The Michael Knowles Show - Ep. 1588 - Kamala Gets #MeTooed

00:00:00.000 Pennsylvania Democrats get caught trying to rig the election against President Trump.

00:00:04.680 Kamala Harris gets caught in a Me Too pickle as her husband is accused of beating his ex-girlfriend in public.

00:00:11.580 Lots to get to. I'm Michael Knowles. This is The Michael Knowles Show.

00:00:30.000 Welcome back to the show. Hot on the heels of Republican up-and-comer J.D. Vance completely destroying Tim Wolves at the vice presidential debate.

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00:02:02.680 Shenanigans are afoot, my friends.

00:02:05.480 What day is it?

00:02:06.240 October 4th.

00:02:07.900 Already big shenanigans.

00:02:09.480 Because tomorrow, President Trump will be returning to Butler, Pennsylvania.

00:02:13.600 This is the site of the first assassination attempt, the one that did put a bullet through his ear and very nearly put a bullet through the back of his skull and very nearly killed President Trump back in July.

00:02:27.820 Trump, because you can't keep the guy down, because he's indefatigable and he's an American original, is showing up to the site where his life almost ended.

00:02:37.140 That will be tomorrow.

00:02:38.460 So, Scott Pressler, who's done some great work registering voters, getting out the vote, he's done the actual nuts and bolts of Republican campaigning, whereas most people are just out, you know, I don't know, blabbing about it or something.

00:02:52.120 But he's really, really tuned in to what's going on on the ground.

00:02:57.060 And Scott Pressler just sounded the alarm of some shenanigans.

00:03:00.100 During President Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, what do you know, the voter registration application website in Pennsylvania, quote, will undergo scheduled system maintenance and be unavailable Saturday, October 5th from 6 p.m. until 12 a.m.

00:03:20.280 We thank you for your understanding.

00:03:22.180 Of course, October 21st is the last day to register before the November 5th election.

00:03:30.100 The very day that President Trump is going to return to Butler, PA, right there in prime time, 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., oopsie-daisy, the voter registration website's going to be down.

00:03:43.360 This is such transparent election rigging, I'm impressed by how brazen it is.

00:03:53.000 I'm not impressed because usually the Democrats are subtler about these things, but in a way I am impressed by just how brazen this is.

00:04:00.620 Yeah, we're going to shut down the whole voter registration website exactly during the time that Trump is most likely to turn out new people to register to vote in our state, in a crucial swing state.

00:04:13.980 Now, after Scott sounded the alarm, Pennsylvania implicitly copped to the rigging because they changed the time.

00:04:24.640 Now, the website reads, the website will undergo scheduled system maintenance and be unavailable October 5th, 10 p.m. until October 6th, 4 a.m.

00:04:31.660 Thank you for your understanding.

00:04:33.620 Not good enough.

00:04:34.420 First of all, the fact that they changed the time is the state of Pennsylvania, these crooked Democrats, admitting, yeah, we tried to rig it against Trump, we tried to shut it down for his rally, and we got caught.

00:04:45.000 All right, whatever, we'll push it a few hours later.

00:04:48.000 Not good enough.

00:04:48.780 This is, if the Pennsylvania voter registration website is going to remain down from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m., there are going to be a ton of voters who are enthusiastic, who are inspired to register because of President Trump, who will not be able to do it.

00:05:06.960 Okay, we're not going to do it during Trump's rally.

00:05:08.700 We're not going to shut it down during Trump's rally.

00:05:10.120 We're going to shut it down right afterward.

00:05:11.860 Give me a break.

00:05:12.900 This is brazen rigging.

00:05:14.360 These crook Democrats in Pennsylvania are trying to steal the election.

00:05:17.800 This is not some wacky, crazy conspiracy theory.

00:05:21.260 Here it is, in their own words, on the government website.

00:05:24.880 If they are allowed to go through with this, this should be the first, is it the first?

00:05:32.000 I don't know.

00:05:32.260 It's early evidence of what must be countless other attempts to cheat and rig the election in a swing state in 2024.

00:05:41.280 Now, speaking of scandals, Kamala Harris is in a scandal of her own because Kamala Harris' husband has been accused of smacking his ex-girlfriend around in public. 0.97

00:05:57.600 We talked about this story a little bit yesterday.

00:06:00.200 I didn't even really want to get into it too much because it's a little salacious.

00:06:03.460 It's obviously not a private sin or allegation that one's revealing because it's all public.

00:06:08.040 And the second family is a public family.

00:06:10.860 But if it were just that some ex-girlfriend accused Doug Emhoff of being a brute, and there's a lot of evidence that he was a brute because another public scandal of his is that he cheated on his now ex-wife and he impregnated the nanny.

00:06:28.100 And now, according to multiple sources close to the former couple, he smacked his ex-girlfriend around in public.

00:06:39.760 But if it were just about him, I probably wouldn't even bring it up because I don't think it's exactly breaking news that liberal men are brutish and disreputable people.

00:06:52.000 The reason I bring it up is because it highlights a real problem for Kamala Harris and for a lot of Democrat women. 0.99

00:06:59.940 Because not so long ago during the Me Too movement, Kamala Harris demanded that we believe all women.

00:07:07.520 All women who make any accusations against men must be believed.

00:07:13.640 And all these women on the Democrat side decided to embrace this movement because the movement was being weaponized. 1.00

00:07:22.000 Against Donald Trump.

00:07:24.080 It was really cropping up, I think, because of Donald Trump.

00:07:26.980 Brett Kavanaugh it was used against without any credibility whatsoever.

00:07:30.500 He had that complete lunatic, Christine Blasey Ford, whose story changed every time she opened her mouth.

00:07:35.740 But she had to be believed.

00:07:37.840 Her testimony was unimpeachable, even though it was self-contradictory.

00:07:41.160 And it was contradicted by her friends at the time and people who could have been eyewitnesses.

00:07:46.900 But it was good then because it was being used against Republican men.

00:07:52.760 Kamala Harris, during Me Too, tweeted out, I stand with women across every industry to say,

00:07:59.500 time's up on abuse, harassment, marginalization, and underrepresentation.

00:08:04.320 Join me.

00:08:05.280 We want all survivors of sexual harassment everywhere to be heard, to be believed, and to know that accountability is possible.

00:08:11.840 That's not all she said.

00:08:12.620 She also tweeted out, I wore black today in support of all survivors of sexual assault or abuse.

00:08:19.520 We won't let them be silenced or ignored.

00:08:22.240 Hashtag believe survivors.

00:08:23.640 And then she's got this picture of herself there.

00:08:25.800 Looking real smug.

00:08:27.240 Looking real serious.

00:08:28.180 Time's up.

00:08:29.220 Believe survivors.

00:08:30.200 Except when the survivors accuse her husband.

00:08:36.680 Because the second gentleman, the man who wants to be the first gentleman, has now officially denied the allegations through a spokesman.

00:08:45.660 So through a spokesman, Kamala Harris' husband says, don't believe the woman who's accusing me of beating her in public.

00:08:54.440 Kamala Harris says, believe all women.

00:08:56.720 Believe survivors.

00:08:57.920 Her husband, officially, so this is obviously through the Kamala apparatus, says, don't believe that woman.

00:09:02.960 Hillary Clinton did the same thing in 2016. 0.98

00:09:05.320 We need to believe all women.

00:09:06.580 We need to believe all women.

00:09:07.700 Hey, what about the woman who says your husband raped her? 0.74

00:09:10.340 Don't believe that woman. 0.87

00:09:12.800 This is why it's a political problem for Kamala Harris. 1.00

00:09:15.300 This is the only reason I'm talking about it.

00:09:17.200 It's exhibit Z.

00:09:22.060 I don't know.

00:09:22.400 It's evidence number 3,255 that Kamala Harris is completely inauthentic.

00:09:28.840 That she doesn't have any serious beliefs of her own.

00:09:32.240 That she will just recite whatever the liberal establishment would like according to prevailing winds. 1.00

00:09:40.620 And in this way, in a particularly egregious way, because she's saying this is about, this is about, you know, woman solidarity.

00:09:52.180 This is about defending women.

00:09:53.140 She's staked so much for campaign on women's rights, really used as a euphemism for abortion. 0.99

00:09:57.900 She says, you know, we stand with the girls.

00:09:59.880 Except the one who says that my husband beat her up in public. 0.99

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00:11:23.920 There are members of a New Hampshire girls' high school soccer team, Hillsborough during high school,

00:11:31.440 who are refusing to play soccer against the Cure Sarge team because this other school's team allows a man who thinks that he's a woman or a boy who thinks that he's a girl to play on the team.

