Verdict with Ted Cruz - WOKE Target Loses BILLIONS Plus IRS Whistleblower Catches AG Merrick Garland In A Lie

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00:00:05.420 Welcome.

00:00:06.120 It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.

00:00:07.940 Ben Ferguson with you as always.

00:00:09.700 Senator, we've got a lot to talk about,

00:00:11.520 including the second IRS whistleblower coming forward

00:00:14.260 and telling his story at a very shocking place.

00:00:17.700 We're going to tell you about that in a moment.

00:00:18.940 Also, would you have ever imagined

00:00:21.020 that a big presidential campaign

00:00:23.060 would be launched on social media?

00:00:25.460 Ron DeSantis did exactly that.

00:00:27.040 We'll talk about how unique that is.

00:00:30.000 And Target, they're going woke

00:00:32.280 and, well, now they're going broke.

00:00:33.960 Target has lost $8 to $9 billion,

00:00:37.880 they say, in the week following the calls

00:00:40.280 for a boycott over their gay pride,

00:00:43.100 LGBTQ+, friendly kids' clothing and propaganda.

00:00:49.220 Senator, let's start with this IRS whistleblower.

00:00:52.400 You and I were talking before the show.

00:00:54.560 It's interesting that he's come forward.

00:00:56.260 It's also very interesting

00:00:57.840 where he did his sit-down interview.

00:01:00.220 Let's talk about that.

00:01:02.060 Well, it's quite stunning.

00:01:03.460 CBS News put him front and center,

00:01:05.760 interviewed him on camera,

00:01:07.020 and he's making serious allegations.

00:01:09.720 He's making serious allegations

00:01:11.400 that the Biden Department of Justice

00:01:13.920 is slow walking,

00:01:15.340 is blocking the investigation of Hunter Biden.

00:01:18.620 One of the consequences of those allegations

00:01:21.540 is if that's true,

00:01:23.420 it means Merrick Garland lied under oath.

00:01:26.260 And I got to say,

00:01:26.920 listening to this interview on CBS

00:01:28.760 takes your breath away.

00:01:30.540 Give a listen.

00:01:31.600 When I took control of this particular investigation,

00:01:34.600 I immediately saw it, you know,

00:01:36.700 was way outside the norm

00:01:37.780 of what I've experienced in the past.

00:01:40.020 Gary Shapley is a supervisory special agent

00:01:43.100 for the IRS,

00:01:44.540 where he's worked for 14 years.

00:01:46.940 In January 2020,

00:01:48.680 he was assigned to what he calls

00:01:50.060 a high-profile investigation.

00:01:52.440 Who's the subject of the investigation?

00:01:54.400 I can't confirm or deny

00:01:56.040 the subject of this investigation.

00:01:58.040 Why not?

00:01:58.920 Because, you know,

00:01:59.740 part of the tax secrecy laws

00:02:01.240 don't allow it.

00:02:02.420 Shapley can't say it,

00:02:03.800 but CBS News has learned

00:02:05.200 the investigation was the probe

00:02:07.220 of Hunter Biden

00:02:08.060 by the Trump-appointed

00:02:09.480 U.S. attorney in Delaware.

00:02:11.620 Senior Biden administration officials

00:02:13.480 have vowed to let it run its course

00:02:15.360 without interference.

00:02:17.580 It's not restricted

00:02:18.500 in this investigation in any way.

00:02:20.640 But CBS News has obtained this letter

00:02:22.860 Shapley's lawyers sent to Congress Monday

00:02:24.960 alleging irregularities

00:02:26.880 in DOJ's handling of the investigation.

00:02:29.700 Shapley is seeking legal protections

00:02:31.440 from Congress

00:02:32.220 so he can share specifics

00:02:34.180 of his allegations.

00:02:35.300 There was multiple steps

00:02:38.020 that were slow-walked

00:02:39.680 at the direction

00:02:40.880 of the Department of Justice.

00:02:43.300 Had you ever encountered that before?

00:02:45.620 I have not, no.

00:02:46.720 These deviations from normal process

00:02:48.600 and each and every time

00:02:50.300 it seemed to always benefit the subject.

00:02:53.580 Shapley says he decided

00:02:54.980 to blow the whistle

00:02:55.980 after a heated meeting

00:02:57.560 last October

00:02:58.480 with federal prosecutors.

00:03:00.420 It was my red line meeting.

00:03:03.220 It just got to that point

00:03:04.440 where that switch

00:03:05.760 was turned on

00:03:07.360 and I just couldn't silence

00:03:08.760 my conscience anymore.

00:03:10.500 Senator, he says he couldn't

00:03:11.760 silence his conscience anymore

00:03:13.260 and that's why he's been

00:03:14.860 so brave and to come forward.

00:03:16.880 When you hear this whistleblower speak,

00:03:19.080 what comes to mind

00:03:20.100 for you initially?

00:03:21.660 Well, that these allegations

00:03:23.260 are very serious.

00:03:25.820 That what he is stating

00:03:28.180 is that for the first time

00:03:30.240 in his experience

00:03:31.340 the Department of Justice

00:03:34.020 was actively impeding

00:03:35.600 an investigation,

00:03:36.700 was slow-walking it

00:03:37.880 and that number one

00:03:43.100 reeks of political cover-up

00:03:45.880 but number two,

00:03:47.660 it's directly contrary

00:03:48.920 to what Merrick Garland has said

00:03:50.680 and one of the things

00:03:52.800 that Merrick Garland

00:03:53.440 is fond of saying

00:03:54.540 and that gets repeated a lot

00:03:56.480 is that the person

00:03:57.360 doing this investigation

00:03:58.980 is the quote

00:03:59.880 Trump-appointed

00:04:01.120 U.S. attorney in Delaware.

00:04:02.620 That individual

00:04:03.380 is a person named David Weiss

00:04:04.780 and it's true

00:04:06.020 he was appointed

00:04:06.640 by Donald Trump.

00:04:07.920 He had previously

00:04:08.800 been the acting U.S. attorney

00:04:11.080 under Barack Obama

00:04:12.140 and, you know,

00:04:13.760 let me point out

00:04:14.520 about how

00:04:15.360 U.S. attorneys

00:04:16.580 are appointed.

00:04:18.020 In order for them

00:04:19.080 to go through,

00:04:20.120 you have to get

00:04:20.840 the sign-off

00:04:21.700 of the senators

00:04:22.980 from that home state.

00:04:24.300 Delaware has two

00:04:25.480 Democrat senators

00:04:26.920 which means

00:04:28.120 as a practical matter

00:04:29.380 the Democrat senators

00:04:30.860 in Delaware

00:04:31.460 picked this U.S. attorney

00:04:33.900 and so the phrase

00:04:34.760 the Trump-appointed

00:04:36.020 U.S. attorney

00:04:36.840 suggests that

00:04:38.180 he's a Republican,

00:04:39.260 that he somehow

00:04:40.160 might be out

00:04:41.660 to get the Bidens.

00:04:43.100 There is zero,

00:04:44.440 in fact,

00:04:44.860 less than zero evidence

00:04:45.980 that's true

00:04:46.700 but

00:04:48.240 if what this whistleblower

00:04:50.780 is alleging

00:04:51.420 is accurate,

00:04:52.840 then his investigation

00:04:54.120 was actively

00:04:56.360 slow-walking

00:04:58.420 the investigation

00:04:59.920 of Hunter Biden

00:05:00.900 and one of the things

00:05:02.340 striking is

00:05:03.120 that means

00:05:03.780 that the attorney general

00:05:05.280 testified falsely

00:05:08.080 to the Senate

00:05:08.600 Judiciary Committee

00:05:09.560 in response

00:05:10.620 to questions

00:05:11.500 I asked him directly.

00:05:13.580 I want people

00:05:14.620 to hear exactly

00:05:15.600 that back and forth.

00:05:17.060 Take a listen

00:05:17.620 to this.

00:05:18.680 Hunter Cruz.

00:05:20.540 Thank you,

00:05:21.320 Mr. Chairman.

00:05:22.760 General Garland,

00:05:24.140 the Department of Justice

00:05:25.020 should enforce the law

00:05:26.180 regardless of politics.

00:05:28.460 I do not believe

00:05:29.480 that has been

00:05:30.000 what is happening

00:05:30.800 in the last two years.

00:05:33.080 Among other things,

00:05:34.360 I believe

00:05:34.860 you very much

00:05:36.440 want to indict

00:05:37.460 Donald J. Trump.

00:05:39.260 Toward that end,

00:05:40.280 the Department of Justice

00:05:41.240 has leaked

00:05:41.920 that DOJ

00:05:43.420 is investigating

00:05:44.420 and intends

00:05:45.040 to indict

00:05:45.620 Hunter Biden.

00:05:48.040 The purpose

00:05:48.920 of those leaks,

00:05:50.060 I believe,

00:05:50.660 was to set

00:05:51.960 the predicate

00:05:52.560 for an indictment

00:05:54.060 of Trump

00:05:54.460 to say,

00:05:55.480 look how even-handed

00:05:56.220 we are.

00:05:56.740 We're indicting

00:05:57.260 a Biden,

00:05:57.780 we're indicting

00:05:58.200 a Trump.

