Rebel News Podcast - What Canadian conservatives can learn at CPAC： Ezra Levant in DC

00:00:00.080 Hello, my Rebels. I'm down in Washington, D.C. for the CPAC convention.

00:00:04.640 That's the largest conservative political convention in America in this very key election year.

00:00:10.280 So I'll tell you what I see.

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00:01:01.300 Well, I am here in Washington, D.C.

00:01:09.000 Actually, I'm just across the water in Maryland at a huge convention center for the annual conservative meeting.

00:01:16.600 It's hosted by the American Conservative Union.

00:01:18.980 It's better known as CPAC, Conservative Political Action Something Something.

00:01:23.360 And it draws an enormous crowd.

00:01:25.780 It did during the Barack Obama years.

00:01:28.380 It was sort of where the resistance met then.

00:01:31.020 And during the Trump years, well, it's more of a festival-type atmosphere.

00:01:35.180 There are so many conservative groups who come here in a trade show style.

00:01:39.660 There are so many would-be political candidates coming here to get support because it's who's who in the zoo for American conservatives and conservatives around the world.

00:01:48.860 I've only been here for about half an hour, and people from around the world have come up to say hello.

00:01:54.260 Canadians, of course.

00:01:55.200 I just met a fellow from Australia who was a rebel fan and a conservative from there, Nigel Farage, definitely a hit with the crowd every year in the era of Trump.

00:02:06.800 It's in a very interesting place.

00:02:08.400 One of my favorite little things is that there is an old, an unused, but I think it used to be real, Air Force One 747 jumbo jet parked just outside.

00:02:19.780 But I've got to tell you, when I drove up for a second, it fooled me.

00:02:22.640 I thought, oh, my God, did the president literally park right there?

00:02:25.580 But no, he's not speaking until tomorrow.

00:02:29.020 There's a few things I want to do here.

00:02:30.700 I want to put my finger on the pulse of the American political situation in this incredibly important election year.

00:02:39.780 I want to see how Americans do conservative conferences because we're terrible at it in Canada.

00:02:45.640 And finally, I want to see if there's some interesting people we can interview.

00:02:49.120 Now, I just arrived, but my friend, Abigail Hammond, who's been making videos with Rebel News for a few months, has been here for a couple of days.

00:02:58.780 And I'm just going to turn the camera around.

00:03:00.840 Abigail, it's great to see you.

00:03:02.220 Thanks very much.

00:03:03.000 And I've been following your extended videos and photos and updates.

00:03:07.300 Tell me a little bit how it's been for you the past couple of days.

00:03:10.040 It's been phenomenal.

00:03:11.240 I've just been loving it.

00:03:12.840 I've gotten the chance to talk with a lot of great individuals.

00:03:16.040 And I think the key this year is the theme, America versus Socialism.

00:03:20.240 And that's just a really powerful theme to have, especially because the most likely Democratic nominee is going to be Bernie Sanders.

00:03:26.420 So we've gotten the chance to hear powerful stories, like from Mercedes Schlapp, talking about her husband, Matt Schlapp, is the head of CPAC.

00:03:35.900 And her parents both came from Cuba.

00:03:37.900 So she got to tell the story of how her father was in prison and her mother had made it to the United States.

00:03:43.620 And they wrote love letters for years.

00:03:44.960 And finally, he was able to make it to the United States.

00:03:47.260 So she understands and appreciates what freedom really is.

00:03:50.380 Well, let me ask you this, because I actually see Bernie Sanders as a real threat to Trump more probably than any other candidate.

00:03:58.680 Because, first of all, he's authentic, unlike the fake Pete Buttigieg or Mike Bloomberg, who's just awesome.

00:04:06.640 I also think he taps into populism.

00:04:09.740 And even though he doesn't elocute a good solution, some of the issues he talks about, the forgotten Americans, I think he's a real competitor for some Trump voters.

00:04:19.420 That's just my theory.

00:04:20.680 I think he would be a tough opponent for Trump.

00:04:24.380 What do you think of that?

00:04:25.120 And importantly, what do the people here at the CPAC convention think of that?

