Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Feature interview with Inna Vernikov, a rising star of the Republican Party

00:00:00.040 Hello, my friends. Today, a feature interview with, I think, one of the more interesting

00:00:04.720 up-and-comers in the Republican Party, a conservative Republican in New York City.

00:00:11.420 Like, actually in the city. How is it even possible? Well, we'll talk to her in a feature

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00:00:55.540 Tonight, a feature interview with a rising star of the Republican Party. It's August 29th,

00:01:13.380 and this is The Ezra Levant Show.

00:01:18.680 Shame on you, you sensorism bug.

00:01:30.460 It's great to be back in the studio. I've missed too many days, and I have some good reasons for

00:01:36.040 that. I had a little bit of elective surgery, went very well. Thank you for your patience,

00:01:39.780 and I was doing some traveling, but I missed being here because there were so many things

00:01:45.100 I wanted to talk about. Today, we're going to talk to something I find very interesting,

00:01:50.840 a young, up-and-coming Republican city councilor in New York City, and you might be saying,

00:01:56.860 why do I care about a city councilor in New York City? I mean, that's a very minor role in politics.

00:02:02.880 Well, that's true, although it is America's most important city by a number of reasons. The fact

00:02:07.160 that she's a Republican in a Democrat city is interesting to me, and the fact that she's a

00:02:12.100 conservative escapee from a former Soviet regime. I don't know. I like following her on Twitter,

00:02:19.220 and I thought, well, let's just talk to her and see what she's like. I hope you'll agree with me.

00:02:23.720 I have other shows I'm looking forward to doing this week, including a fake CBC fact check on that

00:02:31.140 factory in London, Ontario that's making crickets for human consumption, eating crickets,

00:02:36.460 super gross, other stories coming up. So I will be working hard this week, and I've been working

00:02:41.140 hard all these days, other than when I was in surgery, but I thank you so much for your patience,

00:02:45.800 and I'm grateful to my friends, including David Menzies and Sheila Gunn-Reed for covering for me.

00:02:50.020 So without further ado, here is my interview recorded short moments ago with council member

00:02:56.080 Ina Vernikoff of New York.

00:03:09.880 Fighting to bring government back to the people and out of the hands of dictators.

00:03:14.460 And we're here to say that the era of Trump and Zeldin and Molinaro just jump on a bus and head down to

00:03:25.460 Florida where you belong, okay? Get out of town. Get out of town. Because you don't represent our 0.99

00:03:32.380 values. You are not New Yorkers. You're not New Yorkers.

00:03:37.120 Well, that was a clip of governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, basically saying, if you don't like

00:03:42.640 Democrats, if you don't vote for me, get out of the state. That's an unusual way to

00:03:48.120 treat a large chunk of the population. Just because they didn't vote for you doesn't mean

00:03:52.080 you're not their governor, too. Well, there's one Republican in New York who I know will not be

00:03:58.420 leaving the state because of Governor Hochul's order, and that's a young up-and-comer from New York

00:04:03.320 City. In fact, she is the New York City minority whip on city council, council member Ina Vernikoff,

00:04:11.000 who's become, I think, a bit of a social media star, but not in a shallow manner like, say,

00:04:16.720 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. As I've watched council member Vernikoff over the last year, I see someone

00:04:22.700 who's deeply engrossed in the most important issues of the day, and I find that remarkable given that

00:04:29.740 her job is mainly to serve a particular district in New York, but so many of the battles she fights

00:04:35.620 in New York, I think, are thematically of interest to anyone around America, or indeed even to us up

00:04:40.800 here in Canada. So it's a delight to finally meet and talk to, via Skype, council member Ina Vernikoff

00:04:47.880 from the 48th District of New York City. What a pleasure to meet you. Thanks for taking the time

00:04:52.420 with us. Good to meet you. Thanks so much for having me. Well, it's my pleasure. I mean, I think

00:04:58.160 my first question is, how do you exist? I mean, how did you become a Republican in one of the most

00:05:05.340 Democrat-leaning cities in America? I mean, you're supposed to be a Democrat. You yourself came to

00:05:12.320 America as an immigrant. You are in a city of immigrants. Aren't you supposed to be a Hillary

00:05:18.460 Clinton Democrat? Yeah, so it's like Republicans are like dinosaurs, right, in New York City.

00:05:25.980 No, I mean, look, when we came to America, which was in 1996 when I was 12 years old, I think everybody

00:05:33.140 was pretty much a Democrat, and I think it was a very different Democratic Party back then in 96

00:05:39.460 than it is now. This is a totally different party today. I think it's a party that's moving

00:05:45.260 in a very different direction. I think it's pretty much un-American. You know, I came here 0.93

00:05:51.480 as a child, and the notion that was really instilled in me was the American dream, the land

00:05:58.840 of opportunity. You know, things were based on merit, that if you work hard here, you can attain

00:06:04.320 anything. This is a very, very different party today. It's a party that's moving towards communism,

00:06:09.840 communism, which is a place where we escaped. I came from the former Soviet Union, which is now

00:06:14.160 Ukraine. And we escaped all of that and came to a land of freedom and opportunity. And I think that

00:06:22.940 this is such a different place now. And I, you know, you mentioned a couple of things about what

00:06:27.580 I'm supposed to be doing and what I'm really doing. And I know that, of course, my major part of my job

00:06:32.920 is to, you know, make sure the streets are clean and there's enough traffic lights. And of course,

00:06:37.320 we're doing that very well. But I also didn't do it just for that. I did it to stand up for,

00:06:43.520 for really for America, for American values, you know, for what America once was. And to speak out

00:06:50.660 for my community. This is a very conservative Republican community district that I represent.

00:06:57.460 And they're very angry about the Democratic Party and what the Democratic Party is doing

00:07:01.660 to this country, to our state and our city. And so I'm here to do that. And that's why you hear me

00:07:06.880 voicing my opinions and many of the things and criticizing our politicians for the way they're

00:07:10.900 running our city or state in our country. Well, you know, listening to you talk about how

00:07:16.860 coming from a former Soviet communist regime has informed your views on freedom, it reminds me

00:07:23.580 of some of the young Latino and Latina candidates for the Republicans. And again, those are people who

00:07:31.300 were supposed to vote Democrat, but they see in the language of today's Democrats, the language of

00:07:38.000 authoritarianism, of big government, of violation of civil liberties, of, you know, socialism. And I

00:07:45.800 think one of the reasons why newcomers to America are, in my view, thankfully, tracking towards the 1.00

00:07:53.060 right parties on the right is because they know how this movie ends. They know how terrible it can

00:07:59.540 become if you do give government certain powers. Where are you on civil liberties issues? For two years

00:08:05.660 here in Canada, we've had very abusive lockdowns. New York City was was pretty bad, too. What's your take

00:08:13.480 on how the government responded to the pandemic? I'm of the view that the lockdowns were, in fact, more

00:08:19.580 punitive and more damaging than the pandemic itself. How do you see it?