00:05:59.900 Those leaks

00:06:00.540 are not law

00:06:01.680 or enforcing

00:06:03.900 the law,

00:06:04.360 they are politics.

00:06:05.660 Did you know

00:06:06.280 about the leaks

00:06:06.960 about the Hunter

00:06:08.080 Biden investigation?

00:06:10.180 I don't know

00:06:11.040 about the leak

00:06:11.480 that you're talking

00:06:12.120 about.

00:06:12.580 leaks are in violation

00:06:18.280 of our regulations

00:06:19.820 and our requirements.

00:06:21.300 So the answer is-

00:06:22.820 The leaks are consistently

00:06:23.920 on one side of the aisle

00:06:25.320 advancing one political agenda.

00:06:27.920 As you know,

00:06:29.020 the FBI raided

00:06:30.180 Donald Trump's

00:06:31.920 Mar-a-Lago home.

00:06:33.820 And subsequent

00:06:34.320 to that raid,

00:06:35.760 there have been

00:06:36.600 multiple leaks

00:06:37.820 about what was

00:06:39.200 discovered there,

00:06:39.980 including a photograph

00:06:40.780 of documents

00:06:41.760 that were discovered there.

00:06:42.920 Did you know

00:06:43.440 about the leaks

00:06:44.140 from that raid?

00:06:45.880 The photograph

00:06:46.380 was a filing

00:06:47.400 in court

00:06:48.820 in response

00:06:49.680 to a motion

00:06:50.760 filed by Mr. Trump.

00:06:52.620 It was not a leak.

00:06:54.360 So you're testifying

00:06:55.560 there haven't been leaks

00:06:56.300 about the Trump raid

00:06:57.520 in investigation?

00:06:57.880 I'm responding

00:06:58.800 to the point about-

00:06:59.800 Do you know

00:07:00.160 about the leaks

00:07:00.860 that have occurred

00:07:01.500 concerning Trump?

00:07:02.280 I've read the leaks.

00:07:02.940 They are inappropriate.

00:07:04.220 We also don't know

00:07:05.000 where they come from.

00:07:07.100 Witnesses on the-

00:07:08.260 But what's interesting

00:07:09.160 is when the shoe

00:07:10.580 was on the other foot,

00:07:11.580 I believe your intention

00:07:13.560 and I believe

00:07:14.060 it's a political intention

00:07:15.140 to indict President Trump

00:07:17.060 became infinitely harder

00:07:18.500 when classified documents

00:07:20.600 were discovered repeatedly

00:07:22.100 at President Biden's

00:07:23.680 multiple residences.

00:07:26.820 According to the public record,

00:07:28.240 those were first discovered

00:07:29.220 on November 2nd,

00:07:30.360 six days before

00:07:31.200 the prior election.

00:07:33.440 Department of Justice

00:07:34.200 was notified

00:07:34.860 on November 4th,

00:07:36.220 and yet miraculously

00:07:37.100 there was no leak

00:07:38.240 about the classified documents

00:07:40.560 at President Biden's home

00:07:41.800 when it politically benefited

00:07:44.560 the effort to go after

00:07:47.400 and charge Donald Trump.

00:07:48.860 DOJ leaked.

00:07:49.780 When it potentially harmed

00:07:52.280 the Democrat president,

00:07:53.600 DOJ did not leak.

00:07:54.760 Does that strike you

00:07:55.700 as at all a double standard?

00:08:00.120 Leaks under all circumstances

00:08:01.600 are inappropriate,

00:08:02.960 and they are not directed

00:08:04.320 by anyone in the Justice Department.

00:08:06.060 Let me say in particular

00:08:07.180 on Hunter Biden,

00:08:09.060 I very much hope

00:08:10.180 that an investigation

00:08:10.960 of Hunter Biden

00:08:11.960 is focused not just

00:08:13.260 on his own personal

00:08:14.400 substance abuse issues,

00:08:16.660 but on connections

00:08:17.740 to his father

00:08:19.040 and potential corruption.

00:08:20.660 That is the matter

00:08:21.520 of public concern

00:08:22.560 and why people are concerned.

00:08:24.520 It was striking

00:08:25.220 that the leak

00:08:25.760 that came out from DOJ

00:08:27.020 suggested this is just

00:08:28.560 going after some poor,

00:08:30.480 poor person struggling

00:08:31.700 with drugs

00:08:32.300 instead of looking at

00:08:33.600 the very real evidence

00:08:35.140 of corruption.

00:08:36.980 Will you commit

00:08:37.700 that the investigation

00:08:38.580 will actually examine

00:08:40.220 the public corruption aspect

00:08:42.060 and not simply scapegoat

00:08:44.480 Hunter Biden as an individual?

00:08:47.200 I can't comment

00:08:48.120 about the investigation

00:08:49.000 other than to say

00:08:50.240 that all the matters

00:08:51.220 involving Mr. Hunter Biden

00:08:53.580 are in the purview

00:08:54.820 of the U.S. Attorney

00:08:56.080 in Delaware.

00:08:57.240 It's not restricted

00:08:58.120 in his investigation

00:08:59.080 in any way.

00:09:00.100 Well, you don't comment here,

00:09:01.280 but then you leak

00:09:01.880 at the same time.

00:09:02.540 Senator Hawley.

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00:10:33.740 Senator, did the acting

00:10:35.880 of the Attorney General,

00:10:36.900 did he lie to you

00:10:38.000 and did he lie to Congress?

00:10:40.160 Well, if what the whistleblower

00:10:42.800 is saying is accurate,

00:10:44.960 then Merrick Garland

00:10:47.280 in all likelihood

00:10:48.160 gave false testimony

00:10:49.800 to Congress.

00:10:51.120 Now, whether it's a lie

00:10:52.220 depends on two things.

00:10:54.280 Number one,

00:10:56.280 his knowledge at the time.

00:10:58.800 It is possible

00:10:59.740 that he believed

00:11:00.740 what he was saying was true

00:11:02.080 even though it was false.

00:11:04.800 There should be an investigation.

00:11:06.640 If he knowingly

00:11:07.960 gave false testimony,

00:11:09.340 that's a lie.

00:11:10.900 That is also a felony

00:11:12.560 because his testimony began

00:11:14.320 with his raising his right hand

00:11:15.840 and taking an oath

00:11:17.540 to tell the truth,

00:11:18.380 the whole truth,

00:11:18.960 and nothing but the truth.

00:11:20.660 Merrick Garland knows that.

00:11:22.480 And so,

00:11:23.860 the whistleblower's testimony

00:11:25.340 strongly suggests

00:11:27.020 that the Attorney General's

00:11:29.600 testimony was false

00:11:30.640 and I believe

00:11:31.700 there should be

00:11:32.900 a serious investigation

00:11:34.280 into whether it was

00:11:35.480 knowingly false.

00:11:37.260 There's going to be

00:11:38.000 a lot of people

00:11:38.440 that are going to ask

00:11:38.920 this question.

00:11:39.600 When is there going to be

00:11:40.320 some accountability?

00:11:41.280 Because when these

00:11:41.800 whistleblowers come forward 1.00

00:11:43.120 and they tell their stories

00:11:45.040 and we see what was

00:11:45.880 really going on

00:11:46.480 behind closed doors,

00:11:47.800 there are so many people

00:11:48.980 that are just so angry,

00:11:50.520 Senator,

00:11:50.820 that I talk to,

00:11:51.680 you talk to every day

00:11:53.060 when you are in and around

00:11:54.480 Texas and around the country

00:11:55.720 in Washington, D.C.,

00:11:57.240 who are saying

00:11:57.940 they're sick and tired

00:11:58.720 of watching these people

00:11:59.700 get away with this.

00:12:01.320 Do you feel like

00:12:02.980 the momentum

00:12:03.700 is slowly starting to change

00:12:05.720 where there will be

00:12:06.280 real and honest accountability?

00:12:09.200 Well,

00:12:09.460 I think there will be

00:12:10.520 accountability

00:12:10.960 in the House of Representatives.

00:12:12.200 You have investigations

00:12:13.460 both from Jim Jordan

00:12:15.760 and Representative Comer

00:12:17.720 that are looking directly

00:12:19.640 at these issues.

00:12:20.740 I think you will continue

00:12:21.620 to see hearings

00:12:22.780 in the House of Representatives

00:12:24.540 that are putting evidence

00:12:25.620 before the American people.

00:12:27.840 There is more and more

00:12:29.220 indication that the House

00:12:30.860 may hold Chris Wray,

00:12:33.460 the director of the FBI,

00:12:34.940 in contempt for refusing

00:12:36.380 to respond to subpoenas

00:12:38.680 issued by Congress.

00:12:39.960 And if the Attorney General,

00:12:43.020 I expect the House

00:12:44.620 of Representatives

00:12:45.260 to cross-examine

00:12:46.700 the Attorney General

00:12:47.560 on whether he lied

00:12:49.760 and whether he knowingly lied.

00:12:52.100 In the Senate,

00:12:53.400 I don't expect the Senate

00:12:54.380 judiciary to do

00:12:55.260 anything about it.

