00:13:17.400But I think, you know, the reason they had to take somebody out was that they needed to consolidate the Democrat vote behind one candidate.
00:13:25.440there's a reason though that it was him for sure because he was favored
00:13:30.520it's tom steyer you were right erica wow yeah no thinking about all these other things inside my
00:13:40.260head i'm like but you never know you know um it's alleged um it could i mean that there may
00:13:48.240also be a reason why katie porter seems to be the anointed replacement you know if they were
00:13:53.480mad at Steyer for making this happen. Yeah. Oh, yeah, I don't know. I mean,0.99
00:13:59.700let's see how it plays out. But it's interesting. I mean, no coincidences, that's for sure.
00:14:05.300Everything, everything I'm assuming on the left and right is pretty methodical.
00:14:10.600So that that was interesting. So I just love that he said that. And I look forward to seeing
00:14:15.920him squirming in the, uh, chairs myself. Um, so the other thing, before we get into a little bit
00:14:24.880more serious, well, there's a couple more things I wanted to talk about. Um, well, actually one,
00:14:30.560Marcella, did you have, uh, something to report about what president Trump was saying?
00:14:36.880Oh, yes. So president Trump yesterday went to Las Vegas, um, in Arizona to talk about his no
00:14:44.660tax on tip success. A lot of it's alleged that the NASDAQ going up and certain people
00:14:52.900feeling well with the economy is that, you know, tax day happen. And a lot of people
00:14:58.060did not owe money. Instead, they got money back. One of the reasons was no tax on tips.
00:15:06.920For you know, we don't know if a lot of people just said, Oh, yeah, everything's a tip there.
00:15:11.800You know, I am not sure. But he made a post about I'm an Air Force One heading to Las Vegas.
00:15:18.180Owen is so thankful I'm not making him read this. And Arizona for greetings and speeches on no tax on tips, a windfall for our great American citizens.
00:15:30.000I'm watching one of the least attractive. OK, so he's doing this truth post.
00:15:35.140He talks about no tax on tips. He's on Air Force One flying to Las Vegas, right? He's like typing
00:15:41.860in his phone and he says, I'm watching. He's watching one of the least attractive and talented
00:15:48.080people on all of television, Jessica Tarloff. Her voice is so grating and terrible. I had to turn0.95
00:15:57.360her off. Her Democrat soundbites are fake, capitalized. She makes up poll numbers and
00:16:05.480nobody challenges her because she's so boring. I have among the best poll numbers I've ever
00:16:14.060had and why shouldn't I? All the country does is win. And that's all capitalized. CNN had
00:16:22.480me at a hundred percent saying they never saw that before this is all capitalized by the way1.00
00:16:29.180this that's coming up get her off the air she is bad for our country i hear megan kelly tucker
00:16:37.660carlson and candace one are dying fast their numbers are terrible nobody believes them anymore
00:16:43.260they're they're were fake mega and now they're been exposed president djt and i almost thought0.57
00:16:51.280he was going to say they're fake and gay but yeah i mean i wish he just would come out and say that
00:16:57.560and just get it off his chest not yet oh and i'll let you comment first on that one well i you know
00:17:04.820i think um it's just normal trump style to me that to attack his critics and so this is just
00:17:11.760in line with that he's very entertaining i think we're all going to miss him so much when he's gone
00:17:15.600um just how he you know plays the media which i think is a part of this that it's like meant to
00:17:22.400you know direct people's attention to that as opposed to something else that he might be doing
00:17:26.500in the background that he doesn't want people focused on um or just to spin up the media to
00:17:31.980talk about him i mean that's the classic thing he's done ever since he first got in office was
00:17:36.040he just made the whole news cycle about him and you know he i'm sure he wants to call attention
00:17:41.940to the no tax on tips and i think this might even been one of the strategies for that too to say
00:17:46.880people who want to talk about this post now they have to talk about no tax on tips right so it's a
00:17:53.040way of tying in into that topic so that media has a harder time not covering it very good yes um
00:18:00.600i'm gonna sit this one out i just i mean he is definitely entertaining um no i mean it shows
00:18:08.140that Jessica is doing a great job. The president of the United States is posting about her,
00:18:15.340about disliking what she is. That's exactly what her role is in the five is that she's0.99
00:18:21.180supposed to be this like opposing view and you're supposed to hate because if you're0.82
00:18:26.720on the right, you're supposed to dislike her. So she's doing like how Scott would always
00:18:31.560say she's doing a great job because a lot of people that on the right dislike her you know
00:18:38.100this is true this is true well speaking of jessica tarlov and people she sets off i know you want
00:18:45.240more jessica tarlov you're probably craving to see her and hear her and like soak her in so
00:18:51.800one of my like soul vibing brothers in this world is greg gutfeld and who better to
00:19:00.660express how I feel than him. You can't understand Trump because his political decisions align with
00:19:10.240his personal and patriotic ones. You understand Kamala. You understand Gavin. You understand
00:19:16.800Biden because their political decisions are divorced from the things people want.
