Rebel News Podcast - Rebel Roundup： Guests Ezra Levant, Martina Markota & Jack Buckby

00:00:00.000 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you, in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite rebels.

00:00:07.920 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:00:10.120 Well, the hate crime was committed against Jewish teens in Toronto earlier this week, but why are the police being so tight-lipped about who the alleged assailants are?

00:00:20.440 Rebel Commander Ezra Levent will offer his analysis.

00:00:23.020 And as we know, Pakistan is a hotbed of terrorism and hatred, and that terrorism and hatred is often directed right at the West. 0.97

00:00:31.320 So it makes perfect sense, doesn't it, that the UK gives this state millions of pounds in aid every year.

00:00:38.920 Jack Buckby says enough is enough as he launches his latest campaign.

00:00:43.860 And is Victoria's Secret transphobic and fatphobic because it doesn't have any trans models and obese models?

00:00:53.460 Well, apparently the answer is yes.

00:00:56.020 Well, at least according to the SJW set, Martina Marcota will try to make sense of it all. 0.99

00:01:02.100 And finally, letters. We get your letters every minute of every day.

00:01:05.640 And I'll share some of the feedback we received regarding my commentary about two journalists being disciplined recently.

00:01:13.440 One deservedly received what he got, and the other, well, not so much.

00:01:18.720 Those are your rebels now. Let's round them up. 0.77

00:01:23.020 Here's a press release from police.

00:01:32.400 Let me read it to you a little bit of a bit.

00:01:34.460 Robbery hate crime investigation, nine young persons wanted.

00:01:39.820 That's what they say in the headline.

00:01:41.320 Sounds serious, doesn't it?

00:01:43.400 Let me read the whole thing to you.

00:01:46.120 The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public's assistance identifying and locating nine young persons wanted in a robbery hate crime investigation.

00:01:53.600 On Sunday, November 11th, 2018, at 8 p.m., officers responded to an assault in the Fairholme Avenue and Bathurst Street area.

00:02:03.100 It is reported that four 17-year-old boys were walking in the area, all of whom were wearing attire of their religious faith.

00:02:12.280 As they passed another group of young persons, who were unknown to them, derogatory comments were made about their religion.

00:02:19.280 The unknown group then assaulted two of the 17-year-old boys, punching and kicking them.

00:02:24.480 A pair of sunglasses was stolen from one of the victims.

00:02:27.820 The unknown suspects split up and fled the area.

00:02:32.300 Police were called, and attending officers located and arrested one of the suspects involved in the assault.

00:02:37.540 The victims of the assault received treatment for their injuries at the scene.

00:02:42.360 The outstanding suspects are described as in their early teens.

00:02:47.700 And the first thing I noticed was, they asked for help in finding the suspects, but they didn't describe the suspects.

00:02:56.240 Even though they have one suspect in custody, who could surely tell them a lot of details,

00:03:02.720 they said there were four victims who were 17, so surely and obviously they saw who the attackers were.

00:03:14.000 And even if they couldn't describe them precisely, you know, in a fight or whatever,

00:03:19.080 they could surely know a few things.

00:03:20.660 I mean, to say the obvious, were they male or female?

00:03:23.900 Let's start there.

00:03:25.960 Early teens, that's specific.

00:03:28.540 Were they also Jewish?

00:03:30.900 I doubt it.

00:03:31.900 Were they, oh, I don't know, Muslim? 0.97

00:03:36.640 Maybe they were white supremacists or something. 0.66

00:03:39.480 That's what the media tells us we have to be on the lookout for. 0.78

00:03:42.060 Who's attacking Jews?

00:03:43.760 Who were they?

00:03:44.860 You know, I always thought that part of policing involved solving mysteries, not creating mysteries.

00:03:51.300 Because if that Toronto Police Service press release demonstrates anything,

00:03:55.620 it's that Hogtown's police brass, apparently due to, I don't know, cultural sensitivity,

00:04:02.260 seem to be going out of their way to keep the public in the dark about the perpetrators of a hate crime.

00:04:09.220 And that's just downright shameful.

00:04:11.760 Joining me now with more on this story is Rebel Commander Ezra Levant.

00:04:15.060 Welcome to Rebel Roundup again, Ezra.

00:04:16.980 Thanks very much.

00:04:17.940 I mean, sometimes the police ask for help to find a suspect.

00:04:21.860 You have to describe the suspect a little bit at least.

00:04:24.800 In this case, the press release said they want the public to help them,

00:04:28.480 but they didn't say anything other than they were teenagers.

00:04:32.320 They didn't even say if they were men or women.

00:04:33.960 And we can assume that the perpetrators were men or boys.

00:04:38.780 I don't know.

00:04:39.720 But one of them was in custody at the time.

00:04:43.140 In fact, I think I understand one has been charged now.

00:04:47.320 You had four witnesses and the police and the media did not describe them physically.

00:04:53.840 Well, isn't that something you do like a tall man or a short man or a thin man or a fat man?

00:05:00.420 Or maybe you would talk about their appearance.

00:05:03.020 Are they a visible minority?

00:05:04.560 Are they black?

00:05:05.120 Are they Muslim?

00:05:05.740 Are they white?

00:05:06.400 Are they Jewish too? 0.57

00:05:08.040 Maybe it was two rival gangs of Jews from two synagogues to rumble. 0.71

00:05:12.560 I mean, I'm joking, of course.

00:05:14.440 But it's obvious that the media and the police and the political leaders don't want to talk about this

00:05:20.380 because according to two sources I have, the perpetrators were, of all things,

00:05:25.500 believe it or not, Filipino kids, which is shocking to me

00:05:28.200 because the Filipinos and the Jews get along just fine, especially in Toronto.

00:05:33.020 And I think this will be a shock to the Filipino community as much as to the Jewish community.

00:05:37.180 I think they're going to get a lot of discipline at the hands of their parents and church leaders.

00:05:41.080 But it's amazing to see the cowardice and political correctness on the part of the police.

00:05:45.780 And Justin Trudeau, who waited, what, four days before just retweeting,

00:05:50.120 yeah, man, yeah, I'm against anti-Semitism.

00:05:52.560 Like, he would not weigh in on this because he really doesn't care about Jews.

00:05:55.680 Yeah, you know, two things.

00:05:57.400 First of all, on the first aspect of this, Ezra, not giving any details to people who are at large.

00:06:03.420 What I liken it to is, could you imagine if there was a hit-and-run incident at Young and Eglinton?

00:06:08.500 And instead of the police saying, we are on the lookout for a black Mazda 6,

00:06:13.820 if they just said, we are on the lookout for a vehicle,

00:06:17.620 it would be absolutely useless information to the public.

