The Glenn Beck Program - June 12, 2020


Best of The Program | Guests: Nigel Farage, Christopher Rufo, & Oscar Izaguirre Jr. | 6⧸12⧸20


Episode Stats

Length

42 minutes

Words per Minute

142.09804

Word Count

6,106

Sentence Count

347

Misogynist Sentences

13

Hate Speech Sentences

26


Summary

Glenn Beck talks about the latest in the latest news, including Volkswagen's apology for a mistake in a commercial, the Berklee College of Music's apology to all of the students on campus, and much, much more!


Transcript

00:00:00.960 Hey, it's Glenn. Thank you so much for listening today. We've got a great podcast coming from the Standing Rock Ranch today.
00:00:07.440 We start with, well, we start with the news of the day, which I could only make sense of if I was just hammered.
00:00:15.320 So we have a little bit of drunk news that begins the show that you don't want to miss.
00:00:19.800 Also, Volkswagen says, therefore, humanity, they didn't mean to make this mistake in their commercial,
00:00:25.480 which is ridiculous that they were even apologizing, but you won't believe what they said.
00:00:30.780 Now, remember, it's Volkswagen, you know, the car designed by Hitler, but they're really, really super sorry, and they're on your side.
00:00:40.280 Also, we have Nigel Farage. He is the Brexit Party leader.
00:00:48.000 He called me yesterday because he was fired from his radio gig for saying something in Great Britain that I said the same day.
00:00:57.020 He's right about it. We'll talk to him about that.
00:00:59.900 Also, what's happening up in Seattle?
00:01:02.460 CNN and the mainstream media saying, no, this is, I'm not kidding.
00:01:07.400 These are poetry readings that are happening at the Chaz.
00:01:10.940 Really? Poetry readings? Huh.
00:01:14.620 And we have no evidence that Antifa is involved at all.
00:01:19.180 Well, except for their own tweets, the pictures, et cetera, et cetera.
00:01:22.980 We get into that and so much more on today's podcast.
00:01:33.040 You're listening to the best of the Glenn Beck program.
00:01:37.080 Okay, I've found a way to bring you the news to where it makes sense.
00:01:46.540 And if this news doesn't make sense, you haven't had enough to drink.
00:01:51.640 We start with Audrey Gilman.
00:01:55.080 She's the co-founder and the CEO of The Wing,
00:02:00.160 a growing community of women across the country and the globe.
00:02:04.780 But apparently she has sent in her resignation
00:02:08.680 after a group of employees staged a digital walkout
00:02:13.560 due to the lack of inflammation of their policies promoting feminism and race solidarity.
00:02:24.420 The Wing's brand director, Alex Covington,
00:02:27.960 claimed that Audrey Gilman's resignation is just not enough.
00:02:32.080 The Wing just doesn't practice the intersectional feminism that it preaches.
00:02:40.420 Apparently, the Wing's leaders have disproportionately failed
00:02:44.140 and continue to fail people of color in the Wing.
00:02:48.860 The walkout with the employees brought a private list of demands.
00:02:53.860 They say they are frustrated and saddened by the incompetence and lack of accountability
00:02:59.720 demonstrated time and time again by the Wing leadership.
00:03:04.320 I'm quoting,
00:03:05.580 The public perception of the Wing is at an all-time low.
00:03:11.260 I've never even heard of the Wing,
00:03:17.280 so I don't know how you have poor perception
00:03:20.440 when I don't think anybody knows what the hell the Wing even...
00:03:25.160 But I will apologize for that tomorrow.
00:03:29.000 College now, as said,
00:03:31.160 It's the Berklee College of Music.
00:03:35.620 And they have now apologized to all of the students on campus.
00:03:43.580 They said,
00:03:44.260 Let us assure you,
00:03:45.540 this should not have happened.
00:03:47.680 And going forward,
00:03:48.820 it will not happen in the end.
00:03:51.460 And if this doesn't make sense to you,
00:03:53.940 you need to start drinking earlier.
00:03:57.940 They came out and said
00:03:58.980 the Boston police, of course,
00:04:00.260 have jurisdiction over the roads
00:04:02.040 and other public spaces around our campus,
00:04:04.120 but not inside of our business.
00:04:06.920 And we are deeply sorry
00:04:08.740 for the impact that this has had on our community
00:04:11.540 and for keeping the feelings of oppression going
00:04:18.400 and silence and marginalization.
00:04:22.360 And they will make a more concerted effort
00:04:24.840 to consider the effects of their actions.
00:04:27.780 Apparently, the students were very upset
00:04:30.960 because the college allowed the police during riots
00:04:36.340 to go pee-pee in one of their bathrooms.
00:04:40.800 Oh, the oppression just continues.
00:04:44.340 Gone with the wind is gone.
00:04:46.740 Good.
00:04:47.760 Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
00:04:51.760 It's out because of its oppressive nature.
00:04:55.200 Here, in unrelated news,
00:04:58.060 the second biggest streaming movie on Netflix
00:05:02.180 currently is Gone with the Wind.
00:05:07.540 It's those racist white people.
00:05:11.740 And by the way,
00:05:12.540 Lady Antebellum changed their name just to Lady A.
00:05:18.300 They like to apologize for the Antebellum thing,
00:05:22.980 which I don't think anybody knows
00:05:24.820 what Antebellum even means anyway.
00:05:27.360 But I'm glad they did it
00:05:29.140 and maybe a couple more days of groveling
00:05:31.760 and we'll all forget it.
00:05:33.880 Now, the L.A. Times,
00:05:35.620 the editor there says the word looting
00:05:38.160 has a racist connotation.
00:05:41.120 And they've talked to all their black reporters
00:05:44.720 and they said,
00:05:46.120 yes, you're right, it does.
00:05:48.940 So they're not going to use the word looting anymore
00:05:52.100 and they're considering getting rid of the word riot as well.
00:06:00.120 Okay.
00:06:01.360 Meanwhile, over at Merriam-Webster's Dictionary,
00:06:05.340 a woman in St. Louis,
00:06:08.280 Kennedy Misham,
00:06:09.760 said I was talking to my friends about race
00:06:12.260 and I realized
00:06:13.300 you don't even have a real clear definition
00:06:19.080 of what racism is.
00:06:20.840 And she went to the dictionary
00:06:22.440 and she didn't like it.
00:06:23.600 So she called Merriam up
00:06:25.180 and said,
00:06:26.160 Merriam,
00:06:26.840 and Merriam said,
00:06:28.480 hello.
00:06:29.860 And she said,
00:06:30.800 Merriam, I don't like what's in your dictionary.
00:06:32.680 And I want that changed.
00:06:36.520 And Merriam said,
00:06:37.740 okay,
00:06:39.640 do I have to apologize if we change it?
00:06:43.120 And the lady in St. Louis said,
00:06:45.060 no, just change it.
00:06:46.380 So Merriam-Webster is changing her dictionary,
00:06:49.860 which is wonderful news.
00:06:52.960 Axios has just given its reporters a green light
00:06:56.680 if you're reporting on one of the stories for Axios
00:07:00.860 and you feel like you just have to join in
00:07:04.680 and maybe get yourself some of those nice sneakers,
00:07:08.460 go ahead and join the riots.
00:07:11.980 In other news,
00:07:14.200 the old Glenn Beck
00:07:15.620 that I apologize for like crazy.
00:07:21.420 I've been thinking about it a lot
00:07:24.480 and there's so much to apologize.
00:07:27.260 The old Glenn Beck would have said,
00:07:29.420 if you're a reporter
00:07:31.460 and you're working for The Blaze
00:07:33.880 and you're covering it,
00:07:36.140 I don't care if it's Black Lives Matter
00:07:38.480 or, you know,
00:07:40.620 Lab Rats Matter
00:07:41.980 or, you know,
00:07:44.860 white people matter.
00:07:46.000 You join the protest,
00:07:48.020 you're fired.
00:07:50.060 I apologize
00:07:52.420 in advance for the actions
00:07:55.260 I would have said
00:07:56.260 before I found
00:07:57.760 the truth.
00:07:59.800 Cops has been canceled.
00:08:02.220 Good.
00:08:02.900 Get them out.
00:08:04.580 Now we got to get rid of Paw Patrol.
00:08:07.780 Paw Patrol.
00:08:08.740 There's a lot of people
00:08:09.540 complaining about Paw Patrol
00:08:11.080 because the head dog
00:08:13.940 is a policeman.
00:08:15.100 And is anybody
00:08:18.860 in Nickelodeon
00:08:20.020 donating for bail money