00:11:49.340 And the girls are saying, we're not going to play against a man.

00:11:53.320 We have a girls' soccer league.

00:11:55.660 This is unfair.

00:11:56.960 Men are physically stronger and better at sports than women. 0.99

00:11:59.560 And so we're not going to subject ourselves to this.

00:12:02.580 That's not the best part.

00:12:03.600 We've heard a thousand versions of this story.

00:12:06.320 The best part, this was pointed out by Riley Gaines,

00:12:08.880 is that the boy who plays on the girls' team,

00:12:15.440 his name is, where is it?

00:12:19.200 Male Jacques.

00:12:22.400 M-A-E-L-L-E-J-A-C-Q-U-E-S. 1.00

00:12:29.140 Male Jacques is the guy's name.

00:12:31.840 When I saw this, I said, this can't be true.

00:12:35.080 This has to be a setup.

00:12:36.360 This has to be the Babylon Bee.

00:12:37.700 Or the humor of Providence, of the tightly knit logic of history,

00:12:45.100 is really on the nose right now.

00:12:49.400 The girls' soccer team refuses to play against male jock.

00:12:56.720 Of course.

00:12:58.660 There are no mere coincidences.

00:13:00.660 This is a good one.

00:13:02.340 I mean, this really shows you the issue.

00:13:04.200 But furthermore, this isn't just about fairness.

00:13:08.900 This isn't just about, you know, the girls being at a disadvantage 0.99

00:13:11.940 and not being able to win the game because the men are stronger or whatever.

00:13:15.300 This is just a basic matter of safety for girls. 1.00

00:13:18.100 As I've said from the beginning,

00:13:19.660 I would like girls and women to have their own sports leagues

00:13:23.880 because we told them they could,

00:13:25.200 and it seems like a nice thing for them.

00:13:28.100 But I don't really care about women's sports. 1.00

00:13:30.740 I don't, nobody really cares about women's sports. 0.98

00:13:33.540 The closest anyone has come to caring about,

00:13:35.580 maybe tennis people kind of like,

00:13:38.240 the closest anyone's coming in recent years to caring about women's sports 0.98

00:13:42.800 is now the WNBA because that star, Caitlin Clark, is in it. 1.00

00:13:46.840 And even then, people aren't actually watching it.

00:13:48.960 Like, it's, no one really cares.

00:13:52.200 It's the injustice that bothers us, for starters.

00:13:56.700 And then the second thing that bothers us,

00:13:58.840 and I think it's a good argument for these girls not to play against 1.00

00:14:03.160 other schools that let men on the team,

00:14:05.880 it's not safe.

00:14:07.040 In 2022, Peyton McNabb, a girls volleyball player,

00:14:13.380 was paralyzed and suffered a brain injury

00:14:17.380 because the other team let a dude play on the team. 0.94

00:14:21.760 And the boy spiked the ball so hard

00:14:24.780 that he permanently paralyzed this girl

00:14:27.780 and left her with a brain injury. 0.82

00:14:31.760 If I, I only have boys.

00:14:33.720 If I had a daughter,

00:14:34.880 my daughter wanted to play volleyball 1.00

00:14:37.300 and there were, or really any sport,

00:14:39.840 and there were a man on the other team,

00:14:41.520 I would just say no.

00:14:43.140 And I wouldn't say no just to prove a point

00:14:45.580 or anything like that.

00:14:47.020 I would say no because I want my daughter to be safe

00:14:49.400 and this isn't safe.

00:14:51.080 This is needlessly endangering girls 1.00

00:14:53.680 and leaving them vulnerable to the possibility

00:14:57.100 that they could be permanently paralyzed and brain injured

00:14:59.780 so that some extraordinarily confused

00:15:03.240 and potentially perverted,

00:15:05.800 I mean, I guess by definition perverted,

00:15:08.200 boy or man gets to live out a sexual fantasy.

00:15:12.640 Ain't doing that.

00:15:13.680 Sorry.

00:15:15.540 This is a winning issue for Republicans

00:15:19.680 because what the Democrats have done

00:15:22.640 is so grotesque, unjust, and dangerous,

00:15:28.160 and obviously dangerous.

00:15:29.280 This is why my friend,

00:15:32.000 the junior senator from Texas,

00:15:34.280 Senator Cruz,

00:15:35.500 has just released perhaps the best ad

00:15:38.540 of the 2024 campaign cycle.

00:15:40.780 Keep your eye on the ball.

00:15:41.880 Ready?

00:15:43.220 Okay.

00:15:43.920 That's okay.

00:15:44.740 Concentrate.

00:15:47.340 Texas girls are tough. 1.00

00:15:49.560 You got this.

00:15:50.240 Let's do it again.

00:15:51.180 But they're facing a new opponent

00:15:52.940 they can't beat by digging deeper.

00:15:55.020 Colin Allred could have stopped men

00:15:57.960 from competing in women's sports,

00:15:59.660 but instead he voted against our daughters.

00:16:05.640 What kind of man does that?

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00:16:09.560 for the content of this advertising.

00:16:11.200 Oh man, this is good.

00:16:13.140 And you know,

00:16:13.500 I think I know actually who wrote that ad.

00:16:16.260 It's a provocative ad.

00:16:18.500 You get Call Allred,

00:16:19.840 who is an athlete, right?

00:16:21.160 And he just tackles this girl at the end.

00:16:24.360 And I love that tagline.

00:16:26.580 What kind of man does that?

00:16:29.360 Now, some people are going to roll their eyes.

00:16:30.900 They're going to say,

00:16:31.260 this is the best you got.

00:16:32.900 This is the best you Republicans have.

00:16:36.780 We're going to pretend that girls' sports 1.00

00:16:38.820 is the most important issue of the election.

00:16:41.160 It's not the most important issue of the election.

00:16:42.960 But it's the clearest issue of the election.

00:16:48.060 Let's put it that way.

00:16:49.760 It's a novel issue.

00:16:51.920 It makes the Democrats look completely absurd.

00:16:56.040 And it's an issue that resonates

00:16:58.880 with every single parent.

00:17:01.360 Certainly every single parent of a girl,

00:17:02.820 but I think just every single parent.

00:17:04.140 It is disgusting

00:17:07.940 and scandalous

00:17:10.380 and reckless

00:17:12.040 to allow men and boys

00:17:14.740 to compete in girls' sports.

00:17:17.820 It endangers women. 1.00

00:17:20.480 But that's the Democrat Party now, I guess.

00:17:22.080 It's the party of Doug Emhoff

00:17:23.440 and Colin Allred.

00:17:24.820 You know, Doug Emhoff

00:17:26.120 accused of beating his girlfriend in public.

00:17:28.280 He's the new kind of man, though.

00:17:29.260 He's redefining masculinity,

00:17:30.820 according to Jen Psaki.

00:17:31.780 And then Colin Allred,

00:17:33.820 who voted against protecting girls

00:17:35.480 from being brutalized by men in sports.

00:17:38.480 That's the party, I guess.

00:17:39.800 So much for the party of women. 1.00

00:17:41.140 This is a strong issue.

00:17:44.620 If you think this is a minor issue,

00:17:46.600 it's an ancillary issue,

00:17:47.700 I would say look at Virginia.

00:17:50.540 This issue,

00:17:52.340 transgenderism in schools in particular,

00:17:54.700 might have been the defining issue

00:17:57.020 that got Glenn Youngkin elected

00:17:58.280 and flipped a blue Commonwealth red.

00:17:59.980 This issue was one of a number of issues,

00:18:03.840 but a prominent issue

00:18:04.880 that got Ron DeSantis re-elected

00:18:07.020 in a landslide in Florida.

00:18:09.040 This is a good issue.

00:18:11.060 Democrats want us to be talking about abortion

00:18:13.480 and in vitro fertilization or something.

00:18:16.740 They don't want us talking about this issue

00:18:19.020 because while it's ancillary

00:18:22.380 in its immediate effect,

00:18:24.020 you know, girls' sports, 0.89

00:18:25.800 it is universal.

00:18:28.040 It tells you the whole story

00:18:29.560 because it gives you this whole absurd premise

00:18:33.500 that the Democrats think boys and girls

00:18:34.940 are exactly the same

00:18:35.980 and women need to suffer 1.00

00:18:37.880 so that perverse men

00:18:39.100 can be titillated a little bit.

00:18:42.860 Now, speaking of the trans issue,

00:18:45.880 there's a story,

00:18:46.680 it just came out of the United Kingdom.