00:12:56.220 I think Dick Durbin

00:12:57.020 and the Democrats,

00:12:57.900 they do not care.

00:12:59.240 They are happy

00:13:00.020 for the Attorney General

00:13:01.360 to cover up

00:13:02.120 the investigation

00:13:02.760 of Hunter Biden.

00:13:03.920 They want the Attorney General

00:13:05.640 to cover up

00:13:06.220 the investigation

00:13:06.840 of Hunter Biden.

00:13:07.840 They want the Department

00:13:09.260 of Justice

00:13:09.760 to be the political arm

00:13:10.880 of the White House.

00:13:11.580 They want this DOJ 0.62

00:13:14.620 to be utterly corrupt.

00:13:16.420 And look,

00:13:17.080 that's a strong allegation.

00:13:18.940 But if they didn't,

00:13:21.460 Dick Durbin could hold

00:13:22.400 a hearing tomorrow.

00:13:23.740 If they didn't,

00:13:26.200 Dick Durbin

00:13:26.940 could subpoena

00:13:28.900 the Attorney General

00:13:30.460 tomorrow.

00:13:31.560 If they didn't,

00:13:33.260 just one of the Democrats,

00:13:35.260 just one of the Democrats

00:13:37.020 could muster up

00:13:38.960 the mustard seeds

00:13:40.260 of courage

00:13:41.020 to ask the Attorney General

00:13:43.380 about it.

00:13:44.180 But if you look

00:13:44.780 at the hearings,

00:13:46.140 the Democrats all get in

00:13:47.440 and play patty cake

00:13:48.620 with him.

00:13:49.860 They praise him,

00:13:51.160 if anything,

00:13:52.340 that they urge him,

00:13:54.560 why can't you be

00:13:55.700 more vigorous

00:13:56.620 going after our enemies?

00:13:58.100 Why can't you be

00:13:58.900 more vigorous

00:13:59.720 going after

00:14:00.960 every little old lady 1.00

00:14:02.100 who waved

00:14:02.540 an American flag

00:14:03.380 on the mall

00:14:03.820 during January 6th?

00:14:05.040 Those are the questions

00:14:06.060 the Democrats ask.

00:14:07.720 And so if there is

00:14:08.920 a Democrat senator

00:14:09.820 who gives a damn

00:14:11.200 about whether DOJ

00:14:13.800 is obstructing justice

00:14:15.160 and covering up

00:14:16.200 criminal activity

00:14:17.580 from the President

00:14:18.780 of the United States

00:14:19.940 involved in corruption

00:14:21.980 with foreign countries

00:14:23.360 like China 0.66

00:14:24.280 and Ukraine

00:14:25.340 and his son,

00:14:26.200 if there's a Democrat

00:14:26.960 who cares,

00:14:28.140 he or she has yet

00:14:29.200 to open

00:14:29.740 his or her mouth

00:14:30.700 about it.

00:14:31.120 Yeah, it's going

00:14:32.660 to be interesting

00:14:33.100 to see how many

00:14:33.760 more whistleblowers

00:14:34.520 come forward as well

00:14:35.540 and how so many

00:14:36.740 men and women

00:14:37.380 are becoming so brave

00:14:38.600 now,

00:14:38.980 feeling like they have

00:14:39.560 a safe place to go

00:14:40.660 to conservative members

00:14:42.380 of Congress

00:14:42.900 to tell their stories.

00:14:44.340 And this is shocking

00:14:45.600 that CBS did it.

00:14:46.500 So I got to ask you

00:14:47.220 the politics of this,

00:14:48.340 Senator.

00:14:49.180 CBS News doing

00:14:50.640 this interview

00:14:51.360 to me just screamed,

00:14:53.240 this isn't normal.

00:14:55.500 This is odd.

00:14:57.100 They've not wanted

00:14:58.120 to cover any

00:14:59.100 of the Hunter Biden

00:14:59.780 scandal.

00:15:00.340 Now, all of a sudden,

00:15:01.020 they're not only

00:15:01.400 they covering it,

00:15:02.360 they're breaking news

00:15:03.760 with a coveted

00:15:05.100 whistleblower.

00:15:06.340 Were you taken

00:15:07.160 aback by that?

00:15:08.220 And is there a chance?

00:15:10.140 The reason why

00:15:10.720 they're doing this

00:15:11.260 is because they realize

00:15:12.320 the Republican field

00:15:13.340 is getting more crowded

00:15:14.300 with Ron DeSantis

00:15:15.040 announcing as well.

00:15:16.200 And they're really

00:15:17.260 worried that any

00:15:18.280 of these candidates

00:15:18.900 might be able

00:15:19.500 to beat Joe Biden.

00:15:21.240 Well, it is fascinating

00:15:24.340 that CBS ran this story,

00:15:27.620 that they focused on it,

00:15:28.720 that they highlighted it.

00:15:29.860 They have had

00:15:30.820 little to no interest

00:15:33.800 in covering

00:15:34.440 the mounting evidence

00:15:35.900 of corruption

00:15:36.640 in the Biden family.

00:15:39.180 So this is a big break.

00:15:41.200 And that decision

00:15:43.560 would have been highlighted

00:15:44.740 by a network executive.

00:15:46.320 That was not done

00:15:47.600 by an individual reporter.

00:15:49.400 It was not done

00:15:50.020 by an individual anchor.

00:15:51.020 That was done

00:15:51.980 by a higher up,

00:15:53.740 by the suits at CBS,

00:15:55.580 by someone with authority,

00:15:57.200 the head of the news division,

00:15:59.060 somebody with real authority

00:16:00.620 made the decision,

00:16:02.440 green light this,

00:16:03.800 go with this.

00:16:05.900 That's powerful.

00:16:06.980 As to why,

00:16:07.760 I don't know.

00:16:08.580 You know,

00:16:08.800 you asked about

00:16:09.600 whether it is

00:16:10.280 the Republican field

00:16:11.180 getting a little bit

00:16:12.700 more crowded

00:16:13.500 with Ron DeSantis

00:16:14.300 getting in the race.

00:16:15.820 That could be a factor.

00:16:17.220 I have said before,

00:16:20.580 so six months ago,

00:16:22.740 I did not believe

00:16:24.380 Joe Biden

00:16:25.040 was going to be the nominee.

00:16:26.160 I didn't think

00:16:26.560 Joe Biden

00:16:27.040 was going to run

00:16:27.940 because he is so

00:16:28.920 obviously diminished mentally

00:16:30.720 that he's not up to it.

00:16:32.660 And pretty much

00:16:34.080 everyone knows that.

00:16:35.160 Republicans certainly know that,

00:16:36.340 but the Democrats

00:16:36.860 know that too.

00:16:38.500 What changed

00:16:39.680 in the last six months

00:16:40.980 is I right now

00:16:42.820 think Biden

00:16:43.460 is quite likely

00:16:44.280 to be the nominee.

00:16:45.100 Why?

00:16:46.360 Because I think right now

00:16:47.860 most Democrats

00:16:49.660 believe Donald Trump

00:16:51.400 will be the nominee.

00:16:53.240 And Democrats

00:16:54.380 who believe

00:16:55.200 Donald Trump

00:16:55.780 will be the nominee

00:16:56.520 also believe

00:16:57.800 that if Trump

00:16:59.120 is the nominee

00:16:59.740 that they can nominate Biden

00:17:01.220 and just hide him

00:17:02.040 in the basement

00:17:02.440 for two years

00:17:03.140 and run a campaign

00:17:05.020 about how much

00:17:05.720 they hate Donald Trump.

00:17:06.720 And they believe

00:17:07.460 that Biden in the basement

00:17:08.600 plus their antipathy

00:17:10.100 for Donald Trump

00:17:11.040 produces a victory

00:17:12.600 on General Election Day.

00:17:14.020 I do think

00:17:15.740 if the nominee,

00:17:17.120 if Democrats believe

00:17:18.300 the Republican nominee

00:17:19.380 really is anyone

00:17:20.700 other than Trump,

00:17:22.540 I think the odds

00:17:23.480 skyrocket

00:17:24.320 that Democrats decide

00:17:25.540 they want to dump

00:17:26.380 Joe Biden

00:17:27.040 and find somebody else

00:17:28.780 because if the nominee

00:17:29.600 is someone other than Trump,

00:17:31.000 it's much harder

00:17:32.080 for them to run a campaign

00:17:33.280 on how much

00:17:33.800 they hate Trump.

00:17:34.660 Then they actually

00:17:35.580 have to find a candidate

00:17:36.560 who can leave the basement

00:17:38.220 and say something.

00:17:39.340 And so whether this is CBS

00:17:43.220 network execs

00:17:44.620 starting to have those

00:17:46.620 knocking knees,

00:17:47.840 I don't know,

00:17:48.700 but it is a very

00:17:49.920 interesting development

00:17:50.920 and it will get more interesting

00:17:52.700 if you see more

00:17:53.600 of the corrupt corporate media

00:17:54.840 following suit.

00:17:56.180 Yeah, no doubt about it.

00:17:57.780 I got to ask you

00:17:58.560 about the other story.

00:17:59.760 Ron DeSantis

00:18:00.560 has announced

00:18:02.120 he's running for president

00:18:03.120 and yes,

00:18:04.180 that's newsworthy.