00:08:22.760 for people who are
00:08:24.620 definitely not rioting?
00:08:28.300 Because it's a...
00:08:30.140 May I say something?
00:08:32.360 And I mean this.
00:08:33.300 I do not want to bring
00:08:35.700 a child into a world
00:08:37.760 where Paw Patrol
00:08:39.400 is available to stream.
00:08:42.160 Now, some people
00:08:45.540 might think
00:08:46.140 that that was
00:08:46.680 a comedic line
00:08:49.860 but actually
00:08:50.780 I'm quoting a reporter
00:08:53.160 from the New York Times.
00:08:57.200 ABC News parent company
00:08:59.480 Disney's given
00:09:00.480 five million dollars
00:09:02.180 to social justice groups
00:09:04.180 and so they don't have
00:09:06.360 to apologize later
00:09:08.060 they've decided
00:09:09.760 that they're gonna
00:09:10.880 change Splash Mountain
00:09:12.520 because there's
00:09:14.020 somebody that sings
00:09:14.780 Zippity-Doo-Dah
00:09:15.600 that people don't like.
00:09:18.280 And so
00:09:19.020 they're taking away
00:09:20.960 all of the
00:09:21.840 Zippity-Doo-Dah stuff
00:09:23.140 and maybe changing
00:09:26.120 that whole ride
00:09:27.120 into Princess and the Frog
00:09:28.740 which I think
00:09:31.200 is wonderful.
00:09:33.100 They could even
00:09:34.060 keep the song
00:09:34.820 Zippity-Doo-Dah
00:09:36.580 Zippity-Dah
00:09:37.560 White people suck
00:09:40.200 every day.
00:09:43.640 And finally
00:09:44.840 in the news
00:09:45.860 that totally makes sense
00:09:47.960 now
00:09:48.460 that I'm looking at it
00:09:49.880 from
00:09:50.400 through a
00:09:53.700 darkly
00:09:54.720 lit glass
00:09:55.800 a glass
00:09:56.520 dark
00:09:57.200 I don't know
00:09:57.820 I'm looking through
00:09:59.220 the alcohol
00:10:00.200 and it makes sense.
00:10:02.580 Bill Zablas
00:10:03.400 Bill
00:10:04.000 Bill
00:10:05.060 Dill
00:10:05.940 Dill
00:10:06.860 Bullitt
00:10:07.300 the mayor of
00:10:08.780 New York City
00:10:09.660 has decided
00:10:10.840 to
00:10:11.340 to paint
00:10:12.800 and
00:10:13.660 rename
00:10:14.580 streets
00:10:15.320 in honor
00:10:16.220 of
00:10:16.740 the heroes
00:10:18.060 of Black Lives
00:10:19.140 Matter.
00:10:20.640 He says
00:10:20.980 they're gonna do it
00:10:21.660 in all five boroughs.
00:10:23.980 And I think
00:10:25.280 he should.
00:10:26.060 I think
00:10:26.680 this is a
00:10:27.480 really good idea.
00:10:29.140 the only
00:10:30.980 problem is
00:10:32.320 I
00:10:33.520 think I know
00:10:36.280 less about
00:10:37.220 the heroes
00:10:37.980 of Black Lives
00:10:39.220 Matter
00:10:39.580 than I
00:10:41.540 do about
00:10:42.400 that
00:10:42.800 feminist place
00:10:44.360 called
00:10:44.760 The Wing.
00:10:45.700 You're
00:10:49.460 listening to
00:10:49.940 the best
00:10:50.540 of the
00:10:50.920 Glenn Beck
00:10:51.260 program.
00:10:53.660 So we
00:10:54.440 don't want
00:10:54.740 to use
00:10:54.980 the word
00:10:55.360 riot
00:10:55.920 or looting
00:10:57.700 because we
00:10:58.340 have found
00:10:58.660 out from
00:10:58.980 the LA
00:10:59.680 Times
00:11:00.300 today
00:11:00.740 that
00:11:01.720 journalists
00:11:02.540 should never
00:11:03.600 use those
00:11:04.180 words because
00:11:05.020 they
00:11:05.620 connotate
00:11:06.400 racism.
00:11:08.580 I thought
00:11:08.880 they just
00:11:09.420 connotated
00:11:10.120 stealing
00:11:10.700 stuff
00:11:11.300 and breaking
00:11:11.880 in.
00:11:13.340 But
00:11:13.980 no,
00:11:15.080 that's
00:11:15.700 that's
00:11:16.080 my
00:11:16.240 white
00:11:16.460 privilege.
00:11:17.520 Now we
00:11:17.840 have
00:11:18.120 we have
00:11:20.120 a store
00:11:20.580 owner
00:11:20.880 from
00:11:21.320 New
00:11:21.560 York.
00:11:22.980 He's
00:11:23.620 he's
00:11:24.960 from
00:11:25.120 Oscars
00:11:25.640 Gold
00:11:25.980 and
00:11:26.180 Diamonds.
00:11:27.060 His
00:11:27.140 name
00:11:27.420 is
00:11:27.700 Oscar
00:11:29.160 Izergiri
00:11:29.900 Jr.
00:11:31.080 And
00:11:31.520 Oscar
00:11:32.020 is
00:11:32.620 the
00:11:33.260 son
00:11:33.760 of
00:11:34.040 another
00:11:34.520 Oscar.
00:11:35.840 And
00:11:35.920 that
00:11:36.100 other
00:11:36.400 Oscar
00:11:36.720 was
00:11:36.980 the
00:11:37.120 one
00:11:37.300 who
00:11:37.460 started
00:11:37.840 the
00:11:38.040 shop
00:11:39.460 about
00:11:39.820 35
00:11:40.220 years
00:11:40.620 ago.
00:11:41.660 Oscar,
00:11:42.080 welcome
00:11:42.260 to the
00:11:42.540 program.
00:11:42.960 How
00:11:43.040 are
00:11:43.160 you?
00:11:44.400 Hi,
00:11:44.780 Glenn.
00:11:45.000 Thank you
00:11:45.400 for having
00:11:45.860 me on
00:11:46.140 the
00:11:46.260 program.
00:11:47.980 You're
00:11:48.520 welcome.
00:11:49.080 So,
00:11:49.860 Oscar,
00:11:50.560 I'm looking
00:11:51.440 at the
00:11:51.960 video of
00:11:52.820 your shop
00:11:53.480 being,
00:11:54.220 I don't
00:11:57.040 want to
00:11:57.200 say
00:11:57.300 looted,
00:11:58.720 vigorously
00:12:01.120 emptied
00:12:02.700 of its
00:12:03.780 product by
00:12:05.000 early holiday
00:12:05.960 shoppers.
00:12:07.640 And
00:12:08.240 it's pretty
00:12:09.540 nasty to
00:12:10.760 look at.
00:12:11.100 Can you
00:12:11.340 tell me
00:12:11.580 what
00:12:11.760 happened?
00:12:13.120 Yeah,
00:12:13.580 so,
00:12:14.620 I guess
00:12:15.360 these
00:12:15.620 early
00:12:16.200 holiday
00:12:16.600 shoppers,
00:12:17.360 they came
00:12:18.180 in,
00:12:18.480 you know,
00:12:20.060 overnight.
00:12:22.340 Basically,
00:12:23.120 the Bronx
00:12:23.700 was,
00:12:24.200 I don't
00:12:25.620 know if
00:12:25.860 I can
00:12:26.180 politically
00:12:26.620 correctly
00:12:27.160 say war
00:12:27.680 zone
00:12:27.900 either,
00:12:28.460 but I
00:12:29.320 guess the
00:12:29.880 Bronx
00:12:30.200 was very
00:12:31.500 different
00:12:31.960 that night
00:12:32.720 in a
00:12:33.400 very bad
00:12:35.180 way,
00:12:35.780 or at
00:12:36.000 least in a
00:12:36.320 way that
00:12:36.740 one only
00:12:38.320 season movie.
00:12:38.960 Oscar,
00:12:39.600 Oscar,
00:12:40.200 Oscar,
00:12:40.720 stop
00:12:41.160 using,
00:12:41.920 Oscar,
00:12:42.600 stop using
00:12:43.580 your white
00:12:44.300 privilege,
00:12:45.440 please.
00:12:46.180 You white
00:12:46.700 people make
00:12:47.360 me sick.
00:12:50.060 Well,
00:12:50.280 Glenn,
00:12:50.520 I'm asking
00:12:50.920 my majority
00:12:51.500 I'm Hispanic.
00:12:54.660 Well,
00:12:55.180 that's not
00:12:56.380 until you're
00:12:59.260 targeted,
00:12:59.860 then you
00:13:00.160 became a
00:13:00.560 white person.
00:13:02.660 Okay,
00:13:03.280 so,
00:13:03.520 they didn't
00:13:06.760 care?
00:13:06.940 The Bronx
00:13:07.440 that night
00:13:08.020 is they
00:13:08.640 broke into
00:13:09.060 my store
00:13:09.660 and it
00:13:11.580 was destroyed.
00:13:12.720 It's
00:13:12.940 completely
00:13:13.360 trashed.
00:13:14.300 I'm over
00:13:14.620 here working
00:13:15.100 with my
00:13:15.480 dad and
00:13:16.340 a couple
00:13:16.660 other
00:13:16.900 buddies,
00:13:17.680 some contractors
00:13:18.500 I know,
00:13:18.880 just trying to
00:13:19.280 get everything
00:13:19.620 back to
00:13:20.000 normal.
00:13:22.780 So,
00:13:23.500 how much
00:13:23.900 did they
00:13:24.260 steal?
00:13:26.580 Luckily,
00:13:27.420 I was able
00:13:28.080 to move
00:13:28.960 the inventory
00:13:30.100 to a
00:13:30.700 secured
00:13:31.060 location.
00:13:33.040 And,
00:13:33.080 I don't
00:13:34.320 know,
00:13:34.500 steal,
00:13:34.860 there's about
00:13:35.500 $50,000
00:13:36.500 of the
00:13:36.920 damages
00:13:37.280 because I
00:13:37.700 have
00:13:37.860 expensive
00:13:38.380 equipment.
00:13:39.620 I have
00:13:40.120 jeweler
00:13:40.380 equipment,
00:13:40.980 molds,
00:13:41.560 jeweler
00:13:41.960 desks,
00:13:42.660 I got
00:13:42.980 showcases,
00:13:44.460 bulletproof
00:13:45.080 glass,
00:13:45.680 plexiglass,
00:13:46.400 each sheet is
00:13:46.940 worth like
00:13:47.400 four or five
00:13:47.880 grand.
00:13:48.400 It's a lot
00:13:50.000 of damage,
00:13:51.080 honestly.
00:13:51.900 How did
00:13:52.380 they break
00:13:53.360 the bulletproof
00:13:54.160 glass or
00:13:54.660 where was
00:13:55.240 the bulletproof
00:13:55.820 glass?
00:13:56.240 Because I
00:13:56.520 know how
00:13:57.020 expensive
