Verdict with Ted Cruz - The Sweet Air of Freedom, LIVE at University of Alabama

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00:00:14.040 So exciting.

00:00:18.260 I gotta say, it is great to be back in America.

00:00:22.320 It is.

00:00:23.620 We've been in hostile territory on this tour.

00:00:27.340 We are back in good old America.

00:00:29.200 There's only one thing I'm more excited about.

00:00:31.920 I just got a text from a friend of mine.

00:00:33.900 This happened about an hour ago.

00:00:35.480 I'm just gonna read the text out.

00:00:38.200 Wow.

00:00:39.460 I'm mid-flight on my way from Newark to Salt Lake City,

00:00:43.840 and they just announced on the airplane speaker

00:00:46.740 that masks are no longer required.

00:00:50.560 Everyone cheered.

00:00:52.480 There's a shot we might get freedom back.

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00:03:35.480 Senator, we so rarely get any good news

00:03:38.800 as conservatives these days.

00:03:40.700 It's been a pretty tough news cycle.

00:03:42.800 This just broke a few hours ago.

00:03:45.320 A federal judge,

00:03:46.820 a Trump-appointed federal judge,

00:03:49.200 young judge who looks like

00:03:50.980 she's going to have a great career.

00:03:53.000 She just appears to have ended

00:03:55.920 the CDC mask mandate

00:03:59.160 for public transportation.

00:04:01.000 It is spectacular.

00:04:04.860 You know, I got to say,

00:04:06.280 I flew this afternoon

00:04:07.440 from Texas to Alabama.

00:04:08.640 I'm pissed.

00:04:10.000 She didn't issue a ruling this morning.

00:04:12.420 A few hours too late.

00:04:13.760 Because I had to wear the bloody mask

00:04:14.960 flying here.

00:04:16.260 What I love about that text,

00:04:18.680 so Michael showed me that text

00:04:19.780 right before we walked on,

00:04:20.980 is your buddy is a priest.

00:04:22.980 So you've literally got a priest

00:04:24.840 on a plane texting you,

00:04:27.160 holy crap,

00:04:27.820 we get to take our masks off.

00:04:29.980 He actually followed it up.

00:04:31.680 He said,

00:04:32.080 the poor guy next to me

00:04:33.300 is still asleep.

00:04:34.440 Should I just take it off his face?

00:04:36.180 I don't,

00:04:37.020 that way you can breathe just fine.

00:04:38.720 I'm glad you told him no on that one.

00:04:40.480 Yeah, that's probably not.

00:04:41.900 But this is actually,

00:04:43.540 on the one hand,

00:04:44.480 this is such great news.

00:04:46.180 I'm so excited.

00:04:47.320 I've got a flight coming up on Thursday.

00:04:49.680 I can't wait to exercise my freedom.

00:04:53.040 On the other hand,

00:04:54.520 is this what our country has come to?

00:04:56.720 That we need to celebrate

00:04:58.300 being able to breathe

00:05:00.160 without a muzzle on?

00:05:01.680 I mean,

00:05:02.180 think how asinine this is.

00:05:03.820 Two years ago,

00:05:04.760 if someone would have suggested

00:05:06.020 to everyone here

00:05:06.840 that the government's going to step in

00:05:09.300 and make a rule

00:05:10.760 that everyone has to wear a mask

00:05:12.420 every damn moment of the day

00:05:14.620 that you can't get on an airplane,

00:05:16.820 that you can't get on a train,

00:05:17.940 you can't get in the bus,

00:05:18.860 you can't get in an Uber

00:05:19.960 without putting on a stupid mask.

00:05:23.340 Nobody would have believed that.

00:05:25.180 I mean,

00:05:25.420 it really is an interesting moment.

00:05:28.760 You and I were sitting backstage going,

00:05:30.580 why are we so damn happy?

00:05:33.920 And to be honest,

00:05:35.160 on some level,

00:05:35.920 maybe the American people

00:05:36.980 should have said to heck with this

00:05:38.380 and collectively thrown our masks down.

00:05:41.480 Yep.

00:05:42.060 But the problem is,

00:05:42.980 on an airplane,

00:05:43.640 they've got a power imbalance.

00:05:44.820 If you did that yesterday

00:05:46.520 and said to heck with this,

00:05:48.080 I'm not going to wear a mask,

00:05:50.000 they'd throw you off the plane.

00:05:51.300 Yep.

00:05:51.480 And they did it to a lot of people.

00:05:52.920 The Navy SEAL

00:05:54.200 who killed Osama bin Laden,

00:05:55.960 you think that guy

00:05:56.780 would get a lot of credit in America?

00:05:58.460 He'd be able to do

00:05:59.100 kind of whatever he wants?

00:06:00.960 They booted him off the plane.

00:06:02.700 It is...

00:06:04.040 By the way,

00:06:04.500 killing Osama bin Laden,

00:06:05.580 that's kind of a big deal.

00:06:06.960 You would think.

00:06:07.880 Not enough to let you

00:06:09.520 ride mask-free, though.

00:06:10.900 You know,

00:06:11.260 it is not only that,

00:06:13.320 but there was a big push

00:06:14.820 to add to the no-fly list

00:06:17.800 people thrown off planes

00:06:19.440 for not wearing masks.

00:06:21.420 Yeah.

00:06:21.680 So this is a list

00:06:22.860 that's designed for terrorists,

00:06:24.640 for people that are,

00:06:25.780 you know,

00:06:26.100 actually want to hijack planes

00:06:28.540 and fly them into buildings

00:06:29.660 and murder people.

00:06:31.080 We're now going to add

00:06:32.560 the guy who shot

00:06:33.680 Osama bin Laden,

00:06:34.800 arguably,

00:06:35.240 because if you failed

00:06:38.180 to comply with this mandate,

00:06:40.760 you were going to be banned.

00:06:41.900 And the argument was

00:06:42.620 not even just one airline

00:06:43.900 because some people say,

00:06:44.720 well,

00:06:44.940 they're a private company.

00:06:45.960 No,

00:06:46.080 what they were urging

00:06:46.980 the federal government

00:06:48.260 to do is make it

00:06:49.080 a no-fly list

00:06:49.920 on any airline.

00:06:51.060 Yeah.

00:06:51.520 That you were forbidden

00:06:52.700 if you wanted to go

00:06:53.620 to Tuscaloosa,

00:06:54.400 any other place

00:06:55.280 in the United States

00:06:57.160 or across planet Earth,

00:06:58.680 you better get a bicycle

00:07:00.220 or a car

00:07:01.020 or a truck

00:07:01.520 or a boat

00:07:02.120 because you weren't

00:07:02.700 going to be able to fly.

00:07:03.860 And that power imbalance

00:07:06.600 is, I think, dangerous.

00:07:08.240 So I'll take the win

00:07:10.100 however we can get it.

00:07:11.300 I think I don't want

00:07:12.820 to let the perfect

00:07:13.740 get in the way

00:07:14.380 of the good.

00:07:15.060 I don't want to clutch defeat

00:07:16.440 from the jaws of victory

00:07:17.560 like conservatives

00:07:18.560 so often do.

00:07:20.220 You know a fair bit

00:07:21.580 about the law

00:07:22.140 more than I do.

00:07:24.020 What was the argument

00:07:25.220 here from the judge?

00:07:26.480 So the argument,

00:07:27.580 this is a district judge

00:07:28.920 in Florida,

00:07:29.940 federal district judge,

00:07:30.960 and it was a group

00:07:31.540 of plaintiffs

00:07:32.100 who brought a lawsuit.

00:07:34.040 A couple of the plaintiffs,

00:07:35.100 one said that they suffered

00:07:37.580 anxiety from wearing a mask

00:07:39.380 and others said

00:07:39.880 they weren't flying

00:07:40.760 nearly as much

00:07:41.880 because they didn't like

00:07:42.540 wearing a mask,

00:07:43.200 had trouble breathing.

00:07:44.800 And the Biden administration

00:07:46.780 defended,

00:07:47.980 and the argument was,

00:07:49.080 does the CDC

00:07:49.860 have the authority

00:07:50.900 to issue this rule?

00:07:52.000 I got to say,

00:07:52.640 every time I was on a plane,

00:07:54.620 I would hear the flight attendant

00:07:56.300 come over the loudspeaker

00:07:59.100 and the flight attendant

00:07:59.860 would say,

00:08:01.200 federal law requires

00:08:02.860 you to wear your mask.

00:08:05.100 And I'm sitting there

00:08:05.760 going,

00:08:05.980 wait a second,

00:08:06.500 federal law.

00:08:08.100 I seem to recall

00:08:09.420 for something to be

00:08:10.260 federal law,

00:08:11.060 there being something

00:08:11.760 in the Constitution

00:08:12.680 about it passing the House,

00:08:14.620 passing the Senate,

00:08:15.460 being signed by the President,

00:08:16.780 becoming, well,

00:08:17.480 you know,

00:08:17.700 federal law.

00:08:18.380 If I'm not mistaken,

00:08:19.520 Senator,

00:08:20.300 you are a federal lawmaker.

00:08:22.420 Is that right?

00:08:23.240 And if that happened,

00:08:24.460 I kind of missed it.

00:08:26.440 Because we didn't vote on it.

00:08:28.180 We didn't have

00:08:28.740 any federal law on it.

00:08:29.760 What happened?

00:08:31.260 Joe Biden issued

00:08:32.500 an executive order.

00:08:33.680 He got into the White House.

00:08:34.780 He issued an order

00:08:35.600 that said,

00:08:36.300 I think a mask mandate

00:08:37.480 is a hot diggity damn good idea.

00:08:39.920 Those were his exact words.

00:08:41.500 He invoked corn pop, too.

00:08:43.300 I don't know what it meant.

00:08:45.300 Then he promptly turned

00:08:46.500 to shake the hand

00:08:47.260 of an imaginary rabbit

00:08:48.220 that was next to him.

00:08:49.000 Yes, he does.

00:08:49.520 He does.

00:08:50.120 By the way,

00:08:50.660 the imaginary rabbit's right here.

00:08:51.960 Good to see you.

00:08:52.320 Nice to see you.

00:08:53.020 Two weeks later,

00:08:56.280 the CDC,

00:08:56.980 the bureaucrats

00:08:57.660 at the CDC

00:08:58.380 put out this new rule,

00:08:59.760 except they said,

00:09:00.400 uh-uh,

00:09:00.740 it's not a rule.

00:09:02.080 Because there's actually

00:09:02.900 a federal law,

00:09:03.760 the Administrative Procedures Act,

00:09:05.800 that says if a federal agency

00:09:07.200 wants to issue a rule,

00:09:08.640 there's a way

00:09:09.180 you issue a rule.

00:09:10.040 And in particular,

00:09:10.720 you put it up

00:09:11.260 for notice and comment.

00:09:12.880 In other words,

00:09:13.620 the agency says,

00:09:14.560 okay,

00:09:14.780 this is a rule

00:09:15.460 we're considering.

00:09:16.680 The American people,

00:09:17.760 you got 30 days

00:09:18.760 to comment on us,

00:09:19.860 to tell us,

00:09:20.420 is it a good idea,

00:09:21.180 is it a bad idea,

00:09:22.440 you've got to weigh

00:09:23.300 the arguments,

00:09:24.220 you've got to weigh

00:09:24.720 the evidence.

00:09:25.540 And the legal standard

00:09:26.880 is that it can't be

00:09:28.660 arbitrary or capricious.

00:09:30.880 And the federal district

00:09:32.160 judge in this case

00:09:33.180 has a very reasoned opinion

00:09:35.320 that goes through

00:09:37.120 in detail

00:09:37.880 examining the

00:09:38.860 statutory language.

00:09:40.000 Number one,

00:09:40.960 there's a general statute

00:09:42.300 that deals with

00:09:43.340 health crises.

00:09:45.000 And she says,

00:09:45.680 look,

00:09:46.880 that statute

00:09:47.700 doesn't give

00:09:48.440 these broad powers

00:09:49.940 to impose

00:09:50.820 whether it's

00:09:51.400 mask mandates

00:09:52.200 or vaccine mandates.

00:09:54.040 Or remember,

00:09:54.680 the government

00:09:55.100 before argued

00:09:56.180 that they had

00:09:57.300 the power

00:09:57.880 to impose

00:09:58.880 an eviction moratorium

00:10:00.360 to decree,

00:10:01.440 if you happen

00:10:02.580 to have a rental house,

00:10:03.580 if you're renting out

00:10:04.240 your garage apartment,

00:10:05.620 you can't collect rent.

00:10:06.920 Why?

00:10:07.560 Because we decree

00:10:08.660 it to be so,

00:10:10.820 never mind

00:10:11.420 the niceties

00:10:12.100 of passing a law

00:10:13.860 subject to

00:10:15.160 democratic accountability.

00:10:16.500 And the district judge

00:10:17.620 went through

00:10:18.940 the statutory language.

00:10:21.940 CDC admitted

00:10:22.820 it hadn't done

00:10:23.540 notice and comment.

00:10:24.360 It said,

00:10:24.620 well,

00:10:24.700 it was an emergency.

00:10:26.200 Because they have

00:10:27.520 the right,

00:10:28.200 according to the

00:10:28.760 Administrative Procedures Act,

00:10:30.340 to say,

00:10:31.020 well,

00:10:31.320 we have good cause

00:10:32.860 to suspend

00:10:34.240 these rules

00:10:34.780 because if we didn't

00:10:35.920 suspend the rules,

00:10:37.340 why mayhem

00:10:38.960 would ensue,

00:10:39.900 we would not be able

00:10:40.760 to take care

00:10:41.280 of this public emergency.

00:10:43.640 Well,

00:10:43.880 and one of the things

00:10:44.660 the district court

00:10:45.320 said is,

00:10:45.880 look,

00:10:46.080 this thing

00:10:46.560 had been going on

00:10:47.320 for over a year.

00:10:48.400 COVID infections

00:10:49.240 were going down.

00:10:50.520 If it was suddenly

00:10:51.880 this oh-so-crazy emergency,

00:10:54.840 what happened

00:10:55.260 the prior year?

00:10:56.140 How did you suddenly

00:10:57.100 discover it was

00:10:58.100 an emergency

00:10:58.700 then?

00:11:00.300 Yeah.

00:11:00.960 And so,

00:11:02.140 this decision,

00:11:03.000 the end of the decision,

00:11:04.280 the district judge

00:11:05.320 vacates the rule.

00:11:07.000 So,

00:11:07.240 as we were sitting

00:11:07.860 backstage getting ready

00:11:09.060 for the show,

00:11:10.700 we were talking about,

00:11:11.880 okay,

00:11:12.080 what does this mean?

00:11:13.020 And like,

00:11:13.260 I'm going to fly back

00:11:13.800 to Texas tomorrow.

00:11:14.580 And I'm like wondering,

00:11:15.300 am I going to wear

00:11:15.820 the stupid mask or not?

00:11:17.020 I really hope

00:11:17.720 the answer is no.

00:11:19.760 And it was

00:11:20.380 an interesting question.

00:11:21.480 What is the Biden

00:11:22.640 administration going to do?

00:11:25.320 And one option

00:11:26.460 is appeal,

00:11:27.040 and they could still appeal.

00:11:28.020 They probably will,

00:11:29.260 but maybe not.

00:11:30.860 Another option,

00:11:32.020 they could conceivably

00:11:33.260 try to defy the court.

00:11:35.620 But that's a high-risk option

00:11:37.500 because the end

00:11:38.320 of the district court's order,

00:11:40.640 the district court

00:11:41.660 vacates the rule.

00:11:42.940 So when you vacate the rule,

00:11:44.680 you essentially erase it.

00:11:45.780 It doesn't exist.

00:11:46.660 So,

00:11:46.840 because this was the question

00:11:48.000 some of my friends

00:11:48.720 have been asking me.

00:11:49.880 I think my friend

00:11:50.580 who is 30,000 feet

00:11:51.660 probably has answered it

00:11:53.280 practically to some degree.

00:11:54.660 But usually when you talk

00:11:55.740 about your friend

00:11:56.320 30,000 feet,

00:11:57.340 you're talking about

00:11:57.940 the good Lord.

00:11:58.660 But in this case,

00:11:59.280 you're talking about

00:11:59.840 a priest on an airplane.

00:12:01.020 Slightly lower,

00:12:01.960 I would say.

00:12:02.640 That's right.

00:12:03.400 Though not unrelated.

00:12:04.380 There you go.

00:12:05.880 But my friends will ask me,

00:12:07.420 they'll say,

00:12:07.740 okay,

00:12:08.320 so the bureaucracy

00:12:09.560 said this

00:12:10.480 and the judge said this

00:12:12.380 and so,

00:12:13.120 look,

00:12:13.420 I don't care about

00:12:14.000 any of that.

00:12:14.880 Do I have to wear

00:12:15.500 the mask or not?

00:12:16.180 You're saying the ruling

00:12:16.960 actually does erase the rule.

00:12:19.820 So the rule is vacated.

00:12:21.500 It is,

00:12:22.100 it has no force in effect.

00:12:24.380 But the next question

00:12:25.300 was going to be,

00:12:26.120 what are the airlines

00:12:26.700 going to say?

00:12:28.020 Because the airlines

00:12:29.300 are still private companies.

00:12:31.200 They could,

00:12:31.900 in theory,

00:12:32.620 say we're going to

00:12:33.540 require a mask

00:12:34.480 even though the federal law

00:12:35.620 doesn't require it.

00:12:36.320 Remember,

00:12:36.960 we had a mask mandate

00:12:37.920 before that.

00:12:38.720 Early on in COVID,

00:12:40.420 a lot of us flew

00:12:41.300 and you wore masks.

00:12:42.360 There wasn't any federal law.

00:12:43.540 They didn't say

00:12:43.960 federal law required it.

00:12:45.220 It's just the airlines

00:12:46.520 wanted to get people

00:12:47.300 to come on planes

00:12:48.220 and they said,

00:12:48.720 all right,

00:12:48.860 let's put this rule in place

00:12:50.200 because people are scared.

00:12:51.700 It'll let them come on.

00:12:52.740 So conceivably,

00:12:54.680 the airlines could have said,

00:12:55.960 we're going to keep

00:12:56.520 this rule in place.

00:12:58.120 But it's interesting

00:12:59.280 that the debate

00:13:00.460 on this has shifted.

00:13:01.720 So early on,

00:13:04.020 the most vigorous advocates

00:13:06.100 for this rule

00:13:07.320 were the flight attendants union.

00:13:09.000 The union of flight attendants

00:13:10.460 were pushing for it,

00:13:11.940 concerned about safety.

00:13:13.740 That's now shifted.

00:13:14.920 I think a lot of flight attendants

00:13:16.100 are annoyed

00:13:16.760 at being mask police.

00:13:18.420 Their whole job

00:13:19.300 is particularly,

00:13:21.060 have you noticed

00:13:21.840 the flight attendant

00:13:22.600 that's so uptight

00:13:23.840 that literally is between sips?

00:13:25.960 You know,

00:13:26.140 you put your Diet Coke down.

00:13:27.300 Nope,

00:13:27.660 put your mask on.

00:13:28.880 Not only do you,

00:13:30.380 and this is,

00:13:31.200 I find this is the rarity.

00:13:32.780 Usually the flight attendants

00:13:33.920 have been very nice about it.

00:13:35.020 Most of them know

00:13:35.900 it's ridiculous.

00:13:36.900 But that distinct minority...

00:13:38.700 Oh, there's one or two

00:13:39.400 that take it very seriously.

00:13:41.320 And I should point out,

00:13:42.160 Senator, by the way,

00:13:43.460 you are somewhat

00:13:44.360 responsible for this.

00:13:45.580 I'll just call you out

00:13:46.460 right on stage.

00:13:47.840 You were coming out

00:13:48.580 to visit,

00:13:49.020 back when we were in L.A.,

00:13:49.900 you were coming out

00:13:50.360 to visit,

00:13:50.700 we were going to film

00:13:51.300 some episodes together,

00:13:52.860 and you pioneered,

00:13:54.760 you pioneered

00:13:55.340 the coffee cup strategy.

00:13:57.100 So you take one slow sip

00:13:59.560 from your coffee

00:14:00.360 for about four hours

00:14:01.800 at a time,

00:14:02.360 and that way

00:14:03.240 you don't need

00:14:04.180 to wear the mask.

00:14:04.700 And I have to admit,

00:14:06.080 one of the ridiculous things

00:14:08.080 about just sort of

00:14:09.160 the reality

00:14:09.980 of being in the Senate

00:14:11.020 is there's always

00:14:13.380 some jackrabbit,

00:14:18.060 I'm trying to use

00:14:19.900 a PG term.

00:14:20.620 It's a very polite language.

00:14:21.240 Yeah, I'm mellowing

00:14:23.020 my old age,

00:14:24.220 who will try to snap

00:14:25.960 a picture of you.

00:14:27.540 And they want to catch,

00:14:28.580 and by the way,

00:14:29.100 I love the pictures

00:14:30.040 of the Democratic senators

00:14:31.060 who insist on mask mandates

00:14:32.420 for everyone

00:14:32.900 who take their mask off

00:14:34.080 and are happily sitting

00:14:34.720 on planes ignoring it.

00:14:36.260 But I will say

00:14:37.580 one defensive strategy

00:14:39.140 on planes I do.

00:14:40.360 So number one,

00:14:41.040 my mask,

00:14:42.020 which I hope to frame

00:14:43.660 as a relic

00:14:44.240 never to need again,

00:14:45.620 is a Texas mask

00:14:46.800 that says,

00:14:47.260 come and take it.

00:14:47.800 But I'm particularly fond

00:14:55.980 of draping on one ear

00:14:57.420 with a coffee cup.

00:14:58.680 And I can nurse

00:14:59.960 the heck out of a coffee cup.

00:15:01.980 That's in case

00:15:02.620 the coffee spills,

00:15:03.740 the mask will catch it.

00:15:04.680 Yeah, that's exactly right.

00:15:05.760 And in that case,

00:15:06.540 you actually are saying,

00:15:07.400 please, come and take it.

00:15:08.200 I don't want the mask,

00:15:09.060 please, it's yours now.

00:15:10.220 Go on.

00:15:10.660 So, okay.

00:15:12.320 But the airline CEOs

00:15:14.320 recently wrote a letter

00:15:16.080 to the administration,

00:15:16.940 almost all the major CEOs say,

00:15:18.800 okay, please get rid

00:15:19.840 of the mask mandate.

00:15:20.720 Enough already.

00:15:22.800 And that may have shifted

00:15:24.020 the dynamic

00:15:24.660 because what happened

00:15:25.620 this afternoon

00:15:26.400 after the decision

00:15:27.540 is several of the major

00:15:29.720 airline CEOs announced,

00:15:31.260 okay, we're done.

00:15:32.880 And I'm amazed

00:15:33.740 that your friend

00:15:34.840 was on the plane

00:15:36.020 and they're literally announcing

00:15:37.560 it's like the World Series score.

00:15:39.280 Take your damn masks off.

00:15:41.100 The freedom wins.

00:15:42.480 The freedom wins.

00:15:43.360 So I obviously,

00:15:44.960 we've got a few people to thank.

00:15:46.240 I want to thank YAF,

00:15:47.720 as always, for hosting.

00:15:48.920 I want to thank the Logan family

00:15:50.300 for supporting this lecture series.

00:15:53.120 I want to thank this judge

00:15:54.560 for letting me breathe free again.

00:15:56.400 That's going to be great.

00:15:57.420 Judge Mizell.

00:15:58.520 Judge, she is great.

00:15:59.900 I love her.

00:16:00.360 So if any of y'all

00:16:01.640 are going out on the town,

00:16:02.680 I know nobody

00:16:03.500 at the University of Alabama drinks.

00:16:05.080 Nope.

00:16:05.920 Nope.

00:16:07.340 But if,

00:16:08.920 I'm not going to suggest

00:16:10.000 beer or tequila or anything,

00:16:11.860 but if you happen to have

00:16:12.980 some seltzer water,

00:16:15.200 lift a toast

00:16:16.920 to Judge Mizell.

00:16:17.920 Yes.

00:16:18.440 She did great.

00:16:20.060 Thank you.

00:16:20.240 I wish,

00:16:24.400 I wish we didn't need

00:16:26.100 to rely on just one judge

00:16:27.800 to give us our basic freedoms back,

00:16:29.600 but that's the world we're living in.

00:16:30.940 I'll take the win.

00:16:31.860 Yeah.

00:16:31.980 And this,

00:16:32.620 this actually is exactly

00:16:34.200 how I feel

00:16:35.000 about a separate,

00:16:36.500 albeit somewhat related,

00:16:37.480 situation

00:16:38.040 on Twitter.

00:16:39.040 I don't like

00:16:40.380 that we need to rely

00:16:41.380 on one eccentric billionaire

00:16:43.180 to bail us out

00:16:44.600 of this censorship nonsense

00:16:46.580 that the leftist ruling class

00:16:48.360 has foisted on us,

00:16:49.940 but I sure am glad

00:16:50.860 he's doing it.

00:16:51.700 However it's going to work,

00:16:53.120 we need free speech

00:16:54.360 in this country,

00:16:55.220 and if a handful of oligarchs

00:16:56.840 are going to control speech

00:16:57.800 in our republic,

00:16:58.820 then help us, Elon,

00:17:00.000 go on in there

00:17:00.840 and buy out Twitter.

00:17:02.300 So then, Senator,

00:17:03.120 my question to you is,

00:17:04.940 Elon goes in,

00:17:06.460 he tries to buy Twitter,

00:17:07.420 he already has a huge stake,

00:17:08.440 take over 9%,

00:17:09.260 he wants to take over

00:17:11.000 the rest of the company,

00:17:12.260 the Twitter board of directors,

00:17:13.860 as I understand it,

00:17:15.300 pulled a poison pill,

00:17:17.400 they said that they're going

00:17:18.640 to actually crash

00:17:19.820 the value of the shares,

00:17:21.500 so they're going to harm

00:17:21.980 the shareholders,

00:17:23.040 to stop Elon Musk

00:17:24.800 from being able

00:17:25.720 to take over the company,

00:17:27.280 because censoring conservatives

00:17:29.460 is more important to them

00:17:30.640 than maintaining the value

00:17:31.820 of their company.

00:17:33.680 So is it all over?

00:17:35.460 Thankfully, no.

00:17:36.580 All right.

00:17:36.900 Let me say,

00:17:38.240 first of all,

00:17:39.560 this battle right now

00:17:40.980 between Elon Musk

00:17:41.960 and Twitter,

00:17:43.020 I think,

00:17:44.760 it was a funny Freudian slip.

00:17:46.800 I didn't actually mean

00:17:48.060 to say that,

00:17:48.780 but...

00:17:49.260 A Freudian slip

00:17:49.960 is where you say one thing

00:17:50.860 but me and your mother,

00:17:51.560 right?

00:17:51.840 Is that how that goes?

00:17:52.900 I think it is one of the most

00:17:58.200 important moments

00:17:59.140 for free speech

00:18:00.080 in decades.