00:06:21.740 Secondly, you touched upon Trudeau's unbelievable response,

00:06:26.940 which was for the longest time, no response.

00:06:29.300 And I liken it to when the hijab hoax happened, which was a hoax. 1.00

00:06:34.660 It was a fake crime, a make-believe crime.

00:06:38.040 He was first out of the gates to weigh in on that.

00:06:41.280 Here is a real hate crime.

00:06:43.740 I witnessed, there are charges, it's not manufactured,

00:06:47.440 and our prime minister is AWOL on Twitter about this.

00:06:50.980 What do you make of that?

00:06:52.240 Yeah, I remember when that 11-year-old girl claimed that some Asian man grabbed her on the street,

00:06:59.580 but very gently didn't hurt her, and carefully got hurt.

00:07:03.000 So careful that she wasn't even scratched,

00:07:06.080 and that he went away and then came back and did it again,

00:07:09.200 and he didn't say anything, and no one else saw it,

00:07:12.980 and there were so many obvious tells that this was just a story.

00:07:18.240 There were so many weird things about that hijab hoax, 1.00

00:07:20.900 the fact that they put an 11-year-old girl in a national press conference.

00:07:24.300 Never seen that before.

00:07:25.540 And, like, if you would have believed her hoax,

00:07:28.100 you would think, well, the perpetrator, this crazed, scissor-carrying hijab attacker, 0.98

00:07:32.500 is out on the prowl on the loose, and you've just identified the girl by name and video picture.

00:07:38.620 Like, why would you put, and her brother was sort of joking and laughing in the background.

00:07:43.160 Yes.

00:07:43.500 And I'm certain when she said it was an Asian man,

00:07:48.800 11-year-old girls don't know the phrase Caucasian.

00:07:51.460 Yes.

00:07:51.740 So she was probably told, say it's a Caucasian.

00:07:55.680 Say it's a Caucasian. 0.86

00:07:57.680 No 11-year-old knows what the word Caucasian, and he was an Asian.

00:08:01.840 I'm sure that she was prompted to say that and just got it wrong because no 11-year-old.

00:08:06.800 So there's so many levels to that hoax, and the mum.

00:08:09.820 Oh, and Ezra, if I can interject here, I think you're 100% right on that theory.

00:08:13.540 We'll never be able to prove it, of course.

00:08:15.000 But right from the get-go, before the hoax was even revealed, or I should say once the

00:08:21.740 hoax was revealed, it was starting to make sense to me, why would somebody who is herself

00:08:26.340 a visible minority demonize another visible minority, an Asian?

00:08:31.600 The villain du jour these days are white males, right? 0.93

00:08:36.840 And so I think you're right.

00:08:38.340 I think she misheard the coaching and said Asian as opposed to Caucasian.

00:08:43.020 Well, that's what I mean.

00:08:43.820 Yeah, that's why.

00:08:44.520 I mean, it didn't make any sense.

00:08:45.940 And by the way, just the idea that there's some Chinese guy running around with scissors 0.63

00:08:49.200 looking at me.

00:08:50.940 And Trudeau, within hours, had a tweet about it.

00:08:55.080 And even after the hoax, the tweet is up today.

00:08:57.980 Trudeau has never apologized, retracted, clarified, or even just deleted it.

00:09:01.720 That's why there were actually rallies across Canada by the Chinese community saying,

00:09:05.220 why are you throwing us under the bus?

00:09:06.540 Well, it's not just the Chinese community is thrown under the bus. 0.95

00:09:08.740 The Jews are, too.

00:09:09.840 And I don't get it.

00:09:10.560 I mean, Joe Warmington, our friend, called up the prime minister's office and said,

00:09:15.780 hey, how come nothing to say here?

00:09:17.200 And instead of just saying the perfunctory, oh, the prime minister, his thoughts and prayers

00:09:22.920 go out to the family and may justice be done.

00:09:25.020 So like something so generic, the spokesman himself said, I can't answer, let me refer

00:09:31.160 you to the public safety minister, Ralph Goodell.

00:09:33.780 Like you can't, you're literally instructed not to even say our thoughts are with the victims

00:09:40.460 and their families.

00:09:41.140 You can't even say that because they're Orthodox Jews, which means they're probably right wing. 0.53

00:09:45.680 And the perpetrators here, from what I understand, are Filipinos. 1.00

00:09:49.300 So that doesn't fit the narrative.

00:09:51.740 Justin Trudeau really doesn't care about hate crime if it's the wrong perpetrator and the

00:09:59.300 wrong victim.

00:09:59.880 Let me tell you, the New York City Police Department, one of the best police departments in the world,

00:10:04.800 has a hate crimes unit.

00:10:07.040 And according to the New York Times, which is a liberal news outlet, in the last two years,

00:10:12.100 there has not been a single anti-Semitic incident in New York City perpetrated by a right winger.

00:10:20.280 There are anti-Semitic incidents in New York all the time, but they are perpetrated by people

00:10:25.960 off narrative.

00:10:27.640 And this is part of a disturbing trend I see, if I can call it the Jewish file, for lack 1.00

00:10:33.660 of better terms, Ezra, in terms of how our prime minister deals with Jews in Canada twice

00:10:40.460 at two separate, a commemorative address about the Holocaust, Justin Trudeau excluded the

00:10:49.420 word Jews as the victim group.

00:10:52.380 And that's why earlier this month, when he issued that formal apology to the Jews that 0.97

00:10:58.880 were on the MS St. Louis, 907 Jews that were fleeing for their lives, and they could not

00:11:04.480 land in Canada, under the liberal government of Mackenzie King, by the way, and several hundred

00:11:09.800 of those people ended up being killed in concentration camps when they were returned to Europe, I kind

00:11:15.360 of look at it as, it's kind of easy for Justin Trudeau to issue an apology to Jews that died

00:11:22.380 decades ago.

00:11:23.740 Kind of hard for him to stand in solidarity with the Jews who are very much alive in Israel

00:11:28.660 today, in which case he takes the Palestinian side when Israel ever has the temerity to defend

00:11:34.240 its own borders.

00:11:34.920 Yeah, I mean, it's so darkly ironic.

00:11:38.740 Earlier this year, Donald Trump cut off funding to the Hamas-run hate school is in Gaza.

00:11:44.600 What I mean by that is there's these schools that a UN agency runs for Palestinian kids,

00:11:50.400 and they teach anti-Semitism, they teach terrorism, they're, in fact, two dozen of their teachers

00:11:57.480 have been found to have Hitler imagery on their own Facebook page. 0.98

00:12:01.480 He's crazy.

00:12:02.500 So Trump cut them off for that reason, and corruption. 0.95

00:12:05.580 So Trump cut off American funding.

