Best of the Program | Guests: Tulsi Gabbard & Alan Dershowitz | 5⧸22⧸24
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Summary
Glenn Beck is back and better than ever. He talks about the price hike at McDonalds, why we should all be in AA, and why the school board in his home state of North Carolina is out of control. Then we have a great conversation with Tulsi Gabbard, who I really disagree with politically but loves the nation, and she may be offered a spot in Donald Trump's cabinet.
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Holy cow, we start today's podcast with what is your trillion dollars that our government is
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spending every 100 days? What are we getting for it? Besides, unbelievable prices. We go through
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the price increase at places like McDonald's right off the bat and what they're doing to change
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everything in our life, including now Alcoholics Anonymous. It's crazy. Then we have a great
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conversation with Tulsi Gabbard, who I really disagree with politically, but she loves the
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nation and she may be offered a spot somewhere in Donald Trump's cabinet or it's been rumored even
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vice president. You have to hear the interview with Tulsi Gabbard, followed by Alan Dershowitz,
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who has written an op-ed on what he saw in the courtroom on the final day of the defense
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before they rested. This judge is completely out of control. Alan Dershowitz said, I haven't even seen
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this kind of stuff happening in Russia. That's a little frightening. And Leah McGee joins us again
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from Davidson County in North Carolina with an update on a school board that is, and we've seen
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them out of control, probably the most out of control I've seen a school board. You've got to
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You're listening to The Best of the Glenn Beck Program.
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Well, yes, Glenn, good to have you here, too. You know, the Blaze TV listeners are demanding
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a video appearance. They want to see the Phantom. They want to see the Phantom. Yeah, they can handle it.
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That's what they're saying. You know, in the first part of the Phantom of the Opera, he's wearing
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the mask. And you're like, you know, I'm cool with that. And
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then when he takes the mask off, you're like, ooh, he should put that back on.
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It's a lesson. I mean, you could probably pull some information
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That has nothing to do with my eye surgery, right?
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So I, yesterday at the Blaze, they were like, please, the, you know, Blaze subscribers are
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calling and blah, blah, blah. And I don't believe any of it. I think this is somebody,
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somebody that works at the Blaze who's just like, we got to have him on camera looking like
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a monster. Yeah, someone. Who knows who it could be? I don't know. I don't have a name,
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but it's someone. Yeah, probably a three-lettered person like Tom. Anyway, so I've put on sunglasses.
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I hate having to wear the sunglasses. Should I wear the sunglasses or my regular glasses, Stu?
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I think the sunglasses is a good look on you. Oh, is it? Is it a good look for me? It's a good
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look. Okay. So we're going to do parts of the show. If you're a video subscriber, there I am in
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my glory. You can't really see anything because you don't want to see it. But so you can, there.
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Are you happy Blaze subscribers? Is this somehow or another you're like, ooh, yes. Oh yeah,
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more sunglasses. And you know, Glenn, you're kind of like the elementary school kid who goes away for
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chemotherapy and comes back without hair. Then everyone in their class shaves their head. So
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I just want to be supportive with you right now. And oh, you're going to put the shades on. I will
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also wear sunglasses for today's show. Unfortunately, we're going to have to go back and forth because
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I have to keep ice on my face all the time. Yesterday I had my, I did the whole show with my face in a
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bag of ice. So, but anyway. Well, I'm not putting ice on my face. I'm not putting my ice on my face
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to support you, but I'll wear the sunglasses. I appreciate the sunglasses too. Okay. So where do
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we even start today? I mean, did, did you read the story about Alan Dershowitz, his op-ed? Yeah,
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he was angry, shocked, stunned. He's going to be joining us. He's going to be joining us in about
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90 minutes. He is, I'm anxious to see what he says about, you know, because he's been saying we're so
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close to a banana republic. And I'm anxious to see what he has to say because it, he was in the
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courtroom yesterday. I think it was the last day of the defense, defense rested. And the attorney,
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the very credible attorney that was giving testimony. Costello, yeah. Yeah, Costello. When
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he was giving testimony, there was an objection from the prosecution without even asking, you know,
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what's your objection? Granted. And it, it struck a good portion of his testimony away. And there was
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nothing, according to Dershowitz, there was nothing wrong with it. And that's when, uh, Costello, who
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again is a, is an attorney, raised his eyebrows, looked at the judge and raised his eyebrows like
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what? And that pissed the judge off so much that he, uh, cleared the courtroom. And he said,
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you do that to me again, and I'll strike every bit of your testimony, uh, from the record.
