On this episode of The Glenn Beck Program, host Glenn Beck is joined by the CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond, CEO Gavin Newsom, to discuss the latest in the fight between the two. Glenn also talks about the new museum opening up in Washington, D.C. and his plans for it.
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00:05:34.660Target has announced that Brian Cornell is stepping down as the CEO of the retail giant after 11 years and the value of the stock plummeting.
00:05:44.580It's down, I think, 61% since its all-time high.
00:05:49.200But its all-time high was COVID when the government said, you can only shop at Target.
00:16:01.560Yeah, a lot of the, like, that's been, I've seen that complaint around, too, that, like, you know, there was a time where, you know, all the characters were all over the building, and the colors were all over the building, and it was this exciting, fun place for kids to go.
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00:16:47.540Logos were so overdone that now youth, they don't, they don't like that corporate thing.
00:17:18.380That is the kind of change we're living in.
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00:17:39.480All right, I want to talk to you a little bit about Beth Badaf and beyond in just a second, because we have the CEO, the new CEO on, and he is having a delicious fight with the governor of California.
00:18:04.840He's loud, he's messy, throws parties out on the lawn, and throws cigarette butts on the sidewalk, parks his broken car out on the front lawn, and soon you're not living in your house anymore.
00:19:57.140The result, higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages, and many businesses simply cannot sustain,
00:20:05.680and endless regulations that strangle growth.
00:20:09.600Even the state of, I can't read this, it's so blurry.
00:20:16.360Oh, even the state, when they announce budget surplus, it's built on the back of ordinary citizens who are paying too much and businesses who are squeezed out until they break.
00:20:28.840At Bed Bath & Beyond, our responsibility is to our customers and shareholders, and we will not participate in a system that undermines both.
00:20:37.320Instead, we're investing in California strategy that works, 24-48 hour delivery, and in many cases, same-day service.
00:20:44.180Californians will continue to get products they love through Bed Bath & Beyond.com, but without the inflated costs created by an unsustainable model.
00:20:54.840We're taking a stand because it's time for common sense.
00:20:59.260Businesses deserve the chance to succeed.
00:21:01.520Employees deserve jobs that last, and customers deserve fair prices.
00:21:08.140California's system delivers the opposite.
00:21:10.240That's why Bed Bath & Beyond will serve California customers directly through BedBathBeyond.com on our terms, with the best interest at heart.
00:21:26.100After their bankruptcy and closure of every store, like most Americans, we thought Bed Bath & Beyond no longer existed.
00:21:33.480We wish them well in their efforts to become relevant again as they try to open a second store.
00:21:38.200Then, Bed Bath & Beyond, again, the CEO responds,
00:21:44.540Dear Governor Newsom, I thought your post would suggest we bring business leaders together to understand how to improve the four pillars and friction of business and find a way to make it better.
00:22:46.960Since I was a kid growing up in Seattle, I wanted to work and live in California, but now as an adult and a businessman, I realize I will never be able to do it.
00:22:56.120Your message makes me sad, as I have always seen California as a place for dreams and dreamers.
00:23:01.220Perhaps sometime in the future, reason will return to the Golden State.
00:26:01.260Um, I just want to point out before we go, because I, I think this is important to say, because you started yesterday saying, this is not about politics.
00:26:11.740And I just want to point out that you're not a Trump supporter.
00:26:16.080Um, you know, in 2017, you came out and I'm not going to go through it because you went back and forth and corrected and everything else.
00:26:22.460But, you know, you criticized what Donald Trump said, uh, in Charlottesville when it was thought that he had said, you know, Hey, and the Nazis are pretty good too, which we now know because the full audio and video is out.
00:26:37.980And we can show that that's not what he was talking about at all, but you came out as did a whole buttload of other CEOs and said, you know, if that's what you believe, then I, you know, please, uh, we, we don't necessarily want you shopping here.
00:26:53.560So it's not that you are doing this because you're a big Trump supporter.
00:26:59.160I, when I saw your name attached to this, I thought, no, no, this is about business because he's not on either side here on this.
00:27:07.740Yeah, I'm not on either side, but I will say, yeah, it's kind of accurate, um, from a historical standpoint, it's not accurate from a modern day standpoint.