00:13:57.460 that is.
00:13:58.700 Yeah,
00:13:59.220 I saw
00:14:00.260 people coming
00:14:01.460 in with
00:14:02.080 sledgehammers
00:14:02.720 and other
00:14:03.140 tools.
00:14:04.200 tools that
00:14:05.200 with enough
00:14:06.480 time you
00:14:07.680 could break
00:14:08.600 it,
00:14:08.800 you know?
00:14:09.720 Yeah,
00:14:10.180 right.
00:14:11.440 So was
00:14:12.620 this,
00:14:13.020 do you
00:14:13.340 think,
00:14:14.220 planned
00:14:14.740 out or
00:14:15.160 was this
00:14:15.500 a spontaneous
00:14:16.180 we're walking
00:14:16.860 by and we're
00:14:17.520 doing this to
00:14:18.040 all the stores
00:14:18.760 or do you
00:14:19.760 think these
00:14:20.080 people came
00:14:20.560 in?
00:14:21.300 This was
00:14:21.780 so planned
00:14:22.500 out.
00:14:23.360 The people
00:14:24.260 that came
00:14:24.780 were definitely
00:14:25.620 not part of
00:14:27.060 the movement
00:14:27.520 or at least
00:14:28.060 I don't think
00:14:28.520 so because
00:14:29.060 during the
00:14:29.940 entire night
00:14:30.860 because this
00:14:31.780 happened from
00:14:32.280 8 p.m.
00:14:33.880 to 5 in the
00:14:34.620 morning.
00:14:35.280 This wasn't
00:14:35.740 like just one
00:14:36.300 group did it
00:14:36.860 and that's it.
00:14:37.560 It was,
00:14:38.360 everybody was
00:14:39.340 doing it.
00:14:39.880 It was the
00:14:40.400 worst thing
00:14:40.920 I've ever
00:14:41.380 seen in my
00:14:41.900 life.
00:14:46.140 And what's
00:14:48.420 it called?
00:14:48.920 So it's been
00:14:49.380 happening,
00:14:50.060 it happened
00:14:50.560 all night
00:14:51.140 and they
00:14:53.200 went to
00:14:53.600 store to
00:14:53.960 store.
00:14:54.160 It was
00:14:54.300 totally planned.
00:14:55.560 It was totally
00:14:55.840 planned.
00:14:56.060 These were
00:14:56.340 opportunists
00:14:57.000 taking advantage
00:14:57.740 of a very
00:14:58.380 serious situation
00:15:00.040 in the
00:15:01.380 nation right
00:15:01.900 now.
00:15:02.960 And it
00:15:04.800 hurts the
00:15:05.440 cause.
00:15:06.720 And I
00:15:07.420 didn't hear
00:15:07.820 not one
00:15:08.500 chant for
00:15:08.940 George Floyd.
00:15:09.520 This had
00:15:10.220 nothing to
00:15:10.800 do with
00:15:11.120 George Floyd
00:15:11.620 in my
00:15:12.220 opinion.
00:15:12.660 And I
00:15:12.960 was there.
00:15:13.680 There was
00:15:13.940 no signs.
00:15:14.980 There was
00:15:15.340 no chanting.
00:15:16.560 This was a
00:15:17.060 complete separate
00:15:18.160 group of
00:15:18.640 people that
00:15:19.620 just took
00:15:20.080 advantage of
00:15:20.680 the situation.
00:15:21.240 That were
00:15:21.760 doing their
00:15:22.700 holiday
00:15:23.320 shopping,
00:15:24.540 Oscar.
00:15:25.560 That,
00:15:25.880 remember,
00:15:27.280 they were
00:15:27.940 just doing
00:15:28.700 their holiday
00:15:29.340 shopping.
00:15:30.040 So your
00:15:30.760 dad,
00:15:31.420 are you a
00:15:33.300 first-generation
00:15:33.940 American?
00:15:35.980 Is your
00:15:36.280 dad an
00:15:36.620 immigrant?
00:15:38.080 Okay.
00:15:39.340 And you
00:15:39.940 guys have
00:15:40.320 been doing
00:15:40.620 this for
00:15:40.960 35 years
00:15:42.080 now.
00:15:43.460 Has your
00:15:44.060 dad seen
00:15:44.580 anything like
00:15:45.380 this ever
00:15:45.900 before?
00:15:46.460 And what's
00:15:46.880 your dad's
00:15:47.380 reaction?
00:15:48.440 No,
00:15:48.880 I asked him,
00:15:50.020 you know,
00:15:50.280 dad,
00:15:50.640 does this
00:15:50.840 happen in
00:15:51.260 the Bronx
00:15:51.580 every five
00:15:52.100 years or
00:15:52.440 something,
00:15:52.800 10 years?
00:15:53.280 And he
00:15:53.520 said,
00:15:53.780 no,
00:15:53.980 this is the
00:15:54.220 worst he's
00:15:54.620 ever seen.
00:15:55.380 And he's
00:15:57.120 from the
00:15:57.500 70s and
00:15:58.400 80s.
00:15:58.940 when,
00:15:59.860 you know,
00:16:00.380 there was
00:16:00.860 a war going
00:16:01.300 on.
00:16:01.540 Things were
00:16:01.820 bad.
00:16:02.840 Yeah.
00:16:03.180 Yeah.
00:16:03.740 The good
00:16:04.040 old days
00:16:04.360 weren't as
00:16:04.740 golden,
00:16:05.100 according to
00:16:05.520 my dad.
00:16:06.220 And he's
00:16:07.000 never seen
00:16:07.400 anything like
00:16:07.980 it.
00:16:08.640 You know,
00:16:08.860 the police
00:16:09.280 did not
00:16:09.600 have control
00:16:10.060 of the
00:16:10.240 situation.
00:16:11.220 They were
00:16:11.420 told to be
00:16:12.300 lenient because
00:16:13.700 they didn't
00:16:14.180 want to
00:16:14.580 actually hurt
00:16:15.200 any protesters,
00:16:16.280 but there
00:16:16.780 weren't none.
00:16:17.860 I didn't see
00:16:18.360 any protesting.
00:16:19.220 All I saw
00:16:19.840 was holiday
00:16:20.600 shoppers being
00:16:21.380 extremely
00:16:21.860 aggressive.
00:16:22.320 Oscar,
00:16:26.900 I just
00:16:27.240 love you,
00:16:27.760 brother.
00:16:29.320 First of
00:16:29.900 all,
00:16:30.680 I'm sorry
00:16:31.700 that this
00:16:32.120 happened to
00:16:32.600 you,
00:16:32.820 but thanks
00:16:33.240 for having
00:16:33.580 the guts
00:16:34.000 to speak
00:16:35.380 out and
00:16:36.400 not sit
00:16:38.440 down and
00:16:38.940 just take
00:16:39.420 it.
00:16:40.120 I appreciate
00:16:40.660 it.
00:16:41.140 Is your
00:16:41.620 insurance
00:16:42.060 covering it?
00:16:42.520 Because this
00:16:42.820 is what
00:16:43.060 they're saying
00:16:43.520 now,
00:16:44.040 that insurance,
00:16:44.800 you know,
00:16:45.000 you guys
00:16:45.280 have insurance,
00:16:46.300 so what
00:16:46.660 do you
00:16:46.900 care?
00:16:47.140 You know,
00:16:49.620 my store
00:16:51.360 is my
00:16:51.880 livelihood.
00:16:52.860 You know,
00:16:53.240 my siblings
00:16:53.940 were sent
00:16:54.400 to college
00:16:55.040 off the
00:16:56.940 store.
00:16:57.320 We were
00:16:57.500 able to
00:16:57.860 have a
00:16:58.200 house and
00:16:58.640 nice cars
00:16:59.200 with the
00:16:59.640 store.
00:17:00.060 So the
00:17:00.500 store is
00:17:00.840 very much
00:17:01.340 my home
00:17:02.180 as well
00:17:03.260 as my
00:17:03.520 normal home.
00:17:04.140 I spent
00:17:04.440 more than
00:17:04.760 half of my
00:17:05.240 life here
00:17:05.660 in this
00:17:05.920 store since
00:17:06.360 I was
00:17:06.640 eight years
00:17:07.140 old,
00:17:07.800 buzzing the
00:17:08.280 door open
00:17:08.760 for customers.
00:17:09.820 So this
00:17:10.140 is very
00:17:10.580 much my
00:17:11.140 home as
00:17:11.540 well.
00:17:12.240 And I
00:17:12.460 think only
00:17:12.900 maybe another
00:17:13.720 store owner
00:17:14.380 or somebody
00:17:15.380 who has a
00:17:16.120 business can
00:17:16.580 understand
00:17:17.140 that.
00:17:17.560 So just
00:17:17.860 because
00:17:18.200 insurance
00:17:18.640 will cover
00:17:19.180 it,
00:17:20.120 you know,
00:17:20.440 how would
00:17:21.020 you like
00:17:21.300 if someone
00:17:21.680 attacked
00:17:22.040 something that
00:17:22.520 you felt
00:17:22.860 was home?
00:17:23.720 It's traumatic.
00:17:24.680 It's not,
00:17:25.720 oh,
00:17:26.040 the insurance
00:17:26.560 will cover
00:17:27.000 it.
00:17:27.240 Well,
00:17:27.780 I guess,
00:17:28.640 but,
00:17:28.900 you know,
00:17:29.620 witnessing
00:17:29.920 that for
00:17:30.460 eight hours
00:17:31.240 at night
00:17:32.000 in all
00:17:33.000 the chaos,
00:17:33.800 it's traumatic,
00:17:34.640 man.
00:17:35.260 And to
00:17:36.780 see,
00:17:37.360 basically what
00:17:38.000 I view
00:17:38.300 as my
00:17:38.640 home
00:17:38.980 be
00:17:39.760 violated,
00:17:42.600 I don't
00:17:43.600 know.
00:17:44.140 It's,
00:17:44.680 I don't
00:17:46.140 think,
00:17:46.420 you know,
00:17:47.180 I'll call
00:17:47.520 insurance
00:17:48.060 is a good
00:17:48.520 band-aid,
00:17:49.220 you know.
00:17:49.580 Thankfully,
00:17:50.200 they'll cover a
00:17:51.000 good amount
00:17:51.480 of what
00:17:51.740 happened,
00:17:52.860 but I
00:17:53.240 mean,
00:17:53.840 you know,
00:17:54.140 I'm still
00:17:54.400 going to be
00:17:54.740 closed for
00:17:55.140 like almost
00:17:55.480 a month.
00:17:55.880 Like,
00:17:56.160 you know,
00:17:56.780 like,
00:17:56.980 And you
00:17:58.440 were already
00:17:58.860 closed because
00:17:59.480 of COVID.
00:18:01.020 And I
00:18:01.360 was already