00:08:23.940 Yeah, I mean, I'll tell you, look, the first two weeks of the pandemic, I'll tell you, honestly,

00:08:29.560 I was pretty freaked out. I did all the things they said on CNN and everywhere else, you know, I sanitized

00:08:35.920 my doors and washed my vegetables three times. So I was pretty freaked out. I think we didn't know a lot

00:08:41.760 about the pandemic. We didn't have proper therapeutics. But I think after some point, you know, after months

00:08:48.320 and months have passed, and we know a lot about this disease, this virus, and we know how to treat

00:08:54.800 it. And there, you know, so many people already had it and have immunity to it, that at some point,

00:09:02.480 these mandates and lockdowns became incredibly unreasonable. And it's so we can understand why

00:09:09.360 people feel that there's major government overreach in these mandates and the lockdowns and just all of

00:09:16.540 the things that they're obligating us to do. And I'll give you an example right now, the CDC came

00:09:23.120 out with new guidelines just recently, I think it was about two weeks ago, very quietly, no media really

00:09:29.100 reported on this. But basically, what they're saying is that if you had COVID, it has essentially

00:09:35.720 the same effect as if you were vaccinated, right? And then we still have these mandates in our city

00:09:42.080 city, where you are, if you're not going to get the vaccine, if you're a city worker, you're going

00:09:48.180 to get fired. So right now we have firefighters, cops, and teachers, we have about 1300 teachers on

00:09:55.020 the verge of getting fired if they don't take the vaccine. And so since the CDC came out with these

00:10:01.780 new guidelines that went quiet, it is completely unreasonable to still have these mandates. If you

00:10:10.760 didn't need this vaccine to begin with, then why would you fire people for not getting the vaccine

00:10:15.040 they never needed in the first place? It makes absolutely no sense. We actually have a meeting

00:10:20.880 with the mayor of New York City shortly. We're, you know, we're going to, we already have the meeting,

00:10:27.260 it's set up. And we're going to talk to the mayor very seriously about the vaccine mandates. We're going

00:10:33.920 to really ask for him to, to eliminate the mandate. It's, it's really no longer needed.

00:10:40.080 Now, how likely is that? I was a little bit hopeful when the mayor won, because he,

00:10:45.120 he seemed to be a little bit more focused on law and order. He was a former cop himself.

00:10:49.300 He seemed to be a little more rational on the lockdown issues. I don't know if that's the case. I mean,

00:10:53.740 he, he kept the mask mandate on for young children for such a long time. Is it still mandatory masks for,

00:11:00.700 for young kids in New York? I mean, I'm a little bit shocked to hear that there's still mandates

00:11:05.080 for teachers and firemen. That sounds unusual, isn't it? Is, is New York still the, one of the most

00:11:11.780 locked down places, maybe locked down is the wrong word. Is it the most masked and mandated city in

00:11:19.220 America? I mean, how bad is it there? I mean, I think the problem is, is that they,

00:11:25.500 they, this virus was politicized. And I think it was politicized both on the right and on the left.

00:11:31.440 And I think these issues have become political. So the mayor basically says that he just listens

00:11:36.520 to his health commissioner. So whatever his health commissioner says, that's what goes,

00:11:42.120 which I think is really unreasonable too, because commission, the health commissioner is just one

00:11:46.760 guy. He's one doctor with one opinion. And it was also, I mean, I'm sure you saw how the opinions,

00:11:53.400 if you, if you had a different opinion, if you were a scientist, if you were a virologist that had

00:11:58.960 a different opinion from Dr. Fauci, you were canceled, you were humiliated, you know, anything

00:12:04.760 you said was fake news. So I think it's extremely politicized now. And you have to understand that

00:12:10.440 the mayor of New York city, you know, there are millions of people here who have very different

00:12:15.820 opinions. We have people who are on the extreme left, on the extreme right, centrist,

00:12:21.540 independents, non-voters, all kinds of people with all kinds of opinions. And the mayor

00:12:26.100 is a politician who has to satisfy all groups. And, you know, these decisions are, I think,

00:12:32.700 political. I don't believe that the mayor himself believes in the mandate. I think if it were up

00:12:38.840 to him solely, I think that he would, you know, I think that he would get rid of it.

00:12:44.200 How are New Yorkers? Is it still an extremely Democrat town? You say there's a great diversity,

00:12:51.280 opinion. Has the lockdowns and the mask rules and the mandates, has that sort of scrambled

00:12:56.700 the old map? Here in Canada, some people who used to be for the Liberal Party, you know,

00:13:03.340 that party was very strong pro-choice messaging, my body, my choice. A lot of those people said,

00:13:10.440 hang on, I thought that's what we believed in. And now you're mandating vaccines. People in the

00:13:15.380 Green Party, you know, personal health choices, not overdoing pharmaceuticals, having natural,

00:13:24.220 you know, healthy diets and things like that. They were shocked that their party endorsed

00:13:29.120 Big Pharma. I guess what I'm saying is in Canada, there's sort of a new coalition of people who

00:13:35.200 probably wouldn't have got together three years ago. But now people, a lot of people on the left,

00:13:40.520 for example, people, social justice activists, saw how the lockdowns disproportionately punished

00:13:46.820 working class people and minorities. Is there an awakening in New York that has sort of scrambled

00:13:53.500 the old left, right, Democrat, Republican spectrum? I think there is. I'll tell you that when I was

00:13:59.560 campaigning, I can't even tell you how many Democrats came up to me and asked me, are you pro-mandate or

00:14:05.960 against the mandate? And I would say against mandate, you know, I'm not anti-vaccine. If you

00:14:10.360 want to get the vaccine, you should get it. But I would tell them I'm against the mandate because

00:14:13.860 I'm pro-freedom and free choice. And they would say, you know what, I'm a Democrat and I never voted

00:14:18.620 Republican in my life, but I'm going to vote for you because I'm against the mandates. I can't even

00:14:24.200 tell you how many times that happened to me. And I don't think it's really a Democrat, Republican,

00:14:28.540 conservative issue anymore. I think just people are really fed up. And I think that we'll see

00:14:33.560 more Democrats voting the other direction just because they're sick and tired and angry at the

00:14:39.700 way this government has handled the pandemic and other issues as well. Let me ask you about

00:14:45.980 something that I found surprising. I mean, of course, everyone loves New York City. It's one of the

00:14:50.720 world's great cities. It also happens to be one of the world's most Jewish cities outside of Tel Aviv.