00:18:49.520 The lead child psychologist at Tavistock,

00:18:53.360 this infamous gender clinic 1.00

00:18:56.220 that was transing the kids,

00:18:57.640 probably the most infamous in the world,

00:18:59.620 the lead child psychologist at Tavistock

00:19:02.740 was just caught, allegedly,

00:19:06.580 grooming a 15-year-old boy.

00:19:10.580 This guy, lead psychologist

00:19:12.600 at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust,

00:19:15.240 was ensnared by a group

00:19:17.500 of vigilante pedophile hunters

00:19:19.660 in an online sting

00:19:21.240 after he allegedly,

00:19:23.500 I have to say allegedly,

00:19:24.380 a hundred thousand times

00:19:25.380 as I talk about this,

00:19:26.860 allegedly sent sexually explicit messages

00:19:29.500 to someone who told the psychologist

00:19:32.700 that he was 15 years old.

00:19:34.340 And then the 53-year-old psychologist

00:19:36.340 allegedly met up with his would-be victim

00:19:38.680 in a restaurant,

00:19:41.120 a Nando's restaurant,

00:19:42.160 a nice little restaurant chain in the UK,

00:19:44.100 and then arranged to go to a local park

00:19:47.040 to do illegal activities,

00:19:49.320 allegedly.

00:19:52.940 It is always the ones you most expect.

00:19:56.960 This is example number 10,057.

00:20:00.460 It is always the ones you most expect.

00:20:02.760 Who would have thought

00:20:05.300 that a guy who dedicates his life and career

00:20:07.340 to scandalizing sexually confused children

00:20:10.920 would have a weird sexual fascination with children?

00:20:15.260 Who could have imagined?

00:20:17.340 And in particularly aberrant ways.

00:20:19.140 Who could have possibly guessed that?

00:20:23.140 This issue,

00:20:24.040 I know there are going to be people,

00:20:25.560 not just the Democrats,

00:20:27.240 but there are going to be GOP figures

00:20:30.340 who say,

00:20:31.340 all right,

00:20:31.600 enough about the transgender thing.

00:20:33.100 I agree.

00:20:33.540 I think it's absurd

00:20:34.460 that our culture has to talk about

00:20:35.620 how boys and girls are different all the time.

00:20:36.920 I agree.

00:20:37.460 I'm sick of it, too.

00:20:40.340 This is an important issue

00:20:42.480 because the Democrats

00:20:45.040 are scandalizing and mutilating

00:20:47.980 and sterilizing children 0.56

00:20:49.280 and shortening their lifespans.

00:20:51.180 So just in itself,

00:20:52.240 it's a really crucial issue.

00:20:55.420 But it's a winning issue.

00:20:57.260 And if you pull on this thread

00:20:58.880 just a little bit,

00:20:59.860 you're going to wind up

00:21:02.040 with a big pile of yarn.

00:21:02.880 There is a lot here.

00:21:06.260 Okay?

00:21:07.140 It is...

00:21:07.780 It's always the ones you most expect.

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00:21:59.060 develop a soul.

00:22:00.380 You are not doing enough

00:22:01.700 to spice up your fall parties,

00:22:03.900 soirees,

00:22:04.980 social rendezvous,

00:22:06.360 and other friendly gatherings.

00:22:08.040 Fix that with yes or no.

00:22:09.580 Go to dailywire.com slash shop

00:22:11.540 to get the all new

00:22:12.680 yes or no politics,

00:22:13.760 philosophy,

00:22:14.100 and religion

00:22:15.400 expansion pack

00:22:17.100 today.

00:22:18.260 My favorite comment

00:22:19.760 yesterday

00:22:20.220 is from Two Toy Boys.

00:22:23.340 Jack Smith is the

00:22:24.340 Black Knight

00:22:24.960 from Monty Python

00:22:25.860 and the Holy Grail.

00:22:27.280 He keeps losing limbs

00:22:28.280 but refuses

00:22:29.020 to admit defeat.

00:22:30.640 So true.

00:22:32.160 Your case is thrown out.

00:22:33.140 What?

00:22:33.380 What are you talking about?

00:22:33.980 My case is thrown out.

00:22:34.840 No, hold on,

00:22:35.500 but I,

00:22:36.440 Trump,

00:22:37.240 well,

00:22:37.620 let's go back to D.C.

00:22:38.680 Trump,

00:22:39.120 he did an insurrection.

00:22:41.000 He didn't really do

00:22:41.520 an insurrection.

00:22:41.980 No, but we,

00:22:42.600 anyway,

00:22:42.980 he,

00:22:43.460 but one of his campaign staffers

00:22:45.940 made a joke about rioting.

00:22:47.600 Yeah,

00:22:47.740 but it wasn't Trump

00:22:48.420 who did that.

00:22:48.820 Well,

00:22:49.340 I'm going to fall off my desk

00:22:50.440 if I,

00:22:50.860 if I continue that charade.

00:22:53.420 Speaking of Republicans

00:22:54.640 winning on issues,

00:22:56.860 Byron Donalds,

00:22:57.960 man,

00:22:59.540 Florida congressman,

00:23:01.480 rising star in the GOP,

00:23:04.540 hot on the heels

00:23:05.280 of J.D. Vance's master class

00:23:07.040 in oratory and rhetoric

00:23:08.400 at the VP debate.

00:23:09.700 He gives another one

00:23:10.900 on The Breakfast Club.

00:23:13.400 This is a left-wing show

00:23:15.340 geared primarily

00:23:16.160 at a black audience

00:23:17.100 and Byron

00:23:20.120 absolutely killed it.

00:23:21.580 What does qualified immunity

00:23:22.420 have to do with

00:23:23.320 having less police officers?

00:23:24.860 Because,

00:23:25.220 because the economic incentive

00:23:27.020 of qualified immunity

00:23:28.220 means that your personal assets

00:23:29.920 aren't going after

00:23:30.780 if something goes wrong.

00:23:32.240 So,

00:23:33.160 you know,

00:23:33.640 you're in business,

00:23:34.500 you're in business.

00:23:35.700 Do you get involved

00:23:36.620 in a project

00:23:37.260 or a deal

00:23:37.940 that leaves you

00:23:39.020 massively exposed

00:23:40.240 financially?

00:23:41.280 You may,

00:23:42.280 depending on your passion

00:23:43.160 for that project,

00:23:44.220 but then you also

00:23:44.880 sit back and think,

00:23:45.620 now wait a minute,

00:23:46.200 if something goes wrong,

00:23:47.520 I'm going to be held

00:23:48.320 massively viable?

00:23:49.420 Maybe I need to do

00:23:50.360 something else in your life.

00:23:50.880 When we're saying

00:23:50.920 if something goes wrong,

00:23:51.680 we're talking about

00:23:52.320 people getting violently

00:23:53.580 hurt or killed.

00:23:55.260 Yeah, clearly.

00:23:56.180 People that you brushed over.

00:23:57.840 But it's clear

00:23:58.260 when somebody clearly

00:23:59.240 violates the constitutional right.

00:24:00.980 And when you're,

00:24:01.720 when you violate

00:24:02.240 a constitutional right,

00:24:03.120 qualified immunity

00:24:03.800 doesn't apply to you.

00:24:05.000 And that's what I'm talking about.

00:24:06.000 It does not.

00:24:06.500 And Angela,

00:24:06.780 don't do that.

00:24:07.340 It does not.

00:24:08.700 I thought that was

00:24:09.840 the definition.

00:24:10.600 No, it does not.

00:24:12.260 I thought that was

00:24:12.480 the definition.

00:24:12.960 No, it does not.

00:24:13.600 If you,

00:24:14.200 if you carry yourself

00:24:15.360 outside of the confines

00:24:16.980 of your training

00:24:17.680 and the protocols

00:24:18.320 of that department,

00:24:19.140 qualified immunity

00:24:19.760 doesn't apply to you.

00:24:21.240 That's not true.

00:24:22.280 That is very true.

00:24:23.300 That is very true.

00:24:24.020 That is patently false.

00:24:24.540 That is patently true.

00:24:26.160 And we need to make sure

00:24:26.860 we have that accurate.

00:24:27.760 Okay, listen,

00:24:28.240 qualified immunity

00:24:28.980 is a legal doctrine

00:24:29.860 that protects government

00:24:30.600 officials from civil lawsuits

00:24:32.320 when they perform their jobs

00:24:33.440 unless they clearly

00:24:34.220 violate a constitutional right.