00:18:01.640 closed because
00:18:02.060 of COVID,
00:18:02.640 you know.
00:18:03.900 As you
00:18:04.200 can tell,
00:18:04.540 it's not
00:18:04.860 going to be
00:18:05.140 a very good
00:18:05.620 quarter for
00:18:06.080 me,
00:18:06.300 but I
00:18:06.520 gotta keep
00:18:07.880 working,
00:18:08.440 you know,
00:18:08.740 for the
00:18:09.020 store that's
00:18:09.420 given me so
00:18:09.920 much.
00:18:10.120 Yeah.
00:18:11.920 I really
00:18:12.640 appreciate you
00:18:13.260 talking to us.
00:18:14.260 Thank you so
00:18:14.700 much,
00:18:14.980 Oscar.
00:18:15.820 Best of luck
00:18:16.420 to you and
00:18:16.840 your dad.
00:18:17.260 Thank you for
00:18:17.280 having me.
00:18:18.580 You bet.
00:18:18.980 You're
00:18:20.760 listening to
00:18:21.380 the best
00:18:22.160 of the
00:18:22.460 Glenn Beck
00:18:22.860 program.
00:18:24.620 Nigel
00:18:25.100 Farage,
00:18:26.180 the Brexit
00:18:26.960 party leader,
00:18:28.620 a guy who's
00:18:30.340 accomplished an
00:18:31.240 awful lot
00:18:32.100 and in
00:18:34.460 many people's
00:18:35.440 eyes has
00:18:36.820 done a heroic
00:18:37.600 thing by
00:18:38.320 getting
00:18:38.780 England out
00:18:40.540 of out of
00:18:42.240 the Euro
00:18:43.240 Union.
00:18:44.720 But now
00:18:46.300 he's jobless
00:18:47.220 because he
00:18:48.600 was on a
00:18:49.100 TV show
00:18:49.640 and he
00:18:49.940 spoke his
00:18:50.380 mind in
00:18:50.960 England.
00:18:51.780 Nigel,
00:18:52.080 welcome to
00:18:52.380 the program.
00:18:52.860 How are
00:18:53.060 you?
00:18:53.840 Thank you
00:18:54.320 very much.
00:18:54.820 I'm okay,
00:18:55.760 but I have
00:18:56.160 to say
00:18:56.520 there's a
00:18:56.840 sort of
00:18:57.360 mass hysteria
00:18:58.780 that seems
00:18:59.100 to be
00:18:59.340 gripping
00:18:59.740 mainstream
00:19:00.500 media in
00:19:01.120 both of
00:19:01.440 our
00:19:01.600 countries.
00:19:03.740 Well,
00:19:04.340 ours has
00:19:04.760 been taken
00:19:05.380 over
00:19:05.720 completely
00:19:06.380 by the
00:19:08.300 left.
00:19:09.600 I mean,
00:19:09.900 the Uber
00:19:10.280 left.
00:19:10.680 It's not
00:19:11.080 liberal.
00:19:12.000 It's not
00:19:12.520 even Democrat.
00:19:14.180 It is
00:19:14.600 Democratic
00:19:15.640 Socialist
00:19:16.420 and slash
00:19:17.540 crazy.
00:19:18.600 It is
00:19:19.540 they are
00:19:20.360 denying
00:19:21.060 things now
00:19:21.940 that we're
00:19:22.300 seeing with
00:19:22.800 our own
00:19:23.140 eyes.
00:19:23.680 So tell me
00:19:24.500 about your
00:19:24.900 situation
00:19:25.540 yesterday.
00:19:27.380 You were
00:19:28.000 on a
00:19:28.480 morning,
00:19:29.200 I think
00:19:29.460 you call
00:19:29.760 them wake
00:19:30.100 up shows
00:19:30.660 and you
00:19:32.400 I don't
00:19:34.080 know why
00:19:34.380 you would
00:19:34.640 agree to
00:19:34.980 this,
00:19:35.200 but you
00:19:35.520 you were
00:19:36.000 with
00:19:36.380 Pierce
00:19:37.020 Morgan
00:19:37.460 and he
00:19:40.060 played his
00:19:40.740 usual word
00:19:41.700 games to
00:19:42.520 make himself
00:19:43.340 look good
00:19:43.900 and make
00:19:44.300 you look
00:19:44.700 bad.
00:19:45.160 What
00:19:45.280 happened?
00:19:46.660 Well,
00:19:46.860 I went
00:19:47.060 on to
00:19:47.380 it's a
00:19:47.720 program
00:19:47.980 called
00:19:48.260 Good
00:19:48.460 Morning
00:19:48.760 Britain.
00:19:49.580 It's
00:19:50.060 not the
00:19:50.400 BBC.
00:19:51.200 It's an
00:19:51.380 independent
00:19:51.800 commercial
00:19:52.360 station.
00:19:54.100 He does
00:19:54.400 quite a
00:19:55.400 big breakfast
00:19:55.880 show there.
00:19:56.460 He's done
00:19:56.720 quite well
00:19:57.240 with it.
00:19:58.820 But I
00:19:59.900 went on
00:20:00.320 and the
00:20:00.740 reason I
00:20:01.060 accepted to
00:20:01.820 go on
00:20:02.200 Glenn was
00:20:03.080 because I
00:20:03.460 was watching
00:20:04.000 it the
00:20:04.280 previous
00:20:04.540 days and
00:20:05.940 they were
00:20:06.340 all saying
00:20:07.320 that the
00:20:08.620 protesters
00:20:09.420 were absolutely
00:20:10.500 justified in
00:20:11.580 what they
00:20:11.920 were doing,
00:20:12.520 that Black
00:20:13.520 Lives Matter
00:20:14.220 was a
00:20:14.700 really,
00:20:15.240 really
00:20:15.420 important
00:20:15.900 movement.
00:20:17.200 And we
00:20:17.900 just had
00:20:18.700 the toppling
00:20:19.740 of the
00:20:20.020 first statue
00:20:20.660 in this
00:20:21.020 country,
00:20:21.800 a statue
00:20:22.320 in Bristol
00:20:22.820 in the
00:20:23.080 west of
00:20:23.360 England,
00:20:24.020 and a
00:20:24.420 mob,
00:20:25.140 an angry
00:20:25.740 mob,
00:20:26.780 tore it
00:20:27.300 down,
00:20:28.200 stamped on
00:20:28.760 it,
00:20:28.980 and then
00:20:29.240 threw it
00:20:29.600 in the
00:20:29.880 sea.
00:20:30.720 And I
00:20:31.180 thought it's
00:20:31.620 about time
00:20:32.420 somebody put
00:20:33.500 up a
00:20:34.340 counter-argument.
00:20:35.360 So I
00:20:35.600 finished up
00:20:36.120 doing it
00:20:37.680 live.
00:20:38.500 It was
00:20:38.760 myself,
00:20:40.100 Piers,
00:20:41.140 Susanna,
00:20:41.600 who works
00:20:41.980 with him,
00:20:42.520 and two
00:20:42.920 other
00:20:43.120 guests,
00:20:44.180 one a
00:20:45.020 Black Lives
00:20:45.480 Matter
00:20:45.660 activist,
00:20:46.320 the other
00:20:46.640 a so-called
00:20:47.640 academic.
00:20:48.740 And it
00:20:49.140 finished up
00:20:49.720 in a
00:20:50.100 four-way
00:20:50.640 shouting
00:20:51.060 match,
00:20:51.800 four of
00:20:52.320 them
00:20:52.560 against
00:20:53.200 me.
00:20:54.000 And my
00:20:54.360 argument
00:20:54.660 was this,
00:20:55.720 whilst we
00:20:56.300 want to
00:20:56.840 have
00:20:57.200 equality
00:20:58.040 of
00:20:58.400 opportunity,
00:20:59.640 we want
00:21:00.220 to live
00:21:00.640 in a
00:21:01.240 society
00:21:01.620 that is
00:21:02.020 free
00:21:02.460 and doesn't
00:21:03.320 have
00:21:03.500 horrible
00:21:03.820 prejudice,
00:21:04.920 the truth
00:21:05.460 is that
00:21:06.400 the three
00:21:06.780 words
00:21:07.180 Black Lives
00:21:07.840 Matters
00:21:08.320 may be
00:21:08.640 innocuous,
00:21:09.700 but the
00:21:10.100 Black Lives
00:21:10.840 Matters
00:21:11.400 organization
00:21:12.500 is an
00:21:13.560 avowedly
00:21:14.120 Marxist
00:21:15.100 anarchistic
00:21:16.240 organization
00:21:17.020 that wants
00:21:17.980 to defund
00:21:18.560 the police,
00:21:19.080 it even
00:21:19.340 wants to
00:21:19.700 abolish the
00:21:20.460 police,
00:21:21.180 it wants
00:21:21.480 to overthrow
00:21:22.140 capitalism,
00:21:23.500 it wants
00:21:24.020 reparations
00:21:25.060 for slavery
00:21:26.140 and centuries
00:21:26.700 gone by,
00:21:27.840 and is a
00:21:28.340 recipe for
00:21:29.400 a really
00:21:30.320 bitter division
00:21:31.860 in society.
00:21:32.600 so I
00:21:32.960 wanted
00:21:33.160 us
00:21:33.340 to
00:21:33.480 recognize
00:21:34.140 who
00:21:34.980 the
00:21:35.180 organizers
00:21:35.740 of
00:21:36.500 these
00:21:36.720 protests
00:21:37.260 were.
00:21:38.120 And
00:21:38.360 everything
00:21:38.560 I
00:21:38.760 quoted
00:21:39.100 to
00:21:39.680 peers
00:21:40.120 and
00:21:40.640 the
00:21:40.740 other
00:21:40.860 panelists,
00:21:41.880 everything
00:21:42.200 I
00:21:42.420 quoted
00:21:42.740 had come
00:21:43.560 directly
00:21:44.100 from
00:21:44.600 the
00:21:45.140 Black Lives
00:21:45.700 Matters
00:21:46.240 website.
00:21:47.420 These
00:21:48.220 weren't my
00:21:48.760 words,
00:21:49.440 they were
00:21:49.880 their
00:21:50.100 words.
00:21:50.640 And they
00:21:51.140 were kind
00:21:51.440 of shouting
00:21:51.880 at me
00:21:52.320 that I
00:21:52.580 was a
00:21:52.880 liar,
00:21:53.360 that I
00:21:53.560 was out
00:21:53.800 of touch.
00:21:54.720 And then
00:21:55.160 we moved
00:21:55.640 on to
00:21:56.900 the toppling
00:21:57.300 of this
00:21:57.600 statue.
00:21:58.440 Now the
00:21:58.780 guy whose
00:21:59.440 statue was
00:21:59.940 toppled
00:22:00.420 was part
00:22:01.760 of,
00:22:02.580 back in
00:22:03.200 the
00:22:03.340 1600s,
00:22:04.600 the
00:22:04.820 slave
00:22:05.100 trade.
00:22:05.840 And let's
00:22:06.860 just remember,
00:22:07.860 every country
00:22:09.140 in those
