WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.919 --> 00:00:04.480 Welcome to the three Martini Lunch. 2 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:07.639 Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America 3 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:09.359 and Jim Garritty of National Review. 4 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:11.679 Free Martini's coming up. 5 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.720 Very glad you're with us for the Friday edition of 6 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.519 the three teeny Lunch. So much to get to. There 7 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:22.000 was another ice involved shooting, this one out in Portland, Oregon. 8 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.000 We'll get into some of the details of that, but 9 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.079 we'll also be looking at the reaction, the political reaction 10 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:29.879 to it, and Jim's contention that there's a lot of 11 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:34.039 politicians out there and others who don't actually want people 12 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:36.679 to calm down in these situations. They want to fan 13 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:40.640 the flames, which is an incredibly disturbing development and happening 14 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.039 all too frequently these days. We'll also be taking a 15 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:46.520 look at what seems to be better and better news 16 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.200 in Iran. The protests are not abating, They are growing, 17 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.840 if anything, and they're pretty much all over the country now, 18 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.439 and we'll be taking a look at Megan Kelly's defense 19 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.920 of herself and Tucker and to some extent, Nick Fuente 20 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.359 and so Jim. It has been a full week. I 21 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.560 know this happens all the time, but doesn't feel like 22 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:08.319 the mission to get Maduro was about a month and 23 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.680 a half ago. I mean, it's less than a week ago. 24 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:12.680 I was just about to say, Greg, this week has 25 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:15.280 been a long year. It's more appropriate than usual when 26 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:17.959 we say that because it's really the first full week 27 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.040 of the year, But it feels like we've had at 28 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.719 least a year's worth of news, and so I'm sure 29 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:24.040 the rest of the month will be quieter. 30 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.959 Exactly. So, as we've said all week, you know, it's 31 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.319 new year. It's important to take care of your health. 32 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:33.280 That's probably one of your news resolutions. Maybe be a 33 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:35.599 little bit more healthy, and part of that means making 34 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.480 sure you're okay to begin the year with. 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All right, Jim, on to Iran now and 67 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:11.479 the latest in the protest there, and maybe some signs 68 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.240 that this protest might end in a different way than 69 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:16.879 so many other major protests have over the last fifteen 70 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.599 years or so. Over there. We talked about this on Tuesday, 71 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.960 the massive devaluation of the Iranian rial compared to the 72 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.840 US dollar and so many other currencies. So basically people's 73 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:32.000 life savings, what they're working for borderline useless, and so 74 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.439 they're pouring out into the streets. Why go back to 75 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:36.840 work when it's not going to earn you anything. And 76 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.599 there's some efforts to repress it. There's certainly been some deaths, 77 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.560 but in some cases, Jim, I've seen that local police 78 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:47.879 have actually joined the protests. There's been some reports suggesting 79 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.159 elements of the IRGC have done that. I'm not ready 80 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.000 to believe that quite yet. They're going to be the 81 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:57.039 last hardline line of defense for this regime. But these 82 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.400 protests are in every province, millions of peace people into 83 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:02.800 the streets day after day after day. They've lit some 84 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:07.400 government buildings on fire. They've replaced the current Iranian flag 85 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.680 with the old Iranian flag, and so this appears to 86 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.479 still be growing and one of the telltale signs that 87 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.439 the Iranian leadership doesn't feel good about the way things 88 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.839 are going. This is from USA Today. Net Blocks at 89 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.399 Internet watchdog said that its data showed that Iran's authorities 90 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:27.959 had imposed a nationwide internet blackout and other forms of 91 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.639 strict digital censorship amid the turmoil, which makes it difficult 92 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.600 to draw definitive conclusions about the scale and severity of 93 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:38.279 the demonstrations and the government's response. And so that tells 94 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:40.759 me Jim cringing a little bit here, that they want 95 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:45.040 to shut off all access to images as they perhaps 96 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:48.439 engage in a more brutal crackdown. But right now it 97 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:51.319 seems like the Iranian people aren't going anywhere, which is great. 98 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:54.519 Yeah, we are getting some video coming out in snippets. 