00:12:07.560 Trudeau jumped in to positively say, hey, Hamas, don't worry about it. 0.97

00:12:12.080 We got your back, and gave them the $50 million windfall.

00:12:16.360 So it's not just that Trudeau is passive or absent or neutral.

00:12:22.060 Justin Trudeau is a positive supporter of Hamas-run hate schools.

00:12:26.240 And, of course, there are many connections between Hamas and these hate schools.

00:12:32.100 They use the schools as sort of a human shield.

00:12:34.560 They set up their rockets right next to them.

00:12:38.200 Justin Trudeau shows us who he is all the time.

00:12:42.360 $10 million for Omar Khadr.

00:12:44.140 Hanging out with Joshua Boyle, the Taliban supporter.

00:12:47.320 $10 million a pop for three other accused terrorists.

00:12:50.280 Saying a citizen is a citizen when it comes to terrorism.

00:12:52.900 Saying returning ISIS terrorists have an important voice. 0.94

00:12:57.160 After a certain period of time, when a guy shows you who he is again and again and again,

00:13:02.340 maybe we should believe him.

00:13:03.960 Ezra, we're almost out of time.

00:13:05.700 Very quickly, two-pronged question.

00:13:07.600 One is, is the unspoken reason here that there is more Muslims than Jews in Canada now?

00:13:12.560 So this is his brand of identity politics.

00:13:14.520 And secondly, the Liberal Party has traditionally enjoyed a lot of Jewish support in Canada.

00:13:20.180 Now, what Jew in their right mind would vote for this regime given this track record? 0.98

00:13:25.060 Yeah, I mean, Jews have been disproportionately liberals for a long time.

00:13:31.740 Stephen Harper, by being pro-Jewish and pro-Israel, turned that around.

00:13:35.820 In fact, in his last election in 2011, maybe in 2015 too, he won the plurality of Jewish votes,

00:13:42.420 which is rare for a Canadian conservative.

00:13:44.760 I think Justin Trudeau did two things.

00:13:47.880 First is he said, well, there's no way I can outbid Stephen Harper for the affections of Jews.

00:13:52.920 I can't trust him.

00:13:53.500 There's no way to be more pro-Israel than him.

00:13:55.920 Why don't I do a little bit of judo and use that against him?

00:13:59.280 Judo.

00:13:59.560 Judo with the Jews. 1.00

00:14:00.740 So Harper can have the Jewish vote, but there's only 350,000 Jews in Canada.

00:14:06.580 There are 1.3 million Muslims in Canada and more every year.

00:14:11.020 So he said, well, let the conservatives have half the Jews. 0.67

00:14:15.980 I'm going to get 90% of the Muslim vote. 0.65

00:14:18.860 I'm going to open the floodgates to Muslim migrants. 1.00

00:14:21.280 I'm going to visit every mosque. 0.99

00:14:24.160 I'm going to decline to criticize terrorists.

00:14:26.440 So it's an electoral strategy because there's four times as many Muslims in Canada as Jews. 0.91

00:14:31.820 It's also an ideological strategy.

00:14:33.600 If you look around the world, whether it's the Labor Party in the United Kingdom,

00:14:37.480 the Democrats in the U.S., the parties of the left are the parties of Islam in Europe. 0.52

00:14:44.040 So Justin Trudeau is being ideologically anti-Israel, ideologically Islamist,

00:14:49.820 and pragmatically he can count as well as you and I can.

00:14:53.320 For every Jew he loses, he gains three or four Muslims. 0.93

00:14:57.480 Appalling. 0.99

00:14:58.280 Appalling.

00:14:59.120 Ezra, thank you so much for that important commentary.

00:15:01.540 And folks, in terms of the Jewish hate crime, the Toronto police want you to be on the lookout for humanoids. 1.00

00:15:10.080 Humanoids, that's it. 1.00

00:15:11.020 We don't want to offend anyone.

00:15:12.080 So if you see any suspicious-looking humanoid on the streets of Lawrence and Bathurst, please call 911.

00:15:18.740 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:15:20.860 Pakistan is known for its state-sponsored terrorism. 0.84

00:15:30.840 This is an extremist, radical state that's home to some of the greatest monsters on Earth. 0.99

00:15:35.420 Have no doubt about that.

00:15:36.580 And yet still, somehow, the British government showers this state with money.

00:15:40.360 Our money.

00:15:40.820 And by 2021, the UK could be spending as much as $14.5 billion per year on foreign aid overall.

00:15:47.660 And this target comes from the United Nations.

00:15:49.720 It sets this arbitrary target of spending 0.7% of the UK's gross national income on foreign aid.

00:15:56.620 So this has resulted in Pakistan receiving some £463 million of our money in 2016 alone.

00:16:03.340 And that number is only going up.

00:16:05.740 And if you think, somehow, that this money is being spent wisely, then think again.

00:16:09.860 Because huge amounts of our money is being handed out to Pakistani families on prepaid debit cards.

00:16:15.320 No joke.

00:16:15.860 Around 235,000 Pakistani families every three months are receiving prepaid debit cards with about £34.50 on them.

00:16:24.160 And they can spend that money however they like.

00:16:26.780 And not only is it completely irrational to be giving what is essentially dole money to people who,

00:16:31.680 A, don't live in this country and, B, have never paid into our tax system,

00:16:34.880 It's also offensive to any rational person that this money, especially in such huge quantities,

00:16:40.420 is being handed over to a state that promotes terrorism. 0.55

00:16:43.660 That's why I'm starting a new campaign today.

00:16:45.920 And this time we're calling on the government to stop foreign aid to Pakistan.

00:16:50.040 It's time to end the madness, stop funding this terrorist state, and focus on our own problems instead.

00:16:55.200 And here's why Pakistan is so dangerous. 1.00

00:16:58.500 For many years, Pakistan's intelligence agencies and military have been thought to be providing

00:17:03.180 Sanctuary to the Taliban and other Islamic extremist groups.

00:17:07.000 And ever since 9-11, the West has really been pushing Pakistan to force them to better control these groups. 0.72

00:17:13.920 But the pressure's been ignored and Pakistan remains a hotbed for terrorism. 0.98

00:17:18.160 The Cato Institute says that without the active support of the government in Islamabad,

00:17:23.200 it's doubtful whether the Taliban could have ever even come to power in Afghanistan in the first place.

00:17:27.900 And that Pakistani authorities have helped fund the militia and even equipped them with weapons and hardware

00:17:33.340 when the Taliban was just a small player in Afghanistan's civil war.

00:17:38.000 And this extremism, by the way, is not just in Pakistan, it's hit the UK as well.

00:17:42.360 Absolutely amazing.