00:19:21.340Why are you on the 20 of every 80-20 issue? It's because you divorced political desires
00:19:27.420from human needs. And then you have to dress up your decisions as compassion when they're merely
00:19:33.800wants from an activist class. The thing about Trump is, I don't care whether you like him or
00:19:39.060hate him. You're suffering from the Trump-America alignment problem. Political, personal, and
00:19:45.460patriotic desires all stack up, which means what he wants, the country tends to want. If it's 80-20,
00:19:53.740he's on the 80 you're stuck on the 20. They wanted the tariffs. Your defenses are getting
00:19:57.800more and more narrow because you say we keep saying the same thing every day. It's because
00:20:02.760we have to because you don't listen. I do. All I hear in my head is your voice. You know what?
00:20:09.360You're lucky. This is the voice of God. No Americans wanted the tariffs. They didn't
00:20:14.460want the war in Iran. They would reelect him. And they don't want the ballroom. What do you got?0.99
00:20:19.960what do you got look at what you have on your side it is a clown car of carnival atrocity
00:20:28.140i can't wait for elections all right jesse in in oh my gosh amazing so
00:20:36.080i mean what else can you say but i do think i do i think i think both i hate saying sides because
00:20:43.820like i don't even feel like i'm on a side of something but i think all people are suffering
00:20:49.340from this thing where you're kind of aligning with a party and not really thinking about the
00:20:55.840purpose. So, you know, the want versus the need and what we really do need as a country.
00:21:02.420I don't know. I don't know what those things are for each individual person. But,
00:21:06.540you know, Marcella, what do you think? I think, you know, is all right. So do you feel like
00:21:12.760Trump is taking care of the needs of the country? Or is he taking care of the wants of just some
00:21:21.720people maybe on his side? I think he is trying to take care of the needs of the country. But I
00:21:29.800think he needs to do more. But I think the reason why he's not able to do more is because even though
00:21:36.040we have a Republican Congress, there's so much stalling. One of them would be the voter
00:21:43.180ID issue. So some of those things that he promised he wants to do, but he can't because
00:21:51.660he's obviously, he's not the only person that can do it. A lot of the things he's doing,
00:21:55.860he's doing it through executive order. And guess what happens? It gets appealed. He goes
00:22:00.960into court. He fights, fights, fights for it. The big, beautiful bill, as we called it,
00:22:08.260that took forever to do. One of the rules in there was the no tax on tips. And even then,
00:22:14.480they kind of made it less and changed it a little bit. So I think that he needs to be more present
00:22:25.900talking about issues domestic issues and i think he's going to do that that's why he went to vegas
00:22:32.340and arizona and he's going to do all of that more so and be present and push john soon and
00:22:40.840in regards to the border id and other things you know so use your negotiation tactics because he's
00:22:48.480the best negotiator not just for Iran Israel and all of that use it here you know all right so
00:22:56.680Owen what's your take well I definitely think Trump is trying to take care of the needs of
00:23:02.360the American people um you know certainly I agree that I'd like to see more focus on domestic and
00:23:09.720less on foreign policy at this point just politically because that's what I think most
00:23:15.480americans are going to care about they're going to say how affordable is the things has inflation
00:23:19.300gone down can i have a job you know all the basic stuff that matters the most to people i think and
00:23:25.600so if there's too much going on too close to the midterms with things like iran and cuba and other
00:23:31.220places then people are going to think oh he's not really worried about us he's not really taking
00:23:35.560care of us even if it's not true you know because i do think he's done just about everything he can
00:23:40.000think of and he's keep keeps coming up with new things to um get people to uh you know to
00:23:47.700make things more affordable or to you know help with the housing market or to help with the job
00:23:53.120market and so i think he has done a lot in terms of energy and all sorts of things but and i do
00:23:58.660think some of the foreign policy stuff is tied into that but it's really hard to make that
00:24:01.880connection for people where you can say okay this is going to stabilize things it's going to bring
00:24:05.860energy prices down or it's going to bring the energy business back to America or other things.