00:22:09.540 days was
00:22:09.920 involved in
00:22:10.440 it.
00:22:10.820 I'm not
00:22:11.280 condoning
00:22:11.700 it, but
00:22:12.140 that's
00:22:12.480 history,
00:22:13.100 that's
00:22:13.360 the world
00:22:13.660 we lived
00:22:14.060 in.
00:22:14.820 And I
00:22:15.340 said,
00:22:15.880 I thought
00:22:16.540 that if
00:22:17.240 statues
00:22:17.600 should be
00:22:18.140 removed,
00:22:19.100 they should
00:22:19.500 be done
00:22:19.960 by elected
00:22:20.660 city
00:22:20.960 councils,
00:22:21.700 by elected
00:22:22.220 city
00:22:22.560 mayors,
00:22:23.460 with the
00:22:23.880 consent
00:22:24.220 of the
00:22:24.480 people.
00:22:25.360 But if
00:22:25.760 you allow
00:22:26.180 the mob
00:22:26.800 to do
00:22:27.180 it,
00:22:27.780 and if
00:22:28.100 the mob
00:22:28.520 hysterically
00:22:29.500 tear down
00:22:30.800 screaming
00:22:31.800 statues of
00:22:33.060 people they
00:22:33.460 disapprove of,
00:22:34.620 that that
00:22:35.020 effectively is
00:22:36.540 like the
00:22:36.900 Taliban in
00:22:38.000 Syria,
00:22:38.940 destroying
00:22:39.520 ancient
00:22:40.460 historical
00:22:41.380 monuments.
00:22:42.220 And I've
00:22:43.360 been criticized
00:22:44.000 for using
00:22:45.260 the analogy,
00:22:46.080 but I think
00:22:46.380 it's a
00:22:46.640 perfect analogy
00:22:47.520 for what
00:22:48.320 went on.
00:22:49.380 And this
00:22:49.840 led to
00:22:50.780 peers making
00:22:51.740 ridiculous
00:22:52.420 comments like,
00:22:53.680 would I want
00:22:54.320 a statue of
00:22:54.920 Hitler in
00:22:55.360 London?
00:22:55.960 Really low
00:22:57.100 grade stuff.
00:22:58.060 But here's
00:22:58.480 the key
00:22:58.800 point.
00:22:59.100 Here's
00:22:59.580 the key
00:22:59.840 point.
00:23:01.020 When
00:23:01.380 YouGov
00:23:01.960 polled
00:23:02.600 nearly 5,000
00:23:03.440 people,
00:23:04.460 and they
00:23:04.780 asked them,
00:23:05.780 did they
00:23:06.260 approve of
00:23:07.100 the way in
00:23:07.880 which the
00:23:08.240 statue in
00:23:09.320 Bristol was
00:23:09.840 removed,
00:23:10.720 only 13%,
00:23:12.540 1-3% of
00:23:13.900 people,
00:23:14.680 thought that
00:23:15.200 was the
00:23:15.480 right way
00:23:15.800 to behave.
00:23:16.760 So we've
00:23:17.140 now got
00:23:17.820 our biggest
00:23:18.780 mainstream
00:23:19.280 media
00:23:19.720 programs
00:23:20.380 openly
00:23:21.420 supporting
00:23:22.120 13% of
00:23:23.500 the population
00:23:24.140 against
00:23:25.060 87% of
00:23:26.240 the population.
00:23:27.220 And so I
00:23:27.540 don't regret,
00:23:28.200 for one
00:23:29.160 minute,
00:23:29.860 making those
00:23:30.460 arguments.
00:23:32.040 So,
00:23:32.760 Nigel,
00:23:33.120 it's funny
00:23:33.700 that you
00:23:34.000 said this
00:23:34.400 because I
00:23:34.820 know you
00:23:35.240 called me
00:23:35.600 yesterday to
00:23:36.260 tell me this
00:23:36.720 story and I
00:23:37.040 was looking
00:23:37.400 into it and
00:23:37.980 I thought,
00:23:38.580 oh my gosh,
00:23:39.460 that's exactly
00:23:40.380 what I said
00:23:41.660 yesterday.
00:23:42.880 Here in
00:23:43.360 America,
00:23:44.340 I said,
00:23:45.540 this reminds
00:23:46.380 me of the
00:23:47.720 Taliban in
00:23:48.560 Afghanistan when
00:23:49.580 they blew up
00:23:50.320 the statues
00:23:51.900 of Buddha.
00:23:52.560 those were
00:23:53.160 world heritage
00:23:54.220 sites and
00:23:55.940 they just
00:23:56.420 didn't like
00:23:57.020 them and
00:23:57.580 they wanted
00:23:58.040 them gone
00:23:58.700 because they
00:23:59.480 found them
00:24:00.260 to be
00:24:00.620 blasphemous
00:24:01.380 and the
00:24:02.100 world yawned
00:24:03.120 and it was
00:24:03.900 wrong then.
00:24:05.400 I don't
00:24:06.220 like statues
00:24:07.980 of Civil
00:24:09.580 War heroes
00:24:12.620 like William
00:24:14.420 Bedford.
00:24:16.440 I think that's
00:24:17.420 his name,
00:24:17.740 isn't it?
00:24:18.020 Is it
00:24:18.280 William Bedford,
00:24:18.900 the guy who
00:24:19.280 started the
00:24:19.780 Klan?
00:24:20.780 He was a
00:24:21.660 horrible,
00:24:22.460 horrible,
00:24:23.320 awful human
00:24:24.140 being.
00:24:24.980 Yeah,
00:24:25.160 Bedford Forest,
00:24:25.880 thank you.
00:24:27.240 Awful human
00:24:27.980 being.
00:24:28.620 I think his
00:24:29.360 statues should
00:24:29.980 be taken
00:24:30.380 down if they
00:24:31.080 are still
00:24:31.840 up in the
00:24:32.720 South.
00:24:33.360 I think the
00:24:33.940 schools,
00:24:35.120 if any of
00:24:35.660 them remain
00:24:36.160 that were
00:24:36.620 named after
00:24:37.620 him,
00:24:37.960 should be
00:24:38.400 changed,
00:24:39.040 but not in
00:24:40.100 the middle
00:24:40.480 of the night
00:24:41.180 by an angry
00:24:42.040 mob.
00:24:43.140 And that's
00:24:43.520 exactly what
00:24:44.620 you were
00:24:45.000 talking about.
00:24:45.980 And you
00:24:46.440 lost your
00:24:46.960 job for it.
00:24:48.360 Yep,
00:24:48.600 you and I
00:24:49.020 think exactly
00:24:49.780 the same
00:24:50.120 way about
00:24:50.560 this.
00:24:51.200 If you
00:24:51.480 want to
00:24:51.720 revise your
00:24:53.180 civic
00:24:53.920 architecture in
00:24:54.760 your city,
00:24:55.520 you do it
00:24:56.040 democratically and
00:24:56.780 peacefully.
00:24:58.000 But the
00:24:58.720 problem is,
00:24:59.480 if you try
00:25:00.120 and rewrite
00:25:00.620 history,
00:25:01.600 you find that
00:25:02.360 it has some
00:25:02.740 very unfortunate
00:25:03.300 consequences,
00:25:04.140 because where
00:25:04.600 do you end?
00:25:05.800 I mean,
00:25:06.040 if we're
00:25:06.240 taking down
00:25:06.780 statues of
00:25:07.440 people involved
00:25:08.060 with slavery,
00:25:09.180 well,
00:25:09.480 what about
00:25:09.820 statues of
00:25:10.480 politicians who
00:25:11.220 opposed,
00:25:12.120 100 years
00:25:12.620 ago,
00:25:13.180 votes for
00:25:13.700 women,
00:25:14.300 for argument's
00:25:14.880 sake?
00:25:15.300 Where do you
00:25:16.060 end with
00:25:16.540 this?
00:25:17.120 You can't
00:25:17.960 look back and
00:25:18.980 judge history
00:25:19.740 for the
00:25:20.480 standards that
00:25:21.100 we have
00:25:21.480 today.
00:25:22.260 And in
00:25:22.680 100 years
00:25:23.240 time,
00:25:24.060 people will
00:25:24.500 look back at
00:25:24.940 us and think
00:25:25.360 we were wrong
00:25:25.980 with some of
00:25:26.780 the things that
00:25:27.180 we believed.
00:25:28.380 Rewriting
00:25:28.820 history,
00:25:29.700 this is the
00:25:30.300 kind of thing
00:25:31.120 that Chairman
00:25:32.020 Mao did.
00:25:33.100 It's the
00:25:33.420 kind of thing,
00:25:34.560 as you and I
00:25:35.140 both agreed,
00:25:36.160 that the Taliban
00:25:36.580 did.
00:25:37.460 It's the kind of
00:25:38.120 thing that Hitler
00:25:38.740 did when he
00:25:39.340 burnt books that
00:25:40.900 he found to be
00:25:41.560 unacceptable.
00:25:42.660 And that is the
00:25:43.520 direction the mob
00:25:44.360 is taking us in.
00:25:45.780 They are very
00:25:46.880 heavily funded,
00:25:48.220 you know,
00:25:48.640 and we know
00:25:49.720 the Soros's,
00:25:50.940 the Steyer's,
00:25:51.640 these sort of
00:25:52.120 people,
00:25:52.880 they're very
00:25:53.460 heavily funded.
00:25:54.540 You've got a
00:25:55.060 media that is
00:25:56.240 now complicit
00:25:57.140 with it.
00:25:58.120 And in my
00:25:59.100 country,
00:26:00.260 you know,
00:26:00.500 mainstream
00:26:01.000 leading politicians
00:26:02.380 who were too
00:26:03.600 scared to say
00:26:04.820 a word against
00:26:06.160 it.
00:26:06.840 And what we're
00:26:08.080 lacking,
00:26:08.560 I think,
00:26:09.560 right across
00:26:10.280 Western society,
00:26:11.120 in our churches,
00:26:11.960 in politics,
00:26:12.740 in media,
00:26:14.000 even in the
00:26:14.680 police,
00:26:15.260 what we're
00:26:15.840 lacking is the
00:26:17.280 moral courage
00:26:18.180 to stand up
00:26:19.480 and say,
00:26:20.260 this is wrong
00:26:21.200 and we won't
00:26:22.040 put up with it.
00:26:22.720 And I think
00:26:23.200 certainly in my
00:26:24.440 country,
00:26:25.460 you know,
00:26:26.100 ordinary
00:26:26.620 middle England
00:26:27.660 people are now
00:26:28.780 crying out
00:26:29.860 for someone to