00:04:29.960 Like, are they underestimating Bernie Sanders?

00:04:31.680 Well, it's good you asked that question, because I've also had the chance to ask other individuals who they think the most dangerous candidate is from the Democratic side.

00:04:39.420 And how Trump can face that challenge.

00:04:42.660 So, essentially, one of the big issues on the table is college.

00:04:46.680 You know, Bernie Sanders says he wants to make free college.

00:04:49.320 And I think by educating people, like we have the head of the walk-away movement, who is, I'm trying to remember his first name right now, but his last name is Baracko.

00:04:57.760 I think his name is Richard Brokho, or maybe I'm forgetting the first name, but Mr. Brokho.

00:05:02.080 And anyway, he used to be a Democrat and a liberal.

00:05:04.340 And then he uncovered the truth.

00:05:06.120 He found out about the fake news and about the lies being shared with, you know, everyone online.

00:05:11.960 So, he's risen up, and many others have joined his movement to walk away from the left and bring in others, bring in all kinds of people.

00:05:19.700 So, I think by having these campaigns and movements where you really educate the public that nothing is really free.

00:05:25.280 If we give free college to people, everyone's taxes are going to go up, and we're not going to be able to truly afford it.

00:05:30.220 So, by educating people that they don't really need to get a college degree, that we need to go back.

00:05:34.680 Charlie Krook was in there from Turning Point USA, and he was saying, you know what, we need more plumbers.

00:05:39.200 We need more people in the service industries.

00:05:41.280 And so, by educating people that these are good industries to be in, that's one way to, you know, change the narrative and get people on your side.

00:05:49.200 And also, just to continue through, continue with telling the truth of what President Trump has done, and the truth of what socialism really does to a country in time.

00:05:59.460 So, you know, I think by speaking back to young people who don't really know their history, that will help them.

00:06:04.020 Well, have you had a chance to talk to any political candidates or any interesting conservative celebrities?

00:06:13.020 I know that whenever there's someone who's sort of a conservative celeb, they get mobbed by well-wishers and fans.

00:06:18.320 I've got to brag, I've even had a few people ask to take selfies with me.

00:06:22.340 I think it's probably a case of mistaken identity or something.

00:06:24.980 But has there been anyone very interesting that you just enjoyed meeting or that had something interesting to say?

00:06:30.500 Yeah, I really enjoyed Kim Klasik. 0.98

00:06:32.440 She's from Maryland.

00:06:33.760 She's running for Elijah Cummings' spot in the House of Representatives here in Maryland.

00:06:38.940 And she's an amazing young woman.

00:06:41.000 She's a conservative.

00:06:42.440 She wants to change her district. 1.00

00:06:46.280 She wants to come in and provide jobs for the people. 1.00

00:06:49.220 And I think she's a great candidate because she's a minority and she's conservative.

00:06:52.620 So I think we need more and more of these minority conservatives coming in and speaking to their people.

00:06:57.480 You know, and so we also have other congresswomen who are coming in to do that as well. 1.00

00:07:02.440 And so she's one of the main ones I got the chance to do with Kim Klasik.

00:07:06.780 And it was really powerful.

00:07:08.260 All right.

00:07:08.700 I know you recorded a video interview with her.

00:07:11.120 Let's take a quick look at that.

00:07:12.540 So you're running for Maryland's 7th District to replace Elijah Cummings?

00:07:16.640 Yep.

00:07:17.040 Okay.

00:07:17.300 So what are the challenges that are before you?

00:07:19.180 What change do you want to bring to Maryland, to specifically Baltimore, correct?

00:07:24.200 Yes.

00:07:24.700 So right now we're dealing with a lot of blight, poor education system.

00:07:28.720 I mean, basically, you name it, we're dealing with it.

00:07:31.300 So I want to bring in not just transparency but a little bit of accountability.

00:07:35.500 So Baltimore City, you saw a lot of federal funds go into this area, especially after the riots in 2015.

00:07:41.140 President Obama did a great thing by sending federal funds to the area.

00:07:44.020 Congressman Cummings did a great thing by getting them to the area.

00:07:46.660 But we still don't know where that money went.

