WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon, and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:09.279 on the iHeartRadio app. I'm sitting in traffic, said traffic 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:11.599 and listening to John and Deborah, and they were talking 5 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:18.000 about the unisex bathrooms and Congress and fight over having 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:21.320 transgender women, and everyone's lost their minds about this on 7 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:25.280 both sides, and something struck me. You'll have to follow 8 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:28.679 me on this one. Stick with me, follow the breadcrumbs. 9 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:34.600 Do you remember the hypothetical would you rather see a bear. 10 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.119 Or a man in the woods? 11 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.359 Yes, and all the people who lost their minds and said, 12 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.399 I would much rather see a bear. Men are scary. 13 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.679 I'm so scared of men. I never know when they're 14 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:49.920 going to attack me. Men are awful, yuck men. I'd 15 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.960 rather see a grizzly bear. The same people that we're 16 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:58.479 saying they'd choose the bear are the same people that 17 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:02.759 now are okay with penises in their bathrooms. Those are 18 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:05.599 the same people you are so terrified of that same 19 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.239 penis two months ago with the bear or a man 20 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:13.439 in the woods hypothetical, so terrified of that penis. But 21 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:17.599 this one you're allowing into your bathroom. You're fighting for 22 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:19.560 it to be here, fighting for it. 23 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.079 You're dying on the hill to put it in your bathroom. 24 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:24.879 Isn't that crazy? 25 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:30.159 I don't think people see the logic, the logical speed 26 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:30.799 bumps in that. 27 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:32.599 I don't think they realize it. 28 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.799 Yeah, but isn't I mean, it just it struck me 29 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.519 and I'm like, oh my god, like that is that 30 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.680 is such a glaring, highlighted hypocrisy. 31 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:47.920 Yes, I totally agree all the time. 32 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:48.719 Huh. 33 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:50.439 I have them in my bathroom all the time. 34 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.000 I know, you know, it's funny. I was listening to 35 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:54.920 Valentine this I've been listening to a lot of our 36 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:58.680 radio friends. Good Valentine this morning, was talking about I 37 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:00.000 meant to go up there and talk to him about it. 38 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:03.400 He was saying to the people on his show that 39 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.640 you know the older security guard, the one who I 40 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:08.960 encountered in the elevator, who told me I had a 41 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:09.840 nice shape. 42 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.439 Oh yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, the guy with the really 43 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:13.479 thick ac accent. 44 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:13.759 Right. 45 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.560 Valentine's like, hey, you guys, you know the older security guy. 46 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.520 And they're all like, yeah, he's a really good guy. 47 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:20.520 He's got good vibes. 48 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:21.000 A whole bit. 49 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.680 And he's like, yeah, I just saw him in the bathroom. 50 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:24.680 I was in a urinal. 51 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.319 He was in a urinal and he said and clear, 52 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:30.680 like he's learning English or it's a little bit not 53 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.400 fully developed or what have you. And he says, uh, 54 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:36.680 you know, good morning, And I say good morning. 55 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.719 How are you. Oh, I'm good. I'm a little tired. 56 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.360 And ten seconds go by and he says to Valentine, 57 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:45.439 you have a nice shape. No, he said, do you 58 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:51.039 feel good after your peepee? Like two grown men? Do 59 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.879 you feel good after your peepee? And I was like, 60 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.560 that is so in line with my interaction with him 61 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:57.400 in the elevator. 62 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.000 That's great, Like you know, when you're. 63 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:03.120 Learning a length to be trying to be like clokwheel and. 64 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.759 Just he's like, he was very complimentary to you, Leullie. 65 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:08.000 I appreciate it, but you know, you just you got 66 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:09.919 it a little bit wrong, right, you gotta just. 67 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:13.680 Have it a little bit wrong. Very funny. Uh well, listen, 68 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:16.919 Jesse Smolet, I will never be the man that this 69 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:18.039 did not happen. 70 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:21.400 To God, nobody woke up this morning and wanted Jesse 71 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:22.599 Smolette news. 72 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:27.319 The Illinois State Supreme Court has overturned Jesse Smolette's conviction 73 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:30.840 on charges that he staged that attack against himself in 74 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.280 downtown Chicago five years ago and lied to police about it. 75 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.639 But and this is important, he's gonna walk around saying, see, 76 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.400 I told you it really happened. That's not what the 77 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:45.639 Illinois Supreme Court decided in this case. What the Illinois 78 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:50.000 State Supreme Court said was that a special prosecutor should 79 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.439 not have been allowed to intervene because the state's attorney 80 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:58.560 for Cook County initially dropped the charges and made a 81 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:03.039 deal with just Smollette ten thousand dollars bond, something like 82 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.599 eighteen or twenty hours community service, whatever it was. 83 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.199 And the ruling. 