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And this is happening so often, like 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,799 part of it, I wonder, you know, is it? Is 20 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:17,159 it good optics? Good politics? 21 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:17,719 Speaker 3: Right? 22 00:01:17,719 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: And sometimes good politics. 23 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:22,239 Speaker 2: Is the right thing to do it just they overlap, right, 24 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:26,519 And so I wonder is it you want to be 25 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,400 seen as fighting crime, getting tough on crime, because Republicans 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,359 are going to just hang this around the neck of 27 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:36,159 every Democrat across the country, all of the uh these 28 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:41,280 catch and release crime jurisdictions like we have in Charlotte, 29 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,480 and they're just going to keep hammering away at this 30 00:01:43,599 --> 00:01:48,480 because it is an issue that matters to citizens. And 31 00:01:48,519 --> 00:01:51,640 as I mentioned before, Republican candidates have been doing this 32 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:55,680 to Democrats ever since the Summer of fiery but mostly 33 00:01:55,719 --> 00:02:01,319 peaceful riots, and they have been doing so with great success, 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:07,799 particularly in North Carolina state legislative races and such. Now 35 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,319 it doesn't really you know, it's harder to make it 36 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,479 work at a national level, but you can get some traction, obviously, 37 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,479 particularly if you have an opponent who is running who 38 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,560 used to be an attorney general and then became governor 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,360 and then did a whole bunch of racial equity task 40 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:28,759 for stuff. 41 00:02:29,879 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: In light of the. 42 00:02:32,599 --> 00:02:36,479 Speaker 2: Racial reckoning that required us to burn and loot cities 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,560 for about a year. So that may be part of it, 44 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:47,240 you know, politicking and getting these charges at a federal level, 45 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,280 that could be part of it. I also wonder if 46 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:54,159 part of it is a lack of confidence in the 47 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:00,560 local prosecutors and the local court system, including local jurors, 48 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,520 to actually follow through and hold criminals accountable. So the 49 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,680 federal charges would be a backstop, or maybe it would 50 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:13,719 be the first bite at the apple, right, it would 51 00:03:13,719 --> 00:03:18,319 be the federal case comes forward first, and then if convicted, 52 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,120 the state wouldn't even bother putting de Carlos Brown on trial. 53 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: They did delay one of his hearings. 54 00:03:28,439 --> 00:03:30,159 Speaker 2: What are they called the rule twenty, I think is 55 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:33,680 what it's called, and we don't know why that got delayed. 56 00:03:33,719 --> 00:03:37,520 It was at the request of De Carlos Brown's attorney, 57 00:03:37,719 --> 00:03:40,000 which I expect the attorney to put up the best 58 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,800 defense they can of their client, right, So I'm not 59 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,360 criticizing the attorney for de Carlos Brown Junior. I suspect 60 00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:51,840 what they are trying to do is get him adjudicated 61 00:03:52,080 --> 00:04:01,639 as mentally impaired, right, so you can't convict by reason 62 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,360 of insanity. That's what I suspect the defense will be 63 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:08,400 is that he's crazy and so you can't convict him 64 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:11,439 of murder. We don't know if the district attorney is 65 00:04:11,479 --> 00:04:15,080 going to seek the death penalty. Spencer, Merriweather and Mecklenburg 66 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,480 County has not made that announcement as far as I've 67 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:22,360 seen so far, you know, as of this morning. But 68 00:04:22,519 --> 00:04:25,800 with the FEDS now coming in and indicting him, he's 69 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,920 got more breathing room. Also, he's got a governor in 70 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:32,879 Josh Stein that is probably not going to allow a 71 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,000 death penalty sentence to be carried out, even if they 72 00:04:37,079 --> 00:04:40,720 were to actually go to trial at any point in 73 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:46,040 the next four or eight years that Josh Stein is 74 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:49,360 in office, if he were to win reelection. So I 75 00:04:49,399 --> 00:04:53,680 don't know if that's part of the calculation. And look, 76 00:04:53,759 --> 00:04:57,439 death penalty trials are much harder, takes a lot more 77 00:04:57,519 --> 00:05:01,000 you know, manpower, a lot more resources, there's a high 78 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:07,720 or sort of bar to clear at sentencing. It also 79 00:05:07,879 --> 00:05:11,399 is harder sometimes to get a conviction if the jury 80 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,519 knows that it's a death penalty case, right, so they 81 00:05:15,519 --> 00:05:19,040 may not want to actually go to a sentencing phase 82 00:05:19,439 --> 00:05:22,040 where that's even on the table. So they may very 83 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:28,720 well not convict on the death penalty eligible charges. All 84 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:32,319 of that is part of the calculation that has to 85 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:37,759 be made. So today we find out actually yesterday afternoon, 86 00:05:37,759 --> 00:05:40,720 I guess it was that a grand jury in the 87 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,160 western North Carolina US District Court issued an indictment for 88 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:49,240 violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting 89 00:05:49,319 --> 00:05:49,920 in death. 