00:18:02.460 This is a testing moment

00:18:04.120 where big tech

00:18:05.120 keeps getting more

00:18:06.160 and more brazen,

00:18:07.420 saying,

00:18:07.900 we can control

00:18:08.580 everything you say,

00:18:09.880 we can control

00:18:10.680 everything you hear,

00:18:11.780 we can control

00:18:12.380 everything in your feed,

00:18:13.420 we can control

00:18:13.960 everything you listen,

00:18:14.960 we can silence

00:18:15.620 every view we don't like,

00:18:16.960 we can only amplify

00:18:18.060 the views we like.

00:18:19.140 And suddenly,

00:18:21.200 Elon Musk came in

00:18:22.580 and is threatening

00:18:24.520 to tip over

00:18:25.440 the apple cart.

00:18:27.000 And there are

00:18:28.200 lots of aspects to us.

00:18:29.940 I will confess,

00:18:30.940 probably the funniest

00:18:31.960 is the Washington Post,

00:18:35.640 which is wholly owned

00:18:37.580 by Jeff Bezos,

00:18:38.960 wrote an editorial

00:18:41.620 saying it would be

00:18:43.600 bad for democracy

00:18:45.540 for a rich Silicon Valley

00:18:48.080 billionaire

00:18:48.700 to own

00:18:50.020 a means of communication.

00:18:51.720 Well, they admit it.

00:18:52.360 They say,

00:18:52.840 democracy dies in darkness.

00:18:54.840 That's the motto

00:18:55.440 the Washington Post

00:18:56.120 are saying.

00:18:56.400 That's what happened.

00:18:57.060 What's funny is

00:18:57.780 when they wrote it,

00:18:58.500 they meant it as a bad thing.

00:19:00.160 It is now

00:19:01.140 their mission statement,

00:19:02.540 more darkness

00:19:03.920 kill democracy.

00:19:05.960 But, look,

00:19:07.100 so what has happened?

00:19:08.660 Twitter,

00:19:11.000 Elon Musk came in,

00:19:12.820 bought just under 10%.

00:19:14.600 Initially,

00:19:15.860 they offered him

00:19:16.360 a board seat.

00:19:17.380 They said,

00:19:17.720 hey, come join the board.

00:19:19.240 And it was very funny

00:19:20.240 seeing these Twitter engineers

00:19:22.180 losing their mind

00:19:23.540 that he was going

00:19:24.620 to join the board.

00:19:25.420 And then suddenly,

00:19:26.440 Elon said,

00:19:26.800 wait a second.

00:19:28.180 I think I won't

00:19:28.960 join your board.

00:19:30.560 I think I'll buy you.

00:19:31.920 Because there was

00:19:32.500 a condition.

00:19:33.120 If he joined the board,

00:19:34.760 he couldn't buy

00:19:35.920 more than 15%

00:19:37.300 of the company,

00:19:38.040 which means,

00:19:38.840 relatively,

00:19:39.440 he has very little power.

00:19:40.680 Yeah, he could stand

00:19:41.340 there and yell.

00:19:42.020 Yeah.

00:19:42.820 And he's like,

00:19:43.400 wait a second.

00:19:43.960 And I'm richer

00:19:45.680 than all of you guys.

00:19:48.220 Like, you know

00:19:49.400 those electric cars

00:19:50.240 in the parking lot?

00:19:51.860 I made them.

00:19:53.340 By the way,

00:19:54.000 this dude literally

00:19:54.840 launched his car

00:19:55.660 into space.

00:19:56.540 Yeah, that's how you know

00:19:57.400 he means business.

00:19:58.120 You know,

00:19:58.680 he is an unusual guy.

00:20:00.220 I've gotten to know

00:20:00.640 Elon a little bit.

00:20:01.400 And he is,

00:20:02.120 I have not smoked

00:20:03.460 a spliff with him.

00:20:04.360 Not yet.

00:20:05.660 That's Joe Rogan territory.

00:20:06.700 You're more of a cigar guy.

00:20:08.620 I would smoke a cigar with him.

00:20:10.740 I haven't.

00:20:11.240 But Elon,

00:20:12.380 I'll invite you

00:20:12.980 to smoke a cigar anytime.

00:20:16.260 But instead of joining

00:20:18.020 the board,

00:20:18.600 he initially said yes,

00:20:19.580 then he said no.

00:20:20.780 And he put an offer out

00:20:22.040 and he put an offer

00:20:22.800 for substantially more

00:20:24.240 than Twitter shares

00:20:25.260 were trading.

00:20:26.540 $54 a share.

00:20:28.460 And the Twitter board

00:20:29.960 met in emergency session

00:20:31.960 and decided,

00:20:33.200 holy crap,

00:20:34.660 our shareholders

00:20:35.540 making a 40% profit

00:20:38.000 overnight is really bad.

00:20:40.520 We are so committed

00:20:42.180 to censorship,

00:20:43.120 we've got to stop it.

00:20:43.980 And so a poison pill,

00:20:45.400 and this is something

00:20:46.420 that really grew up

00:20:47.360 in the 1980s

00:20:48.320 when you had

00:20:48.680 corporate raiders,

00:20:49.560 a poison pill

00:20:50.420 is a mechanism

00:20:51.600 where a board of directors

00:20:52.840 can vote in

00:20:53.780 a punitive measure.

00:20:56.480 In this case,

00:20:57.960 if any individual

00:20:59.080 acquires more than

00:21:00.160 15% of the stock,

00:21:01.840 the other stockholders

00:21:03.180 can buy more stock

00:21:04.480 at a much cheaper price.

00:21:05.820 And so it basically

00:21:06.640 dilutes the stock

00:21:08.180 and makes it much,

00:21:09.980 much more expensive

00:21:10.740 to buy the company.

00:21:11.480 And in this case,

00:21:12.040 it would be

00:21:12.380 every shareholder

00:21:13.640 of Twitter

00:21:14.120 can buy more stock

00:21:15.460 at a discounted price.

00:21:16.700 Except Elon Musk.

00:21:17.440 Except for Elon Musk.

00:21:18.060 Yeah, no,

00:21:18.460 it is designed

00:21:20.180 to stop the takeover.

00:21:22.260 It's designed

00:21:22.860 to stop people

00:21:23.540 from selling their shares

00:21:24.500 for the higher amount

00:21:25.340 and making the money.

00:21:26.680 But what's interesting,

00:21:28.180 so there are

00:21:28.500 a couple of things.

00:21:29.320 Number one,

00:21:31.240 Elon tweeted

00:21:32.140 three words,

00:21:33.560 Love Me Tender.

00:21:34.820 Great song.

00:21:35.760 Great song.

00:21:36.680 I don't know

00:21:37.180 if he was humming it.

00:21:38.000 I don't know

00:21:38.200 if he had blue suede shoes.

00:21:39.400 But he tweeted

00:21:40.480 Love Me Tender,

00:21:41.460 which everyone took

00:21:42.800 to suggest

00:21:43.680 that his next step

00:21:45.380 may be to make

00:21:46.440 a tender offer,

00:21:47.360 which is a formal offer

00:21:49.360 to all Twitter shareholders,

00:21:51.720 presumably at that price

00:21:53.020 or maybe a higher price,

00:21:54.780 to purchase their shares.

00:21:56.740 Now, a tender offer,

00:21:58.160 you do through

00:21:58.840 a formal filing

00:21:59.760 with the SEC.

00:22:00.540 That's one

00:22:02.280 potential escalation.

00:22:04.160 Although,

00:22:04.960 the tender offer

00:22:05.780 presumably would trigger

00:22:07.040 the poison pill.

00:22:10.520 Secondly,

00:22:11.180 another option

00:22:11.920 he can do

00:22:12.440 that's being widely discussed

00:22:13.680 is he can find

00:22:15.740 a few friends.

00:22:17.320 And you know,

00:22:17.820 when you're the richest man

00:22:18.800 on planet Earth,

00:22:20.280 You're not hanging around

00:22:21.060 with paupers.

00:22:21.960 You can find

00:22:22.860 a few friends.

00:22:23.520 And if, say,

00:22:27.100 he's got three friends,

00:22:28.420 each of whom acquire

00:22:29.480 14.9%,

00:22:30.880 that math adds up

00:22:32.860 to more than 50%,

00:22:34.080 but doesn't trigger

00:22:34.700 the poison pill.

00:22:35.760 So that's one possibility.

00:22:37.640 I know there's been

00:22:38.140 speculation

00:22:38.900 Peter Thiel might join him.

00:22:41.300 Some private equity funds

00:22:42.560 might join him.

00:22:43.580 But if he had a coalition

00:22:44.920 that buys Twitter,

00:22:46.560 that could get

00:22:47.280 to the same place.

00:22:49.320 You could also see lawsuits

00:22:50.580 because one of the

00:22:51.220 amazing things,

00:22:53.100 the Twitter board

00:22:53.840 of directors,

00:22:55.120 other than Jack Dorsey,

00:22:56.300 who's leaving

00:22:56.920 the board of directors,

00:22:58.280 and by the way,

00:22:58.820 the guy really does

00:22:59.720 look like a billy goat

00:23:00.520 under a bridge.

00:23:02.320 Hipster Rasputin,

00:23:03.460 I call him.

00:23:04.140 Like, it's one thing

00:23:05.360 to grow a beard

00:23:06.220 down to your knees,

00:23:07.400 but like,

00:23:07.780 to never comb it?

00:23:08.780 Like, it's really weird.

00:23:10.380 Kind of odd,

00:23:11.820 Eastern Orthodox,

00:23:13.200 Silicon Valley style.

00:23:14.100 Yeah, it is.

00:23:15.740 It's unusual.

00:23:17.140 I met him,

00:23:17.800 but when I met him,

00:23:18.440 he had a soul patch.

00:23:19.180 That's how long ago

00:23:19.800 it's been.

00:23:21.160 That's actually true.

00:23:24.860 But other than Dorsey,

00:23:27.100 almost none of the members

00:23:28.260 of the board of Twitter

00:23:29.220 own any significant stock.

00:23:31.560 Well, this is something

00:23:32.300 that's pretty strange.

00:23:33.700 If you look at the board,

00:23:34.920 and Dorsey is now

00:23:35.660 leaving the board

00:23:36.380 of the company

00:23:37.000 that he co-founded,

00:23:38.280 the amount of Twitter

00:23:39.480 that these board members

00:23:40.420 actually own

00:23:41.140 is minuscule.

00:23:42.000 It's barely anything at all.

00:23:43.400 And this is the other point

00:23:44.380 with Elon.

00:23:45.120 So I hope that the

00:23:46.200 Elon Musk takeover works.

00:23:47.800 I want more

00:23:48.420 Babylon Bee tweets.

00:23:49.580 I want Charlie Kirk

00:23:50.440 to get back on.

00:23:51.460 And really,

00:23:52.260 I need the Trump tweets.

00:23:54.200 I need more.

00:23:55.420 Yes, yes, yes.

00:23:56.560 We need them.

00:23:58.900 It's one of the main reasons.

00:24:00.760 So I want it to work.

00:24:03.180 I want it to work.

00:24:04.620 But even if it doesn't work,

00:24:06.340 one of the things

00:24:07.560 that Elon

00:24:08.740 has already accomplished

00:24:09.800 is he has exposed

00:24:11.820 very serious corruption

00:24:13.700 at Twitter,

00:24:14.740 which is just one

00:24:15.460 of the big tech companies.

00:24:16.340 It's actually

00:24:16.720 the smallest one.

00:24:17.480 It never occurred

00:24:18.440 to me to think,

00:24:19.140 wait,

00:24:20.380 who owns Twitter?

00:24:22.360 Black Rock owns

00:24:23.480 a lot of Twitter.

00:24:24.400 Look,

00:24:24.680 the giant funds

00:24:25.860 and to see Wall Street

00:24:27.220 rush in and say,

00:24:28.320 no,

00:24:28.620 we want to keep

00:24:29.440 the censorship going.

00:24:30.880 Yeah.

00:24:31.340 To see a Saudi prince

00:24:33.020 come in and say,

00:24:33.780 no,

00:24:34.060 no,

00:24:34.200 no,

00:24:34.320 no,

00:24:34.440 no,

00:24:34.520 no,

00:24:35.020 no free speech allowed.

00:24:36.460 Like,

00:24:36.740 what the hell?

00:24:37.620 Wait,

00:24:37.880 since when does

00:24:38.380 Saudi Arabia

00:24:39.020 get to dictate

00:24:39.680 free speech in America?

00:24:40.700 And it is,

00:24:42.280 so the Twitter

00:24:42.960 board of directors

00:24:43.860 just brazenly

00:24:45.440 screws their shareholders.

00:24:47.420 Just says,

00:24:48.140 we like our power more.

00:24:49.780 Now,

00:24:50.400 Twitter is incorporated

00:24:51.540 as a Delaware corporation.

00:24:52.900 A whole bunch of companies

00:24:53.820 in America

00:24:54.240 are incorporated

00:24:54.840 in Delaware.

00:24:55.920 It has corporate law

00:24:57.340 that is very well developed

00:24:58.640 and there's a standard,

00:25:00.140 the general standard,

00:25:01.760 if a shareholder

00:25:02.700 sues the board of directors

00:25:04.380 is what's called

00:25:04.980 the business judgment rule.

00:25:06.580 Okay.

00:25:06.800 And it means,

00:25:07.520 as a general matter,

00:25:08.580 there's a high degree

00:25:09.600 of deference

00:25:10.420 to the decision

00:25:11.840 either the shareholder,

00:25:13.280 the board of directors makes

00:25:14.700 or the company officers make,

00:25:16.740 but there's an exception,

00:25:18.440 a case called

00:25:18.980 the Revlon case

00:25:20.060 that is in the context

00:25:22.140 of a hostile takeover.

00:25:23.620 If it becomes clear

00:25:25.160 that the company

00:25:26.520 is going to be sold,

00:25:27.840 then the board of directors

00:25:30.980 can't just act

00:25:32.100 to protect their own rear ends

00:25:33.420 and keep their own jobs.

00:25:35.000 They have a duty

00:25:36.120 to the shareholders

00:25:36.940 to maximize the price,

00:25:38.140 to get the highest price

00:25:39.300 for the shareholders.

00:25:40.560 So one of the things

00:25:41.620 that may flow out of this

00:25:42.900 is a whole bunch

00:25:44.080 of lawsuits.

00:25:45.560 And, you know,

00:25:46.020 it's striking.

00:25:46.760 One of the board members

00:25:49.040 of Twitter

00:25:49.480 is Bob Zellick.

00:25:51.320 Bob Zellick was the head

00:25:52.500 of the U.S. trade representative

00:25:54.260 under George W. Bush

00:25:55.380 is, I think,

00:25:56.300 the lone Republican

00:25:57.340 on the board.

00:25:58.900 And Elon pointed out,

00:26:00.160 although Bob Zellick

00:26:00.980 is on the board,

00:26:02.360 according to the public records,

00:26:04.340 he has never tweeted

00:26:05.380 once in his life.

00:26:07.480 Does he even know

00:26:08.300 what the company is?

00:26:09.100 He literally,

00:26:10.160 it's like you're

00:26:11.460 on the board

00:26:12.380 of like a dairy

00:26:13.320 and you've never

00:26:13.880 had a glass of milk.

00:26:15.160 Like, it's a little bit weird.

00:26:18.140 Yeah.

00:26:18.880 But it is exposing

00:26:21.160 the fundamental corruption

00:26:22.660 that is at stake.

00:26:23.940 And, you know,

00:26:25.400 I got to say,

00:26:26.900 a lot of folks

00:26:27.640 when it comes to free speech,

00:26:28.980 they say,

00:26:29.740 oh, everybody does it.

00:26:31.880 The left does it,

00:26:32.580 the right does it

00:26:33.200 when it comes to censorship.

00:26:34.800 And that's just not true.

00:26:35.720 In practice,

00:26:36.740 that is not what we've seen.

00:26:38.160 You know, nobody,

00:26:39.060 Elon Musk is not saying,

00:26:40.640 I'm going to buy Twitter

00:26:41.560 and silence all the leftists.

00:26:44.720 He's not saying that.

00:26:45.700 It's not, okay,

00:26:46.520 just my side

00:26:47.300 gets to shut up

00:26:47.940 the other side.

00:26:48.740 He's saying,

00:26:49.340 let everybody talk.

00:26:50.200 Because the fun of Twitter

00:26:51.380 is picking fights

00:26:52.180 with celebrities.

00:26:53.020 So if you got rid

00:26:53.780 of the leftists,

00:26:54.660 what would be the point?

00:26:55.600 It would be unbelievably boring.

00:26:57.260 Yes.

00:26:57.780 You know,

00:26:58.520 it is,

00:26:59.560 it is also interesting,

00:27:03.300 Michael,

00:27:03.620 there's a similarity,

00:27:04.680 I think,

00:27:05.300 between this fight

00:27:06.460 and the mask mandate.

00:27:08.160 In both places,

00:27:09.440 you have private corporations

00:27:11.100 with monopoly

00:27:13.320 or near monopoly positions,

00:27:15.100 whether it is the airlines,

00:27:16.580 you've got an oligopoly,

00:27:17.540 you only have a handful

00:27:18.280 of major airlines.

00:27:19.180 If you want to get

00:27:20.160 from Houston to Tuscaloosa,

00:27:23.220 unless you're willing

00:27:24.140 to get on a car

00:27:25.120 and drive a long way,

00:27:27.340 you've got a handful

00:27:28.020 of options.

00:27:28.960 And those companies

00:27:30.440 have exclusive control

00:27:32.020 over how you can get there.

00:27:33.520 On big tech,

00:27:34.660 Twitter itself

00:27:35.440 is not a monopolist,

00:27:36.600 but if you look

00:27:37.180 at big tech collectively,

00:27:38.680 whether Twitter,

00:27:39.360 Facebook, Google, YouTube,

00:27:41.340 those four companies

00:27:42.640 together control

00:27:44.740 a massive amount

00:27:46.220 of discourse.

00:27:47.140 And we're talking

00:27:48.040 about the flow

00:27:48.760 of 90% plus

00:27:50.320 of information

00:27:51.140 around the internet,

00:27:52.260 which is the public square,

00:27:53.920 which means

00:27:54.660 they're controlling

00:27:55.980 the republic.

00:27:56.680 And a republic,

00:27:57.180 when you speak,

00:27:58.460 when you persuade

00:27:59.120 your fellow citizens,

00:28:00.420 that's how you

00:28:01.020 govern yourself.

00:28:01.900 Well, and all

00:28:02.860 of the lefty blue checks

00:28:04.740 for years said,

00:28:06.840 they're a private company.

00:28:08.500 If you don't like it,

00:28:09.840 build your own.

00:28:10.660 And Elon said,

00:28:11.260 all right,

00:28:11.440 I'll buy them.

00:28:12.060 I bet I buy my own.

00:28:13.040 And they're losing

00:28:14.520 their minds.

00:28:16.860 I mean,

00:28:17.100 to see these

00:28:18.140 so-called journalists,

00:28:19.340 I don't know

00:28:19.580 if you saw,

00:28:20.600 do you ever watch

00:28:21.480 Morning Joe?

00:28:22.680 As little as possible.

00:28:23.920 Nobody does.

00:28:24.820 I mean,

00:28:25.500 I'm not sure

00:28:26.320 they have a viewer.

00:28:27.180 When I'm going

00:28:27.680 through the airport

00:28:28.320 with my little mask on,

00:28:30.080 then I see Morning Joe.

00:28:31.200 Well,

00:28:31.560 Morning Joe,

00:28:32.580 I saw actually

00:28:33.680 a clip on Twitter

00:28:34.460 of Mika saying,

00:28:37.780 look,

00:28:38.120 if Elon does this,

00:28:39.860 big tech,

00:28:40.840 they'll be able

00:28:41.720 to control

00:28:42.400 what people think.

00:28:44.180 That's our job.

00:28:45.980 And she literally,

00:28:47.380 like,

00:28:47.600 oops,

00:28:48.020 said the quiet part

00:28:48.980 out loud.

00:28:49.600 Do you know,

00:28:50.300 so there was a big fact check

00:28:52.320 of this clip

00:28:53.140 that was going around

00:28:54.060 and they said,

00:28:54.660 no,

00:28:54.840 this was manipulated.

00:28:56.380 Actually,

00:28:57.140 the clip is older.

00:28:58.640 It's referring to Donald Trump.

00:29:00.820 And they thought

00:29:01.760 this was a big dunk.

00:29:04.060 The same point holds.

00:29:05.680 She's saying

00:29:06.180 that she is supposed

00:29:06.920 to tell people

00:29:07.480 what to think.

00:29:08.440 And so what we're seeing here

00:29:09.800 is finally someone

00:29:11.240 stepping up and saying,

00:29:12.180 no,

00:29:12.560 we're going to crack

00:29:13.540 this monopoly

00:29:15.120 or oligopoly of power

00:29:16.380 that is censoring

00:29:17.480 half of the country,

00:29:18.700 which it deems deplorable

00:29:19.780 and irredeemable.

00:29:20.440 The corruption runs deep.

00:29:22.200 We're going to expose it.

00:29:23.580 We're going to air it out.

00:29:24.560 We're going to have

00:29:24.840 a free exchange of ideas.

00:29:26.000 Now,

00:29:26.960 speaking of a free exchange

00:29:28.200 of ideas,

00:29:29.260 I know we have lots

00:29:30.420 of brilliant,

00:29:32.520 insightful Alabama students

00:29:34.180 in this room.

00:29:35.020 Should we open up

00:29:35.980 to some Q&A?

00:29:36.980 Absolutely.

00:29:37.780 So let's bring out

00:29:38.520 our friend Liz Wheeler.

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00:29:56.100 Liz,

00:29:56.440 do we have any questions

00:29:57.220 from our Verdict Plus members?

00:29:59.240 We do.

00:29:59.880 We do.

00:30:00.380 We have questions

00:30:00.900 from Verdict Plus.

00:30:01.600 We're excited to hear

00:30:02.340 questions from anybody

00:30:03.660 in the audience.

00:30:04.480 If you are a leftist,

00:30:05.600 if you have a challenging question,

00:30:07.260 maybe a question that descents

00:30:08.440 from the viewpoints up here,

00:30:09.420 you can come to the front

00:30:10.360 of the line.

00:30:11.560 Are we ready?

00:30:12.580 I'm ready.

00:30:13.120 Let's go.

00:30:13.420 Let's take some questions.

00:30:14.100 Thank you all so much

00:30:16.440 for coming out.

00:30:17.480 I really appreciate it.

00:30:18.920 A lot of us are students

00:30:20.360 and some of us

00:30:21.300 are going to be graduating

00:30:22.120 and leaving here

00:30:23.040 in a couple weeks.

00:30:24.600 I was wondering,

00:30:25.760 going into a job,

00:30:27.340 how would you recommend

00:30:28.540 that we continue to fight

00:30:30.300 for what we believe in

00:30:31.140 and for conservative values

00:30:32.300 without running the risk

00:30:33.660 of losing our livelihoods?

00:30:35.260 Look, it's a great question

00:30:37.680 and it's a hard question

00:30:38.720 because the censorship regime

00:30:40.920 is not just big tech

00:30:42.220 and it's not just universities.

00:30:43.740 It's becoming more and more

00:30:45.260 in the corporate world as well.

00:30:47.920 What I would say

00:30:48.900 is be a happy warrior.

00:30:50.740 Speak with your friends

00:30:51.900 and colleagues,

00:30:52.700 not angry,

00:30:54.100 not in your face,

00:30:55.320 but just speak,

00:30:57.240 you know,

00:30:57.680 something like the mask mandate.

00:31:00.080 Just about everyone knows

00:31:01.720 how silly this is.

00:31:03.000 We've seen in COVID

00:31:06.280 arbitrary rules shut down,

00:31:09.340 schools shut down,

00:31:11.180 and most people in the quiet,

00:31:13.400 you know,

00:31:13.640 SNL did a skit recently

00:31:15.420 of a bunch of liberals

00:31:17.240 sitting around the table

00:31:18.260 going,

00:31:18.660 do masks work?

00:31:19.980 Oh, no, no, no,

00:31:20.340 I'm not allowed to say that.

00:31:22.180 And so what I would say

00:31:23.260 is just speak the truth,

00:31:27.220 but you don't have to be

00:31:28.440 in your face

00:31:29.280 and angry about it.

00:31:30.660 And that's powerful, Michael.

00:31:34.280 I think there's a real risk you run.

00:31:38.000 I agree with everything

00:31:38.700 you said, Senator.

00:31:39.920 There is a risk

00:31:41.120 of a certain

00:31:42.760 putting off your courage

00:31:45.100 until tomorrow.

00:31:46.280 So you often hear this

00:31:47.520 from students.

00:31:48.000 They say,

00:31:48.480 should I speak up in class?

00:31:50.680 Or should I keep my head down

00:31:52.180 and then later on

00:31:53.600 I'll speak up?

00:31:54.320 I'll voice my opinions.

00:31:56.100 When?

00:31:56.560 When you're getting a paycheck

00:31:57.520 and you have rent to pay?

00:31:58.940 Is that when you're going to speak?

00:31:59.800 Well, okay,

00:32:00.700 maybe I'll get my first job.

00:32:02.400 It's entry level, though.

00:32:03.520 Maybe when I get a promotion.

00:32:06.960 So when you're married

00:32:08.000 and you have kids

00:32:08.860 and you've got

00:32:09.340 an even higher salary,

00:32:10.460 that's when you're...

00:32:11.140 No.

00:32:11.880 Okay, you're right, Michael.

00:32:13.100 Maybe when I make partner,

00:32:15.040 when I make partner

00:32:16.060 and I've got my mortgage payment

00:32:17.640 and I've got to put my kids

00:32:18.480 through college

00:32:19.080 and I've got to do this,

00:32:20.140 that, and the other thing,

00:32:20.900 then I'm going to speak my mind.

00:32:22.520 No, you're not.

00:32:23.440 The incentives are only

00:32:24.360 working against you.

00:32:25.460 It's only going to get harder.

00:32:26.700 So the question is,

00:32:27.840 what is your integrity worth to you?

00:32:30.040 Virtue is a habit.

00:32:31.100 You've got to practice it,

00:32:32.060 just like vice is a habit.

00:32:33.520 So courage is a virtue.

00:32:35.100 It's the prerequisite

00:32:35.860 for all of the other virtues.

00:32:37.320 I'm totally with Senator Cruz.

00:32:38.900 You don't need to be a jerk about it.

00:32:40.400 You don't need to be flamboyant

00:32:41.740 shooting off fireworks

00:32:43.240 at the water cooler,

00:32:44.220 but you can stand your ground

00:32:45.460 and speak your mind.

00:32:46.420 If you're not going to do it today,

00:32:47.800 you're probably

00:32:48.700 just not going to do it.

00:32:49.740 Well, and let me underscore

00:32:51.400 something also,

00:32:52.460 which is if you look at the left,

00:32:55.060 what's turned corporate America

00:32:56.740 so hard left in recent years?

00:32:59.420 You know, I remember

00:32:59.920 about 10 years ago,

00:33:01.260 there was the whole

00:33:01.860 political correct movement

00:33:03.140 that started in campuses

00:33:04.800 10 to 20 years ago.