00:07:48.760 It was either squandered or stolen.

00:07:50.100 Just this morning, our mayor was finally sentenced.

00:07:53.180 She was indicted for tax evasion and conspiracy.

00:07:56.080 She was sentenced today for three years, three months probation.

00:07:58.780 We're happy about that.

00:07:59.720 That's a win.

00:08:00.580 But that's what's going on.

00:08:01.840 You know, we've got one-party rule.

00:08:03.060 The Democrats have been in charge for a very long time.

00:08:05.480 And in this seat in particular, in District 7, there hasn't been a Republican since 1953.

00:08:10.300 So I'm looking to change that in April.

00:08:12.700 So how do you speak to the people?

00:08:15.360 In light of people like Bernie Sanders and the Socialist Squad, how do you speak to your

00:08:21.380 people to get them to get you to be the chosen member of Congress?

00:08:27.860 I basically say, you know, do you want capitalism or socialism?

00:08:31.000 They have to remember, Bernie Sanders, he talks a lot about socialism.

00:08:33.660 But he's a millionaire, and he's made all his money thanks to capitalism.

00:08:37.160 And so people love to talk about, you know, how it's great to take from that 1% or 2% up top.

00:08:42.340 But you ever notice, they don't ever actually leave office, right?

00:08:44.940 So they want to redistribute money, but they never redistribute the power.

00:08:48.640 And so to me, that's a problem.

00:08:49.920 And so I think what we really need to focus on is getting some new, fresh faces in Congress,

00:08:55.260 somebody with some new ideas.

00:08:56.940 If you look at anybody in the private sector, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren,

00:09:00.700 a lot of these people would have retired by now.

00:09:02.480 And to me, if you did a great job in Congress, you could have retired right back to your district

00:09:06.100 because you know you could get a job in the private sector.

00:09:08.200 But that's only if you did a good job on Capitol Hill.

00:09:10.940 So I want to push term limits, something that's different from many Republicans.

00:09:14.520 I'm actually for oral contraceptive birth control over the counter.

00:09:17.680 I know in Baltimore City, we have a lot of young women that use Plan B basically as birth control pill. 1.00

00:09:22.580 That is dangerous.

00:09:23.980 We have a lot of free clinics right now that give free pelvic exams.

00:09:27.280 And so you could actually find out if a woman's a good candidate for these oral contraceptives 0.99

00:09:31.440 by having them go to these free clinics.

00:09:33.680 And then they can get this birth control over the counter. 0.98

00:09:36.040 A lot of women right now, they're going to Planned Parenthood for the birth control pill. 1.00

00:09:39.160 And I think this is a great way to maybe defund Planned Parenthood

00:09:42.200 if we lessen the amount of women that actually need to depend on them. 1.00

00:09:45.560 That's fabulous.

00:09:46.560 And are you looking forward to versing the socialist squad in Congress?

00:09:50.100 And I know that there's a conservative group of women that are coming up to be a conservative squad. 1.00

00:09:55.160 Would you like to join in with them, to team up with them?

00:09:57.920 I would love to team up with anyone.

00:09:59.880 I mean, but, you know, I'm not to say that I'm tough or anything.

00:10:02.800 But, you know, you don't come to Baltimore looking for a fight.

00:10:05.060 So I could take them on myself.

00:10:07.540 You know, they don't seem so tough.

00:10:09.040 But, you know, if I could be in a conservative squad, then great.

00:10:11.000 That would be fun.

00:10:11.880 Well, I thought that was great.

00:10:12.840 And I had the pleasure of meeting her in her district.

00:10:15.660 I actually went and she toured me around some of those rat-infested, abandoned buildings.

00:10:21.260 My God, does that district need a new congressman like crazy.

00:10:25.900 Give me your final thoughts.

00:10:27.060 What do you hope comes out of this for you as a young journalist with The Rebel,

00:10:31.660 for the conservative and Republican movement?

00:10:35.060 Is this like a big pep rally?

00:10:36.820 Is this a strategy session?

00:10:38.700 Is it just a chance for people to meet the people they follow on their Twitter feeds?

