy, he might rape me. 1.00

02:32:33.000 No, I'm kidding. 0.99

02:32:34.000 No, I'm kidding.

02:32:35.000 But she's gonna be like, whoa! 0.98

02:32:37.000 It's gonna totally interrupt her, like, mental flow.

02:32:40.000 It's gonna get in the middle of that process.

02:32:43.000 And she'll go through several emotional states.

02:32:46.000 Fear.

02:32:47.000 Terror.

02:32:48.000 Shock.

02:32:50.000 Surprise.

02:32:52.000 And then when you, like, reassure her, then when you're like, hey, hey, hey.

02:32:55.000 Then she's like, oh, okay, I'm safe.

02:32:58.000 Oh, okay, I'm good.

02:33:00.000 And it's this rollercoaster.

02:33:01.000 That's probably why it works.

02:33:03.000 She's scared, and then she's immediately comforted, and she's like, I love you.

02:33:07.000 You just saved me.

02:33:09.000 You just tried to kill me, but you just tried to save me. 0.99

02:33:12.000 If I resist too hard, I might get raped. 1.00

02:33:13.000 No, kidding. 0.99

02:33:14.000 That part's a joke.

02:33:15.000 So I was like, hmm, that must be why it works.

02:33:19.000 At least the initial, because he said, he said it's very important that you literally stop, like you can't, you can't, if she's walking and you start walking next to her, it doesn't work.

02:33:27.000 You have to get in front of her.

02:33:30.000 Okay, so but that's part of the psychology clearly is that She's she's like being confronted.

02:33:38.000 She has to be confronted Anyway, so I'm just letting you in on a little tip I'm kidding Keith woods didn't teach me that I saw that in a video but Anyway, so what was the question so the Barnes and Noble guy

02:33:55.000 This guy was trying to rizz me up.

02:33:57.000 This guy's a serious flamer.

02:33:58.000 And this guy was waving a pride flag.

02:34:01.000 He had a pride flag in his pocket, I'm sure.

02:34:04.000 And this guy was trying to do something suspect.

02:34:10.000 So...

02:34:12.000 I should have ended him then and there. 0.72

02:34:14.000 I should have started taking books off the shelf and hitting him. 0.90

02:34:17.000 You know, just total improvised weapon.

02:34:19.000 Press triangle to interact.

02:34:21.000 Grab his head.

02:34:23.000 You know, and take the right joystick.

02:34:24.000 You know, I should have, like, do you remember those WWE games?

02:34:29.000 Like, press triangle to interact with the environment.

02:34:31.000 Put his hair in the folding chair.

02:34:34.000 His head in the folding chair.

02:34:38.000 Leg drop on the folding chair.

02:34:41.000 Anyway, so this guy was really up to no good.

02:34:45.000 And Keith Woods proved it to me.

02:34:51.000 So anyway, uh... But that's what I was gonna do.

02:34:57.000 I was gonna grapple him!

02:34:59.000 I was gonna grapple him!

02:35:02.000 And then I was gonna drag him over to the bookshelf, and then I was gonna press triangle, and then initiate an interaction with the environment.

02:35:08.000 And then with the right joystick, moving across, smash his head into the books.

02:35:16.000 And then he'd be like, whoa, you know?

02:35:19.000 And then I could do my finisher.

02:35:21.000 You know, then when he was like, roggy, then I could initiate my finisher.

02:35:25.000 What would my finisher be?

02:35:26.000 What finisher would I have?

02:35:27.000 Would I do...

02:35:34.000 I'm a smaller guy, so I couldn't do, like, a Tombstone or, like, a Powerbomb.

02:35:41.000 It would be, like, uh... It would be something more acrobatic, like Codebreaker.

02:35:46.000 What was the... wasn't that Chris Jericho's?

02:35:48.000 It was, uh... I know he had Wiles of Jericho, but what was the other one?

02:35:55.000 That was fire.

02:35:56.000 Or, like, Randy Orton, RKO, but he's a pretty big guy.