00:27:16.060I think that's time has gone on and the facts have been revealed and things have played out and moves have been made by this administration that I think advanced business, uh, and advanced the American, uh, uh,
00:27:29.160citizen in a way that I think it puts us back on track. I would say that I feel very differently today than I used to. And that's really not an emotional reaction. That's an intelligent reaction of just looking at what the administration is doing to try to, uh, deregulate business, not to the disadvantage of a, of a worker and not to the disadvantage of anybody, but to the advantage of capitalism in our country and to the advantage of investing in American business.
00:27:58.120And, you know, just as a reminder, Glenn, and you and I met a long, long time ago, uh, uh, when I had the profit at CNBC that, that, you know, my other business is camping world.
00:28:08.280And I've been through hell and back trying to defend the flag, uh, from the same kind of ideology that I'm seeing out of California, which is your flags are too big.
00:28:18.900So they're, they're, they're not approved. And, uh, you know, anybody does a little research, they'll see that, you know, cities have sued me.
00:28:25.860Cities have threatened to take me to jail and the flag still hasn't come down. So what you'll find with me is that I try to be really pragmatic.
00:28:32.200I also happen to be, uh, a resident of Chicago. And if anybody wants a preview to the movie of what's going to happen in New York city, come, come to my apartment on Michigan Avenue.
00:28:42.760And I'll give you a preview to what's happened and how socialism, uh, is, is just crushing not only my personal property, but other businesses around me.
00:28:50.980So I would say as, as one gets smarter and one gets older and one learns more and one listens, uh, you know, you evolve as a human.
00:28:57.840And, and, uh, I want to make sure that, that we're clear about that.
00:29:02.260I have to tell you, I thought it doesn't change my point of view that this is about business, but I'm so glad you cleared that up because.
00:29:10.060You know, that that's, that's all people should be striving for is when there are new facts available, you will actually say, Oh, wait a minute.
00:29:19.620I didn't see that. I didn't know that. Or, you know, things are changing. I was wrong. And that that's so rare. So thank you for, for that.
00:29:28.500Yeah. So, you know, let me give you, let me give you another slam, uh, from the left or from, you know, the people on Twitter and even Gavin Newsom.
00:29:38.560Oh, this is, you were out of business and this is just a business move to get your name out there.
00:29:44.160Yeah. That's the only reason why you're taking California on.
00:29:47.560Well, let's talk about that. So number one, um, you know, I took over a company called overstock about a year and a half ago.
00:29:55.800And overstock the business has been out there a long time. Uh, and they bought the intellectual property in the fall of 23 from the bankrupt estate of bed, bath and beyond.
00:30:06.220And the reason that I took it over is that the company had lost its way. It was losing a lot of money.
00:30:10.460And I made a commitment to the shareholders that we would get back to profitability.
00:30:14.480And as part of that bed, bath and beyond is a significant underpinning of that.
00:30:18.740Um, and so I needed to remind, uh, both governor Newsom and other folks who, uh, you know, were celebrating the fact that bed, bath and beyond had gone out of business.
00:30:29.460We're celebrating the fact that bed, bath and beyond had filed bankruptcy. And it is true. It's a fact that it happened.
00:30:34.920As I told Hannity last night, it happened. Uh, the reality of it is, is that, uh, America's built on, uh, the modern day comeback.
00:30:42.420And we've invested hundreds of millions of dollars in bed, bath. We've run a billion dollar online business.
00:30:48.140We bought a business called Kirkland's, uh, that's out of Jackson, Tennessee, a family business.
00:30:53.140And we're using those 300 stores to convert four hundred, 14 of them are in California.
00:30:58.220I was disappointed to see governor Newsom, um, in my opinion, just from a level of professionalism, instead of saying, you know what?
00:31:05.260I don't agree with your points. And I think you're doing this for the wrong reasons.
00:31:08.940And whatever he wanted to say, however, comma, I'd love to figure out how you and a bunch of other business leaders can tell me, uh, as the governor of the fourth largest economy in the world, which he likes to remind us every single day, um, how to make it the third largest economy.
00:31:23.200And what I could do, what, what things are out there that I'm willing to compromise on, or that I'm willing to help understand that will drive investment back into my state that will drive capital, uh, back into my state that will fill commercial real estate.
00:31:37.060That's empty back into my state to appreciate, uh, commercial properties, residential properties, and to drive value.
00:31:43.120Because as a governor of a state, my job is to protect my people. I get it. Fine.
