00:00:28.000She went into detail on it and breaks it all down from FDA to Abbott facilities to supply chain shortages and what the White House's response is to it.
00:00:37.000We also have Tracy Robinson, the director of the Matter of Life, the new pro-life film that couldn't be timed any more perfectly.
00:00:46.000She comes in and explains how she got converted to the pro-life movement.
00:00:50.000I think it's an important story and it's revelatory for all of you out there that want to help the pro-life movement, want to help this country get more, want to help this country become more pro-life.
00:01:22.000His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.
00:01:31.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:03:02.000Yeah, just until a couple of days ago, this was a really undercovered story.
00:03:05.000No one was really paying attention outside of the parents who were, of course, scrambling to find food for their babies.
00:03:12.000And now it seems to really have exploded onto the media scene thanks to the work of a few moms out there who are really just very vocal about this on social media.
00:03:23.000And what's happening is there's a massive shortage.
00:03:27.000About 40% of the normal market for baby formula is basically non-existent right now.
00:03:33.000And that's due to a couple of reasons.
00:03:35.000Some of it is the leftover supply chain issues from the pandemic and the lockdown.
00:03:40.000But there was also a major recall of one of the largest domestic manufacturers' products.
00:03:49.000And the FDA had this investigation a couple of months ago and pulled most of their product off the market.
00:03:57.000But oddly enough, Abbott says, you know, we fixed the issues with our formula, and yet the FDA has not given us approval to start producing product again.
00:04:07.000And so that's contributing to this shortage.
00:04:09.000And they haven't, the federal government hasn't really provided an answer as to what they're going to do to make sure that parents can feed their babies.
00:04:17.000Right now, parents are describing driving from store to store, three or four different stores, just to get enough formula for the week.
00:04:39.000When you have a newborn in the home, it is a, especially if it's your first, it's a terrifying situation, even if you're breastfeeding, all of that sort of thing.
00:05:06.000It's still scary sometimes thinking that, okay, we have maybe two bottles left and we have to go get formula and we might not find it.
00:05:14.000So, Amber, I mean, it's heartbreaking to hear that because, again, as a father with two young children, I know what that feels like when you're like, is my kid hungry?
00:05:23.000You know, it's a terrifying prospect to think that you might not be able to get formula for your child.
00:05:28.000Now, this again seems like an instance where the administration has been caught flat-footed.
00:05:34.000They don't ever seem to be out in front of an issue.
00:05:38.000What are we hearing from the White House response on this?
00:05:40.000Yeah, the Biden administration's response to this has been really lackluster.
00:05:44.000They actually didn't even really talk about it publicly until a few days ago when Press Secretary Jen Saki was asked about this during a press briefing.
00:05:52.000And she basically pushed the issue on to the FDA, which is understandable.
00:05:56.000It's under their purview, but also as the White House, when you're trying to lead a country and you have people who are worried about where their baby's going to get their next meal, you have to have an answer for that when somebody asks you about it.
00:06:07.000And so they haven't really indicated that they're going to be making any major policy changes to address this.
00:06:13.000Some people have suggested that the Biden administration should add baby formula to the national emergency stockpile, but that's a longer-term solution.
00:06:23.000And so people really want to know what is the Biden administration doing to work with domestic manufacturers to make sure that they are producing at the highest levels possible.
00:06:33.000When is the FDA going to allow this Abbott plan to reopen?
00:06:36.000They haven't even given them a date of when that's possible.
00:06:40.000So this is an issue where, once again, they are really leading from behind and responding to crises that could have been avoided if they had been aware of them much earlier and working to mitigate this problem.
00:06:54.000Yeah, I mean, I think we actually have a cut here, Cut 87.
00:06:57.000This is the White House getting asked about the baby formula shortage, Cut 87.
00:07:02.000Great, do you have a running point on the formula issue at the White House?
00:07:06.000You mentioned the White House as well.