00:33:06.960 And at the time,

00:33:07.920 a lot of us kind of laughed at us

00:33:09.540 and said, this is silly,

00:33:10.620 but this is harmless.

00:33:11.720 When people graduate

00:33:13.000 and have to get jobs,

00:33:13.980 they'll put that silliness

00:33:14.820 behind them.

00:33:16.180 Well, what happened

00:33:16.960 is a lot of the leftists

00:33:18.520 who were 21 and 22,

00:33:20.100 they went and got jobs

00:33:21.460 and now they're 28 or 30 or 32

00:33:23.700 and they're the young,

00:33:25.680 woke army in corporations.

00:33:28.380 And the amazing thing is

00:33:29.820 the CEOs are terrified of them.

00:33:31.700 It's the most backwards thing

00:33:33.780 in the world,

00:33:35.420 the degree to which

00:33:36.960 the students who graduated

00:33:39.020 a decade now ago

00:33:40.900 are terrorizing corporate America.

00:33:43.800 And so what I would say

00:33:44.700 is just to underscore

00:33:45.960 what Michael said,

00:33:47.240 don't be silent,

00:33:50.240 but do it with a smile.

00:33:51.640 Yeah.

00:33:52.120 Yeah.

00:33:52.380 There's an element

00:33:53.000 of practicality to it as well

00:33:54.740 that requires some self-reflection.

00:33:57.460 If you know what your line is,

00:33:59.280 the line that you're willing to,

00:34:00.960 or the line that you're not

00:34:01.860 willing to cross,

00:34:02.740 meaning there might be

00:34:03.440 some liberal issue that,

00:34:04.400 you know,

00:34:04.580 you just can't stay quiet anymore.

00:34:07.080 If you have reflected

00:34:08.540 on that yourself

00:34:09.280 and you know what your line is

00:34:10.420 on various issues,

00:34:11.760 then you don't have to feel

00:34:12.580 that every day

00:34:13.480 you have to be a dissenter.

00:34:15.280 Every day you have

00:34:16.080 to be the agitator.

00:34:16.940 You know exactly

00:34:17.660 what the most important issues are

00:34:18.900 and you've sort of pre-planned,

00:34:20.660 well, if it's this issue

00:34:21.420 and it gets to this point,

00:34:22.200 this is when I'm going

00:34:22.640 to talk to my colleagues,

00:34:23.500 or this issue and this point,

00:34:25.200 I'm going to take it

00:34:26.040 up the corporate ladder.

00:34:27.080 And then it's a little bit

00:34:27.620 more organized

00:34:28.300 and a little bit

00:34:28.720 less emotional too.

00:34:32.140 Thanks.

00:34:32.460 Senator Cruz,

00:34:43.960 something that routinely

00:34:44.960 surprises me

00:34:45.800 about U.S. politicians,

00:34:47.060 especially conservatives,

00:34:48.660 is their support

00:34:49.600 for Guantanamo Bay.

00:34:51.480 Considering that

00:34:52.440 of the 37

00:34:53.380 who are still

00:34:54.140 imprisoned there,

00:34:55.460 the vast majority

00:34:56.480 have never been convicted

00:34:57.440 with anything

00:34:58.300 or charged.

00:34:59.020 and 17 are being held

00:35:01.100 indefinitely

00:35:01.700 with no plans

00:35:02.500 for transfer.

00:35:04.160 And these people

00:35:04.620 are routinely being denied

00:35:05.740 the regular due process

00:35:07.040 that we ordinarily

00:35:07.920 afford people.

00:35:09.780 Additionally,

00:35:10.600 some of the methods

00:35:12.080 of interrogation

00:35:12.840 include rectal feeding

00:35:13.920 and waterboarding

00:35:15.880 and in one case,

00:35:17.900 one prisoner claimed

00:35:18.560 that he was used

00:35:19.240 as a training dummy

00:35:20.260 by the CIA

00:35:21.280 and that he suffered

00:35:22.020 brain damage.

00:35:22.740 I guess my question

00:35:24.380 is how can America

00:35:25.920 claim certain ideals

00:35:27.900 while also maintaining

00:35:30.180 that it has to have

00:35:31.100 these facilities open?

00:35:33.360 Well,

00:35:34.020 because there are

00:35:35.580 enemies who hate us

00:35:36.540 and the U.S. Constitution

00:35:39.540 applies to Americans

00:35:41.280 in America.

00:35:42.540 It doesn't apply

00:35:43.560 to terrorists,

00:35:45.400 to enemy terrorists

00:35:46.340 in foreign countries

00:35:47.300 that are trying

00:35:47.780 to kill us.

00:35:48.380 On September 11, 2001,

00:35:57.680 I still remember

00:35:58.500 where I was.

00:35:59.100 I was in Washington, D.C.

00:36:01.220 We lived less than a mile

00:36:03.280 from the Pentagon.

00:36:04.140 My wife Heidi

00:36:04.800 was working

00:36:05.260 at the White House

00:36:05.840 at the time.

00:36:07.360 We lost a very good

00:36:08.820 friend of ours

00:36:09.460 who was in the plane

00:36:10.520 that flew into the Pentagon

00:36:11.680 in the most horrific

00:36:14.460 act of terrorism

00:36:15.700 in United States history.

00:36:18.380 That act of warfare

00:36:21.480 came from an ideology,

00:36:24.000 radical Islamic terrorism

00:36:26.020 that wages jihad

00:36:27.420 in America.

00:36:28.140 And we went

00:36:28.740 and waged war

00:36:29.600 and you say,

00:36:30.700 well, gosh,

00:36:31.140 we didn't provide

00:36:32.160 due process to them.

00:36:33.360 Well, you know what?

00:36:34.460 When we send

00:36:35.260 a fighter jet

00:36:36.100 over to Afghanistan

00:36:37.180 and we identify

00:36:38.420 people who are

00:36:40.520 Al-Qaeda

00:36:41.400 or in later manifestations,

00:36:43.740 ISIS,

00:36:44.320 Al-Nusra,

00:36:45.340 there are a whole series

00:36:46.160 of radical Islamic

00:36:47.120 terrorist organizations,

00:36:48.380 and we fire missiles

00:36:49.360 at them and blow them up,

00:36:50.800 they don't get

00:36:51.240 due process either.

00:36:52.480 Warfare

00:36:52.920 is

00:36:54.940 a dangerous process.

00:36:58.040 If you look

00:36:58.480 at Guantanamo Bay,

00:36:59.480 it is explicitly

00:37:00.300 outside of U.S. jurisdiction.

00:37:02.400 The reason

00:37:02.860 we've housed them there

00:37:04.480 is so that the federal courts

00:37:05.880 would not

00:37:06.620 place them

00:37:07.620 under their scrutiny.

00:37:08.400 Now, that being said,

00:37:09.600 the federal courts

00:37:10.220 have asserted

00:37:10.820 considerable authority

00:37:11.880 over Guantanamo

00:37:13.280 even though

00:37:14.000 it was a foreign jurisdiction.

00:37:15.380 And you noted

00:37:16.380 enhanced interrogation.

00:37:19.360 I will say

00:37:20.300 it is U.S. law.

00:37:22.220 It is U.S. policy

00:37:23.620 now under both

00:37:24.580 Republicans

00:37:25.040 and Democrats

00:37:25.860 that we do not

00:37:26.520 torture people.

00:37:28.020 And so the example

00:37:28.900 you gave

00:37:29.540 of using that individual

00:37:31.300 as a dummy

00:37:32.780 and beating him,

00:37:34.340 if that happened,

00:37:35.260 that was a violation

00:37:36.080 of law

00:37:36.640 and anyone who did so

00:37:37.640 would be prosecuted.

00:37:39.240 We don't torture them,

00:37:40.680 but we do keep them

00:37:42.540 incapacitated.

00:37:44.520 The people who are there

00:37:45.760 are the very worst

00:37:48.060 of the worst.

00:37:48.900 And if you look

00:37:49.520 at the history

00:37:50.260 of releasing terrorists,

00:37:53.440 Barack Obama

00:37:54.300 released a significant

00:37:55.840 number of terrorists

00:37:56.780 from Guantanamo Bay.

00:37:59.560 Joe Biden

00:38:00.560 released a significant

00:38:03.000 number of terrorists,

00:38:04.180 particularly from Afghanistan.

00:38:05.920 And we release them

00:38:07.100 and they turn around

00:38:08.120 and a large percentage

00:38:09.380 of them come back

00:38:10.280 and attack us again.

00:38:11.740 You remember the guy

00:38:12.540 who blew up

00:38:13.900 and murdered

00:38:14.400 13 servicemen

00:38:16.020 and women

00:38:16.520 in Afghanistan?

00:38:19.140 That man had been

00:38:20.420 imprisoned at Bagram

00:38:21.880 and when Biden

00:38:23.420 abandoned the Bagram

00:38:24.680 airfield,

00:38:25.420 he was released

00:38:26.180 and turned around

00:38:27.140 and murdered

00:38:28.080 13 servicemen

00:38:29.180 and women.

00:38:29.720 So why shouldn't

00:38:30.940 we close Guantanamo Bay?

00:38:32.880 Because I don't want

00:38:33.980 terrorists to murder

00:38:35.240 Americans.

00:38:35.960 You know,

00:38:36.180 just to add,

00:38:36.900 I agree with that

00:38:37.900 and to add

00:38:38.540 a little bit of context,

00:38:39.580 you mentioned

00:38:40.060 waterboarding

00:38:40.720 as an example

00:38:41.880 of torture.

00:38:43.720 Waterboarding

00:38:44.160 is not torture.

00:38:45.440 We waterboard

00:38:46.200 our own troops

00:38:47.040 in training,

00:38:47.880 so unless we're

00:38:48.780 torturing our own troops,

00:38:49.700 I guess we'll have

00:38:50.120 a lot of lawsuits

00:38:50.700 on our hands

00:38:51.220 in that case.

00:38:51.880 I don't think

00:38:52.440 that quite counts.

00:38:53.980 But furthermore,

00:38:54.860 one of the arguments

00:38:55.900 against enhanced interrogation

00:38:57.480 or even against torture

00:38:58.820 is that we have agreed

00:39:00.600 in international law

00:39:01.640 to afford certain

00:39:03.040 courtesies

00:39:03.800 to enemy combatants

00:39:05.220 who abide

00:39:05.780 by the laws of war.

00:39:07.160 Now some people

00:39:08.720 have argued

00:39:09.180 that we should

00:39:09.860 extend these courtesies

00:39:11.300 even to terrorists.

00:39:12.940 This is a very,

00:39:13.900 very bad idea.

00:39:15.140 The reason that we

00:39:15.820 extend these courtesies

00:39:16.900 to certain enemy combatants

00:39:18.620 is so that we can

00:39:19.680 protect civilians.

00:39:21.020 So we say

00:39:21.620 you need to wear a uniform,

00:39:22.540 you need to not

00:39:23.140 target civilians

00:39:24.100 to achieve your

00:39:25.080 political goals.

00:39:26.020 So if we extend

00:39:26.780 those same courtesies

00:39:27.740 to terrorists

00:39:28.560 who very directly

00:39:30.000 are targeting civilians

00:39:31.300 to achieve political goals,

00:39:32.720 we undermine

00:39:33.500 the entire purpose

00:39:34.680 of those protections

00:39:35.520 in the first place.

00:39:36.860 So to borrow a line

00:39:38.200 from my friend

00:39:38.840 Andrew Clavin,

00:39:39.800 I think that

00:39:40.540 waterboarding jihadis

00:39:41.780 should be an Olympic sport

00:39:43.020 and I don't think

00:39:43.620 there's anything wrong

00:39:44.300 with it.

00:39:49.160 But I will say

00:39:50.420 notwithstanding

00:39:51.360 your and Andrew Clavin's view,

00:39:53.700 it is currently

00:39:54.360 against U.S. law

00:39:55.460 so we're not doing so right now.

00:39:59.680 Sorry,

00:40:00.260 just with all due respect,

00:40:02.060 my question

00:40:02.900 wasn't entirely

00:40:03.800 about releasing prisoners.

00:40:05.140 I know you brought that up.

00:40:06.600 It also,

00:40:07.700 it was mostly

00:40:09.940 to address

00:40:10.560 the waterboarding thing.

00:40:11.640 We know that

00:40:12.300 the studies suggest

00:40:13.320 that torture doesn't work.

00:40:14.880 I would just like

00:40:15.260 to clarify

00:40:15.740 or enhance interrogation,

00:40:18.200 sorry.

00:40:18.840 My question was not about

00:40:20.300 obviously releasing

00:40:21.140 these people.

00:40:21.800 That's a horrible consequence

00:40:22.880 what happened,

00:40:23.780 obviously.

00:40:25.120 It was mostly

00:40:26.080 about humane treatment.

00:40:28.240 So listen,

00:40:28.740 and I agree

00:40:29.240 we should provide

00:40:30.020 humane treatment

00:40:30.680 and it's one of the things

00:40:31.600 America does

00:40:32.420 that is different.

00:40:33.020 It's why U.S. law

00:40:34.200 prohibits torture.

00:40:35.960 And I'm glad you say

00:40:37.740 that you agree

00:40:38.740 that these folks

00:40:39.560 shouldn't be released.

00:40:40.600 I can tell you

00:40:41.380 over the last decade

00:40:42.540 I have repeatedly

00:40:44.240 forced votes

00:40:45.380 on whether or not

00:40:46.300 we should release people

00:40:47.400 out of Guantanamo

00:40:48.300 and Joe Biden

00:40:49.840 and the Democrats

00:40:50.540 are pressing to do so.

00:40:52.500 When we have votes

00:40:53.440 on this,

00:40:54.400 they vote party line.

00:40:56.080 I think we are likely

00:40:59.820 to see an effort

00:41:00.700 from the Biden administration

00:41:01.740 to shut Guantanamo Bay down

00:41:03.700 and if that happens

00:41:05.420 or not to shut

00:41:06.720 the base down

00:41:07.360 but to release

00:41:08.060 the prisoners

00:41:08.600 to shut the detention

00:41:09.420 facility down,

00:41:10.600 if that happens,

00:41:11.920 I believe the result

00:41:13.000 of that will be

00:41:13.700 that Americans

00:41:14.240 will die

00:41:15.660 because those terrorists

00:41:17.080 will go back

00:41:17.800 and commit more

00:41:18.640 terrorist attacks

00:41:19.420 against us.

00:41:20.580 Thank you for your question.

00:41:22.100 Thank you.

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00:41:49.200 So our question tonight

00:41:50.580 is from Cracklin.

00:41:51.660 This is a good question

00:41:52.840 I think.

00:41:53.440 Cracklin says

00:41:53.820 Do you think

00:41:54.320 it's appropriate

00:41:54.960 to call someone

00:41:56.140 a groomer

00:41:56.760 if they're trying

00:41:57.280 to teach sexual material

00:41:58.520 to young children?

00:42:03.540 I think as a general matter

00:42:05.120 people ought to

00:42:05.800 ratchet their rhetoric down.

00:42:07.860 Listen,

00:42:08.460 there are predators.

00:42:09.520 There are predators

00:42:10.060 that target kids.

00:42:11.700 There are predators

00:42:12.260 who commit horrific acts.

00:42:16.500 I spent five and a half years

00:42:18.260 as Solicitor General

00:42:19.140 of Texas.

00:42:19.760 I handled a lot of cases

00:42:21.120 of people who committed

00:42:22.900 horrific, horrific crimes

00:42:25.400 on little kids.

00:42:27.100 There is also an effort

00:42:28.860 from the left

00:42:29.700 to sexualize everything,

00:42:31.700 all of the uproar

00:42:32.900 over the Florida bill.

00:42:34.360 The Florida bill

00:42:35.220 says you shouldn't be

00:42:36.660 teaching kids pre-K

00:42:38.260 through third grade

00:42:39.500 about sex.

00:42:41.760 Now, I think that is

00:42:43.680 obviously right.

00:42:45.300 A kid in pre-K

00:42:46.300 is four years old.

00:42:47.580 I'm not interested

00:42:48.660 in a kid in pre-K

00:42:49.720 learning about gay sex,

00:42:51.600 straight sex,

00:42:52.340 or anything else.

00:42:53.240 I want them to learn

00:42:54.280 about playing with blocks

00:42:56.240 and how to count.

00:42:58.660 And so, listen,

00:43:00.620 some of the language

00:43:01.520 saying, all right,

00:43:02.600 anyone trying to push

00:43:04.100 their ideology

00:43:04.960 as a groomer,

00:43:05.880 I think that's probably,

00:43:07.560 that rhetoric

00:43:09.680 escalates things a bit.

00:43:11.680 Now, are there people

00:43:13.380 who are groomers

00:43:14.160 who are actually pedophiles

00:43:15.980 targeting kids?

00:43:17.020 Yes.

00:43:17.920 But I wouldn't use

00:43:19.280 that accusation lightly

00:43:21.380 because I would reserve it

00:43:22.720 for people

00:43:23.300 who actually have

00:43:25.060 direct ill intent

00:43:26.320 targeted at kids.

00:43:27.960 So, basically,

00:43:29.060 if the result

00:43:30.540 of the indoctrination

00:43:32.200 in these sexual materials

00:43:34.100 is political gratification

00:43:35.380 versus sexual gratification,

00:43:36.880 then you would make

00:43:38.440 that distinction

00:43:39.040 with the term?

00:43:39.760 Yeah, look,

00:43:40.360 that's a good point,

00:43:41.900 and I like the way

00:43:42.920 you phrased it.

00:43:43.760 I think there are people

00:43:45.060 who are misguided

00:43:46.280 trying to drive,

00:43:48.420 you know,

00:43:48.720 Disney stepping in

00:43:49.960 saying, you know,

00:43:51.080 in every episode now

00:43:52.920 they're going to have,

00:43:53.920 you know,

00:43:54.740 Mickey and Pluto

00:43:56.760 going at it.

00:43:58.000 Like, really?

00:44:00.200 Thank you for that image,

00:44:01.480 Senator.

00:44:02.120 But it's just like,

00:44:03.260 come on, guys.

00:44:04.520 Like, these are kids,

00:44:06.460 and, you know,

00:44:07.720 you could always shift

00:44:09.240 to Cinemax

00:44:09.980 if you want that.

00:44:10.820 Like, why do you have,

00:44:13.240 it used to be,

00:44:14.680 look, I'm a dad.

00:44:15.820 Like, you used to be able

00:44:16.540 to put your kids

00:44:17.320 on the Disney Channel

00:44:18.300 and be like,

00:44:19.040 all right,

00:44:19.440 something innocuous

00:44:20.580 will happen,

00:44:21.720 and you've got these,

00:44:23.440 like, you know,

00:44:25.340 I don't know,

00:44:25.940 woke lefties

00:44:27.040 that want to make it

00:44:28.020 their political agenda.

00:44:29.220 I just wish they'd leave

00:44:30.180 their political agenda

00:44:31.160 out of it.

00:44:32.960 That being said,

00:44:34.160 so I disagree with

00:44:35.000 their political agenda.

00:44:35.880 I think it's wrong,

00:44:36.560 and I think it's harmful.

00:44:37.560 But I do think

00:44:39.260 it is different

00:44:40.180 from actual sexual predators

00:44:42.980 that are trying

00:44:43.600 to violate children,

00:44:44.660 so I wouldn't,

00:44:45.380 I wouldn't conflate the two.

00:44:47.140 I would say,

00:44:48.300 I disagree with both of them,

00:44:49.600 but the latter

00:44:50.200 is a serious criminal offense

00:44:51.780 that you should go to jail

00:44:52.620 for a long, long time.

00:44:54.060 The former is just misguided

00:44:55.820 and you should be made fun of.

00:44:57.060 And what's interesting

00:44:57.820 is that,

00:44:58.540 that, yeah,

00:44:59.260 well, yes, of course.

00:45:00.280 What's interesting

00:45:01.020 is that parents

00:45:02.020 on both sides of the aisle

00:45:03.120 feel strongly about this issue.

00:45:04.800 Yeah.

00:45:04.900 It's not something

00:45:05.420 that it's the right

00:45:06.060 versus the left,

00:45:06.660 Republicans versus Democrats.

00:45:08.340 It's something where,

00:45:09.420 and the surveys from Florida

00:45:10.780 show this,

00:45:11.720 that it's really parents

00:45:13.760 versus this ideology.

00:45:15.160 They feel that their children

00:45:16.160 are being put

00:45:17.380 in a pipeline

00:45:18.740 with this agenda,

00:45:20.100 that it's not just exposure

00:45:21.180 to a principle

00:45:22.240 or an ideology

00:45:23.560 in an academic sense

00:45:25.600 that they don't want

00:45:26.540 their children to know about,

00:45:27.440 that they feel

00:45:27.800 that their children

00:45:28.220 are being taught

00:45:28.960 that something is right

00:45:31.500 when objectively

00:45:32.360 that thing is not right.

00:45:34.420 And it's an interesting

00:45:35.440 cultural battle

00:45:36.060 in our nation.

00:45:36.660 And there's an age

00:45:37.940 and stage question.

00:45:39.840 Yeah.

00:45:39.980 Four-year-olds

00:45:40.920 are different

00:45:41.560 from 19-year-olds.

00:45:43.020 Vivek Ramaswamy,

00:45:44.420 our friend,

00:45:45.340 has dubbed the bill

00:45:47.020 which the libs call

00:45:48.160 the don't say gay bell.

00:45:49.480 He says it's really

00:45:50.320 just the wait till eight bill.

00:45:52.340 You know,

00:45:52.780 after eight,

00:45:53.600 then I guess

00:45:54.200 all bets are off.

00:45:55.260 It really was.

00:45:56.300 Fourth grade.

00:45:57.140 Hey,

00:45:57.360 knock yourself out.

00:45:58.420 You can get into

00:45:58.960 all this stuff

00:45:59.720 in fourth grade.

00:46:00.520 That seems a little

00:46:01.320 early to me anyway,

00:46:02.180 but it is a pretty modest,

00:46:05.360 like,

00:46:05.580 can we give kids

00:46:06.820 just a little bit

00:46:08.540 of quiet

00:46:08.960 until third grade?

00:46:11.120 All right.

00:46:11.880 Well,

00:46:12.500 there's your answer.

00:46:14.400 And I want to get back to you.

00:46:15.120 You've been waiting

00:46:15.480 very patiently.

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00:46:21.920 We do this every week.

00:46:22.920 What's your name?

00:46:24.220 My name is Sam Williams.

00:46:25.920 So I'm a really big fan

00:46:27.140 of both of you guys.

00:46:28.200 I am conservative,

00:46:29.820 but I do disagree

00:46:31.200 with conservatives

00:46:31.820 on the issue

00:46:32.520 of school choice.

00:46:33.800 So my aunt,

00:46:35.200 who votes Republican,

00:46:36.460 she's a third grade teacher

00:46:37.360 up in Michigan,

00:46:38.020 and they implemented

00:46:38.640 school choice.

00:46:39.720 And according to her,

00:46:40.520 it was a complete disaster.

00:46:42.160 She was a teacher

00:46:42.760 at one of the best schools

00:46:43.580 in the area,

00:46:44.100 and once it was implemented,

00:46:45.340 there was a major

00:46:46.000 overcrowding issue.

00:46:47.620 Most of the kids

00:46:48.260 who came in

00:46:48.880 were horrible,

00:46:49.840 according to her,

00:46:50.580 and there was

00:46:51.220 a loss of community.

00:46:52.660 What are your thoughts

00:46:53.280 on the issue,

00:46:53.960 and are there any other

00:46:54.820 policies you advocate for

00:46:56.180 in regards to education?

00:46:58.180 So that's a very

00:46:59.500 interesting question.

00:47:00.380 I will say,

00:47:00.820 I don't know

00:47:01.440 the specific results

00:47:02.700 in Michigan,

00:47:03.460 and it may be

00:47:04.300 that when they implemented

00:47:05.840 it in Michigan,

00:47:06.520 they did it badly.

00:47:07.640 So your aunt's experience,

00:47:09.380 I don't doubt

00:47:10.260 that she underwent that.

00:47:12.260 I can tell you

00:47:13.000 on the issue

00:47:13.360 of school choice,

00:47:14.000 it's an issue

00:47:14.440 I've been involved in

00:47:15.720 25, 30 years,

00:47:17.980 and I think it is

00:47:19.360 the most important

00:47:21.660 education issue

00:47:22.760 and civil rights issue

00:47:23.760 we have in this country.

00:47:25.400 And let me explain why.

00:47:26.760 Look, school choice

00:47:27.620 is all about giving

00:47:28.920 low-income kids

00:47:30.980 the same ability

00:47:32.060 to choose

00:47:32.940 that rich and middle-class

00:47:34.460 kids have always had.

00:47:36.320 And I remember

00:47:38.200 20 years ago,

00:47:38.980 we'd have debates

00:47:39.600 about school choice,

00:47:40.540 and people would say,

00:47:41.420 well, if you give

00:47:42.880 low-income kids

00:47:43.800 the ability to get

00:47:44.540 scholarships,

00:47:45.220 the ability to get

00:47:45.920 out of failing schools,

00:47:47.080 the result will be

00:47:48.300 that it'll just destroy

00:47:49.500 the public schools.

00:47:51.540 That is a serious argument.

00:47:53.140 If that were, in fact,

00:47:54.220 correct, I would oppose

00:47:55.260 school choice.

00:47:56.080 I have no interest

00:47:57.560 in destroying

00:47:58.920 the school system

00:48:00.140 that provides

00:48:00.760 the vast majority

00:48:01.940 of education

00:48:02.600 to kids.

00:48:04.420 We now know, though,

00:48:05.860 because school choice

00:48:06.720 has been implemented

00:48:07.560 in over 30 jurisdictions

00:48:08.940 across the country,

00:48:10.300 the data disprove it.

00:48:12.020 That if you look at,

00:48:13.140 and what I would encourage you

00:48:14.300 is to spend some time

00:48:15.700 studying choice.

00:48:16.540 It may be the program

00:48:17.380 your aunt had experience

00:48:18.380 with was badly designed

00:48:20.080 and poorly implemented.

00:48:21.940 I can tell you

00:48:22.860 more broadly,

00:48:23.720 the data show

00:48:24.500 that when you have

00:48:25.100 choice programs,

00:48:26.820 number one,

00:48:27.600 the kids who exercise

00:48:28.500 choice,

00:48:29.080 who are in a failing school

00:48:30.200 and go to another school

00:48:31.880 to another option,

00:48:33.420 they have significantly

00:48:34.440 better test outcomes.

00:48:35.600 They have better

00:48:35.980 reading scores,

00:48:36.700 better math scores,

00:48:37.560 better graduation rates.

00:48:38.900 They get into college

00:48:39.840 at a much higher rate.

00:48:41.480 But number two,

00:48:42.560 and this is critically important,

00:48:44.020 the public school improves.

00:48:46.900 Competition is good.

00:48:48.100 Think about it

00:48:48.720 in every other respect.

00:48:53.360 Competition improves quality.