00:18:06.040 But the way that he did it

00:18:08.340 is something

00:18:09.460 I could have never imagined.

00:18:11.060 You actually worked

00:18:12.820 on a presidential campaign.

00:18:15.100 You've run for president

00:18:16.380 as well.

00:18:18.220 And I've worked

00:18:19.720 on presidential campaigns.

00:18:21.180 I never could have imagined

00:18:22.440 us sitting in a room

00:18:23.320 saying,

00:18:23.820 hey,

00:18:24.480 we should announce

00:18:25.220 on social media.

00:18:26.520 Is this moving

00:18:28.540 and changing

00:18:29.600 just to improve

00:18:30.920 how important

00:18:31.880 social media is

00:18:33.000 to see a candidate

00:18:34.420 do it

00:18:35.120 the way

00:18:35.740 that Ron DeSantis

00:18:36.960 did it?

00:18:37.380 Could you have ever

00:18:37.860 imagined this

00:18:38.640 10, 15, 20 years ago?

00:18:40.880 Well, I think

00:18:41.520 it's twin commentary.

00:18:42.780 Number one,

00:18:43.580 the rising importance

00:18:44.540 of social media

00:18:45.460 and alternative avenues

00:18:46.620 of communication.

00:18:47.820 And number two,

00:18:49.340 a continuing indictment

00:18:50.680 of the corrupt

00:18:51.260 corporate media.

00:18:52.860 It's remarkable.

00:18:54.200 There's certainly

00:18:55.100 been no prior cycle

00:18:56.480 where when any

00:18:57.740 presidential candidate

00:18:58.760 would make an announcement

00:18:59.760 like this

00:19:00.520 on social media

00:19:02.180 and Twitter spaces.

00:19:03.080 I'll tell you,

00:19:03.760 going back to 2011

00:19:05.740 when I first announced

00:19:07.320 my campaign

00:19:08.920 for U.S. Senate,

00:19:10.040 very first time,

00:19:10.940 I made that announcement

00:19:12.100 on a conference call

00:19:14.340 with bloggers

00:19:15.220 and it was,

00:19:17.420 to my knowledge,

00:19:17.920 the first time

00:19:18.560 anyone had done that.

00:19:20.140 And bloggers

00:19:20.900 were relatively new

00:19:21.960 and the reason

00:19:22.840 I did that

00:19:23.560 is that there were

00:19:24.360 a lot of folks

00:19:25.140 who were blogging

00:19:27.100 and who were writing things

00:19:28.060 and I wanted them

00:19:28.700 to write about the campaign.

00:19:29.680 I wanted them

00:19:30.260 to get excited

00:19:30.840 about the campaign

00:19:31.580 and so it was

00:19:32.440 at the time

00:19:33.820 trying to take advantage

00:19:36.500 of a cutting edge

00:19:38.000 in the development

00:19:39.440 of media

00:19:40.020 and communication.

00:19:40.680 I think what

00:19:41.660 DeSantis did this week

00:19:43.280 is similar to that

00:19:44.580 but obviously

00:19:45.160 the technology

00:19:46.280 and communication

00:19:47.040 has changed dramatically

00:19:48.100 in the years since then.

00:19:50.340 Now,

00:19:51.000 there's been

00:19:51.500 a ton of coverage

00:19:53.360 on the technical glitches

00:19:54.580 that the Twitter spaces,

00:19:56.020 that there were

00:19:56.420 so many users on it

00:19:57.540 that it was delayed

00:19:58.640 and glitchy

00:19:59.500 and didn't work very well

00:20:00.820 and look,

00:20:01.320 that I am sure

00:20:02.840 Elon Musk

00:20:03.740 has decapitated

00:20:05.400 more than a few people

00:20:06.380 at Twitter

00:20:06.740 because that was not

00:20:07.340 a good moment for Twitter.

00:20:08.440 That was a

00:20:09.700 high profile moment

00:20:11.280 for Twitter

00:20:11.780 as an avenue

00:20:12.680 for communicating

00:20:13.760 to hundreds of thousands

00:20:15.280 of people simultaneously

00:20:16.680 but I am quite confident

00:20:19.940 this will not be

00:20:20.760 the last campaign

00:20:22.260 launched in this format

00:20:24.660 and it's striking

00:20:25.580 that it wasn't launched

00:20:26.880 on a TV show.

00:20:29.340 It wasn't launched

00:20:30.700 on Fox News

00:20:31.920 which I think

00:20:32.620 Fox News

00:20:34.280 was less than happy about.

00:20:36.360 It wasn't launched

00:20:38.060 in a big rally.

00:20:41.020 When I launched

00:20:42.020 my campaign

00:20:42.700 in 2015

00:20:43.780 I did so

00:20:44.620 at Liberty University

00:20:45.620 in an auditorium

00:20:47.400 with about 10,000 students

00:20:48.820 and that was

00:20:49.840 a fantastic place

00:20:53.140 to launch it

00:20:53.700 and energizing

00:20:55.700 to be surrounded

00:20:56.500 by a crowd

00:20:58.120 and that's how

00:21:01.460 I chose to launch it

00:21:02.720 eight years ago.

00:21:07.560 This reflects

00:21:08.680 that technology

00:21:09.880 is moving,

00:21:10.700 communication

00:21:11.020 is moving

00:21:11.660 but it also reflects

00:21:12.880 presumably

00:21:13.520 the DeSantis campaign

00:21:15.340 believing

00:21:15.740 they wouldn't get

00:21:16.460 a fair shake

00:21:17.240 from much

00:21:17.740 of the traditional media

00:21:18.780 and so trying

00:21:20.440 to cut out

00:21:21.540 the middleman

00:21:22.200 and go straight

00:21:23.560 to the voters

00:21:24.080 and I think

00:21:24.520 you'll see

00:21:24.960 a lot of that.

00:21:25.620 It also reminds me

00:21:26.660 in 2016

00:21:29.040 Trump's use

00:21:31.300 of social media

00:21:32.300 was cutting edge.

00:21:34.600 It was

00:21:35.320 he would put out

00:21:36.640 tweets

00:21:37.180 that would drive

00:21:38.760 the news cycle

00:21:39.460 in a way

00:21:39.820 that had never

00:21:40.240 happened before

00:21:40.980 and it changed

00:21:42.500 how people

00:21:43.180 communicate

00:21:44.560 through his use

00:21:46.400 of Twitter.