00:07:07.000I mean, at the White House, I don't know.
00:07:10.000I can find out for you and get you a person who's running point, but I don't have a person in.
00:08:11.000And listen, this is an administration that constantly laughs at real concerns that American people have.
00:08:17.000When Jen Talky was first asked about supply chain issues ahead of Christmas, she sort of infamously said that this is about the tragedy of the treadmill that's delayed, not even acknowledging that the rising prices and shortage of goods is a real problem for families, not just for, you know, little things that they want for Christmas, but for things that they need in order to take care of their families.
00:08:39.000And then Pete Buttigieg responded to issues of gas prices by telling everybody to just go out and buy a Tesla if it's really that simple.
00:08:49.000So this is the answer again and again is to mock, deride, and condescend to people who are struggling with real issues.
00:08:57.000This administration is very out of touch with the concerns of everyday Americans and they don't seem to be making any effort to change that.
00:09:07.000And I think you're going to start seeing that, especially, you know, I don't want to make too big of an issue of the race thing, but we played that clip of the mother.
00:09:18.000You're seeing poll after poll after poll that is showing that the Democrats' grip over the minority communities, minority voters is slipping.
00:09:27.000It's slipping because of the woke agenda, the trans agenda, the parental rights controversies.
00:09:34.000And it's now going to be slipping because a lot of the people that they're hurting in these states, you said 40% of the formula is unavailable in certain states.
00:09:41.000In some states, it's 50%, 55, 60% now.
00:09:44.000Some states are getting hit really hard.
00:09:46.000Now, these states, you know, if you've got a whole voter contingency that is minority, lower income, these are the people that are going to be really struggling with that.
00:09:56.000They're not able to get the designer baby formula or afford it, especially with inflation.
00:10:00.000We're going to start seeing the minority vote slipping away.
00:10:04.000And I think we are seeing that in poll after poll.
00:10:08.000I think the Republicans, especially right now, are doing a poor job of seizing on this momentum, especially the baby.
00:10:15.000I haven't heard the Republicans, to be perfectly fair.
00:10:18.000Is there anybody leading the charge in Washington on the baby formula shortage?
00:10:22.000Yeah, I will say that Senator Tom Cotton has come out very strongly about this and has been urging the Biden administration to take stronger action.
00:10:29.000He's appropriately referred to this as a crisis.
00:10:32.000But to your point about, you know, how this affects low-income and minority communities, the number one issue for voters heading into the midterms is not Roe v. Wade, not Ukraine, it's not any of these made-up issues that the Democrats seize on and use to try to appeal to really woke identity politics related groups.
00:10:52.000The number one issue for voters is the economy and inflation.
00:12:36.000In many cases, abortions are of teenage women, particularly low-income and often black, who aren't in a position to be able to care for children, have unexpected pregnancies, and it deprives them of the ability often to continue their education to later participate in the workforce.
00:13:27.000And I think this attitude towards unborn children, as well as the general lack of concern from the Biden administration about this baby formula shortage, just is a reflection of society's larger neglect of children and children's health.
00:13:45.000We saw it during the pandemic with forcing kids to mask or forcing kids to get vaccinated when they were the lowest risk group for the virus.
00:13:53.000And people didn't care that this was going to stunt their development or potentially harm them.
00:13:58.000This is all part of one larger trend of being just generally an anti-child society.
00:14:04.000Yeah, I think that's really well said.
00:14:05.000And, you know, we were talking in the break here about just how out of touch this Democrat Party feels.
00:14:12.000I mean, you've got Secretary Yellen there basically parroting lines from Margaret Singer.
00:14:19.000I mean, it's obviously the founder of Planned Parenthood.
00:14:23.000I mean, this is, they're so out of touch.
00:14:27.000And I think you had a really good take on that.
00:14:31.000I mean, why are they so just brazenly tone deaf?