00:10:42.660 What's been the takeaway here?

00:10:44.340 I think it's a lot.

00:10:45.580 It's multiple things.

00:10:46.520 One of them is it's a time for encouragement, you know, to be rallied up.

00:10:49.720 And it's a time for Trump supporters to remember that the fight isn't over.

00:10:53.460 Because sometimes we look at them and we're like, oh, Trump's in office.

00:10:55.600 It's all good.

00:10:56.160 But we have to remember to go and vote on November 3rd.

00:10:58.740 And that was a reminder.

00:10:59.580 And truly the reminder that our country is on the brink of disaster if one of the socialist

00:11:05.140 Democrats comes to power.

00:11:06.720 So one of the main themes that was pushed this year was you need to go talk to your neighbors.

00:11:11.440 You need to go talk to your neighbors and your friends.

00:11:14.180 And you need to discuss issues with them.

00:11:16.180 Because we avoid that as conservatives.

00:11:18.080 And that's a failing of ours.

00:11:19.400 We need to be excited and we need to motivate people.

00:11:22.260 So I think it was a rally to remember, hey, we've got to go vote.

00:11:24.980 But also you need to go talk to your neighbors.

00:11:26.460 And just giving us more data on socialism and the threat that it is so we can be ready

00:11:31.820 to combat and stand up for the truth.

00:11:35.060 Yeah, well, Abigail, it's great to see you.

00:11:36.900 I know you came over from your native Hawaii and so it's not quite as gorgeous or, but

00:11:41.420 it's not as chilly as being in Canada lately.

00:11:43.700 So, you know, great to see you again, my friend.

00:11:45.820 Keep up the good work.

00:11:46.820 Now, there's someone else who's been waiting patiently here.

00:11:48.860 I grabbed her when I saw her.

00:11:50.480 Now, you're an American and we're thrilled to have you with Rebel.

00:11:53.680 But a friend of mine from Canada is here.

00:11:56.060 And she's standing over here. 0.52

00:11:56.920 And I'm going to bring her into the conversation.

00:11:59.000 It's my friend, Matea Murta.

00:12:01.220 And, Matea, you are a Canadian girl.

00:12:03.700 I am.

00:12:04.260 And you are down here at CPAC.

00:12:07.080 Yes, sir.

00:12:07.440 Now, how come?

00:12:08.280 Are you like me?

00:12:09.340 You just love following American politics?

00:12:11.260 Yes.

00:12:11.400 Or do you think we can learn things from here that we bring up to Canada?

00:12:15.820 Oh, that's exactly why I'm actually here.

00:12:17.660 Is to understand, to really get a pulse of what is happening here in America

00:12:21.840 and how we can actually use these successes, the successful tools being implemented here

00:12:27.200 in America into Canadian politics, but also into Canadian culture.

00:12:31.780 Because that's something, politics is downstream from culture.

00:12:34.580 Right.

00:12:34.760 And there's a lot of things happening that are incredible here in America that we can

00:12:39.040 really learn from as Canadians.

00:12:40.680 Okay.

00:12:40.900 Well, give me just one example.

00:12:42.800 And it could be messaging or strategy or polling or give me one thing.

00:12:49.920 I mean, I know things have been going.

00:12:52.180 How long have you been here?

00:12:52.900 A day?

00:12:53.620 No, I've been here the whole time.

00:12:54.880 The whole time.

00:12:55.120 It's starting on Wednesday.

00:12:55.980 Okay.

00:12:56.260 Well, I just got here today.

00:12:57.760 So you've been to a lot of sessions.

00:12:59.360 Tell me one thing, if you have one thing so far to take away that you might implement

00:13:04.360 in Canada, what would it be?

00:13:05.860 Oh, gosh.

00:13:06.600 Just one.

00:13:07.480 Oh, my gosh.

00:13:08.060 Okay, give me two then.

00:13:08.600 All right.

00:13:09.120 So one would be strategy, getting connected with the grassroots and intertwining advocacy

00:13:14.600 as well as the politicians with the grassroots voices.

00:13:18.000 That's one really key way, especially through social media messaging.