84 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.960 And the appeal did not address any of the continued 85 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.360 claims of innocence, because remember after the deal was struck, 86 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:19.759 that's when the special prosecutor came in and they put 87 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:21.639 him on charges and they found him guilty of a 88 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.959 felony and you know, one hundred and fifty days jail, 89 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:25.560 whatever it was. 90 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:27.639 It's a legal loophole. It's a legal loophole. 91 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.920 And this is the thing that I think people forget 92 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 about or people are lazy about when it comes to 93 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:37.240 legal cases like this. This is not a determination that 94 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:41.720 Jesse Smolette did not fake that whole thing and make 95 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:45.560 it up. It's a determination that the prosecutors went about 96 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:46.600 prosecuting him. 97 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.519 In the wrong way to do process violation. 98 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:52.160 It's similar to other court cases, high profile cases. Take 99 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:56.560 the classified documents case involving President Trump down in Florida. 100 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:00.680 It's it's a similar decision in that judge, A Lean 101 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:05.079 Cannon in that case decided that Jack Smith was appointed incorrectly, 102 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:11.000 not that former President elect Trump should not have had 103 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:14.959 those classified documents and violated law. It was that the 104 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:19.800 prosecution due process portion of this case was done incorrectly. 105 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.319 So does not forget that these are not we're not 106 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.600 exonerating who wrote that on your computer? 107 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:27.319 Who left you these notes? 108 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:33.120 These the notes that say things like Shannon smells or 109 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:36.720 your show sucks, yes, or your TACKI and everybody knows it. 110 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.040 Yeah, do you know who wrote them? 111 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.519 Yeah, let's just say it's retribution. I started it. See, 112 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.600 it's always the second punch. It's always the one who 113 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.319 throws a second punch that gets in trouble. 114 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:50.720 I didn't see the first one. 115 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.000 So this goes back to. 116 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:58.120 When I wrote a bunch of post its on left 117 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.759 a bunch of post its on Oscar's computer. This was like, 118 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.199 I don't know, a year ago. Now, Oscar sucks. Oscar 119 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:07.519 is the worst of you. Upset you upset people who 120 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:11.319 are not Oscar. People lost their minds, like HR was 121 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:17.800 called in and there was you know, bosses contacted about this. 122 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.959 And I've known Oscar for five hundred years and this 123 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:22.079 is our love language. 124 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:23.600 This is how we speak to each other. 125 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:25.680 You suck, No, you suck. 126 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.759 And the people that saw the notes thought that this 127 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.120 was just like workplace bullying or something that they don't 128 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:33.439 understand the relationship. 129 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:38.759 Someone would actually write that intending to be mean, right, yeah, okay. 130 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:42.800 So now that everyone's been fired, I can go back 131 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.199 to being a bully to Oscar outwardly. 132 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.160 And he is and he is dishing it back. 133 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:55.079 That's oh okay. So you're saying Oscar did it? Yeah, okay, 134 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:58.839 well that's good. At least I feel like I didn't 135 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.959 know who it was and I was cons you were 136 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:02.639 offended for me, you were aggrieved. 137 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:04.160 No, I just didn't. 138 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:09.319 I didn't want there to become another weird controversial, the 139 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:14.360 non existent fight conflict between shows or whoever it was. 140 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.519 Oh, you thought it was the Woody show that these. 141 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.720 I actually did. I thought I thought it was Morgan. 142 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:22.079 That's so funny. 143 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:25.680 No, they just leave pickles. Yeah, well pickles. 144 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.920 They don't know there were dill and bread and butter 145 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.680 pickles on the oh count Well, it's funny that you 146 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:33.720 bring that up, because we were making sliders the other 147 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:37.240 night at home and I had the bread and butter 148 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.519 pickles or whatever, the butter pickles, and my husband, who's 149 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.120 not particular about food, said, why don't you get the 150 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:44.439 real pickles, get the dil. 151 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:46.040 We only have the other pickles. 152 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.720 And I was like, I didn't know that that was 153 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:52.680 going to be a big differentiation between the butter pickles 154 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.399 and the kosher dill pickles. But apparently it was a 155 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.759 sticking point some time. So now I've got a bunch 156 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:58.279 of pickles. 157 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.480 Ters, it's not about the pickles. Oh really Yeah, maybe 158 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.879 he had something else going on. Wow, he felt like 159 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:04.800 you weren't paying attention. 160 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:06.519 I don't think so. 161 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:08.759 How would you know if you weren't paying attention. 