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Dershowitz said he was allowing things that had no relevance for the prosecution, uh, for the, um, uh,
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in the case for the prosecution, allowing that all in and then striking probably the death blow, uh,
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to this whole case from Costello. He was threatening to, uh, get rid of all of it. And Dershowitz said,
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I've, I've seen court in Russia and I have never seen anything like this. He said, this case should
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have been on television. He said, because I, I was there. He said, for some reason, I was the only
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one allowed to remain in the courtroom. Everybody else was cleared out. And he said, I saw what this
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judge did. And he said, and then I went home and I saw what the reporters were allowed to see and what
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they were reporting on, which I also saw. And he said, it was not the same. He said, Americans are
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losing on this. They have no idea what's going on. You think it was bad. Dershowitz yesterday being
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in the courtroom said, this is, this is a monstrosity of a trial. And the whole thing has
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been a monstrosity. The fact that it's getting seemingly worse now at the end is, is, uh, I don't
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know if it's not, I don't know what I would say what's surprising, but it is something that is so
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disturbing. I think the only thing that, that, that you can kind of hold up and, and maybe take solace in
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if you're the Trump side is that this has been, I think, obvious to a lot of people that this was
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the weakest one coming in. And it's been, it's actually gone worse. I would argue than you would
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even think. Dershowitz said, there's no way this stands. They can rule whatever they want. He said,
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but this, none of this will stand. The question though, does that matter? I mean, if he gets this
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thing overturned in March, 2025, I mean, what, what good does that do him if he, if he's, if it hurts
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him for his election chances? And let me just tell you, let me just tell you America, you know,
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they always say that, um, it's the economy stupid and that's why check on this, Stu. I read a story
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today and I, I hate to say this, um, but I read it in a story and it was a credible source, but I'd like
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a second source on this because this seems insane that the, however many gallons or barrels
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that Biden is releasing from the strategic oil reserve, he's doing it from the strategic oil
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reserve in the Northeast, which will empty our gas oil or gas reserves in the Northeast.
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That can't be true. I don't know if it's, it is not the, yeah, this is not the strategic oil
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reserve, right? This is the strategic gasoline reserve. Correct. And it is coming from the Northeast
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in, you know, seemingly an attempt to buy a bunch of votes, uh, with lower gas prices. Uh, but I will
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check on the, on what the reserve levels are and I'll look like I'm doing it seriously in these
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sunglasses. Thank you. Me too. I'm, I, I'm, I'm glad we can get very serious. Look me into the eye.
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You don't want to do that. Anyway. Um, the, I just want people to understand
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if you think it's bad now, what do you think it's going to be like in another four years of this
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right now? McDonald's has their $5 value meal. They came out yesterday and said, we can't do this
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for very long because it's absolutely unsustainable, but we're trying to give people a
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break. When's the last time you went to McDonald's and you spent under $5, under $10. If you've gone
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for yourself, it's probably 10 to $12. You go with two people, you go with four people, you know,
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your family, you're probably up to 40 bucks at McDonald's. Listen to the price increases. This is
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the first numbers will be during Trump, French fries, $1 79 Biden for 19. That's an increase of
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134%. Uh, the McChicken, $1 29. Now it's three 89, a 201% increase. Uh, the big Mac was, let me see
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three 99. Oh my, that can't be right. Hang on. Take me off the screen. I have to take my glasses off and
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put my actual glasses on to make sure this is right. Uh, the big Mac was three 99. It's now seven
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49 10 McNuggets was four 99. It's now seven 58. A cheeseburger was a dollar. It's now three 15 that
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that's, uh, how, how, what do you think is going to happen? People at the bottom of the ladder,
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they always say, we're for the working person. We're for the, no, you're not. They're for the
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very wealthy who's getting wealthy right now. Who is not having a problem? The people who are not
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having a problem are the people who have lots and lots of money and are invested in the stock
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market. Now you might be invested in a stock market in your 401k, but that's not what that's not the
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same. The, the corporations are getting all kinds of deals from the government. If they play along
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all kinds of deals from the government, uh, and they're, they're putting all of that extra money
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and especially the banks, all of it into the stock market. That's what's happening. The rich. And I
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don't mean the rich. I mean the Uber rich and the giant corporations. I mean the people who are trust
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fund people and the giant corporations, they are clearing the table every day. They're clearing
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the table. There won't be a middle class in this country in another four years. It won't exist.