00:21:46.980 I'll say actually

00:21:47.720 in response

00:21:48.500 among other things

00:21:49.900 to the glitches

00:21:51.160 on the announcement

00:21:52.640 the Trump campaign

00:21:54.360 put out

00:21:54.940 a mock

00:21:55.860 Twitter spaces

00:21:56.880 with featuring

00:21:59.700 the Sanus

00:22:01.520 and Musk

00:22:01.940 but also featuring

00:22:02.800 people like

00:22:03.440 the devil 0.99

00:22:03.880 and Adolf Hitler

00:22:04.600 and I gotta say

00:22:06.140 whoever the writer

00:22:06.920 was it was funny

00:22:07.720 as hell

00:22:08.060 so it was

00:22:08.820 clever how they

00:22:10.140 mocked it

00:22:10.740 and I think

00:22:11.540 you're gonna see

00:22:12.060 an awful lot

00:22:12.760 more humor

00:22:14.220 and mockery

00:22:15.100 probably on both

00:22:16.180 sides

00:22:16.660 but you're right

00:22:18.940 this was a

00:22:19.780 a milestone

00:22:20.500 in terms

00:22:21.260 of communications

00:22:22.460 and how

00:22:23.880 how candidates

00:22:25.200 communicate

00:22:25.660 with the voters

00:22:26.220 I also think

00:22:27.120 it also

00:22:28.100 shows us

00:22:29.280 from the

00:22:30.880 Twitter file

00:22:31.700 Senator

00:22:32.120 just how

00:22:33.840 important

00:22:34.400 social media

00:22:35.160 is to

00:22:35.960 driving

00:22:36.660 Americans

00:22:37.740 viewpoints

00:22:38.420 and opinions

00:22:39.000 and views

00:22:39.840 we have seen

00:22:40.880 that in a topic

00:22:41.700 we're gonna talk

00:22:42.280 about in a minute

00:22:42.720 with Target

00:22:43.360 we've seen that

00:22:44.200 that's happened

00:22:45.260 with Bud Light

00:22:45.940 but it also

00:22:46.940 shows you

00:22:47.920 how important

00:22:49.200 the Democrats

00:22:50.100 understood

00:22:50.820 Twitter and

00:22:51.580 Facebook to be

00:22:52.260 when they were

00:22:52.660 meeting with them

00:22:53.220 on the regular

00:22:53.820 trying to influence

00:22:55.440 the news

00:22:56.140 and what people

00:22:57.060 were seeing

00:22:57.620 and then

00:22:58.540 you see somebody

00:22:59.700 like DeSantis

00:23:00.460 use the platform

00:23:01.740 to announce

00:23:02.160 the president

00:23:02.560 to run

00:23:03.060 it's like

00:23:03.820 yeah

00:23:04.120 it's because

00:23:05.280 we all know

00:23:06.920 how important

00:23:07.600 this medium is

00:23:08.460 and the Democrats

00:23:09.380 are cooking the books

00:23:10.220 for years

00:23:11.000 against conservatives

00:23:12.620 silencing and censoring

00:23:13.780 conservatives

00:23:14.380 and they want us

00:23:14.940 to act like

00:23:15.400 it wasn't a big deal

00:23:16.380 when clearly it was

00:23:17.680 well that's right

00:23:19.280 and let me say

00:23:20.060 there's also

00:23:20.860 an avenue

00:23:21.760 of social media

00:23:22.640 which is that

00:23:23.200 it drives

00:23:24.140 traditional media

00:23:25.800 I cannot tell you

00:23:27.700 how many times

00:23:28.400 if there's a topic

00:23:29.240 that I want to engage on

00:23:30.860 I'll pull out my phone

00:23:32.920 and send a tweet

00:23:33.840 and within minutes

00:23:35.760 you can see people

00:23:37.680 reporters

00:23:38.780 who follow Twitter

00:23:40.120 if the tweet

00:23:41.520 is on a topic

00:23:42.360 of public concern

00:23:43.540 and something

00:23:43.880 they care about

00:23:44.780 you can see

00:23:45.760 stories written

00:23:46.680 I've typed out tweets

00:23:48.640 and within 10 minutes

00:23:50.760 seen them on the TV

00:23:51.880 on Fox News

00:23:52.760 the tweet

00:23:53.180 that I just typed

00:23:53.820 on my phone

00:23:54.400 there's a speed of it

00:23:57.180 that in many ways

00:23:58.220 engaging in social media

00:24:00.380 is an instantaneous

00:24:01.220 press release

00:24:03.260 to millions of people

00:24:04.640 including every reporter

00:24:06.000 on planet Earth

00:24:06.840 and so that

00:24:07.520 it's a different relationship

00:24:10.880 than it used to be

00:24:11.760 and as I said

00:24:12.240 it was Trump

00:24:12.740 who pioneered that

00:24:13.840 but it's

00:24:14.700 I've been on Air Force One

00:24:16.200 with Trump

00:24:16.640 where we were talking

00:24:17.260 about a topic

00:24:17.940 and he said

00:24:18.820 alright let's send

00:24:19.440 a tweet on that

00:24:20.260 and he in that instance

00:24:22.200 dictated it

00:24:23.780 to his social media

00:24:24.620 guy Dan Scavino

00:24:25.460 Dan sent the tweet

00:24:26.320 out from Air Force One

00:24:27.300 and I've been

00:24:28.000 in the president's office

00:24:30.420 on Air Force One

00:24:31.240 with Fox News

00:24:32.020 on the TV

00:24:32.660 and boom

00:24:33.780 his tweet pops up

00:24:34.760 on the TV

00:24:35.560 again 5-10 minutes

00:24:36.980 after he decided

00:24:39.040 to send that tweet

00:24:39.780 and so there's

00:24:40.280 an instantaneous

00:24:41.240 communication piece

00:24:42.540 to it

00:24:42.960 that is very

00:24:44.320 very potent

00:24:44.940 no doubt about it

00:24:46.000 I want to talk

00:24:46.660 about one of the

00:24:47.840 places where social

00:24:48.840 media is driving

00:24:49.740 change and reform

00:24:52.080 that deals with

00:24:52.960 Bud Light

00:24:53.360 and now Target

00:24:54.400 losing $9 billion

00:24:57.560 in the week

00:24:58.720 following the calls

00:24:59.620 for boycotts

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00:25:04.060 displays

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00:26:41.320 i love

00:26:42.220 watching

00:26:42.720 victories

00:26:43.320 play out

00:26:43.900 in real

00:26:44.280 time

00:26:44.700 the victory

00:26:45.960 over

00:26:46.720 anheuser-busch

00:26:47.760 by conservatives

00:26:48.760 after they

00:26:49.740 decide to

00:26:50.860 partner with

00:26:51.380 a dude

00:26:52.000 who's dressed

00:26:52.720 like a chick

00:26:53.480 mulvaney

00:26:54.340 now

00:26:54.980 now

00:26:55.000 we're

00:26:55.220 seeing

00:26:55.600 target

00:26:56.200 target

00:26:56.900 has

00:26:57.100 posted

00:26:57.400 a

00:26:57.640 nine

00:26:57.920 billion

00:26:58.260 dollar

00:26:58.480 loss

00:26:58.900 in

00:26:59.060 market

00:26:59.360 cap

00:26:59.700 in

00:26:59.840 just

00:27:00.000 a

00:27:00.160 week

00:27:00.360 after

00:27:00.580 they

00:27:00.720 faced

00:27:01.000 backlash

00:27:01.800 for their

00:27:02.100 pride

00:27:02.440 gear

00:27:02.700 which

00:27:02.940 included

00:27:03.360 tuck

00:27:04.040 friendly

00:27:04.380 swimsuits

00:27:04.940 and other

00:27:05.400 gender

00:27:05.700 related

00:27:06.020 products

00:27:06.680 just like

00:27:07.660 Budweiser

00:27:08.140 they're

00:27:08.400 learning

00:27:08.680 very

00:27:09.000 quickly

00:27:09.440 that

00:27:09.660 parents

00:27:10.340 and

00:27:11.100 normal

00:27:11.460 adults

00:27:11.840 are

00:27:12.040 going

00:27:12.360 to

00:27:12.500 not

00:27:12.680 just

00:27:12.900 sit

00:27:13.120 back

00:27:13.400 and

00:27:13.560 take

00:27:13.760 it

00:27:13.860 anymore

00:27:14.140 they're

00:27:14.320 not

00:27:14.420 going

00:27:14.520 to

00:27:14.560 allow

00:27:14.720 their

00:27:14.900 children

00:27:15.320 to

00:27:15.540 be

00:27:15.680 manipulated

00:27:16.260 conservatives

00:27:17.480 and I say

00:27:18.600 this

00:27:19.020 with hope

00:27:20.080 now

00:27:20.380 are

00:27:20.780 finally

00:27:21.520 waking

00:27:22.100 up

00:27:22.400 and

00:27:22.580 realizing

00:27:23.120 how

00:27:23.460 powerful

00:27:24.020 we

00:27:24.400 are

00:27:24.860 as

00:27:25.160 a

00:27:25.340 group

00:27:25.700 when

00:27:26.160 we

00:27:26.340 stand

00:27:26.700 together

00:27:27.080 as

00:27:27.320 patriots

00:27:27.780 and

00:27:27.940 say

00:27:28.140 no

00:27:28.360 more

00:27:28.680 you

00:27:30.160 know

00:27:30.260 I

00:27:30.360 have

00:27:30.560 to

00:27:30.680 say

00:27:30.900 it's

00:27:31.120 amazing

00:27:31.540 how

00:27:31.780 many

00:27:31.940 big

00:27:32.220 companies

00:27:32.700 don't

00:27:34.260 understand

00:27:34.780 their

00:27:35.020 customers

00:27:35.460 and

00:27:36.380 don't

00:27:36.660 respect

00:27:37.020 their