00:31:47.600Uh, but also to create positive cashflow for my state, which means I generate more than I, than I, uh, than I spend, but I don't want to do it on the backs of just creating another, you know, nonsensical tax.
00:32:00.620I didn't get that. And that's really what has made me, uh, convinced that governor Newsom is not doing things for the benefit of California is doing things because he thinks that his so-called base, uh, is going to rally around his nonsense.
00:32:18.100So can you, uh, have you heard from other CEOs in the last 24 hours? You heard from anybody else in California? You don't have to name names, but.
00:32:26.340Yeah, I won't. I have. I've heard, I've heard from very, very significant tech leaders in the state of California, uh, asking if there's a way for them to set up a meeting with governor Newsom and myself. Of course, the answer is yes, but they all acknowledge, uh, the silliness behind, uh, uh, avoiding capitalism and rejecting capitalism as it's, it's this dirty word and everybody that wants to make money or who's experienced success is a bad person.
00:32:55.300And that seems to be the theme, uh, that's coming out of the governor's office, particularly with his, I guess it's his intern run, uh, uh, press room Twitter account or whatever it's called these days.
00:33:08.800So this is not a final decision with you. He could do something to change your mind.
00:33:15.200I think if governor Newsom was, was, was really thinking about a political run and running a state that he believes, um, is the superior state in the country, he would invite myself.
00:33:28.520Maybe not me. Maybe I'm not qualified to be in a room with him, uh, but other CEOs to say, Hey, I'm hearing this and I want to learn and I want to change much. Like I said to you at the beginning of our conversation, what facts do I not have? And how can you convince me how I can do better, how I can learn more? That's the sign of a good leader. That's a leader that I want to follow.
00:33:49.060And that's, I think, even if you just take a look at our current presidents, I think he's got a different tone in a second term than he does his first term. And I couldn't be convinced. Otherwise it feels far more collaborative. And that's what I'm looking for.
00:34:01.780Um, the, um, let me play the opposite, uh, side here for a second and say what Trump is doing. I, I see the regulation. I see what he's doing to business and it is, thank God it is a, it's, I can finally breathe again as a businessman. Um, however, if I'm in your business, I would assume you get a lot of, um, material, a lot of, a lot of your products from China. How are the, how are the tariffs affecting you?
00:34:29.040Well, we've diversified the sourcing of our products. And the one thing that, that when I came in, um, made it a bit of a mandate and it's a balance between providing value to our shareholders and doing what I think is right. You know, I come from the RV world where we make everything in Elkhart, Indiana, and we employ, you know, tens of thousands of people that, that make products in this country, but there are parts and pieces that come from overseas.
00:34:53.760And the reality of it is, is that until manufacturing in the U S is, is set up and can handle the capacity that in the short term, there, there is an alternative sourcing. And that applies to furniture and lighting and certain textiles coming from around the globe. And the tariffs are not great. Um, and I don't think that Trump would even try to defend that. They're great. It's a rebalancing act.
00:35:15.580But, but, but Glenn, here's the thing that I, I, I mentioned on big money the other day. If you're really thinking about the triangulation of how Trump is approaching, uh, rebalancing everything, whether it is using energy as the leverage to bring Ukraine and, and Russia to the table, or using tariffs to bring other world leaders to the table.
00:35:38.100It's all really done being done, to recalibrate America's position, both politically and financially in a way that, that, that, that maintains our dominance.
00:35:51.020You know, I think that is, I think you are spot on and you're seeing that with the way he handled Ukraine. You know, he went in tough with the tariffs over in Europe and with NATO, he was tough with them.
00:36:02.740And then he then said, you want to support Ukraine. You can buy this stuff from us, but you have to do it, but we'll provide it to you. And now look at all of the world leaders are at the table. America is leading again, just not spending all the money and doing all the work.
00:36:20.480We are in the actual leadership position, which is remarkable. And I think he's doing that in, in every, uh, in every category.
00:36:29.660Listen, I think, I think the one thing that this administration can acknowledge is that the national debt is at a level that nobody believes it should be at.
00:36:38.440And the deficit's at a level that nobody believes it should be at. And it's a, it's a very complicated, but, but not overly complicated math equation.
