John Bolton - January 23, 2025


Conservatives Aren't Taking S#!T Anymore

Topics
gender neutrality executive order
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John Bolton
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Pierre Poilievre Donald Trump Kate Harrison Gavin Newsom Ron DeSantis Justin Trudeau Paul Martin David John
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Length

9 minutes

Words per minute

180.89

Word count

1,701

Sentence count

115

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Hate speech

2

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Summary

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In this episode of the Big Blue Mug of Coffee, John talks about Pierre Pocha's "Woke" rant about women in politics, and why most people in the Liberal Party would not agree with it. He also talks about the Canadian government's response to the Trump administration's new tariffs on steel and aluminum, and the media's reaction to them.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John, and welcome to the channel. It is 4.35 a.m. on Thursday, January 23rd,
00:00:05.720 with the big blue mug of coffee. I hope you're having an awesome day today, and I am having a
00:00:10.820 great day, and I am so pleased at the way conservatives are handling themselves with
00:00:17.520 the media these days and out in public. They are prepared, and they're not giving in to the left
00:00:22.880 when it comes to their narrative. Isn't that refreshing? So what I'm going to do right now
00:00:27.000 is run through a few videos to show you some examples of this, just from the last several
00:00:31.560 weeks. I'm going to end this video, watch to the end, because an elder statesman of Canadian
00:00:36.580 politics will have the final word on this. It's a black and white video, and I don't think
00:00:42.480 most people in the Liberal Party today would agree with this man's words, even though he
00:00:47.220 is probably the most famous Liberal of all time in Canada. Now, why am I doing this today?
00:00:53.440 I'm doing it because of that Pierre Paglia video that has gone viral. I saw it on Australian
00:00:57.620 TV this morning when I woke up, and it's of him talking to a television station, I believe
00:01:03.440 in Toronto, when the issue of gender comes up. So we'll talk about that, and then I'll
00:01:08.060 talk about it from my perspective as well, because I worked in media for more than 30 years,
00:01:12.300 and over the last couple of years of working in media, things really changed when it came
00:01:16.780 to, for the lack of a better word, woke. So we're going to start off with a video right
00:01:20.900 off the top from the CBC, the Canadian Broadcorp and Castration. Now, Kate Harrison is on there
00:01:27.020 representing the Conservative, probably terribly outnumbered in this situation, when Paul Martin's
00:01:32.860 former Chief of Staff wants to make the tariff issue with the United States pure polyevs, and
00:01:39.660 is trying to tie pure polyev to this in kind of a gotcha moment, and this is what Kate had
00:01:44.340 to say. I hope that he actually will put something
00:01:47.580 before his own political ambitions, and that is to try and preserve and protect Canada's
00:01:53.080 economy and fight as best as we can. Kate, you don't like that analysis? What's
00:01:57.520 your thoughts there? It is, I, yeah, my God, if we're talking
00:02:00.720 about political ambitions, we should be talking about Justin Trudeau, not talking about Pierre
00:02:05.460 Polyev. It is not incumbent on the leader of the opposition to table what Canada's plan
00:02:10.980 for tariffs and a retaliatory response should be. That is the duty of the Prime Minister
00:02:15.960 of Canada. Unfortunately, he abdicated the responsibility and the leadership role because
00:02:21.860 he couldn't see past his own ego, and he has forced Canada into inward navel-gazing political
00:02:27.240 drama as opposed to actually coming up with a plan. I think the issue right now, David,
00:02:31.600 is not what Pierre Polyev thinks about retaliatory tariffs. It's that there's too many people saying
00:02:36.480 what they think retaliatory tariffs should be. There's no clear negotiator for Canada right
00:02:40.700 now, and that is the fault of the Prime Minister, not Pierre Polyev.
00:02:43.440 Up next, we go to the great state of Florida with Governor Ron DeSantis. Now, DeSantis is taking
00:02:48.900 none of it when a reporter brings up Donald Trump criticizing Gavin Newsom during the wildfires
00:02:55.500 out in California. Is it appropriate for people in your industry to try to create division and to try
00:03:02.240 to create narratives anytime these things happen? Now, you're not as interested in doing that because
00:03:06.920 Newsom is a D. If Newsom was a Republican, you guys would go try to, you would have him nailed to
00:03:12.480 the wall for what they're doing over there. And I know we've dealt with it. We just assume in Florida,
00:03:17.860 anytime something happens, it's going to be politicized by the media. So you guys sitting
00:03:23.000 in judgment of Donald Trump, I mean, excuse me, I think your track record of politicizing these things
00:03:28.420 is very, very bad. I would be remiss if I didn't show you this video. This one went viral to the
00:03:35.280 nth degree. Pierre Polyev in British Columbia, standing in an orchard with a reporter with an
00:03:41.360 apple. Fully prepared, masterclass, so perfect you'd think it was staged. On the topic, I mean,
00:03:50.940 in terms of your sort of strategy currently, you're obviously taking the populist pathway.
00:03:56.520 What does that mean? Well, appealing to people's more emotional levels, I would guess.
00:04:05.480 I mean, certainly you tap very strong ideological language quite frequently. Like what?
00:04:14.200 Left wing, you know, this and that, right wing, you know, I mean, it's that type of ideological thing.