02:36:01.000 Who is like my size?

02:36:03.000 Who had a finisher and it was like my size?

02:36:07.000 I don't know.

02:36:09.000 But I'm afraid of heights so it couldn't be anything from the from the top rope.

02:36:12.000 It'd have to be maybe something like Twist of Fate.

02:36:21.000 That was pretty sick.

02:36:22.000 Love the Twist of Fate.

02:36:24.000 Maybe some kind of like modified DDT.

02:36:26.000 I don't know.

02:36:27.000 I don't know.

02:36:28.000 I always liked the DDT.

02:36:29.000 I thought that was sick. 0.99

02:36:30.000 You just fucking drop a guy's head on the... on the... on the map. 1.00

02:36:38.000 Kill him instantly. 1.00

02:36:40.000 Anyway, I don't know my finish. 1.00

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02:36:44.000 God bless you, brother.

02:36:46.000 Great stream.

02:36:47.000 Thanks, buddy.

02:36:48.000 God bless you.

02:36:48.000 Appreciate it.

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02:36:52.000 Have you ever been to Rand's Red Hots and Wheeling?

02:36:55.000 No.

02:36:57.000 Wheeling.

02:36:57.000 You get a hot dog in Wheeling?

02:36:59.000 Really?

02:36:59.000 That's not even Chicago.

02:37:01.000 Goofus. 0.65

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02:37:05.000 Trump 2024.

02:37:05.000 I smelled that.

02:37:07.000 NJF 2036.

02:37:08.000 First-class content, as always.

02:37:10.000 We don't deserve you, but I'm forever grateful we have you.

02:37:14.000 X is infinitely better with Autumn Groper on it.

02:37:17.000 You should check out his content.

02:37:18.000 Yeah, maybe I will check that out.

02:37:20.000 But hey, thank you for the super chat, man.

02:37:22.000 I appreciate it.

02:37:24.000 Yeah, love you too, buddy.

02:37:25.000 Thank you.

02:37:25.000 Not only that, but like...

02:37:41.000 She will be griped, dude. 1.00

02:37:43.000 She's, yeah, she's not getting into AFPAC or Fuentes Rally, anything like that.

02:37:47.000 I need a public apology.

02:37:49.000 I need, like, a North Korea public apology.

02:37:52.000 Like, she's crying, reading from a piece of paper with, like, a bad webcam, and she's like, I can't believe I insulted our only hope to save America.

02:38:02.000 I don't know what I was thinking.

02:38:03.000 It needs to be, like, a tearful apology.

02:38:06.000 NASF, all those components. 0.99

02:38:11.000 Her hair needs to be disheveled like, you know, sweating, reading from a paper, shitty webcam. 1.00

02:38:21.000 Otherwise, bro, she's gonna get griped. 0.98

02:38:25.000 We're gonna go to her question and answer session and we are going to own her. 1.00

02:38:29.000 Next time she does a Q&A, you better not give the microphone to her. 0.99

02:38:35.000 To a black Somalian, because he will grope you. 1.00

02:38:38.000 He will ask you about your comments and make you look like an idiot. 1.00

02:38:45.000 So, uh, yeah. 1.00

02:38:48.000 She's banned from my life, dude. 1.00

02:38:53.000 Total ostracism.

02:38:53.000 You're welcome.

02:38:53.000 I'm glad you see that you were wrong and I appreciate

02:39:15.000 I wish people would do that.

02:39:22.000 No one does that.

02:39:24.000 No one ever does that to me.

02:39:26.000 No one ever does that to me.

02:39:27.000 No one cares what I'm listening to.

02:39:29.000 I saw a video like that.

02:39:30.000 I would love for someone to ask me.

02:39:32.000 Not really.

02:39:33.000 If you see me in public, don't ask me.

02:39:35.000 I would like for a cool person, I would like for a cool TikToker to ask me.