00:14:56.600 I think it actually has the largest Jewish population in the world. So I was shocked to see on your

00:15:02.860 Twitter feed the uptick in antisemitism in such a Jewish city, not just a Jewish city, but a

00:15:10.060 progressive city, a city that thinks of itself as being exquisitely caring for human rights. Tell me

00:15:17.000 a little bit about antisemitism in New York, including at the City University of New York. I was startled to

00:15:24.300 hear it. I can't even believe it, really. But tell me what you're seeing.

00:15:28.580 So the rises in antisemitism is about 300 percent up. So it's everywhere. It's in many different forms.

00:15:39.220 People getting beaten up on the street, people being discriminated against at school, just, you know,

00:15:45.940 in social media. There are really different things happening. I think the worst of it is, you know,

00:15:51.620 somebody beaten on a Jew. It's mostly happening on the streets to visible Jews who wear a yarmulke or, 0.64

00:15:58.260 you know, a Jewish symbol. And it's extremely horrifying for me to watch as someone who

00:16:05.300 his family escaped that. I mean, a lot of families from the Soviet Union escaped that

00:16:11.620 because there was so much antisemitism there. You know, again, all kinds of discrimination. I mean,

00:16:16.260 I remember when I was in school in my town in the Ukraine, there was an older gentleman who was beat

00:16:23.780 up because he was Jewish right across the street. I remember this incident very well,

00:16:29.220 although I was young. And, you know, it stayed with me. And I remember the antisemitism

00:16:34.900 in universities. I remember that families had to change last names. You know, I actually,

00:16:41.780 my grandfather told us that our last name wasn't really Vernikoff, that it was changed to sound less

00:16:48.020 Jewish. Because if you were a Jewish student, you know, you couldn't get into medical school. 1.00

00:16:53.380 You, even if you did, you got bad grades because you were Jewish. So escaping all of that and coming 1.00

00:16:59.460 to America, the land of the free and, you know, supposed to be, what's supposed to be a land of tolerance.

00:17:06.260 And, you know, to come here and see this happening in 2022 is really horrifying for me to watch.

00:17:14.980 But the antisemitism at CUNY is something that's been happening at least since 2015. I know that

00:17:21.620 because I've been following it. For me, it started with, there was a rally for tuition hikes, against

00:17:31.140 tuition hikes that was hijacked by the Students for Justice in Palestine outside Hunter College.

00:17:37.700 In 2015, somebody was assaulted. And I was really shocked about what was happening, but also shocked

00:17:44.420 about the administration's lack of response. And so I've been following that issue for a long time.

00:17:50.420 I wrote in articles about it. I started being involved in different organizations to fight antisemitism

00:17:57.140 at CUNY and in general. So this is nothing really new. I've had tons of students come to me

00:18:05.220 to help them deal with antisemitism at their school. They've launched complaints and nothing

00:18:11.380 happened. And so one of my priorities when getting elected into the city council was to fight

00:18:16.820 antisemitism in general, but also at CUNY. I wanted to specifically highlight the antisemitism at CUNY

00:18:24.180 because nobody had been talking about it for years. And it's been going unnoticed. Nobody has

00:18:30.660 been held accountable for what's been going on. And so this was not news at all.

00:18:37.940 What's the reason for that? You mentioned Students for Justice in Palestine, so it sounds like there's some

00:18:43.220 Middle East politics spilling over into America. Is that it, or is it sort of wokeism that has decided that

00:18:51.300 Jews are oppressors and that, you know, just like there may be anti, just sort of taking a Marxist

00:19:01.140 approach to race and religion? Is it more sort of a progressive, almost critical race theory approach

00:19:06.740 to Jews? Or is this just diaspora politics coming into the streets of New York?

00:19:12.980 Yeah, I mean, I definitely think the left has a lot to do with this. I think that what happens is when

00:19:18.820 they tie Jews to Israel, that's when it becomes a problem. I think that nobody really has an issue

00:19:26.500 standing up against antisemitism and condemning antisemitism. But when it comes to Israel or when

00:19:32.420 they just conflate it with Israel and BDS, that's when it becomes a problem. Because, you know, if you

00:19:38.500 don't support BDS here in New York City, you are a racist, you know, they call Israelis Nazis, they say

00:19:48.580 Israelis kill babies. And just, you know, the PR of it all, the way that Israel is viewed in New York

00:19:57.220 City by the left is very disturbing and really false. So because of that, they're afraid. A lot of

00:20:05.700 politicians and leaders are afraid to say anything to condemn antisemitism because they're seen as

00:20:12.580 the supporters of Israel, the state of Israel, and the state of Israel is a very bad guy in their eyes. So it 0.55

00:20:20.020 becomes complex, especially at the university campus. But I, you know, I wanted to highlight not just that, not just BDS and

00:20:28.020 Israel, I wanted to highlight the fact that students are afraid to simply wear a yarmulke or a Star of

00:20:34.660 David when they're going to campus because they're, you know, they're afraid they're going to be either

00:20:39.220 assaulted, they're afraid that if people know they're Jewish, they won't be able to express their

00:20:44.580 opinions. And if they do, they're going to be criticized. I mean, if they're sitting in a classroom

00:20:49.300 and the professor says that Israel kills babies and Israel is a state of Nazis, you know, that student

00:20:56.420 is not going to be able to express his pro-Israel views because the professor is grading him or her.

00:21:02.900 So, you know, it's things like that. And it's also professors who are observant or have conservative

00:21:10.740 viewpoints who are discriminated against. There have been multiple complaints and incidents and

00:21:16.820 actually lawsuits by professors who are discriminated against. They are ousted from clubs.

00:21:24.180 They do meetings on Friday night when they know they can attend. I mean, there's just a lot,

00:21:29.700 a lot of different things going on.