00:14:36.000To me, the Biden administration and its most public-facing officials are just the stereotype of the DC rich white liberal who is so insulated from people who live average lives and have struggles that they're in this bubble with each other and they focus on these really strange issues that really don't resonate for most people who live in the country.
00:15:03.000They're the type of people who have like the sign outside of their house that says, you know, in this house, we believe Black Lives Matter and science is real.
00:15:11.000And then they have a Ukraine flag hanging up above their door.
00:15:15.000And meanwhile, they live in neighborhoods where they probably never even met a Black person besides somebody who might come to their house to like deliver a UPS package.
00:15:24.000This is the type of person that we have put in the Biden administration and they're in charge of making policy for the rest of the country, even though they have no idea the types of lives that most people live outside of this little beltway area.
00:15:37.000Yeah, I mean, it seems like they've purposely insulated themselves.
00:15:45.000Think there is very little outreach to other communities.
00:15:49.000I mean, when Biden goes on a, when he finally ventures out into the great wild American landscape, he goes to visit the folks at Raytheon and commends them on their capacity increases to supply javelins in Ukraine.
00:16:06.000Meanwhile, you've got mothers who can't get formula.
00:16:08.000You've got Secretary Yellen complimenting abortion, basically promoting abortion because it helps kill black babies.
00:16:19.000I don't know how they fix this, but it certainly seems to me that there must be, as out of touch as they are, Amber, there must be some sense of panic.
00:16:29.000And I just want to say really quick that establishment Republicans are guilty here too.
00:16:32.000We have Elise Saphonic celebrating about being ultra MAGA after half of the party just voted to send $40 billion or perhaps those million dollars to Ukraine as people are struggling to find baby formula.
00:16:45.000It is really a problem of the entire swamp, not just one party.
00:16:49.000And the media is complicit in this too.
00:16:51.000They are the same type of beltway rich liberals that really have no concern for the real struggles of the average American family.
00:17:01.000And I think, you know, we covered this a little bit in hour one, but this is a bipartisan consensus.
00:17:06.000This is people on both sides of the aisle are leaders that don't get it, that are disconnected, that are tone deaf.
00:17:14.000And this is why it's not just about RVD.
00:17:18.000It's about we have to get American first candidates that understand that we need to start putting the interests of mothers who cannot get baby formula ahead of the interests of anything else.
00:17:27.000That is our number one duty here in the United States of our elected leaders, and we need to start making them pay if they don't reflect those values.
00:17:36.000The fight for the unborn is raging in our country, and an unprecedented leak from the Supreme Court indicates that Roe v. Wade is on the brink of being overturned.
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00:17:53.000The matter of life will be in theaters nationwide for two nights only: May 16th and May 17th.
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00:19:12.000I think this is the battleground culture issue in America today.
00:19:16.000I believe that being pro-life is the most progressive value that we can have.
00:19:22.000She's got to know when she takes that pregnancy test that her church is not going to treat her like the Pharisees tried to treat the woman caught in adult shooting.
00:19:30.000As a church, we can't just vote pro-life.
00:19:56.000Well, the Matter of Life clarifies the abortion issue.
00:20:00.000We tackle the issue of abortion from the science of embryology, the history of how we got to this point in our society.
00:20:08.000And we also incorporate powerful personal stories, redeeming personal stories of people overcoming just tremendous circumstances.
00:20:17.000And we also highlight just the amazing things that are actually going on in the pro-life movement right now, particularly on the pregnancy care side.
00:20:26.000And what sparked the vision for this film was actually when I first heard the pro-life case.
00:20:58.000But when it came to abortion, I just thought it's not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
00:21:05.000And I think if you were to ask me at that time, I would have said, well, I'm personally pro-life, but who am I to take away that choice for other women?
00:21:14.000And I would say that as an evangelical Christian.
00:21:17.000And so it wasn't until my friends at the pregnancy center invited me to an apologetics conference.