00:24:35.360 That's exactly

00:24:35.680 what I'm saying.

00:24:36.140 Oh, total knockout.

00:24:39.720 Total, look at,

00:24:41.720 what was the key here?

00:24:44.260 Two things stand out

00:24:45.420 in particular.

00:24:46.360 And this is a lesson

00:24:47.340 I want every Republican

00:24:48.620 who's in any way

00:24:49.340 in public life

00:24:50.060 from the U.S. Capitol

00:24:52.620 down to the PTA,

00:24:53.740 I want you to write this down.

00:24:56.120 First of all,

00:24:58.200 he's calm.

00:24:59.280 He's calm,

00:25:00.360 he's firm,

00:25:01.440 he's direct,

00:25:02.480 but he's calm

00:25:03.220 the whole time.

00:25:03.980 Even as that woman 1.00

00:25:04.820 that's trying to grill him

00:25:06.680 is starting to get

00:25:07.680 a little emotional,

00:25:08.360 he's just remaining

00:25:09.020 calm but firm.

00:25:10.120 But second of all,

00:25:12.120 he knew his stuff.

00:25:14.800 He knew the issue well.

00:25:18.020 He was able to recall

00:25:19.360 the precise definition

00:25:21.140 that he was talking about.

00:25:22.580 And he was confident enough

00:25:24.000 in what he knew

00:25:25.020 to stand firm on it.

00:25:26.820 The minute

00:25:27.480 that you hear in a debate,

00:25:29.300 that's not true.

00:25:31.140 You are now

00:25:32.000 in a rhetorical fight

00:25:33.160 to the death.

00:25:33.660 because

00:25:35.720 one of you

00:25:37.200 is going to lose

00:25:38.320 a lot of credibility.

00:25:39.480 If you are arguing

00:25:40.480 not over

00:25:41.280 first principles even,

00:25:43.880 or not over

00:25:45.380 an interpretation

00:25:46.720 of something,

00:25:47.780 or not over

00:25:49.020 a preferred

00:25:50.580 policy proposal,

00:25:52.680 but if you're just

00:25:53.440 arguing over

00:25:54.580 basic facts,

00:25:57.420 one of you

00:25:59.360 is going to lose.

00:26:01.520 And so,

00:26:02.340 she did it.

00:26:02.800 She threw down that.

00:26:03.500 She goes,

00:26:03.940 that's not true.

00:26:04.760 He goes,

00:26:05.020 no,

00:26:05.220 it is true.

00:26:06.700 And then that other guy,

00:26:07.620 Charlemagne,

00:26:08.080 who's the host of the show,

00:26:09.180 he says,

00:26:09.440 well,

00:26:09.720 man,

00:26:09.980 we don't need to sit here

00:26:11.220 arguing about this.

00:26:11.820 I can just Google it.

00:26:13.500 And you could see Byron,

00:26:14.860 I don't know,

00:26:15.200 did he catch Charlemagne

00:26:16.920 out of the corner of his eye?

00:26:18.580 He didn't try to double down

00:26:20.020 and fight

00:26:21.080 and fight what's-her-face 0.99

00:26:21.920 on it.

00:26:22.980 He just let it go.

00:26:23.700 He said,

00:26:23.840 no,

00:26:24.060 it just,

00:26:24.520 it is true.

00:26:25.160 And Charlemagne looks up,

00:26:25.780 he's like,

00:26:26.000 oh yeah,

00:26:26.280 it turns out Byron's right.

00:26:28.440 Masterclass.

00:26:30.840 Absolutely killer.

00:26:32.780 Between Byron

00:26:34.080 and J.D. Vance

00:26:36.220 and Vivek Ramaswamy

00:26:37.980 and this whole crop

00:26:40.080 of young Republican politicians,

00:26:42.840 I feel great

00:26:44.920 about Republicans'

00:26:47.240 rhetorical skill.

00:26:48.580 I don't see any analog

00:26:50.380 on the left.

00:26:52.960 Now,

00:26:53.180 speaking of debates,

00:26:54.200 President Trump has just come out,

00:26:55.260 he has said definitively,

00:26:56.960 no more debates

00:26:58.300 in 2024.

00:26:59.720 He posted to Truth Social,

00:27:02.380 Lan Kamala

00:27:03.160 just put out a request

00:27:04.000 for another debate

00:27:04.600 because they want,

00:27:05.540 they lost so badly tonight.

00:27:07.340 Again,

00:27:07.800 it's like the fighter who lost

00:27:09.040 gets up and says,

00:27:09.820 I want a rematch.

00:27:10.580 I beat Biden.

00:27:11.280 I then beat her 1.00

00:27:11.900 and I'm not looking to do it again

00:27:13.040 too far down the line.

00:27:14.380 Votes are already cast

00:27:15.080 and I'm leading big in the polls.

00:27:16.700 I'll make America great again.

00:27:17.840 She's incapable of it. 0.94

00:27:18.880 So,

00:27:19.680 Trump had already said

00:27:21.240 he probably wasn't doing

00:27:22.200 another debate.

00:27:23.520 After the VP debate,

00:27:25.000 Trump coming out and saying,

00:27:26.120 definitively,

00:27:26.740 it's over,

00:27:27.420 no chance,

00:27:28.260 not doing it.

00:27:29.680 That's a vote of confidence

00:27:30.780 in J.D.

00:27:32.000 That means J.D.

00:27:32.820 did his job.

00:27:34.000 Because if Trump

00:27:34.760 did another debate now,

00:27:36.240 that just opens up

00:27:37.140 the opportunity

00:27:37.680 for some missed moment,

00:27:39.000 some misunderstanding,

00:27:40.220 some flub.

00:27:41.480 Why would you do that?

00:27:42.180 If you've already

00:27:43.340 landed the debates

00:27:45.800 on,

00:27:46.320 first,

00:27:47.140 Trump doing so well

00:27:48.500 in the first debate

00:27:49.100 that he actually

00:27:49.660 blew away

00:27:50.820 the Democrat nominee,

00:27:52.020 no longer the nominee,

00:27:53.680 then the second debate,

00:27:55.220 Trump versus Kamala,

00:27:56.840 basically a draw.

00:27:58.200 Kamala did have 0.88

00:27:58.800 some good moments

00:27:59.540 in fairness,

00:28:00.040 but Trump had a lot

00:28:01.220 of great moments

00:28:01.780 in there too,

00:28:02.500 and it didn't,

00:28:04.040 it was a good debate.

00:28:06.300 Then,

00:28:06.880 you end with J.D.,

00:28:09.700 basically doing

00:28:11.020 the VP version,

00:28:12.160 so the less significant

00:28:12.860 version of what Trump

00:28:13.860 did in the first debate.

00:28:15.540 Why would you,

00:28:16.300 why would you risk it?

00:28:18.040 It's like you go,

00:28:18.520 you take the SAT,

00:28:19.740 and you get a 1590

00:28:21.540 or something,

00:28:22.140 you know,

00:28:22.320 you get almost

00:28:22.800 a perfect score.

00:28:24.160 Why would you go,

00:28:26.040 why would you take

00:28:26.940 the test again?

00:28:27.660 You could only

00:28:28.080 lose points.

00:28:29.520 Things would appear

00:28:30.740 to be,

00:28:31.260 at least on the

00:28:32.160 ground voter level,

00:28:34.480 looking up for Trump,

00:28:35.540 even CBS News

00:28:36.300 admitting that Trump

00:28:38.740 is doing pretty well,

00:28:39.580 portraying a Milwaukee

00:28:40.640 resident,

00:28:41.200 a black woman,

00:28:42.880 describing why

00:28:43.480 she wants to vote 0.63

00:28:43.980 for Trump.

00:28:44.980 I am voting

00:28:45.400 for Donald Trump

00:28:46.140 in 2024.

00:28:47.700 Abergren says

00:28:48.360 she felt safer

00:28:49.480 when Trump

00:28:50.300 was president.

00:28:51.320 The city is ran

00:28:52.340 by Democrats,

00:28:53.160 the county is ran

00:28:53.860 by Democrats,

00:28:54.620 and they have done

00:28:55.500 nothing to stop

00:28:56.420 the crime.

00:28:57.220 There it is.

00:28:59.660 Milwaukee,

00:29:00.380 you don't generally

00:29:01.040 think of Milwaukee

00:29:01.760 residents voting

00:29:02.420 for Trump.

00:29:03.220 You don't generally

00:29:04.160 think of women

00:29:04.800 voting for Trump.