00:21:33.700 Well, it's very interesting. And I think what happened, if it can happen in New York, it can happen anywhere.

00:21:39.060 You talked about assault and threats. What about actual crime in the city? I mean,

00:21:47.700 I think the mayor, I think being a cop helped him get elected. I think people were frustrated

00:21:52.980 by years of lawlessness and violence, including from Antifa and Black Lives Matter. I mean,

00:21:59.620 New York was boarded up, not just because of the lockdowns, but because of the riots.

00:22:04.660 What's the state of crime? I mean, for decades, New York had this renaissance. Rudy Giuliani and even

00:22:12.420 his successor, they had the low crime policy. Police were treated with respect. They were supported.

00:22:18.820 They were respected. What's it like now? I mean, there was there was threats of defunding and

00:22:25.380 and the demonization of police. What is it like to be an NYPD cop today? And what's the crime rate like

00:22:33.460 in New York? It's bad. It's really, really bad. It's bad on the trains. It's bad on the streets.

00:22:39.140 I mean, it depends exactly where you live. I think it's really, really bad in the neighborhoods

00:22:45.460 with a lot of minority communities. And, you know, the whole notion of defunding the police,

00:22:51.300 it's kind of old. I think that it was the white liberals who were, you know, protesting it. And the

00:22:57.700 city council a couple of years ago voted to defund the police. I think based on just a couple of

00:23:04.100 protest signs, I don't think they really, really, you know, found out what the people actually wanted

00:23:11.220 because, you know, the crime is worse in in those neighborhoods where they really need the police.

00:23:17.940 And if you talk to, let's say, the black community, they'll tell you that they want more police presence

00:23:23.620 because the crime is happening a lot in their neighborhoods. It's not so much happening

00:23:27.620 in this neighborhood, for example. It is absolutely awful to be a police officer today,

00:23:32.980 even with our mayor who does really support the police. I think it's still, you know,

00:23:37.860 they have the city council who is overwhelmingly progressive, who is still not pro-police,

00:23:44.420 who's still speaking out against the police. I mean, I'll give you an example. A couple months

00:23:48.740 ago in Sunset Park, we had a situation where a guy was shooting on the train and the council member

00:23:57.620 of the district on the next day at the stated meeting basically got up and said that we need

00:24:03.300 more social workers. We don't need police. Meanwhile, the police officers are the ones who arrested

00:24:08.980 the criminal and they're the ones who prevent the crime from happening. So, I mean, it's notions like

00:24:16.660 that that are absolutely insane, that are discouraging police officers from being able to do their job

00:24:22.020 properly. And quite frankly, they don't want to be police officers. They're prevented from doing

00:24:28.740 their job. Their hands are tied. They're under intense scrutiny. Anything they do is really looked at

00:24:37.700 under a magnifying glass. They don't get paid a lot. In some places, their cars are attacked.

00:24:46.660 They're attacked. We had two police officers that unfortunately were killed a couple of months

00:24:52.820 ago here in New York. Why would anybody want to be a police officer? And by the way, with the mandates,

00:24:58.180 there are a lot of police officers who don't want to take the vaccine. And now with the mandate,

00:25:02.500 they, instead of trying to increase our police force, they're really discouraging cops to continue

00:25:09.300 being cops.

00:25:09.940 I showed the clip of the governor telling people who didn't like her to get out. I think some people

00:25:16.500 actually weren't waiting for her advice and they have. I mean, New York has had net out migration,

00:25:24.660 if I'm not mistaken, and Florida, which has opposite policies. They didn't have lockdowns. They didn't have

00:25:32.180 mandates. And their governor, Ron DeSantis, makes a point of very being being very pro police. In fact,

00:25:37.940 he's offered to hire police from other states. Are you aware of NYPD officers saying enough of this?

00:25:47.300 I'm going to Florida. It's nicer weather, lower taxes, and I'll be treated with respect. Has there

00:25:51.860 been a Florida impact on New York involving cops and involving other things? Are businesses

00:25:58.180 leaving New York for Florida? What's been the comparison between the heavy lockdown state and the

00:26:05.460 free state? I mean, I don't think it's just police officers and I don't have numbers, but I know

00:26:10.820 that there are a ton of people. I mean, I have friends who already left for Florida, a ton of

00:26:16.020 friends. Florida, Texas, mainly Florida. And yeah, it's not just police officers, it's everyone. Why

00:26:23.060 would they want to stay in a city where the taxes are extremely high and what are they paying for?

00:26:28.340 Right before, it used to be that they pay high taxes, but that was to stay in a clean,

00:26:34.100 safe city. Why would they continue paying those

00:26:38.100 extremely high taxes when they're not getting what they're paying for? So of course, they're out.

00:26:43.940 They're on their way to the Sunshine State. And yeah, they didn't need Governor Hochul to tell them

00:26:48.100 that. You know, I mean, it can happen to these wonderful cities. I mean, San Francisco,

00:26:53.620 what a gem, but it's atrocious, just the crime and the homelessness and the drug use and the violence.

00:27:00.660 It really used to be the city with one of the highest standards of living and quality of life,

00:27:05.220 and that's gone. It takes a long time to fix up a city, but I guess they can deteriorate quickly.

00:27:12.660 I saw on your Twitter feed an interesting video about a proposal to tax people, congestion pricing,

00:27:18.500 they call it, anytime they go into the city. Here, let me play a little clip of that,

00:27:22.740 and then I'd like you to explain your thinking on this as a tax grab, which I thought was a great

00:27:27.620 point here. Here's a clip of the video from your Twitter feed. Did you know that next year it could

00:27:32.740 cost you up to $23 to drive into Manhattan? It's called congestion pricing. The MTA and Governor

00:27:40.260 Kathy Hochul will tell you that it's because of the congestion and the very busy business district

00:27:45.620 and because of pollution. Well, Governor Hochul is lying to you as she supports this plan.