00:17:43.760 Pakistan is known as a state sponsor of terrorism. 0.96

00:17:47.000 It's an extremist, radical, undemocratic state.

00:17:50.980 And still, the British government showers this country with taxpayers' money.

00:17:57.100 I guess making bombs and printing signs stating debt to the West requires a lot of dough.

00:18:03.680 Joining me now is our London-based rebel, Jack Buckby.

00:18:07.140 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Jack.

00:18:09.460 Hello. Thanks for having me.

00:18:10.960 Always a pleasure, my friend.

00:18:12.000 So, Jack, how is it that the UK somehow feels, I don't know, morally obliged to give millions and millions of pounds

00:18:20.840 to a terrorist state in the first place?

00:18:23.080 I just don't get it.

00:18:24.940 No, I don't get it either.

00:18:26.540 Well, I suspect it has something to do with colonialism, you know,

00:18:29.920 only funnily enough, it's a weird thing to tie in, I get.

00:18:32.600 But I was forcing myself to watch Doctor Who the other day, you know, the new series with that woman. 0.99

00:18:37.240 And they had this episode about the Punjab.

00:18:42.200 And I had to turn it off the minute I saw this because they started talking about, 0.96

00:18:46.160 oh, it's the partition of India is happening and the Brits are going to kill millions of Muslims. 0.95

00:18:49.780 And it's like, oh, my God. 0.96

00:18:53.420 It's like that colonial guilt is still there.

00:18:56.020 And I can only suspect that's why we're doing it, because the government knows this is an extremist state.

00:19:01.540 The Cato Institute said that if it wasn't for the government in Islamabad,

00:19:05.800 then the Taliban in Afghanistan would never even gained any power at all.

00:19:09.700 They've been helping extremists for years.

00:19:11.900 And to this day, I mean, look at the case with Asia Bibi. 0.98

00:19:14.260 This is an extremist state and we are throwing hundreds of millions at it.

00:19:19.060 Yeah.

00:19:19.260 And, you know, and by the way, Jack, to answer your question,

00:19:21.420 no, I haven't seen the new Doctor Who nor any of the Doctor Whos,

00:19:25.980 because I'm going to give you some tough medicine here, Jack.

00:19:28.580 The Brits are great in so many facets.

00:19:30.920 The Brits cannot do science fiction. 1.00

00:19:33.900 You are completely inept at that. 1.00

00:19:36.220 So but moving on. 0.99

00:19:37.540 I'm shocked and appalled, David.

00:19:39.660 I'll debate that with you later.

00:19:41.780 But for Adi Abibi, tell us about that.

00:19:44.380 This is a woman that's been put on trial for blasphemy in Pakistan. 1.00

00:19:49.220 She is very much a target for death in that country.

00:19:54.300 And what I find appalling is, as you mentioned in your commentary,

00:19:58.100 the Brits don't want to give her any kind of asylum in your country 0.99

00:20:02.980 because she might be problematic there to certain people. 0.99

00:20:07.700 What the hell is that about, Jack?

00:20:09.600 So what they're saying is, or at least what they're saying in a roundabout way,

00:20:14.340 is that she simply wouldn't be safe.

00:20:16.220 The mobs that are out in Pakistan will come out in force in the UK 1.00

00:20:19.840 because we've been importing extremists from Pakistan for decades.

00:20:23.160 So if Asia Bibi comes here, she wouldn't be safe in the first place. 1.00

00:20:26.660 And we'd see riots.

00:20:28.060 We've seen riots many times by Islamic extremists.

00:20:30.940 It's pretty common in the UK.

00:20:32.520 So there will be riots here as well.

00:20:34.660 I still don't think that should stop us offering her asylum. 0.96

00:20:37.420 I think what we should do is a trade. 0.99

00:20:39.480 Why don't we take Asia Bibi and all the people that riot, 1.00

00:20:41.980 we round them up and deport them back to Pakistan. 1.00

00:20:44.400 I think that'd be a good trade, don't you?

00:20:45.840 Oh, I would love, I'd make that trade in a heartbeat, Jack.

00:20:49.000 But you know, you touch upon something here,

00:20:51.400 going back to the foreign aid question,

00:20:53.400 and I define it as a lose-lose scenario.

00:20:56.280 First of all, the UK is sending millions of pounds sterling to Pakistan,

00:21:01.620 which is going to be indirectly used to preach death and destruction to the West.

00:21:07.480 In the meantime, Britain is somehow importing some of the worst of the worst from Pakistan. 1.00

00:21:13.960 Now, I'm not saying every Pakistani immigrant to the UK is a terrible person, 0.98

00:21:19.360 but you know from the rape grooming gangs, Jack, 0.92

00:21:22.780 there is a high percentage of Pakistani nationals or expatriates there. 0.83

00:21:27.140 That's the majority.

00:21:28.280 And again, what is the, aside from colonialism,

00:21:33.660 don't people running your country realize that

00:21:36.900 this is almost like cultural suicide happening before our eyes?

00:21:42.700 They just seem completely oblivious to it,

00:21:44.940 or at least the ones that do see it,

00:21:46.980 they don't talk about it because they know it might end their career if they do.

00:21:52.080 You know, we're forced to pay 0.7% of our gross national income because of the UN.

00:21:57.220 Penny Morden, the Minister for International Development,

00:21:59.880 has said that she wants to change how that works,

00:22:01.880 but she doesn't want to change that goal of 0.7%.

00:22:04.500 So what she's saying is she wants a way for the private sector

00:22:08.580 to invest better in Pakistan, et cetera,

00:22:11.100 but she's not changing the 0.7% goal.

00:22:13.360 And what I'm saying is we should change that 0.7% goal,

00:22:17.040 slash it a great deal, if not entirely,

00:22:20.480 and stop funding Pakistan completely.

00:22:23.040 And with our petition, StopForeignAidToPakistan.com and campaign,

00:22:26.800 we might be able to push her over the edge just to make that decision. 1.00

00:22:29.760 She's almost there.

00:22:31.100 You know, and another very interesting point you touched upon, Jack,

00:22:34.620 is the fact that when nations in the West are dealing

00:22:39.140 with the Pakistani government and the Pakistani military,

00:22:43.100 you really don't know who you're talking to.

00:22:46.100 Somebody that's on side with us, which there are some,

00:22:49.780 but others that are fifth columnists that are sympathetic to terrorist goals.

00:22:54.660 And I think of John Bolton, who was talking about when the U.S.

00:22:58.840 was in the war on terror, and they were taking out targets in Pakistan.

00:23:03.000 The agreement they had is that before they do a bombing mission,

00:23:06.700 they had to inform the Pakistani intelligence

00:23:10.040 that they were going to carry out that mission.