90 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: That is a federal charge, and so that's what's. 91 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:58,639 Speaker 2: Being used by the US Attorney in the Western District here, 92 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:02,560 which includes Charlotte. That's the charge that's being used to 93 00:06:02,639 --> 00:06:05,720 go after to Carlos Brown, because otherwise, you know, just 94 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,560 murder is a state charge. That's why it's always the 95 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,680 State of North Carolina versus de Carlos Brown or whoever 96 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:14,519 the defendant is. 97 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: The state is bringing those charges. Right. 98 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 2: Brown is facing a state charge of first degree murder 99 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,319 in the killing of Arena Zerutzka. The family issued a 100 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:28,480 statement following the federal indictment saying the family is pleased 101 00:06:29,079 --> 00:06:32,680 the federal grand jury returned the indictment against Carlos Brown, Junior. 102 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,680 We are hopeful for swift justice. And that's another thing. 103 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,160 The Feds may actually be able to try this case 104 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:47,439 more rapidly than the state, which is kind of crazy 105 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,879 when you think about it, because he is literally on video. 106 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,560 We have the entire video, it has audio as well. 107 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:03,040 There really isn't any doubt, right, like I am like 108 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:05,519 when it comes to the death penalty. I in my life, 109 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,319 I have gone back and forth on this. I used 110 00:07:09,319 --> 00:07:13,439 to support it, now not so much. And it's not 111 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,199 for any other reason. Then I don't trust the government. 112 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:20,680 That's what it comes down to for me is I 113 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,759 don't trust the government, and I don't think the government 114 00:07:22,759 --> 00:07:26,560 should be taking the lives of innocent people. And there 115 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:31,160 are too many examples of the government doing just that. However, 116 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:37,040 in this case, I'm not really sure what other evidence 117 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,639 could possibly come to light except for somebody, you know, 118 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:47,439 I don't know, admitting that they're actually to Carlos Brown Junior, 119 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,199 or they did some AI manipulation of the video or 120 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:53,680 something like. I don't know what else you could present 121 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:56,399 that would say, yeah, they got the wrong guy. 122 00:07:57,079 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: They got the right guy. 123 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: They got him within like six minutes of the initial 124 00:08:02,199 --> 00:08:05,000 nine to one one call. He was on the platform, 125 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,759 he had the murder weapon, he had her blood all 126 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,680 over it, He had his blood because he cut himself 127 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:19,199 when he stabbed her again on video, completely unprovoked, no 128 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:25,199 communication between him and the victim. If convicted on the 129 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,759 federal charge, he could get life in prison or the 130 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,240 death penalty, and then, according to Queen City News, also 131 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,759 a maximum fine of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 132 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:40,000 and supervised release for up to five years. So I'm 133 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,200 not really sure why you would get released if it's 134 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,799 I mean, I guess maybe they could sentence him to 135 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,159 less than life in prison and then the supervised release 136 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,600 for up to five years would tack on at that point. 137 00:08:56,039 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: But if this guy walks. 138 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,279 Speaker 2: After a certain amount of time, like if he gets 139 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,919 like a fifteen year sentence or a twenty year sentence 140 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,320 or something, which like I don't know, I guess it 141 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:16,279 could happen. Defense attorneys present evidence that he's insane, he 142 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,720 didn't know what he was doing, and maybe the judge 143 00:09:21,639 --> 00:09:25,159 takes mercy on him and says, well, you're on medication now, 144 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,679 and you know, fine, will let you out after thirty 145 00:09:27,759 --> 00:09:31,320 years or something. So that's the way that could go down. 146 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 1: Now. 147 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 2: The Republican Party did a news conference yesterday in Charlotte, 148 00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:42,919 once again focusing on public safety. Sometimes the right thing 149 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,399 to do is the right politics. Here's a great idea. 150 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,279 How about making an escape to a really special and 151 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,519 secluded getaway in western North Carolina. 