00:27:52.500 So what is this really about? Revenue. Officials anticipate this congestion pricing plan will bring

00:27:58.740 in about $1 billion for the MTA. Just like the speed cameras, this is yet another money grab by our

00:28:06.180 state. So Governor Hochul, stop lying to people and robbing the middle class. You want people to take the

00:28:11.620 train again? Congestion pricing is not the way to do it. Fix the crime problem. Fire the woke DAs that 1.00

00:28:18.500 are allowing criminals to run rampant all over our trains and oppose the bail reform. But Governor Hochul

00:28:24.260 refuses to end this attack on your wallets. If you don't like crime, if you don't like bail reform,

00:28:30.740 if you don't like her congestion pricing plan on November 8th, you have a chance to save our state

00:28:36.500 and vote her out. On November 8th, vote. So tell me what you think is behind that. I mean,

00:28:42.260 I know the idea of congestion pricing. It's sort of, you know, like on Uber, you pay a little bit more

00:28:47.860 when everyone wants to be on the road. And maybe the idea is to, you know, spread things out. But

00:28:52.660 really, when government's doing it, it's just a tax grab, isn't it? Yeah. And you know what? It's just

00:28:58.180 like the speed cameras. You know, recently the state passed a bill to, you know, keep the speed

00:29:05.780 cameras 24-7, to keep them on 24-7. And basically, if you're going over 35 miles an hour, it's really

00:29:13.620 25. But if you go over 35, so if you're at 36 miles an hour, you're getting ticketed, 50 bucks.

00:29:19.220 Um, that's, I mean, when you're going 36 miles an hour, I don't really think you're speeding when you're

00:29:24.260 on Ocean Parkway. And I know you might not be familiar with those streets, but they're very busy,

00:29:28.340 um, busy streets. Ocean Parkway, Ocean Avenue here. Um, when you're going 36, you're practically

00:29:34.740 swimming and, um, you're getting a ticket for 50 bucks. And if you are going, you know, 70 or 90

00:29:41.540 miles an hour, you're getting the same ticket, 50 bucks. Uh, so there's no difference. If you're

00:29:46.740 just driving a little faster or you're really actually speeding, you're, you're getting the same

00:29:51.620 ticket. Um, I think it's just a way for the city to, um, grab your money. It's a tax grab. Um,

00:29:59.220 just the government robbing you really the middle class who can't afford it, especially after a

00:30:05.700 pandemic, when so many people have lost their jobs and are struggling. Um, they don't really care.

00:30:11.140 And I think it's the same idea with the congestion pricing. I mean, if you really want people to take

00:30:15.700 the train and you, because it's such a congested, um, area, right. You do say it's because the

00:30:22.100 business district is such a congested area. They want people to take the train instead. Well, if you

00:30:26.980 want people to take the train, why don't you make the train safer? And then people will start taking

00:30:32.020 the train. I mean, people are petrified to literally take the train, even if it's like 10

00:30:36.180 o'clock in the morning, because the trains are so unsafe. If you watch any videos from New York City

00:30:41.540 train stations, you see there's something happening every time I've stopped taking the

00:30:46.260 train about a year and a half ago because it's just not safe. Huh? Well, listen, you'd be very

00:30:51.300 generous with your time, but I do have one last question. We've talked a little bit about Florida.

00:30:55.380 I saw that recently you were in Florida and you met with former president

00:30:59.140 Donald Trump. Tell me a little bit about that. Uh, what did he say? How did that meeting

00:31:03.940 come about? I know he's a fan of yours. He said you're the Republican AOC, but I,

00:31:09.780 I don't agree. I think the AOC is just, uh, uh, all sizzle and no substance. I mean,

00:31:15.860 she was a bartender, no knocking bartenders, but you know, by contrast, you're, you're a lawyer,

00:31:20.420 you're a hardworking council member. I think he was referring to how telegenic you are and how

00:31:24.740 you're fighting like heck. What did he have to say when, when you guys had your meeting? Are you at

00:31:29.540 liberty to discuss it? Uh, some things, yes, some things. Uh, it's a very nice meeting. It was,

00:31:35.780 it was actually months ago. Um, the president invited me to meet with me. I happened to have

00:31:41.300 been in Florida at the time. It was a coincidence. Um, we actually talked a lot about New York City

00:31:46.740 and we talked about Ukraine. Um, at the time it was a little bit after Russia invaded Ukraine.

00:31:53.140 Um, and I think that the media, you know, picked, picked it up because it was very interesting because

00:31:58.020 of, you know, the idea that Trump was friends with Putin and he cuddled him and, and whatnot. And,

00:32:03.940 uh, you know, uh, president Trump expressed his support for Ukraine and thought it was,

00:32:09.620 uh, you know, horrific what was going on there. And I think that, and I told him this,

00:32:13.940 I think that if he was president, um, that this war would not take place. I think that Putin was,

00:32:19.940 uh, scared of president Trump. I don't think he'd ever launch this attack on Ukraine. Um,

00:32:26.100 so we talked about that. We talked about New York City and he was, you know,

00:32:29.620 he's really upset about what's happening in New York City. It's his hometown. Um,

00:32:34.340 you know, and then we had some other personal conversations, but it was a very nice meeting.

00:32:39.860 Well, let's end on that note, federal politics. I mean, Trump is still active. Whether or not he

00:32:44.980 runs again is not yet known. It looks like he might. Um, you have a lot to say about Joe Biden.

00:32:50.340 I see you constantly tweeting about him. Uh, you're, you're very busy on neighborhood matters as any

00:32:55.940 council member should be, but you know, you, you talk about things of national interest and

00:33:02.340 international interest. Do you think you yourself might one day throw your hat into the ring for

00:33:07.060 Congress or even other higher office?

00:33:10.500 I think right now I'm really focusing on New York City. We have a lot of problems here,

00:33:14.740 as you know. Um, and then we'll see what, what comes out. Well, there's a lot of time ahead for

00:33:21.220 you. I, I look forward to following it and I, I get a kick out of seeing you fight in one of the

00:33:26.660 toughest political battlegrounds for a Republican. Keep it up. Thanks so much for taking the time to

00:33:32.020 say hello to our viewers. And I'm sure a lot of them will be following you going forward too.

00:33:36.580 Thank you so much.

00:33:37.540 Great to meet you. There you have it. Council member Ina Vernikov,

00:33:41.700 the New York City minority whip on council. Stay with us. My final thoughts are next.

00:33:59.220 Well, what do you think? Councilwoman Ina Vernikov, um, she is focused on those local bread and butter 0.98

00:34:05.460 issues. She's always going out in their community, every meeting, every town hall, every group. Uh,

00:34:11.300 it's a fascinating city, but I think that Donald Trump is right to call her the Republican Party's

00:34:16.500 AOC. And I asked her what they talked about. She said some of it was private. I don't doubt it. I bet 0.95

00:34:22.180 she will run for higher office. How could she not? She's not just focused on potholes and garbage 1.00

00:34:29.620 collection. I think she has a bigger vision and she's just as telegenic as AOC, but a lot smarter. 0.98

00:34:37.060 I mean, you saw on the wall behind her, a law degree, as opposed to what AOC is famous for.