00:13:21.980 We don't use it enough in Canada, utilizing the free tools that we have in our hands every

00:13:27.920 single day.

00:13:29.060 And another one is surrounding the issue of life, life and liberty.

00:13:34.360 And we don't talk about, especially specifically around abortion and human rights that we actually

00:13:40.840 possess.

00:13:42.080 We don't touch it.

00:13:43.260 It's so taboo in Canada.

00:13:44.800 And so one speaker that I absolutely adored was Benjamin Watson.

00:13:48.560 Oh, yeah.

00:13:49.260 NFL player.

00:13:50.080 He was up on that stage, giving a fantastic speech on life, liberty.

00:13:55.320 And I was thoroughly encouraged by that and took away a couple of really great talking

00:13:59.480 points.

00:13:59.800 So I'm really excited to use those and implement them in Canada.

00:14:02.580 Great.

00:14:03.200 Well, listen, it's great to see you.

00:14:04.740 And, you know, I've seen probably half a dozen young Canadians.

00:14:08.400 It's not pretty far to come to Washington.

00:14:10.080 I mean, I'm from Alberta originally.

00:14:12.060 And the idea of coming to Washington from Alberta was always so far away.

00:14:16.040 But anyone who's in Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, it's like an hour and a half maybe to get

00:14:22.600 out of here or a fun drive, like a road trip type drive.

00:14:26.760 Yeah.

00:14:26.960 So I'm going to sign off now and wander around a little bit more.

00:14:30.640 I'm going to see if I can grab a politician. 1.00

00:14:33.200 But I know that they're in high demand and they put in like selfies and stuff.

00:14:37.160 But I'm going to poke around a little bit more.

00:14:38.600 It's great to see you, Natalia.

00:14:39.520 Absolutely.

00:14:40.160 All right.

00:14:40.740 Thank you.

00:14:40.960 Stay tuned.

00:14:54.420 Well, I've moved over to the center atrium.

00:14:58.840 I don't know if you can see this enormous convention hotel that's attached to the CPAC conference.

00:15:05.920 It's just amazing.

00:15:06.840 In fact, let me rotate around.

00:15:08.040 You can see out there, if it adjusts to the very bright lights behind me, that's a massive

00:15:13.180 glass window as the camera catches up to the brightness.

00:15:16.740 You can see a lot of airplanes coming and going because the Reagan National Airport is just

00:15:22.260 out there.

00:15:23.140 It's an amazing city, Washington.

00:15:25.240 And when you're down here, you see just how big the political game is, how serious people

00:15:29.680 are compared to our little puddle.

00:15:32.720 This is the big ocean, our little puddle in Canada.

00:15:35.440 But I want to say this, so many people here at CPAC know the rebel.

00:15:42.220 I have been stopped at least a dozen times for selfies, people saying hello.

00:15:47.480 You know, our ideas, the themes that we talk about are universal.

00:15:51.440 I mean, obviously, if we're talking about Justin Trudeau, that's going to be something

00:15:54.440 more of interest just to Canadians.

00:15:56.260 Although some Americans see it as a cautionary tale or something to chuckle about.

00:16:01.220 But so many of the large themes we talk about, whether it's freedom of speech or mass immigration,

00:16:08.280 the Islamification of society, gun rights, trade, whatever, it's applicable down here.

00:16:15.440 And so Rebel News is well known here in Washington.

00:16:19.340 And so many of our alumni are thriving.

00:16:23.740 As I walk through the media alley, I guess you could call it, I see so many of our former

00:16:31.220 journalists who come up are very friendly to me.

00:16:33.380 Amanda Head, she still does videos for us. 1.00

00:16:35.580 I saw Rob Shimshock.

00:16:38.800 I'd say that there's at least a half dozen rebel journalists who have gone on to greater things.

00:16:46.200 I mean, even Sebastian Gorka did a tour of duty with us before getting a radio show of his own.

00:16:52.360 I can understand why they would move to the big leagues after being on our little league team.

00:17:00.060 And it doesn't make me feel bad.

00:17:01.340 I feel like we are, as someone once called us, the Saturday Night Live of conservative video.