00:26:31.060 say,
00:26:31.540 enough.
00:26:34.300 So,
00:26:35.080 can you tell
00:26:36.320 me why they
00:26:37.080 are getting
00:26:37.540 rid of or
00:26:38.440 they're defacing
00:26:39.240 the Churchill?
00:26:40.220 Why is
00:26:41.040 a group
00:26:42.120 like Antifa,
00:26:43.800 if that is
00:26:44.460 who's doing
00:26:45.060 it over there?
00:26:46.220 Why are
00:26:47.000 these anti-fascists
00:26:48.300 defacing the
00:26:49.500 guy who
00:26:50.200 ended fascism
00:26:51.620 and Churchill?
00:26:53.060 Absolutely right.
00:26:54.080 I mean,
00:26:54.360 if it wasn't
00:26:55.040 for Churchill,
00:26:55.600 it would have
00:26:56.300 been a Nazi
00:26:56.880 Europe that
00:26:58.040 probably would
00:26:58.540 have lasted
00:26:58.960 for about 50
00:26:59.700 years.
00:27:00.360 So you're
00:27:00.820 absolutely right.
00:27:01.940 Nobody in
00:27:02.620 the world
00:27:03.380 did more
00:27:04.460 to defeat
00:27:05.100 fascism in a
00:27:05.960 very brave
00:27:06.460 fashion than
00:27:07.480 Winston Churchill.
00:27:08.600 But,
00:27:09.080 of course,
00:27:09.880 he was a
00:27:10.380 big British
00:27:11.180 patriot.
00:27:12.380 He was a
00:27:12.940 huge supporter
00:27:13.780 of the
00:27:15.140 British Empire.
00:27:17.060 And,
00:27:17.120 you know,
00:27:18.540 part of this
00:27:19.440 protest,
00:27:21.520 it began,
00:27:22.780 there was a
00:27:23.180 catalyst with
00:27:23.840 the horrible
00:27:24.160 death of
00:27:24.600 George Floyd.
00:27:25.660 Some of the
00:27:26.220 people protesting
00:27:26.940 genuinely want
00:27:28.460 injustices to
00:27:29.860 be solved.
00:27:31.040 But right behind
00:27:31.720 this is cultural
00:27:35.240 Marxism.
00:27:36.260 this is an
00:27:38.100 attempt to
00:27:39.280 destroy
00:27:40.060 everything this
00:27:41.300 country has
00:27:42.340 ever stood
00:27:43.140 for,
00:27:43.740 everything this
00:27:44.560 country has
00:27:45.440 ever fought
00:27:46.360 for,
00:27:47.100 and to try
00:27:47.720 and indoctrinate
00:27:48.740 a young,
00:27:50.060 university-educated
00:27:51.640 group of
00:27:52.320 people that
00:27:53.140 they should be
00:27:53.540 ashamed of
00:27:54.080 their nation,
00:27:55.140 ashamed of
00:27:55.660 their country,
00:27:56.700 that we should
00:27:57.160 remove all
00:27:58.460 symbols of our
00:27:59.240 past,
00:27:59.940 we should
00:28:00.340 overthrow the
00:28:01.560 free market and
00:28:02.340 capitalism,
00:28:02.880 and it is,
00:28:04.840 frankly,
00:28:06.100 this is the
00:28:06.880 most dangerous
00:28:07.460 thing we've
00:28:08.020 seen since
00:28:08.920 Churchill was
00:28:09.880 our Prime
00:28:10.280 Minister.
00:28:12.700 Well,
00:28:13.480 Nigel,
00:28:14.080 it is good
00:28:14.760 to talk to
00:28:15.240 you.
00:28:16.620 I'd love to
00:28:17.360 see your
00:28:18.420 voice on the
00:28:19.120 blaze,
00:28:19.760 quite honestly.
00:28:20.940 It's,
00:28:21.820 you know,
00:28:22.320 my company
00:28:22.820 that isn't
00:28:23.320 just,
00:28:23.720 we're not
00:28:24.580 going to
00:28:25.280 fold.
00:28:25.840 We are not
00:28:26.620 going to
00:28:27.060 fold,
00:28:27.260 and we are
00:28:27.780 putting together
00:28:28.500 a list of,
00:28:29.900 I think,
00:28:31.940 patriots who
00:28:32.860 are risking
00:28:33.420 it all,
00:28:34.140 and we'll
00:28:35.180 watch each
00:28:35.680 other's back.
00:28:36.380 Even if we
00:28:36.820 don't agree
00:28:37.280 with each
00:28:37.660 other on
00:28:37.980 everything,
00:28:39.300 we're not
00:28:39.820 supposed to.
00:28:40.580 That's not
00:28:41.020 what an
00:28:41.980 intellectual
00:28:42.420 exchange is
00:28:43.320 all about,
00:28:43.980 agreeing.
00:28:45.360 So,
00:28:45.840 Nigel,
00:28:46.420 thank you so
00:28:46.880 much.
00:28:47.420 God bless
00:28:47.800 you.
00:28:48.060 Thank you.
00:28:48.600 Thank you.
00:28:49.000 Thank you.
00:28:51.400 This is the
00:28:52.180 best of the
00:28:52.720 Glenn Beck
00:28:53.140 program.
00:28:57.700 I thought I
00:29:00.040 had seen it
00:29:00.640 all until I
00:29:02.120 saw a report
00:29:02.840 from now
00:29:03.640 CNN saying
00:29:05.460 that right
00:29:06.440 wing extremist
00:29:08.060 publications like
00:29:10.340 the blaze or
00:29:11.700 Breitbart or,
00:29:12.920 you know,
00:29:13.680 the Rush
00:29:14.100 Limbaugh
00:29:14.640 program or,
00:29:15.840 or any of
00:29:18.120 any of us
00:29:19.060 that are
00:29:19.400 saying the
00:29:19.980 truth.
00:29:20.720 Laura Logan
00:29:21.400 is under
00:29:22.440 attack and
00:29:25.020 good luck
00:29:26.980 with Fox
00:29:27.560 watching your
00:29:28.080 back.
00:29:29.060 But she's
00:29:30.560 under attack
00:29:31.180 as all of
00:29:31.960 us are that
00:29:32.540 say that
00:29:33.100 Antifa is
00:29:33.940 at all
00:29:34.420 involved with
00:29:35.700 the Seattle
00:29:36.320 movement.
00:29:37.440 That's
00:29:37.760 absolutely not
00:29:38.680 true,
00:29:39.080 according to
00:29:39.620 CNN and
00:29:40.300 others in
00:29:40.780 the mainstream
00:29:41.220 media.
00:29:42.460 Somebody who
00:29:43.140 lives in
00:29:43.780 Seattle who's
00:29:44.440 been covering
00:29:45.040 this forever
00:29:45.960 has been
00:29:46.780 following Seattle
00:29:47.720 politics is
00:29:48.660 Christopher Ruffo.
00:29:50.000 He's a
00:29:50.420 contributing
00:29:50.860 editor for
00:29:51.560 the City
00:29:52.000 Journal.
00:29:53.060 He's also a
00:29:53.720 filmmaker and a
00:29:54.540 writer and a
00:29:55.140 policy research.
00:29:55.940 He's directed
00:29:56.580 four films for
00:29:57.840 PBS.
00:29:59.320 So he's a
00:30:00.020 respected guy.
00:30:02.780 And Christopher,
00:30:04.020 tell me what
00:30:05.420 you know about
00:30:06.600 the lies of
00:30:08.580 the right-wing
00:30:09.340 media about
00:30:10.440 that just
00:30:11.600 God-loving,
00:30:13.400 peaceful group
00:30:14.280 Antifa in
00:30:14.980 Seattle.
00:30:16.280 Yeah, I mean
00:30:17.040 Antifa has the
00:30:18.840 biggest presence
00:30:19.480 in the country
00:30:20.160 and in Pacific
00:30:21.200 Northwest
00:30:21.540 cities,
00:30:22.180 predominantly
00:30:22.480 Portland,
00:30:23.880 Tacoma,
00:30:24.500 Seattle,
00:30:24.860 and it's
00:30:26.020 just absolutely
00:30:26.760 stunning that
00:30:27.800 the media at
00:30:28.460 CNN would
00:30:29.280 not believe the
00:30:31.100 huge amount of
00:30:32.200 evidence that
00:30:33.460 Antifa is one of
00:30:34.880 the driving forces
00:30:35.680 behind the
00:30:36.160 protests.
00:30:36.800 And, you know,
00:30:37.520 if anyone wants
00:30:38.440 to check for
00:30:38.900 themselves, it's
00:30:39.480 not really hard.
00:30:40.380 If you look at
00:30:40.960 the kind of
00:30:42.020 Keystone Antifa
00:30:43.440 social media
00:30:44.300 accounts, they're
00:30:45.140 all talking about
00:30:45.980 organizing in the
00:30:46.780 Chas, getting
00:30:47.840 armed people into
00:30:49.240 the Chas, they're
00:30:50.700 celebrating the
00:30:51.720 victory of the
00:30:52.660 Chas as an
00:30:53.860 Antifa-specific
00:30:55.120 victory.
00:30:56.100 And then you
00:30:56.500 can see photos
00:30:57.340 of kind of
00:30:58.860 black-clad,
00:30:59.720 black-block Antifa
00:31:00.500 protesters who
00:31:01.380 were out all
00:31:02.020 week hammering
00:31:03.380 away at the
00:31:03.780 police, throwing
00:31:04.700 explosive devices,
00:31:06.400 throwing bricks,
00:31:07.280 throwing rocks,
00:31:08.140 throwing bottles.
00:31:09.660 And they're
00:31:10.900 celebrating this
00:31:11.680 openly, and it's
00:31:12.860 only because the
00:31:15.080 CNN and other
00:31:16.000 media are playing
00:31:16.760 this kind of
00:31:17.860 word game, trying
00:31:18.940 to be cute about
00:31:20.140 it, that they can
00:31:20.780 say, well, Antifa
00:31:21.500 is not an
00:31:21.940 organization, it's
00:31:22.620 an ideology.
00:31:23.980 But I'm convinced
00:31:25.600 that it's really
00:31:27.280 just a smokescreen
00:31:28.580 that they cover.
00:31:29.840 They're trying to
00:31:30.920 have fun attacking
00:31:32.480 their perceived
00:31:33.080 political enemies
00:31:33.860 and covering up
00:31:35.440 the very obvious
00:31:36.460 truth that anyone
00:31:37.440 can see with