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Republican leaders 178 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:24,240 and families of homicide victims are calling for change after 179 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,399 a weekend of violence, which really could be just about 180 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:33,720 any weekend in Charlotte now Mecklemburg County, Republican leaders did 181 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:37,240 a press conference yesterday saying that the upcoming election is 182 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:40,440 a time to bring in new leadership focused on public safety. 183 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, this would be the time to do it. Everybody. 184 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 2: People who are sick and tired of crime, of feeling unsafe, 185 00:11:50,159 --> 00:11:53,320 or as the city officials will tell us, the perception 186 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:54,360 of crime. 187 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: It's your perception. You deluded people. 188 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 2: You think you're unsafe when you're actually not because of 189 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:08,480 social media. It's the media. To quote the philosopher Chris Rock, 190 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:13,159 it's the media, right. The media is the one that 191 00:12:13,279 --> 00:12:15,360 robs you at gunpoint, at the ATM. 192 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:22,759 Speaker 1: Do people still use ATMs? Like I don't even see 193 00:12:22,799 --> 00:12:23,399 them anymore. 194 00:12:23,519 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, I'm trying to think of the last 195 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:30,080 ATM I've actually seen, Like that was a pretty I 196 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,120 mean as far as like you know, the the long 197 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,840 arc of history, Like I remember when ATM's like this 198 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 was going to be, these things were going to be everywhere. 199 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,799 People were like, oh, I'm going to get an ATM machine. 200 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,840 Like that's really the only place I see them now, right, 201 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:48,320 it's at like pawn shops, vape shops, and convenience stores, 202 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,519 the little ATMs and stuff. Anyway, I guess now everybody's 203 00:12:52,559 --> 00:13:00,320 just going digital, right Venmo. So the time to get 204 00:13:00,519 --> 00:13:04,799 tough on crime via new leadership, to send people into 205 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:10,600 office with this as their priority is now for the 206 00:13:10,639 --> 00:13:14,559 city of Charlotte. Okay, this is the election coming up 207 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,639 in a couple of days, Like we got what two 208 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,919 weeks or so before the election. Democrats say they are 209 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:26,240 also advocating for safety measures just through different avenues, which 210 00:13:27,879 --> 00:13:36,120 kudos to Katie Salt at WBTV for recognizing in this 211 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:41,960 case at least, that just because people have different avenues 212 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,279 to get someplace doesn't mean they necessarily disagree on the destination. 213 00:13:49,039 --> 00:13:51,919 This has been an argument that I have been making 214 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:57,919 for thirty years. So when you know you have a 215 00:13:57,919 --> 00:14:01,879 difference of approach, you're like, hey, I want all kids 216 00:14:01,879 --> 00:14:05,840 to be at grade level in reading in math, and 217 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,159 I think this is the best way we go about 218 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,600 doing that. And then I am called all sorts of 219 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,279 names because I don't agree with you and the path 220 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:20,000 that you want to take to get to the same destination. 221 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:23,039 Assuming that you're not lying that you want to go 222 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,960 to the same destination of all kids being at grade 223 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:29,720 level and reading in math or above. Right, assuming that 224 00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:33,879 we have the same goal, we're disagreeing on how best 225 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:37,799 to achieve that goal, And so I don't call you 226 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,519 names because you want to take this other route to 227 00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:43,279 get there. I disagree with that route, and I'm going 228 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,360 to try to make the arguments against that path. But 229 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,279 when I say I want to go this other path, 230 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:56,000 and you say, well, Pete, you're a Nazi, you're a fascist, 231 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,919 you're a racist, or a homophobe, or you hate children 232 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,679 and you hate the poor, whatever, Like all of these 233 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:08,200 ad hominem attacks that people have been throwing at conservatives 234 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:16,679 for differences in policy approaches, differences in the avenues preferred. 