00:17:07.980 We're where a lot of the talent starts, learns a bit of the trade, and then moves on.

00:17:14.120 In fact, one of the things I'm doing when I'm down here is I'm looking for other talent that

00:17:19.560 maybe I spot a little bit earlier than the Americans do to help us cover the 2020 election,

00:17:26.660 which I think is going to be important.

00:17:28.060 And look, obviously, our heart is in Canada.

00:17:30.500 Our home is Canada.

00:17:31.820 But what happens in this big American election in 2020, what's that, just nine months from

00:17:38.300 now, less than nine months, barely eight and a half months from now, will have enormous

00:17:42.460 impacts, whether it's on trade or energy policy or the theory of man-made global warming or

00:17:48.880 any other crazy thing like that.

00:17:50.900 Imagine the difference between a Hillary Clinton or a Barack Obama versus Donald Trump that we

00:17:55.460 see right now.

00:17:56.040 So obviously, just talk about NATO and military matters, for example.

00:18:01.740 So a lot of these issues that are being chewed over will impact Canadians for sure.

00:18:06.940 I mean, if Bernie Sanders, a socialist, indeed wins here after Jeremy Corbyn lost in the UK

00:18:14.080 and Jagmeet Singh lost in Canada, what a thing that will say about Canada itself.

00:18:19.980 I saw a lot of newsmakers, but I didn't have time to pull them over and do a proper interview

00:18:26.040 in the short time I've been here.

00:18:27.540 But let me leave you with a clip.

00:18:30.400 I showed you a little bit of Nigel Farage's, some background footage of Nigel Farage's speech.

00:18:36.700 I want to show you a little bit more of it because I find him very interesting for what he did

00:18:41.840 in Brexit.

00:18:42.960 But his lessons for this convention are right on point because, of course, he fought an

00:18:50.100 anti-Western, anti-British, anti-American, hardcore socialist, pro-terrorist, frankly, labor leader

00:18:59.080 in the form of Jeremy Corbyn.

00:19:00.620 He fought the media party.

00:19:02.840 He fought all the fancy people when he ran the Brexit party, and he won.

00:19:06.940 Brexit won, and a pro-Brexit prime minister won.

00:19:10.120 So I listened in for part of his speech.

00:19:13.560 Let me share with you the speech of Nigel Farage to CPAC, the Conservative Public Affairs

00:19:21.460 Conference here in Washington, D.C.

00:19:24.200 This is very, very high risk for me, I've got to tell you.

00:19:30.620 But they'll remember 1776, they'll remember feeling they were a put upon colony.

00:19:37.120 They were being taxed without being represented.

00:19:40.380 They were being told what they could and could not do.

00:19:43.480 And the American people said they'd had enough of that.

00:19:47.040 And so you had your Declaration of Independence, and you won your independence from us and went 0.85

00:19:53.000 on to become the most successful, phenomenal country mankind has ever created.

00:19:58.500 But we too, we too, as a United Kingdom, have a pretty amazing history, pretty remarkable

00:20:19.000 history of who we've been and what we've represented.

00:20:22.380 And I'm not ashamed of our flag.

00:20:26.400 In fact, so we decided, we decided the last thing would be, at the end of my last speech,

00:20:35.240 we'd wave goodbye to the European Union.

00:20:39.440 And I thought it was quite a nice, gentle, quite light-hearted way of leaving this political

00:20:48.420 union.

00:20:49.360 And as I was doing this and the rest of the Brexit Party MEPs were with me, the woman in

00:20:55.440 the chair, who sums up humourless, leftist, globalist, unpleasantness, not only cut the microphone

00:21:05.680 off for the first time in my 21 years there, but very unpleasantly said, you're leaving

00:21:13.280 anyway, take your flags and go.

00:21:17.060 And that's what the United Kingdom did at 11pm on the 31st of January, 2020.

00:21:30.060 We took our flag and we've left!

00:21:32.800 Thank you.

00:21:44.940 And now that flag is not just a symbol of the United Kingdom, that flag now across Europe

00:21:54.600 is a symbol of liberty, a symbol of breaking free of this globalist project.