00:31:38.740 their own eyes.
00:31:40.460 I've never seen
00:31:41.440 anything like this,
00:31:42.320 Christopher.
00:31:42.760 I've never seen
00:31:45.040 things so clearly
00:31:47.020 and wonder, I
00:31:49.280 mean, it's almost
00:31:50.320 like watching the
00:31:51.620 news now is
00:31:52.540 like watching
00:31:53.760 The Onion.
00:31:54.880 They're asking
00:31:55.640 you to deny
00:31:56.840 things that you
00:31:57.800 know are true.
00:31:58.560 It's almost like
00:31:59.240 they're being
00:31:59.560 sarcastic and
00:32:00.500 saying, no, this
00:32:01.300 isn't Antifa, and
00:32:02.080 it's completely
00:32:02.700 peaceful.
00:32:04.180 Well, you see
00:32:04.940 black-clad members
00:32:06.040 of Antifa throwing
00:32:07.940 bottles and Molotov
00:32:09.260 cocktails and
00:32:10.120 burning cars.
00:32:11.220 I mean, what is
00:32:14.080 their thinking?
00:32:15.780 What is their
00:32:16.140 motivation, do you
00:32:17.300 think?
00:32:18.400 I think what it
00:32:19.340 is, is that there
00:32:20.140 is a huge imbalance
00:32:21.800 in the power
00:32:22.400 dynamic between the
00:32:23.480 right and left
00:32:24.040 media.
00:32:24.940 If someone in the
00:32:25.680 right-wing media
00:32:26.340 tweets the wrong
00:32:27.260 person, likes the
00:32:28.480 wrong page, does
00:32:30.020 some kind of minor
00:32:30.860 infraction against
00:32:32.060 the predominant
00:32:33.000 social justice
00:32:33.600 narrative, they'll
00:32:34.980 get hammered,
00:32:35.740 they'll get
00:32:36.000 advertisers canceled,
00:32:37.520 people will come
00:32:38.780 after them, they'll
00:32:39.900 show up at their
00:32:40.460 home, you know,
00:32:41.920 kind of to harass
00:32:42.760 them.
00:32:43.520 But the left has
00:32:44.740 shown time after
00:32:45.640 time, and if you
00:32:46.720 look at the kind
00:32:47.400 of Chris Cuomo
00:32:48.100 CNN debacle, if
00:32:50.100 you look at a
00:32:50.640 number of people
00:32:51.460 in very high
00:32:52.160 positions that
00:32:52.780 have said things
00:32:53.360 that are flat-out
00:32:54.140 wrong, flat-out
00:32:55.400 false, extremely
00:32:56.980 biased, they don't
00:32:58.320 pay any price.
00:32:59.460 And I think what
00:32:59.940 you're seeing now is
00:33:00.860 that they're brazenly
00:33:02.520 disregarding the
00:33:03.320 obvious truth, and
00:33:04.700 really smirking,
00:33:05.840 because they have
00:33:07.360 the kind of dominant
00:33:09.020 position in the
00:33:10.020 cultural hierarchy,
00:33:11.300 they're not paying a
00:33:12.160 price, so why
00:33:13.260 wouldn't they?
00:33:13.920 It's a good way for
00:33:14.700 them to go after
00:33:15.740 their enemies, and
00:33:17.120 do so with
00:33:18.220 impunity.
00:33:19.820 Do they have any
00:33:20.640 idea that Antifa
00:33:22.340 will kill them
00:33:24.520 just as fast as
00:33:25.480 they'll kill me, or
00:33:26.660 you, or anybody
00:33:27.800 else?
00:33:29.560 You know, I think
00:33:30.320 they're useful for
00:33:31.080 Antifa now, so
00:33:32.800 that they feel in a
00:33:34.440 protected space, but
00:33:35.320 I'll tell you
00:33:35.720 something that
00:33:36.320 unfolded at the
00:33:37.760 CHAZ just a few
00:33:39.080 days ago.
00:33:40.200 In Seattle, who
00:33:41.320 actually, the
00:33:41.860 councilwoman who
00:33:42.560 represents the area
00:33:43.640 of Capitol Hill, is
00:33:45.140 a woman by the
00:33:45.780 name of Shama
00:33:46.260 Sawant.
00:33:46.820 She's a member of
00:33:47.460 the Socialist
00:33:48.100 Alternative Party,
00:33:49.540 which is a
00:33:50.220 Marxist-Leninist
00:33:51.500 political party that
00:33:52.880 advocates for
00:33:53.960 socialist revolution
00:33:55.340 and the overthrow
00:33:55.940 of capitalism.
00:33:57.180 This is someone who
00:33:58.180 is on the very
00:33:59.200 far left.
00:34:00.420 So she went to
00:34:01.280 the CHAZ, she
00:34:02.440 went within the
00:34:03.100 autonomous zone, and
00:34:04.600 she held a rally, and
00:34:05.800 she was saying,
00:34:06.520 I'm with you, this
00:34:07.400 is a victory for
00:34:08.340 socialism, and I'm
00:34:10.120 going to now propose
00:34:11.680 a city ordinance to
00:34:12.980 defund the police by
00:34:14.160 50%, and she was
00:34:16.080 actually booed and
00:34:17.680 castigated and
00:34:18.760 chewed out by the
00:34:19.480 protester because it
00:34:20.940 didn't go far
00:34:21.580 enough, and then
00:34:22.700 the rhetoric from
00:34:23.600 the protesters was
00:34:24.580 that she was, she's
00:34:25.760 a woman of Indian
00:34:26.880 descent, that she
00:34:28.080 was being
00:34:28.760 essentially racist by
00:34:30.260 minimizing black
00:34:32.060 and brown women and
00:34:33.500 their voice and kind
00:34:34.500 of appropriating it.
00:34:35.840 So if they can turn
00:34:37.260 on an elected
00:34:38.100 official who is a
00:34:39.120 Marxist-Leninist
00:34:40.080 that wants to cut
00:34:41.180 police funding by
00:34:41.880 50%, you can be
00:34:44.560 absolutely sure that
00:34:46.380 they'll turn on
00:34:46.880 almost anyone when
00:34:48.120 the time is right.
00:34:50.180 So what is
00:34:51.080 happening in
00:34:52.100 Seattle?
00:34:52.660 The governor
00:34:53.160 said, oh, I
00:34:55.100 didn't know anything
00:34:56.100 about this, I
00:34:57.060 hadn't heard
00:34:57.440 anything.
00:34:58.240 I mean, are you
00:34:58.800 kidding me?
00:35:00.000 It was like the
00:35:00.880 next day that he
00:35:02.760 finally comes out
00:35:04.140 and recognizes that
00:35:05.400 that happened, and
00:35:06.140 then he claims
00:35:08.040 that it's peaceful,
00:35:08.940 the Seattle mayor
00:35:11.380 was on television
00:35:12.720 yesterday saying,
00:35:14.120 oh, it's nothing
00:35:14.640 but poetry readings,
00:35:16.160 and, you know, it's
00:35:17.400 going to be a summer
00:35:17.960 of love.
00:35:19.660 What?
00:35:20.240 Yeah, I mean, if
00:35:21.960 you watch the video
00:35:22.800 of the Seattle mayor
00:35:23.660 basically saying, oh,
00:35:24.760 this autonomous zone
00:35:26.380 has always been a
00:35:27.060 very autonomous
00:35:27.640 neighborhood, it's a
00:35:29.380 peaceful expression
00:35:30.260 of protest, it's
00:35:31.260 patriotic, I mean,
00:35:32.660 her tone and her
00:35:33.820 facial expressions, it
00:35:34.880 has the energy of a
00:35:36.200 hostage video, because
00:35:37.980 the political reality
00:35:39.540 right now is that
00:35:40.820 the mayor, who is
00:35:42.360 seen as the kind of
00:35:43.740 moderate force in
00:35:44.840 Seattle, has lost
00:35:46.300 really all political
00:35:47.600 power and momentum,
00:35:48.560 so you have now
00:35:50.080 sitting city council
00:35:51.040 members calling for
00:35:51.920 her resignation, you
00:35:53.420 have protesters,
00:35:54.720 sometimes armed
00:35:55.440 protesters, who have
00:35:56.900 seized control of a
00:35:58.100 large part of a
00:35:59.220 neighborhood, and she's
00:36:00.720 powerless, and my
00:36:02.540 sources within the
00:36:03.360 Seattle Police Department
00:36:04.200 have said, you know,
00:36:06.100 that have knowledge
00:36:07.360 of these
00:36:07.680 deliberations, said
00:36:08.580 that the mayor and
00:36:09.440 the police chief really
00:36:10.340 have no long-term
00:36:11.300 plans, they're going
00:36:12.600 day by day, and
00:36:13.880 they're really just
00:36:14.520 reacting to
00:36:15.300 protesters, because
00:36:16.640 they feel like
00:36:17.380 politically, in the
00:36:18.640 media narrative, they
00:36:19.780 have no room to act.
00:36:22.140 The police chief, who's
00:36:26.100 an African-American
00:36:26.820 woman, she, I just
00:36:28.940 saw a very compelling
00:36:30.040 video saying, you know,
00:36:32.380 I asked you to fight
00:36:33.640 and hold that
00:36:34.800 precinct, and then it
00:36:36.460 seems like I sold you
00:36:37.760 out, but it wasn't me.
00:36:39.240 This decision was made
00:36:40.700 elsewhere, and I
00:36:42.000 didn't have a part of
00:36:42.920 this decision.
00:36:44.120 Do you believe that?
00:36:46.160 I do, yeah.
00:36:47.400 I think the police
00:36:48.100 chief is genuine.
00:36:49.280 She, you know,
00:36:49.940 officers that I've
00:36:51.020 talked to admire the
00:36:52.680 chief, they like the