00:23:13.060 And lo and behold, every time they got to the target,

00:23:15.800 the terrorists had already fled.

00:23:18.560 So they'd been tipped off, and it got so bad, Jack,

00:23:21.600 that Bolton said the way the U.S. stayed true to their commitment

00:23:25.540 is just before opening the bomb bay doors of the aircraft,

00:23:30.500 they would make that call so there was no time to tip off the bad guys.

00:23:34.100 So I guess what I'm getting at is that this is an added layer of complication

00:23:38.840 in that you don't know who you are dealing with in that country.

00:23:44.720 No, we don't.

00:23:45.760 And the money, by the way, we're not even controlling how it's spent.

00:23:49.100 Do you know what we do?

00:23:50.040 We give that money to families in Pakistan on prepaid debit cards

00:23:54.900 that they're given every three months,

00:23:56.600 and it contains £34.50, which is probably a lot of money over there.

00:24:01.980 They're not a huge deal, but certainly enough to make some impact.

00:24:06.280 And they can spend it however they like.

00:24:08.340 We're giving dull money, benefits money,

00:24:10.960 to families who've never even been to this country,

00:24:13.420 never even paid into our system.

00:24:14.740 Meanwhile, there's a thing here you might have heard of called heat or eat.

00:24:19.340 And a lot of people in the U.K. are having to choose

00:24:22.200 between eating or heating their home, and people freeze to death.

00:24:26.840 No word of a lie.

00:24:29.100 Older people especially die every year

00:24:31.660 because they either can't heat their home or they can't eat.

00:24:34.360 And I think that's a tragedy, and instead we're funding the rest of the world.

00:24:37.680 I think it's gross negligence.

00:24:39.260 Well, I think those people need the gift cards more so than Pakistanis 1.00

00:24:45.480 that might be using that money for nefarious purposes. 0.53

00:24:48.800 But before we wrap, Jack, we're not just whining about this.

00:24:54.000 You are launching your latest mission, StopForeignAidToPakistan.com. 0.51

00:24:58.580 It's a three-pronged initiative.

00:25:00.860 You've got the petition going.

00:25:02.680 You want to raise enough funds to commission a scientific public opinion poll

00:25:08.020 just to see what Brits actually think about the U.K. giving so much money

00:25:12.280 to such an odious state.

00:25:13.860 And, of course, if we have some money left over, do another billboard campaign.

00:25:18.480 Can you give us an up-to-date on StopForeignAidToPakistan.com, Jack?

00:25:22.840 Yeah, so the next step, if we can raise the money,

00:25:26.080 we are going to get the public opinion poll.

00:25:27.820 We did this with J.L. Anjan, but it worked, so we're doing it again.

00:25:31.320 The public opinion poll is really great, actually,

00:25:33.680 because it backs up what we say in the petition.

00:25:36.240 One thing I'll be interested to find out is just how many Brits are suicidal enough

00:25:40.000 to say that they don't want to stop it,

00:25:41.540 because unlike the Anjan one, I'd be surprised if the vast majority of Brits 1.00

00:25:46.340 actually want to stop it, if I'm honest.

00:25:48.120 All we need to do is show that enough Brits want it for it to be taken seriously.

00:25:53.080 And then following that, let's see if we can get that billboard campaign out again,

00:25:56.360 because that van was great.

00:25:57.520 It was great seeing people's faces as it was going around Westminster.

00:26:01.540 Absolutely true, Jack.

00:26:02.720 And if the elected officials on your side of the pond are embarrassed by this,

00:26:08.120 well, they should be embarrassed,

00:26:09.520 because this is an absolute egregious disgrace that is happening in the U.K. right now.

00:26:14.760 And, Jack, good luck with the campaign,

00:26:17.040 and I hope anyone that has a spare dollar or two can kick it in.

00:26:21.980 Every dollar counts, and we're always so appreciative of that.

00:26:25.600 So thank you again for your efforts, Jack.

00:26:28.800 Cheers for having me. You take care.

00:26:30.120 You got it.

00:26:30.700 And that was Jack Buckby in London.

00:26:32.920 Keep it here, folks.

00:26:33.660 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:26:35.940 I've reported on Victoria's Secret models before, but things are getting even worse.

00:26:47.460 They are getting hit hard by the media, on social media, and consumers,

00:26:52.000 because they have never featured plus-size nor transgender models in their runway show.

00:26:58.160 Victoria's Secret responded that it may have come across as insensitive,

00:27:01.340 but they have had trans at casting calls, but like many others, didn't make the cut.

00:27:06.720 People are furious over this and boycotting. 0.97

00:27:09.980 This is so ridiculous.

00:27:11.520 They have the right to cast their own show, and models don't represent the customers. 0.95

00:27:16.160 Otherwise, they would have like 20 customers.

00:27:18.800 Lots of people don't make the cut.

00:27:20.680 I wouldn't make the cut.

00:27:21.840 Should I demand to be a Victoria's Secret model?

00:27:24.360 Harper's Bazaar reports, Victoria's Secret chief marketing officer Ed Razek has apologized

00:27:30.320 for his insensitive remarks about transgender models.

00:27:34.140 During a recent interview about whether the brand was putting more emphasis on diversity

00:27:38.540 and inclusion, Ed Razek had commented that the annual Victoria's Secret shows are a fantasy

00:27:44.020 and therefore should not include trans or plus-size models.

00:27:48.280 I think this is an important distinction.

00:27:50.100 These angels are not supposed to depict real-life people.

00:27:54.840 They are a fantasy, just as he says, and they have a certain otherworldly look to them,

00:28:01.580 not a real-life representation of the population.

00:28:05.560 Razek, who was part of the casting team, admitted that he had considered putting transgender

00:28:10.920 and plus-size models on a catwalk, but conceded that the company did not market to the whole world.

00:28:16.980 Does the brand think about diversity?

00:28:18.400 Yes.

00:28:19.060 Do we offer larger sizes?

00:28:20.660 Yes.

00:28:21.520 Shouldn't you have transsexuals in the show? 1.00

00:28:23.700 No.

00:28:24.520 No, I don't think we should, he told Vogue.

00:28:27.320 The show is a fantasy.

00:28:28.660 It's a 42-minute entertainment special.

00:28:31.060 That's what it is.

00:28:32.020 It's the only one of its kind in the world.

00:28:34.720 There has been a huge backlash over this, and people are boycotting the brand and offering

00:28:40.680 up other alternatives to Victoria's Secret.

00:28:43.380 On Twitter, I saw someone that posted this.