00:29:05.580 You don't generally

00:29:06.020 think of black women

00:29:07.180 in Milwaukee

00:29:07.980 voting for Trump.

00:29:09.740 Now,

00:29:10.260 maybe this woman's 1.00

00:29:10.940 a lifelong Republican

00:29:12.020 conservative,

00:29:12.820 I don't know.

00:29:14.160 But,

00:29:14.840 if she's just

00:29:16.560 deciding later on,

00:29:17.840 if it's really

00:29:18.360 as CBS portrays here,

00:29:20.420 one thing

00:29:21.200 that could probably

00:29:22.200 get me to vote

00:29:23.140 for someone

00:29:23.740 is if the other guy

00:29:25.020 is threatening

00:29:26.020 my life,

00:29:27.140 if the other guy

00:29:29.040 is Kamala Harris,

00:29:31.060 who is bailing out

00:29:32.060 violent rioters,

00:29:33.200 if the other guy

00:29:34.000 is Tim Walls,

00:29:34.800 who allowed his city

00:29:35.600 to burn to the ground,

00:29:37.660 and I'm here,

00:29:38.940 and I'm a resident

00:29:40.100 of a swing state,

00:29:42.120 even more than

00:29:44.760 I'm worried about

00:29:45.260 immigration,

00:29:45.900 even more than

00:29:46.340 I'm worried about

00:29:46.820 the so-called

00:29:47.520 social issues,

00:29:48.500 maybe even more

00:29:49.440 than I'm worried

00:29:49.900 about the economy,

00:29:51.060 I'm thinking,

00:29:52.180 hey,

00:29:52.320 on whose watch

00:29:54.080 am I going

00:29:54.600 to be safe

00:29:55.560 in my person

00:29:56.740 and my property,

00:29:57.600 on whose watch

00:29:58.680 do I not need

00:29:59.380 to go to bed

00:29:59.840 at night

00:30:00.100 worrying about

00:30:00.700 my kids

00:30:01.300 being violently

00:30:03.020 attacked?

00:30:04.600 In this race,

00:30:05.820 it's eminently

00:30:07.620 clear,

00:30:08.200 it's Trump.

00:30:09.900 Now,

00:30:11.060 speaking of

00:30:12.080 realignment

00:30:12.640 and people

00:30:13.320 shifting their

00:30:14.640 allegiances,

00:30:17.500 J.D. Vance

00:30:18.120 just showed up

00:30:18.900 to the

00:30:20.540 Fireman's Union

00:30:21.960 and the

00:30:23.580 Firefighters Union,

00:30:25.460 even though

00:30:25.980 firefighters are

00:30:26.580 tough guys,

00:30:27.960 it's a union,

00:30:28.780 so the unions

00:30:29.300 often back

00:30:30.160 Democrats.

00:30:31.520 The liberal

00:30:32.220 media are

00:30:33.760 playing this

00:30:34.460 clip and

00:30:35.260 saying,

00:30:35.640 look at this,

00:30:36.140 J.D. Vance

00:30:36.620 shows up to

00:30:37.200 the Fireman's

00:30:37.920 Union and

00:30:38.720 he got

00:30:39.160 booed.

00:30:40.180 And there

00:30:40.760 were some

00:30:41.280 boos in there.

00:30:41.780 Take a listen.

00:30:42.740 Thank you,

00:30:43.140 guys.

00:30:43.460 Thank you so

00:30:43.960 much.

00:30:44.340 Well,

00:30:44.540 Semper Fi

00:30:49.960 guys,

00:30:50.640 we got some,

00:30:51.180 it sounds like

00:30:51.640 we got some

00:30:52.260 fans and

00:30:52.760 some haters,

00:30:53.260 that's okay.

00:30:54.180 All right,

00:30:54.600 there's Vance,

00:30:55.040 so he has

00:30:55.400 some cheers

00:30:56.280 and then some

00:30:57.040 boos. 0.75

00:30:57.340 And he goes,

00:30:57.700 yeah,

00:30:57.940 we got some

00:30:59.080 fans,

00:30:59.500 we got some

00:30:59.820 haters,

00:31:00.200 that's cool.

00:31:00.860 And the

00:31:01.100 liberal media

00:31:01.580 headline,

00:31:02.800 J.D. Vance

00:31:03.640 gets booed

00:31:04.680 at the

00:31:05.120 Fireman's

00:31:05.600 Union.

00:31:06.340 I don't

00:31:06.820 know.

00:31:08.000 Because then

00:31:08.660 I look,

00:31:09.780 I say,

00:31:10.020 hey,

00:31:10.180 how was

00:31:10.500 J.D.

00:31:10.860 received?

00:31:12.180 And this is

00:31:12.860 Politico,

00:31:13.320 this is a

00:31:13.700 center-left

00:31:14.100 outlet.

00:31:15.520 Firefighters

00:31:16.280 Union

00:31:16.560 declines to

00:31:17.860 issue a

00:31:18.360 presidential

00:31:18.760 endorsement.

00:31:21.660 The

00:31:21.920 Fireman's

00:31:23.840 Union

00:31:24.100 was the

00:31:25.640 first union

00:31:26.560 to endorse

00:31:27.180 Joe Biden

00:31:27.640 in 2019.

00:31:29.140 It's not

00:31:29.780 even just

00:31:30.200 that like

00:31:30.640 most unions,

00:31:32.000 they go and

00:31:32.520 historically have

00:31:33.640 endorsed

00:31:34.140 Democrats.

00:31:35.680 First union.

00:31:37.380 Now they

00:31:38.100 won't endorse.

00:31:39.020 A non-endorsement

00:31:39.960 of Kamala

00:31:40.420 is effectively

00:31:41.560 an endorsement

00:31:42.440 of Trump

00:31:42.780 for these

00:31:43.200 unions.

00:31:43.500 The

00:31:43.980 Teamsters

00:31:44.380 won't

00:31:44.840 endorse

00:31:45.120 the

00:31:45.300 Democrat.

00:31:47.260 That is

00:31:48.280 effectively

00:31:48.960 an endorsement

00:31:49.660 of Trump.

00:31:50.780 This is

00:31:51.080 the loudest

00:31:52.200 reaction.

00:31:52.820 Forget about

00:31:53.380 yelling boo

00:31:54.100 or this

00:31:54.740 or that

00:31:55.120 in the room.

00:31:55.720 The loudest

00:31:56.360 reaction you

00:31:56.980 can hear

00:31:57.220 from these

00:31:57.540 unions is

00:31:58.300 that they

00:31:58.560 will not

00:31:59.060 endorse the

00:31:59.440 Democrats,

00:31:59.940 the Democrats

00:32:00.400 that they've

00:32:00.700 endorsed for

00:32:01.140 decades.

00:32:01.660 that is

00:32:02.460 a sign

00:32:02.960 of real

00:32:04.760 political

00:32:05.320 realignment.

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00:32:45.780 Hi,

00:32:46.280 Michael.

00:32:46.620 My question

00:32:47.020 is,

00:32:47.440 how can I

00:32:47.800 talk to

00:32:48.120 my liberal

00:32:48.760 sister from

00:32:49.400 Denver about

00:32:50.080 abortion so 0.85

00:32:51.280 that she at

00:32:51.680 least doesn't

00:32:52.140 have this

00:32:52.580 view of me

00:32:53.060 as some

00:32:53.500 misogynistic

00:32:54.420 right-wing

00:32:54.900 extremist?

00:32:55.920 For context,

00:32:56.700 we had our

00:32:57.000 first conversation

00:32:57.740 about abortion

00:32:58.360 recently.

00:32:59.460 Since then,

00:32:59.920 she has been

00:33:00.280 sending me

00:33:00.660 articles and

00:33:01.260 texts,

00:33:01.700 all of which

00:33:02.200 essentially say

00:33:03.180 pro-lifers don't

00:33:04.020 care about

00:33:04.460 women, 1.00

00:33:04.980 I don't care

00:33:05.580 about women,

00:33:06.400 and additionally,

00:33:07.100 she doesn't

00:33:07.440 expect me to

00:33:08.040 understand or

00:33:08.700 care because

00:33:09.380 I'm not a

00:33:09.800 woman myself

00:33:10.460 and because

00:33:11.960 I'm just

00:33:12.400 forcing my

00:33:13.000 religious ideology

00:33:13.900 on women,

00:33:15.100 and therefore,

00:33:15.860 I don't believe

00:33:16.620 in religious

00:33:17.040 freedom either.