00:34:41.940 I think that she can go far. And if Donald Trump likes her, well, that's going to clear a lot of

00:34:47.140 the path for her, don't you think? And yeah, I hope you don't mind me doing a feature interview with

00:34:51.300 her. We'll be back on our regular style of shows tomorrow. Until then, on behalf of all of us here

00:34:57.060 at Rebel World Headquarters, to you at home, good night and keep fighting for freedom.

00:35:01.620 The president of Western University's Students Council is getting a lot of calls these days

00:35:06.500 about new COVID rules, which include mandated booster shots for all students on campus.

00:35:12.580 Students are finding it difficult to understand why Western would have these policies in place,

00:35:17.140 but not the province or even the country. Oh, I'm double bats. So if I don't get it by October,

00:35:23.300 then they'll kick me up. If I get kicked out of the university, then so be it. But I'm standing up for

00:35:27.300 my beliefs and I will not be taking the booster. I'm double vaccinated, like fully vaccinated,

00:35:30.900 I guess, for, you know, everyone else's standards. But for Western, they don't accept that.

00:35:36.660 We just want our girls to go to school without... And not get a third dose. 1.00

00:35:40.020 Not get a third dose. They're both, they're both double dosed.

00:35:43.380 It's too late. It's too late. Where are we going to go now? I'd love to go to Guelph.

00:35:49.540 Western University better not try this again next year. And if they do,

00:35:52.820 they're going to be in a far worse position than they are now.

00:35:58.100 Lincoln Jay for Rebel News here at Western University in London, Ontario. Now we're about

00:36:03.460 to walk onto campus where there's a protest taking place against the school's decision to mandate

00:36:10.900 COVID-19 booster doses. There's going to be students, alumni, their supporters here to simply

00:36:18.820 speak out against this decision. Does this make any sense? Why would they do this to students just

00:36:25.380 weeks before classes begin? They're essentially ambushing the students by telling them that they

00:36:31.940 require a booster dose just weeks before classes begin. We're going to speak with some of the people

00:36:36.660 in attendance here. There's going to be some other people giving some speeches. But before we get into

00:36:41.300 all that, I want you guys to check out our website at noforcedboosters.com. You can go on that

00:36:47.380 website. You can sign the petition to call for Western University to end their unscientific mandate.

00:36:53.700 And at that same website, you can also make a tax deductible donation to the registered charity,

00:36:59.540 the Democracy Fund. Students can also sign up through that same website and the Democracy Fund

00:37:04.660 will select the strongest cases to set legal precedent. All right, guys, let's go check out the protests.

00:37:09.860 I do not care if you have three shots, no shots, or a hundred shots.

00:37:14.340 I do not believe that your personal medical decision tells me anything about who you are,

00:37:20.900 what you believe, or what you have to offer to the Western community.

00:37:24.580 Last year, I was kicked out of Huron at Western.

00:37:37.860 And it was a long process and it was isolating. And the one thing that has inspired, I think,

00:37:46.580 all of us to come together here today is knowing that we're not the only ones. And now Western wants to

00:37:52.740 put more people in that position and they haven't given us the reasoning. So today we stand for choice.

00:38:02.580 I'd love to be able to attend Western, but unfortunately, because of my vaccine status,

00:38:08.420 for something that's no longer even effective back when people were taking it,

00:38:14.740 I can't attend the university, which is really unfortunate.

00:38:17.380 I just don't agree with the whole mandate of the booster shot. Because like, I feel like we should

00:38:22.340 have our own choice, you know, because the science doesn't really back it. It's like it's,

00:38:26.660 I feel like it's like more dangerous to get the shot for some people.

00:38:29.540 I don't think it's a fair thing for some administrators to decide on behalf of everybody

00:38:34.340 in the community what they can access as things as education or even employment. Because I work at a

00:38:39.540 college where they had these mandates. And that's why I'm here today coming from Toronto,

00:38:43.780 because anywhere that is happening, even if it's my college or another university,

00:38:47.860 everyone who's against it has to show their support and show that there's a lot of people

00:38:51.300 against this, right? I'm here to support the students that want choice. None of this should

00:38:57.220 be coerced or forced or bribed or any, any negative impact on these kids whatsoever. If they want it,

00:39:04.420 if you want a shot, if you want a mask, go for it. Nobody's standing in your way.

00:39:08.820 I just don't believe that anyone should be forced to take something that's experimental, number one.

00:39:15.860 Number two, it's my body, my choice. And we now know, based on actual science,

00:39:23.620 there's no benefit to taking it for healthy individuals.

00:39:27.220 I believe in freedom of choice. And I believe that we're the youngest, you know, healthiest,

00:39:32.020 most intelligent people in the province. And I believe that

00:39:34.660 us intelligent, healthy people should be prevented with a choice. And I believe we should be trusted

00:39:38.980 to make an educated choice. And I think that goes for everybody regarding any sort of topic.

00:39:42.580 What does a pastor and a trucker that was in Ottawa and a student that is at Western,

00:39:47.460 what do we have in common? A very, very important thing. And that is our choice. That is our God-given

00:39:54.740 freedom. And I couldn't stay home thinking that these students are going through exactly what we as a

00:40:00.260 church went through, what the truckers went through in Ottawa, is that little by little,

00:40:04.580 and sometimes not so little, our freedoms are taken away from us.

00:40:07.620 I'm second year here at King's. And, you know, we saw how Brescia, they actually took back their

00:40:12.260 mandate, you know, because some people are actually starting to question. Because last year,

00:40:15.700 we didn't have that much support. There was like 90% of us were vaccinated. But now, you know,

00:40:19.940 they keep changing the requirements. At this point, I think only a third of us have the booster.

00:40:24.340 So, you know, people are finally starting to question it. And that's good. And we just want to spread that

00:40:28.260 message. You know, even if you weren't here last year, we need to, you know, draw our line eventually.

00:40:33.060 Right? That's the whole point. My daughter goes to King's. And I'm here to support her position.