02:39:40.000 Not, not you guys where you're like, you know, mouth breathing on me and you're like, you know, what's your favorite kind of pizza?

02:39:47.000 I mean like, I mean like a real cool TikToker who doesn't even know who I am or anything about Israel or Palestine.

02:39:53.000 I want a real cool Zoomer

02:39:57.000 Who's younger than me, to come up with his own TikTok and be like, hey, what are you listening to?

02:40:03.000 And I'll be like, I could just be another guy in the crowd.

02:40:06.000 You know, I'm not the number one Holocaust denier, anti-Semite, whatever in America that everyone hates.

02:40:14.000 I'm just some guy.

02:40:15.000 I could just be anyone.

02:40:16.000 I could just be some random guy with a cool music taste.

02:40:19.000 You know, I'll be like, oh, I'm listening to, you know, whatever.

02:40:23.000 I'm listening to Ecstasy, slow down version.

02:40:27.000 That I could just be some guy again.

02:40:30.000 You know, I never just got to be a normal person.

02:40:32.000 I'm like Michael Jackson going to the supermarket where no one was there.

02:40:37.000 I never got to be a normal person my entire adult life.

02:40:39.000 I've been the, uh, I've been the pariah.

02:40:42.000 I've been the most, everyone hates me, everyone wants to kill me, uh, you know, everyone has to push me away because, like, the Jews will try and destroy their life if they know me.

02:40:55.000 I wish I could just be in someone else's TikTok.

02:40:57.000 I wish I could be an unpaid extra in someone else's TikTok.

02:41:02.000 Just a member of society.

02:41:04.000 Just an undifferentiated member of social life.

02:41:09.000 Instead, I'm an alien.

02:41:12.000 I'm a pariah. 0.90

02:41:14.000 I'm a freak. 0.92

02:41:16.000 I'm a weirdo. 0.78

02:41:17.000 I'm a loner. 0.78

02:41:19.000 What the hell am I doing here? 0.88

02:41:21.000 I don't even belong here.

02:41:23.000 So, you know.

02:41:25.000 So, no.

02:41:26.000 Not one of you people.

02:41:27.000 Not someone who's read Culture of Critique.

02:41:29.000 I mean, like a real normal person who doesn't know anything about the Jewish question.

02:41:36.000 Who doesn't know anything about... You know, they don't know.

02:41:42.000 They don't know who Ron Unz is.

02:41:48.000 Anyway.

02:41:49.000 So, no.

02:41:49.000 No one's ever done that.

02:41:49.000 But that's not dating advice.

02:41:50.000 And it's not even mine, okay?

02:41:52.000 I'm just relaying it to you.

02:41:53.000 Well, and Trump... Trump doesn't care anymore, okay?

02:42:16.000 I'm going to let you in on a dirty little secret.

02:42:19.000 Over the next year, we are actually going to have to kind of pressure Trump to do the right thing on stuff, just like we did in the first term, because Trump is setting us up for a lot of issues, just like the first time around.

02:42:33.000 So, it's going to be all hands on deck.

02:42:36.000 It's not just about getting Trump elected.

02:42:39.000 There's sort of a shadow war going on that I'm going to clue you into more and more, and we're going to play a big part in it, okay?

02:42:45.000 Crusade sent $3.

02:42:47.000 What should Vivek fix?

02:42:49.000 He's the wrong guy.

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02:42:55.000 Being strapped into the Clockwork Orange chair which is worse?

02:42:58.000 Can't fix that.

02:42:59.000 No one can.

02:42:59.000 Being forced to watch John Doyle videos or Nikki Haley Israel speeches?

02:43:02.000 Definitely John Doyle speeches.

02:43:04.000 At least Nikki Haley's hot. 1.00

02:43:08.000 Okay.

02:43:09.000 That's our last Super Chat.

02:43:12.000 That's gonna do it for me.

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02:43:59.000 Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!

02:44:06.000 It's going to be only America first. 0.99

02:44:11.000 America first.

02:44:15.000 The American people will come first once again.

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