00:33:18.540 So,

00:33:19.400 I'm afraid

00:33:20.500 that based

00:33:21.160 on the biased

00:33:23.220 media she

00:33:23.760 consumes and

00:33:25.000 everything she's

00:33:26.700 been saying

00:33:27.140 to me recently

00:33:27.800 that our

00:33:28.360 relationship has

00:33:29.040 been hurt

00:33:29.480 by this

00:33:29.920 subject,

00:33:30.660 and I would

00:33:31.680 appreciate any

00:33:32.540 tips on talking

00:33:33.780 to her about

00:33:34.560 this in a

00:33:35.900 charitable and

00:33:36.640 compassionate way

00:33:37.500 so that she

00:33:38.380 understands my

00:33:41.720 views are

00:33:42.520 caring about

00:33:43.400 both the

00:33:44.080 child and

00:33:44.660 mother completely

00:33:46.700 and totally.

00:33:48.380 Thank you,

00:33:49.040 Michael.

00:33:49.280 Bye.

00:33:50.920 First question

00:33:51.620 to ask,

00:33:52.260 sorry that you're

00:33:52.880 having problems

00:33:53.220 with your sister,

00:33:53.920 first question

00:33:54.900 to ask is,

00:33:57.200 and ask

00:33:57.720 yourself,

00:33:58.100 I'm not saying

00:33:58.420 you have to

00:33:58.660 ask her this,

00:34:00.100 has your

00:34:00.500 sister had

00:34:00.900 an abortion? 0.99

00:34:02.340 According to

00:34:02.860 the Guttmacher

00:34:03.320 Institute,

00:34:03.880 which is the

00:34:04.220 think tank for

00:34:04.700 Planned Parenthood,

00:34:05.460 one in four

00:34:05.980 women will have 1.00

00:34:06.880 an abortion at

00:34:07.360 some point in

00:34:07.700 their life,

00:34:08.420 and that number

00:34:09.160 seems really high.

00:34:10.280 I sort of

00:34:10.800 believe it.

00:34:11.380 I know a number

00:34:11.920 of women who

00:34:12.400 have had abortions.

00:34:14.240 Has your sister

00:34:14.740 had an abortion?

00:34:15.680 I think many of

00:34:17.200 the most vocally,

00:34:18.140 not all,

00:34:18.460 but many of

00:34:19.280 the most radically,

00:34:20.840 vociferously pro-abortion

00:34:22.200 women have had 0.99

00:34:24.620 abortions. 0.94

00:34:26.000 And so,

00:34:26.860 as a defense

00:34:27.420 mechanism,

00:34:28.040 they have to

00:34:28.660 defend abortion 0.69

00:34:29.320 as a political

00:34:29.820 matter.

00:34:30.780 And they have

00:34:31.480 to do it

00:34:31.980 because the

00:34:34.100 alternative is

00:34:35.120 they have to

00:34:35.780 look themselves

00:34:36.340 in the mirror

00:34:36.920 and admit

00:34:38.840 that they

00:34:39.260 committed murder.

00:34:41.420 Not just any

00:34:42.320 murder,

00:34:42.900 that they

00:34:43.240 murdered their

00:34:43.900 own child,

00:34:44.980 and that is

00:34:45.420 just really

00:34:46.720 hard to do.

00:34:48.460 Okay,

00:34:49.100 so I think

00:34:50.160 that's a big

00:34:51.020 part of it.

00:34:51.560 The arguments

00:34:52.360 your sister

00:34:52.780 is making

00:34:53.240 are totally

00:34:54.340 scattershot

00:34:54.980 and ridiculous.

00:34:55.680 She says,

00:34:56.120 if you don't

00:34:56.980 think babies

00:34:57.440 should be

00:34:57.760 murdered,

00:34:58.160 that you

00:34:58.440 don't believe

00:34:59.840 in religious

00:35:00.400 freedom or

00:35:01.240 something like

00:35:01.800 that.

00:35:02.760 But of course,

00:35:03.600 you could flip

00:35:04.260 that on its

00:35:04.620 head and say,

00:35:05.020 well,

00:35:05.200 you're demanding

00:35:05.900 that we live

00:35:07.220 in a country

00:35:07.660 that sacrifices

00:35:08.520 babies,

00:35:09.140 so you're

00:35:09.440 demanding

00:35:09.940 that paganism

00:35:11.620 be the religion

00:35:12.660 of the land,

00:35:13.260 and you're

00:35:13.740 infringing on

00:35:14.340 my freedom

00:35:15.140 to live in a

00:35:15.840 country that

00:35:16.280 does not

00:35:16.700 sacrifice babies

00:35:17.740 to Moloch.

00:35:18.840 Or even if

00:35:19.720 you wanted

00:35:20.000 to say it

00:35:20.440 in a more

00:35:22.400 secular way,

00:35:24.180 say,

00:35:24.440 well,

00:35:24.540 you're demanding

00:35:25.280 that we live

00:35:25.800 in a country

00:35:26.280 that is

00:35:26.640 effectively

00:35:27.160 atheistic,

00:35:28.760 that does not

00:35:30.100 tolerate the

00:35:30.880 public expression

00:35:32.100 and a public

00:35:32.480 life of

00:35:32.860 Christianity,

00:35:33.440 so that you're

00:35:34.120 forcing liberalism

00:35:35.480 on me.

00:35:36.960 If she says,

00:35:37.800 well,

00:35:37.840 I just want

00:35:38.180 women to have 1.00

00:35:38.520 choice,

00:35:39.120 right,

00:35:39.480 you're making

00:35:39.860 an idol of

00:35:40.440 choice,

00:35:40.780 you are forcing

00:35:41.540 the totalitarian

00:35:43.180 ideology of

00:35:44.180 liberalism on

00:35:45.020 me,

00:35:45.360 even though

00:35:46.040 my religious

00:35:46.600 views are

00:35:47.200 not liberal.

00:35:48.760 So some

00:35:49.640 view is going

00:35:50.240 to predominate.

00:35:51.200 You just want

00:35:52.240 your view to

00:35:52.660 predominate,

00:35:53.140 and I think

00:35:53.400 my view should

00:35:53.920 predominate,

00:35:54.460 and it happens

00:35:55.100 that you,

00:35:56.200 not your sister,

00:35:56.840 but you,

00:35:57.740 are more

00:35:58.680 correct.

00:36:00.320 If it is the

00:36:01.480 case, as it is

00:36:02.120 for many women,

00:36:02.940 that they really

00:36:04.000 support abortion 0.94

00:36:04.720 because they've

00:36:08.620 had an abortion

00:36:09.440 themselves,

00:36:11.360 then the thing

00:36:12.100 to impress

00:36:12.480 upon them

00:36:12.900 is,

00:36:15.020 it's paradoxical,

00:36:16.860 but it's

00:36:17.180 twofold.

00:36:18.420 You have to

00:36:19.120 impress upon

00:36:19.580 them that they

00:36:20.560 really are much

00:36:21.660 worse than they

00:36:22.700 admit they are,

00:36:23.820 they are morally

00:36:24.680 far more broken

00:36:26.880 and degraded

00:36:27.780 than they admit

00:36:28.400 they are,

00:36:29.180 and simultaneously

00:36:30.740 there is

00:36:32.100 redemption,

00:36:33.140 and they could

00:36:34.140 be made

00:36:35.000 better,

00:36:36.280 and they could

00:36:36.740 be made more

00:36:37.560 whole than they

00:36:38.520 ever dreamt in

00:36:39.220 their wildest

00:36:39.660 dreams.

00:36:40.460 This is the

00:36:41.780 paradox of it,

00:36:43.800 I suppose,

00:36:44.240 but it's a trick

00:36:44.700 of the devil.

00:36:45.160 The devil tempts

00:36:46.140 you and says,

00:36:46.780 hey, the sin you

00:36:47.800 want to commit,

00:36:48.280 it's not that bad,

00:36:48.920 it's not a big

00:36:49.400 deal, it's your

00:36:49.940 choice, it's not

00:36:50.560 even really a baby,

00:36:51.300 it's not a person,

00:36:52.140 don't forget about

00:36:52.980 it, your career is

00:36:53.860 more important,

00:36:55.080 you can't be a

00:36:55.680 mother, your

00:36:56.780 boyfriend doesn't

00:36:57.780 love you,

00:36:58.260 you're not going

00:36:58.660 to this,

00:36:59.020 da-da-da-da-da,

00:36:59.520 it's no big deal,

00:37:00.440 just kill the baby. 1.00

00:37:01.520 And then, the

00:37:02.260 minute you do it,

00:37:03.300 the devil gets in

00:37:04.040 your ear and says,

00:37:04.840 wow, you're the

00:37:05.420 worst person that's

00:37:06.380 ever lived, and

00:37:06.960 there's no redemption,

00:37:07.880 and no one could

00:37:08.300 ever love or

00:37:08.940 forgive you, ever.