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They, you know, I, I wondered when we first wrote the great reset, I wondered how do you,
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how do you in, in, by 2030 arrive to a place where you will own nothing and you will like it,
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especially in a country that is all about ownership. I mean, look at what's happening
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just to your insurance. How much is your car insurance? How much is your home insurance?
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Why did that go up so much? Guess who's playing ball with the administration,
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the insurance companies. When they start raising your insurance, you can't afford to own what you
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own. You want to get rid of guns? Great. Make your, make your insurance for gun ownership through the
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roof and the average person won't be able to buy it. And they haven't done anything unconstitutional.
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No, we're just going with the market. Bullcrap. Bullcrap. All of this stuff, we have to begin to
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explain to our families and our neighbors, this is not normal. This is not Jimmy Carter.
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You know, Jimmy Carter was a series of horrible blunders. And yes, he had socialist tendencies,
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but it's not the same as it was with Jimmy Carter. We're on the edge. We didn't have the
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debt with Jimmy Carter. We didn't have the fractured society without God. Did you hear
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what's happening with AA, Stu? Let me take a quick break. I mean, you want to talk about they're
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destroying everything. When, when you get down to destroying AA, you have a society that is,
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is just hell bent on, you know, living in hell, honestly.
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Here's another big problem that we have. Stock market is up. Okay. Do you believe,
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can you explain to me how the stock market is going up? There are stories after stories where
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people, there are three stories in today's show prep that you can get at glenbeck.com,
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three stories where people are putting all of their food or good portions of their food
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on their credit card. I think it was over 30% of Americans are doing that because they can't
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afford it. How are these companies? I'll tell you how it's all a magic game. What's not a game is gold
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and silver. Put your money in the stock market. You can do that, but please, please consider putting 10%
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of what you have in something that is not going to be paid back to you in dollars. When dollars are
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worthless, you're playing at a craps table when you're on the stock, playing in the stock market,
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keep, you know, keep a lot of money in there if you want, but please protect some of your money
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If you mention my name, 800-957-GOLD. Now back to the podcast.
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Tulsi Gabbard, welcome to the program. How are you?
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I'm good. I'm good. Are you in Hawaii right now?
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I'm in Virginia today and tomorrow and Texas the day after. I'm on the road living out of a suitcase.
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Oh boy. So first of all, you know, you're on a short list and I'm not going to ask you,
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you know, anything other than have you had a conversation with him
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I've spoken to him. I won't, I won't talk about what we spoke about, but I've met and spoken to
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him. Would you serve in any capacity in a Trump administration?
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I would serve in a capacity where I felt that I could actually be effective in helping to get our
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country back on track, both in domestic policy and foreign policy.
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You know, but I also know you love the Constitution
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you know, I'd be willing to serve in a Trump administration?
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so that I could get involved in that Democratic presidential primary,
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I announced my endorsement of Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton
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share because she's scared she'll lose her job.
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If you want to help, go to libertyjusticecenter.org
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and just search for support for the McGee family.
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I hope, again, the county of Davidson, every single
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member shows up at the school board meetings and
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If you have a school where this kind of injustice is
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happening, and somebody in the school says, I agree, but
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I can't say anything, or I'll be fired, what kind of
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Please stand up if you are in Davidson County in North
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And to that person who is at the school who said that, is
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your honor, is your word, is your compassion, is
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You know, even the apostles in their hour of shame
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But I have to tell you, your job is not worth it.
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If you are working for those kinds of people, it will
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You've got to stand up and take a stand and take your
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community back for truth and justice and the American
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