235 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:24,639 So I applaud the recognition that we're arguing over different 236 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:30,080 courses to take, and maybe we could apply this very 237 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:36,159 same logic to all other disagreements. How about that? Does 238 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,279 that sound like a good idea? How about that? If 239 00:15:39,279 --> 00:15:41,440 we all agree that we want to live in a 240 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:45,399 safe society, and you want to take path A, I 241 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,720 want to take Path B, let's talk about why path 242 00:15:48,759 --> 00:15:51,200 A is better than B, and I'll talk about why 243 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,120 B is better than A. 244 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,279 Speaker 1: And that can be the focus of the debate. 245 00:15:56,399 --> 00:16:01,399 Speaker 2: But that means that you can't just like try to 246 00:16:01,639 --> 00:16:03,840 shout me down, tell me to shut up, call me 247 00:16:03,919 --> 00:16:07,559 a bunch of names, ostracize me just because I have 248 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:08,799 a different approach. 249 00:16:08,919 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 3: Right. 250 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,559 Speaker 2: Think of it like I am the little button you 251 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:17,559 press on the Google Map, you know, on the alternate route. Right, 252 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,519 Like you say, hey, I want to get here, I 253 00:16:20,519 --> 00:16:22,039 want to get home, and it gives you the route, 254 00:16:22,039 --> 00:16:23,320 and I come along and say, well, you know what, 255 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:24,720 I would take this other route over here. 256 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: I'm just offering this alternative route. 257 00:16:26,879 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 3: Right. 258 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 2: You don't call Google Maps racist, I don't know. Maybe 259 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:35,000 you do, I don't know. But it's a non sequitur argument. 260 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:39,399 It doesn't follow, okay, but again, just wanted to point 261 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,799 out give credit to the reporter here for recognizing that 262 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,120 they're just different avenues and maybe this standard this approach 263 00:16:46,159 --> 00:16:49,519 will also apply to Republicans when they disagree on the 264 00:16:49,639 --> 00:16:56,039 different avenue, like, for example, immigration, Hey, why don't we 265 00:16:56,159 --> 00:16:59,200 not have tons of illegal immigrants? 266 00:16:59,679 --> 00:16:59,919 Speaker 1: Right? 267 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:05,039 Speaker 2: How about we enforce immigration law? We want immigrants to come, 268 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,880 we want them to do so legally. 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They 288 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,519 are your life told through the eyes of everyone around 289 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:15,839 you and all who came before you, and they will 290 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:19,200 tell others to come who you are. Visit creative video 291 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,640 dot com. Let's head over to the phone lines and 292 00:18:22,759 --> 00:18:25,079 chat with Brian, my old friend Brian. 293 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: How are you, Brian? 294 00:18:27,519 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 3: Pretty good? 295 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,599 Speaker 1: Oh, you know, I'm okay. I'm all right. You got 296 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:31,839 any big plans for Halloween? 297 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:35,279 Speaker 3: I'll just give out a little bit of candy and 298 00:18:35,599 --> 00:18:38,240 a home for the kids. Yeah. I love doing that. 299 00:18:38,839 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 2: Do you do do you make them ring the bell 300 00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:41,640 or do you go like at the down to the 301 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,680 drive or down at the end of the driveway. 302 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,519 Speaker 3: No, they come up back. I'd like to see the 303 00:18:46,519 --> 00:18:49,519 little kids in the costume, specially debabies. They so beautiful. 304 00:18:49,559 --> 00:18:51,160 I love to see what they what they wear. And 305 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,720 so I get his I wonder I just scare him. 306 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,279 Speaker 2: Oh man, I so what my mom used to do 307 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,920 for the older kids, she would make them stand back 308 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,279 on the lawn and she would throw all the candy 309 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,960 up in the air and make them have to pick 310 00:19:07,039 --> 00:19:08,240 up all the candy. 311 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:08,559 Speaker 1: Off the lawn. 312 00:19:08,839 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 3: That was a riot in your front. 