00:24:10.280It's hard for people to follow that because it's not really directly impacting their lives. So
00:24:14.320you know, I do think that he is looking out for the needs of the American people. And I do think
00:24:20.340to Greg's point, which I think was maybe originally Scott's point, it is aligned with
00:24:25.940his personal goals. You know, Trump wants to be a well-loved president and wants to
00:24:30.280be rewarded essentially for that. I don't agree with Jessica's point, which I think she was making
00:24:35.480maybe before that clip started about, you know, maybe it's trying to line his pocketbook. I don't
00:24:39.680really think that's an element of that because if that was his objective, he never would have
00:24:42.940been president. He would have been just fine and probably financially better off without all of
00:24:46.360this. Yeah. But, um, yeah, I think, uh, I think he is looking out for the needs of the American
00:24:52.280people. I mean, and, and we have to remember, you know, we all, I'm sure if we had to write down
00:24:58.660what are the top five needs of the American people, I think our lists, you know, some things
00:25:03.700will overlap, but I think other things will be different. It depends on what's bothering you,
00:25:10.060what you're desiring, where you live, what are the issues for you. So yeah, I would like to see
00:25:16.400more of a domestic focus also. I definitely want our country to be safe. I want us to have
00:25:23.080secure borders. I want voter ID. I want all of the people that have just stormed through0.90
00:25:30.300into our country out. I want them out. Yeah. So those kinds of things I would like to see for1.00
00:25:37.980sure. But we were just talking about the SAVE Act with the voter ID. So let's just talk about
00:25:46.460that and continue on with that for one second. I'm going to play another clip for you guys with
00:25:50.940Representative Luna and let's hear what she's saying. I think we need voter ID. Let's take0.70
00:25:57.680that a step further. I mean, Republicans control the House and the Senate. Why can't they get
00:26:02.080the Save America Act, which requires evidence that you're an American and ID to vote?
00:26:08.700John Thune is a problem. I do not like what he's done because he has every ability. And really,
00:26:15.960it's him that's blocking voter ID. He has every ability to embrace the standing filibuster or
00:26:21.120remove the filibuster. Democrats are going to do it anyways. And by the way, the current form of
00:26:25.000the filibuster is a perversion of what it initially was. But there's this position in the Senate that
00:26:31.420people are, they need to protect the institution. I get protecting the institution, but like,
00:26:37.040let's also talk about what the institutions become. Is John Thune weak? I think John Thune
00:26:42.500is doing the wrong thing. I don't know if I would necessarily say weak because he's clearly stubborn.
00:26:47.300He's not doing voter ID, but he can't honestly blame the Democrats for this because he's the
00:26:53.460in control. And so what I would say and what I've continued to say is it's John Thune blocking voter
00:26:58.600ID. I'm trying right now, we have FISA up for a vote this week. I'm trying to do everything I can
00:27:04.820to get voter ID onto FISA, but I'm having to work against my own party to do that. And I'm just one
00:27:11.320person and it takes multiple votes to do that. Yes, FISA needs reform, but I think the number
00:27:16.020one most important issue in the country now is voter ID. And if we can't deliver on that, then
00:27:20.880people like John Thune do not deserve to come back to Congress.
00:27:27.480Yeah. All right. So, Owen, I'm going to come to you first on that one.
00:27:31.460And so I'll just let you discuss whatever you want about that.
00:27:37.140I mean, for the most part, I agree with her, but I think there may be more to it.
00:27:41.160I think to me, John Thune is probably, you know, mostly the deep state Republican type.
00:27:47.840So he's just playing the politics. And, you know, he's made some statements, which I think might be indicating what this is, which is it may not be just him. It may be the other, you know, deep state people that are saying, I don't want to do this. I don't want to, you know, change the system.
00:28:03.920um and they may actually be against the save america act they just don't want to say so
00:28:10.560but um you know it could be that john john thune when he said we don't have the votes
00:28:17.060maybe that's the real concern is that if they broke the filibuster and then still didn't pass it
00:28:22.520because they didn't even have 50 votes um then that would be embarrassing and it would be wasting
00:28:28.560that nuclear, now the filibuster is gone thing. And so he may be just making that political
00:28:35.300calculation. It may not be so much that he's at least the only stubborn one, but he may be just
00:28:41.580thinking, okay, this isn't going to play out well if I go down that path, because unless I convince
00:28:45.280whoever else it is to vote for the Save America Act, then it's not going to go. And this is all
00:28:51.640going to be a waste of time. You're much more gracious than I am, but you're always more
00:28:55.460gracious than I am. That's a nice quality. Marcella, what, you know, what do you think
00:29:00.300is going on here? I mean, so, you know, she was talking about the FISA issue that's also going on.
00:29:06.660So she's like, well, then we'll put it in there, you know, if they, if they want to do that.
00:29:10.840If we don't have voter ID, you will lose the confidence of every American in this country.
00:29:18.040I don't care what, which way you vote. You will have no confidence in the outcome. So if,
00:29:24.900you're a Democrat that's like, no, no, no, don't you do that. They can't get IDs. Certain people
00:29:31.180are just too stupid. And then Republican wins, they're going to say the same thing, like it's
00:29:36.920rigged, it's this, it's that. So it's just universally needed, wanted. And also why wouldn't
00:29:44.680you have the most secure elections you could possibly have? So what's your take on this
00:29:50.840voter ID issue. It's very strange to me. Well, it makes you question why the tunes of the Senate
00:30:00.200and the other senators that are Republican, even the Democrats, why they're not voting for it.