00:48:57.120 And so it may be

00:48:59.200 in the instance,

00:48:59.860 I don't know if Michigan

00:49:00.680 did a partial school

00:49:02.060 choice hybrid

00:49:02.800 where they may just

00:49:04.040 have allowed kids

00:49:04.940 in failing schools

00:49:05.820 to get into the top

00:49:07.740 public schools

00:49:08.720 without additional competition.

00:49:10.560 It may have been structured

00:49:11.980 so it was designed to fail.

00:49:14.000 That sometimes happens

00:49:16.220 but look,

00:49:17.480 I think we ought to

00:49:18.420 have an urgency

00:49:19.480 when it comes to kids

00:49:22.000 trapped

00:49:22.860 and not able

00:49:24.240 to get an education.

00:49:25.440 That we ought to

00:49:26.460 have an urgency

00:49:27.180 that these kids

00:49:28.920 now deserve

00:49:29.920 a better option

00:49:30.700 and I support

00:49:31.700 every option

00:49:32.820 we can get.

00:49:33.500 I'm sympathetic

00:49:34.340 to the view,

00:49:35.220 I agree with what

00:49:35.840 Senator Cruz just said,

00:49:36.740 I'm sympathetic

00:49:37.220 to the observations

00:49:39.160 of your aunt

00:49:40.060 and perhaps of you

00:49:41.180 as well.

00:49:41.640 I do think

00:49:42.640 the alternative

00:49:44.580 that I would prefer

00:49:45.600 even to school choice

00:49:46.740 which I support

00:49:47.480 is that conservatives

00:49:49.000 just take back

00:49:50.400 the public schools

00:49:51.220 from the libs

00:49:51.920 and kick all the crazy

00:49:53.200 racial and sexual

00:49:54.140 theories out

00:49:54.700 and raise the standards

00:49:55.800 and do a lot better.

00:49:56.740 I would love to be able

00:49:57.900 to wield that kind

00:49:58.840 of political power.

00:49:59.860 You're seeing it

00:50:00.420 in a handful of states

00:50:01.500 but it is worth

00:50:02.620 pointing out

00:50:03.300 that public education

00:50:04.820 in America

00:50:05.560 was from the beginning

00:50:07.720 a leftist endeavor.

00:50:09.500 this is not a bug

00:50:11.920 of the system

00:50:12.520 it's actually a feature

00:50:13.560 going back

00:50:14.400 not just 20 years

00:50:15.480 but going back

00:50:16.300 to John Dewey

00:50:17.020 going back

00:50:17.520 to Horace Mann

00:50:18.360 that this has been

00:50:19.360 in there

00:50:19.740 from the very beginning

00:50:20.560 and so I just fear

00:50:21.320 as a practical matter

00:50:22.760 I don't think

00:50:23.680 we're going to reform

00:50:24.680 the public education system

00:50:26.040 merely by taking power

00:50:27.380 and changing the curricula

00:50:28.460 I think we need

00:50:29.300 a structural change

00:50:30.720 as well

00:50:31.140 which school choice

00:50:32.260 has provided

00:50:32.860 which the homeschool

00:50:34.020 movement has provided

00:50:34.980 which parochial schools

00:50:36.060 have always provided

00:50:37.180 and so simply

00:50:39.240 as a practical matter

00:50:40.480 living in the real world

00:50:41.560 in 2022

00:50:42.140 I think that that

00:50:43.380 is our only hope

00:50:44.240 the alternative

00:50:45.000 is your five-year-old

00:50:46.600 being indoctrinated

00:50:47.520 into transgenderism

00:50:48.700 and critical race theory

00:50:49.620 and I don't think

00:50:50.180 any of us wants that

00:50:51.080 and I think too

00:50:52.340 that this idea

00:50:53.640 and this is building

00:50:54.140 on what Michael says

00:50:54.960 if conservatives

00:50:56.040 are going to retake

00:50:57.720 the public school system

00:50:58.900 the only way to do that

00:51:00.600 is through school choice

00:51:01.740 because it's not just

00:51:02.700 a matter of children

00:51:03.880 being caught

00:51:04.620 in a zip code

00:51:05.700 with a failing school

00:51:07.460 it's also a way

00:51:08.120 to ideologically

00:51:09.200 hold each and every

00:51:10.700 individual school

00:51:11.620 and school district

00:51:12.400 accountable

00:51:12.800 if enough parents

00:51:13.820 can go to their

00:51:14.680 school district

00:51:15.220 or their principal

00:51:15.880 and say listen

00:51:16.360 I'm pulling my child

00:51:17.100 out of this school

00:51:17.800 because you are teaching

00:51:18.840 critical race theory

00:51:19.700 or queer theory

00:51:20.340 and not only is my child

00:51:21.640 leaving the school

00:51:22.400 so is my money

00:51:23.260 if enough parents do that

00:51:24.420 then the school

00:51:25.200 has a choice

00:51:25.880 oh are we going

00:51:26.440 to adjust our curriculum

00:51:27.420 or are we going

00:51:28.480 to become a failing school

00:51:29.780 are we going

00:51:30.120 to become obsolete

00:51:30.940 so it's not just

00:51:31.940 a matter of increasing

00:51:33.300 educational outcomes

00:51:34.680 which is great

00:51:35.680 it's also how

00:51:36.820 conservatives can

00:51:37.580 rebalance the public

00:51:38.480 school system

00:51:39.180 hello

00:51:52.420 my name is Nick

00:51:53.680 and my question

00:51:54.460 is back to the beginning

00:51:55.780 you talked about

00:51:56.500 the mask mandate

00:51:57.280 and the potential

00:51:59.000 that the leftists

00:52:00.060 were trying to get

00:52:00.800 people who were thrown

00:52:01.620 off the planes

00:52:02.560 for not wearing the mask

00:52:03.500 added to a no fly list

00:52:05.220 and that that was

00:52:06.000 something reserved

00:52:06.600 for terrorists

00:52:07.300 and you yourself

00:52:09.100 referred to the

00:52:10.300 January 6 protesters

00:52:11.640 as terrorists

00:52:12.800 and so I'm wondering

00:52:13.900 if you could elaborate

00:52:14.740 a little bit

00:52:15.280 on where the first

00:52:16.480 amendment right

00:52:17.060 to not wear a mask

00:52:18.200 or to demonstrate

00:52:19.080 becomes the

00:52:19.960 you're now a terrorist

00:52:21.020 and can't get on

00:52:21.560 an airplane

00:52:21.980 and if there is any

00:52:24.040 place in American society

00:52:26.560 for people

00:52:28.260 American citizens

00:52:29.220 who have not been

00:52:30.160 convicted of any crime

00:52:31.260 to have been put

00:52:32.100 onto the no fly list

00:52:33.120 so it's a great question

00:52:35.200 and the simple answer

00:52:37.260 the divide is

00:52:38.800 those who commit

00:52:39.460 acts of violence

00:52:40.440 violate the criminal laws

00:52:42.800 and no one has a right

00:52:43.720 to commit an act

00:52:44.400 of violence

00:52:44.960 those who engage

00:52:46.420 in peaceful protests

00:52:47.620 have a right to do so

00:52:49.400 regardless of their

00:52:50.340 politics

00:52:50.940 so what I said

00:52:51.700 about January 6th

00:52:52.920 I was referring

00:52:53.940 to the very limited

00:52:55.020 number of violent

00:52:56.500 individuals who

00:52:57.380 physically assaulted

00:52:58.460 police officers

00:52:59.300 and if you assault

00:53:00.060 a police officer

00:53:00.900 I think you ought

00:53:02.460 to be prosecuted

00:53:03.260 you ought to go

00:53:03.640 to jail for a long time

00:53:05.140 that is very very

00:53:06.960 different

00:53:07.420 from the tens

00:53:09.380 of thousands

00:53:10.160 of peaceful protesters

00:53:11.380 that were there

00:53:12.080 on January 6th

00:53:13.220 that were speaking out

00:53:14.460 that were singing

00:53:15.040 God bless America

00:53:16.040 that were standing

00:53:16.760 with President Trump

00:53:17.740 they were not

00:53:18.920 remotely terrorists

00:53:19.940 and one of the things

00:53:20.840 that is maddening

00:53:22.040 is watching Democrats

00:53:23.900 watching the corporate

00:53:25.100 media

00:53:25.600 try to use

00:53:27.000 the criminal conduct

00:53:28.140 of a handful

00:53:29.000 of people

00:53:29.480 who engage

00:53:30.040 in acts of violence

00:53:31.060 to smear

00:53:32.820 the peaceful

00:53:34.160 First Amendment

00:53:34.900 activity

00:53:35.500 of tens of thousands

00:53:36.600 of people

00:53:37.060 in Washington D.C.

00:53:38.360 on January 6th

00:53:39.860 and of millions

00:53:40.500 of people

00:53:41.020 across the country

00:53:41.840 and you know

00:53:43.280 we see this

00:53:44.240 incredible hypocrisy

00:53:45.520 because

00:53:46.580 in the entire

00:53:48.260 preceding year

00:53:49.220 2020

00:53:49.680 we saw riots

00:53:51.820 across the country

00:53:52.760 Antifa

00:53:53.280 and Black Lives

00:53:54.080 Riot

00:53:54.480 Black Lives Matter

00:53:55.760 riots across the country

00:53:57.240 police cars

00:53:58.600 firebombed

00:53:59.440 stores looted

00:54:00.480 people assaulted

00:54:01.480 and we saw

00:54:03.100 the left

00:54:03.820 excusing

00:54:05.720 violent criminals

00:54:07.980 in fact

00:54:08.440 going so far

00:54:09.240 Kamala Harris

00:54:09.940 raised bail money

00:54:11.400 to bail out

00:54:13.360 the violent rioters

00:54:15.020 who were committing

00:54:15.660 acts of violence

00:54:16.760 in my view

00:54:17.440 there is a simple

00:54:18.920 dividing line

00:54:19.940 if you hurt

00:54:21.180 someone else

00:54:21.900 if you commit

00:54:22.480 an act of violence

00:54:23.460 you ought to be

00:54:24.360 prosecuted

00:54:25.140 if you're engaged

00:54:26.600 in speech

00:54:27.340 whether you and I

00:54:28.560 agree with them

00:54:29.320 or you and I

00:54:30.100 disagree with them

00:54:31.300 you have a right

00:54:32.540 to engage

00:54:33.360 in speech

00:54:34.480 protected by

00:54:35.500 the First Amendment

00:54:36.140 I agree with you

00:54:41.920 in that regard

00:54:42.680 but

00:54:43.200 the legal definition

00:54:44.820 of terrorism

00:54:45.580 assaulting a police

00:54:46.540 officer

00:54:46.880 is not terrorism

00:54:47.980 being convicted

00:54:48.800 of assault

00:54:49.680 does not put you

00:54:50.540 on the no fly list

00:54:51.720 there are January 6th

00:54:53.120 protesters

00:54:53.580 who have been

00:54:53.960 convicted of nothing

00:54:54.840 much less

00:54:55.780 not terrorism

00:54:56.700 and they are

00:54:57.840 nonetheless

00:54:58.220 on the no fly list

00:54:59.600 well look

00:55:00.720 I am very concerned

00:55:02.560 about this administration

00:55:04.080 abusing the no fly list

00:55:06.200 and abusing terrorism

00:55:08.540 you look at the individuals

00:55:09.900 that have been charged

00:55:10.900 I have repeatedly raised

00:55:12.680 with the Biden administration

00:55:14.080 trying to get

00:55:16.040 the Justice Department

00:55:17.240 to answer questions

00:55:18.180 about who is being charged

00:55:20.080 what are they being charged with

00:55:21.600 what are their conditions

00:55:22.640 are they in solitary confinement

00:55:24.960 how long have they been

00:55:25.940 in solitary confinement

00:55:27.180 how does that punishment

00:55:28.760 compare

00:55:29.460 to other similarly

00:55:30.960 situated

00:55:31.700 defendants

00:55:32.720 if you look at

00:55:33.660 for example

00:55:34.360 and I've

00:55:35.160 joined with other senators

00:55:37.180 writing to the Department

00:55:38.380 of Justice

00:55:38.880 I've asked the Department

00:55:40.000 of Justice

00:55:40.440 I've asked the FBI

00:55:41.620 these questions

00:55:43.140 what you've got

00:55:44.600 from this administration

00:55:46.380 is they just

00:55:47.520 utterly stiff arm Congress

00:55:49.540 they refuse

00:55:50.320 to answer those questions

00:55:51.980 so when I write

00:55:52.760 the Attorney General

00:55:53.680 he doesn't respond

00:55:55.160 when I ask them

00:55:56.100 at public hearings

00:55:57.000 he doesn't respond

00:55:58.360 and one of the challenges

00:55:59.920 the way our democratic process

00:56:02.380 works at this point

00:56:03.860 Republicans are in the minority

00:56:06.060 in both houses of Congress

00:56:07.340 which means

00:56:08.120 we can raise issues

00:56:10.060 but we don't have the ability

00:56:11.180 to convene hearings

00:56:12.100 without a majority

00:56:13.520 we don't have the ability

00:56:15.000 to pass legislation

00:56:16.220 right now

00:56:16.980 but I think

00:56:18.320 the abuse of power

00:56:19.760 of this administration

00:56:20.660 I agree with you

00:56:21.560 particularly

00:56:22.220 look right after

00:56:23.660 January 6

00:56:24.540 we saw

00:56:26.080 Washington D.C.

00:56:27.420 surrounded

00:56:27.980 with chain link fences

00:56:30.080 with razor wire

00:56:31.680 atop it

00:56:32.260 and it looked like Baghdad

00:56:33.380 and there were

00:56:34.660 thousands of

00:56:35.700 National Guardsmen

00:56:36.660 standing there

00:56:37.320 in camo uniforms

00:56:38.340 holding machine guns

00:56:40.140 with no bullets

00:56:41.720 they had no magazines

00:56:43.620 they were unloaded

00:56:44.560 machine guns

00:56:45.380 very quickly

00:56:47.460 the red state governors

00:56:48.540 realized

00:56:49.080 this is ridiculous

00:56:49.980 this is not merited

00:56:51.220 by any actual

00:56:52.360 public safety

00:56:53.320 purpose

00:56:54.520 the red state governors

00:56:55.580 brought the Guardsmen

00:56:56.440 home

00:56:56.860 so you had

00:56:57.960 for months

00:56:58.540 the only Guardsmen

00:56:59.380 left were from

00:57:00.060 Blue States

00:57:00.580 from New York

00:57:01.260 and New Jersey

00:57:01.840 and Rhode Island

00:57:02.440 I'd go talk to these guys

00:57:04.000 to a person

00:57:05.500 they were frustrated

00:57:06.680 out of their mind

00:57:07.460 because it was

00:57:07.940 obviously

00:57:08.900 political theater

00:57:10.440 it was not designed

00:57:11.780 to prevent

00:57:12.920 any real

00:57:13.980 public safety threat

00:57:15.260 it was designed

00:57:16.780 it was Joe Biden

00:57:18.400 and Nancy Pelosi

00:57:19.300 and Chuck Schumer

00:57:20.180 trying to say

00:57:22.380 every conservative

00:57:24.100 every Trump supporter

00:57:25.800 is a terrorist

00:57:26.680 and I'll tell you

00:57:27.540 I've heard multiple reports

00:57:29.380 of people

00:57:29.900 of people who were

00:57:30.740 in D.C.

00:57:32.300 peacefully protesting

00:57:33.500 and finding themselves

00:57:34.720 on the no-fly list

00:57:36.260 that is an absolute

00:57:37.620 abuse of power

00:57:39.180 the no-fly list

00:57:40.260 is reserved

00:57:41.340 for violent criminals

00:57:42.900 and people who pose

00:57:44.100 a very acute risk

00:57:45.940 to public safety

00:57:46.960 not to those

00:57:48.420 exercising their

00:57:49.460 First Amendment rights

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00:57:59.180 Alright, next question

00:58:00.520 Hi, what's your name?