00:40:39.220 And she's not able to be here today. But I'm here to be here for her. So we're deadly opposed to all

00:40:47.060 these mandates. As it goes on and on and on, and people take more and more shots and continue to get

00:40:52.500 COVID. Where is the logic? Right? There is zero logic coming from any of these people. You've

00:40:59.700 got Fanshawe's dropped all their mandates. So was the science different in Fanshawe than it is Western?

00:41:05.300 So our girls are starting first year university. And we're at a crossroads. We don't know what to do

00:41:10.260 because we're a hard no for getting a booster. It's not fair. We've been asked enough of us. They've

00:41:15.540 all been vaccinated against our will. We did it for the better of mankind. And now they want us to do more.

00:41:20.500 And it's never going to be enough. So we're taking a stand, trying to teach our girls to

00:41:24.900 come and, you know, take a stance for what's right. This is bullshit. They, they pretend that they're

00:41:31.060 concerned about the safety of the kids. But in reality, it's all greed and selfishness. It's all about

00:41:36.660 Pfizer and pharmacy and their grants. And they made a deal. They basically sold their soul to the devil.

00:41:42.500 And now we have to go down, down with them. So now we don't even want to, this place is tainted for me.

00:41:47.140 They have no integrity here. Western is enforcing mandates that nowhere else is enforcing.

00:41:53.700 And I don't, I don't agree with that. I think everyone should have a choice of what they put

00:41:56.740 in their body and if they want to wear a mask. And I respect anyone's choice, no matter what they choose.

00:42:00.820 But yeah, ultimately just choice. That's why. 25 years ago, when I was a student excited to come to

00:42:06.900 Western, I was so excited to learn from the best. And I had the best. I had teachers who,

00:42:14.580 professors who didn't dare teach me what to think. They taught me how to think. They taught me how to be

00:42:20.580 curious, how to question authority, how to demand evidence, how to trust myself, think for myself,

00:42:29.460 and never be coerced. We keep hearing over and over again that this is about the science. Follow the

00:42:41.140 science. Well, the science isn't on their side anymore. I'm just here to support the students.

00:42:46.420 They're finally standing up for themselves and realizing that they should not be ambushed and

00:42:51.780 coerced and bullied by the institution that's supposed to teach them to do exactly the opposite from that.

00:42:56.660 Why are they doing this to students just weeks before classes start?

00:43:01.620 If I had the answer to that, I don't know why. I really wish I knew why. But it's overhanded and

00:43:10.100 just not called for. I think that's a really scumbag thing to do. Especially, I think they did it

00:43:17.540 right after tuition was due and a down payment for residents too. So they obviously did this as a

00:43:24.820 money grab so people don't protest against this because they can't really do anything because

00:43:29.940 they paid for it already. I heard that they they took the first payment in tuition and then afterwards

00:43:36.420 released this information, which is quite ridiculous. If they were following the direction that they said

00:43:42.260 they were following originally, you know, that would be looking at what the government is telling them

00:43:46.020 to do. But clearly they've diverged from that because the government doesn't have any mandates no more.

00:43:50.820 So it seems to be in this case, it's a faculty decision, right, on behalf of the union. Those

00:43:56.420 people, they have a certain ideology and that's what they're trying to impose on the entire community.

00:44:02.420 right. So it's a certain few people that are imposing their will on everyone else.

00:44:23.620 I mean, I think it's just to force people into getting the shot or like early.

00:44:26.900 I like if they did it earlier, I feel like more people would like pull out, like not that many,

00:44:34.020 like because they're doing it two weeks before, like more people are like more forced, like they

00:44:38.020 have to get the shot to see. I don't understand. Whenever you look at something where there doesn't

00:44:44.420 make sense, it's not science based. It's usually something evil and money talks. The only thing I can

00:44:52.100 think of is, I guess, Big Pharma is their boss and they must be telling them what to do. And I read

00:44:58.820 that the government has given them over a million dollars here. So I guess they're listening to their

00:45:03.460 superiors. I think, you know, it's the same tactic as last year. They had all summer to make their

00:45:07.940 decision. They said they were reviewing their policy and they released the decision right after

00:45:13.300 tuition is due, even though they said it would be August 8th, week of August 8th. So same tactic as last

00:45:18.420 year, you know, right after tuition is due, sort of not really giving a choice to the students. And

00:45:22.820 I think that's the end goal. I think it's just cruel. I think it's, uh, it put them into a hard spot,

00:45:28.580 you know? Very, very good timing. Yeah, the timing is horrible. Between a rock and a hard place.

00:45:32.900 Yeah. I mean, really, I think it's money. I mean, it's the only thing that really ties all of this

00:45:39.140 together at every level. There's funds, there's grants. They knew exactly what they were doing. They got,

00:45:44.740 but what they don't, what we don't realize is we have power because we're the ones that are paying

00:45:49.300 and we can easily leave. But, you know, we're kind of, it's going to be not, not easy to leave

00:45:54.980 because there's not really a lot of options right now, but I, I don't know. I don't have the answer

00:45:59.780 to that. And I think a lot of people are asking the same question. It definitely seems a little fishy

00:46:03.220 considering they already got all their money and collected it. And now they're basically forcing

00:46:07.780 you to get another shot or something. I think a lot of people who complied with the mandates up to this

00:46:12.260 point are saying, you know, I did it because I trusted my institution. I trusted my professors.

00:46:16.660 I trusted the people who said they were keeping me safe. And this doesn't make sense anymore. They

00:46:21.300 never provided evidence to show that, um, that the masking, that the shots were necessary, effective,

00:46:26.980 or safe, and they're not doing it now. And enough is enough. The reason why we're here today,

00:46:32.660 why we've arranged this rally, why we arranged this protest, is to get Western to respect us as

00:46:38.820 students for a change. We want them to listen to us. We pay their salaries. They work for us.

00:46:46.900 We're not children. They have treated us like children for the last two years.

00:46:51.300 The student union has not asked students what they wanted. Western has not asked us what we wanted.

00:46:55.700 They keep telling us, this is what we're doing. Deal with it. Okay?

00:46:59.860 What do you think the chances are they're going to reverse this decision?

00:47:02.420 Um, I mean, I'm not too sure, but like with the backlash you're getting like this, like I feel

00:47:08.980 like they have to at least consider it. Honestly, I think that if people come out and make their

00:47:13.860 presence, it's the best we can do right now. But does it make a difference? That's a good question.