313 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,279 Speaker 1: That would have been yeah, exactly. Well, if we had 314 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:15,400 the big candy bars, I think it might have been. Yeah, 315 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,920 but we never did that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, all right, 316 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:18,880 So what's what's going on? 317 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,559 Speaker 3: Well, I was agreeing with you. I can't believe it, 318 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:25,279 but I was agreeing with you about the process as 319 00:19:25,279 --> 00:19:28,039 far as when they're disagreeing or they want the same 320 00:19:28,759 --> 00:19:34,240 the same outcome but want to travel different streets for it. Yeah, 321 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,680 you know what I mean. And so and so I 322 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,799 think that that's that's that's the give and take pretty 323 00:19:38,839 --> 00:19:40,720 much of what our what our country is supposed to 324 00:19:40,759 --> 00:19:43,319 be about. But you know, and you and you said, 325 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,160 you know, if you don't don't agree with me, you 326 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,359 don't have to shout me down and call me this 327 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,200 and call me that. But that is exactly what the 328 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,720 president does. You know, he has note Takorum about that stuff. 329 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:56,000 If you don't agree with him, then he's trying to 330 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,680 do all kinds of stuff to you. Ridicu you all 331 00:19:58,799 --> 00:19:59,480 kinds of stuff. 332 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw that in twenty fifteen during the Republican primary, 333 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,359 where he would just make up all of these nicknames 334 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,920 for all the Republicans, And yeah, I oppose that at 335 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,839 the time. I did not like that approach at all. 336 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:15,160 And I lost that. I lost that, but I lost 337 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,000 the argument. I lost that debate. I lost it in 338 00:20:18,039 --> 00:20:20,799 the primary, and then when Trump won, I lost it 339 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,279 in the general election as well. And now he's been 340 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,440 part of our political scene for a decade. And you know, look, 341 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,000 and there are people. I will tell you what the 342 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,880 Trump supporters told me back when I was saying what 343 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:39,599 you're saying. They told me that they have already been 344 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,880 called all of these names they have from the left 345 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,400 and the media. You know, Mitt Romney was the next hitler. 346 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,160 John McCain was the next hitler, like everybody is always 347 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,240 called all of these names. And they finally said, you 348 00:20:55,279 --> 00:20:58,759 know what, We're going to hire somebody that is now 349 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:01,720 going to deal with our opponents in the manner in 350 00:21:01,759 --> 00:21:03,599 which they deal with us. 351 00:21:05,759 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 3: Okay, So now let me ask you this then, because 352 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,920 I believe the majority room, that's what our country is now. 353 00:21:12,039 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: No, it's not no, it's not majority rules. That's why 354 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,160 we have the electoral college. 355 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 3: Well, okay, fine, but if I got more, if I 356 00:21:23,519 --> 00:21:25,920 got more Democrats in the in the House, in the 357 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,400 Senate than what you have Republicans more so than than 358 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,200 that of the Democrats are going to push their agenda, 359 00:21:32,279 --> 00:21:33,559 and they're going to have their agenda. 360 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: Well, not in the Senate, not in the Senate. 361 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 2: Right in the House, yes, you're correct, in the House, 362 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,559 but over in the Senate. No, you get the legislative filibuster. 363 00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:45,000 And yeah, you need sixty votes, So you would have 364 00:21:45,079 --> 00:21:48,400 to get sixty either you'd have to elect sixty Democrats 365 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,319 or you would need to get bipartisan support. 366 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, well we'll put it this way. Trump running, 367 00:21:53,599 --> 00:21:56,839 we won a whole lot of states in this last election, right, yeah. 368 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:58,640 As a matter of fact, what they call it is 369 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,039 an overwhelming man date. Is that correct? 370 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what the That's what Trump is saying. 371 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that he has an over yeah, over woman mandate. 372 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:09,640 But okay, if he had that in that election, why 373 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,519 are the Republican Party now going back and trying to 374 00:22:12,559 --> 00:22:15,079 do all this redistrict key if he if he won 375 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,839 all that, So that lets me know that the Republican 376 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,640 Party knows that they have done a shabby job and 377 00:22:21,759 --> 00:22:24,920 they and they're about to be voted out. Okay now that. 378 00:22:25,559 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry, so I can answer that for you. 379 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 2: I mean, if you're actually asking me, like, do you 380 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,920 want to know the explanation, let. 381 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,519 Speaker 3: Me ask you something. What am I asking you? What 382 00:22:35,599 --> 00:22:36,960 am I asking you? To make sure that you got 383 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,240 the right question, because. 384 00:22:38,039 --> 00:22:40,559 Speaker 2: Well, you you asked me like, then why are they 385 00:22:40,599 --> 00:22:41,720 doing the redistricting? 