00:28:46.500 This is for all my trans friends and cisgender women friends that are average or plus-size,

00:28:52.160 rather than support the bigoted Victoria's Secret, eight transgender-friendly lingerie

00:28:57.240 brands to support instead of Victoria's Secret by Teen Vogue.

00:29:00.940 Another Teen Vogue article, just going at it.

00:29:03.440 I'm really not impressed by Vogue or Teen Vogue lately.

00:29:06.380 I'm sorry, but looking at those pictures does not make me want to buy lingerie, nor does

00:29:11.820 it make me feel beautiful or sexy.

00:29:14.260 This is just hideous.

00:29:15.940 Victoria's Secret Angels had always made me feel like, wow, that's so beautiful.

00:29:20.280 I want to look like that.

00:29:22.580 In what world am I living that gorgeous supermodels are being put aside for this? 0.99

00:29:28.340 Well, I think it's safe to say that Victoria's Secret's brand is all about the imagery of

00:29:33.940 smoke-and-hot models giving us the jiggle with the giggle as they parade down the fashion 1.00

00:29:39.360 runway clad in sexy lingerie.

00:29:42.080 At the end of the day, Victoria's Secret is, as the company's chief marketing officer

00:29:47.100 rightfully states, selling a fantasy.

00:29:50.020 But the usual suspects apparently want Victoria's Secret to be all things to all people.

00:29:57.480 And this is what's known in the marketing business as branding suicide.

00:30:02.600 Yet the lunatic fringe continues to fume on social media about Victoria's Secret being 0.92

00:30:08.220 transphobic and fatphobic. 0.98

00:30:11.480 Oh, give me a break. 0.60

00:30:13.460 Joining me now with more on the Victoria's Secret brouhaha is someone who knows a thing

00:30:18.760 or three about the fashion business, and that is Martina Marcota.

00:30:22.540 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Martina.

00:30:24.680 Thank you for having me.

00:30:25.960 Always a pleasure, my friend.

00:30:27.440 So, Martina, I really want to be allowed to compete in the Mr. Universe competition.

00:30:33.540 You know, I do have a washboard stomach.

00:30:35.400 I just have 20 pounds of laundry on it right now.

00:30:38.020 So, my dream is dead.

00:30:39.600 But going by the logic of the Victoria's Secret critics, I guess I should now somehow start

00:30:45.000 a campaign condemning Mr. Universe for not being inclusive to allow flabby guys like me to

00:30:51.020 compete.

00:30:51.480 What do you think?

00:30:53.000 I mean, that's exactly right.

00:30:54.840 Like, what kind of world are we living in that it's like you can just demand?

00:30:59.560 It's what I said before when you had me on before.

00:31:01.980 I said they have a militant form of inclusiveness.

00:31:05.200 It's very militant that you must include everyone in everything.

00:31:09.380 And I just don't understand why being a model is the ultimate goal of, like, representation.

00:31:18.060 Like, models are models.

00:31:20.220 It doesn't mean that is the ultimate form of you being represented or not.

00:31:25.800 Why?

00:31:26.500 It's so arbitrary.

00:31:27.460 Why does everyone need to be a model? 0.99

00:31:29.160 I mean, I can't play in the NBA for various reasons, not only my height or my talent, but

00:31:33.580 I'm not a man, so.

00:31:36.140 No, you're quite right, Martina.

00:31:38.300 And I think you're onto something here in terms of this whole, you know, how the definition

00:31:42.700 of inclusiveness has changed.

00:31:44.540 I mean, if we look at the trans community, it used to be it was about acceptance.

00:31:49.540 And I'm not saying you should discriminate against people like that or, God forbid, you

00:31:55.980 know, physically harm them, anything like that.

00:31:58.140 But it's gone from acceptance to affirmation.

00:32:01.320 There are activists in the trans community that are saying, we demand that you stand on

00:32:07.880 a podium and applaud us and love us.

00:32:11.000 And I'm sorry.

00:32:11.800 No, we don't have to do that, do we?

00:32:14.760 No.

00:32:15.220 And it's a business.

00:32:16.800 And Victoria's Secret models have always been.

00:32:19.780 I mean, I remember when I was younger, you remember like 10, 15, 20 years ago, it was

00:32:23.920 like that was their standard of how they have their models and how they look.

00:32:29.340 Not a lot of people would be accepted to be a model.

00:32:33.420 Like you said, many women didn't make the cut. 1.00

00:32:36.200 And that's just the way it is.

00:32:37.900 So you can't stomp your feet and have a hissy fit because you didn't make the cut.

00:32:42.000 Like lots of people don't make the cut.

00:32:44.560 And I'm sorry, the models don't represent the consumers.

00:32:47.080 The models represent a fantasy.

00:32:48.980 It's an ultimate fantasy.

00:32:51.700 And if the models represented the consumers, they'd have what, 20 customers the past 20

00:32:56.420 years?

00:32:57.560 You know, like.

00:32:59.060 No, you're right, Martina.

00:32:59.920 I mean, it's a fantasy, I think, both for women and for men, you know, who, you know,

00:33:04.480 who will buy this product, who like to look at these models.

00:33:07.260 And personally speaking, as a heterosexual male, and I know that's not cool these days,

00:33:12.100 I don't want a Victoria's Secret fashion show to turn into my own personal crying game,

00:33:17.400 if you know what I'm saying here, right?

00:33:19.180 Yeah, exactly.

00:33:20.760 I mean, that's not the fantasy that anyone tunes into.

00:33:23.540 And I've seen on Twitter, a lot of women, including myself, have always looked at these

00:33:28.740 models and go, wow, that's so beautiful.

00:33:30.760 Like, that makes me want to buy that lingerie.

00:33:32.660 Like how beautiful that was, how sexy that was.

00:33:34.540 I want to look like that.

00:33:35.700 I want to be in that.

00:33:36.900 And if I see, you know, I'm sorry, no offense, a fat, somewhat fatter than me up there and

00:33:44.780 wearing it, I'm like, nah, I'm good.

00:33:46.200 You know, if someone's no offense in a wheelchair, because I've seen a lot of people that were

00:33:51.420 like in the wheelchairs and they're trans wheelchair people saying, I can model too.

00:33:56.080 You know, I can be better than your models going down the cow. 0.98

00:34:00.080 Seriously, no joke in wheelchairs and stuff.

00:34:02.780 And it's like, I'm sorry, that doesn't make me feel sexy.

00:34:05.240 It doesn't make me want to buy that.

00:34:06.760 And if you feel sexy and you want to feel empowered, that's fine.

00:34:09.700 Good for you.

00:34:10.180 And I'm proud of you.

00:34:10.980 I'm not taking anything away from that.