99 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.040 I assume these are taken out across the border or 100 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.759 maybe somebody's figured out some way past the firewall. But 101 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:02.759 one of the videos that has come out, he's Uranian 102 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:06.959 protesters burning the tomb of the Ayatolo Komane, founder of 103 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:10.199 the Islamic revolution that overtook the country in nineteen seventy nine. 104 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.079 First of all, Greg, this is the worst thing to 105 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:17.199 happen to Comane's body since his funeral, which listeners and 106 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.399 viewers with very long memories will remember. The coffin fell 107 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:25.560 apart and the corpse of Komany was torn apart by mourners. 108 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.000 You hate to see it happen to somebody with such 109 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.519 a bright future ahead of them. Let's also point out 110 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.560 that between this and Hugo Chavez, twenty twenty six has 111 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.759 been a really brutal year for the tombs of ruthless 112 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.360 dictators for both Iran into Venezuela. In the Dictator Tomb League. 113 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.240 It's been characterized as a rebuilding year, but they will 114 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.399 get first round draft picks earlier. So I say this 115 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:50.319 somewhat tungue in chic the other news that just jumped 116 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:51.600 out at me. As soon as I saw this, I 117 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.240 felt like a need to do some digging into this. 118 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.319 There was a British lawmaker, a member of the Conservative Party, 119 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.120 who was in the parliament over there, formerly their security minister, 120 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.920 which is kind of like their national security advisor, counter 121 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.000 terrorism type. He's speaking before a parliament and he says, quote, 122 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:12.079 we're also seeing Russian cargo aircraft coming and landing in Tehran, 123 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.759 presumably carrying weapons and ammunition, and we're hearing reports of 124 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:20.240 large amounts of gold leaving Iran. He did not specify 125 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:23.560 which reports he was referencing. You figure this guy might 126 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:25.879 be in a position to hear things from six to 127 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:29.480 the British Foreign Intelligence Agency. So absolutely fine. We keep 128 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:33.199 hearing reports about Iranian officials preparing to leave the country 129 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.120 in case they're getting overthrown. This you know, the fact 130 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.000 that you're trying to remove all the gold out there 131 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:42.240 certainly we seem as another sign that the regime is 132 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.839 hedging its bets and preparing to get out of dodge. Greg, 133 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:46.920 what are you doing this weekend? 134 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.040 Watching football for the most part. 135 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:52.160 Okay, I'm going to you and my Ukraine guys and 136 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.000 a couple of I want to rob that. I want 137 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.079 to steal one of those planes. I want to oceans eleven. 138 00:06:56.199 --> 00:07:00.720 I want to get away with a playload of Iranian gold. 139 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:02.480 Because you know, first of all, they're not gonna be 140 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.240 in a position to prosecute us pretty soon, they're gonna 141 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:06.959 out of power. And secondly, like what is the US 142 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:09.240 government gonna give us grief about this? You know, so 143 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:12.040 just walk around like gold bricks to everyone or something like, 144 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:13.439 I could do a lot of good with that money. 145 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.680 So that's that's what I got. I got up to 146 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:17.680 have some plans for this. The other thing I thought 147 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.879 about is that if like a plane full of Iranian 148 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:24.480 mulla gold, I assume they have it in bricks, but 149 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:27.920 god knows they have coins or something, probably kugarans, you know, 150 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:32.800 probably got them from South African consulate drug dealers. That 151 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.600 that probably like what happens if one of those planes crashes, right, 152 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:38.600 you want to talk about like you know, Cliffhanger. So 153 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:41.519 that's just alone a circumstance which is just a ton 154 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:45.560 of money out there. So look, I find reports like 155 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.680 this encouraging. I think this says that this may well 156 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.199 be different, that the regime is not confident that they're 157 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.720 going to be able to crack down and suppress this. 158 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.480 And as we've discussed earlier, you know, this was all 159 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:00.680 driven by a collapsing currency and deep economic problems that 160 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.079 have been around for a long time but are getting 161 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.560 significantly worse. Let's say you shoot up the crowds of 162 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:10.040 protesters and beat everyone, and all right, you're still stuck 163 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.399 with the economic problems you haven't really addressed the root 164 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.000 cause it's going to cause all this stuff. 