00:36:46.900We have a certain amount of money leaving and we have a, not enough money coming in. And the way that you rejigger that is to find the balance. And nobody, nobody that I know, including myself is going to argue that the tariff execution in the last six months has been perfect.
00:37:01.660Like, I don't even think this administration would acknowledge it's been perfect and herky jerky on the markets. It's been herky jerky for business leaders. Uh, and at some point we all hope and pray that it finds its footing at some point. And, and I'm not going to, nobody should try to convince anybody that the consumer isn't going to be slightly pinched.
00:37:19.660But the, but the balancing act of being slightly pinched on the tariff side is what sort of relief could happen on the variable interest rate side. And that's why you see this other piece being triangulated around where's the monetary policy and how could that be, you know, modified to provide the relief to offset.
00:37:36.120Let me ask you, are you, as a pretty influential business leader, are you, uh, what, what's your outlook look, look like for the first half of next year? People are kind of holding back, holding their breath, not sure what to do. Are we headed towards better times or same kind of times or worse times? Do you think?
00:37:57.860I think we're headed towards, unfortunately, probably a little bit more of the same. What may be extracted from that is a little bit of the volatility. Uh, the consumer does have, you know, a significant amount of debt and they do have a significant amount of pressure on them with the interest rates. The balance on the interest rates are you can't just rip them down by two points tomorrow. That's going to create chaos. You have to stair, step it down in, you know, like in retail or in any business, you test and you measure and you test and you measure.
00:38:27.860Right. And I think, I think what Trump has been saying and what Besson's been saying is we just got to get some relief for consumers. Uh, one point, Glenn, that I want to make, uh, inflation during the COVID period was a function of too much money in the system, too much free money in the system and, and demand outpacing supply. In this particular instance, we don't have a demand outpacing supply problem. We have a reset of the cost of goods problem. And, and it's a different type of inflation.
00:38:57.860And some people have said to me, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. There's only one type of inflation. And the truth is that's not right. Inflation driven by demand outpacing supply, um, is a runaway train inflation because you're resetting and recalibrating prices.
00:39:12.860When supply and demand are relatively tight in nature, um, is, is an adjustment period. It's transitory. And, and you have to really look at the difference between the two.
00:39:24.660And I think the Fed needs to understand the difference between those two. Again, that's why business leaders should be far more involved.
00:39:32.840Marcus, it's great to talk to you again. And I have to tell you, I think that's the first time anybody said this inflation is transitory that I've agreed with. Um, really great analysis on that. Thank you so much. Marcus Limonis, uh, from Bed Bath and beyond. All right, let me take a quick break. Let me tell you about the burner launcher. Sometimes you find yourself thinking about the things in life that really, really matter. Your family, your safety.
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01:29:23.500Chip is probably the best fighter out there, and I hate the fact that he is leaving the house.
01:29:29.680Now, I guess the good news is, and I say I guess because, you know, the guy who is running against him for AG of Texas, Aaron Reitz, he announced his candidacy on my show.
01:31:33.700Well, look, again, let all this play out a little bit over time and see what's going on.
01:31:38.660But let me just say for the state of the AG's race, I come into this with significant trusted and proven name ID across the state of Texas.
01:32:30.940I've proven that I can win tough elections against Democrats like Wendy Davis, who I stomped by seven points and was proud to even outperform the great President Trump that year in Texas 21 by beating Wendy Davis.
01:32:54.400You've got to take it, land the plane, and then wake up tomorrow and fight some more.
01:32:57.840So what are your main – what are the things that you think you can improve on are the things – what are your main priorities if you're Texas AG?
01:33:07.440Well, look, I think there are a lot of issues that you and I both care a lot about, right?
01:33:11.280There are things like making sure you're there to secure the border and deal with invasions when we don't have someone like Donald Trump in the White House, right?
01:33:20.900But imagine what it looks like when the next time we have a radical president.
01:33:24.900You've got to have someone there willing to challenge it and fight it.
01:33:27.180You've got to have someone there willing to take on Sharia law and the crazy advancement of some of the radical Islam communities like the Epic City issue and those things.
01:34:01.140And you need someone like me who has been the chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution, who is a reverent defender of our First Amendment rights and religious liberty,
01:34:08.600but who recognizes that that is not a pathway to allowing Sharia law and the Islamists to advance what is a political movement under the basically cloak of religious liberty.
01:34:23.960Someone's got to be very smart to do that.