00:27:37.240 customers

00:27:37.720 because

00:27:38.660 if

00:27:38.920 you

00:27:39.040 respect

00:27:39.440 your

00:27:39.620 customers

00:27:40.020 you

00:27:40.220 don't

00:27:40.420 insult

00:27:40.760 them

00:27:41.040 if

00:27:41.680 you

00:27:41.840 respect

00:27:42.260 your

00:27:42.480 customers

00:27:42.960 you

00:27:43.680 focus

00:27:44.080 on

00:27:44.300 what

00:27:44.440 your

00:27:44.600 customers

00:27:45.020 want

00:27:45.640 and

00:27:45.880 you

00:27:46.180 don't

00:27:46.540 try

00:27:46.840 to

00:27:47.020 impose

00:27:47.840 your

00:27:48.860 political

00:27:49.400 ideology

00:27:50.080 or

00:27:50.400 your

00:27:50.620 extreme

00:27:51.080 views

00:27:51.500 on

00:27:51.880 your

00:27:52.060 customers

00:27:52.540 the

00:27:52.840 phrase

00:27:53.280 the

00:27:53.440 customer

00:27:53.800 is

00:27:53.960 always

00:27:54.200 right

00:27:54.580 used

00:27:56.280 to

00:27:56.440 mean

00:27:56.600 something

00:27:56.980 we

00:27:58.160 see

00:27:58.500 this

00:27:58.920 throughout

00:28:00.060 corporate

00:28:00.540 America

00:28:01.020 where

00:28:01.980 ad

00:28:02.380 agencies

00:28:02.900 are

00:28:03.280 hard

00:28:03.620 left

00:28:04.000 HR

00:28:04.440 departments

00:28:05.060 are

00:28:05.300 hard

00:28:05.620 left

00:28:06.040 the

00:28:06.740 C

00:28:07.280 suite

00:28:07.740 is

00:28:08.060 scared

00:28:08.500 to

00:28:08.720 death 0.91

00:28:09.060 of

00:28:09.360 the

00:28:09.540 shareholder

00:28:10.040 activist

00:28:10.620 is

00:28:10.900 scared

00:28:11.220 to

00:28:11.440 death 0.91

00:28:11.760 of

00:28:12.280 the

00:28:12.420 24

00:28:12.940 year

00:28:13.240 old

00:28:13.460 children

00:28:13.840 that

00:28:14.100 they've

00:28:14.340 hired

00:28:14.600 out of

00:28:14.880 woke

00:28:15.120 universities

00:28:15.780 who

00:28:16.060 are

00:28:16.180 demanding

00:28:16.600 that

00:28:17.100 they

00:28:17.260 virtue

00:28:17.560 signal

00:28:18.040 and

00:28:18.960 it

00:28:19.940 used

00:28:20.240 to

00:28:20.380 be

00:28:20.480 the

00:28:20.660 case

00:28:21.020 that

00:28:21.280 the

00:28:23.040 CEOs

00:28:23.560 believed

00:28:24.040 well

00:28:24.360 if I

00:28:25.400 give

00:28:25.680 in to

00:28:25.940 the

00:28:26.100 mob

00:28:26.440 it'll

00:28:27.140 appease

00:28:27.500 the

00:28:27.660 mob

00:28:27.900 and I

00:28:28.140 can

00:28:28.260 go do

00:28:28.520 what I

00:28:28.720 want

00:28:29.040 and I

00:28:30.120 gotta

00:28:30.360 say

00:28:30.720 that

00:28:30.920 there's

00:28:31.320 a

00:28:31.460 constellation

00:28:32.020 now

00:28:32.740 of

00:28:33.000 three

00:28:33.520 events

00:28:34.040 in

00:28:34.240 fairly

00:28:34.700 quick

00:28:35.020 order

00:28:35.340 there's

00:28:36.800 Disney

00:28:37.260 and

00:28:38.320 when

00:28:39.160 Disney

00:28:39.800 came out

00:28:41.020 vocally

00:28:41.520 against

00:28:42.220 Florida's

00:28:43.140 law

00:28:43.440 prohibiting

00:28:44.100 the teaching

00:28:44.960 of sexually

00:28:45.440 explicit

00:28:45.860 information

00:28:46.400 to

00:28:46.620 children

00:28:47.040 the

00:28:47.860 backlash

00:28:48.360 was

00:28:48.780 significant

00:28:49.320 when

00:28:49.700 when

00:28:49.920 the

00:28:50.060 legislature

00:28:50.560 acted

00:28:51.100 to

00:28:51.420 strip

00:28:51.880 Disney's

00:28:52.940 special

00:28:53.320 tax

00:28:53.740 subsidy

00:28:54.280 and

00:28:54.600 exemption

00:28:55.040 from the

00:28:55.500 ordinary

00:28:55.800 rules

00:28:56.180 in Florida

00:28:56.580 law

00:28:56.880 that was

00:28:57.640 one of

00:28:57.920 the very

00:28:58.220 first

00:28:58.920 big

00:29:00.840 consequences

00:29:01.780 to a

00:29:03.020 company

00:29:03.300 going

00:29:03.640 woke

00:29:03.940 then you

00:29:04.560 had Bud

00:29:05.020 light

00:29:05.300 and Bud

00:29:05.720 light

00:29:05.980 likewise

00:29:06.680 not

00:29:08.940 understanding

00:29:09.720 or respecting

00:29:10.400 its customers

00:29:11.100 and the

00:29:11.500 reaction

00:29:11.960 was

00:29:12.420 swift

00:29:13.300 from the

00:29:14.700 customers

00:29:15.240 who

00:29:15.560 found that

00:29:17.460 they could

00:29:17.760 switch to

00:29:18.420 another

00:29:18.700 beer

00:29:19.100 and another

00:29:20.120 light beer

00:29:20.600 really quite

00:29:21.160 easily

00:29:21.620 and quite

00:29:22.520 costlessly

00:29:23.240 and that

00:29:24.120 cost has been

00:29:24.860 significant for

00:29:25.740 Anheuser-Busch

00:29:26.420 and now

00:29:27.400 thirdly

00:29:27.880 Target

00:29:28.260 and Target

00:29:29.460 nine billion

00:29:30.220 dollars in

00:29:30.920 just a few

00:29:31.580 days

00:29:31.960 that's a lot

00:29:33.180 of money

00:29:33.500 that's a lot

00:29:34.060 of money

00:29:34.320 any way

00:29:34.740 you look

00:29:35.160 at it

00:29:35.540 and

00:29:35.760 it's

00:29:38.460 you know

00:29:39.620 Target

00:29:40.040 is trying

00:29:40.500 to wrap

00:29:40.980 themselves

00:29:41.580 in

00:29:42.000 oh

00:29:42.400 we're

00:29:42.760 just

00:29:43.140 you know

00:29:43.940 defending

00:29:44.520 pride

00:29:45.180 and you

00:29:46.000 know

00:29:46.120 people

00:29:46.420 who are

00:29:46.620 LGBT

00:29:47.080 they shop

00:29:48.220 too

00:29:48.460 and that's

00:29:48.800 true

00:29:48.960 they do

00:29:49.420 but

00:29:50.240 Target

00:29:52.060 was not

00:29:52.600 simply

00:29:53.020 selling

00:29:53.440 to all

00:29:53.920 their

00:29:54.100 customers

00:29:54.620 straight 0.70

00:29:55.580 or gay

00:29:56.060 it was 0.97

00:29:57.260 rather

00:29:57.760 aggressively

00:29:59.000 directing

00:29:59.860 this propaganda

00:30:00.940 at kids

00:30:01.560 at little

00:30:02.120 kids

00:30:02.620 at three

00:30:03.580 year olds

00:30:04.020 at toddlers

00:30:04.820 at babies

00:30:05.660 and I gotta

00:30:07.000 say

00:30:07.380 that is

00:30:08.280 extreme

00:30:08.980 it is

00:30:10.700 only

00:30:11.300 well

00:30:12.120 it's actually

00:30:13.480 as we pointed

00:30:14.280 out in the

00:30:14.660 last podcast

00:30:15.540 they literally

00:30:16.420 hired

00:30:17.060 a self

00:30:18.460 identified

00:30:19.220 satanist

00:30:20.620 to design

00:30:22.160 the display

00:30:22.880 and

00:30:23.480 they're

00:30:24.160 selling

00:30:24.640 clothing

00:30:25.220 with

00:30:26.260 explicit

00:30:26.920 appeals

00:30:27.640 to the

00:30:28.060 devil 0.66

00:30:28.340 like

00:30:29.300 I'm

00:30:30.180 sorry

00:30:30.660 what 1.00

00:30:31.560 imbecile 1.00

00:30:32.900 at Target 1.00

00:30:33.500 said

00:30:33.840 you know

00:30:34.260 what our

00:30:35.260 customers

00:30:35.720 really want

00:30:36.600 more satanic

00:30:38.260 worship

00:30:38.660 and maybe

00:30:39.580 satanic

00:30:40.180 worship

00:30:40.580 combined

00:30:41.260 with convincing

00:30:42.260 two year olds

00:30:43.260 that they really 1.00

00:30:44.940 should have sex 1.00

00:30:45.820 and be gay 1.00

00:30:47.080 like 0.98

00:30:47.780 what

00:30:48.400 and be

00:30:49.660 transgender

00:30:50.180 and be 0.95

00:30:51.000 too

00:30:51.280 like

00:30:52.100 how exactly

00:30:54.160 does that

00:30:54.720 pitch

00:30:55.240 go

00:30:55.720 and is

00:30:56.040 there

00:30:56.180 anyone

00:30:56.620 in the

00:30:56.960 room

00:30:57.240 that

00:30:57.460 says

00:30:57.740 well

00:30:58.880 gosh

00:30:59.320 maybe

00:31:00.760 some

00:31:01.060 of our

00:31:01.280 customers

00:31:01.680 just

00:31:01.960 want

00:31:02.220 us

00:31:03.060 to

00:31:03.240 leave

00:31:03.400 their

00:31:03.660 kids

00:31:03.960 alone

00:31:04.340 I do

00:31:05.820 think

00:31:06.160 there

00:31:06.420 is

00:31:06.840 the

00:31:08.080 cumulative

00:31:08.720 effect

00:31:09.400 of

00:31:10.540 Disney

00:31:11.100 and then

00:31:11.800 Bud Light

00:31:12.380 and then

00:31:12.760 Target

00:31:13.140 it's much

00:31:15.080 greater than

00:31:15.660 additive

00:31:16.020 because I

00:31:16.620 think it

00:31:16.900 is a

00:31:17.140 deterrent

00:31:17.820 to the

00:31:18.840 next

00:31:19.100 company

00:31:19.500 thinking

00:31:19.860 about

00:31:20.180 doing