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I don't 204 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:02.679 know exactly, but. 205 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:04.919 Yeah, good ones, which other ones? 206 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.679 Gotta had a few more guys to make that eleven? 207 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.480 But all right, let's get on to more domestic affairs here. 208 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.200 And we've been talking about the ice involved shooting in 209 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:17.480 Minneapolis the past couple of days here, and now there's 210 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:20.200 another one out in Portland, Oregon. And one of the 211 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:24.000 things we talked about yesterday was the reckless responses immediately 212 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.639 calling Ice murders, ice evil, Ice illegitimate and get out 213 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:30.919 of town and all this stuff. And so Tim Walls, 214 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:34.519 the governor of Minnesota, had said yesterday, I haven't said 215 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.360 anything inflammatory about this. As you pointed out in her 216 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:40.559 notes today, he called Ice the Gestapo. That's I would 217 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:41.159 call him. 218 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:44.080 It seems kind of inflammatory, that's yes. 219 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.080 And then yesterday we're saying he was calling out the 220 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:49.360 National Guard, and is this to confront Ice? Is this 221 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:53.360 to keep the protesters under control? Well, yesterday he decided 222 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:56.960 that Minnesota was just like the people standing up to 223 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.600 pickets charge at Gettysburg back in eighteen six sixty three. 224 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.720 So you tell me what he means by this. 225 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:06.519 When things look really bleak. It was Minnesota's first that 226 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:10.399 held that line for the nation on that July third, 227 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:14.080 eighteen sixty three. And I think now we may be 228 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:17.240 in that moment that the nation's looking to us to 229 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:19.279 hold the line on democracy. 230 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:20.679 Slightly impressed he actually knows the dates of the Battle 231 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.279 of Gettysburg. But nonetheless, Jim, that's a reference to the 232 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:25.960 Civil War. I would say that is not calming things down. 233 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.440 And then in today's Morning Jolt, you also go through 234 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.720 the details of yesterday's shooting out in Portland, where a 235 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.320 couple of people were injured. Ice pulled over a vehicle 236 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.480 with two figures related to trend de Aragua, including one 237 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.480 sex trafficker that they wanted to port out of the country. 238 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.600 Same type of situation. This person tried to get away. 239 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:47.000 Officer felt like his life was in danger, a couple 240 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.240 of shots rang out, a couple of people injured. No 241 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.240 one killed in this situation. Thankfully, you point out that 242 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.840 the police chief in Portland was very direct about, hey, 243 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.080 everybody needs to just chill, let this play out. We 244 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:02.840 don't need things to escalate and inspire a lot of control. Unfortunately, 245 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.519 everyone that came after him, as you point out at 246 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.840 the press conference, did not follow that advice, including Oregon 247 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:09.480 Democratic Governor Tina Kotech. 248 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:14.960 We are standing here today, united as a state, wanting 249 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.960 peace and safety in our communities. We are all shaken 250 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:24.399 and outraged by another terrible, unnecessary, violent event instigated by 251 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:28.799 the reckless agenda of the Trump administration, this time in 252 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:31.559 our own state, in our largest city, coming just one 253 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.159 day after the tragedy of Minnesota. 254 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.039 And then there was the mayor and a bunch of 255 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:39.639 other local officials pretty much throwing gas on the fire 256 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.039 as well. Here, Jim, So, what's your big takeaway from 257 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.559 how the Democrats keep lighting this on fire? 258 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.200 So it's fun. First, well, you mentioned ice earlier. There 259 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:50.279 are actually US Border Patrol agents according to dhl okay okay, 260 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.559 So they see a vehicle, they suspect the person of 261 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.519 the vehicle is this trendy Aragua individual that they are tracking. 262 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:02.000 They stop the vehicle, they identify themselves. The driver weaponized 263 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.919 his vehicle in their words, right assume he's tried to 264 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.080 run them down, and then you know, the agent fires 265 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:10.200 defensive shots. The driver drove off, with the passenger fleeing 266 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:12.840 the scene. This is a circumstance where it would be 267 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:16.960 nice to have cooperation between federal law enforcement agents and 268 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:22.360 state and law enforcement agents. Remember, in Portland, Oregon, a 269 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.960 sanctuary city, there is no cooperation with federal law enforce 270 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:29.559 so the Feds could not call local police and say, hey, 271 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.240 we have an individual who tried to run down one 272 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.639 of our guys. We shot at the vehicle. We may 273 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.720 have hit someone inside the vehicle. Please be on the 274 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.559 lookout for this. This is a wanted trend to rug weapons. 