00:34:13.300 But for regular people who aren't in wheelchairs, who aren't, you know, trying to idolize obesity,

00:34:19.780 just see these beautiful women. 1.00

00:34:21.500 We go, wow, that's beautiful.

00:34:23.300 I want to be like that.

00:34:24.560 Oh, 100%.

00:34:25.260 And Martina, in your commentary, you reference some pics on social media of people of various

00:34:32.860 sizes and shapes wearing what they believe to be lingerie.

00:34:37.340 And I got to be honest, I'm not trying to be mean here, but it looked like promotional photos

00:34:41.380 for the next Addams Family movie.

00:34:43.560 I mean, there was nothing sexy or professional about it.

00:34:48.420 And I mean, if you want to do that and post those pictures, hey, more power to you.

00:34:53.060 I believe in freedom of expression.

00:34:54.380 But that doesn't give you the God-given right to become a Victoria's Secret model.

00:34:59.160 Yeah, exactly.

00:34:59.760 And like I said, it's a business model.

00:35:01.360 It's their business.

00:35:02.780 We can't be dictating how other people run their business all the time.

00:35:06.640 That's just insane.

00:35:07.800 You can't keep up with that sort of thing.

00:35:09.940 You have a business model.

00:35:10.880 You have everything.

00:35:11.400 I mean, since when did people expect Victoria's Secret to change?

00:35:13.920 It's been that way for so long.

00:35:16.420 Yeah.

00:35:16.800 And you know, Martina, I fear for the future, though, because Ed Razek, as you noted, the

00:35:23.380 head honcho at Victoria's Secret, after stating something commonsensical about these are the

00:35:29.820 models that we prefer at our company, then felt compelled to apologize for stating the

00:35:35.960 bloody obvious and, you know, issuing that apology to plus-size people and transsexual 1.00

00:35:43.040 people.

00:35:43.820 And I'm thinking that's a fail on his part.

00:35:48.560 First of all, there was nothing to apologize for.

00:35:50.560 And secondly, I know from experience, you can apologize to the cows come home to these vested 1.00

00:35:56.700 interest groups.

00:35:57.560 They will never accept the apology.

00:35:59.800 It's never enough.

00:36:01.200 And it just emboldens them to go on the offensive.

00:36:04.520 So I'm just wondering in the next couple of years down the road, if this lunatic fringe

00:36:09.220 is going to get its way.

00:36:11.600 Yeah, I mean, that's a really good point.

00:36:14.040 And it's super valid.

00:36:15.000 I was super proud of him, Razek, in the beginning for his initial comments because it was pretty

00:36:19.640 bold.

00:36:20.180 And, you know, he's a bit older.

00:36:21.220 He's 70 years old.

00:36:22.220 So I probably think that in his head, he didn't say anything that controversial.

00:36:27.620 You know, I'm thinking he thought I was like, OK, we can we just don't they didn't make the

00:36:33.780 cut.

00:36:34.040 We don't want that.

00:36:34.760 We wanted a fantasy.

00:36:35.580 Like, so what?

00:36:36.200 Like, it is what it is.

00:36:37.040 And then he wasn't prepared for the backlash of what modern day society is about.

00:36:42.540 And I guess maybe pressure from business partners or whomever to have some sort of apology

00:36:48.900 and that's kind of where we at.

00:36:50.880 We have to constantly kowtow around what all this hype is all is all about.

00:36:56.380 And I don't think he was really aware of what he said being that controversial.

00:36:59.860 And I agree with him.

00:37:00.500 I was super proud of his initial statement.

00:37:02.000 And then we were all like, oh, don't apologize.

00:37:04.500 I know.

00:37:05.040 I know.

00:37:05.780 It's a sign of weakness and it's a flawed strategy.

00:37:08.440 I'll tell you one more table.

00:37:09.500 Rapidly that if they do go ahead with this, I fear that if they turn Victoria's Secret fashion

00:37:17.160 show into almost a circus sideshow of all types and people, this is what I call brandalism.

00:37:26.380 You know, a combination of vandalism and brand.

00:37:30.480 Brandalism.

00:37:31.080 And I think of, you know, GM in the 80s, they came out with a Cadillac, a compact Cadillac,

00:37:36.340 which was basically a rebadged Chevy Cavalier, the worst car they made at the time.

00:37:42.460 And they almost killed the Cadillac brand because of that.

00:37:47.360 And this is what I fear.

00:37:48.740 If you go down this politically correct social justice warrior route, they are putting the

00:37:54.020 entire Victoria's Secret brand at risk.

00:37:58.520 Absolutely.

00:37:59.540 OK.

00:38:02.540 No, I mean, if you want me to just add one more thing, I was thinking about this as well,

00:38:07.300 is that, you know, they want nowadays it's considered like if you're not attracted to

00:38:14.420 trans or what have you, that that makes you a bigot.

00:38:18.120 And I think that's exactly where they're leading to with this as well as like you must have these 0.99

00:38:23.040 half naked trans women and you must find them sexy. 1.00

00:38:27.420 And if you're a straight man and you watch the runway show and you don't find it sexy, 0.99

00:38:31.660 you're a bigot and you're in trouble.

00:38:33.860 And I mean, I think that puts a lot of psychological issues on straight men.

00:38:37.480 And I think that's a little messed up.

00:38:39.380 And I think that's where we're going.

00:38:41.880 Yeah.

00:38:42.200 You know, you raise a good point.

00:38:43.460 If in the future they're part of this and I somehow.

00:38:48.040 Well, let's put it this way.

00:38:49.320 I'm probably looking at some psychiatric couch.

00:38:53.000 Yeah.

00:38:53.620 I mean, it's just messed up what they're doing to society.

00:38:55.900 It's going to break everything down.

00:38:57.420 I don't think it's a really good idea.

00:38:58.900 If you want to feel empowered and you want to wear lingerie and be a woman, like I've

00:39:04.220 performed with lots of people like that, women like that, or what have you, whatever you 1.00

00:39:08.020 want to call them.

00:39:08.720 And I've been super encouraging and supportive.

00:39:11.080 I don't agree with, you know, that being normalized.

00:39:14.500 That's my opinion.

00:39:15.880 But good for you.

00:39:17.320 Do it.

00:39:17.920 And being out there and being normalized and trying to force straight men to find it sexy,

00:39:23.380 I think is really wrong.

00:39:24.780 And it could force psychological issues.

00:39:26.580 Oh, and as you well know, Martina, although the left loves diversity, they don't love

00:39:31.980 diversity of opinions.

00:39:33.320 We're supposed to think in lockstep.

00:39:35.540 So we'll keep our eyes on the Victoria's Secret file.

00:39:39.160 I'll be watching very, very closely for research reasons, of course, in the years ahead.