00:58:03.320 Hi, I'm Melissa

00:58:04.160 First off, I just want to

00:58:05.500 thank you for coming

00:58:06.480 not just here

00:58:07.360 but to any college campus

00:58:08.520 to speak

00:58:08.980 because it can be

00:58:09.640 a very, very hostile

00:58:10.500 environment for conservatives

00:58:11.720 and that kind of leads

00:58:12.880 into my question

00:58:13.620 I'm more left-leaning

00:58:15.560 and I disagree

00:58:16.300 on plenty of your policies

00:58:17.600 but we also agree

00:58:18.400 on some other things

00:58:19.200 and I like to come

00:58:20.240 to conservative events

00:58:21.200 like this

00:58:21.720 and hear you guys' voices

00:58:22.860 but unfortunately

00:58:23.600 there's been a lot

00:58:24.480 of political censorship

00:58:25.860 a lot of shameful

00:58:27.020 attempts to keep people

00:58:28.940 from speaking

00:58:29.540 especially at college campuses

00:58:30.660 coming from my side

00:58:31.580 of the political spectrum

00:58:32.460 and so I'd like to

00:58:34.100 ask your advice

00:58:35.840 of how I could

00:58:36.640 encourage my peers

00:58:37.760 to come out

00:58:38.860 and actually see

00:58:39.620 conservatives

00:58:40.080 and hear you guys' voices

00:58:41.520 instead of relying

00:58:42.860 on a stereotype

00:58:43.800 perpetuated by the media

00:58:45.120 to argue against

00:58:45.920 drama instead

00:58:46.820 applause

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00:58:56.300 So that is a

00:58:59.860 fabulous question

00:59:00.740 let me start

00:59:01.440 by just saying

00:59:01.980 thank you

00:59:02.460 thank you for being here

00:59:03.680 thank you for listening

00:59:04.680 thank you for being part

00:59:06.040 of a civil discussion

00:59:08.040 you're right

00:59:09.060 that doesn't happen

00:59:09.920 a lot on college campuses

00:59:11.260 and it needs to happen

00:59:13.040 and it is important

00:59:15.560 I think

00:59:16.400 to listen

00:59:16.980 not just to those

00:59:17.960 you agree with

00:59:18.620 but to those

00:59:19.060 you disagree with

00:59:19.940 in many ways

00:59:20.680 I think you can learn

00:59:21.960 more

00:59:22.400 listening to opposing views

00:59:24.880 rather than people

00:59:25.680 who are just reinforcing

00:59:26.780 what you already think

00:59:28.660 you know

00:59:28.980 I'm not sure

00:59:31.080 I know the answer

00:59:31.980 in terms of

00:59:33.000 if you look at the left

00:59:35.660 for a long time

00:59:36.720 the left

00:59:37.440 embraced free speech

00:59:39.460 you look at the free speech

00:59:41.840 one of the seminal

00:59:42.660 Supreme Court

00:59:43.400 decisions on free speech

00:59:45.480 involved a

00:59:46.560 anti-war protest

00:59:48.880 or a war jacket

00:59:50.080 that said

00:59:50.640 F the draft

00:59:51.500 and it didn't abbreviate F

00:59:52.840 and it went all the way

00:59:55.180 to the Supreme Court

00:59:56.020 and the Supreme Court

00:59:56.840 said

00:59:57.260 okay

00:59:57.580 that may be

00:59:58.300 one

00:59:58.720 you know

00:59:59.520 that may be

01:00:00.420 one man's obscenity

01:00:01.520 but the First Amendment

01:00:02.380 protects his right

01:00:03.560 to say that

01:00:04.300 I think that's

01:00:06.420 exactly right

01:00:07.300 there used to be

01:00:09.080 lions of the left

01:00:11.520 who embraced

01:00:12.280 free speech

01:00:13.120 it is becoming

01:00:15.240 more and more rare

01:00:17.060 and I do think

01:00:18.420 it's important

01:00:18.980 for your voice

01:00:19.920 and for other voices

01:00:21.760 on the political left

01:00:23.400 to say

01:00:23.860 look

01:00:24.220 if we

01:00:24.920 alright

01:00:26.000 I don't know

01:00:26.840 your economic views

01:00:27.920 but let's say

01:00:28.980 your economic views

01:00:30.160 are towards bigger government

01:00:31.380 or in the socialist direction

01:00:32.820 I don't know if you agree

01:00:33.520 with that or not

01:00:34.020 but hypothetically

01:00:35.220 let's say you do

01:00:36.100 if you believe

01:00:38.120 socialism is a good idea

01:00:39.640 and if you're actually

01:00:40.760 convinced

01:00:41.240 this is a better system

01:00:42.640 that helps people more

01:00:44.260 then

01:00:45.520 one ought to be

01:00:46.760 willing and eager

01:00:47.700 to have that conversation

01:00:49.120 not just with people

01:00:50.140 who agree with you

01:00:51.000 but people who disagree

01:00:52.420 with you

01:00:52.940 and look to the facts

01:00:54.000 of okay

01:00:54.560 what actually lifts

01:00:56.400 people out of poverty

01:00:57.380 what actually

01:00:58.240 helps people

01:00:59.440 achieve prosperity

01:01:00.480 and

01:01:00.880 I do think

01:01:04.000 so

01:01:07.280 I will say

01:01:08.700 one very encouraging sign

01:01:10.420 so I'm very glad

01:01:11.260 you're here

01:01:11.660 we were here

01:01:12.320 a week ago

01:01:13.280 at Michael's alma mater

01:01:15.120 at Yale

01:01:15.620 and it was striking

01:01:17.360 at Yale

01:01:17.760 look

01:01:18.000 Yale is a very

01:01:18.680 left wing campus

01:01:19.660 I'd say

01:01:21.060 somewhere between

01:01:21.800 a third to a half

01:01:22.960 of the students

01:01:23.700 leaned politically

01:01:25.300 to the left

01:01:25.980 not in the school

01:01:27.380 about 150%

01:01:28.620 in the school

01:01:29.080 lean left

01:01:29.520 but in the audience

01:01:30.860 that night

01:01:31.340 it was about

01:01:31.700 a third to half

01:01:32.860 and it was

01:01:33.500 so we were talking

01:01:34.280 about Justice

01:01:35.380 Ketanji Brown Jackson

01:01:36.520 and her confirmation

01:01:39.060 and when I mentioned

01:01:39.860 she was confirmed

01:01:40.580 as I said

01:01:41.060 about a third

01:01:41.700 to a half

01:01:42.180 of the crowd

01:01:42.720 began applauding

01:01:43.760 vigorously

01:01:44.680 and I actually

01:01:46.120 stepped back

01:01:46.680 I'm like

01:01:46.940 okay this is fantastic

01:01:48.300 this is fantastic

01:01:50.040 that y'all are here

01:01:51.160 you're listening

01:01:52.420 I'm not going to

01:01:53.120 presume that you're

01:01:54.020 necessarily persuaded

01:01:55.220 but to be in a

01:01:56.160 conversation

01:01:56.960 moves us

01:01:58.880 in a positive

01:01:59.520 direction

01:02:00.000 it was striking

01:02:00.640 afterwards

01:02:01.200 so Michael

01:02:02.400 and I went

01:02:03.220 with a friend

01:02:05.000 of Michael's

01:02:05.740 who is an

01:02:06.540 orthodox rabbi

01:02:07.480 on campus

01:02:08.200 and we went

01:02:09.560 and had some

01:02:10.740 scotch

01:02:11.740 and smoked cigars

01:02:12.660 a couple of Coca-Colas

01:02:13.600 late into the night

01:02:14.520 and it was

01:02:16.880 interesting

01:02:17.280 the rabbi's

01:02:17.940 comment

01:02:18.300 in that he said

01:02:19.200 he said

01:02:19.600 this was the

01:02:20.180 first time

01:02:21.040 in decades

01:02:22.040 that he had

01:02:23.380 seen that many

01:02:24.420 students at Yale

01:02:25.460 sit down

01:02:26.360 and have

01:02:26.960 a civil

01:02:27.840 positive

01:02:28.940 conversation

01:02:29.860 with conservative

01:02:30.700 ideas

01:02:31.360 and he thought

01:02:32.560 it was a really

01:02:33.080 important moment

01:02:33.900 for the campus

01:02:34.560 and I think

01:02:36.500 the more

01:02:37.100 we just

01:02:37.600 talk to each

01:02:38.420 other

01:02:38.660 the better

01:02:40.620 it is

01:02:41.140 one thing

01:02:41.600 I encourage

01:02:42.120 students to do

01:02:42.800 and it's

01:02:43.020 something I

01:02:43.360 encourage

01:02:43.680 high school

01:02:44.100 students

01:02:44.520 junior high

01:02:45.000 students

01:02:45.320 to do

01:02:45.800 pick a

01:02:47.980 podcast or

01:02:48.900 two on the

01:02:49.420 left

01:02:49.780 and a

01:02:50.680 podcast or

01:02:51.340 two on the

01:02:51.760 right

01:02:52.020 and listen

01:02:52.400 to them

01:02:52.680 look

01:02:52.840 obviously

01:02:53.180 I encourage

01:02:53.600 people

01:02:53.900 listen to

01:02:54.280 this

01:02:54.440 podcast

01:02:54.920 by the

01:02:56.880 way

01:02:57.000 listen to

01:02:57.380 this

01:02:57.540 podcast

01:02:57.940 but it's

01:03:00.320 the sort

01:03:00.760 of thing

01:03:01.140 as a

01:03:01.740 consumer

01:03:02.220 of news

01:03:02.940 what is

01:03:04.740 hard right

01:03:05.600 now

01:03:05.960 is there's

01:03:06.700 virtually

01:03:07.120 no

01:03:07.460 unbiased

01:03:08.060 news

01:03:08.440 and we

01:03:09.820 live in

01:03:10.380 such a

01:03:10.800 tribalized

01:03:11.440 world

01:03:11.740 that the

01:03:12.060 left

01:03:12.300 listens to

01:03:12.820 left wing

01:03:13.200 news

01:03:13.460 the right

01:03:13.820 listens to

01:03:14.300 right wing

01:03:14.720 news

01:03:15.120 we don't

01:03:15.920 have shared

01:03:16.400 facts

01:03:16.880 we don't

01:03:17.380 have

01:03:17.540 conversations

01:03:18.160 together

01:03:18.640 and at

01:03:20.140 least the

01:03:20.640 way I

01:03:21.040 try to

01:03:21.620 go through

01:03:22.060 that is I

01:03:22.500 try to

01:03:22.980 rather than

01:03:24.240 pretend any

01:03:24.980 source is

01:03:25.460 unbiased I

01:03:26.280 try to

01:03:26.880 listen to

01:03:27.780 and read

01:03:28.800 things that

01:03:29.400 are explicitly

01:03:29.960 on the left

01:03:30.640 and explicitly

01:03:31.180 on the right

01:03:32.000 and usually

01:03:33.340 the truth is

01:03:34.120 somewhere in

01:03:34.640 the middle

01:03:34.960 so what I

01:03:35.440 would say

01:03:35.900 is your

01:03:36.460 voice

01:03:37.060 engaged

01:03:38.000 on both

01:03:39.100 sides of

01:03:39.660 the aisle

01:03:40.200 hopefully

01:03:41.140 that becomes

01:03:41.680 contagious

01:03:42.100 I would

01:03:42.600 be curious

01:03:43.240 to just

01:03:44.180 to hear

01:03:44.600 your thoughts

01:03:45.460 on because

01:03:46.320 I think

01:03:46.760 your diagnosis

01:03:47.360 is obviously

01:03:48.020 right about

01:03:49.460 the left

01:03:50.020 censoring

01:03:50.740 conservatives

01:03:51.460 I don't

01:03:52.560 I almost

01:03:53.300 don't hear

01:03:53.700 any calls

01:03:54.260 by conservatives

01:03:54.980 to censor

01:03:55.820 the libs

01:03:56.320 probably there

01:03:56.840 just aren't

01:03:57.180 enough of

01:03:57.560 us

01:03:57.740 so so

01:03:59.120 why is

01:04:00.000 it what

01:04:00.380 what makes

01:04:01.340 you different

01:04:02.000 why are you

01:04:02.660 here why are

01:04:03.360 you interested

01:04:03.980 in even if you

01:04:05.220 disagree with

01:04:05.740 us in hearing

01:04:06.120 what we have

01:04:06.500 to say

01:04:06.840 well so many

01:04:07.660 of your fellow

01:04:08.260 left-wingers

01:04:08.900 or not

01:04:09.340 I mean I

01:04:10.100 would say

01:04:10.460 I'm not

01:04:11.260 really interested

01:04:11.960 in some big

01:04:12.880 tribe of people

01:04:14.100 I think we're

01:04:14.580 all individuals

01:04:15.240 and we all

01:04:15.980 have our

01:04:16.320 individual policy

01:04:17.520 beliefs on

01:04:18.160 separate issues

01:04:18.900 you know I

01:04:19.600 certainly agree

01:04:20.240 with you on

01:04:20.640 gun control

01:04:21.200 I'm a big

01:04:22.240 gun rights

01:04:22.720 advocate

01:04:23.040 I believe

01:04:24.240 everybody should

01:04:24.860 be able to

01:04:25.280 own a gun

01:04:25.620 if they want

01:04:26.260 to because

01:04:26.940 that's your

01:04:27.420 right to

01:04:27.740 protect yourself

01:04:28.420 and I think

01:04:33.360 having those

01:04:34.120 opinions that

01:04:34.940 kind of differ

01:04:35.680 from people who

01:04:36.420 may share my

01:04:36.960 opinion on

01:04:37.540 health care

01:04:38.040 for example

01:04:38.700 really kind of

01:04:40.160 puts into

01:04:40.500 perspective the

01:04:41.780 way that we

01:04:42.860 are treating

01:04:43.480 and I say we

01:04:44.440 but I don't

01:04:45.020 really generally

01:04:45.720 want to associate

01:04:46.400 myself with people

01:04:47.200 who try to

01:04:47.640 censor you guys

01:04:48.400 but the way

01:04:49.240 that leftists

01:04:50.760 try to treat

01:04:51.600 conservatives

01:04:52.520 and your

01:04:53.200 opinions

01:04:53.760 having that

01:04:54.820 kind of

01:04:55.260 experience

01:04:55.860 really lends

01:04:56.860 some perspective

01:04:57.520 to why we

01:04:58.200 should give you

01:04:58.680 guys way more

01:04:59.280 respect than

01:04:59.920 we actually do

01:05:00.580 well thank you

01:05:01.840 very much

01:05:02.320 thank you

01:05:02.720 that's a great

01:05:03.300 question

01:05:03.760 while we're

01:05:10.100 waiting for this

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01:05:27.940 what's your

01:05:29.200 name hi

01:05:29.500 thanks for

01:05:29.820 coming

01:05:30.040 I'm David

01:05:30.720 Bender

01:05:31.060 thanks for

01:05:32.080 being here

01:05:32.540 and so

01:05:33.960 as Michael

01:05:35.100 as a

01:05:36.100 fellow

01:05:36.560 conservative

01:05:37.080 catholic

01:05:37.640 I was curious

01:05:38.940 why so many

01:05:39.940 pro-life

01:05:40.800 conservatives

01:05:41.620 are pro

01:05:43.300 contraception

01:05:44.060 because it

01:05:44.480 seems that

01:05:44.960 contraception

01:05:47.200 kind of leads

01:05:47.780 to an idea

01:05:48.940 that children

01:05:49.480 are side

01:05:50.820 effects

01:05:51.180 or kind

01:05:51.960 of leads

01:05:52.180 to the idea

01:05:52.500 that you

01:05:52.860 don't have

01:05:53.380 to have

01:05:53.660 kids

01:05:54.040 and kind

01:05:55.380 of seems

01:05:55.660 to lead

01:05:56.140 to the idea

01:05:57.100 that if you

01:05:57.540 are pregnant

01:05:58.080 then you

01:05:58.860 can get

01:05:59.340 rid of

01:05:59.600 it with

01:05:59.880 an abortion

01:06:00.360 that's a

01:06:02.000 great point

01:06:02.640 I've heard

01:06:04.260 cynical people

01:06:05.140 say that

01:06:05.560 life is a

01:06:06.240 fatal

01:06:06.540 sexually

01:06:07.140 transmitted

01:06:07.780 disease

01:06:08.280 and

01:06:09.160 unfortunately

01:06:09.860 the way

01:06:10.620 that sexual

01:06:11.820 education

01:06:12.300 is taught

01:06:12.860 very often

01:06:13.700 we are

01:06:14.040 taught that

01:06:14.520 babies are

01:06:15.300 a kind

01:06:15.920 of disease

01:06:16.420 or a kind

01:06:16.880 of punishment

01:06:17.320 when in fact

01:06:17.880 babies are

01:06:19.080 the greatest

01:06:20.040 gift from

01:06:20.660 God that

01:06:21.500 you're going

01:06:21.920 to have

01:06:22.280 in this

01:06:22.540 physical

01:06:22.860 world

01:06:23.400 and it's

01:06:27.040 very sad

01:06:27.740 because a

01:06:28.500 lot of

01:06:28.900 people

01:06:29.320 will struggle

01:06:30.580 by the time

01:06:31.080 they wake

01:06:31.420 up to this

01:06:31.840 fact

01:06:32.140 they may

01:06:32.760 struggle

01:06:33.160 to conceive

01:06:33.760 because they're

01:06:34.540 older and

01:06:34.960 they've put

01:06:35.340 things off

01:06:35.920 just as a

01:06:36.660 personal note

01:06:37.860 I've got

01:06:38.480 one baby

01:06:39.160 he's 13

01:06:41.060 14 months

01:06:41.820 old

01:06:42.200 I wish I

01:06:43.340 knew the

01:06:43.580 precise number

01:06:44.120 my wife's

01:06:44.540 going to yell

01:06:44.860 at me

01:06:45.040 when I get

01:06:45.380 home

01:06:45.600 I guess

01:06:45.900 he'll be

01:06:46.880 13 months

01:06:47.480 old

01:06:47.660 and I have

01:06:49.540 another baby

01:06:50.020 on the way

01:06:50.460 and I'm

01:06:50.700 very excited

01:06:51.260 but the

01:06:51.580 first one

01:06:52.000 didn't happen

01:06:52.480 right away

01:06:52.880 I thought

01:06:53.780 you know

01:06:54.640 this is going

01:06:55.120 to be

01:06:55.320 two seconds

01:06:55.920 I've been

01:06:56.220 told my

01:06:56.520 whole life

01:06:56.920 if you look

01:06:57.380 at a girl

01:06:57.660 the wrong

01:06:57.980 way she's

01:06:58.360 going to

01:06:58.600 get pregnant

01:06:59.040 and it

01:07:00.400 didn't happen

01:07:01.100 I have a

01:07:01.700 number of

01:07:02.020 friends who

01:07:02.400 have put

01:07:02.640 this off

01:07:03.140 and now

01:07:03.600 they're really

01:07:03.980 struggling

01:07:04.400 and they're

01:07:04.700 really upset

01:07:05.200 and it's a

01:07:05.600 huge problem

01:07:06.680 that we

01:07:07.000 realize all

01:07:08.020 too late

01:07:08.560 to your

01:07:10.340 point on

01:07:10.840 why the

01:07:11.360 pro-life

01:07:11.740 movement

01:07:12.080 doesn't

01:07:12.460 focus on

01:07:13.060 it

01:07:13.200 I think

01:07:14.120 it doesn't

01:07:14.480 focus on

01:07:15.000 it because

01:07:15.580 of priorities

01:07:17.000 because political

01:07:17.920 action requires

01:07:18.920 you to

01:07:19.280 prioritize certain

01:07:20.220 things

01:07:20.600 and on a

01:07:21.460 question such

01:07:22.240 as contraception

01:07:23.160 there is

01:07:23.880 huge

01:07:24.540 disagreement

01:07:25.120 even among

01:07:25.760 pro-lifers

01:07:26.320 even among

01:07:26.820 conservatives

01:07:27.360 on an issue

01:07:28.260 such as

01:07:28.780 in vitro

01:07:29.200 fertilization

01:07:29.920 the catholic

01:07:31.100 view and a

01:07:31.800 large part of

01:07:32.380 the pro-life

01:07:32.860 movement is

01:07:33.600 opposed to

01:07:34.060 in vitro

01:07:34.440 fertilization

01:07:35.100 but a lot

01:07:35.800 of people

01:07:36.120 are for it

01:07:36.760 as well

01:07:37.320 on the issue

01:07:38.120 of abortion

01:07:38.660 we're all

01:07:39.220 on board

01:07:39.700 we're all

01:07:40.120 on the same

01:07:40.620 team

01:07:40.940 and so there

01:07:41.580 might be

01:07:41.900 disagreements

01:07:42.520 and we

01:07:42.780 might believe

01:07:43.260 that certain

01:07:44.100 sides of

01:07:44.580 the pro-life

01:07:44.980 movement

01:07:45.240 don't understand

01:07:45.960 the bioethical

01:07:46.720 implications

01:07:47.160 of certain

01:07:47.640 things

01:07:47.940 but political

01:07:48.780 action requires

01:07:49.720 that you form

01:07:50.440 coalitions

01:07:51.260 and you fight

01:07:51.800 the battles

01:07:52.300 that are most

01:07:53.300 winnable

01:07:53.740 and most in

01:07:54.460 front of you

01:07:54.820 and right now

01:07:55.300 we're on the

01:07:55.920 verge of overruling

01:07:56.900 Roe vs. Wade

01:07:57.820 that could be

01:07:58.540 happening within

01:07:59.100 a matter of

01:07:59.680 weeks and a

01:08:00.200 matter of

01:08:00.540 months

01:08:00.840 and so I

01:08:01.760 think this

01:08:02.100 could be

01:08:02.400 the greatest

01:08:03.260 development in

01:08:04.940 American politics

01:08:05.720 in my lifetime

01:08:07.040 and so I just

01:08:08.420 think it's

01:08:08.880 we're going to

01:08:09.400 fight that battle

01:08:10.140 first and if we

01:08:11.000 can get that

01:08:11.560 win it will be

01:08:12.600 such a huge

01:08:13.440 victory

01:08:13.900 we can

01:08:14.700 hopefully

01:08:15.420 that major

01:08:16.500 victory

01:08:16.920 will inculcate

01:08:17.940 a culture of

01:08:18.580 life throughout

01:08:19.100 the country

01:08:19.600 and we can

01:08:20.240 deal with

01:08:20.520 these second

01:08:20.900 and third

01:08:21.220 order questions

01:08:21.960 after that

01:08:22.660 so I will

01:08:23.520 say also

01:08:24.120 one of the

01:08:24.620 things that I

01:08:25.140 think is

01:08:25.420 interesting and

01:08:26.000 fun about this

01:08:26.620 podcast is

01:08:27.460 that Michael

01:08:28.300 and I have

01:08:29.040 often very

01:08:29.700 different views

01:08:30.340 he is much

01:08:32.020 more of a

01:08:32.600 Burkean

01:08:32.980 conservative

01:08:33.540 I am much

01:08:34.280 more libertarian

01:08:35.160 he's a

01:08:37.480 Catholic

01:08:37.820 I'm a

01:08:38.440 Southern

01:08:38.620 Baptist

01:08:38.980 so as a

01:08:40.980 Southern

01:08:41.180 Baptist

01:08:41.580 you know

01:08:42.240 our views

01:08:42.780 on the

01:08:43.320 issue of

01:08:44.060 contraception

01:08:45.560 we're perfectly

01:08:46.380 fine with it

01:08:47.180 my view

01:08:49.140 I respect

01:08:50.000 the Catholic

01:08:50.560 Church's right

01:08:51.420 to set its

01:08:52.600 own rules

01:08:53.280 and standards

01:08:53.860 and have a

01:08:54.380 view on

01:08:55.400 contraception

01:08:56.260 and I

01:08:57.260 certainly will

01:08:58.040 defend the

01:08:59.380 religious liberty

01:09:00.060 of practicing

01:09:00.720 Catholics to

01:09:01.620 follow those

01:09:02.300 teachings

01:09:02.740 unlike the

01:09:03.620 current

01:09:03.880 administration

01:09:04.480 which sues

01:09:05.500 the Catholics

01:09:06.040 and the nuns

01:09:06.760 and the priests

01:09:07.340 for in any

01:09:08.160 way suggesting

01:09:09.460 that they should

01:09:11.120 follow their

01:09:11.520 own faith

01:09:12.000 by the way

01:09:12.520 I will say

01:09:13.140 as a

01:09:13.900 Southern

01:09:14.460 Baptist

01:09:14.880 there is

01:09:16.240 an old

01:09:16.600 line about

01:09:17.380 do you know

01:09:18.420 why it is

01:09:19.240 that Southern

01:09:20.060 Baptists are

01:09:20.760 opposed to

01:09:21.420 premarital

01:09:21.880 sex

01:09:22.440 why is that

01:09:23.620 well they're

01:09:24.340 afraid it

01:09:24.760 might lead

01:09:25.100 to dancing

01:09:25.660 again

01:09:27.540 you gotta

01:09:28.040 watch out

01:09:28.500 for that

01:09:28.840 but you know

01:09:29.760 look I

01:09:30.180 will say

01:09:31.140 there is

01:09:31.960 actually

01:09:32.540 outside of

01:09:33.560 the theological

01:09:34.320 you can make

01:09:35.380 your own

01:09:35.740 determinations

01:09:36.420 according to

01:09:36.980 your own

01:09:37.320 faith

01:09:37.700 on the

01:09:38.460 question of

01:09:38.920 contraception

01:09:39.640 but there

01:09:40.000 is an

01:09:40.380 important

01:09:41.000 political

01:09:42.000 and legal

01:09:42.500 distinction

01:09:43.020 which is

01:09:44.040 whether you

01:09:45.220 believe

01:09:45.580 contraception

01:09:46.400 is a good

01:09:46.820 or bad

01:09:47.200 thing

01:09:47.640 I don't

01:09:48.440 know of

01:09:48.720 anybody

01:09:49.120 arguing

01:09:49.620 it should

01:09:50.060 not be

01:09:50.440 legal

01:09:50.880 not yet

01:09:51.820 we haven't

01:09:52.460 gotten there

01:09:52.840 yet

01:09:53.120 look everyone

01:09:55.740 agrees

01:09:56.440 I remember

01:09:57.280 when I was

01:09:57.660 in college

01:09:58.120 we literally

01:09:58.640 had condom

01:09:59.780 machines

01:10:00.200 in the

01:10:00.720 restroom

01:10:01.100 for 50

01:10:01.600 cents

01:10:01.940 and some

01:10:03.120 of the

01:10:03.320 most fun

01:10:03.800 I had

01:10:04.120 was freshman

01:10:04.640 year

01:10:04.900 when a

01:10:05.180 guy came

01:10:05.660 banging on

01:10:06.140 my door

01:10:06.480 and said

01:10:06.680 dude I