00:31:20.460 this

00:31:20.760 you know

00:31:21.000 we already

00:31:21.440 have

00:31:21.720 information

00:31:22.240 from within

00:31:22.720 Target

00:31:23.060 there

00:31:23.280 saying

00:31:23.560 we don't

00:31:24.060 want

00:31:24.180 to be

00:31:24.360 Bud Light

00:31:24.720 we don't

00:31:25.020 want

00:31:25.160 to be

00:31:25.320 Bud Light

00:31:25.740 well

00:31:25.900 you know

00:31:26.100 what

00:31:26.220 the next

00:31:26.540 company

00:31:26.840 is going

00:31:27.060 to say

00:31:27.300 we don't

00:31:27.800 want

00:31:27.920 to be

00:31:28.080 Bud Light

00:31:28.400 or Target

00:31:28.780 we don't

00:31:29.060 want

00:31:29.180 to be

00:31:29.340 Bud Light

00:31:29.660 or Target

00:31:30.120 that starts

00:31:31.800 to get

00:31:32.060 really powerful

00:31:53.060 all at

00:31:53.660 different stages

00:31:54.300 of their

00:31:54.800 journey

00:31:55.120 so if

00:31:55.920 you're

00:31:56.200 looking

00:31:56.440 to

00:31:56.620 connect

00:31:56.980 then we

00:31:57.480 hope

00:31:57.660 you'll

00:31:57.840 join

00:31:58.080 us

00:31:58.420 listen

00:31:58.780 to

00:31:58.940 the

00:31:59.080 honest

00:31:59.320 talk

00:31:59.520 podcast

00:32:00.040 on

00:32:00.220 iHeart

00:32:00.640 radio

00:32:00.980 or

00:32:01.260 wherever

00:32:01.580 you listen

00:32:02.000 to your

00:32:02.220 podcasts

00:32:02.740 you know

00:32:04.540 there's

00:32:04.780 something else

00:32:05.240 about this

00:32:05.740 too that's

00:32:06.320 really shocking

00:32:07.020 to me

00:32:07.560 Target

00:32:08.380 seems to

00:32:09.280 understand

00:32:09.840 that they

00:32:10.160 don't want

00:32:10.500 to be

00:32:10.720 don't want

00:32:11.720 to become

00:32:12.040 Bud Light

00:32:12.500 but at the

00:32:13.440 same time

00:32:14.080 their internal

00:32:14.680 memos that

00:32:15.300 have been

00:32:15.560 leaked

00:32:15.940 show that

00:32:16.920 they're not

00:32:17.440 backing down

00:32:18.160 from selling

00:32:18.820 these goods

00:32:19.440 they're just

00:32:20.660 redesigning

00:32:21.980 how they're

00:32:22.460 showcasing

00:32:23.140 them

00:32:23.380 within

00:32:23.740 their

00:32:24.020 stores

00:32:24.420 and

00:32:25.080 specifically

00:32:25.720 it says

00:32:26.440 within

00:32:26.820 southern

00:32:27.340 stores

00:32:27.820 in southern

00:32:28.380 states

00:32:28.880 in other

00:32:29.200 words

00:32:29.440 when you

00:32:30.060 when you

00:32:30.540 walked

00:32:30.840 into the

00:32:31.280 Target

00:32:31.600 that was

00:32:31.920 right by

00:32:32.200 my house

00:32:32.660 it's

00:32:33.180 it was

00:32:33.600 the first

00:32:34.140 thing you

00:32:34.620 saw

00:32:34.920 when you

00:32:35.180 walk

00:32:35.460 in

00:32:35.620 this

00:32:35.780 massive

00:32:36.260 pride

00:32:36.960 with the

00:32:37.680 Target

00:32:38.100 pride

00:32:39.420 that the

00:32:40.580 section

00:32:40.940 was very

00:32:41.440 clearly

00:32:41.780 there

00:32:42.140 now they're

00:32:43.220 moving

00:32:43.580 that section

00:32:44.900 away from

00:32:45.920 the front

00:32:46.280 of the

00:32:46.520 store

00:32:46.860 but the

00:32:47.660 goods that

00:32:48.260 they were

00:32:48.600 selling are

00:32:49.160 still in

00:32:49.780 the store

00:32:50.360 and they

00:32:51.380 even said

00:32:51.980 in their

00:32:52.260 own

00:32:52.700 internal

00:32:53.680 email

00:32:54.080 it says

00:32:54.360 to the

00:32:54.680 teams who

00:32:55.180 have been

00:32:55.420 working so

00:32:56.080 hard on

00:32:56.460 our plans

00:32:56.960 for pride

00:32:57.660 and now

00:32:58.760 are showing

00:32:59.220 incredible

00:32:59.620 agility as

00:33:00.360 we adjust

00:33:00.840 thank you

00:33:01.360 your efforts

00:33:02.180 will ensure

00:33:03.300 we can still

00:33:04.040 show up

00:33:04.640 and celebrate

00:33:05.100 pride in

00:33:05.840 meaningful ways

00:33:06.920 they also

00:33:07.940 went on to

00:33:08.340 say that

00:33:08.720 the LGBTQIA

00:33:10.040 plus community

00:33:10.660 one of the

00:33:11.080 hardest parts

00:33:11.760 in all of

00:33:12.660 this was

00:33:13.460 trying to

00:33:13.940 contemplate how

00:33:14.640 the adjustments

00:33:15.340 we're making

00:33:16.000 that we're

00:33:17.560 making to

00:33:18.100 alleviate these

00:33:18.740 threats

00:33:19.100 quote to

00:33:19.740 our team's

00:33:20.400 physical and

00:33:21.240 psychological

00:33:21.740 safety would

00:33:22.560 impact you

00:33:23.160 and your

00:33:23.480 well-being

00:33:24.420 and psychological

00:33:25.160 safety

00:33:25.840 we stand

00:33:26.400 with you

00:33:26.940 they say

00:33:27.700 now and

00:33:28.280 basically

00:33:28.600 forever

00:33:29.060 this is the

00:33:30.460 part that I

00:33:31.020 think is

00:33:31.260 shocking about

00:33:31.980 Target not

00:33:32.720 learning

00:33:33.120 they're basically

00:33:34.360 saying that if

00:33:35.120 you're against

00:33:35.900 them doing this

00:33:36.680 to kids

00:33:37.140 that somehow

00:33:38.060 you're attacking

00:33:38.980 them and

00:33:40.460 their workers

00:33:41.200 psychologically

00:33:42.100 and their

00:33:43.320 well-being

00:33:43.900 in other words

00:33:44.580 well it's

00:33:45.020 these mother's

00:33:46.380 fault

00:33:46.960 it's these

00:33:47.920 women who are 1.00

00:33:48.620 not shopping

00:33:49.240 here's fault

00:33:49.760 that we're

00:33:50.080 having to

00:33:50.440 do this

00:33:50.900 and we

00:33:51.440 still stand

00:33:52.020 by you

00:33:52.460 we're still

00:33:53.040 selling

00:33:53.520 everything

00:33:53.940 senator

00:33:54.380 but we're

00:33:55.400 going to

00:33:55.560 move it

00:33:55.860 around and

00:33:56.420 place it

00:33:56.880 in different

00:33:57.220 areas and

00:33:57.820 don't worry

00:33:58.420 we're still

00:33:58.860 going to

00:33:59.140 accomplish our

00:33:59.820 agenda here

00:34:00.220 we're not

00:34:00.740 going to say

00:34:01.320 we got it

00:34:01.920 wrong

00:34:02.240 well and

00:34:04.080 you notice

00:34:04.760 Target is

00:34:05.560 engaging in

00:34:06.380 the same

00:34:06.740 sleight of

00:34:07.240 hand that

00:34:08.160 left-wing

00:34:08.640 activists and

00:34:09.420 the corrupt

00:34:09.820 corporate media

00:34:10.540 did in

00:34:11.660 the fight

00:34:12.560 over the

00:34:13.240 law in

00:34:13.700 Florida

00:34:14.060 concerning

00:34:14.660 teaching kids

00:34:15.580 about sexuality

00:34:16.460 remember they

00:34:17.360 branded that

00:34:18.120 law don't

00:34:18.780 say gay 0.95

00:34:19.240 and they 0.60

00:34:19.600 said this

00:34:19.940 is all 0.96

00:34:20.280 about gay

00:34:20.760 rights

00:34:21.080 this is all

00:34:21.600 about just

00:34:22.320 efforts to

00:34:24.440 suppress the

00:34:25.220 LGBT community

00:34:26.280 the law in

00:34:28.040 Florida as you

00:34:29.180 and I have

00:34:29.500 talked about at

00:34:30.060 length I

00:34:30.560 which they

00:34:31.660 wrongly called

00:34:32.400 the don't

00:34:32.780 say gay law

00:34:33.480 I view as

00:34:34.880 the don't

00:34:35.500 say sex law

00:34:36.260 don't say gay

00:34:36.880 don't talk about 0.99

00:34:37.520 gay sex 0.99

00:34:38.000 don't talk about 1.00

00:34:38.560 straight sex 0.96

00:34:39.200 with five-year-olds 0.99

00:34:40.520 leave five-year-olds 0.86

00:34:42.340 alone the law

00:34:43.060 applied in Florida

00:34:44.380 to pre-KK

00:34:45.120 one two and

00:34:46.140 three fourth

00:34:47.040 grade Florida

00:34:47.880 law allowed you

00:34:48.660 Katie bar the

00:34:49.280 door get into

00:34:49.860 anything you

00:34:50.320 wanted in this

00:34:51.960 instance notice

00:34:52.800 targets entire

00:34:53.640 defense is all

00:34:54.640 just generically

00:34:55.860 about LGBT

00:34:57.520 it's not about

00:34:59.760 the fact that

00:35:00.440 they are targeting

00:35:01.300 infants literally

00:35:03.480 onesies for

00:35:05.420 infants and not

00:35:06.860 only that they're

00:35:07.640 selling clothing

00:35:09.120 for for young

00:35:10.640 girls to strap 0.99

00:35:11.820 their breasts 1.00