00:39:44.680 So thank you so much for weighing in on this.

00:39:47.540 Thanks for having me.

00:39:48.380 Thank you, Martina.

00:39:49.100 And that was Martina Marcotta in London.

00:39:51.120 And keep it here, folks.

00:39:52.040 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:39:56.580 But old Jim, well, he must have thought he was embedded at his CNN studio because he

00:40:07.380 wasn't just quite ready to relinquish that microphone.

00:40:10.440 Mr. President, if I may ask one other question, are you worried?

00:40:13.040 That's enough.

00:40:13.740 That's enough.

00:40:14.140 Mr. President, I was going to ask one of the other folks.

00:40:16.360 That's enough.

00:40:17.160 Pardon me, ma'am.

00:40:18.160 Mr. President.

00:40:18.900 That's enough.

00:40:19.560 Mr. President, I had one other question.

00:40:20.740 If I may ask on the Russia investigation, are you concerned that you may have indictments?

00:40:26.140 I'm not concerned about anything with the Russian investigation because it's a hoax.

00:40:30.540 That's enough.

00:40:31.260 Put down the mic.

00:40:32.120 Mr. President, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation?

00:40:37.600 Mr. President.

00:40:39.240 I'll tell you what.

00:40:39.880 CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. 1.00

00:40:43.740 You are a rude, terrible person. 1.00

00:40:45.980 You shouldn't be working for CNN. 1.00

00:40:48.080 Go ahead.

00:40:49.320 You know, I just love the audacity this man had for the White House staffer who tried

00:40:54.760 to pry the mic from his grubby hands.

00:40:57.320 Excuse me, ma'am.

00:40:58.960 Don't you know who you're interrupting?

00:41:00.980 It's the great Jim Acosta during a taping of the Jim Acosta show starring Jim Acosta.

00:41:07.720 Oh, I also wonder how this story would have played out if a male conservative commentator

00:41:13.620 physically resisted the efforts of a female White House staffer at an Obama press conference.

00:41:20.600 But alas, seems that the hashtag Me Too movement went on a little siesta during this particular

00:41:26.260 event.

00:41:27.500 In the aftermath, Acosta had his White House press credentials suspended.

00:41:32.000 And justifiably so.

00:41:33.820 If the commander-in-chief tells you to sit down and shut up like three times over and you

00:41:38.940 don't, then you reap what you sow.

00:41:41.180 Well, earlier this month, we witnessed two reporters being disciplined.

00:41:45.400 The first, as you just saw, was the odious Jim Acosta of CNN, who seemingly felt entitled

00:41:51.760 to monopolize a White House press conference.

00:41:55.500 His White House press credentials remained suspended.

00:41:58.720 And for that, I say good riddance, Jim.

00:42:01.240 But a few days after Acostagate, on this side of the border, Ottawa Sun sports reporter Ken

00:42:07.280 Warren was banned from the Ottawa Senators' charter flights after Warren broke the story

00:42:12.220 about the two Senators players who took an Uber ride and proceeded to criticize the team's

00:42:17.280 coach.

00:42:18.000 This conversation was later made public.

00:42:20.820 Yes, it was embarrassing for the hockey club.

00:42:23.500 But by reporting this incident, Warren was merely doing his job.

00:42:28.280 Unlike Jim Acosta, he didn't deserve to be disciplined.

00:42:31.420 So talk about shooting the messenger.

00:42:34.740 In any event, here's what some of you had to say.

00:42:37.480 Urban Jungle writes, CNN is not banned from the White House.

00:42:41.340 They have several other journalists with press credentials.

00:42:45.460 Acosta is banned for touching a staffer, not for his questions, which were not questions.

00:42:50.980 They were, as he stated, debating points.

00:42:53.900 A White House press conference has followed the same formula for decades.

00:42:58.040 Ask a question, get an answer.

00:43:00.640 It's not a debate.

00:43:02.040 If you're lucky, you get a second question.

00:43:04.380 That's it.

00:43:05.560 Well, you are 100% correct, Urban Jungle.

00:43:08.220 Also keep in mind, it is not a God-given right, nor even a First Amendment right, for

00:43:13.280 journalists to attend White House press conferences.

00:43:16.460 If that were indeed the case, these press conferences would have to be staged in a football

00:43:21.020 stadium to accommodate all the reporters who wanted to attend.

00:43:24.760 The White House has to narrow down the list simply due to logistics.

00:43:29.680 It is an honor and a privilege to be part of the White House press corps, something that

00:43:34.200 seems to be lost on the egomaniacal Jim Acosta and his blowhard bosses over at CNN.

00:43:41.640 And Bike Cycle writes, Acosta isn't asking questions.

00:43:45.420 He's grandstanding and making speeches and antagonizing the president and the office of the president. 0.76

00:43:51.940 Disrespectful and vulgar.

00:43:54.840 He would never have done this to Obama.

00:43:56.700 Oh, I agree, Bike Cycle.

00:43:58.520 This sort of disrespect never happened during Obama pressers.

00:44:02.580 And if any reporter had dared to be even half as disrespectful to Obama as Acosta was to

00:44:09.520 Trump, trust me, the rest of the press corps would turn on that scribe like a pack of hungry

00:44:15.320 jackals.

00:44:16.460 Double standard much?

00:44:17.740 Well, Gangles, you're absolutely referring, I would imagine, to the fact that CNN is now

00:44:37.120 suing the president and his top aides over the suspension of Acosta's press credentials. 0.97

00:44:42.680 And the usual useful idiots are also bemoaning that this is a case of Trump attacking press 0.99

00:44:49.680 freedom. 1.00

00:44:50.500 But they're wrong.

00:44:51.560 This isn't about President Trump attacking press freedom.

00:44:54.580 He's attacking the press or more specifically, a member of the press.

00:44:59.240 And for good reason.

00:45:00.620 Acosta tried to hijack a press conference.

00:45:03.940 And, you know, Trump's response makes for another reason to love the president.

00:45:08.000 For the first time in seemingly forever, we are seeing a president who's not going to

00:45:13.980 be intimidated by members of the media, especially those biased members of the media who have

00:45:19.940 a not so hidden agenda.

00:45:22.200 What a delight to witness such a demonstration of strength and courage coming out of the White 1.00

00:45:28.060 House.

00:45:28.360 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:45:31.680 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:45:32.920 See you next week.

00:45:33.640 And hey, folks, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.

00:45:37.920 Good night.

00:45:58.360 Good night.

00:46:15.980 Good night.

00:46:16.860 Good night.

00:46:19.980 Good night.

Rebel News Podcast - November 17, 2018

Rebel Roundup： Guests Ezra Levant, Martina Markota & Jack Buckby

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