00:22:00.680 And I want, I want, I don't just want the United Kingdom to leave the European Union,

00:22:07.960 I want Europe to leave the European Union.

00:22:10.940 So I wonder what you as a crowd think of Bernie Sanders.

00:22:17.600 So you really don't like Bernie Sanders?

00:22:26.940 Well, can I suggest to you that you're wrong.

00:22:33.120 You should be backing Bernie Sanders.

00:22:36.780 You should be campaigning for Bernie Sanders.

00:22:40.720 You should be donating money to Bernie Sanders.

00:22:44.840 You should be making sure, and I think he's going to do it anyway, but you should be making

00:22:49.740 sure that Bernie Sanders gets that nomination.

00:22:54.500 You need a Democrat Party that are as far left-wing and as anti-American as they possibly ever

00:23:01.900 can be, because when that happens, what will happen in November this year is not only, not only,

00:23:11.560 will you get four more years of this great President Trump, but I think, I think with Bernie, you

00:23:23.720 won't just get Trump, I think with Bernie, you can retake the House too.

00:23:43.380 But Donald Trump winning a second term isn't just about the freedom, prosperity and success

00:23:52.680 of this great country.

00:23:53.880 There's something even bigger that Donald Trump represents.

00:23:58.080 A second term for Donald Trump in a world that has just had Brexit means we can, by the end

00:24:06.380 of this decade, end the globalist project, bring back the nation-state as the primary goal.

00:24:14.960 This is, this is, we are living through a big moment in history.

00:24:27.120 You are part of a big moment in history, and with four more years of Donald Trump, we will

00:24:35.660 complete the job.

00:24:36.660 Thank you, everybody!

00:24:38.240 Well, that's our show for today, I'm going to try and grab a few more interviews from interesting

00:24:53.740 people while I'm down here, and show them next week if I can.

00:24:57.700 I guess I spent too much time saying hello and schmoozing, and I did get here a little bit

00:25:02.240 of a flavour down here.

00:25:03.240 But I hope you enjoyed a little bit of a flavour down here.

00:25:06.240 If I had to learn something from this conference, it's, I guess what the conference itself is

00:25:12.500 trying to learn, how to transform Conservatives from being the outsiders, from being the opposition,

00:25:18.240 from being the dissidents, to being a more permanent governing force.

00:25:23.240 Donald Trump, in every sense of the word, was an insurgent, was a dissident.

00:25:28.240 And he took Washington by storm.

00:25:30.240 A lot of the Conservative mindset is that of a dissident, the deplorables.

00:25:34.240 Well, how do they transform that from a momentary victory over the socialist trend to a more permanent

00:25:42.240 one?

00:25:43.240 How do they more permanently put the left on the back foot and make Conservatism the default

00:25:50.240 setting?

00:25:51.240 That's something they're trying to wrestle with here, and I think individual delegates are,

00:25:54.240 too, frankly.

00:25:55.240 That's it for today.

00:25:56.240 I'll probably be thinking about this some more, and I'll share more with you.

00:25:59.240 I guess the one thing I know for sure is Canada has nothing like this.

00:26:05.240 We do our occasional rebel get-together, 500 people, sometimes 1,000 people even.

00:26:10.240 We have an event coming up in Regina, more than 1,500 registered.

00:26:13.240 But nothing with this kind of depth, this kind of must-attend, where people across the Conservative

00:26:18.240 spectrum are expected to be.

00:26:19.240 We don't have that in Canada, and I think we need it.

00:26:23.240 The thing is, I don't think we could have it, because I think the establishment would squash

00:26:28.240 it, especially the establishment media.

00:26:30.240 They would undermine it, smear it, and Canadian Conservatives would lose their courage.

00:26:35.240 Well, those are my thoughts from here, just across the river, in Maryland, from Washington,

00:26:42.240 D.C.

00:26:43.240 For Rebel News, I'm Ezra Levin.

00:26:45.240 I'm Ezra Levin.

00:26:46.240 Thank you.

00:26:47.240 Thank you.

Rebel News Podcast - February 29, 2020

What Canadian conservatives can learn at CPAC： Ezra Levant in DC

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