00:35:12.380 down to hide 0.94

00:35:13.180 their breasts and 0.99

00:35:14.000 they're selling 0.99

00:35:14.560 bathing suits for

00:35:16.480 three-year-old boys

00:35:18.080 to tuck their 0.99

00:35:19.300 genitalia in and 0.99

00:35:20.560 hide it like

00:35:21.920 that is look

00:35:24.260 that's extreme on

00:35:26.380 any measure

00:35:27.620 targeting children

00:35:28.760 and and what

00:35:29.940 target is trying

00:35:30.840 to do ironically

00:35:31.760 is cover that up

00:35:32.620 entirely by making

00:35:34.300 it broader and

00:35:35.100 more generic and

00:35:36.080 ignoring the the

00:35:38.860 the truly grotesque

00:35:40.420 part about what

00:35:41.060 they're doing

00:35:41.500 yeah I want to

00:35:42.440 ask you another

00:35:43.020 question about

00:35:43.680 this politically

00:35:44.420 and that is the

00:35:46.440 bud light

00:35:47.540 controversy was

00:35:48.920 predominantly we

00:35:50.040 now know from the

00:35:50.700 data that that's

00:35:51.580 been shared is

00:35:53.160 men saying I'm not

00:35:54.500 buying bud light

00:35:55.420 the nine billion

00:35:58.200 that disappeared

00:35:59.160 from target in a

00:36:00.220 week is we know

00:36:02.060 now from the data

00:36:02.740 is clearly women 0.76

00:36:03.620 what does this say

00:36:05.360 about not just

00:36:07.720 moms really now

00:36:09.480 getting involved in

00:36:10.380 standing up and

00:36:12.000 also what does this

00:36:13.120 mean going into

00:36:14.400 this next presidential

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00:37:46.480 center I've really been

00:37:48.300 encouraged you know with

00:37:49.360 the Disney and what

00:37:50.440 happened at Disney we

00:37:51.940 saw an initial kind of

00:37:53.280 reaction from moms who

00:37:55.120 said okay we're gonna

00:37:56.200 boycott and then it's

00:37:57.300 kind of disappeared

00:37:58.100 Disney's doing fine

00:37:59.280 moms wanted to have 1.00

00:38:00.640 those moments with their

00:38:01.440 kids they want to go to

00:38:02.320 Disneyland we I've had

00:38:03.420 this grand debate with

00:38:04.560 many of my family and

00:38:05.440 friends and but light

00:38:07.900 happened and that was

00:38:08.760 probably men standing up

00:38:09.940 saying I'm not doing

00:38:11.280 this target is women and 1.00

00:38:13.640 it's and I'm so happy to

00:38:15.300 see mothers that are being 0.97

00:38:17.160 inspired and I think part

00:38:18.500 of this was from the

00:38:19.160 lockdowns and seeing what

00:38:20.360 was happening their kids

00:38:21.240 schools but this is

00:38:22.720 amazing to witness

00:38:24.020 mothers and I think this

00:38:25.360 is going to play out with

00:38:26.800 a lot more women running 1.00

00:38:28.200 for office as

00:38:29.400 conservatives we've seen

00:38:31.100 some of that already

00:38:31.720 happen in school board

00:38:32.620 races around the country

00:38:33.460 but this was an inspiring

00:38:35.220 week for me to watch so

00:38:37.140 many mothers take nine 0.97

00:38:38.300 billion dollars out of

00:38:39.360 the pockets of target

00:38:40.340 well we are seeing and

00:38:43.000 we have seen the power of

00:38:44.560 women and moms when they 1.00

00:38:45.800 get really engaged and they

00:38:47.120 get really angry as you

00:38:49.060 noted we're seeing it in

00:38:50.060 school board races all

00:38:51.060 over the country when they

00:38:51.980 see what's being taught to

00:38:53.000 their kids and they're 0.99

00:38:53.800 outraged at the garbage 1.00

00:38:54.840 being taught to their kids 1.00

00:38:55.980 and they're flipping school

00:38:57.320 board races nationwide

00:38:59.040 either bunch of races in

00:39:00.600 texas i've gotten actively

00:39:02.260 involved in where we

00:39:03.280 flip them from left-wing

00:39:04.680 boards to to moms taking

00:39:07.080 their schools back look we

00:39:08.760 saw it powerfully in

00:39:10.040 virginia and loudon county

00:39:11.280 where where moms in 1.00

00:39:13.480 virginia were angry at the

00:39:15.520 arrogance of of the schools

00:39:17.400 at at the left-wing

00:39:19.120 propaganda at the critical

00:39:20.380 race theory at covering up

00:39:22.720 sexual assaults of little

00:39:25.320 girls in in the girls

00:39:26.640 bathroom in loudon county in

00:39:28.240 in that instance by a boy in

00:39:30.060 in in wearing a skirt and

00:39:32.380 and those moms and many of 1.00

00:39:33.880 those moms had voted for 1.00

00:39:35.060 joe biden uh just the

00:39:37.280 previous election but they

00:39:38.420 flipped over and elected

00:39:39.560 glenn youngkin that is a

00:39:40.840 very powerful thing i think

00:39:42.760 it also matters in terms of

00:39:44.600 boycotts historically

00:39:45.740 conservatives have typically

00:39:48.060 been not very good at

00:39:49.140 boycotts part of the

00:39:51.340 problem is that that for

00:39:53.640 some things it's it's hard

00:39:55.520 to substitute disney's an

00:39:56.980 example where you can be

00:39:58.900 annoyed at disney but but

00:40:00.320 if your kids really want to

00:40:01.460 go to disney world that can

00:40:03.660 be hard to say no to

00:40:04.720 they're not a lot of

00:40:05.580 alternatives there's six

00:40:06.720 flags but but disney world

00:40:08.240 is a pretty unique offering

00:40:09.880 and for that matter disney's

00:40:12.320 movies i mean look there's

00:40:13.680 only one snow white or

00:40:15.080 or cinderella or you know

00:40:17.020 toy story from pixar i mean

00:40:20.040 they're they're they're that

00:40:21.940 is a difficult product for

00:40:24.680 many people to give up

00:40:25.760 permanently um i think the

00:40:27.920 same thing is true about

00:40:29.220 pro sports i think lots of

00:40:30.780 sports fans are unhappy with

00:40:32.280 the nfl or the nba and all of

00:40:34.780 the woke nonsense but at the

00:40:36.300 same time people and i'll put

00:40:37.960 myself in this camp really

00:40:39.900 love going to sports events

00:40:41.820 and cheering on their teams

00:40:43.060 and so it's a painful boycott

00:40:45.820 what really came to bite bud

00:40:48.540 light is that wasn't a hard

00:40:50.980 boycott it it's difficult

00:40:53.480 for nobody on planet earth

00:40:55.260 if you were going to order

00:40:56.120 a bud light to say i'll have

00:40:58.000 a course light like that's a

00:40:59.540 very simple substitution i'm

00:41:02.160 not sure many people could

00:41:03.480 could could go through a blind

00:41:05.040 taste test and tell the

00:41:06.100 difference and so it's it's

00:41:08.300 an easy substitution target

00:41:10.100 we'll see how prolonged and

00:41:13.380 easy a substitution it is

00:41:14.860 there's walmart um you know

00:41:17.360 there are alternatives i will

00:41:19.040 say targets are located in a lot

00:41:22.000 of areas and very convenient

00:41:23.260 for a lot of shoppers so we'll

00:41:25.420 see if this becomes a persistent

00:41:27.840 consequence or not but whether it

00:41:31.760 is sustained the fact that it was

00:41:33.940 so concentrated and intense has i

00:41:37.480 think certainly made a real

00:41:38.660 impression on the target

00:41:41.200 executives i hope but also on the

00:41:44.260 next executives and and you and i

00:41:45.820 have talked about before if we want

00:41:47.440 to stop corporate america from

00:41:49.700 going woke we've got to change the

00:41:52.620 cost benefit analysis so that when

00:41:54.460 the next executives are thinking

00:41:56.020 about it the downside of the ledger

00:41:59.660 is bigger and more problematic and i

00:42:02.860 do think the last couple of weeks

00:42:05.540 have dramatically increased the

00:42:08.080 downside not just for these

00:42:10.040 companies but for every other and

00:42:12.040 that's a good thing for those of us

00:42:14.000 that would like companies just to 0.99

00:42:15.320 get back to selling their damn 1.00

00:42:17.000 products and keep their idiotic 1.00

00:42:19.280 politics out of our lives yeah 1.00

00:42:21.100 great point a great point to end on

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