01:10:07.160 need 50

01:10:07.540 cents

01:10:07.740 come on

01:10:08.020 man I

01:10:08.220 really need

01:10:08.520 50 cents

01:10:09.000 now

01:10:09.220 and I

01:10:09.400 said

01:10:09.500 really why

01:10:10.420 what's

01:10:10.740 going on

01:10:11.180 I've got

01:10:11.440 a dollar

01:10:11.920 will that

01:10:12.380 help

01:10:12.640 he's like

01:10:13.160 man stop

01:10:13.580 screwing

01:10:13.920 with it

01:10:14.080 give me

01:10:14.260 50 cents

01:10:14.800 right now

01:10:15.320 this is a

01:10:16.440 slight

01:10:16.620 digression

01:10:17.060 by the

01:10:17.600 time I

01:10:17.900 got to

01:10:18.160 college

01:10:18.480 which wasn't

01:10:19.100 all that

01:10:19.380 much later

01:10:19.880 they were

01:10:20.560 free

01:10:20.840 they actually

01:10:21.960 in every

01:10:22.640 dorm hall

01:10:23.220 they had

01:10:23.540 them for

01:10:23.820 free

01:10:24.080 but of

01:10:25.240 course

01:10:25.620 being these

01:10:26.640 kind of

01:10:26.920 nerdy

01:10:27.300 students

01:10:27.940 it was

01:10:29.520 mostly

01:10:29.940 balloon

01:10:30.320 animals

01:10:30.840 we got

01:10:32.980 an email

01:10:33.320 from the

01:10:33.680 administration

01:10:34.060 they said

01:10:34.460 we know

01:10:34.900 that you

01:10:35.220 people are

01:10:35.640 not having

01:10:36.060 this much

01:10:36.420 sex

01:10:36.800 quit

01:10:37.340 taking

01:10:38.220 all the

01:10:38.480 condoms

01:10:38.820 thank you

01:10:41.100 hey y'all

01:10:49.840 michael

01:10:50.580 senator

01:10:51.140 just want

01:10:51.680 to say

01:10:52.060 roll tide

01:10:52.600 first of all

01:10:53.560 senator

01:10:57.920 before you

01:10:58.900 started

01:10:59.200 they showed

01:10:59.580 us a clip

01:11:00.820 of you

01:11:01.120 talking about

01:11:01.680 the russian

01:11:02.040 pipeline

01:11:02.640 and how

01:11:03.160 russia uses

01:11:03.820 it to keep

01:11:04.660 europe dependent

01:11:05.380 on russia

01:11:06.020 for energy

01:11:06.640 i was wondering

01:11:07.660 what are you

01:11:08.640 doing to keep

01:11:09.280 america

01:11:09.700 independent

01:11:10.300 from any

01:11:12.400 other place

01:11:12.940 for energy

01:11:13.400 through clean

01:11:14.220 nuclear power

01:11:15.020 so fantastic

01:11:17.080 question

01:11:17.600 when it comes

01:11:19.120 to energy

01:11:19.760 i think american

01:11:20.620 energy independence

01:11:21.560 it's a question

01:11:22.320 of national security

01:11:23.320 but it's also

01:11:23.920 a question

01:11:24.300 of prosperity

01:11:24.960 if you look

01:11:27.680 at economic

01:11:28.380 prosperity

01:11:29.100 it follows

01:11:30.580 inexpensive

01:11:32.100 widely available

01:11:33.320 energy

01:11:33.720 and that's true

01:11:34.320 in the united

01:11:34.720 states

01:11:35.120 that's true

01:11:35.580 globally

01:11:36.020 i think we

01:11:37.100 ought to be

01:11:37.480 pursuing an

01:11:38.140 all of the above

01:11:38.920 approach

01:11:39.320 i think that

01:11:39.780 means nuclear

01:11:40.500 we ought to

01:11:41.300 get the

01:11:41.820 unnecessary

01:11:42.380 regulations

01:11:43.160 out of the

01:11:43.760 way to

01:11:44.160 developing

01:11:44.640 nuclear power

01:11:46.120 plants

01:11:46.620 it is

01:11:47.380 clean

01:11:48.120 it is

01:11:48.520 affordable

01:11:49.080 it has

01:11:49.660 no emissions

01:11:50.940 it also

01:11:52.040 means oil

01:11:53.020 gas

01:11:53.700 solar

01:11:54.600 wind

01:11:55.720 bio

01:11:56.620 all of

01:11:57.380 the above

01:11:58.180 but one of

01:11:59.680 the most

01:12:00.060 indefensible

01:12:00.980 policies

01:12:01.620 we've seen

01:12:02.340 the last

01:12:02.860 year under

01:12:03.480 the biden

01:12:03.880 administration

01:12:04.400 is we've

01:12:04.920 taken a

01:12:05.300 step back

01:12:05.820 on energy

01:12:06.260 independence

01:12:06.720 we're right

01:12:07.460 now importing

01:12:08.760 energy from

01:12:09.640 the enemies

01:12:10.260 of america

01:12:10.980 american

01:12:11.600 production is

01:12:12.400 down

01:12:12.800 american jobs

01:12:14.220 are down

01:12:14.720 and if you

01:12:15.120 want to know

01:12:15.500 the reason

01:12:16.120 that your

01:12:17.000 gasoline

01:12:17.620 that it

01:12:18.160 costs you

01:12:18.580 100 bucks

01:12:19.220 or 150

01:12:19.780 bucks

01:12:20.220 to fill

01:12:20.960 your truck

01:12:21.600 it is

01:12:22.880 because the

01:12:23.720 biden

01:12:24.040 administration

01:12:24.820 declared a

01:12:25.540 war on

01:12:26.540 american

01:12:27.040 energy

01:12:27.560 production

01:12:28.180 and this

01:12:29.180 ought to be

01:12:29.620 an issue

01:12:30.000 that brings

01:12:30.440 all of us

01:12:30.960 together

01:12:31.320 as we

01:12:31.640 ought to

01:12:31.860 produce

01:12:32.320 as much

01:12:33.340 energy as

01:12:33.940 possible

01:12:34.380 here

01:12:34.680 to lower

01:12:35.120 the prices

01:12:35.740 and that

01:12:36.580 also

01:12:37.020 is the

01:12:37.720 best

01:12:38.040 for the

01:12:38.360 environment

01:12:38.920 because

01:12:39.560 american

01:12:39.980 energy

01:12:40.340 is much

01:12:40.760 cleaner

01:12:41.100 here

01:12:41.440 than

01:12:41.860 is

01:12:42.080 energy

01:12:42.720 produced

01:12:43.120 abroad

01:12:43.500 hello

01:12:55.060 my name

01:12:55.600 is

01:12:55.720 jake

01:12:56.020 i'm

01:12:56.340 somewhat

01:12:56.620 on the

01:12:56.840 left

01:12:56.960 side

01:12:57.140 of

01:12:57.220 the

01:12:57.320 aisle

01:12:57.520 but

01:12:57.700 i'm

01:12:57.880 very

01:12:58.240 open

01:12:58.580 minded

01:12:58.960 and

01:12:59.320 willing

01:12:59.620 to

01:12:59.700 entertain

01:13:00.000 conversations

01:13:00.640 with

01:13:00.880 anyone

01:13:01.240 i have

01:13:02.000 noticed

01:13:02.280 that

01:13:02.540 social

01:13:02.840 media

01:13:03.120 censorship

01:13:03.620 affects

01:13:04.160 progressive

01:13:04.620 users

01:13:05.020 on a

01:13:05.380 similar

01:13:05.600 level

01:13:05.900 with

01:13:06.140 conservatives

01:13:06.620 and it

01:13:07.200 seems

01:13:07.500 that

01:13:07.760 twitter

01:13:08.040 has

01:13:08.420 no

01:13:08.660 problem

01:13:09.200 keeping

01:13:09.820 the

01:13:10.040 status

01:13:10.340 quo

01:13:10.640 and

01:13:10.880 censoring

01:13:11.320 people

01:13:11.620 that

01:13:11.800 question

01:13:12.140 authority

01:13:12.600 have you

01:13:13.360 ever

01:13:13.520 considered

01:13:13.860 reaching out

01:13:14.500 to populist

01:13:15.120 politicians

01:13:15.620 on the

01:13:16.020 other

01:13:16.180 side

01:13:16.400 of the

01:13:16.600 aisle

01:13:16.820 to try

01:13:17.120 to figure

01:13:17.400 out a

01:13:17.640 common

01:13:17.900 solution

01:13:18.320 about

01:13:18.580 free

01:13:18.880 speech

01:13:19.160 with

01:13:19.320 big

01:13:19.520 tech

01:13:19.740 so

01:13:20.920 it's

01:13:21.100 a

01:13:21.180 great

01:13:21.380 question

01:13:21.860 and i

01:13:22.100 will

01:13:22.200 say

01:13:22.440 you're

01:13:22.660 very

01:13:22.900 open

01:13:23.260 minded

01:13:23.660 and

01:13:24.200 with

01:13:24.680 a

01:13:24.800 white

01:13:25.000 socks

01:13:25.320 shirt

01:13:25.620 i can

01:13:26.140 see

01:13:26.380 that

01:13:26.700 as

01:13:27.060 an

01:13:29.380 astros

01:13:29.860 fan

01:13:30.240 i'm

01:13:31.200 open

01:13:31.520 minded

01:13:31.820 as

01:13:32.060 well

01:13:32.300 look

01:13:35.180 it

01:13:36.260 ought

01:13:36.640 to be

01:13:37.240 a

01:13:37.480 natural

01:13:38.020 overlap

01:13:38.760 and

01:13:39.120 so

01:13:39.820 for

01:13:40.120 example

01:13:40.740 a

01:13:41.140 couple

01:13:41.280 of

01:13:41.420 years

01:13:41.700 ago

01:13:42.160 elizabeth

01:13:43.220 warren

01:13:43.800 bought

01:13:45.720 ads

01:13:46.280 on

01:13:46.480 facebook

01:13:46.920 saying

01:13:47.740 break up

01:13:48.400 facebook

01:13:48.880 and

01:13:50.040 facebook

01:13:50.580 being

01:13:51.180 morons

01:13:52.000 blocked

01:13:53.460 her

01:13:53.640 ads

01:13:53.960 and said

01:13:54.260 we're

01:13:54.380 not

01:13:54.540 going

01:13:54.660 to

01:13:54.720 allow

01:13:54.900 you

01:13:55.040 to

01:13:55.140 run

01:13:55.280 the

01:13:55.440 ads

01:13:55.760 which

01:13:56.580 was

01:13:56.780 really

01:13:57.240 stupid

01:13:57.860 and

01:13:59.220 she

01:14:00.300 put

01:14:00.880 out

01:14:01.160 a

01:14:01.420 tweet

01:14:01.780 because

01:14:02.780 facebook

01:14:03.180 blocked

01:14:03.620 her

01:14:03.760 saying

01:14:04.240 you know

01:14:04.500 this

01:14:04.740 shows

01:14:05.140 how

01:14:05.340 big

01:14:05.600 tech

01:14:05.840 has

01:14:06.060 too

01:14:06.220 much

01:14:06.440 power

01:14:06.900 that

01:14:07.500 they're

01:14:07.700 able

01:14:07.880 to

01:14:08.040 block

01:14:08.320 my

01:14:08.580 ads

01:14:09.020 i

01:14:09.260 did

01:14:09.840 something

01:14:10.220 i

01:14:10.440 very

01:14:10.700 rarely

01:14:11.020 do

01:14:11.420 i

01:14:11.900 retweeted

01:14:12.600 elizabeth

01:14:12.980 warren

01:14:13.460 the

01:14:14.480 one

01:14:14.700 and

01:14:15.180 only

01:14:15.360 time

01:14:15.780 and

01:14:16.440 in

01:14:16.640 fact

01:14:17.000 not

01:14:17.360 only

01:14:17.680 that

01:14:18.140 at

01:14:18.780 the

01:14:18.920 time

01:14:19.260 republicans

01:14:19.820 had a

01:14:20.040 majority

01:14:20.380 in

01:14:20.560 the

01:14:20.720 senate

01:14:20.960 and

01:14:21.200 i

01:14:21.360 chaired

01:14:21.720 multiple

01:14:22.180 hearings

01:14:22.680 on

01:14:22.900 big

01:14:23.120 tech

01:14:23.340 censorship

01:14:23.880 i

01:14:24.740 asked

01:14:25.020 elizabeth

01:14:25.380 to come

01:14:25.700 testify

01:14:26.220 unfortunately

01:14:28.280 she

01:14:28.740 declined

01:14:29.240 and

01:14:30.840 i can

01:14:31.140 tell you

01:14:31.660 from my

01:14:32.260 end

01:14:32.580 i've

01:14:32.980 tried

01:14:33.360 to

01:14:33.580 reach

01:14:33.840 out

01:14:34.080 to

01:14:34.240 those

01:14:34.520 on

01:14:34.660 the

01:14:34.780 left

01:14:35.200 even

01:14:37.620 the

01:14:38.100 self

01:14:38.720 styled

01:14:39.320 populists

01:14:40.080 on

01:14:40.260 the

01:14:40.400 left

01:14:40.840 have

01:14:42.100 not

01:14:42.480 been

01:14:42.760 willing

01:14:43.100 to

01:14:43.340 take

01:14:43.600 on

01:14:43.820 big

01:14:44.060 tech

01:14:44.380 on

01:14:44.560 censorship

01:14:45.180 and

01:14:46.460 and

01:14:46.740 it's

01:14:47.220 you know

01:14:47.500 when we

01:14:47.840 have

01:14:48.060 hearings

01:14:48.560 in the

01:14:48.880 senate

01:14:49.080 on

01:14:49.300 censorship

01:14:49.780 it's

01:14:50.540 almost

01:14:50.740 like

01:14:50.980 ships

01:14:51.240 passing

01:14:51.620 in

01:14:51.760 the

01:14:51.820 night

01:14:52.120 where

01:14:53.340 where

01:14:54.280 many

01:14:54.640 on

01:14:54.900 the

01:14:55.040 right

01:14:55.280 say

01:14:55.540 you

01:14:55.720 censor

01:14:56.080 too

01:14:56.280 much

01:14:56.700 but

01:14:58.380 many

01:14:59.180 on

01:14:59.340 the

01:14:59.460 left

01:14:59.720 are

01:14:59.880 telling

01:15:00.140 them

01:15:00.300 they

01:15:00.500 don't

01:15:00.840 censor

01:15:01.360 enough

01:15:01.940 and

01:15:03.400 and

01:15:03.420 and

01:15:03.440 and

01:15:03.700 and

01:15:03.720 and

01:15:03.740 i

01:15:03.820 mean

01:15:03.920 we've

01:15:04.200 had

01:15:04.360 hearings

01:15:04.760 basically

01:15:05.320 where

01:15:05.600 democrats

01:15:06.040 are

01:15:06.480 yelling

01:15:06.980 at

01:15:07.180 mark

01:15:07.400 zuckerberg

01:15:08.000 why

01:15:08.760 did

01:15:09.120 you

01:15:09.280 let

01:15:09.520 trump

01:15:09.920 win

01:15:10.260 in

01:15:10.440 2016

01:15:11.120 how

01:15:11.920 could

01:15:12.180 you

01:15:12.360 possibly

01:15:13.020 let

01:15:13.340 anyone

01:15:13.660 speak

01:15:14.100 on

01:15:14.300 that

01:15:14.520 side

01:15:14.780 of

01:15:14.880 the

01:15:15.020 aisle

01:15:15.360 and

01:15:17.020 i

01:15:17.140 gotta

01:15:17.280 tell

01:15:17.620 you

01:15:17.760 it

01:15:17.980 is

01:15:18.160 not

01:15:18.520 an

01:15:18.820 accidental

01:15:19.500 shift

01:15:20.100 in

01:15:21.220 big

01:15:21.480 tech

01:15:21.840 that

01:15:22.100 there's

01:15:22.880 there's

01:15:23.580 a

01:15:23.720 document

01:15:24.160 that i

01:15:24.460 discussed

01:15:24.840 in one

01:15:25.120 of

01:15:25.200 these

01:15:25.340 hearings

01:15:25.640 i

01:15:25.840 chaired

01:15:26.120 that google

01:15:26.560 prepared

01:15:26.960 it's

01:15:27.160 called

01:15:27.320 the

01:15:27.480 good

01:15:27.660 censor

01:15:28.140 and

01:15:28.980 this

01:15:29.180 is

01:15:29.360 a

01:15:29.540 google

01:15:29.860 powerpoint

01:15:30.480 it's

01:15:30.560 about

01:15:30.680 50

01:15:30.980 pages

01:15:31.340 they

01:15:31.540 made

01:15:31.820 it

01:15:32.020 and

01:15:32.820 they

01:15:32.960 described

01:15:33.520 how

01:15:33.820 the

01:15:34.040 old

01:15:34.580 view

01:15:34.940 of

01:15:35.140 the

01:15:35.280 internet

01:15:35.560 was

01:15:36.540 and

01:15:36.680 this

01:15:36.820 is

01:15:36.940 using

01:15:37.200 their

01:15:37.460 language

01:15:38.040 the

01:15:38.640 laissez

01:15:39.340 faire

01:15:39.760 free

01:15:40.120 speech

01:15:40.500 model

01:15:40.860 in

01:15:41.060 other

01:15:41.240 words

01:15:41.380 let

01:15:41.580 everyone

01:15:41.860 speak

01:15:42.340 and

01:15:43.320 then

01:15:43.440 they

01:15:43.580 described

01:15:44.240 how

01:15:44.700 big

01:15:45.080 tech

01:15:45.480 had

01:15:45.660 made

01:15:45.880 a

01:15:46.080 conscious

01:15:46.540 decision

01:15:47.280 towards

01:15:48.080 a

01:15:48.260 different

01:15:48.560 model

01:15:48.920 and

01:15:49.060 here's

01:15:49.280 what

01:15:49.420 they

01:15:49.560 called

01:15:49.900 it

01:15:50.080 the

01:15:50.760 European

01:15:51.240 style

01:15:52.000 censorship

01:15:52.640 model

01:15:53.140 and

01:15:54.040 google

01:15:54.360 identified

01:15:54.960 four

01:15:55.420 companies

01:15:55.880 that

01:15:56.080 made

01:15:56.320 that

01:15:56.520 decision

01:15:57.040 google

01:15:57.960 facebook

01:15:58.500 twitter

01:15:59.020 and

01:15:59.320 youtube

01:15:59.660 which

01:16:00.420 google

01:16:00.740 wholly

01:16:01.040 owns

01:16:01.420 this

01:16:02.720 is

01:16:03.040 an

01:16:03.200 explicit

01:16:03.900 decision

01:16:04.540 and by

01:16:04.960 the

01:16:05.120 way

01:16:05.420 the

01:16:05.940 paroxysms

01:16:07.040 that

01:16:07.260 we're

01:16:07.460 seeing

01:16:08.100 not only

01:16:09.260 from

01:16:09.540 twitter

01:16:09.940 but

01:16:10.300 from

01:16:10.900 the

01:16:11.280 media

01:16:11.980 about

01:16:12.820 Elon Musk

01:16:13.440 potentially

01:16:13.920 buying

01:16:14.320 twitter

01:16:14.640 show

01:16:14.940 this

01:16:15.180 is

01:16:15.340 a

01:16:15.520 conscious

01:16:15.880 decision

01:16:16.420 it's

01:16:16.760 not

01:16:17.080 an

01:16:17.740 accidental

01:16:18.300 drift

01:16:18.820 it

01:16:19.040 is

01:16:19.240 we

01:16:19.500 will

01:16:19.800 silence

01:16:20.380 view

01:16:20.660 so

01:16:20.880 what

01:16:21.080 I

01:16:21.240 would

01:16:21.400 encourage

01:16:21.820 I

01:16:22.700 will

01:16:22.900 say

01:16:23.220 again

01:16:23.580 what

01:16:23.780 I

01:16:23.920 said

01:16:24.160 to

01:16:24.300 the

01:16:24.420 other

01:16:24.560 young

01:16:24.780 lady

01:16:25.020 who

01:16:25.180 was

01:16:25.360 here

01:16:25.560 thank

01:16:25.980 you

01:16:26.180 for

01:16:26.400 coming

01:16:26.820 particularly

01:16:27.920 if

01:16:28.320 your

01:16:28.740 views

01:16:29.000 are

01:16:29.160 different

01:16:29.440 thank

01:16:29.740 you

01:16:29.840 for

01:16:29.960 being

01:16:30.160 part

01:16:30.420 of

01:16:30.520 this

01:16:30.680 conversation

01:16:31.340 I

01:16:32.420 would

01:16:32.740 love

01:16:33.280 to

01:16:33.540 see

01:16:33.960 people

01:16:35.620 on

01:16:35.940 the

01:16:36.160 left

01:16:36.520 engage

01:16:37.560 and

01:16:38.940 engage

01:16:39.580 in

01:16:39.780 defense

01:16:40.180 of

01:16:40.380 free

01:16:40.640 speech

01:16:41.100 right

01:16:41.540 now

01:16:42.160 there

01:16:44.680 are

01:16:44.860 too

01:16:45.120 few

01:16:45.440 there

01:16:45.660 are

01:16:45.840 almost

01:16:46.400 no

01:16:46.820 elected

01:16:47.540 voices

01:16:48.140 on

01:16:49.120 the

01:16:49.300 left

01:16:49.700 that

01:16:50.360 defend

01:16:50.760 free

01:16:51.060 speech

01:16:51.440 and

01:16:51.600 we've

01:16:51.920 got

01:16:52.160 to

01:16:52.420 find

01:16:52.740 a

01:16:52.940 way

01:16:53.280 to

01:16:53.900 help

01:16:54.540 you

01:16:54.900 know

01:16:54.980 one

01:16:55.160 of

01:16:55.260 the

01:16:55.360 real

01:16:55.580 illustrations

01:16:56.140 of

01:16:56.500 that

01:16:56.720 you

01:16:56.880 know

01:16:57.000 who's

01:16:57.260 bizarrely

01:16:58.020 become

01:16:58.360 a

01:16:58.500 conservative

01:16:59.000 is

01:17:00.120 Bill

01:17:00.360 Maher

01:17:00.720 yeah

01:17:01.540 now

01:17:01.860 Bill

01:17:02.080 Maher

01:17:02.360 is

01:17:02.500 not

01:17:02.700 a

01:17:02.820 conservative

01:17:03.280 no

01:17:03.760 but

01:17:04.320 Bill

01:17:04.600 Maher

01:17:04.860 is

01:17:05.040 an

01:17:05.180 old

01:17:05.520 school

01:17:05.940 liberal

01:17:06.500 which

01:17:07.540 means

01:17:07.840 among

01:17:08.060 other

01:17:08.300 things

01:17:08.700 he

01:17:08.900 believes

01:17:09.300 in

01:17:09.520 things

01:17:09.880 like

01:17:10.160 free

01:17:10.480 speech

01:17:11.140 which

01:17:12.120 in

01:17:12.340 today's

01:17:12.960 upside

01:17:13.300 down

01:17:13.760 world

01:17:14.220 makes

01:17:14.720 an

01:17:14.880 old

01:17:15.120 school

01:17:15.420 liberal

01:17:15.860 seem

01:17:16.220 like

01:17:16.420 a

01:17:16.540 conservative

01:17:16.980 or

01:17:17.260 Rogan

01:17:17.680 Rogan

01:17:18.240 is

01:17:18.580 I think

01:17:19.180 a great

01:17:19.720 example

01:17:20.040 of what

01:17:20.300 you're

01:17:20.420 talking

01:17:20.760 about

01:17:21.000 he

01:17:21.280 was

01:17:21.680 too

01:17:21.920 big

01:17:22.360 to

01:17:22.760 totally

01:17:23.240 kick

01:17:23.540 off

01:17:23.800 of

01:17:24.080 the

01:17:24.280 social

01:17:24.580 media

01:17:24.780 platforms

01:17:25.260 but

01:17:25.980 they

01:17:26.180 did

01:17:26.360 censor

01:17:26.740 his

01:17:26.920 podcasts

01:17:27.500 when

01:17:27.760 those

01:17:27.940 podcasts

01:17:28.460 contradicted

01:17:29.340 the

01:17:29.560 ruling

01:17:29.880 regime

01:17:30.460 Rogan

01:17:31.600 is

01:17:32.060 a

01:17:32.400 Bernie

01:17:32.620 bro

01:17:32.960 but

01:17:33.260 because

01:17:33.680 he

01:17:33.800 was

01:17:33.940 threatening

01:17:34.260 the

01:17:34.480 liberal

01:17:34.720 establishment

01:17:35.280 they

01:17:35.760 really

01:17:35.960 came

01:17:36.220 down

01:17:36.420 pretty

01:17:36.660 hard

01:17:36.940 and

01:17:37.060 they

01:17:37.180 largely

01:17:37.560 succeeded

01:17:38.460 it's

01:17:39.200 worth

01:17:39.440 remembering

01:17:39.940 that

01:17:40.660 we're

01:17:41.500 not

01:17:41.780 saying

01:17:42.260 that

01:17:42.580 at least

01:17:43.560 I'm

01:17:43.740 not

01:17:43.900 saying

01:17:44.100 that

01:17:44.260 absolutely

01:17:45.000 anything

01:17:45.540 should be

01:17:46.300 permissible

01:17:46.700 on these

01:17:47.080 platforms

01:17:47.600 I don't

01:17:48.420 think

01:17:48.720 snuff

01:17:49.300 videos

01:17:49.700 should

01:17:50.160 be

01:17:50.300 allowed

01:17:50.640 animal

01:17:51.600 torture

01:17:52.120 content

01:17:52.760 I think

01:17:53.120 that should

01:17:53.400 probably

01:17:53.800 be

01:17:54.140 snuffed

01:17:55.000 out

01:17:55.240 as it

01:17:55.520 were

01:17:55.680 I don't

01:17:56.220 think

01:17:56.400 that

01:17:56.540 direct

01:17:56.800 threats

01:17:57.180 should

01:17:57.380 be

01:17:57.500 allowed

01:17:57.760 I mean

01:17:57.980 there

01:17:58.680 are

01:17:59.460 limits

01:17:59.940 on

01:18:00.160 these

01:18:00.340 sorts

01:18:00.560 of

01:18:00.700 things

01:18:00.920 because

01:18:01.420 every

01:18:01.940 society

01:18:02.780 has

01:18:03.140 standards

01:18:03.840 and

01:18:04.420 taboos

01:18:04.960 every

01:18:05.200 society

01:18:05.620 that there

01:18:05.920 has

01:18:06.020 ever been

01:18:06.460 and

01:18:08.460 so what

01:18:08.720 the left

01:18:09.100 has

01:18:09.320 done

01:18:09.600 is

01:18:10.080 they've

01:18:10.520 used

01:18:11.340 an

01:18:11.700 argument

01:18:12.300 sort

01:18:12.740 of

01:18:12.880 for

01:18:13.040 free

01:18:13.320 speech

01:18:13.680 as

01:18:14.160 merely

01:18:14.700 an

01:18:14.980 instrument

01:18:15.440 to

01:18:15.880 upend

01:18:16.280 all

01:18:16.500 of

01:18:16.600 our

01:18:16.720 traditional

01:18:17.140 standards

01:18:17.680 you have

01:18:18.100 the

01:18:18.200 free

01:18:18.380 speech

01:18:18.620 movement

01:18:18.900 at

01:18:19.080 Berkeley

01:18:19.380 in

01:18:19.560 the

01:18:19.680 60s

01:18:20.100 all

01:18:20.480 of a

01:18:20.740 sudden

01:18:20.920 now

01:18:21.220 they're

01:18:21.660 censoring

01:18:22.100 the

01:18:22.240 New York

01:18:22.540 Post

01:18:22.820 from

01:18:23.020 reporting

01:18:23.400 on

01:18:23.580 the

01:18:23.720 Biden

01:18:23.960 family

01:18:24.340 corruption

01:18:24.780 weeks

01:18:25.400 before

01:18:25.680 a

01:18:25.860 presidential

01:18:26.220 election

01:18:26.760 and

01:18:27.120 so I

01:18:27.340 think

01:18:27.560 it

01:18:27.660 is

01:18:27.780 important

01:18:28.080 also

01:18:28.480 for

01:18:28.980 conservatives

01:18:29.580 and

01:18:29.820 just

01:18:29.980 ordinary

01:18:30.360 people

01:18:30.800 to

01:18:31.220 articulate

01:18:31.660 what

01:18:32.160 our

01:18:32.720 standards

01:18:33.100 are

01:18:33.360 what

01:18:33.540 our

01:18:33.680 norms

01:18:34.100 are

01:18:34.300 what

01:18:34.500 our

01:18:34.660 taboos

01:18:35.200 are

01:18:35.520 because

01:18:36.020 if we

01:18:36.420 don't

01:18:36.620 do

01:18:36.800 that

01:18:36.960 if we

01:18:37.140 don't

01:18:37.240 have

01:18:37.340 a

01:18:37.460 substantive

01:18:37.880 vision

01:18:38.360 of

01:18:38.840 politics

01:18:39.460 then

01:18:39.940 the

01:18:40.160 right

01:18:40.480 of

01:18:40.580 free

01:18:40.800 speech

01:18:41.080 in

01:18:41.200 the

01:18:41.300 abstract

01:18:41.640 isn't

01:18:42.100 going

01:18:42.280 to

01:18:42.460 mean

01:18:42.660 anything

01:18:42.980 to

01:18:43.420 people

01:18:43.680 who

01:18:43.820 have

01:18:43.960 nothing

01:18:44.220 to

01:18:44.420 say

01:18:44.740 and

01:18:45.140 all

01:18:45.320 of

01:18:45.440 a

01:18:45.540 sudden

01:18:45.720 the

01:18:45.880 norms

01:18:46.160 are

01:18:46.300 going

01:18:46.420 to

01:18:46.460 be