00:30:07.020Just like they didn't vote for certain other things and they vote for their own pay raise.
00:30:14.760um it's interesting you know it's kind of like hmm what are they doing to um make the vote more
00:30:23.700secure obviously nothing so it just makes you think about maybe that's what they need they need
00:30:30.820they need uh they need a way to make elections um clean but they don't want to so then it makes
00:30:42.140you think that they are for unclean elections.
00:30:47.000I think it's, it's basically a 90 20 issue, a 90 10 issue.
00:33:13.500Here's the briefing that we're never going to get.
00:33:15.460Because, you know, they try to bring us into all these classified briefings and, you know, tell us how dangerous it is to have warrants to spy on American citizens.
00:33:21.740The briefing that we're never going to get is, hi, our agency has been given too much power by Congress.
00:44:56.420And I do think it's true that, you know, sometimes knowing too much can be kind of a curse that, you know, they actually call, I think, this the Cassandra syndrome, which is like the Greek mythology person that was cursed to, like, know the future but couldn't change it or couldn't do anything about it.
00:45:16.320And so they just had to go through it. And, you know, I think there are certainly modern corollaries to that in the context he talked about. But even just in general, like if you, you know, I've heard many times that like someone with a super high IQ, like if it's off the charts, that they have a hard time getting along with people, right? Because they can't really communicate on the same level. And they, you know, they might think, wow, this is such a boring conversation or, you know, they're not really getting it or I can't even get them to get it because they just can't think the way I do.
00:45:44.160And that's really problematic from a social perspective. And I think, you know, that's one of the reasons why I think when you read books like on, you know, what makes up millionaires or how to become a millionaire, they often say like the smartest people actually aren't doing well economically.
00:45:58.420you know they might become some kind of eccentric professor but they're not the people that are
00:46:03.720making the billions and trillions and stuff because they just can't get along with people
00:46:06.880so i think there's definitely truth to that and in the political context yeah i mean there is all
00:46:11.260this stuff you know behind the curtain as scott would say where you know you're never really
00:46:16.800going to hear the full story you're not going to really see the details of it we get little
00:46:20.520hints or you know windows now and then but like the swallow thing but you know i don't think we're
00:46:27.860ever going to get the full picture and you know we can make deductions and things and like he said
00:46:33.140observe things but you know a lot of it ends up being kind of guesswork you can't really prove it
00:46:37.880like you can prove something in court and so i can understand why other people would just say oh
00:46:41.740that's crazy you don't know that and um so yeah i mean it definitely resonate with that but i do
00:46:47.680think it was a little a little too black pillish for me just he made it sound like there's nothing
00:46:52.760you could do about it it's just this awful thing i think i i think i resonate a more than not with0.57
00:46:59.880him and maybe this is my internal dialogue going on because sometimes you know in everyday situations
00:47:07.960like i can i can almost find myself not isolating but like keeping interesting conversation just
00:47:16.200here in you know on the screen you know with you guys whatever because sometimes i feel like in my
00:47:23.640everyday life i i'm walking around like is everybody unaware does anybody understand how
00:47:28.920i feel and i'll have conversations with people and sometimes i'm just like i'm bored i'm just
00:47:33.900bored because i'm like you know wake up like you know let's talk about something real and not that
00:47:40.420i want to talk about conspiracies or i want to be hyperbolic or i want to be jazzed up and
00:47:46.200over caffeinated, but sometimes I'm just like, Oh, let's just like talk a little bit harder than
00:47:51.820we're talking. Um, Marcella, does that slap for you at all? No, I, I respectfully, I, I disagree
00:48:00.080with this clip, uh, I disagree with this guy a hundred percent because I don't see people as
00:48:07.000sheep. People are not sheep. They're individuals. Everybody's different. And actually I've been
00:48:12.560shock sometimes like i'll go and talk to people that are you know not your like professor types
00:48:20.500or no degree no college and they know so much about what's going on with their rights or this
00:48:27.840or that or the other voting rights or anything else you know when you go to a protest um or you
00:48:33.640go to some kind of conservative conservative you know event and stuff like that and and it's and
00:48:40.640And it's like shocking that you, you'd think that people aren't aware of certain things,
00:48:46.180but they're aware of, you know, you'd be shocked to know that some of them are aware.
00:48:51.420They might not be aware of like, oh, you know, today the Strait of Hormuz completely open,
00:48:57.280but the, but then the naval blockade is still there.
00:49:00.400You know, like they don't know all these little nuances, but I think we are not sheep.
00:49:07.760And I think it's very nihilistic to think that way.
00:49:11.400I think in a positive, if you feel like Erica, if you feel, which sometimes I feel the same
00:49:18.160way like you do, it's your role is to lead these people because you are intelligent,