386 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: That's what you asked me. 387 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,319 Speaker 3: If if it was a landslide victory as they called it. 388 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: It wasn't a landslide. Nobody. 389 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,559 Speaker 2: I don't think anybody's saying a landslide because a landslide 390 00:22:51,599 --> 00:22:53,039 is generally ten percentage points. 391 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,839 Speaker 1: You said mandate. Now hang on, brien, Yeah, you said. 392 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 3: They have an overwhelming mandate, right, and you're saying, hey, 393 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:00,200 this is a land. 394 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,319 Speaker 2: No, those are different things. A landslide is ten percentage 395 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:08,000 points margin of victory. That's yes, theoretical, that's not no, 396 00:23:08,079 --> 00:23:10,480 it's actually that's not that's not theoretical. 397 00:23:10,519 --> 00:23:13,079 Speaker 1: That's actually very specific. It's very data driven. 398 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 2: That's what the That's what a landslide means in political 399 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,440 reporting at least so the But the the mandate that 400 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,240 they're claiming is because they won all of the seven 401 00:23:23,519 --> 00:23:26,680 swing states, right, because all of the other states are 402 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,000 you know, we know how they're going to break Republican 403 00:23:29,079 --> 00:23:32,000 or Democrat generally. So we had seven swing states. We 404 00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:34,640 thought there would be a split. That's where the battleground 405 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,839 fight was. And Trump won all of those. That's why 406 00:23:38,839 --> 00:23:41,359 they call it a mandate. What's that with Texas a 407 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:41,960 swing state? 408 00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 3: Was Texas a swing state? 409 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,799 Speaker 1: No? Texas is not a swing sta. 410 00:23:44,839 --> 00:23:46,799 Speaker 3: So why why do you got to go and redistrict Chexas? 411 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,240 Is North Carolina swing state? 412 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:48,759 Speaker 1: Yes? 413 00:23:48,880 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 2: North Carolina is considered a swing state win since two thousand? Okay, yeah, right, yeah, 414 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,440 and they change you know, swing states. You know what 415 00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:07,400 state is a swing state? It changes based on people themselves, 416 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,359 right See so Brian, that's why. See this is why 417 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,079 I asked you whether you actually wanted an answer to 418 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,000 the question. So if you're yes, if you're asking me 419 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:18,960 why the Republicans are redistricting, I'm happy to tell you 420 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,559 the reasons why they're doing it. 421 00:24:20,599 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 3: I know you're going to tell me some craps they redistrict. 422 00:24:24,519 --> 00:24:26,880 They tell you why becaucause they don't want him to 423 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,680 lose the control of the House. 424 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,319 Speaker 1: And yes, no, no, that right. 425 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,599 Speaker 3: You don't have to tell me, they tell you, right. 426 00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:34,519 Speaker 2: No, that's and that's what I was Yeah, that that 427 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,119 is what I was going to say, Brian. Is that 428 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:37,920 that's why they are doing it is to is to 429 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,200 try to preserve the Republican majority in the US House. 430 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,559 Because in the midtermin life cheating, man, it's not it's 431 00:24:44,599 --> 00:24:48,920 actually not cheating. Cheating is breaking the rules. No, Brian, 432 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:52,359 cheating is breaking the rules, and no rules have been broken. 433 00:24:54,519 --> 00:24:57,559 Speaker 1: Oh my god, why do you think California? Wait, Brian, 434 00:24:57,599 --> 00:24:58,519 why do you think, Brian? 435 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 2: Why do you think California is putting a referendum to 436 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,839 their voters to suspend their constitutional requirement for an independent 437 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:07,920 redistricting commission. 438 00:25:08,759 --> 00:25:09,759 Speaker 1: Well, why are they doing that? 439 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:12,759 Speaker 3: I don't live in California. I have no clue. 440 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 2: Well, you don't live in Texas either, but you seem 441 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,480 to know a lot about that, So California. 442 00:25:16,559 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 3: No, I didn't. I just said I'm ask you because 443 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,160 Texas was always in the news. Now California's not in 444 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,200 the news like Texas. 445 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 2: California, Actually, Brian, California is in the news because California, Brian, Brian, California, Brian, 446 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:36,960 California is proceeding with its referendum because of what Texas did. 447 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,400 California then know that. Okay, so you have heard of 448 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,640 California in the news. Okay, good, so. 449 00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:43,279 Speaker 1: The reason why? 450 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: But Brian all, I'm saying, Brian, this is not going 451 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,480 to be a got your point here. I'm I'm just 452 00:25:47,599 --> 00:25:51,319 letting you know that California is doing what it's I do. 453 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,920 You just said you don't follow the news. You said 454 00:25:54,039 --> 00:25:56,039 you don't follow this stuff. You don't know this stuff. 