162 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.360 I'm always paying attention except for when I'm here. 163 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:17.439 Can I talk about the awful forecast for Democrats right now. 164 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:21.279 If this polling is accurate, which I don't know. 165 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.759 You never know, do you, But listen to this. 166 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:30.199 My head exploded when I read this. This is a 167 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:34.559 poll from Puck News slash Echelon Insights. 168 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.120 So I've never heard of that. 169 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.279 I've heard of puck. 170 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:44.360 Okay, Well, this poll says most Democrats want Kamala Harris 171 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.879 to be the presidential nominee in twenty twenty eight. 172 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:50.799 What are you doing? 173 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:52.559 They're ignoring the. 174 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:57.799 They are dumb dumbs. Why aren't you learning from your mistakes? 175 00:08:58.440 --> 00:08:58.960 They say? 176 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:02.519 Forty one percent of likely Democratic voters said that they 177 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.799 would choose Kamala Harris over Gavin Newsom. 178 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:10.279 Well set the bar high. 179 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:14.399 And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Despite her loss, Newsom came 180 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.320 in second with eight percent support. Now keep in mind 181 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:20.080 that's quite the divide. She had forty one percent support, 182 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.759 he had eight percent. Shapiro came in third with seven percent. 183 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.320 Tim Walls and Pete boot Edge Edge both got six 184 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.000 percent in the survey, about sixteen percent. We're still not 185 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:36.399 sure who who they would choose. We're a long way away. Obviously, 186 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.000 more names will service, but the fact that forty one 187 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:43.919 percent of people polled in this particular survey would roll 188 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:44.799 the dice with her. 189 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:46.759 Again, is insane to me. 190 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:52.000 I mean, to take an optimistic look at it. You 191 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:56.320 figure what she did in one hundred days of campaigning. 192 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.720 She came in I was gonna say she came in second, 193 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:02.440 but they were. 194 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.240 Voting for her. They were voting against Trump, right, find 195 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:05.960 someone to vote for. 196 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.960 Well, that's what I'm saying is they have the mentality of, 197 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.000 look what she did with one hundred days and a 198 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:11.879 billion dollars. 199 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.279 Maybe if we did it over the course of a 200 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:15.000 year and a half of. 201 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:17.840 A billion dollars, come on. 202 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.759 Well, that's that's why they got, That's why they lost. 203 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:23.159 I mean that kind of mentality. 204 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:25.759 And we've talked about Nate Silver before, the guy who 205 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:28.480 started five point thirty eight this polster. He wrote on 206 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:33.840 Twitter today that Biden should resign. Yeah today, I know, 207 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.960 is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent 208 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:39.159 to be president right now? 209 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.120 Oh, it's a very difficult job. It's terrifying what's going on. 210 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:45.679 He said, It's a dangerous world, extremely high stakes decisions 211 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.480 in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out 212 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:49.559 the last two months. 213 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.639 I mean, that's a real ding dong there between the 214 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.399 two of them. But yeah, this is a he can't 215 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.320 take questions when all of this is going on. He's 216 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:02.000 not taking question because he can't. And there's nothing wrong 217 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.840 with that. It's not knocking them, man, but he's it's 218 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:05.759 just an acknowledgment. 219 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:06.759 That acknowledgement. 220 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:08.639 There comes a time in a boy's life when they 221 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:12.320 start losing your brain. So the Gates reports, Yeah, the 222 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:15.600 House Ethics Committee did not agree to release this report 223 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:19.799 on Matt Gates yesterday. Republicans have apparently been insisting that 224 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:23.240 it's not done, but a couple other people familiar with 225 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:27.480 the process have said, yes, it is. Some Republicans in 226 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:31.240 the Senate specifically, are now suggesting that Gates consider withdrawing 227 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.559 his nomination to save himself a wrenching ordeal of this 228 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:41.399 embarrassing confirmation heary hearing that one Republican senator told The Hill, 229 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:45.759 it would be Cavanaugh on steroids. You remember the yes, 230 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:51.399 the fiasco that was, I like Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, 231 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.679 and it's it would. 232 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.399 Be wildly entertaining and awfully embarrassing. 233 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.440 And Mike John and we've said the Speaker of the House, 234 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.320 has suggested he does not want the report release for 235 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:07.080 a couple of reasons. Number one, he is also one 236 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:09.799 that says it's not done, but he also said it's 237 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:13.399 it would break precedent because of the fact that Matt 238 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:17.080 gets resigned from Congress. The Washington Post editorial Board today 239 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:21.120 points out there's plenty of precedent for releasing reports. 240 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.600 Mark Foley is one of the more recent ones. 241 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:26.639 Mark Foley was the guy who was sending inappropriate text 242 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.919 messages to house pages. You talk about the time that 243 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:34.519 I wore that mesh shirt and pink hotpants on the stage, 244 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.519 it was because we were doing a spoof song on 245 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.759 Mark Foley nexting these pages. 