00:37:10.480 This is it, this is

00:37:11.400 your whole life,

00:37:12.000 you better, you

00:37:12.560 better, if you

00:37:13.960 acknowledge what

00:37:15.020 you know is morally

00:37:15.720 true, you're done,

00:37:17.620 you're toast, you're

00:37:18.260 irredeemable.

00:37:19.020 That's the trick

00:37:19.680 that the devil

00:37:20.080 plays.

00:37:21.400 And he's a liar, 0.56

00:37:22.720 and he's the

00:37:23.020 father of lies, so

00:37:23.620 everything there is

00:37:24.420 a lie.

00:37:25.220 It is a big deal,

00:37:26.940 you don't really

00:37:27.820 have the freedom of

00:37:28.820 choice to murder a

00:37:29.980 baby, you don't have

00:37:30.640 any right to do

00:37:31.300 that, that it really

00:37:32.900 is your baby, and

00:37:34.120 you can be forgiven,

00:37:35.860 and you can, and

00:37:36.400 God still loves you,

00:37:37.220 but you have to

00:37:38.220 repent, and you

00:37:39.000 have to acknowledge

00:37:39.540 moral reality, or

00:37:40.440 you're just going to

00:37:40.920 spin out into

00:37:41.520 madness and continue

00:37:42.720 to make bad

00:37:43.320 arguments and drive

00:37:44.320 yourself crazy.

00:37:45.520 That's the hard

00:37:46.480 way.

00:37:47.240 Perhaps you're

00:37:48.080 asking me this

00:37:48.480 question, so I'll

00:37:49.040 give you three easy

00:37:50.440 arguments to convince

00:37:51.500 someone that abortion 1.00

00:37:52.160 is bad.

00:37:52.740 I was convinced by

00:37:53.860 arguments by a

00:37:54.580 bioethicist, in

00:37:56.700 part because I'm a

00:37:57.380 man, I suppose, and

00:37:58.720 obviously I've

00:38:00.020 certainly never had

00:38:00.520 an abortion.

00:38:02.240 But I think for a

00:38:03.900 lot of women it's 1.00

00:38:04.440 much more personal,

00:38:05.180 and I think, I

00:38:05.760 was talking to a

00:38:08.020 female friend of

00:38:09.520 mine about this, and

00:38:11.200 she said, yeah, I

00:38:11.740 think women just 1.00

00:38:12.560 gaslight themselves

00:38:13.360 basically.

00:38:15.440 Women know it's a 1.00

00:38:16.300 baby, but they just 0.87

00:38:17.160 gaslight themselves,

00:38:18.260 okay?

00:38:18.960 And so I think that's

00:38:20.420 part of it.

00:38:20.820 I think you gotta get

00:38:22.400 more to the heart of

00:38:23.080 the matter.

00:38:23.620 Okay, next question.

00:38:26.280 Hey, Michael.

00:38:27.240 I doubt that you'll be

00:38:28.120 that fond of the

00:38:29.100 origin for my

00:38:29.900 question, but bear

00:38:30.740 with me.

00:38:31.480 As conservatives, we

00:38:32.760 all know that the

00:38:33.580 modern idea of

00:38:34.300 separation of church

00:38:35.120 and state, which

00:38:35.900 tells us that we

00:38:36.640 have to separate our

00:38:37.580 religious and

00:38:38.240 spiritual beliefs from

00:38:39.320 our politics, is not

00:38:40.600 only false, but

00:38:41.560 completely impossible

00:38:42.360 because our beliefs

00:38:43.280 influence our

00:38:44.100 worldview, which in

00:38:45.200 turn defines our

00:38:45.920 politics.

00:38:46.800 However, when

00:38:47.660 researching the

00:38:48.360 origin of this

00:38:49.020 phrase, I find that

00:38:50.180 the classic meaning

00:38:50.940 of separation of

00:38:51.740 church and state is

00:38:52.620 much more literal,

00:38:54.040 referring to the

00:38:54.640 idea that the

00:38:55.200 church and the

00:38:55.800 state as

00:38:56.360 institutions are and

00:38:58.140 ought to be separate

00:38:59.100 because they have

00:39:00.280 different purposes and

00:39:01.300 goals that cannot be

00:39:02.520 properly achieved when

00:39:03.480 both are combined into

00:39:04.500 one institution, or

00:39:06.000 to put it simply, the

00:39:07.240 state should not be the

00:39:08.180 church and the church

00:39:09.140 should not be the

00:39:09.880 state.

00:39:10.960 What are your thoughts

00:39:12.280 about this traditional

00:39:13.280 meaning of the term and

00:39:14.300 where do you think the

00:39:15.100 distinction lies?

00:39:16.400 Thanks.

00:39:17.480 Excellent question,

00:39:18.880 perfectly stated, and I

00:39:20.260 totally agree with that

00:39:21.560 view.

00:39:23.240 The notion that the

00:39:24.940 state should have

00:39:25.740 nothing to do with the

00:39:26.700 church is absurd because

00:39:28.140 all political order

00:39:29.860 involves practical

00:39:31.500 morality and that

00:39:32.300 necessarily comes from

00:39:33.700 religious premises, so

00:39:34.800 there's got to be some

00:39:35.760 kind of religion, but in

00:39:37.200 pagan ancient Rome, the

00:39:39.660 religion and the state

00:39:40.900 were identical with one

00:39:42.200 another.

00:39:42.920 Not in Christian Rome, not 0.99

00:39:44.820 after Constantine, but in

00:39:47.700 pagan Rome and in some

00:39:49.300 modern establishments up to

00:39:50.720 and including the United

00:39:52.020 Kingdom.

00:39:53.260 So I agree with that

00:39:54.360 classical distinction.

00:39:55.580 That's why I followed Dante

00:39:56.980 in this.

00:39:57.680 I think that the state can

00:39:58.920 receive great light from

00:40:01.040 the spiritual power, you

00:40:03.960 know, the church, and

00:40:05.440 they should cooperate, but

00:40:06.980 they're not identical.

00:40:08.500 So this is why I'm a

00:40:10.180 Catholic and not an 1.00

00:40:10.780 Anglican.

00:40:11.360 Next question.

00:40:14.000 Hey, Michael.

00:40:14.760 Happy Friday.

00:40:15.680 I am such a huge fan of

00:40:17.620 your show and really

00:40:18.480 thankful for what you do.

00:40:20.560 With this election cycle,

00:40:22.120 naturally, when conversing

00:40:23.600 with undecided or

00:40:24.860 independent voters, January

00:40:26.800 6th comes up a lot.

00:40:29.820 I recently had a

00:40:30.900 conversation with someone

00:40:31.940 who stated that because

00:40:33.860 that incident took place

00:40:36.300 inside the Capitol

00:40:37.320 building, which is the

00:40:38.400 seat of power for

00:40:39.220 America, the location is

00:40:41.780 what made January 6th an

00:40:43.480 insurrection and worse than

00:40:45.500 the BLM riots, and thus

00:40:47.180 they could never be

00:40:48.360 convinced to vote for

00:40:49.460 Trump.

00:40:50.120 So my question for you is

00:40:51.580 what bearing does the

00:40:53.420 location of January 6th have

00:40:55.360 in these conversations, and

00:40:56.700 how would you respond to

00:40:57.820 somebody making this

00:40:58.700 argument?

00:40:59.480 Thanks.

00:41:00.320 Sure.

00:41:00.540 Well, it's a false

00:41:01.280 distinction between BLM

00:41:03.240 and the January 6th people

00:41:04.420 because BLM also attacked

00:41:05.840 federal buildings and

00:41:06.820 government buildings.

00:41:07.720 So even if you're saying,

00:41:09.180 no, it's one thing if you

00:41:10.040 burn down the Nike store

00:41:11.140 and kill people in their 0.91

00:41:12.540 private homes, but it's

00:41:14.200 another if you take

00:41:15.020 selfies at the Capitol.

00:41:16.080 Somehow the Capitol thing

00:41:16.940 is worse because it's a

00:41:17.700 government building.

00:41:18.300 No, BLM burned down

00:41:19.360 like federal courthouses,

00:41:20.360 okay, so at least lit them

00:41:22.000 on fire.