455 00:25:56,079 --> 00:25:58,599 So I'm trying to give you the information. Don't ask 456 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,200 me questions if you don't want the answers. 457 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,519 Speaker 3: No, you don't have the answers I do. 458 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 2: You just keep talking and you ask these questions and 459 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:10,640 you pose these k No, Brian, you pose you don't 460 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:10,920 have it. 461 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: I asked me, whyan I asked Brian. I asked you 462 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,319 why is Brian? 463 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 2: I asked you, Brian, I asked you why California is 464 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,160 going ahead with its referendum? And you did not know, 465 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,240 And so I was going to tell you why. So 466 00:26:25,519 --> 00:26:28,079 I know this piece of information. You do not know 467 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,000 this piece of information which is relevant to the discussion, 468 00:26:31,279 --> 00:26:33,920 but you don't want to know the information, and it's 469 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,319 not even that big of a deal. 470 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: If you would just let me tell you. 471 00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 3: Are you gonna overtalk me? 472 00:26:39,519 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: Yes, yes I will. It's my show. Brian. 473 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 2: No, Brian, Brian, here's the thing. When you call up 474 00:26:45,039 --> 00:26:47,559 and ask me, see, why are you going to talk 475 00:26:47,599 --> 00:26:47,920 over me? 476 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: Brian? Are you going to keep talking over it? 477 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:51,279 Speaker 3: Answer the question? 478 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: No, you're not. No, you're not. You're not answering the question. 479 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,079 Speaker 3: I said. I was trying to, But you're not letting 480 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:57,400 me know. 481 00:26:57,559 --> 00:26:57,839 Speaker 1: Brian. 482 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,039 Speaker 2: Nobody's not letting you talk. You've been on the air 483 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,440 now for almost nine minutes, okay, And I will tell 484 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:05,880 you just. 485 00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 3: As a answer a question. 486 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,079 Speaker 1: What was the question? That's what was the question to you? 487 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 3: The question to me that you put to me was 488 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,640 that why was California doing what they're doing? 489 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: And you said you didn't know, you don't live in California. 490 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,519 Speaker 3: I told you I didn't know, yes, because I wanted 491 00:27:23,519 --> 00:27:24,319 to hear what you had to do. 492 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,039 Speaker 1: Oh stop it, Brian, See this is Brian. Now you're 493 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:27,559 just lying. 494 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 2: Why do you got a deal in bad faith? We 495 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,599 were having a perfectly nice conversation, Brian. 496 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: All right, Brian, we're done. 497 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 2: I was having a perfectly nice conversation with you about Halloween. 498 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: Why couldn't you just because? 499 00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 2: And I did that purposely because I wanted to see 500 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:46,400 if you could actually engage in a civil manner, in 501 00:27:46,519 --> 00:27:49,079 a good faith manner, and you did, see, so I 502 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,519 know you have this ability, okay, but for some reason 503 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,839 when it comes to the political issues, you just you 504 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:02,000 cannot act in good faith. I asked you a question 505 00:28:02,039 --> 00:28:04,240 about California, and here's the thing. It wasn't even that 506 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:07,039 big of a deal, but it is. It's illustrative of 507 00:28:07,079 --> 00:28:10,480 the breakdown here, which is I asked you why is 508 00:28:10,559 --> 00:28:14,200 California doing its referendum? And you said you didn't know, 509 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:16,240 and then I was going to answer, and you just 510 00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:20,160 steamrolled and kept blabburn on, and now you claim that 511 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,440 you do know. The only point I was making is 512 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:28,640 California was proceeding with its referendum to remove the constitutional 513 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:33,079 requirement that they have an independent redistricting commission do their maps. 514 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,799 They're doing that because they're following the rules. See, California 515 00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:42,039 is following their rules, which is what you said you 516 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,480 wanted Texas to do. And I brought up California as 517 00:28:46,519 --> 00:28:50,240 an example of a state following the rules, hence not cheating. 