00:04:19.860 I never really talk about left or right. I don't really believe in that.
00:04:22.720 Okay. A lot of people would say that you're simply taking a page out of the Donald Trump book.
00:04:28.940 Probably like which people would say that.
00:04:31.140 Well, I'm sure a great many Canadians, but...
00:04:34.720 Like who?
00:04:36.220 I don't know who, but...
00:04:37.780 Well, you're the one who asked the question, so you must know somebody.
00:04:40.540 Then we come to the new president of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:04:45.760 As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.
00:04:56.680 After Trump says that, the news station in Toronto knows that they've got Pierre Polyev on.
00:05:07.140 Word goes out to this anchor here, get Polyev on the gender question.
00:05:11.940 A gotcha question.
00:05:13.280 Polyev fully prepared for this, of course, because conservatives are thinking differently.
00:05:17.580 Now, a little different perspective for you.
00:05:19.420 I worked in media for more than 30 years, only out of it for a couple of years at this point,
00:05:23.440 and things really changed near the end.
00:05:26.280 You know it, I know it, the media has gone far left, and that is the case.
00:05:29.540 I saw people who were conservatives keep their mouths shut, and those who spoke up got reported to HR,
00:05:36.260 because the leftists at the radio stations I worked at didn't like their opinions.
00:05:40.940 I'm not kidding.
00:05:41.920 Now, the guy doing this interview probably has a liberal membership card burning a hole in his back pocket.
00:05:47.880 I can't say for sure, but that's probably the case.
00:05:51.020 So, keep that in mind while you're watching this.
00:05:53.660 Also, keep in mind that in Canada, broadcasting is federally regulated.
00:05:58.500 So, this guy probably has to walk by a pile of tampons when he goes into the men's bathroom.
00:06:03.820 That is the case.
00:06:05.140 And in the final couple of years, I worked in media at probably the largest media company in this country.
00:06:10.980 That's all I'm going to say.
00:06:12.000 We had to do regular training online on a yearly basis on best business practices.
00:06:18.060 Near the end, most of it was about DEI, and a large part of it was about trans and gender pronouns.
00:06:26.460 A huge part of it.
00:06:27.940 So, this guy has been doing that training, no doubt, just like I had to do at another large Canadian media station.
00:06:35.000 So, keep that in mind while you're watching this video with Pierre Polyev.
00:06:39.100 And then we'll finish it up with an elder statesman from the Liberal Party.
00:06:43.360 On his first day on the job, President Trump signed an executive order, you know, the U.S. government only recognizing two genders, male, female.
00:06:51.960 They're unchangeable.
00:06:53.040 You know, if elected as prime minister, is that something that you're going to kind of walk in line with?
00:06:57.700 Or what are your feelings on that executive order?
00:07:00.520 Well, I don't know.
00:07:01.340 Do you have any other genders that you'd like to name?
00:07:06.580 Me personally?
00:07:09.300 Yes.
00:07:09.740 I'm just asking more so if you're in line with what he is saying, do you agree with what he's saying?
00:07:14.580 Is that something that you would be lockstep with if elected as prime minister?
00:07:18.620 Well, I'm not aware of any other genders than men and women.
00:07:23.020 I mean, if you have any other that you want me to consider, you're welcome to tell me right now.
00:07:28.040 Well, there's, well, there's, personally, I am a man.
00:07:31.720 I am, as people say, a cis man.
00:07:33.740 There are people there who, you know, they say they're gender neutral.
00:07:37.240 You're a man, yes.
00:07:38.380 We've got 25% of our population in poverty.
00:07:42.420 Housing costs have doubled.
00:07:43.800 Crime is rampaging through our streets.
00:07:46.600 I just find it to be a strange priority to spend time talking about this.
00:07:50.640 My priority is to give people back control of their lives and bring back Canada's promise
00:07:55.920 that anyone who works hard gets a powerful paycheck and pension that buys affordable food, gas, and homes in safe neighborhoods.
00:08:03.720 That's the promise we need for Canadians.
00:08:06.500 If liberals want to talk about different labels for gender that they want to put on passports in the United States, they can do that.
00:08:14.880 I'm going to talk about the things that will bring home Canada's promise.
00:08:18.760 And did you catch it?
00:08:19.920 He's got the lingo down.
00:08:21.200 He's gone through the training.
00:08:23.000 He's a cis male?
00:08:25.140 Personally, I am a man.
00:08:27.100 I am a, as people say, cis man.
00:08:29.320 Polyev, cool as a cucumber, not accepting any of it. 0.99
00:08:32.960 He's interested in helping out Canadians.
00:08:35.520 That's why we need to elect this man.
00:08:37.620 People ask me what I want as a conservative.
00:08:40.080 I want to be left alone.
00:08:41.280 Call yourself whatever you want.
00:08:42.900 Just don't expect me to play along with your delusions.
00:08:45.060 Of course, there's only two genders. 1.00
00:08:48.080 Thanks very much for watching.
00:08:49.400 I do appreciate it.
00:08:50.560 Give me a thumbs up.
00:08:51.440 Subscribe to the channel.
00:08:52.840 See you on the next one.
00:08:54.460 And I'm going to finish up with an elder statesman from the Liberal Party.
00:08:58.340 He has passed on many years ago.
00:09:01.100 I don't think what he says here would be accepted by most liberals today.
00:09:05.840 But they're probably the only words this guy ever said that I agree with.
00:09:10.060 Again, see you in the next one.
00:09:11.540 Take this thing on homosexuality.
00:09:17.020 I think the view we take here is that there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.