275 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.879 They couldn't do that, right, So police, apparently the person 276 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:48.080 does call nine one one, right and according to the 277 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.799 police Chief Bob Day, they respond to the ten thousand 278 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.080 block of Southeast Main Street. Came into a nine to 279 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.519 one call. Confirmed federal agents that have been involved in 280 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:59.720 a shooting. Found a male and a female with a 281 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.919 parent gunshot. Officers apply to Tornicue and Southern Emergency Medical personnel. 282 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.879 The patients were transported to local hospital. Their conditions at 283 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.240 this time as of the press conference yesterday, are unknown. 284 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:14.720 I'd like to know who these people are. I'd like 285 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:16.799 to know what condition they're in. I'd like to know 286 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:19.279 if they are, you know, attached to an incubator in 287 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.399 a hospital, or if they've left the hospital and they 288 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.200 are continue to be at large. Nonetheless, Bob Day, the 289 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.519 police chief of Portland, is doing his job and pretty 290 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.519 much his a report is very Joe Friday, here are 291 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.519 the facts, and he concludes by saying, I want to 292 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:36.399 thank Portland has continued to show up in that space 293 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:38.200 as well, meaning in terms ofpro we've done everything our 294 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:42.519 part of the maintainance level of peace and calm and safety. 295 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:45.200 I want to express their you know. It also has 296 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.039 a separate saying where he says, I am asking the 297 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.159 community to remain calm as we work to learn more. 298 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:53.480 Remain calm he is saying, and not in an impression 299 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:58.360 of Kevin Bacon in Animal House right, he genuinely wants 300 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:02.320 people to remain called. Every speaker afterwards, the Portland mayor, 301 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:07.360 the governor of Oregon, the state Senate majority leader, and 302 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:12.000 the county chair all go on to demonize federal agents 303 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.080 in the most incendiary way possible. Right, these are reckless, 304 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:23.799 militized agents bringing violence to the streets all across America, lawless, reckless, 305 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:27.600 hurting people and destroying day by day what we hold 306 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.240 dear right, State Senate majority leader says, we're going to 307 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.879 legislatively impede the federal agents. No, you're not. States don't 308 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:36.159 have any authority over federal immigration laws. You don't have 309 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.080 any you don't have any veto power over that. The 310 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:42.759 county chair accused federal agents of shooting people but no reason, 311 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:47.039 causing terror and violence, a threat that is growing every day, 312 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:51.159 and they are cruel and authoritarian. Gee, how could anyone 313 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:53.600 get the idea that they should start taking shots at 314 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:57.360 federal agents who are enforcing immigration laws. Now you mentioned 315 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:01.480 earlier Tim Walls compare you know, actually the commencement address 316 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:03.840 for the University of in a little law school in 317 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:07.360 which he said the ice were quote Donald Trump's modern 318 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:11.440 day Gestapo, scooping folks up off the streets. I'll skip 319 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.200 over the standard issue Gestapo, but I just want to ask, 320 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.159 you know, listeners and viewers, what how did the US 321 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.320 respond to the Gestapo? You know, with a few exceptions, 322 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.440 we killed them, right There was no we're going to 323 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:26.399 ask you to stop doing what you're doing. There was 324 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.000 no negotiation right now, when I say mostly, we did 325 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.080 accept a whole bunch of them to work with us 326 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:35.039 against the Communists and then, but generally the US was 327 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:38.399 very anti Nazi, unless you'd be useful in our space program. 328 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.679 But other than that, we were really really hard on 329 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.679 the Nazis, and we basically we put them on trial. 330 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:45.639 The Nuremberg trials found both the Gestapo as a whole 331 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:50.039 committing guilty of crimes against humanity, and we also decided, 332 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:54.039 you know, individual leaders were convicted of war crimes and 333 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.399 they were basically wipe from the face of the earth. 