01:18:46.700 obscenity

01:18:47.780 is

01:18:48.000 fine

01:18:48.440 pornography

01:18:49.220 is

01:18:49.520 fine

01:18:49.960 threats

01:18:50.760 as long

01:18:51.440 as they're

01:18:51.720 against

01:18:51.960 conservatives

01:18:52.440 are

01:19:01.220 what

01:19:01.820 we

01:19:01.940 really

01:19:02.180 believe

01:19:02.540 I'd

01:19:03.300 also

01:19:03.460 be

01:19:03.640 curious

01:19:04.000 and

01:19:04.440 I guess

01:19:04.860 this

01:19:05.040 relates

01:19:05.360 less

01:19:05.820 to

01:19:06.200 members

01:19:06.900 of

01:19:07.160 Congress

01:19:07.540 although

01:19:07.800 perhaps

01:19:08.140 they

01:19:08.280 should

01:19:08.360 be

01:19:08.460 asked

01:19:08.600 this

01:19:08.720 question

01:19:08.960 too

01:19:09.160 and

01:19:09.340 more

01:19:09.560 to

01:19:09.820 your

01:19:10.080 peers

01:19:10.540 leftists

01:19:11.480 on

01:19:11.700 college

01:19:11.940 campus

01:19:12.180 I'd

01:19:12.620 be

01:19:12.740 interested

01:19:13.080 to hear

01:19:13.360 their

01:19:13.520 answer

01:19:13.860 if

01:19:14.420 you

01:19:14.560 ask

01:19:14.860 them

01:19:15.080 what

01:19:15.380 are

01:19:15.500 you

01:19:15.640 afraid

01:19:16.060 of

01:19:16.440 if

01:19:16.920 you

01:19:17.060 attend

01:19:17.360 a

01:19:17.480 conservative

01:19:17.840 event

01:19:18.200 what

01:19:18.420 are

01:19:18.740 you

01:19:18.860 afraid

01:19:19.260 of

01:19:19.560 if

01:19:19.740 you

01:19:19.860 hear

01:19:20.160 conservative

01:19:20.620 principles

01:19:21.020 what

01:19:21.220 are

01:19:21.300 you

01:19:21.380 afraid

01:19:21.780 of

01:19:22.080 if

01:19:22.560 you

01:19:22.780 are

01:19:23.200 part

01:19:23.680 of

01:19:24.100 a

01:19:24.320 dialogue

01:19:24.740 with

01:19:25.140 someone

01:19:25.500 who

01:19:26.180 opposes

01:19:26.960 your

01:19:27.160 viewpoints

01:19:27.600 whether

01:19:27.820 it's

01:19:28.060 on a

01:19:28.260 practical

01:19:28.560 matter

01:19:28.860 a

01:19:29.020 policy

01:19:29.280 issue

01:19:29.580 or

01:19:29.760 an

01:19:29.860 ideology

01:19:30.280 are

01:19:30.780 you

01:19:30.920 afraid

01:19:31.400 that

01:19:31.840 you're

01:19:32.100 going

01:19:32.280 to

01:19:32.380 be

01:19:32.500 disproven

01:19:33.080 are

01:19:33.320 you

01:19:33.480 afraid

01:19:33.840 that

01:19:34.060 conservatives

01:19:34.460 might

01:19:34.700 be

01:19:34.940 correct

01:19:35.620 on

01:19:35.800 something

01:19:36.000 what

01:19:36.420 is

01:19:36.820 the

01:19:37.500 fear

01:19:37.700 because

01:19:37.920 what's

01:19:38.400 happened

01:19:38.780 on

01:19:38.980 campuses

01:19:39.780 and

01:19:39.960 I

01:19:40.060 guess

01:19:40.180 even

01:19:40.380 earlier

01:19:40.760 in

01:19:41.060 high

01:19:41.560 school

01:19:41.820 and

01:19:41.960 elementary

01:19:42.340 school

01:19:42.640 is

01:19:42.840 kids

01:19:43.280 are

01:19:43.420 just

01:19:43.640 taught

01:19:44.160 not

01:19:44.780 to

01:19:44.940 have

01:19:45.080 these

01:19:45.240 conversations

01:19:45.760 anymore

01:19:46.140 but

01:19:46.360 I

01:19:46.460 think

01:19:46.800 a

01:19:47.040 lot

01:19:47.300 of

01:19:47.440 them

01:19:47.720 on

01:19:48.260 a

01:19:48.400 personal

01:19:48.780 level

01:19:49.220 would

01:19:49.740 actually

01:19:50.140 enjoy

01:19:50.520 having

01:19:50.840 the

01:19:50.980 conversations

01:19:51.400 would

01:19:51.640 actually

01:19:52.180 benefit

01:19:53.580 from

01:19:53.880 the

01:19:54.020 conversations

01:19:54.440 not

01:19:54.660 just

01:19:54.800 by

01:19:54.920 my

01:19:55.160 standards

01:19:55.440 but

01:19:55.680 even

01:19:55.920 in

01:19:56.060 their

01:19:56.180 own

01:19:56.400 beliefs

01:19:56.780 yet

01:19:57.160 they're

01:19:57.340 told

01:19:57.840 by

01:19:58.180 someone

01:19:58.480 else

01:19:58.760 that

01:19:58.900 they're

01:19:58.980 not

01:19:59.160 supposed

01:19:59.540 to

01:19:59.740 do

01:19:59.880 that

01:20:00.040 so

01:20:00.340 I'd

01:20:00.520 be

01:20:00.620 interested

01:20:00.960 in

01:20:01.400 hearing

01:20:02.120 the

01:20:02.300 answer

01:20:02.580 from

01:20:02.780 your

01:20:02.920 peers

01:20:03.160 of

01:20:03.320 what

01:20:03.500 they're

01:20:03.700 afraid

01:20:04.040 of

01:20:04.400 just

01:20:05.060 in

01:20:05.180 engaging

01:20:05.540 in

01:20:05.680 those

01:20:05.800 conversations

01:20:06.220 themselves

01:20:06.860 thank

01:20:08.180 you

01:20:09.420 good

01:20:17.620 evening

01:20:17.880 I've

01:20:19.340 got a

01:20:19.800 two-part

01:20:20.480 question

01:20:20.860 for y'all

01:20:21.260 first part

01:20:21.960 is

01:20:22.160 if you

01:20:22.960 could

01:20:23.100 pass

01:20:23.420 any

01:20:23.660 constitutional

01:20:24.280 amendment

01:20:24.720 what

01:20:25.280 kind

01:20:25.580 of

01:20:25.700 amendment

01:20:26.000 do

01:20:26.200 you

01:20:26.300 think

01:20:26.480 would

01:20:26.580 do

01:20:26.680 the

01:20:26.780 most

01:20:26.940 good

01:20:27.220 and

01:20:28.320 the

01:20:28.520 second

01:20:28.740 part

01:20:29.060 is

01:20:29.360 in

01:20:30.060 your

01:20:30.200 opinion

01:20:30.540 when

01:20:31.460 would

01:20:31.620 it

01:20:31.700 be

01:20:31.820 appropriate

01:20:32.280 or

01:20:32.880 how

01:20:33.100 bad

01:20:33.380 would

01:20:33.500 it

01:20:33.580 have

01:20:33.720 to

01:20:33.860 get

01:20:34.080 for

01:20:34.500 a

01:20:34.660 convention

01:20:35.060 of

01:20:35.220 the

01:20:35.340 states

01:20:35.620 to

01:20:35.780 pass

01:20:36.120 a

01:20:36.280 constitutional

01:20:36.740 amendment

01:20:37.160 well

01:20:38.480 those

01:20:38.720 are

01:20:38.820 great

01:20:39.040 questions

01:20:39.600 and

01:20:39.820 they're

01:20:40.280 closely

01:20:40.760 intertwined

01:20:41.600 I would

01:20:42.380 say

01:20:42.820 and I'm

01:20:43.100 going to

01:20:43.280 cheat a

01:20:43.660 little bit

01:20:44.020 and say

01:20:44.300 it's a

01:20:44.560 tie between

01:20:45.100 two

01:20:45.480 which is

01:20:46.220 number

01:20:46.460 one

01:20:46.780 a term

01:20:47.160 limits

01:20:47.460 amendment

01:20:47.760 and I

01:20:48.120 am a

01:20:48.700 strong

01:20:49.600 defender

01:20:50.060 of

01:20:50.260 term

01:20:50.440 limits

01:20:50.720 I am

01:20:57.340 the author

01:20:58.060 of a

01:20:58.720 term

01:20:58.900 limits

01:20:59.240 amendment

01:20:59.620 that would

01:21:00.080 limit

01:21:00.280 every

01:21:00.540 senator

01:21:00.880 to

01:21:01.080 two

01:21:01.280 terms

01:21:01.660 limit

01:21:01.920 every

01:21:02.160 house

01:21:02.460 member

01:21:02.740 to

01:21:02.920 three

01:21:03.180 terms

01:21:03.720 it

01:21:04.960 is

01:21:05.160 amazing

01:21:05.740 the

01:21:06.140 divide

01:21:06.620 if you

01:21:06.980 look at

01:21:07.380 it

01:21:07.480 the

01:21:07.620 overwhelming

01:21:08.200 majority

01:21:08.700 of Americans

01:21:09.200 support term

01:21:09.920 limits

01:21:10.240 the overwhelming

01:21:10.820 majority

01:21:11.240 of Republicans

01:21:11.860 the overwhelming

01:21:12.500 majority

01:21:12.920 of independents

01:21:13.660 even the

01:21:14.620 overwhelming

01:21:14.980 majority of

01:21:15.700 Democrats

01:21:16.120 support term

01:21:16.840 limits

01:21:17.240 the one

01:21:18.280 group that

01:21:18.720 doesn't support

01:21:19.300 term limits

01:21:19.980 is career

01:21:21.020 politicians

01:21:21.560 in Washington

01:21:22.160 and that's

01:21:23.420 true on both

01:21:23.980 sides

01:21:24.260 all the

01:21:24.800 Democrats

01:21:25.260 in the

01:21:25.540 Senate

01:21:25.720 I can't

01:21:26.140 get a

01:21:26.400 single

01:21:26.620 Democrat

01:21:27.000 in the

01:21:27.920 Senate

01:21:28.140 to support

01:21:28.900 term

01:21:29.160 limits

01:21:29.480 and I

01:21:30.260 can't get

01:21:30.700 any of the

01:21:31.260 Republicans

01:21:31.700 who've been

01:21:32.300 there a long

01:21:33.180 time to

01:21:33.600 support it

01:21:34.040 so it

01:21:34.680 is a

01:21:35.640 clear

01:21:36.420 divide

01:21:36.960 the second

01:21:38.180 amendment

01:21:38.600 that I

01:21:39.000 would also

01:21:40.020 put right

01:21:40.860 side by

01:21:41.380 side with

01:21:41.900 that is

01:21:42.220 a balanced

01:21:42.600 budget

01:21:42.960 amendment

01:21:43.340 48 of

01:21:44.440 the 50

01:21:44.820 states

01:21:45.220 have a

01:21:45.500 balanced

01:21:45.780 budget

01:21:46.140 amendment

01:21:46.500 I think

01:21:47.140 those two

01:21:47.860 amendments

01:21:48.280 would be

01:21:48.660 the two

01:21:49.080 most important

01:21:50.000 structural

01:21:51.180 amendments

01:21:51.760 for shrinking

01:21:52.900 the power

01:21:53.460 of the

01:21:53.660 federal

01:21:53.900 government

01:21:54.320 on the

01:21:55.120 question

01:21:55.500 of a

01:21:55.740 convention

01:21:56.060 of the

01:21:56.340 state

01:21:56.640 so the

01:21:56.980 constitution

01:21:57.500 provides

01:21:58.140 two

01:21:58.360 different

01:21:58.600 ways

01:21:58.980 of amending

01:21:59.380 the

01:21:59.560 constitution

01:22:00.100 one

01:22:01.320 through

01:22:01.960 amendments

01:22:02.420 proposed

01:22:02.900 by

01:22:03.200 congress

01:22:03.620 ratified

01:22:04.120 by

01:22:04.340 the

01:22:04.520 states

01:22:04.920 two

01:22:05.880 through

01:22:06.580 amendments

01:22:07.020 that come

01:22:07.420 out of

01:22:07.700 a convention

01:22:08.160 of the

01:22:08.500 states

01:22:08.900 called

01:22:09.400 for by

01:22:09.840 the

01:22:10.040 states

01:22:10.340 to

01:22:10.480 propose

01:22:10.820 amendments

01:22:11.260 in my

01:22:12.460 view

01:22:12.900 if

01:22:13.480 congress

01:22:14.120 continues

01:22:14.840 stiff

01:22:15.280 arming

01:22:15.640 the

01:22:15.820 people

01:22:16.200 on

01:22:17.140 term

01:22:17.640 limits

01:22:18.000 and

01:22:18.140 a

01:22:18.240 balanced

01:22:18.560 budget

01:22:18.920 amendment

01:22:19.300 I

01:22:19.520 think

01:22:19.720 there

01:22:19.960 is

01:22:20.140 more

01:22:20.560 and

01:22:20.780 more

01:22:21.120 growing

01:22:21.900 momentum

01:22:22.340 for

01:22:22.620 a

01:22:22.760 convention

01:22:23.080 of

01:22:23.280 the

01:22:23.420 states

01:22:23.820 and

01:22:24.560 I

01:22:24.700 think

01:22:24.880 we

01:22:25.080 are

01:22:25.240 likely

01:22:25.620 to

01:22:25.840 either

01:22:26.200 A

01:22:26.700 see

01:22:27.180 a

01:22:27.360 convention

01:22:27.760 of the

01:22:28.120 states

01:22:30.100 it

01:22:30.280 gets

01:22:30.560 very

01:22:30.900 very

01:22:31.160 close

01:22:31.600 to

01:22:31.820 finally

01:22:32.220 have

01:22:32.520 congress

01:22:33.080 blink

01:22:33.620 because

01:22:34.300 they're

01:22:34.640 afraid

01:22:35.020 of

01:22:35.180 a

01:22:35.280 convention

01:22:35.640 of

01:22:35.840 the

01:22:35.980 states

01:22:36.360 and

01:22:36.900 propose

01:22:37.360 those

01:22:37.680 amendments

01:22:38.000 to

01:22:38.220 ratifications

01:22:38.960 either

01:22:39.740 one of

01:22:40.180 those

01:22:40.400 would be

01:22:40.640 a

01:22:40.760 better

01:22:40.940 outcome

01:22:41.320 than

01:22:41.500 where

01:22:41.600 we

01:22:41.740 are

01:22:41.860 now

01:22:42.120 the

01:22:42.580 amendment

01:22:43.040 that I

01:22:43.540 would

01:22:43.700 pass

01:22:44.160 actually

01:22:44.840 has

01:22:45.280 to do

01:22:45.500 with

01:22:45.620 your

01:22:45.780 job

01:22:46.080 senator

01:22:46.380 I

01:22:47.300 would

01:22:47.740 overturn

01:22:48.660 the

01:22:49.280 17th

01:22:50.040 amendment

01:22:50.360 I

01:22:50.760 would

01:22:50.900 pass

01:22:51.200 an

01:22:51.340 amendment

01:22:51.600 to

01:22:52.060 overrule

01:22:52.440 the

01:22:52.580 17th

01:22:53.020 amendment

01:22:53.300 which

01:22:53.780 provided

01:22:54.280 for

01:22:54.480 the

01:22:54.600 so

01:22:54.760 you

01:23:00.100 so

01:23:05.860 the

01:23:06.140 17th

01:23:06.500 amendment

01:23:06.740 provides

01:23:07.180 for the

01:23:07.460 direct

01:23:07.800 election

01:23:08.180 of

01:23:08.360 senators

01:23:08.720 probably

01:23:09.800 not

01:23:10.120 going

01:23:10.220 to

01:23:10.280 be

01:23:10.400 a

01:23:10.600 very

01:23:10.880 popular

01:23:11.300 issue

01:23:11.680 to

01:23:11.840 run

01:23:12.040 on

01:23:12.220 to

01:23:12.340 say

01:23:12.460 we

01:23:12.600 don't

01:23:12.820 want

01:23:12.960 the

01:23:13.080 people

01:23:13.320 to

01:23:13.700 directly

01:23:14.040 elect

01:23:14.340 their

01:23:14.500 senators

01:23:14.820 but

01:23:15.000 I

01:23:15.100 think

01:23:15.220 it's

01:23:15.340 really

01:23:15.600 important

01:23:16.080 because

01:23:16.660 when

01:23:17.820 you

01:23:18.040 got

01:23:18.260 rid

01:23:18.440 of

01:23:18.680 the

01:23:19.000 states

01:23:19.780 electing

01:23:20.420 the

01:23:20.580 senators

01:23:20.940 the

01:23:21.380 state

01:23:21.620 houses

01:23:21.980 and

01:23:22.620 instead

01:23:23.120 gave

01:23:23.420 it

01:23:23.520 to

01:23:23.640 the

01:23:23.780 people

01:23:24.080 you

01:23:25.140 basically

01:23:25.660 destroyed

01:23:26.480 any

01:23:26.980 power

01:23:27.500 that

01:23:27.740 the

01:23:27.900 states

01:23:28.240 had

01:23:28.600 in

01:23:29.200 the

01:23:29.480 national

01:23:29.900 government

01:23:30.340 it

01:23:30.740 went

01:23:30.940 away

01:23:31.180 I

01:23:31.320 remember

01:23:31.480 I

01:23:31.620 got

01:23:31.720 to

01:23:31.860 speak

01:23:32.040 to

01:23:32.180 Antonin

01:23:32.620 Scalia

01:23:32.900 as a

01:23:33.760 student

01:23:34.020 we

01:23:34.200 went

01:23:34.360 up

01:23:34.460 to

01:23:34.560 the

01:23:34.680 Supreme

01:23:34.980 Court

01:23:35.300 and

01:23:35.740 he

01:23:35.860 said

01:23:36.120 states

01:23:36.500 rights

01:23:36.960 completely

01:23:37.760 went

01:23:38.020 out

01:23:38.160 the

01:23:38.300 window

01:23:38.600 with

01:23:39.160 the

01:23:39.340 17th

01:23:39.860 amendment

01:23:40.120 and

01:23:40.360 so

01:23:40.520 if

01:23:40.900 you

01:23:41.060 feel

01:23:41.480 that

01:23:41.660 right

01:23:41.900 now

01:23:42.200 we

01:23:42.600 have

01:23:42.800 an

01:23:42.920 increasingly

01:23:43.580 overbearing

01:23:44.480 autocratic

01:23:45.200 sort of

01:23:45.860 federal

01:23:46.100 government

01:23:46.540 if

01:23:46.960 you

01:23:47.100 feel

01:23:47.540 that

01:23:47.760 now

01:23:48.160 the

01:23:48.800 traditional

01:23:49.660 structures

01:23:50.240 of

01:23:50.500 America

01:23:50.960 are

01:23:51.800 going

01:23:52.200 away

01:23:52.600 and

01:23:52.760 you

01:23:52.880 feel

01:23:53.160 that

01:23:53.280 were

01:23:53.400 being

01:23:53.620 governed

01:23:53.940 by

01:23:54.200 Los

01:23:54.500 Angeles

01:23:54.840 and

01:23:55.060 New

01:23:55.200 York

01:23:55.420 and

01:23:55.580 San

01:23:55.740 Francisco

01:23:56.160 and

01:23:56.700 D.C.

01:23:57.140 most of

01:23:57.580 all

01:23:57.900 then I

01:23:58.580 think

01:23:58.740 it's

01:23:58.880 really

01:23:59.100 important

01:23:59.520 as a

01:23:59.800 structural

01:24:00.120 matter

01:24:00.420 to

01:24:00.840 bring

01:24:01.300 back

01:24:01.840 some

01:24:02.200 role

01:24:02.580 for

01:24:03.000 the

01:24:03.180 states

01:24:03.600 so

01:24:03.840 that

01:24:04.040 my

01:24:04.420 state

01:24:04.680 of

01:24:04.820 Tennessee

01:24:05.180 Texas

01:24:06.080 Florida

01:24:07.000 ordinary

01:24:07.800 states

01:24:08.480 can come

01:24:08.860 in and

01:24:09.120 say

01:24:09.240 don't

01:24:09.480 forget

01:24:09.700 Alabama

01:24:10.120 oh

01:24:10.880 are we

01:24:11.300 in

01:24:11.460 Alabama

01:24:11.820 right

01:24:12.140 now

01:24:12.260 sensible

01:24:12.640 state

01:24:12.920 like

01:24:13.640 Alabama

01:24:14.120 I

01:24:14.400 mean

01:24:14.500 you

01:24:14.800 could

01:24:14.940 name

01:24:15.100 a

01:24:15.520 handful

01:24:15.880 of

01:24:16.100 others

01:24:16.380 really

01:24:17.180 sensible

01:24:17.700 states

01:24:18.220 can

01:24:18.840 go

01:24:19.040 in

01:24:19.160 and

01:24:19.280 say

01:24:19.420 no

01:24:19.660 Joe

01:24:19.880 Biden

01:24:20.140 no

01:24:20.380 Washington

01:24:20.840 D.C.

01:24:21.300 no

01:24:21.480 federal

01:24:21.780 bureaucrats

01:24:22.260 we're

01:24:22.420 not

01:24:22.620 going

01:24:22.720 to

01:24:22.800 put

01:24:22.920 up

01:24:23.060 with

01:24:23.200 that

01:24:23.360 I

01:24:23.720 think

01:24:23.880 as a

01:24:24.160 structural

01:24:24.500 matter

01:24:24.800 we've

01:24:25.260 got

01:24:25.440 to

01:24:25.560 do

01:24:25.700 it

01:24:25.840 and

01:24:26.000 Senator

01:24:26.360 I

01:24:26.900 would

01:24:27.060 say

01:24:27.320 don't

01:24:27.820 worry

01:24:28.100 I

01:24:28.420 think

01:24:28.580 Texas

01:24:28.920 is

01:24:29.100 still

01:24:29.240 going

01:24:29.360 to

01:24:29.400 be

01:24:29.520 sending

01:24:29.780 you

01:24:30.040 to

01:24:30.220 Washington

01:24:30.560 D.C.

01:24:31.080 So

01:24:31.420 and

01:24:31.600 look

01:24:31.800 I

01:24:32.100 think

01:24:32.280 you

01:24:32.380 make

01:24:32.540 a

01:24:32.640 very

01:24:32.780 good

01:24:32.960 point

01:24:33.240 Michael

01:24:33.580 and

01:24:33.780 I

01:24:34.060 would

01:24:34.280 say

01:24:34.620 as

01:24:34.840 an

01:24:34.940 historical

01:24:35.480 matter

01:24:35.980 and

01:24:36.240 theoretical

01:24:36.840 matter

01:24:37.520 I

01:24:37.720 think

01:24:37.880 what

01:24:38.020 you're

01:24:38.180 saying

01:24:38.420 is

01:24:38.580 very

01:24:38.800 powerful

01:24:39.280 that

01:24:39.560 the

01:24:39.760 17th

01:24:40.320 amendment

01:24:40.600 it

01:24:40.820 used

01:24:41.060 to

01:24:41.200 be

01:24:41.360 senators

01:24:41.760 were

01:24:42.000 selected

01:24:42.380 by

01:24:42.600 state

01:24:42.840 legislatures

01:24:43.520 when

01:24:44.420 state

01:24:44.720 legislatures

01:24:45.440 selected

01:24:46.440 senators

01:24:46.980 it

01:24:47.280 meant

01:24:47.520 that

01:24:47.700 senators

01:24:48.060 came

01:24:48.440 there

01:24:48.660 beholden

01:24:49.240 to

01:24:49.340 those

01:24:49.560 state

01:24:49.780 legislatures

01:24:50.460 and

01:24:50.600 they

01:24:50.700 were

01:24:50.800 not

01:24:51.000 very

01:24:51.300 eager

01:24:51.640 to

01:24:52.100 take

01:24:52.320 away

01:24:52.540 power

01:24:52.920 from

01:24:53.140 the

01:24:53.280 state

01:24:53.480 legislatures

01:24:54.160 because

01:24:54.360 they're

01:24:54.560 the

01:24:54.680 ones

01:24:54.900 that

01:24:55.040 gave

01:24:55.240 them

01:24:55.340 the

01:24:55.460 job

01:24:55.840 and

01:24:56.380 could

01:24:56.800 take

01:24:57.280 it

01:24:57.380 away

01:24:57.560 from

01:24:57.800 them

01:24:57.960 when

01:24:58.960 we

01:24:59.160 moved

01:24:59.540 to

01:24:59.660 direct

01:25:00.020 election

01:25:00.480 of

01:25:00.680 senators

01:25:01.080 it

01:25:01.340 weakened

01:25:01.960 that

01:25:02.480 very

01:25:02.780 important

01:25:03.340 structural

01:25:04.120 limitation

01:25:04.760 on

01:25:05.060 federal

01:25:05.320 power

01:25:05.760 that

01:25:06.420 very

01:25:06.700 important

01:25:07.100 element

01:25:07.400 of

01:25:07.640 federalism

01:25:08.500 the

01:25:09.160 reason

01:25:09.660 I

01:25:09.920 haven't

01:25:10.280 focused

01:25:10.680 on

01:25:10.960 repealing

01:25:11.340 the

01:25:11.520 17th

01:25:12.020 amendment

01:25:12.280 is

01:25:12.600 that

01:25:13.000 we

01:25:13.200 live

01:25:13.560 in

01:25:13.720 the

01:25:13.880 realm

01:25:14.180 of

01:25:14.360 the

01:25:14.480 politically

01:25:14.920 feasible

01:25:15.960 and

01:25:17.260 as a

01:25:17.860 practical

01:25:18.360 matter

01:25:18.780 I

01:25:19.020 think

01:25:19.280 it

01:25:19.440 is

01:25:19.620 next

01:25:19.940 to

01:25:20.160 impossible

01:25:20.760 to

01:25:21.120 convince

01:25:21.480 anyone

01:25:21.820 to

01:25:22.000 give

01:25:22.160 up

01:25:22.300 the

01:25:22.440 franchise

01:25:22.820 that

01:25:23.220 once

01:25:23.820 people

01:25:24.280 have

01:25:24.880 the

01:25:25.040 ability

01:25:25.340 to

01:25:25.500 vote

01:25:25.680 on

01:25:25.860 something

01:25:26.320 they're

01:25:26.960 not

01:25:27.200 going

01:25:27.380 to

01:25:27.480 likely

01:25:27.780 choose

01:25:28.300 to

01:25:28.500 give

01:25:28.660 up

01:25:28.840 that

01:25:29.040 ability

01:25:29.400 to

01:25:29.600 vote

01:25:29.780 on

01:25:29.940 it

01:25:30.040 which

01:25:30.260 is

01:25:30.480 why

01:25:30.980 as

01:25:32.100 a

01:25:32.240 theoretical

01:25:32.740 matter

01:25:33.280 you

01:25:33.500 might

01:25:33.720 be

01:25:33.860 right

01:25:34.100 in

01:25:34.180 the

01:25:34.280 abstract

01:25:34.720 but

01:25:35.560 I

01:25:35.720 think

01:25:35.960 term

01:25:36.280 limits

01:25:36.560 and

01:25:36.740 balanced

01:25:37.120 budget

01:25:37.600 are

01:25:38.300 actually

01:25:38.920 achievable

01:25:39.700 and can

01:25:40.120 get

01:25:40.340 done

01:25:40.820 whereas

01:25:41.160 repealing

01:25:41.620 the

01:25:41.800 17th

01:25:42.260 amendment

01:25:42.560 that's

01:25:43.780 never

01:25:43.960 going

01:25:44.120 to

01:25:44.140 happen

01:25:44.380 bit

01:25:44.560 of

01:25:44.660 a

01:25:44.760 pipe

01:25:44.960 dream

01:25:45.180 yep

01:25:45.400 I

01:25:45.560 think

01:25:45.740 you're

01:25:45.860 right

01:25:45.980 I

01:25:46.160 agree

01:25:46.320 thank

01:25:46.920 you

01:25:47.040 for

01:25:47.160 your

01:25:47.260 question

01:25:47.520 this

01:25:47.780 next

01:25:48.060 question

01:25:48.500 will

01:25:48.960 be

01:25:49.100 the

01:25:49.280 last

01:25:49.600 question

01:25:50.060 so

01:25:50.300 step

01:25:50.660 right

01:25:50.840 up

01:25:51.520 hi

01:25:55.920 what's

01:25:56.180 your

01:25:56.280 name

01:25:56.520 hi

01:25:57.540 my

01:25:57.720 name

01:25:57.880 is

01:25:58.020 Noah

01:25:58.220 this

01:25:59.480 question

01:25:59.840 is

01:26:00.080 primarily

01:26:00.420 for you

01:26:00.760 Mr.

01:26:01.040 Knowles

01:26:01.260 I

01:26:02.100 think

01:26:02.280 you

01:26:02.360 would

01:26:02.480 agree

01:26:02.720 that

01:26:02.900 the

01:26:03.040 U.S.

01:26:03.360 was

01:26:03.620 founded

01:26:04.000 on

01:26:04.300 Judeo-Christian

01:26:04.860 values

01:26:05.320 sure

01:26:06.400 yeah

01:26:06.720 given

01:26:08.000 at least

01:26:08.300 in my

01:26:08.620 experience

01:26:09.100 that

01:26:09.420 the

01:26:09.640 U.S.

01:26:10.040 especially

01:26:10.360 in younger

01:26:10.780 generations

01:26:11.300 seems to

01:26:11.820 be drifting

01:26:12.220 away

01:26:12.520 from

01:26:12.740 religion

01:26:13.060 maybe

01:26:13.360 that's

01:26:13.720 they

01:26:13.860 stop

01:26:14.140 practicing

01:26:14.680 they've

01:26:15.460 become

01:26:15.680 agnostic

01:26:16.200 or even

01:26:16.600 atheist

01:26:17.220 do you

01:26:18.000 think

01:26:18.220 it is

01:26:18.460 possible

01:26:18.840 for the

01:26:19.220 U.S.