518 00:28:51,039 --> 00:28:53,640 If they were to cheat, they would just ignore the 519 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,160 Independent Redistricting Commission and they would just draw the maps 520 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:56,799 and break the law. 521 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: But they're not doing that. They're following the. 522 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 2: Rules, just like Texas is following the law the rules. 523 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,759 They're not cheating either, North Carolina following our rules. We 524 00:29:09,799 --> 00:29:13,400 are allowed to do this, not cheating. That was the 525 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,200 only point I was making. It's not even that big 526 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,319 of a deal. But you just couldn't shut up long 527 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,200 enough for me to just say that simple thing, and 528 00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:20,319 we could have proceeded on. 529 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. 530 00:29:23,519 --> 00:29:25,319 Speaker 2: All right, if you're listening to this show, you know 531 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,400 I try to keep up with all sorts of current events, 532 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,519 and I know you do too, And you've probably heard 533 00:29:29,519 --> 00:29:33,599 me say get your news from multiple sources. Why well, 534 00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:36,319 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 535 00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:39,559 I've been so impressed with ground News. 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Subscribe through that link and you'll get 547 00:30:15,279 --> 00:30:18,599 fifteen percent off any subscription. I use the Vantage plan 548 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,079 to get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription then 549 00:30:22,119 --> 00:30:24,920 not only helps my podcast, but it also supports ground 550 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,279 News as they make the media landscape more transparent. One 551 00:30:29,319 --> 00:30:31,720 other question that Brian asked, and this is this is 552 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:36,240 like I've told Brian this before, I believe stop asking questions. 553 00:30:36,359 --> 00:30:39,160 Just make the assertion. Right, ask a question if you 554 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,920 don't know the answer to it. But if you do 555 00:30:42,039 --> 00:30:44,400 know an answer to a question and you're simply using 556 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,359 it as some sort of a rhetorical setup for an argument, 557 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,480 we can move the conversation along much faster if you 558 00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:53,640 just make the assertion. But I understand a lot of 559 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,839 people don't like doing that because then it puts a 560 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,799 stake in the ground you know, you plant a flag there, and. 561 00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: Now you have to defend that position. 562 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,839 Speaker 2: And if you're just asking, then it allows you to 563 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,039 kind of duck out after the answer comes in. 564 00:31:08,279 --> 00:31:09,759 Speaker 1: So that's why. 565 00:31:11,359 --> 00:31:14,559 Speaker 2: I've told Brian, just make the assertion, make the statement, 566 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:20,039 you know, state your position. The answer to his question 567 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,400 that he probably also knows the answer to on this 568 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:29,279 one is why are the Republicans or why did Texas redistrict? 569 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,000 And they're doing it to try to protect the House 570 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,200 majority for the Republicans. And they've said that North Carolina 571 00:31:37,279 --> 00:31:42,359 lawmakers just redistricted for the exact same reason, and they 572 00:31:42,519 --> 00:31:46,000 said that. They've all said it, so nobody's hiding from it. 573 00:31:46,119 --> 00:31:49,160 Nobody's saying the quiet part out loud. Everybody's just saying, 574 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,039 that's why we're doing it. Now, why are they doing it? 575 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:55,160 Because number one, the party that controls the White House 576 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,000 tends to lose in the midterms. That's the historical trend, 577 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,759 and they are trying to to not have that trend 578 00:32:02,039 --> 00:32:05,200 realized again. Number Two, they know if Democrats take over 579 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,160 the House, they're going to impeach Donald Trump for some 580 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,359 other stuff, and they're going to lauch investigations. 581 00:32:09,359 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: They're going to block his agenda. All of that. 582 00:32:11,559 --> 00:32:17,799 Speaker 2: Number three, the census count in twenty twenty was error ridden. 583 00:32:18,079 --> 00:32:22,119 They undercounted red states, overcounted blue states, and finally, number four, 584 00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:26,799 they included in that census count a lot of illegal immigrants, 585 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,079 which then puffed up the numbers for Democrats. 586 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: That's the answer. 587 00:32:32,839 --> 00:32:34,799 Speaker 2: All right, that'll do it for this episode. 588 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. 589 00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 2: I could not do the show without your support and 590 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,160 the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, 591 00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:43,599 so if you'd like, please support them too and tell 592 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,359 them you heard it here. 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