01:34:27.860It is a priority for me to take on Chinese Communist Party, those who take up Texas lands, big corporations that come in and step all over the little guys,
01:34:37.160the monopolistic insurance companies and hospital corporations that are out there stomping on your ability to afford health care.
01:34:42.660And everybody in the listeners, we have so much we need to do to defend the Texas of our dreams, the Texas of our forefathers.
01:34:49.400And, again, you've got to have somebody who's unafraid to win.
01:34:52.460You've got to find someone who can go in, pick the fight, and then go get it done.
01:34:55.880I have to tell you, I mean, I don't endorse people, Chip.
01:35:07.980This is not an endorsement, but, I mean, I'd vote for you for dog catcher.
01:35:11.980I think you're, I just think you have proven yourself over and over and over again to be truly a deep conservative, constitutional conservative,
01:35:53.020Susan B. Anthony, A+, Gun Owners of America, A+.
01:35:56.780Look, I've had to put my reputation on the line.
01:36:00.740And then when you get to election integrity, introducing the SAVE Act, getting out there and leading it, getting it passed out of the House, putting pressure on the Democrats,
01:36:08.200giving us a good election issue because Chuck Schumer's too stupid to do the right thing to advance the SAVE Act, which simply says only American citizens should vote in American elections.
01:36:17.360Now I'm working with experts in Washington.
01:36:19.860We're going to have what we're going to have, a super SAVE or an improved SAVE Act coming out in September, where we're going to go even further.
01:36:25.660And I've got a press conference on Friday, is that tomorrow?
01:37:11.780We're not going to go in and tell the states that they have to do X, Y, or Z.
01:37:15.120But if you're voting for Congress or the Senate or the presidency, we certainly can have an impact on that.
01:37:20.800And then the president, in carrying out and executing federal laws, has some latitude there on how they do those things.
01:37:27.700But, yeah, we've got to move hard to get legislation passed.
01:37:31.620And that means fighting in Congress on must-pass bills to force Democrats' hands.
01:37:36.360I think that if we took the SAVE Act and other similar reforms and tagged it to must-pass pieces of legislation, I think Democrats would crumble.
01:37:45.660I think we could get seven Democrats who would have to say, look, we can't stand in the way of a common-sense provision for only American citizens to vote and then not fund, for example, our veterans or whatever it is.
01:37:58.440Put it on must-pass legislation and fight.
01:38:00.500And that's what the American people want us to do.
01:38:19.940It was a slight increase, but it was not the increase you'd just expect from certainly the media attention that makes it seem like we're showing up at every Home Depot events.
01:38:26.500Like 400 to 500 or something like that.
01:38:28.900And it's like, wow, we should be doing this en masse, but it's not happening.
01:38:35.240Well, so first of all, I have great faith in Tom Homan and Stephen Miller and what they're trying to do and working with DHS.
01:38:41.640And I think they're doing all that they know how that they can do.
01:38:44.220We're also now just getting the benefits of the big, beautiful bill to get some of the, and again, you and I had our pros and our cons with that.
01:38:50.680But one of the pros was additional resources for ICE and border security.
01:38:55.360They're recruiting, getting people in place.
01:38:57.400But this is also why we need permanent reform, reform like H.R. 2, reform to our asylum laws, reform to our parole laws, so they can't be abused.
01:39:05.860Well, tell me what you can do as, tell me what you can do as AG.
01:39:08.960If you're in Texas, what are the things that you can do additionally as AG?
01:39:13.700Aggressively work with local law enforcement under 287G programs to be able to work with ICE and work with the feds to execute the law in concert with the governor's office, but also importantly, defending the laws when they're under assault, because that's what you do, obviously, is the AG in the courtroom.
01:39:28.920But also being really aggressive on how we view the law as a respect to invasion, with respect to other interpretations of the law.
01:39:37.340And then importantly, and I think critically, we have to, as states, we've got to have significant action to undermine these leftist DAs and leftist judges that are standing in the way of an administration like President Trump to deliver.
01:39:56.520And we get so caught up, and understandably so, in figuring out how to manage the law and going into court and the rule of law, all of stuff that is front and center for me.
01:40:04.940But you've got to take a step back and say, we're Texas, okay?