01:26:19.540 to maintain

01:26:20.200 that set

01:26:20.700 of values

01:26:21.240 without

01:26:21.900 the

01:26:22.620 kind

01:26:22.920 of

01:26:23.040 core

01:26:23.440 base

01:26:24.020 that

01:26:24.460 they

01:26:24.540 were

01:26:24.700 founded

01:26:25.060 on

01:26:25.380 continuing

01:26:26.040 you've

01:26:28.140 got

01:26:28.420 to

01:26:28.680 practice

01:26:29.420 what

01:26:30.140 you

01:26:30.560 preach

01:26:31.020 or

01:26:31.360 you're

01:26:31.580 not

01:26:31.760 going

01:26:31.940 to

01:26:32.040 be

01:26:32.180 preaching

01:26:32.440 it

01:26:32.580 for

01:26:32.680 very

01:26:32.940 long

01:26:33.320 it's

01:26:33.560 not

01:26:33.980 going

01:26:34.220 to

01:26:34.380 last

01:26:34.680 very

01:26:34.940 long

01:26:35.180 previously

01:26:36.220 we

01:26:36.660 did

01:26:36.800 have

01:26:36.960 institutions

01:26:37.580 we

01:26:38.420 had

01:26:38.800 strong

01:26:39.320 families

01:26:39.740 we

01:26:40.140 had

01:26:40.380 traditions

01:26:40.900 that

01:26:41.560 were

01:26:41.720 able

01:26:41.940 to

01:26:42.160 withstand

01:26:42.780 some

01:26:44.200 wild

01:26:44.660 teenage

01:26:45.160 years

01:26:45.700 and

01:26:45.880 people

01:26:46.080 rebelling

01:26:46.480 against

01:26:46.840 that

01:26:47.160 the

01:26:47.800 social

01:26:48.100 structure

01:26:48.480 was

01:26:48.680 still

01:26:48.860 pretty

01:26:49.080 sound

01:26:49.580 and

01:26:50.080 sturdy

01:26:50.480 that

01:26:51.120 has

01:26:51.380 decayed

01:26:51.860 rapidly

01:26:52.260 and so

01:26:52.680 you've

01:26:52.840 seen

01:26:52.960 a rapid

01:26:53.520 spike

01:26:54.020 in

01:26:54.680 atheism

01:26:55.440 you've

01:26:55.720 seen

01:26:55.820 a rapid

01:26:56.240 spike

01:26:56.640 in

01:26:57.200 a loss

01:26:57.660 of

01:26:57.820 faith

01:26:58.040 in

01:26:58.160 America's

01:26:58.660 institutions

01:26:59.220 that's

01:27:00.140 a big

01:27:00.880 problem

01:27:01.420 part

01:27:02.940 of it

01:27:03.220 is

01:27:03.420 because

01:27:04.140 the

01:27:05.000 the

01:27:05.240 libs

01:27:05.540 want

01:27:05.860 to

01:27:06.220 destroy

01:27:06.900 anything

01:27:07.600 that

01:27:07.800 America

01:27:08.100 once

01:27:08.420 stood

01:27:08.620 for

01:27:08.840 and

01:27:08.960 make

01:27:09.140 America

01:27:09.520 into

01:27:09.740 some

01:27:10.020 merely

01:27:10.580 abstract

01:27:11.460 secular

01:27:12.960 utopia

01:27:13.480 and

01:27:14.200 unfortunately

01:27:14.760 a lot

01:27:15.240 of

01:27:15.380 conservatives

01:27:15.900 have

01:27:16.200 kind

01:27:16.540 of

01:27:16.680 gone

01:27:16.920 along

01:27:17.280 with

01:27:17.500 it

01:27:17.640 I

01:27:18.080 think

01:27:18.360 it's

01:27:18.540 important

01:27:18.920 to

01:27:19.140 remember

01:27:19.560 that

01:27:20.440 America

01:27:21.220 is the

01:27:21.660 freest

01:27:22.020 country

01:27:22.320 in the

01:27:22.520 history

01:27:22.740 of the

01:27:22.980 world

01:27:23.300 most

01:27:23.820 tolerant

01:27:24.120 country

01:27:24.460 in the

01:27:24.660 history

01:27:24.860 of the

01:27:25.080 world

01:27:25.280 the

01:27:25.540 most

01:27:25.720 attractive

01:27:26.140 country

01:27:26.500 in the

01:27:26.700 history

01:27:26.860 of the

01:27:27.060 world

01:27:27.240 we have

01:27:27.560 3

01:27:27.840 million

01:27:28.100 people

01:27:28.380 a

01:27:28.520 year

01:27:28.680 at

01:27:28.820 this

01:27:28.960 point

01:27:29.160 coming

01:27:29.380 to

01:27:29.500 this

01:27:29.660 country

01:27:30.000 largest

01:27:30.660 movement

01:27:31.040 of

01:27:31.600 human

01:27:31.840 beings

01:27:32.140 in

01:27:32.320 recorded

01:27:32.640 history

01:27:33.020 over the

01:27:33.320 past

01:27:33.500 60

01:27:33.780 years

01:27:34.040 have

01:27:34.420 come

01:27:34.660 into

01:27:34.820 the

01:27:34.960 United

01:27:35.220 States

01:27:35.580 so

01:27:36.020 obviously

01:27:36.660 America

01:27:37.560 is a

01:27:37.920 big

01:27:38.200 wide

01:27:38.620 open

01:27:38.920 tolerant

01:27:39.380 place

01:27:39.880 but

01:27:40.420 there

01:27:40.600 are

01:27:40.960 limits

01:27:41.540 the

01:27:41.980 declaration

01:27:42.940 of

01:27:43.420 independence

01:27:43.840 says

01:27:44.160 we hold

01:27:44.820 these

01:27:45.000 truths

01:27:45.260 to be

01:27:45.540 self

01:27:45.780 evident

01:27:46.040 that

01:27:46.440 all

01:27:46.620 men

01:27:46.740 are

01:27:46.860 created

01:27:47.060 equal

01:27:47.320 and

01:27:47.480 endowed

01:27:47.820 by their

01:27:48.120 creator

01:27:48.320 with

01:27:48.500 certain

01:27:48.760 unalienable

01:27:49.500 rights

01:27:49.980 if you

01:27:50.800 don't

01:27:51.100 believe

01:27:51.580 that

01:27:52.140 there

01:27:52.300 is

01:27:52.400 a

01:27:52.520 creator

01:27:52.920 who

01:27:53.220 has

01:27:53.380 endowed

01:27:53.700 us

01:27:53.860 with

01:27:54.040 certain

01:27:54.320 rights

01:27:54.780 then

01:27:55.540 you're

01:27:55.980 just

01:27:56.320 not

01:27:56.980 in

01:27:57.880 the

01:27:58.100 American

01:27:58.500 idea

01:27:58.960 you

01:27:59.280 are

01:27:59.840 rejecting

01:28:04.040 John Locke

01:28:05.240 father

01:28:06.120 of

01:28:06.360 liberalism

01:28:06.940 one

01:28:07.380 of

01:28:07.480 the

01:28:07.580 most

01:28:07.780 tolerant

01:28:08.300 liberal

01:28:08.580 minded

01:28:08.820 men

01:28:09.020 in

01:28:09.140 history

01:28:09.440 in

01:28:09.900 the

01:28:10.040 letter

01:28:10.300 concerning

01:28:10.780 toleration

01:28:11.520 John

01:28:12.180 Locke

01:28:12.420 said

01:28:12.580 we've

01:28:12.760 got

01:28:12.860 to

01:28:12.980 tolerate

01:28:13.280 everybody

01:28:13.800 except

01:28:14.300 for

01:28:14.540 atheists

01:28:15.060 because

01:28:15.300 those

01:28:15.540 guys

01:28:15.820 can't

01:28:16.080 be

01:28:16.200 trusted

01:28:16.540 at

01:28:16.740 all

01:28:17.100 you

01:28:17.600 have

01:28:18.000 John

01:28:18.360 Milton

01:28:23.160 in

01:28:23.440 the

01:28:23.560 most

01:28:24.680 famous

01:28:24.940 defense

01:28:25.300 of

01:28:25.420 free

01:28:25.600 speech

01:28:25.880 in

01:28:26.320 the

01:28:26.440 English

01:28:26.720 language

01:28:27.140 and

01:28:27.640 in

01:28:27.880 it

01:28:28.060 John

01:28:28.340 Milton

01:28:28.560 says

01:28:28.920 we need

01:28:29.380 free

01:28:29.580 speech

01:28:29.800 for

01:28:29.940 everybody

01:28:30.360 except

01:28:30.840 for

01:28:31.000 the

01:28:31.120 atheists

01:28:31.560 and

01:28:31.760 the

01:28:31.880 Catholics

01:28:32.320 now

01:28:32.780 look

01:28:33.020 I'm

01:28:33.260 glad

01:28:33.820 that

01:28:34.320 we've

01:28:34.540 gotten

01:28:34.780 rid

01:28:35.020 of

01:28:35.140 that

01:28:35.340 latter

01:28:35.660 one

01:28:36.080 but

01:28:36.820 otherwise

01:28:37.420 I

01:28:37.600 wouldn't

01:28:37.720 be

01:28:37.860 sitting

01:28:38.040 here

01:28:38.220 tonight

01:28:38.540 but

01:28:38.900 the

01:28:39.360 point

01:28:39.640 that

01:28:39.780 they're

01:28:39.920 both

01:28:40.140 making

01:28:40.520 is

01:28:41.080 that

01:28:41.420 political

01:28:42.060 communities

01:28:42.700 do

01:28:43.060 require

01:28:43.520 limits

01:28:43.900 we

01:28:44.300 have

01:28:44.560 to

01:28:44.720 agree

01:28:45.060 on

01:28:45.300 certain

01:28:45.620 things

01:28:46.000 it's

01:28:46.480 become

01:28:46.680 very

01:28:46.940 fashionable

01:28:47.420 since

01:28:48.200 the

01:28:48.380 early

01:28:48.600 1990s

01:28:49.420 it's

01:28:49.560 actually

01:28:49.760 a line

01:28:50.040 from

01:28:50.220 former

01:28:50.780 vice

01:28:51.000 president

01:28:51.260 Dan

01:28:51.620 Quayle

01:28:52.060 to

01:28:52.420 say

01:28:52.600 that

01:28:52.780 diversity

01:28:53.420 is

01:28:53.800 our

01:28:53.980 strength

01:28:54.540 by

01:28:54.980 which

01:28:55.240 is

01:28:55.420 meant

01:28:55.700 we

01:28:56.500 don't

01:28:56.700 hate

01:28:56.900 people

01:28:57.180 based

01:28:57.440 on

01:28:57.600 their

01:28:57.740 race

01:28:58.020 or

01:28:58.140 their

01:28:58.260 background

01:28:58.600 but

01:28:59.240 unity

01:29:00.540 is

01:29:00.800 our

01:29:00.940 strength

01:29:01.300 as

01:29:01.480 well

01:29:01.740 the

01:29:01.920 idea

01:29:02.180 that

01:29:02.300 we

01:29:02.400 can

01:29:02.520 all

01:29:02.680 come

01:29:02.860 together

01:29:03.160 from

01:29:03.340 various

01:29:03.660 backgrounds

01:29:04.080 and agree

01:29:04.760 on

01:29:04.980 certain

01:29:05.220 things

01:29:05.540 and speak

01:29:06.120 the

01:29:06.300 same

01:29:06.480 language

01:29:06.880 and have

01:29:07.940 shared

01:29:08.240 customs

01:29:08.680 and have

01:29:09.280 real

01:29:09.560 borders

01:29:09.960 and have

01:29:10.640 a

01:29:10.920 community

01:29:11.380 and

01:29:11.780 so

01:29:12.260 we

01:29:12.800 need

01:29:12.980 to

01:29:13.100 get

01:29:13.260 back

01:29:13.560 to

01:29:13.700 that

01:29:13.820 we

01:29:13.960 need

01:29:14.080 to

01:29:14.140 get

01:29:14.260 back

01:29:14.540 to

01:29:14.700 an

01:29:14.840 idea

01:29:15.280 that

01:29:15.920 out

01:29:16.240 of

01:29:16.400 many

01:29:16.740 there

01:29:17.600 is

01:29:17.760 one

01:29:18.200 there

01:29:25.420 merely

01:29:25.640 to

01:29:25.800 look

01:29:25.940 at

01:29:26.060 politics

01:29:26.480 as

01:29:26.660 a

01:29:26.760 matter

01:29:26.940 of

01:29:27.100 rights

01:29:27.360 and

01:29:27.480 entitlement

01:29:27.920 but

01:29:28.360 as

01:29:28.480 a

01:29:28.580 matter

01:29:28.760 of

01:29:28.940 duty

01:29:29.180 and

01:29:29.300 obligation

01:29:29.780 to

01:29:30.000 our

01:29:30.160 fellow

01:29:30.420 citizens

01:29:30.880 and

01:29:31.400 to

01:29:31.800 our

01:29:31.980 country

01:29:32.320 if

01:29:32.720 we

01:29:32.860 can

01:29:33.020 return

01:29:33.400 to

01:29:33.600 that

01:29:33.920 even

01:29:34.400 if

01:29:34.580 we're

01:29:34.720 not

01:29:35.040 totally

01:29:35.860 up

01:29:36.300 on

01:29:36.560 the

01:29:36.800 theological

01:29:37.660 points

01:29:38.360 that

01:29:38.560 the

01:29:38.700 founding

01:29:38.900 fathers

01:29:39.280 might

01:29:39.540 have

01:29:39.660 believed

01:29:39.980 in

01:29:40.200 I

01:29:40.560 think

01:29:40.800 that

01:29:40.920 there

01:29:41.060 is

01:29:41.180 a

01:29:41.420 good

01:29:41.620 chance

01:29:42.060 that

01:29:42.500 in

01:29:42.660 practice

01:29:43.100 we'll

01:29:43.420 be

01:29:43.540 able

01:29:43.700 to

01:29:43.840 recover

01:29:44.140 something

01:29:44.500 like

01:29:44.840 the

01:29:45.180 traditional

01:29:45.560 American

01:29:55.420 on

01:29:55.820 Judeo-Christian

01:29:56.580 traditions

01:29:57.300 I

01:29:58.540 think

01:29:58.720 we're

01:29:58.880 a

01:29:59.000 pluralistic

01:30:00.060 nation

01:30:00.460 so

01:30:00.880 we

01:30:01.220 welcome

01:30:01.780 people

01:30:02.160 from

01:30:02.580 multiple

01:30:03.220 different

01:30:03.600 faith

01:30:03.880 traditions

01:30:04.360 but

01:30:04.680 you're

01:30:04.920 right

01:30:05.200 means

01:30:06.540 out of

01:30:07.240 many

01:30:07.520 one

01:30:07.860 that

01:30:08.040 we

01:30:08.200 came

01:30:08.540 together

01:30:08.960 to

01:30:09.120 be

01:30:09.260 one

01:30:09.500 America

01:30:10.000 and

01:30:10.820 I

01:30:11.320 will

01:30:11.540 say

01:30:12.080 that

01:30:12.400 those

01:30:14.300 who

01:30:14.680 believe

01:30:15.100 in

01:30:15.280 unlimited

01:30:15.660 power

01:30:16.160 are

01:30:17.620 inherently

01:30:18.600 hostile

01:30:19.440 to

01:30:20.320 faith

01:30:20.640 you

01:30:22.240 can

01:30:22.400 look

01:30:22.620 at

01:30:22.760 this

01:30:22.980 in

01:30:23.160 totalitarian

01:30:23.860 regimes

01:30:24.380 across

01:30:24.760 the

01:30:24.940 globe

01:30:25.200 you

01:30:25.400 can

01:30:25.540 look

01:30:25.740 at

01:30:25.900 this

01:30:26.200 in

01:30:26.840 China

01:30:27.260 where

01:30:27.620 Mao

01:30:28.320 would

01:30:28.580 drive

01:30:29.120 nails

01:30:30.100 into

01:30:30.360 the

01:30:30.560 eyes

01:30:30.840 of

01:30:31.000 Christians

01:30:31.420 you

01:30:31.780 can

01:30:32.300 look

01:30:32.540 at

01:30:32.700 this

01:30:32.920 in

01:30:33.020 the

01:30:33.140 Soviet

01:30:33.480 Union

01:30:33.820 I

01:30:34.000 can

01:30:34.120 tell

01:30:34.320 you

01:30:34.420 in

01:30:34.580 Cuba

01:30:34.920 so

01:30:36.780 my

01:30:37.000 grandmother

01:30:37.520 my

01:30:38.560 father

01:30:38.880 was

01:30:39.080 born

01:30:39.260 in

01:30:39.440 Cuba

01:30:39.680 raised

01:30:40.680 in

01:30:40.880 Cuba

01:30:41.140 but

01:30:41.360 my

01:30:41.540 grandmother

01:30:41.940 was

01:30:42.140 a

01:30:42.240 school

01:30:42.380 teacher

01:30:42.620 in

01:30:42.800 Cuba

01:30:42.980 she

01:30:43.140 was

01:30:43.280 a

01:30:43.380 sixth

01:30:43.560 grade

01:30:43.780 teacher

01:30:44.080 in

01:30:44.260 Cuba

01:30:44.500 and

01:30:45.660 when

01:30:45.880 Castro

01:30:46.440 took

01:30:46.780 over

01:30:47.140 a

01:30:48.260 story

01:30:48.660 my

01:30:48.860 grandmother

01:30:49.200 told

01:30:49.580 me

01:30:49.780 is

01:30:49.960 that

01:30:55.200 and

01:30:55.560 tell

01:30:55.820 all

01:30:56.220 the

01:30:56.440 children

01:30:56.800 there

01:30:57.180 they

01:30:58.220 say

01:30:58.520 okay

01:30:58.860 close

01:30:59.360 your

01:30:59.580 eyes

01:31:00.080 and

01:31:00.940 pray

01:31:01.200 to

01:31:01.360 God

01:31:01.720 and

01:31:02.880 ask

01:31:03.380 God

01:31:03.820 for

01:31:04.080 candy

01:31:04.480 and

01:31:05.600 all

01:31:05.740 the

01:31:05.840 little

01:31:06.020 kids

01:31:06.300 would

01:31:06.440 close

01:31:06.720 their

01:31:06.900 eyes

01:31:07.180 and

01:31:07.300 they

01:31:07.400 would

01:31:07.980 open

01:31:08.160 their

01:31:08.340 eyes

01:31:08.700 and

01:31:09.340 there

01:31:09.420 was

01:31:09.520 no

01:31:09.660 candy

01:31:09.960 and

01:31:11.120 then

01:31:11.240 the

01:31:11.400 soldiers

01:31:11.740 would

01:31:12.000 say

01:31:12.180 okay

01:31:12.440 do

01:31:12.700 it

01:31:12.820 again

01:31:13.080 close

01:31:13.500 your

01:31:13.720 eyes

01:31:14.180 and

01:31:15.040 pray

01:31:15.500 to

01:31:15.740 Fidel

01:31:16.060 Castro

01:31:16.620 for

01:31:17.840 candy

01:31:18.180 and

01:31:19.340 they

01:31:19.460 close

01:31:19.800 their

01:31:19.980 eyes

01:31:20.240 and

01:31:20.380 the

01:31:20.500 soldiers

01:31:20.840 would

01:31:21.040 put

01:31:21.200 candy

01:31:21.540 on

01:31:21.660 the

01:31:21.780 desks

01:31:22.040 of

01:31:22.160 every

01:31:22.320 child

01:31:22.660 and

01:31:24.180 if

01:31:25.120 you

01:31:25.460 believe

01:31:25.900 in

01:31:26.180 the

01:31:26.300 totalitarian

01:31:27.000 state

01:31:27.600 you

01:31:28.720 don't

01:31:29.060 want

01:31:29.520 anyone

01:31:30.180 to have

01:31:30.820 a loyalty

01:31:31.560 to

01:31:31.920 anything

01:31:32.580 above

01:31:33.040 the

01:31:33.280 state

01:31:33.580 that

01:31:33.780 means

01:31:34.020 a loyalty

01:31:34.400 to

01:31:34.620 God

01:31:35.040 that

01:31:35.460 means

01:31:35.660 a loyalty

01:31:36.100 to

01:31:36.360 family

01:31:36.860 that

01:31:37.480 means

01:31:37.940 a loyalty

01:31:38.420 to

01:31:38.680 anything

01:31:39.260 other

01:31:39.720 than

01:31:40.100 the

01:31:40.300 all

01:31:40.820 powerful

01:31:41.300 government

01:31:41.760 and

01:31:41.960 so

01:31:42.160 I

01:31:42.380 think

01:31:42.640 you

01:31:44.180 know

01:31:44.260 I

01:31:44.400 can

01:31:44.580 say

01:31:44.880 as

01:31:45.060 a

01:31:45.400 parent

01:31:45.940 all

01:31:47.760 of

01:31:47.880 us

01:31:48.040 make

01:31:48.280 our

01:31:48.460 own

01:31:48.700 faith

01:31:49.060 decisions

01:31:49.660 but

01:31:50.060 what

01:31:50.580 I

01:31:50.840 urge

01:31:51.280 my

01:31:51.800 children

01:31:52.300 is

01:31:53.400 that

01:31:53.600 your

01:31:53.800 life

01:31:54.180 is

01:31:54.380 much

01:31:54.680 richer

01:31:55.200 your

01:31:55.500 life

01:31:55.800 is

01:31:55.980 much

01:31:56.280 fuller

01:31:57.560 as

01:31:58.760 a

01:31:58.880 Christian

01:31:59.320 with

01:32:01.140 a

01:32:01.320 personal

01:32:01.720 relationship

01:32:02.320 with

01:32:02.600 Jesus

01:32:02.860 Christ

01:32:03.360 that

01:32:03.900 gives

01:32:06.160 you

01:32:06.480 a

01:32:06.740 strength

01:32:07.280 and

01:32:07.500 a

01:32:07.700 comfort

01:32:08.240 and

01:32:09.000 a

01:32:09.140 peace

01:32:09.900 to

01:32:10.740 withstand

01:32:11.340 the

01:32:12.000 travails

01:32:12.760 of

01:32:12.980 day

01:32:13.200 to

01:32:13.320 day

01:32:13.620 and

01:32:14.520 as

01:32:15.020 our

01:32:15.280 nation

01:32:15.920 becomes

01:32:16.780 more

01:32:18.620 and

01:32:18.860 more

01:32:19.180 irreligious

01:32:20.060 rejection

01:32:21.060 faith

01:32:21.940 of

01:32:22.100 any

01:32:22.300 kind

01:32:22.840 you

01:32:24.060 also

01:32:24.760 see

01:32:25.300 a

01:32:25.560 descent

01:32:26.320 a

01:32:27.740 loss

01:32:28.480 of

01:32:28.680 family

01:32:29.140 a

01:32:29.420 loss

01:32:29.760 of

01:32:29.980 morals

01:32:30.560 a

01:32:31.420 breakdown

01:32:32.180 of

01:32:32.760 the

01:32:32.900 nuclear

01:32:33.260 family

01:32:33.900 a

01:32:34.280 breakdown

01:32:34.760 a

01:32:35.160 loss

01:32:35.480 of

01:32:35.680 fathers

01:32:36.160 if you

01:32:36.580 look

01:32:36.840 at

01:32:37.040 inner

01:32:37.760 cities

01:32:38.220 and

01:32:38.520 many

01:32:39.300 of

01:32:39.500 the

01:32:39.640 challenges

01:32:40.160 that

01:32:41.160 so many

01:32:42.020 kids

01:32:42.320 are

01:32:42.500 facing

01:32:42.840 the

01:32:43.080 absence

01:32:43.460 of

01:32:43.700 fathers

01:32:44.100 is

01:32:44.380 a

01:32:44.980 big

01:32:45.500 challenge

01:32:46.260 and

01:32:47.860 a

01:32:49.020 strong

01:32:49.860 faith

01:32:50.320 tradition

01:32:51.080 helps

01:32:52.200 keep

01:32:52.480 families

01:32:52.920 together

01:32:53.380 helps

01:32:53.960 keep

01:32:54.900 mothers

01:32:55.300 and

01:32:55.580 fathers

01:32:55.940 together

01:32:56.400 to

01:32:56.660 raise

01:32:56.940 children

01:32:57.500 helps

01:32:58.460 build

01:32:58.880 strong

01:32:59.360 communities

01:33:00.040 obviously

01:33:01.160 build

01:33:01.600 strong

01:33:01.980 churches

01:33:02.480 but

01:33:02.840 it

01:33:03.160 is

01:33:03.680 part

01:33:06.380 of

01:33:06.620 what

01:33:06.840 has

01:33:07.060 made

01:33:07.340 America

01:33:07.860 so

01:33:08.220 extraordinary

01:33:08.920 and

01:33:10.040 I

01:33:10.160 think

01:33:10.340 one

01:33:10.640 of

01:33:10.760 the

01:33:10.900 reasons

01:33:11.420 the

01:33:12.300 secular

01:33:12.860 left

01:33:13.460 have

01:33:16.060 become

01:33:16.600 almost

01:33:17.020 jihadists

01:33:18.080 about

01:33:19.240 politics

01:33:20.080 about

01:33:20.600 the

01:33:20.800 environment

01:33:21.380 for

01:33:21.660 some

01:33:22.040 the

01:33:22.220 environment

01:33:22.720 is

01:33:22.980 their

01:33:23.120 new

01:33:23.320 religion

01:33:23.800 for

01:33:24.380 others

01:33:24.760 it

01:33:25.100 is

01:33:25.340 stopping

01:33:25.860 the

01:33:26.180 evils

01:33:26.560 of

01:33:26.720 Trumpism

01:33:27.360 but

01:33:28.020 it

01:33:28.140 is

01:33:28.400 with

01:33:28.640 the

01:33:28.860 same

01:33:29.580 zealotry

01:33:30.500 that

01:33:31.480 for

01:33:31.720 millennia

01:33:32.340 people

01:33:32.760 approached

01:33:33.260 faith

01:33:33.840 that

01:33:34.520 now

01:33:35.020 the

01:33:35.280 hard

01:33:35.740 left

01:33:36.380 approaches

01:33:37.460 anyone

01:33:38.100 who

01:33:38.340 disagrees

01:33:38.900 well

01:33:39.160 this

01:33:39.360 is

01:33:39.580 as

01:33:39.880 the

01:33:40.160 political

01:33:40.740 philosopher

01:33:41.260 Bob

01:33:41.860 Dylan

01:33:42.160 put

01:33:42.520 it

01:33:42.700 everybody

01:33:43.580 has

01:33:43.940 got

01:33:44.140 to

01:33:44.300 serve

01:33:44.600 somebody

01:33:45.100 and

01:33:45.280 so

01:33:45.440 man

01:33:45.680 as

01:33:45.820 a

01:33:45.940 religious

01:33:46.220 being

01:33:46.600 we

01:33:46.980 have

01:33:47.200 these

01:33:47.420 longings

01:33:47.840 we

01:33:47.980 have

01:33:48.080 an

01:33:48.180 intuition

01:33:48.580 that

01:33:49.280 there's

01:33:49.620 something

01:33:49.860 beyond

01:33:50.200 this

01:33:50.420 world

01:33:50.780 we

01:33:51.160 have

01:33:51.280 an

01:33:51.380 intuition

01:33:51.760 that

01:33:52.060 there's

01:33:52.280 such

01:33:52.440 a

01:33:52.560 thing

01:33:52.720 as

01:33:52.940 say

01:33:53.140 morality

01:33:53.560 it's

01:33:54.140 better

01:33:54.360 to

01:33:54.560 feed

01:33:54.760 a

01:33:54.880 baby

01:33:55.140 than

01:33:55.340 to

01:33:55.480 kick

01:33:55.640 a

01:33:55.780 puppy

01:33:56.040 if

01:33:56.460 that's

01:33:57.040 true

01:33:57.300 then

01:33:57.520 that

01:33:57.680 means

01:33:57.920 there

01:33:58.120 is

01:33:58.340 a

01:33:58.520 good

01:33:58.740 and

01:33:58.860 a

01:33:58.940 bad

01:33:59.280 and

01:33:59.640 an

01:33:59.740 ultimate

01:33:59.980 good

01:34:00.260 so

01:34:00.640 we

01:34:00.820 have

01:34:01.080 that

01:34:01.280 longing

01:34:01.640 and

01:34:02.200 either

01:34:02.880 we're

01:34:03.120 going

01:34:03.280 to

01:34:03.440 order

01:34:03.720 that

01:34:04.020 toward

01:34:04.420 God

01:34:05.100 the

01:34:05.480 true

01:34:05.720 source

01:34:06.020 of

01:34:06.180 goodness

01:34:06.440 the

01:34:06.640 true

01:34:06.800 source

01:34:07.040 of

01:34:07.160 being

01:34:07.440 or

01:34:07.980 we're

01:34:08.180 going

01:34:08.280 to

01:34:08.360 order

01:34:08.600 it

01:34:08.780 toward

01:34:09.040 whatever

01:34:09.360 the

01:34:09.580 idol

01:34:09.900 of

01:34:10.140 the

01:34:10.260 day

01:34:10.480 is

01:34:10.780 and

01:34:11.520 things

01:34:11.740 don't

01:34:11.920 go

01:34:12.060 very

01:34:12.340 well

01:34:12.580 when

01:34:12.740 you

01:34:12.860 worship

01:34:13.140 idols

01:34:13.500 it

01:34:13.760 didn't

01:34:13.980 work

01:34:14.180 out

01:34:14.320 very

01:34:14.480 well

01:34:14.660 for

01:34:14.800 other

01:34:14.960 civilizations

01:34:15.560 and

01:34:15.920 when

01:34:16.700 John

01:34:17.140 Adams

01:34:17.380 says

01:34:17.620 the

01:34:17.760 Constitution

01:34:18.220 is

01:34:18.440 built

01:34:18.600 for

01:34:18.760 moral

01:34:19.060 and

01:34:19.220 religious

01:34:19.520 people

01:34:19.940 he's

01:34:20.460 not

01:34:20.620 being

01:34:20.840 a

01:34:20.980 bible

01:34:21.300 thumper

01:34:21.740 okay

01:34:22.000 John

01:34:22.300 Adams

01:34:22.540 was

01:34:22.740 far

01:34:22.980 from

01:34:23.160 a

01:34:23.300 bible

01:34:23.540 thumper

01:34:23.860 okay

01:34:24.140 he's

01:34:24.560 observing

01:34:24.960 a

01:34:25.160 political

01:34:25.460 fact

01:34:26.000 if

01:34:26.680 the

01:34:26.980 country

01:34:27.780 strays

01:34:28.700 from

01:34:29.080 what

01:34:29.380 is

01:34:29.500 good

01:34:29.760 and

01:34:29.920 true

01:34:30.100 and

01:34:30.240 beautiful

01:34:30.560 then

01:34:31.080 we're

01:34:31.240 going

01:34:31.360 to

01:34:31.380 have

01:34:31.500 a

01:34:31.600 country

01:34:31.920 that

01:34:32.200 is

01:34:32.340 bad

01:34:32.820 and

01:34:33.300 false

01:34:33.700 and

01:34:33.940 wicked

01:34:34.180 and

01:34:34.600 I

01:34:34.760 don't

01:34:34.900 think

01:34:35.080 anybody

01:34:35.320 wants

01:34:35.620 that

01:34:35.840 all right

01:34:40.160 is that

01:34:40.460 our show

01:34:40.940 so

01:34:42.540 thank you

01:34:44.040 so much

01:34:44.320 for being

01:34:44.560 here

01:34:44.680 it's

01:34:44.860 such a

01:34:45.220 great

01:34:45.520 pleasure

01:34:45.860 to be

01:34:46.640 breathing

01:34:46.960 the sweet

01:34:47.440 air

01:34:47.620 of freedom

01:34:48.040 not only

01:34:48.680 because we

01:34:48.900 can take

01:34:49.160 those stupid

01:34:49.620 masks off

01:34:50.220 but because

01:34:50.700 we're here

01:34:51.120 in Alabama

01:34:51.660 thank you

01:34:52.500 so much

01:34:53.020 to everyone

01:34:53.460 and Michael

01:34:54.260 before we

01:34:54.860 go

01:34:55.180 I need to

01:34:56.340 say something

01:34:56.960 that is going

01:34:57.540 to get me

01:34:57.920 in trouble

01:34:58.360 with every

01:34:58.880 Longhorn

01:34:59.460 every Aggie

01:35:00.340 every resident

01:35:01.580 of the state

01:35:02.200 of Texas

01:35:02.720 which is

01:35:03.820 roll time

01:35:04.840 and it's great

01:35:06.040 to be here

01:35:06.680 God bless you guys

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Verdict with Ted Cruz - April 22, 2022

The Sweet Air of Freedom, LIVE at University of Alabama

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