Verdict with Ted Cruz - May 26, 2023


WOKE Target Loses BILLIONS Plus IRS Whistleblower Catches AG Merrick Garland In A Lie


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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
00:25:00.400 over what they've
00:25:01.180 been doing
00:25:01.620 going after kids
00:25:02.640 and their gay pride
00:25:04.060 displays
00:25:04.640 and some of the
00:25:06.320 just horrific things
00:25:07.680 that they're selling
00:25:08.360 online and their
00:25:09.100 designers are designing
00:25:10.140 the clothes
00:25:10.720 it as a Satanist
00:25:12.280 who was designing
00:25:12.840 it saying
00:25:13.300 that you know
00:25:14.380 trans people
00:25:15.180 should come to
00:25:15.920 Satan
00:25:16.220 it's shocking
00:25:17.020 to see this
00:25:17.600 all play out
00:25:18.240 but it's cost
00:25:18.860 him now
00:25:19.160 apparently
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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
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
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
00:29:55.580 or gay
00:29:56.060 it was
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
00:30:28.340 like
00:30:29.300 I'm
00:30:30.180 sorry
00:30:30.660 what
00:30:31.560 imbecile
00:30:32.900 at Target
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
00:30:44.940 should have sex
00:30:45.820 and be gay
00:30:47.080 like
00:30:47.780 what
00:30:48.400 and be
00:30:49.660 transgender
00:30:50.180 and be
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
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
00:34:19.240 and they
00:34:19.600 said this
00:34:19.940 is all
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
00:34:37.520 gay sex
00:34:38.000 don't talk about
00:34:38.560 straight sex
00:34:39.200 with five-year-olds
00:34:40.520 leave five-year-olds
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
00:35:11.820 their breasts
00:35:12.380 down to hide
00:35:13.180 their breasts and
00:35:14.000 they're selling
00:35:14.560 bathing suits for
00:35:16.480 three-year-old boys
00:35:18.080 to tuck their
00:35:19.300 genitalia in and
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
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
00:36:15.620 election and before
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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
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
00:38:13.640 it's and I'm so happy to
00:38:15.300 see mothers that are being
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
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
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
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
00:38:53.800 outraged at the garbage
00:38:54.840 being taught to their kids
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
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
00:39:33.880 those moms had voted for
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
00:42:15.320 get back to selling their damn
00:42:17.000 products and keep their idiotic
00:42:19.280 politics out of our lives yeah
00:42:21.100 great point a great point to end on
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