01:40:08.040We do not have to allow unelected judges who misinterpret laws or express their authority, make it to where we have people on our own streets getting killed, or taxpayers having to fund massive levels of English as a second language and undermining our public schools, or whatever, pick your issue.
01:40:26.520So you've got to have an AG that's aggressive.
01:40:28.620And again, Ken Paxton has been aggressive.
01:40:31.920But I've got to take that legacy forward and double down and be even more aggressive.
01:40:36.240And I think if you know anything about me, it's that I do not shy away from these fights.
01:40:40.800I will take them as far as you can possibly take them, and I don't think anybody can question that.
01:40:45.720You know, I think the first time you were on, I asked you the question I usually ask everybody who is going to Congress, how's your soul?
01:40:54.640And you gave me a great answer, and your soul was in good shape, and I've watched you, and it feels to me like it's still in good shape.
01:41:03.960But let me give you an exit question here now as you're exiting the House.
01:41:09.460It was Senator Hatch from Utah that told me just before he was leaving, you know, I've never seen anybody serve here in Washington and leave a better man.
01:41:31.200Look, I view Washington as something that shouldn't affect your soul.
01:41:36.200When I went to Washington, and I said publicly, and it might have been on your show, that at the end of the day, like, I don't fear politics.
01:41:46.260And Lord knows I'm going to have plenty to answer to when I get there.
01:41:50.020I do the best every day like everybody else, and then I repent, and then I get back in and read Scripture and do all the things you're supposed to do,
01:41:57.380because that's what we do as people who have all fallen short of the glory of God, right?
01:42:02.400We have all sinned, and we all need that redemption.
01:43:52.040That's your money, your voice, your values, all tied up in a monthly bill.
01:43:56.580You think it's just about coverage, but if I can give you the exact, literally the exact same coverage at a lower price, then what's it about?
01:44:07.240When it comes to your values being swallowed up and you paying money to somebody for the same coverage I can get you over here, then what are you doing?
01:44:22.220You're selling your values out for convenience, maybe?
01:53:52.460It's a bill that Celeste Rodriguez and the entire Democrat legislature of California crafted, and now these are my words, these words are my own, the next words.
01:54:04.840It's a bill designed to stop the bad orange man because it's all about ICE and its operations in California.
02:00:26.940We gave people that day after the public speakers.
02:00:30.800We then immediately held a 30-minute class at the state Capitol steps.
02:00:37.420This is where you go to your legislator.
02:00:39.620This is how you lobby them, and let's go.
02:00:43.440And hundreds and hundreds of people went to their state legislator on Tuesday and demanded that their senator and their assembly person speak up against the bill.
02:00:55.520Again, largest crowd in 30 years at the California State Capitol.
02:00:59.840Well, Jack, thank you for everything that you're doing.
02:01:05.820I can't imagine what it's like to live in California, where it seems like every day they're doing something else to injure the people and the families of California.
02:01:47.900I could see Half Dome and El Capitan to my right.
02:01:51.200We could see the fog along the California coastline to the left.
02:01:54.880Coming into Sacramento, again, everything's beautiful, growing fantastic until you get close enough to the ground to see the devastation that Newsom has allowed to happen to our cities, to our towns.
02:02:07.440And even though we're still growing crops in California, that is in spite of his wickedness to cut off water to our growers, to make life here as miserable as possible.
02:02:18.280And this guy wants to run for president.
02:02:21.720People need to wake up, Glenn, nationally and rally with us because if you don't like California people, you need to help us because Newsom is coming for America.
02:03:24.160You don't need to be a doomsday prepper to see what is happening all around the world.
02:03:28.540I mean, it is getting worse and worse all around us.
02:03:31.520And you take a glance at the news, you know, another storm tearing through, another supply chain breaking down, another crisis you never saw coming.
02:03:38.360And every time it happens, you hear the same thing.
02:03:40.840Store shelves have been stripped bare within hours.
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02:05:46.940If he thinks he doesn't have to do that, obviously he'll make that determination.
02:05:49.700But what we're going to do is try to empower these guys to do as good of a job as possible to bring public safety and order back to Washington, D.C.
02:05:57.800This is the national, cultural, and political capital of the world's greatest nation.
02:06:03.760And you talk to people, black, brown, white, so many of them are afraid to bring their kids into its public spaces.
02:06:12.820It actually should make every American ashamed that the world's leading superpower, our national capital, was unsafe for families to walk around at night.