00:36:53.880 chief, but they
00:36:55.200 recognize that she,
00:36:56.380 too, is kind of, you
00:36:58.060 know, only really the
00:36:59.240 second person in
00:37:00.960 command.
00:37:01.460 The mayor has the
00:37:02.300 ultimate authority,
00:37:03.020 and I think what
00:37:04.180 you've seen in the
00:37:04.980 past few days is that
00:37:05.960 officers are talking
00:37:08.660 to me and even
00:37:09.280 speaking publicly
00:37:10.000 saying, you know,
00:37:11.780 we fight for this
00:37:13.780 city, we protect this
00:37:14.900 city, we will take a
00:37:16.120 bullet for this city,
00:37:17.140 but now we have not
00:37:18.480 only the protesters,
00:37:19.940 but the public, and
00:37:21.220 now our boss,
00:37:22.940 essentially the mayor,
00:37:23.720 turning against us.
00:37:25.820 Morale has never been
00:37:26.880 lower, and a lot of
00:37:28.280 officers I've talked to
00:37:29.160 are trying to get out,
00:37:30.360 going to smaller cities
00:37:31.640 and surrounding
00:37:32.420 area, because
00:37:33.240 frankly, it's a very
00:37:34.920 brutal and difficult
00:37:36.440 time to be a police
00:37:37.340 officer, and then
00:37:38.800 you're going to the
00:37:39.360 barricades, working
00:37:40.160 12-hour shifts every
00:37:41.220 night, getting, you
00:37:43.100 know, 45 officers out
00:37:44.560 on injuries, sustained
00:37:46.880 in the riots, and
00:37:48.060 then they're getting
00:37:49.020 trashed by the
00:37:50.160 political leaders.
00:37:51.680 It's really unfair and
00:37:54.160 very difficult for the
00:37:55.120 police.
00:37:55.380 So, what is the game
00:37:58.860 plan?
00:38:00.000 I mean, what is the
00:38:00.800 exit strategy here for
00:38:02.960 the Marxists and the
00:38:07.640 Marxists in city council?
00:38:09.640 I mean, how do they see
00:38:10.780 this unfolding, and
00:38:13.180 where does this go?
00:38:15.740 Well, you know, the
00:38:17.020 political path, there's
00:38:18.980 really two paths.
00:38:20.560 One path, I think, is
00:38:22.220 the mayor is really
00:38:23.960 hoping that the situation
00:38:25.040 resolves itself, and
00:38:27.300 that she can kind of
00:38:28.680 just let this thing
00:38:29.500 fizzle out, and then
00:38:30.620 make incremental
00:38:31.840 changes and move
00:38:32.760 forward.
00:38:33.360 But the more likely
00:38:34.460 path, I think, what's
00:38:35.760 going to happen in the
00:38:36.480 next week is that some
00:38:38.240 of the socialist and
00:38:39.580 Antifa-affiliated city
00:38:41.340 council members, and
00:38:42.240 you have to keep in
00:38:42.780 mind, and this is,
00:38:43.940 again, contra CNN,
00:38:46.260 but one of the sitting
00:38:47.740 city council members is
00:38:49.600 an Antifa affiliate.
00:38:51.300 She actually dressed up
00:38:52.340 her newborn baby in an
00:38:54.100 Antifa onesie and
00:38:55.400 tweeted about she's
00:38:56.500 training a new
00:38:57.020 revolutionary.
00:38:58.520 Oh, my gosh.
00:38:59.940 These are people who
00:39:00.920 are deeply connected
00:39:02.340 with the Antifa
00:39:03.580 movement, and they're
00:39:05.420 going to make a run
00:39:06.200 right now.
00:39:06.940 I'm hearing they have
00:39:07.820 potentially a majority
00:39:09.140 to cut police funding
00:39:10.640 by 50%, and that would
00:39:12.880 mean going from about
00:39:13.780 1,400 officers in
00:39:15.160 Seattle down to about
00:39:16.380 800.
00:39:17.500 So this is a high-stakes
00:39:19.800 game.
00:39:20.240 What officer would
00:39:22.260 stay for that?
00:39:23.520 What officer would
00:39:24.640 say, oh, yeah, no,
00:39:27.020 I'm going to be there
00:39:27.820 when I'm now in a
00:39:30.300 force that's half the
00:39:31.820 size that it should be.
00:39:33.460 If it shouldn't, in
00:39:34.400 that city, it probably
00:39:35.360 shouldn't even be
00:39:35.940 larger than 14.
00:39:37.140 And what officer would
00:39:38.560 stay and do that?
00:39:40.800 Yeah, I'll tell you,
00:39:41.760 there's a specific
00:39:42.380 answer.
00:39:43.280 Officers that are
00:39:44.040 nearing retirement, all
00:39:45.380 of the officers that I've
00:39:46.360 talked to that are a
00:39:47.200 year, two years, three
00:39:48.800 years away from getting
00:39:49.560 their pension, they're
00:39:50.920 telling me, hey, we're
00:39:51.840 going to stick it out
00:39:52.920 because we're highly
00:39:54.400 vested, we want to get
00:39:55.400 our pension, but all of
00:39:57.620 the young officers are
00:39:58.460 going to be gone.
00:39:59.360 So the people that you
00:40:00.200 really need that are
00:40:01.060 young and energetic,
00:40:02.640 optimistic, idealistic
00:40:04.900 even, the really good
00:40:06.780 officers that are young
00:40:08.040 and can handle those
00:40:09.200 difficult situations,
00:40:10.780 they're going to
00:40:11.460 disappear.
00:40:12.120 So you're going to
00:40:12.480 have an older, more
00:40:14.500 experienced, but frankly,
00:40:16.120 less effective department.
00:40:17.240 So it's going to be a
00:40:19.780 disaster, but what you've
00:40:21.140 seen is that these
00:40:23.420 protesters and these
00:40:24.540 city council members and
00:40:26.220 legislators around the
00:40:27.080 country, they don't care
00:40:28.420 about what's effective.
00:40:29.700 They care about
00:40:30.300 instituting their
00:40:31.000 ideology, and for them,
00:40:32.700 unfortunately, chaos is
00:40:33.820 good because it gives
00:40:35.100 them a pretext to seize
00:40:36.400 more power.
00:40:38.000 So I was saying
00:40:39.780 yesterday that I look at
00:40:41.200 this and I see Donald
00:40:42.840 Trump saying, you know,
00:40:43.960 we're going to come in
00:40:44.660 and that's what would
00:40:45.640 normally happen.
00:40:47.140 I mean, it would have
00:40:47.800 happened already in a
00:40:49.580 reasonable time period,
00:40:51.120 but I think he's just
00:40:54.220 been set up and you'll
00:40:56.440 have National Guard
00:40:58.460 troops there and
00:40:59.300 they'll be painted as
00:41:00.540 the big, ugly American
00:41:01.980 thug coming in and
00:41:05.080 that part of the city
00:41:07.260 would burn down to the
00:41:08.200 ground and nobody would
00:41:10.060 care and the press would
00:41:11.000 cover it as the big,
00:41:12.140 bad Donald Trump with
00:41:13.080 this big bag military
00:41:14.260 coming in, not a
00:41:15.860 restoration of order.
00:41:16.860 Is there anyone in the
00:41:18.620 city?
00:41:19.140 Are there residents for
00:41:22.520 all of this crap?
00:41:24.620 You know, it's very
00:41:26.120 difficult to tell.
00:41:27.000 I think the residents are
00:41:28.340 overwhelmingly for the
00:41:29.820 Black Lives Matter
00:41:30.600 agenda, for progressive
00:41:31.880 politics, even for the
00:41:34.740 kind of establishment of
00:41:35.840 an autonomous zone.
00:41:36.840 I think so long as it's
00:41:38.740 seen in the mainstream
00:41:40.060 media as something that
00:41:41.360 is a jubilant streets
00:41:42.520 fair, but as the kind
00:41:44.860 of narrative gets out,
00:41:46.040 as things devolve, as
00:41:47.720 kind of roving street
00:41:50.340 gangs start implementing
00:41:51.620 street justice, you're
00:41:53.720 going to see what
00:41:54.120 happened with Occupy
00:41:55.160 Wall Street.
00:41:56.000 As the Occupy
00:41:56.940 protesters lost control,
00:41:58.640 as there was reports of
00:41:59.620 sexual assault, things
00:42:01.100 kind of crumbled and the
00:42:02.120 public opinion turned.
00:42:03.100 But I think right now
00:42:05.160 the energy in the city
00:42:06.720 of Seattle is behind
00:42:08.140 the protesters, which
00:42:09.940 makes it completely
00:42:10.940 impossible for them to
00:42:11.980 act.
00:42:13.420 I don't know how you do
00:42:14.160 it, Christopher.
00:42:15.120 I don't know how you
00:42:15.720 live there.
00:42:16.680 God bless you.
00:42:17.540 Thank you so much.
00:42:18.340 We'll talk to you again.
00:42:19.320 Thank you for following
00:42:20.260 this and keep your chin
00:42:22.620 up and never apologize
00:42:24.700 for the truth, as I know
00:42:26.120 you won't.
00:42:27.240 Christopher Rufo, you
00:42:28.820 follow him at
00:42:29.400 ChristopherRufo.com.
00:42:33.100 Christopher Rufo.com.
00:42:57.220 So you.