246 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:45.440 Right, it's a it's a complete Tara diddle that day 247 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:47.120 two days in a row with the Tara Diddle. 248 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.480 No, that was Monday. 249 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:49.159 Is that Mondy. 250 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.840 It is a Tarra Diddle because there's no way it's 251 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:58.240 about precedent. It's about protecting asses. It's about everyone covering 252 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:02.440 their ass in Washington. Start going. I hate to side 253 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:06.279 with that woman whatever her name is, with the three 254 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:08.399 names Marjorie. 255 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.360 What I but she's right. 256 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.320 I mean, they're just terrified of their own dirty laundry 257 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.039 getting aired. 258 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.320 It's possible, that's all. 259 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.120 It's about the name Anthony Wiener has cropped back up 260 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:23.840 in circles because he's potentially looking at another political run. 261 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.960 I don't know exactly what office he's looking for, but 262 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:30.000 the Ethics Committee was looking into Anthony Wiener when he 263 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.200 stepped down in twenty eleven. But then, of course he 264 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:36.480 ran for New York mayor. He was still transmitting images 265 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.759 to women that he shouldn't have been, and even after 266 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.480 his attempt had comeback, he got sent He got caught 267 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.600 sending explicit photos. 268 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:47.440 Waite High school girl in. 269 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.440 Twenty sixteen, soon after you asked him if you could 270 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.759 look at his phone, and he said no, hell no. 271 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:56.559 The gut never lies. The gut never lies. 272 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:00.480 Your decisions about men have been correct, That's right. 273 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:03.000 I was wondering when he was going to pull out 274 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.279 and Matt Gates. 275 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:06.360 Pull out his name from the who's going to withdraw 276 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:06.679 his name? 277 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:08.919 Withdraw his name from because this was going to be 278 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:11.200 a mess. Matt Gates wasn't going to sit there and 279 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:15.600 let everyone comb through his dirty past, which could be present. 280 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:19.120 He was withdrawing his nomination for Attorney General. 281 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:23.480 He just wrote on Twitter about ten minutes ago, I 282 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:25.759 had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. 283 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:27.279 Remember he went with JD. 284 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.879 Vance to go discuss this with Senate Republicans. He says, 285 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:35.279 I appreciate their thoughtful feedback and the incredible support of 286 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.559 so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear 287 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:40.919 that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the 288 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:44.320 critical work of the Trump Vance transition. There's no time 289 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:48.399 to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington's scuffle. Thus, I'll 290 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.399 be withdrawing my name from consideration to service Attorney General. 291 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.120 Trump's DOJ must be in place and ready on day one. 292 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.960 He said, I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. 293 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.279 Trump is the most successful president in history. I will 294 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.879 forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead 295 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.440 the Department of Justice, and I'm certain he will save America. 296 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:11.519 Do not forget. He resigned from Congress last week, so 297 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:17.759 that seat is open. Senator Marco Rubio of the Great 298 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:21.080 State of Florida has been chosen as the Secretary of 299 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.879 State for the next administration. 300 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.960 There's two very important. 301 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.559 I mean, obviously the Senate seat is more important than 302 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:31.159 Matt Gates's congressional seat. But now Ron de Santis has 303 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.200 some decisions to make about who he's going to put 304 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:33.919 in those places a. 305 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:35.039 Lot of power, and. 306 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.080 What if what if he appoints Matt Gates to fill 307 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.919 out Marco Rubio's Senate term. 308 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.879 I don't think he would. 309 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.799 DeSantis is not I don't think he's a curious guy. 310 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.279 Well, I was just going to say, I'm curious to 311 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:52.519 see what that relationship is like, because listen, Ronda Santis 312 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:56.120 is a Trump supporter now, but I don't I don't 313 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:58.919 get the impression that he's beholden. You know, It's not 314 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:00.559 like Donald Trump is going to ge on the phone 315 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.080 with the Florida governor and say, hey, Matt is looking 316 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:05.120 for a job, maybe you put him in Marco's seat. 317 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.600 But there is there is all of the political machinations 318 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.320 that exist. 319 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:15.080 Now Matt Gates is replacement, not chosen by Ronda Santis. 320 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.159 Now is that a special election will be held in 321 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:22.679 Florida to fill the vacancy left by Matt Gates. Contrary 322 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:27.240 to reports that say Ron de Santis can appoint a replacement, 323 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:27.840 but he. 324 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:30.399 Will be appointing, he will be appointing. 