334 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:59.639 If you are saying Ice is the modern day Gestapo, 335 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.720 not merely that they're misguided, not merely that you object 336 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.000 to some of their mess you're saying that they're evil. 337 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.000 You are saying that they are about as clear and 338 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:09.799 evil as they possibly can be, and that the only 339 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.079 proper response is to effectively wipe them from the face 340 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.480 of the earth. I don't here's the Tim Walls being 341 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:18.319 the idiot that he is. I actually don't think he 342 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:20.240 actually believes what he was saying there. I think he 343 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.599 was just going for a rhetorical flourish that's going to go, 344 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:25.599 you know, play well with the audiences he was trying 345 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.759 to court at that time. But I think that this 346 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.759 is you know, like, if you constantly insist if federal 347 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:35.359 agents are Nazis, why are you surprised that certain citizens 348 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:37.759 treat them like their Nazis. If you say that they 349 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.000 are a threat to the community, people are going to 350 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.119 start treating them like they're a threat to the community. 351 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:44.720 If you say to that they are recklessly killing people, 352 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.839 They're going to act like they have a bunch of 353 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.119 reckless killers in the middle of their community. So this 354 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.279 is almost inevitable. 355 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:51.799 You know. 356 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:53.680 It's one of those things where people ask, why didn't 357 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:55.440 you write about what Trump or what Christino I talked 358 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:57.680 about Chris Trump and Christino in the day before. Their 359 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.599 statements are not pouring water on the fire either. But 360 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.039 I just thought it was really ironic that the police chief, who, 361 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.799 by the way, his men and women in uniform, are 362 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.119 the ones who are going to be dealing with the 363 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:11.079 angry crowds in Portland today. You don't see people saying, oh, 364 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:14.599 I'm really mad over federal authorities, so I'm going to 365 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.960 go after the state Senate majority of leader. They don't 366 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:18.960 say I'm going to riot in front of the office 367 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.680 of the county chair. No, it's the cops who have 368 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:22.720 to deal with that. So he's the guy who's acting 369 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.079 most responsible and saying, please, let's remain calm. And right 370 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:30.240 after he says remain calm, everybody afterwards forgets that memo 371 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.680 and comes out and denounces Ice and denounces the federal 372 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:38.000 government in the demonizes them in the most incendiary rhetoric possible. 373 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.119 They don't really want peace or call. If they did, 374 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.519 they would be saying different things, they would be acting differently. 375 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:46.400 No one would be encouraging anyone to do anything like 376 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:48.599 that woman in Minnesota and get in the way of 377 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:52.240 federal agents who are trying to do their job. Pay 378 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.000 attention to their actions, do not pay attention to their 379 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:58.200 pro form of statements of wanting peace. It was absolutely 380 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.279 ridiculous yesterday, and it was just, yeah, it's I'm both 381 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:05.039 surprised and not surprised. But as long as we have 382 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:07.400 lawmakers who are going to be encouraging people to do this, 383 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.759 we're probably going to have more cases like the ones 384 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.359 in Minnesota yesterday. 385 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:14.079 Yeah, very good points that you just made there, and 386 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.359 the one about referring to the Gestapo and Nazis and 387 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.319 that sort of thing goes right back to the discussion 388 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.400 we had right after Charlie Kirk was murdered, where you know, 389 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.440 it's like, well, if you call them the Nazi, can 390 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.240 you really wait till the next election. It's got to 391 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:27.759 be dealt with right now, and you've got to do 392 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:30.079 whatever it takes to allegedly stop them if they really 393 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:34.440 are supposedly that evil. And then you've also got Pritzker 394 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:38.480 in particular. But i'm I'm I think Bass and Newsome 395 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.440 and others have been like this too. Yeah, getting their way, Yeah, 396 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:46.720 confront them, yeah exactly, and then when you get too close. 397 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.240 We bring a gun. As the Obama said in a 398 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.079 previous discussion of a political fight, and that is you know, 399 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:53.880 we should not be a surprised if we keep saying, 400 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:57.160 if we can comparing political politics to warfare, we should 401 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.519