00:41:22.320 So that's a silly

00:41:23.780 distinction.

00:41:26.020 But furthermore, no,

00:41:29.260 probably you would say

00:41:31.220 in a certain sense, not

00:41:32.260 maybe not to burn

00:41:33.120 something down or to

00:41:33.760 commit acts of violence,

00:41:34.500 but to have a major

00:41:36.160 protest, it is much more

00:41:40.240 defensible to do it in a

00:41:41.880 government building or at

00:41:43.080 the U.S. Capitol than it

00:41:44.060 would be to do it at

00:41:44.640 someone's home.

00:41:45.200 So for instance, the Libs

00:41:46.940 protested outside of the

00:41:50.000 Supreme Court conservative

00:41:51.060 justices' office,

00:41:52.320 private homes.

00:41:53.820 That's illegal.

00:41:55.440 Now, it's not as though

00:41:57.100 the federal government or

00:41:57.860 even the Virginia

00:41:58.500 government did anything to

00:41:59.540 stop them, but that's

00:42:00.500 illegal.

00:42:01.020 You're not allowed to do

00:42:01.680 that.

00:42:02.620 It's actually illegal to

00:42:03.500 protest outside of a

00:42:04.180 courthouse too because the

00:42:05.400 court is supposed to have

00:42:06.240 independence and not be

00:42:07.260 swayed by the mob.

00:42:09.120 However, the private homes

00:42:10.940 have a particular kind of

00:42:12.520 protection, whereas we do

00:42:13.980 have the right to address

00:42:14.600 our grievances.

00:42:15.220 So as long as we don't get

00:42:16.180 violent or make any direct

00:42:17.200 threats or anything, you can

00:42:18.640 go and in fact are

00:42:20.800 encouraged to go to the

00:42:21.500 Capitol and air your

00:42:22.980 grievances in an orderly

00:42:24.560 way.

00:42:25.000 So your friend's argument is

00:42:26.680 a little bit weak.

00:42:28.720 Next question.

00:42:30.780 Hi, Michael.

00:42:31.900 Erin here.

00:42:32.640 Big fan.

00:42:34.180 Wanted your thoughts on

00:42:35.720 inviting children to

00:42:36.960 weddings.

00:42:37.560 So my fiance and I are

00:42:39.180 currently planning our

00:42:39.940 wedding for next year, and

00:42:41.820 we plan to have a

00:42:42.900 traditional Catholic

00:42:43.680 ceremony followed by a

00:42:45.680 more formal reception

00:42:46.880 celebration outside of the

00:42:48.260 church, obviously.

00:42:50.260 So we initially decided

00:42:51.620 that we didn't want to

00:42:52.560 invite children in our

00:42:53.640 family because we wanted

00:42:55.500 the reception in particular

00:42:57.020 to feel like an adult

00:42:57.960 event and really allow

00:42:59.960 people in our family to

00:43:01.140 enjoy themselves without

00:43:02.360 being distracted by

00:43:03.300 children running around.

00:43:04.880 But my family, who's very

00:43:07.020 Southern, has become very

00:43:08.280 offended by this decision

00:43:09.440 and thinks that we are

00:43:10.820 intentionally leaving out

00:43:12.720 members of our family from

00:43:13.960 our special day.

00:43:14.680 What are your thoughts on

00:43:16.140 this?

00:43:16.600 Am I overreacting about

00:43:17.760 children or am I right?

00:43:20.280 Looking forward to it.

00:43:23.040 Leave the kids at home.

00:43:24.260 Basically.

00:43:25.100 I'm not saying that kids

00:43:26.220 should never be invited to

00:43:27.080 weddings.

00:43:27.420 I've been to weddings that

00:43:28.480 have kids at them and it

00:43:29.480 can be very fun.

00:43:30.960 But if you would, there are

00:43:31.900 two different kinds of

00:43:32.480 weddings though.

00:43:33.200 And if you would like the

00:43:34.260 kind of wedding that is

00:43:35.340 really just for adults or

00:43:36.540 maybe really older kids or

00:43:38.220 something, then do that.

00:43:39.740 There's nothing wrong with

00:43:40.520 that.

00:43:41.360 Look, I mean, I love kids.

00:43:42.380 I'm around kids all the

00:43:43.160 time.

00:43:43.580 I got three kids in my

00:43:44.660 own.

00:43:45.180 Three under four, you

00:43:46.000 know, and we're going to

00:43:46.800 keep churning them, God

00:43:47.560 willing.

00:43:47.940 So I am not in any way

00:43:49.520 anti-kid, but it's good for

00:43:52.680 there to be adult spaces

00:43:53.820 too.

00:43:54.800 You might say, okay, if a

00:43:56.160 lot of members of your

00:43:56.840 family have a ton of kids

00:43:57.760 and they don't have a lot

00:43:58.660 of money and they can't

00:43:59.480 find a babysitter and they

00:44:00.480 got to travel and this,

00:44:01.560 and it means that a lot of

00:44:03.180 your family, not just the

00:44:03.980 kids, but a lot of the

00:44:04.820 adults in your family won't

00:44:05.720 be able to come to the

00:44:06.320 wedding because of the

00:44:07.000 kids.

00:44:07.360 And then maybe you make a

00:44:08.360 prudent judgment and you

00:44:09.100 say, okay, maybe we'll allow

00:44:10.640 kids just so that we don't

00:44:12.360 lose 50% of the guests

00:44:14.000 of our wedding.

00:44:14.640 But if, if generally

00:44:16.420 speaking, people can find

00:44:17.640 babysitters and it's only a

00:44:19.180 few people who might have

00:44:20.040 to miss because of the

00:44:20.680 kids thing and this or

00:44:21.480 that, it's okay.

00:44:23.000 It's okay for adults to

00:44:24.060 have their own spaces.

00:44:26.420 It's all right.

00:44:27.140 There are hierarchies.

00:44:28.920 There are different,

00:44:29.460 there's variety to life.

00:44:31.080 That's actually very

00:44:32.100 conservative.

00:44:33.400 It's not anti-kid for

00:44:35.240 adults to go to an

00:44:36.120 elegant affair every now

00:44:37.420 and again.

00:44:38.140 Okay, it's Fake

00:44:38.580 Headline Friday.

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00:44:56.780 Republicans are Nazis.

00:44:58.140 You cannot separate

00:44:59.440 yourselves from the bad

00:45:00.720 white people.

00:45:01.720 Growing up, I never

00:45:02.400 thought much about race.

00:45:03.660 It never really seemed to

00:45:04.640 matter that much.

00:45:05.500 At least not to me.

00:45:06.320 Am I racist?

00:45:07.500 I would really appreciate it

00:45:08.480 if you left.

00:45:08.780 I'm trying to learn.

00:45:09.480 I'm on this journey.

00:45:10.800 I'm going to sort this

00:45:11.540 out.

00:45:12.060 I need to go deeper

00:45:12.880 undercover.

00:45:16.380 Joining us now is Matt,

00:45:17.820 certified DEI expert.

00:45:20.000 Here's my certification.

00:45:21.020 What you're doing is you're

00:45:21.820 stretching out of your

00:45:23.260 whiteness.

00:45:23.860 This is more for you than

00:45:24.520 this for you.

00:45:24.860 Is America inherently racist?

00:45:26.420 The word inherent is

00:45:27.680 challenging there.

00:45:28.380 I want to rename the

00:45:29.060 George Washington Monument

00:45:29.920 to the George Floyd

00:45:30.840 Monument.

00:45:31.560 America is racist to its

00:45:32.800 bones.

00:45:33.400 So inherently.

00:45:33.980 Yeah, this country is a

00:45:35.280 piece of...

00:45:35.980 White folks. 0.76

00:45:38.380 White trash. 1.00

00:45:38.900 White supremacy.

00:45:39.700 White woman. 1.00

00:45:40.280 White boy.

00:45:40.800 Is there a black person

00:45:41.800 around here?

00:45:42.100 There's a black person

00:45:42.780 right here.

00:45:43.420 Does he not exist?

00:45:46.000 Hi, Robin.

00:45:46.760 Hi.

00:45:47.100 What's your name?

00:45:48.060 I'm Matt.

00:45:48.560 I just had to ask who

00:45:49.280 you are because you have

00:45:50.200 to be careful.

00:45:51.160 Never be too careful.

00:45:53.080 In theaters now.

00:45:54.240 Rated PG-13.

The Michael Knowles Show - October 04, 2024

Ep. 1588 - Kamala Gets #MeTooed

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