00:47:19.140 Well, the university will have to address the pressure. So as far as people here today,

00:47:23.460 as far as people withdrawing their commitment and their tuition, that's pressure. That's financial

00:47:28.020 pressure. That's public relations pressure. So anything that we can do to put pressure on these

00:47:32.420 people, that's, that's our responsibility to do so. I mean, listen, we can only be hopeful. If we sat,

00:47:37.780 if we sit here and do nothing, nothing is going to change, right? So if we keep pushing, maybe they

00:47:42.900 will change it. But I think either way, I mean, I do believe that there should be some sort of

00:47:47.460 intervention from our government regarding these unjust discriminatory mandates. I think they will

00:47:52.100 reverse it. And I think they'll claim, well, we're going to do it anyway. But I think they have no

00:47:56.180 choice because other universities are not doing what they're doing. And I think that they will,

00:48:01.060 they will have no choice but to back down being that they're the only one left standing.

00:48:04.900 None. No, I think, well, I think maybe people should pull their money out and go to another college,

00:48:13.460 university. Yeah, I'd say heck with them. I think that is really going to depend on how many people 1.00

00:48:18.740 want to refund and how many people are going to just not come, right? I mean, because money's the bottom

00:48:22.980 line. As long as they're still getting their money, I don't think they're going to change it.

00:48:26.500 I don't think that they care about the truth. They don't care about the science. They just care

00:48:29.860 about their dollars. Like science is now spelled with a dollar sign.

00:48:33.940 No chance in hell. I don't think so. I wish they would, but I'm not very optimistic. So I don't,

00:48:40.420 we don't know what to do. Time will tell. It depends how many people are here today. But you know what?

00:48:44.980 Even if students lose this battle, they will win the war. I have no doubt about it. Western University better

00:48:50.420 not try this again next year. And if they do, they're going to be in a far worse position than they are now.

00:48:54.820 They are being coerced. So I think there's definitely going to be a lot of people just

00:48:57.860 like last year that got it just to get their education, especially if they've already been

00:49:03.140 three years here in university and they want to finish their degree, right? But I think more

00:49:06.900 than so than last year, there's also going to be a lot of people that withdraw.

00:49:09.460 Oh, I'm double bats. So if I don't get it by October, then they'll kick me out.

00:49:14.340 What are you going to do?

00:49:15.860 Uh, I don't know. We'll see. Like, I'll try to fight it, but I don't know. I'm not sure yet.

00:49:20.420 I'm just not going to get the booster. If this protest doesn't work, I'm just not going to get it.

00:49:24.980 And I'm going to try and face repercussions. I'm going to be faced with repercussions about it,

00:49:28.820 but I'll just live through it and see what I can do. If I get kicked out of the university,

00:49:33.940 then so be it. But I'm standing up for my beliefs and I will not be taking the booster.

00:49:37.300 Um, I'm in third year uni, haven't been in a lecture hall yet. Um, I've taken no shots, but I mean,

00:49:43.380 listen, at the end of the day, whether you've taken zero, one, two or three, I feel that this affects you and

00:49:47.780 it affects you as well because this is your school. Your school is telling people what to

00:49:52.100 do and what to believe. And I think that's problematic for people across the board.

00:49:55.700 I mean, I'm a fourth year at Kings. Um, so yeah, I'm double vaccinated, like fully vaccinated,

00:50:00.180 I guess for, you know, everyone else's standards, but for Western, they, uh, don't, um, accept that.

00:50:06.180 Um, and personally, like for a medical decision, like health decision, I, I don't agree with getting

00:50:09.780 the third one. I don't think it's worth, uh, worth the risk when looking at the science. I'm

00:50:13.140 a pretty scientific guy and that's what I look at. So I got a decision to make and unfortunately,

00:50:17.060 it, if they don't change it, it looks like I might be taking a year off or something.

00:50:20.020 So people have agreements with their landlords, as you said, and you know, they're also paying

00:50:24.900 for tuition. They've paid their tuition at this point and they've been waiting until now to make

00:50:28.660 a decision about whether they want to leave or stay in their, uh, in their apartments.

00:50:32.100 Right. We just want our girls to go to school without, not get a third dose, not get a third dose. 1.00

00:50:36.740 They're both, they're both double dosed. It's too late. It's too late. Where are we going to go now?

00:50:41.780 I'd love to go to Guelph. These past two weeks are supposed to be like the most,

00:50:45.700 you know, exciting, fun time. We're going to university. We should be looking forward to it.

00:50:50.420 And it's like, I've had almost like a pit in my stomach every day because all I'm thinking about

00:50:55.540 is this third dose, right? Yeah, we've had, we've had all our stuff packed and we're so excited that

00:51:02.100 we're actually coming together with all our friends and stuff. And now like, I wasn't even going to come

00:51:06.340 to the school. I was so excited that I actually chose the school with my friends coming and stuff.

00:51:10.500 And now we don't even know what to do. We don't even know if we're going to have to get to come here.

00:51:14.500 I think there's a lot of people that are, that are on our side, but they're a little bit scared to, uh,

00:51:18.340 speak up because of their, they're worried of the consequences of what people will think.

00:51:21.460 But to anyone watching, there's a lot of people that are like us, like there's a lot of students.

00:51:25.780 Um, so stand up and, and if enough people stand up, they, they will take it down.

00:51:29.780 Faculty members have been pretty silent so far, but actually I've been here for about half an hour and a number

00:51:34.500 have come up to me and said, you know, I'm a professor here. I still work here, but I, I oppose this.

00:51:40.260 I defend the student's right to choose. I was lucky. I was one of the lucky ones who got an exemption.

00:51:44.820 So I was able to keep my job. It's a mixed bag. And, and I'm also hearing that professors have said

00:51:49.540 horrible things to students in class. Like I know that there, someone just told me, they said to her

00:51:54.180 daughter, I know that there are some dirty, unvaxxed people in here. Even if your belief is that 1.00

00:51:59.460 vaccination is the right course of action, you should never be saying that to students who trust you

00:52:04.340 with their education. Thanks so much for watching guys. If you're like the people here and you feel

00:52:10.340 like these mandates are just unjust and there's no reason for them, you can go to our website at

00:52:16.740 noforcedboosters.com, sign the petition and consider making a donation to the democracy fund to help

00:52:24.980 fight back against these mandates in court.

00:52:34.340 Thank you.

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00:52:42.340 Thank you.

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Rebel News Podcast - August 30, 2022

EZRA LEVANT ｜ Feature interview with Inna Vernikov, a rising star of the Republican Party

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