00:21:26.000And the topic was going to be the case against abortion.
00:21:30.000And I thought, well, I'll go and see what my pro-life friends are talking about.
00:21:35.000And in less than two hours, the speaker, Alan Schliemann of Stand to Reason, he gave a clear, concise argument for the full humanity of the unborn child at the moment of conception.
00:21:46.000And I was struck with just the truth that abortion kills an existing human being.
00:21:54.000He allowed us to look at fetal imagery and just the aftermath of abortion.
00:22:19.000And so I started that research and that journey because I knew there were so many young adults in my shoes who had never really clearly heard the message before, have never been challenged to think about this issue beyond just the euphemisms they hear and just the ideology they pick up on in the media and at public schools.
00:22:42.000You know, like a lot of people, I went through the public school system and even went to church in my lifetime without hearing this message.
00:22:53.000And my family never broached the topic.
00:22:55.000So just a lot of people are in the dark.
00:23:21.000You said two things that I thought were really interesting.
00:23:24.000You go to church and you still were not, I don't know, I guess you would say not aggressively pro-life.
00:23:31.000You were not, you were sort of, you know, hands up like I, you know, you do you, I'll do me.
00:23:37.000I guess I'm pro-life, but I don't want to tell you what to do.
00:23:40.000And so when I see these polls, when I see that says, you know, oh, most Americans want to leave Roe in place.
00:23:47.000They don't want to like upset the apple cart.
00:23:49.000I think of stories like yours because you were somebody that was transformed when you heard the truth, when you understood the pro-life argument and when you heard a compelling, convincing case of it presented to you.
00:24:04.000How much of, I mean, how much of that transformation do you say is about the message you heard?
00:24:18.000This film really reaches not only people's minds, but their hearts.
00:24:22.000I wanted to give them information and unravel this issue for them in a way that is compelling and clarifies a lot of questions that people have, understandably have.
00:24:34.000But I also wanted to just leave them with a transformed heart as well.
00:24:43.000And so we go into how much this affects this issue affects people on a deep level.
00:24:50.000Obviously, it affects the pre-born children, but it also just has a ripple effect in our lives, in our society.
00:24:59.000And so I wanted to give people that edifying experience and give them that hope that there are ways to tackle this issue in ways that are compassionate, in ways that are clear, and there's ways for us to do something about abortion in this country.
00:25:18.000Yeah, I think the personal experience, I was just talking with Amber Athey, a reporter in DC in the previous segments about, you know, what it's like to be a father, what it's like, you know, I have two children and that personal experience of going through being pregnant.
00:25:38.000Obviously, my wife is pregnant, but going through that experience with her and seeing that life grow.
00:25:44.000And then, you know, also having a number of friends actually that have gone through abortions and seen the trauma that that causes often in their lives and the guilt that results in years past.
00:25:58.000I'm assuming you have those personal stories in there.
00:26:01.000I saw some of the reviews saying that, you know, your movie forced these people to confront their own experience and in a compassionate, loving way.
00:26:09.000This movie feels very loving, full of understanding and love, but it's very, a very firm pro-life message.
00:26:15.000Is that a right description, do you think?
00:26:18.000Yeah, some of the biggest advocates for this film are people with abortion in their past, because after they see it, they realize this film is going to literally save lives.
00:26:29.000The information and just the message of this film, you can't unsee it.
00:26:34.000And so they know that this is a very preventative tool to show young adults, particularly, to shape their worldview and to inform them and to help them see clearly all the things that they see on social media and on the news.
00:26:50.000They can think for themselves on this issue.
00:26:53.000They know the choices that are out there and they know that most importantly, that's a person.
00:26:59.000That's a human life that's growing inside of them.
00:27:02.000So when people are faced with a pregnancy decision, they can look back with their shaped worldview and make the right choice.
00:27:11.000Yeah, and I think that's the big message here.
00:27:13.000I think a lot of the polling is very skewed.