325 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:35.120 Marco Rubio's yes, Yeah, it'll be a special election. 326 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.879 All right. Well that's that is pretty significant. 327 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:43.960 Breaking news again, Matt Gates has decided that he's going 328 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.679 to withdraw his name for consideration to be. 329 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:53.039 The next Attorney General of the United States. We have 330 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.639 one right now, we have them one. Oh cool. 331 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:58.080 John Dekker joins us from the White House only attorney 332 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.360 in the White House Press Corps. And got to believe 333 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.559 that this is going to send shockwaves. 334 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:05.599 Not of such big shock waves. 335 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.240 I mean, I kind of thought that this was going 336 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.799 to happen at some point, with all the talk of 337 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:11.799 all the dirty laundry that would be exposed. 338 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:15.559 Well, that's right. I was speaking with Amy King this 339 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.680 morning about this, and I told her the writing was 340 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.480 on the wall. This is not a nomination that would last. 341 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.880 And I also predicted that mack Gates would withdraw his 342 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:31.359 name from consideration, sparing Donald Trump what could potentially have 343 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:36.200 been a really messy confirmation process. So not a surprise. 344 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.559 I think the only thing that may be surprising is 345 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:40.759 the timing of it. That had happened just today after 346 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.359 he was lobbying Republican senators on Capitol Hill to support 347 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:49.279 his nomination. Obviously that did not go well, and as 348 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.599 a result, he dropped out of consideration to be the 349 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:53.640 next Attorney general. 350 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:57.720 Does this speak to anything regarding jd Vance? He took 351 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.720 those meetings with Gates the power or that he may 352 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.079 or may not have to sway those minds. Well. 353 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:07.000 Jd Vance has only been in the US Senate for 354 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.640 two years. He's not like this wise old senate Republican. 355 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:16.359 He's a freshman senator. People forget that, and so it's 356 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.480 not like he had the juice to get him over 357 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:21.480 the finish line. In fact, what jd Vance was doing 358 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:24.960 in these meetings was just simply making introductions and letting 359 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:32.480 Matt Gates do all the talking. So it yeah, I 360 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.240 wouldn't blame it on jd Vance. Having said all that, 361 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:37.960 it was Matt Gates that had really an uphill battle 362 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:42.839 based upon the allegations, the serious allegations that had been 363 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:46.000 made against the number one and then number two, the 364 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.480 fact that he had said such unkind things about the 365 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:53.319 very Republican senators who are ultimately going to pass judgment 366 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.200 on his nomination. 367 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.839 So we know that last week President Elect Trump no 368 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:04.319 need Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General. Todd blanche 369 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:09.640 being one of Trump's criminal defense attorneys, does he immediately 370 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:14.039 just in common think, does he jump to be the 371 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:15.440 nominee for attorney general? 372 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.119 Or are they going to start this process over? 373 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:20.839 You think, well, that's a great question. You know, whether 374 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:23.680 or not the number two and number three people that 375 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:26.839 Donald Trump is already named at the DOJ, whether they 376 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:31.079 step up one rung in the ladder. That's up to 377 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.359 Donald Trump to decide that. I know there are a 378 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:38.079 number of individuals who would describe themselves and are loyal 379 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:41.680 Republicans to Donald Trump who could serve in the same 380 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.000 capacity that Matt Gates would have served in, but they 381 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.759 don't have the baggage that Matt Gates brought to the table. 382 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.400 John Decker, of course, White House correspondent we're talking to 383 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:54.960 right now. How does it work? What does the conversation 384 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.359 look like? Does Gates call Trump and say I'm going 385 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:00.319 to do this or how does that work? 386 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.599 And how does that go over on Trump? 387 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:07.480 Well, I think he does give feedback to the President 388 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:10.160 elect to let him know how those meetings with these 389 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:14.880 Republican senators went yesterday. And although Matt Gates speaks in 390 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:18.759 this post on social media, that momentum was on his side. 391 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.920 That was not the case. There was no momentum whatsoever. 392 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.079 There wasn't one Republican whose army could have twisted, who 393 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:30.400 had already raised reservations or doubts about about Matt Gates 394 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:33.400 being the next attorney general. So I can't tell you 395 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:36.400 for certain you know who made the call. But Matt 396 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:39.359 Gates put out the social media post indicating that he 397 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:41.440 was withdrawing his name from consideration. 398 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:45.599 And then finally, does this have any spillover for the 399 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:50.200 nomination of Pete Hegsath as a Secretary of Defense because 400 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:54.279 of the potential because of the allegations that were made 401 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:58.000