00:27:15.000I don't think Americans, most Americans, the casual observers, I mean, people that listen to this show might be very activated, might be very educated.
00:27:23.000But folks out there, if you're listening, know this.
00:27:26.000And I'm looking at Pew Research right now, broken down by religious affiliation and their views on pro-life.
00:27:33.000And this, the Pew broke it down in is illegal in all cases or legal in illegal in all cases or legal in some cases, basically.
00:27:42.000Catholics believe that it should be legal in all cases at a 48%, or it should be legal, I guess, here we go, legal in all or most cases, the way Pew pewed it.
00:27:54.000So, 48% of Catholics think that abortion should be legal in some or all cases.
00:27:59.000Get this: Evangelical Protestants, 33% believe it should be legal in some or all cases.
00:28:16.000So, I want to compel the audience listening.
00:28:20.000If you think this is an issue that people have heard too much and they've been beat over the head or whatever, this is a message to say spread the truth about abortion.
00:28:30.000Spread the truth about when life begins at conception, that it is a precious child.
00:28:36.000And don't be afraid to do it and to do it lovingly.
00:28:39.000Films like yours, Tracy, are, I think, so critical in this fight.
00:28:43.000And I think we are winning this battle to save the unborn.
00:29:27.000So they can go to matteroflife.org and learn more.
00:29:31.000Okay, so everybody, I want you to go to matteroflife.org.
00:29:35.000I want you to buy 10 tickets and I want you to fill that theater with people that think they know better, but really have never heard a compelling argument about why the pro-life position is really the only acceptable moral position.
00:30:44.000It's a new credit card built for conservatives.
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00:32:16.000But what I am saying is that there is a massive education problem in this country when it comes to the issue of abortion.
00:32:23.000And most people don't know good arguments for why life begins at conception.
00:32:30.000One of the dumbest things you will ever hear from folks is that it's my body, my choice.
00:32:36.000That is the dumbest argument that they will use.
00:32:39.000And it's dumb for a couple of reasons.
00:32:41.000But namely, I mean, if we're going to talk about in the post-mandatory vaccine era that the left is pushing upon even our youngest children, the healthiest Americans, telling them, you know, my body, my choice rings very hollow in the aftermath of that assault on civil liberties, on medical freedom and privacy.
00:33:18.000They want privacy to abort their unborn children.
00:33:22.000And it's an offensive, offensive thing.
00:33:24.000Now, unfortunately, there is some polling.
00:33:26.000Now, I think the polling goes both ways.
00:33:29.000But, you know, according to, again, this is Pew research, the majority of adults say abortion should be legal, in some cases, illegal in others.
00:34:20.000And what's a little bit discouraging here, if you look at Pew, and I don't necessarily believe the polling, but support for legal abortion is as high today as at any point in the survey history, which has been asking that question since 1995.
00:34:36.000Now, if you do a survey of Americans who say they are relatively pro-life or pro-abortion, that number, you will often get a plurality that say that they are pro-life.
00:34:49.000But I think many are like Tracy, where they would describe themselves as pro-life, but they won't assert that opinion on others.
00:34:57.000Now, just think about how short-sighted that is.
00:35:30.000Not the body of the mother, and the other thing that.
00:35:32.000The other reason that why that's silly is that that life will grow.
00:35:36.000It's an imminent inevitability that that life will grow and to become an adult human being, a baby, child.
00:35:45.000So I I I just want to challenge once again, if you're listening in this audience, please do not assume that people are going to be hardened in their positions just because you are.
00:35:55.000Just because you are hardened in your pro-life stance does not mean that there are unchanging minds out there.
00:36:00.000We need to work harder than ever to save the unborn and it's a fight worth having.
00:36:04.000It's a fight worth getting off the sideline for.
00:36:07.000So if that's you out there, I compel you, fight for life.
00:36:11.000Thanks so much everybody, for tuning in.
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